Farm Finance Probed by Cedar Valley Farmers
James J. Wallace of Marion announces a five part discussion series on farm finance for Cedar Valley Farm Business association members. The sessions cover debt, credit, equipment buying, life insurance and investment options with meetings in Anamosa Marion Vinton Toledo Stanwood and Marion libraries and schools starting at 7 30 p m.
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Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
James J. Wallace
Marion
Mr. Wallace
Wallace
Hasinnce Evero
A.lui Wong
Anamosa
W H Davidson
Stanwood
Vinton
Agricultural Conservation Office
Toledo
Fence Drift in the Canadian Wilderness Escape
A wanderer recounts a two week stay in the Canadian bush and how the trip yielded two moose and three deer for a six-person party. The journey was marked by a rejuvenated physique and isolation with wolves howling as the only broadcast from the wild.
State Farm Union Chief To Speak At Elkader
The Clayton county Farmers Union will hold a regular meeting in Elkader Friday at 8 p.m. with State President A J Johnson as the principal speaker. Leon Garber of Des Moines will present an organization report and a musical program is planned by A C Huebsch of Strawberry Point. Members from Dubuque Allamakee Winneshiek and Fayette counties are invited.
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Elkader
Clayton County Farmers Union
P.m
A J Johnson
Leon Garber
Des Moines
A. C. Huebsch
Strawberry Point
Farmers Union
Dubuque
Allamakee
Winneshirk
Fayette
Iowa Co Farm Women Plan Family Meal Program
Special to The Gazette describing a farm women's course led by Frances Hettler. Twenty women per session will learn home demonstration techniques and relay nutrition guidance to neighborhoods. The first week covers diets for excess and deficit weight, family menus, and future sessions focus on school food, infants, expectant mothers, and guests with meetings held this week in Hartford Honey Creek Sumner Lenox Washington Hilton Iowa townships.
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Home Project
Frances Hettler
New Home
F Sherman
Hartford
Honey Creek
Rob Ashby
Marengo
Sumner
Henry Bendergf
Lenox
Washington
Carl H Maas
Hilton
Iowa
Veterinary Clinic Highlights Southeast Iowa Meeting
Dr I r Stouder of Ames spoke at the Southeastern Town Veterinary Association meeting in Mount Pleasant on tuberculosis of fowls. A poultry disease control demonstration was conducted by Dr George B Senior of Creston and Dr John Weimaper of Des Moines, with federal poultry division experts and Dr John B P Simons, traveling federal supervisor for poultry disease control in the corn belt states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
I.r W. Stouder
Ames
Southeastern Town Veterinary Association
George B Senior
Creston
John Weimaper
Des Moines
John BP. Simons
Corn Belt
Iowa Counties Form Warehouse Boards Across State
Iowa secretaries report all counties now have warehouse boards with 90 percent organized and officers elected while 80 percent have appointed sealers. Loans depend on properly stored grain and bags of corn in weatherproof cribs. testing and sealing will occur after mid November with two supervisors named.
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Gracette
Des Moines
Thomas L. Curran
Iowa
Curran Seid
HL Dietrak
Brouoklyn
Ed Elson
Linton
AAA
State Department
State Department of Agriculture
Township officers chosen for Scott township farm council
Sam Hunter of Iowa City was elected chairman of the Scott township farm bureau. Other officers named include Miss Fd Pechman, Joe Paulus, and Alec George Petsel, with the group selecting its leadership at the local meeting.
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Fiarette
Iowa City
Sam Hunter
Towa City
Scott Township
Mis Fd
Joe Paulus
Ales George Petsel
EXTRA CRIB ROOM NEEDED FOR CORN
Farmers G H Plagmann and Son near Blairstown husked 210 acres of corn. fields averaged 90 to 100 bushels per acre, with 3000 bushels sold due to crib shortage. A temporary 1800-bushel crib burst. a larger crib is under construction. A 665-acre Niebuhr farm averaged 100 bushels. temporary cribs sold by a local lumber firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairstown
G. H. Plagmann and Son
William Niebuhr
Early 1937 Fayette County corn crop progress noted
Farmers report corn in the cribs or near completion across Fayette county. Favorable weather and early start aided by more mechanical pickers suggest an harvest earlier than usual, with yields expected to meet or exceed local expectations barring later bad weather.
