Independence Dairymen Obtain New Herd Sires For $1 Each
Independence special reports a "bull club" in the Wapsie Valley Dairry Herd Improvement association where members pool equal shares to obtain and share three Guernsey sires for six years. The program uses a $1 trucking fee per member and allows each to evaluate offspring across herds, with exchanges and insurance events shaping the three-sire arrangement.
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Independence Dairymen
Thomas Hotchkiss
Wapsie Valley
Darry Herd Improvement Association
Art Satterle
Mike Joyce
J B F. Kelleher
Guernsey
Independence
Fetta
New
Nera Siifess
LIS Spripe
Wapsie Valley Bull Cab
Sutterter Joyce
Chris Schwar
Tr Schwarta
Kelleher Haok
Bull Club
Satterlee
Ke.leher
Joyce
Weather and farm tasks amid ongoing rain delays
Rushed notes describe farmers tending hogs horses and cows while awaiting a break in rain. Plans include starting planters once the field dries and continuing chores through night, with concerns about costs and production.
South English Farmers Plant Cane For Sorghum
South English farmers plant cane to grow sorghum as a drought resistant crop. The move signals adaptation to dry seasons and potential local feed and grain supply improvements for the region.
Decorah Creamery Pays 21 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Decorah Farmers Ice Cave creamery received 21 cents for last half of April butterfat, an advance of two cents a pound over the first half of the month. Total butterfat receipts for the month were 50,005 pounds, yielding $11,294. April butter make totaled 62,020 pounds, with 47,960 shipped to eastern markets.
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Sperriaf
The
Gazette Decoral
Decorah Farmers Ice Cave Creamery
Eretern
Extension probe report on Iowa extension service reform
The report by a review committee appointed by President Raymond M Hughes analyzes the extension department at Iowa State College. It recommends keeping county extensions educational, funding from public sources, and creating a permanent fact finding group and an extension cabinet to guide policy. It urges closer coordination with schools and agricultural groups and notes there are 110 recommendations in the 232 page study.
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Tur
William McArthur
Cerro Gordo
Lat General Assembly
Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
Raymond M Hughes
Counts Extension Organization
Ames Extension Service
Farmers Co-operative and Educational Union
State Council of Agriculture and Homemaking Education
J B Davidson
Ames Agricultural Engineering Department
Paul C Tatf
Extension Service
H M Hamlin
Department of Vocational Education
Plans For Financing Hog Cholera Vaccination
Special to The Gazette Des Moines plans to finance farmers needing funds for hog cholera vaccination. At a Tuesday meeting nine state organizations were represented. H S Aaberg was named chairman to contact R F officials for funds. Rex Beresford was named secretary. A second committee will release bank funds for vaccination, including Scott Pidgen Charles E Hearst Charles L Rigby Frank Warner and R F Donnell. Dr K W Stouder will accompany Warner to explain financing needs at district banker meetings statewide.
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H. S. Aaberg
Rex Beresford
Ames Animal Husbandman
Aaberg
Beresford
R.F
Sioux City
Scott Pidgen
Polk County Credit Organization
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Charles L. Rigby
Stanwood
Frank Warner
Iowa Bankers’ Association
R. F . Donnell
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
K. W. Stouder
K. W. Stouder Ames Extenon
Warner
Bankers’ Associations
State Veterinary Association
County Agents Association
National Serum Manufacturers Association
Holstein Breeders Convention Planned in Chicago
Delegates from forty-seven states and the District of Columbia attend the forty-eighth Holstein Friesian Association annual convention in Chicago on June 6 and 7. Paul P Stewart Fred Pieplow Orville Hamer and H O Larson are among the Illinois delegates. A June 6 open forum will invite dairy industry input. The June 7 banquet and dance follow visits to World War exhibits. A June 8 and 9 national Holstein sale will be held at the International Amphitheater with consignments from over forty prominent breeders.
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Chicago
Iowa
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Paul P Stewart
Maynard
Fred Pieplow
Aurora
Orville Hamer
Waterloo
H. O. Larson
Dike
District of Columbia
International Amphitheater
Delhi Lads Bring Home Ribbons and Cup From Ames
Delhi high school boys earned a silver cup and ribbons at Ames last week. The farm crops judging team placed fifth overall and won first in judging barley, fourth in clover seed, sixth in wheat, ninth in corn, and sixth in crop management. Members Floyd Sheppard, Walter Richardson, and Richard Sutton received eighth high individual judge. Livestock judging team ranked twelfth, fifth in beef cattle judging. team members Fred Pierce, John Simmons, and James Clapes. Farm mechanics team placed seventeenth in woodwork. Paul Hugh was alternate. Coached by Raymond Lanning.
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Delhi
Ames
Tanis
Floyd Sheppard
Walter Richardson
Richard Sutton Flood
Fred Pierce
John S.mons
James Clapes
Hulan Appleby Risse Schnittier
Charles Clark
Eenth
Paul Hugh
Riamond Lanning
Notice of School Special Election in Bertram township
A notice from the Bertram Township Board of Educational Trustees announces a school special election on May 29 to approve a bond issue for the local school district. It directs voters to the Verny Avenue and Fort Soret precincts and lists the election officials and procedures for casting ballots.
