Grinnell Ayrshire Show Draws Three-State Spectators
The first Iowa sectional Ayrshire show at Cedar Rapids September 4 9 drew visitors from Illinois and Wisconsin and many Iowa communities. Four breeders entered thirty six head, including twenty nine females and seven bulls. Champion female was an aged cow shown by Myron Sears and Son Grinnell. champion bull a calf shown by Russell Lang Grinnell.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Myron Sears
Russell Lang
Grinnell
Case
Merle Lang
Brooklyn
Maynard Lang
Howie Lang
Richard Sears
Myron Sears and Son
Louis Seitz
Waukesha
Wis
Harry Richardson
Spring Green
Richardson
Wisconsin Ayrshire Club
Seitz
W. I. Rupel
University of Wisconsin
Jowans
J. K. Lynes
Plainfield
John Campbell
Waterloo
Iowa Ayr
AAA awards map aerial photography contracts for 340000 miles
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration awards contracts to photograph 340 183 square miles across twenty one states at a cost of 1 057 951 dollars. The awards raise this year total to 449 037 square miles under AAA photogrammetry for farm conservation. Illinois and Iowa contracts listed with Des Moines as the project base and respective costs.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Illinois
Iowa
Des Moines
Centennial antique farm machines sought by Des Moines fair
The state territorial centennial fair committee launched a search for threshing machines harvesting machines tractors and other pioneer farm implements. Exhibits will depict Iowa farming history from 1838 to the present. Already unearthed are an 1832 plow the first grain reaper a treadmill powered threshing machine and an early tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Where to Go Dance Ad Draws Crowds in Gazette
A Gazette Want Ad promotes a low cost dance venue inviting readers to join a lively social night. The ad emphasizes affordability and broad crowd appeal, urging participation through the newspaper’s classified pages.
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the Gazette
Curran orders crib inspections across Iowa
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Thomas L Curran ordered 480 sealers and warehouse board members to conduct a second inspection of all corn cribs sealed under the bonded warehouse act. Inspections must occur within ninety days, by June 10, with reports due June 15.
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Des Moines
Thomas L. Curran
State Secretary of Agriculture
Curran
Secretary of Agriculture
4-H Rally Day in Jones County June 9
More than 150 4-H club girls in Jones county will stage the annual rally day program at Monticello June 9. The program includes a music memory contest, club musical numbers, election and installation of county officers, leader recognition, a one act play, games and short talks. Mrs. S. H. Ellison of Martelle will be initiated as an honorary member.
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Monticello
Jones County
S. H. Ellison
Martelle
Waukon to Hold Girls 4-H Rally Day June 9
Allamakee county will stage its annual girls 4-H rally day on June 9 at the Waukon opera house. Plans were announced after a recent meeting led by Miss Ella Loughran of the Ames extension service.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Opera House
Ella Loughran
Ames Extension Service
Puppies Sold From Mrs Earl Birds Want Ad
Fifteen prospective buyers responded to Mrs Earl Bird's want ad at 709 Ave NW and three puppies were sold.
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Earl Bird
Ave. NW
Hybrid corn plots planted at Mount Vernon and Lowden
A four and a half acre plot north of Mount Vernon rented from Lyall Bryant will host a test planting by a commercial hybrid corn company. The field, visible from the road during tasseling, will mix four rows of open pollinated corn with eight rows of nine hybrid varieties in each strip. Six rows per hybrid and two rows per open pollinated group receive fertilizer under Charles Wickham's supervision. In Lowden a seed corn company completed a check plot on Hugo Meyer farm east of London totaling about four acres.
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Mount Vernon
Lyall Bryant
Charles Wickham
LOWDEN—A_ seed corn company
Hugo Meyer
London
Varieties of corn planted across fifty-one types on acres
The field holds fifty-one corn varieties with twenty-four in production. Crossbreds and inbreds fill the rest. Expect a mix of plant heights and ear positions, green foliage shades, and even purple corn. Some varieties grow lying along the ground due to their lazy growth habit.
Duensing Heads C. T. A. In Washington County
Arthur Porter of the Ames dairy husbandry department spoke at the Washington County Cow Testing association annual meeting. Arthur Duensing of Washington and Marvin Matthes of Wellman were reelected president and vice president. Dave Yoder of Kalona was named secretary. Loren Fleig of Richland and Dean Johnson of Brighton were named directors. Alvin Lueder was rehired as tester and fieldman.
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Washington
Arthur Porter
Ames Dairy Husbandry Department
Washington County
Corn Planting Lag Trails as May Weather Undershoots
Des Moines reports corn planting six days late with 57 percent finished by May 22, 18 percent behind normal. Sunshine down 17 percent. rains persist, erosion and seed rot reduce planted acreage in southeast counties while weeds spread and germination faces pests. Small grains progress. hay, pastures and gardens show growth. tomatoes under way. cherries setting abundant but some drop. early potatoes bloom in southwest. Livestock generally thrifty with usual hog cholera levels.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Howard County
South Central
Buena Vista
Wright
Hog market payoff at Tipton for Otto Schneider
The Gazette notes Tipton Illinois or Iowa market report showing Otto Schneider of Cedar county feederweight received eight dollars seventy five cents per hundredweight for fifteen cross bred Duroc Jerseys and Poland Chinas averaging two hundred forty eight pounds.
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Spreins
Gazette
Tipton
Chicago
Otto Schneider
Cedar County
Duroc
Poland
Farm Bureau Faces Policy Debate on Commercial Ventures
Iowa Farm Bureau leaders and the Federation of Town Farm Organizations discussed whether the bureau should withdraw from commercial enterprises including insurance. The federation argued such ventures fund member services, while the Farm Bureau seeks to keep nonmember access limited and maintain member benefits. The talks leave open whether legislative separation of the farm bureau and extension work will be pursued.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Federation of Town Farm Organizations
Fred W. Nelson
Nevada
E. L. Kreger
Ralston
Federation of Farm Organizations
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Group
Federation of Farm
C. B. F. Michel
Marion
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Murl McDonald
George Godfrey
Iowa State College
Francis Johnson
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Sears and
Long
Ray Anderson
Lang
Iowa Ayrshire Club
Lang Farm
Scotty Nairn
Cuthbert “Scotty” Nairn
Sycamore Farms
Douglasville
E. Ormiston
Dairy Husbandry
University of Illinois
National
Ayrshire Breeders Association
Nairn
Ormiston
Hutchison
Kaw
Tulsa
Oklo
Bennington
Ankeny
R.F. A
Jones and Allamakee
Ave
Gezette Photo
Grinnell Ayrshire
Ayrshire
Scotty” Nairn
Mount Vernon and
Lowden
Duensing Heads
Bill
Univis Lenses
J. C. Landenberger
Credensa
Kelvinator
Aan
Sses Ree
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