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West Union
Fayette County
Farmers Around Troy Mills Thresh Soybeans After Shredder Start
Farmers near Troy Mills shred fodder and thresh soybeans after a shredder began operating Friday at the Fred Dudley home north of town. The crop is noted for high quality and large yield.
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Troy Mills
Fred Dudley
Yoder Enters Six Aberdeen Angu s Beeves for Chicago Show
Cleo E Yoder from Wellman Iowa nominates six Aberdeen Angus beeves for the Chicago International Livestock Exposition. The 21 year old moves from junior classes while younger brother Howard nominates two entries in the junior feeding contest. The 38th annual show runs November 27 to December 4.
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Chicago
Cleo E. Yoder
Wellman
Yoder
Howard Yoder
Cleo
Dee
Veterinarians To Hear Veteran Hog Breeder Thursday
E C Forest of Mount Vernon a fifty year Poland China breeder will speak at the East Central Veterinary Association November dinner at Hotel Montrose Cedar Rapids. A symposium on World War Experiences in the Veterinary Corps will be led by Cedar Rapids men and others from Anamosa Vinton Maquoketa Wyoming Lost Nation Iowa City Anamosa and Brooklyn. William Vincent will discuss Holsteins at the reformatory farms in Anamosa.
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E C Forest
Mount Vernon
Poland
East Central Veterinary Association
Hotel Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Veterinary Corps
A R Menary
R M_ Hofford
Frank M Wilson
Moechaniestie
R E Elson
Vinton
W Kellogg
Anamosa
Bromwell
Center Point
Godfrey Besan
Maquoketa
Bronson
Wyoming
Roy S. Betts
Lost Nation
National corn husking contest attracts large crowds in Missouri
Marshall Missouri AP reports Henry Wallace started a national contest to test husking speed, drawing up to 150000 spectators in Iowa and more in Ohio. The event features 80 minutes of non stop husking with 20 champions from multiple states competing at Weber farm near Marshall.
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Weber Farm
Here
Fred Stanek
Webster County
Iowa
Wallace
Nebraska
Illinois
Stanck
Corn Belt
Soul Conservation
A rural note describes kittens resting under spirea, chix and mother in yard, sparrows sunning among vines, and farmers hoping for good weather after rain to aid harvest. It laments a wet spell but emphasizes timely rain aiding subsoil and a bumper corn crop.
Ames to Enter 109 Head for Chicago Show
Ames will send 109 head of livestock to the Chicago International Show this year from the Iowa State College site at the International Livestock Exposition. Seventeen fat beef steers forty nine fat barrows twenty eight breeding sheep and fifteen fat sheep comprise the entries. Breeding sheep will not be sold at Chicago. others will. Professor P. S. Shearer and J. G. Hammer will supervise the Ames entries.
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Iowa State College
P. S Shearer
Ames
Chicago
Professor Shearer
J. G. Hammer
Timothy seed price rises 20 cents per cwt
Washington reports timothy seed prices jumped 20 cents a hundredweight between September 14 and October 12, with Oct 12 averages at 2.50 per cwt. Northeast Iowa growers face 2.30 per cwt. Export totals for eight months reach 437,296 pounds, while Canada’s 1937 production is pegged at 7,467,000 pounds with a carryover near 3.85 million pounds.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Canada
Dominion
Vern Phelps Named Official Poultry Flock Inspector
The Iowa Poultry Improvement supervisory board announced ten official flock inspectors for reinspecting hatchery flock sortings under the National Poultry Improvement plan. Appointees include Vern Q O Phelps of Central City and others across Keosauqua Lost Nation Winfield Town Falls Fertile Perry Panora Atlantic and Marshalltown.
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Ames
Iowa Poultry Improvement Supervisory Board
Iowa
National Poultry Improvement Plan
R. M. Vernon
Supervisory Board
Vern Q O. Phelps
Central City
Roy L. Watkins
Keosauqua
John O'Connell
Lost Nation
Richard Lonsdale
Winfield
R. E. Macy
Town Falls
Harley Duverson
Fertile
Roosevelt Randolph
Perry
M. D. Mills
Panora
L. W. Worthington
Atlantic
E. P. Sherman
Marshalltown
Wife Wins Freedom From Neuritis Pain
Thousands have discovered that Nurito quickly relieves neuritis rheumatism sciatica lumbago and neuralgia. A physician developed formula contains no opiates or narcotics. If the first three doses fail to relieve the pain a full refund is offered.