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Dairy Dale
Bertram
Towa
Setoa Desireo
Nathan
Verny Avenue
Fort Soret
Eads Town
Moon
Pan
Wallace Seeks to Cut Cotton Acreage
Secretary Wallace aims to reduce U S cotton plantings by up to 10 million acres to lift prices for southern farmers. The Smith option would let growers with loans on cotton choose to retire at least 30 percent, with government holding 2 million plus bales and options priced at market value. The plan, still under review, could apply next year if not this season.
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Noy F Hendrickson
Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Smith
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English Valley Creamery Lists 10 High Producers
The English Valley Co operative creamery at North English lists its ten top producers for April. Notable names include V W Fiegl and Son Richland with 6696 pounds of butterfat and Harry Morse North English at 6405, with others from Keota Webster Deep River Delta Gibson and North English. Total April butter production reached 52,744 pounds, up 35 percent from 39,062 pounds a year earlier.
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Gazette
North English
Engish Valley Co-operative Creamers
W Fieig and Son
Richland
Harry Morse
Paul Peitier
Keota
Charles A. Morse Webster
Orval Fry
L. E Jordan
Deep River
J A Wharton
Delta
H F Werner
Gibson
Peter Hammen
E. T. Voss
Iowa county dairymen earn National Dairy honor roll diplomas
Twelve Iowa county dairy farmers with herds averaging 300 pounds of butterfat for the year ending April 1 receive honor roll certificates from the National Dairy Association, per County Agent D H Zentmire. Recipients include Bigbee Jersey dairy J D Misbach and Fred R Blythe, Martin Doerhmann, Walter Wheeler, Miller's dairy Charles Morse Harry Morse, Milo Stover J L Gregory and L E Jordan. The Iowa County Cow Test Association begins its sixth year April 1. J H Cray is tester. Oelwein pickling works to produce fifty acres of cucumbers this season with seed distributed late May and planting advised for June 10.
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Marengo
Iowa
National Dairy Association
D. H. Zentmire
Bigbee Jersey Dairy
J. D. Misbach
Iowa County
Fred R Blythe
Martin Doerhmann
Walter Wheeler
Miller’s Dairy
Charles Morse
Harry Morse
Milo Stover
J. L. Gregory
L. E. Jordan
Iowa County Cow Test Association
J. H. Cray
Corn planting at thirty-year high in Iowa
Iowa corn planting reaches a thirty year peak with mid May emergence the latest since 1903. Charles Reed notes planting averaged May 14 with only 15 percent done versus a normal 47, delayed by cold and slow germination g beyond. Farmers log long hours between rains as conditions affect pollination and fruit outlook.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crops Bureau
West Eastern
Gazette
Salow Death Ends Long Career In Earlville
William C Salow 76 well known retired farmer and creamery man died at his home in Earlville after a three years illness Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm at home and 3 pm at Earlville Lutheran church Burial in Earlville cemetery Surviving children Ray Salow Earlville Mrs E Aourke Greeley Mrs Emma Cowles and Clara Salow Pittsburgh Mrs Ray Shannon Cleveland widow a sister Mrs Minnie Nagel Earlville and nine grandchildren Born in Germany October 27 1856 he came to the United States in 1882 and settled near Earlville He married Louise Hackbarth of Earlville December 27 1888 He was a Lutheran church member
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William C. Salow
Earlville Lutheran Church
William Adix
Earlville
Mr. Salow
Germany
United States
Louise Hackbarth
Ray Salow
E. Aourke
Greeley
Emma Cowles
Clara Salow
Pittsburgh
Ray Shannon
Cleveland
Minnie Nagel
Center Point
Ursula J Wright
William Wright
Wright
Alice
Elsie Lyman
Britain
George Elmer
Walker
William Arthur
Alice Church
W C Wilson
Toddville
Alice Cemetery
L. J Dennis
Strawberry Point
Regal Wilson
George Frederick
Farm Hand Injured In Disc Incident Near Watkins
Walter Reisser, employed on John E. Waychoff farm one mile north of Watkins, escaped serious injuries after being dragged 200 feet under an eight-foot disc. He suffered deep gashes to the left leg and near the ankle, a hand cut, and severe bruising as he tried to stop the implement from passing over his body. He cried for help and was found by Mr Waychoff.
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the Gazette
Watkins
Walter Reisser
John E. Waychoff
Steer Sales Post Price At Four Dollars A Hundredweight
Randalia R I Claxton sold twenty five 1100 pound steers for four dollars per hundredweight to a Sumner buyer and M E Nixon sold fourteen 1300 pound steers at four dollars and twenty five cents per hundredweight to the same buyer.
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Randalia
R. I. Claxton
Sumner
M. E. Nixon
Anamosa Bank Receiver Sues Over Property Transfer
C E Reddin as receiver for the Anamosa National Bank filed an equity suit in federal court against L W Russell and Winifred L Russell of Anamosa. He seeks to nullify a transfer of a garage and other property to Mrs Russell before a $11,289.42 judgment was granted, contending the move defrauded creditors of Russell.
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C E. Reddin
Anamosa National Bank
L. W. Russell
Winifred L. Russell
Anamosa
Russell
Advertisement Notice for Gazette Want Ads
A local plea from Mrs Earl Dial encourages selling or buying via The Gazette Want Ads for quick results. She urges readers to call 2-1121 and ask for an ad-taker to place an advertisement, noting The Gazette as the source for profitable listings.
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the Gazette
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