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Nurito
Farm Auction Schedule With Multiple Closings
A list of coming farm auctions and closings set for November across Iowa. Estates include John Peyton near Troy Mills, Adams and Adams dissolution sale near Monticello, Carl Lowery near Center Point, W H Crew dairy near West Branch, Roy Shakespeare near Mount Vernon, G A Alden near Springville, E W Fisher near Springville, and M A Howard near Cedar Rapids. Auction dates run November 2 to November 10 with locations and distances provided.
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John Peyton
Troy Mills
Adams & Adams
Monticello
W.H. Crew Dairy
Roy Shakespeare
Mount Vernon
Annual Hort Associations Meet Set for Nov 16 18
The Iowa State Horticultural Society and three affiliated groups Federated Garden clubs Iowa Beekeepers Association and Iowa Fruit Growers Association will hold their annual meetings in Ames November 16 to 18. About 500 people are expected to attend the joint sessions and related short courses. The central region of the national council of federated garden clubs will meet with the Iowa garden club organization representing seven states Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Iowa and Missouri.
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Ames
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Federated Garden Clubs
Iowa Beekeepers’ Association
Iowa Fruit Growers’ Association
B. S. Pickett
Department of Horticulture
Beekeepers
National Council of Federated Garden Clubs
Iowa Garden Club Organization
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Poultry Marketing Meeting Set At Central City
Dr. K W Stouder Ames extension veterinarian and A D Oderkirk Ames marketing specialist will lead a special Tuesday evening session on poultry marketing sanitation and disease control at the Central City Produce company plant.
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Central City
K. W. Stouder
Ames Extension
A. D. Oderkirk
Ames
Central City Produce Company
Kolokay claims relief for colitis and digestion
The ad promotes Kolokay powder as a home remedy for colitis caused by constipation and hyper acidity. It claims thousands report soothing relief and offers a free trial via K O Kol Company in Glendale California, with sale at May's Cut Rate Drug Store.
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May
Cut Rate
K-O-Kol Company
Dept. G
Glendale
California
FSCC Spent 46 Million On Excess Farm Goods
Washington AP reports the federal surplus commodities corporation allocated over 46 million dollars in four years to purchase surplus farm products across a dozen Midwestern states. Nebraska and South Dakota records show cattle, eggs, milk, sheep, and beets among totals. Wisconsin lists dairy products, eggs, canned goods, and potatoes, totaling 5.2 million dollars in Wisconsin alone.
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Washington
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Holsteins top at $60 in Columbus Junction sale
On the McGuire farm two miles north of Cotter Holstein cows brought top bids of 60 dollars. Broad cows sold for 27 to 28 dollars boars 21 dollars and shoats 13 to 14 50. Ten tons of timothy hay sold at 6 dollars per ton and 200 bushels of corn at 38 percent per bushel. Paul Klotz and H M Duncan acted as auctioneers with the Columbus Junction State Bank serving as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
J. M. McGuire
Cotter
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Columbus Junction State Bank
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Angus Beeves
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Elmer Carlson
Saline County
Weber Boys
Jake
George
Adolph
Ohio
Kansas
Roosevelt
Oskaloosa
E. L. Anderson
Pearl Smith
Marshall
R Woodford
Woodford
Mahaska County
Carl Carlson
Audubon
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Arthur Thompson
Wallaces’ Farmer
Carlson
George Westby
Decorah
Donald Karstens
Aplington
Chris Griem
Leroy Pohlman
Keystone
Clarence Gartman
Elwood
Warren Clancy
Clarence
Alvin Roberts
Atalissa
Ben van Wyk
Monroe
John Middlekoop
Dwight Hoyle
Lee Stodgell
Morning Sun
John van de Kamp
Laurel
Ivyl Carlson
Madrid
Edwin H. Jansen
Osgood
Martin Olson
Stanton
Clyde Tague
LeClaire
Soul Conservation
Williams
Timothy
Vern Phelps
Carl Lowery
Miles
G. A. Alden
Springville
E. W. Fisher
FSCC
Columbus
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Midway
A. M. Lampman
R. YT
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