Iowa corn safe for cribbing as harvest lags
Weather favorable for corn storage with most crop not yet husked while many using mechanical pickers report finish. Statewide cribbing progress is slow with some localities under 10 percent husked and overall crop quality varying by county. The drought expands across the Midwest stressing winter wheat prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D Reed
Reed
D* Moines
INS
Washington
Weather Bureau
Midwestern
Appalachian
Rocky Mountains
Bureau
Nebraska
Texas Panhandle
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
New Mexico
Kansas
Seven Young Iowans To Attend Rural Youth Meeting
Ames seven officers of the Town Rural Young Peoples Assembly will represent Iowa at the American Country Life Association conference in Lexington Kentucky from November 2 to 5. Robert C Clark coordinates extension rural youth work at Ames and said the delegates include George Strayer Hud son president Clyde Rosenfeld Kelley vice president Margaret Andrew Nevada treasurer and official delegate Roy Nichols Clemens secretary Wayne Lincoln Pacific Junction and Byron Leach board members Miss Andrew Strayer and Rosenfeld will take part in the rural youth discussion program. Other attending extension staff include Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis Dr W H Stacy and Harvey Coertz Theme is Dis advantaged People in Rural Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speering
Ames
Town
Rural Young Peoples Assembly
American Country Life Association
Lexington
Robert C Clark
George Strayer
Hudson
Clyde Rosenfeld
Kelley
Margaret Andrew
Nevada
Iowa
Roy Nichols
Clemens
Wayne Lincoln
Pacific Junction
Byron Leach
Miss Andrew
Stray
Vocational Ag Teacher Resigns to Take Osage Post
West Branch John II Bartlett resigns after four years as vocational agriculture instructor to accept a similar position at Osage. He and his family will move once a successor is hired at West Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch Vocational Ag
Osage
West Branch
John II Bartlett
Hns
Stabilization in Farm Commodities Shows Long Periods of Stability
Chicago AP reports major farm prices entering one of the longest stabilization phases on record as stockpiles accumulate. Wheat corn oats rye and butter hover near narrow ranges while government actions prop up prices and curb private market moves. Traders cite broad subsidies and restrained speculation as factors, with wary market sentiment and cautious waiting prevailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bangs disease reactors reach 5.8 percent in cattle tests
A summary covering July 1 1934 to Sept 30 1938 shows 58 percent reactors among US cattle tested and 11.1 percent in Iowa. Nationwide 27,572,803 cattle were tested with 1,616,943 reactors and 9,867,417 under supervision. Iowa tested 687,360 cattle with 76,963 reactors and 310,822 under supervision. The program is run by the Bureau of Animal Industry with state cooperation.
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United States
Iowa
Iowan
Bureau of Animal Industry
140 Acres of Clover Hulling on Ely Area Farm
On the Harry Upmier farm one mile south of Ely three farm tasks were done in a single field plowing clover hulling and baling of clover straw The huller is a Prohaska machine owned by neighbor Ralph Prohaska The operation aims to hull 140 acres of second cutting red clover this week the hulling charge is 2 dollars per bushel Quality seed appeared excellent with about one bushel per acre filled into bags
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Harry Upmier
Ely
Upmier
Ralph Prohaska
Waterloo Jersey Farm sale hits prices at Cattle Congress
The Waterloo Jersey Farm sale at the Cattle Congress barn on Nov 1 saw top cow price of 170 dollars paid by C W Mayo of Rochester Minnesota for a 6 year old. Bulls topped at 85 dollars for a 6 year old lead bull with other herd sires at 65 and 60 for a 4 year old. Ninety six head sold to mostly Midwest buyers with calves under sixty days and mature cows averaging 100 dollars. Tom Dempsey managed and Walter Andrews acted as auctioneer.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Jersey
Cattle Congress
C. W. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Iowa
Tom Dempsey
Westerville
Ohio
Walter Andrews
Beach City
Mount Vernon
Marley Clark Hill
Kroth
Wickham
Jersey
Guernsey
Dwain French
W. Ef, Challis
Lisbon
Mount Vernon Bank and Trust Co
Huskers Arrive For Nats Cornhusking Meet
SIOUX FALLS SD AP Sun bronzed athletes from ten states arrive for the national cornhusking contest 22 miles north of Sioux Falls with Stanley Yeager en route from Manchester Pa and other champions from Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri Kansas Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and Ohio expected as crowds near 50 000 witnessed ceremonies and dedication days before Thursday’s event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Husking Bee Held by South Bethel Sunday School
The Philathean class husked 363 bushels of corn for William Bell this week. The crew included Mr and Mrs Lloyd Nebergall Mr and Mrs George Drager F E Nebergall Roy Nebergall Gerald Nethergall and George Morgan who also received dinner prepared by Mrs Bell Mrs Harry McCroskey and Mrs Emma Frisch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bethel
Philathean
William Bell
Lloyd Nebergall
George Drager
F E. Nebergall
Roy Nebergall
Gerald Nethergall
George Morgan
Bell
Harry McCroskey
Emma Frisch
Albers Wins ISU Essay Contest On Marketing of Packer Products
Lloyd C. Albers a senior animal husbandry student from Harlan was named winner of an ISU essay contest. He earns a trip to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago November 4 to 7 and may take part in market study while there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Ames
Lloyd C. Albers
Harlan
Iowa State College
Chicago
Albers
Farm Auction Schedule Across Iowa Lands
Coming farm auctions list three sales and locations. Beverly auction Thursday November 3 at Town Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids. M V New Comer closing out Friday November 4, 414 miles SW Fayette. Dwain French closing out Monday November 7 three miles NW Mount Vernon.
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Beverly
M. V. Newcomer
Fayette
Town
Vocational Agriculture Class Enrollment Rises in Iowa Schools
The Iowa State Board reports 5,940 boys enrolled in high school vocational agriculture this year across 148 schools, up 469 from last year. New districts adding programs include Aurelia, Calmar, Clarion, Creston, Dows, Hamburg, Lake City, Lake View, Nashua, Hampton and Wall Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board For Vocational Education
Aurelia
Calmar
Clarion
Creston
Dows
Hamburg
Lake City
Lake View
Nashua
Hampton
Wall Lake
Clarinda
Grinnell
Corning
Tipton
Newton
Guthrie Center
Oskaloosa
Bloomfield
Muscatine
Radcliffe
Shenandoah
Cieron
DeWitt
Elliott
Hubbard
Jesup
Leon
Logan
Maquokcta
Panora
Red Oak
Experience pays Elgin cow appraisal mixup case
Two of three livestock appraisers were lawyers and one a cattle dealer when they misidentified a bull at the Morris Dolbey farm in Elgin Illinois. The two lawyers pursued the bull after it charged them while the cattle dealer watched from outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin, Lll
Morris Dolbey
Joseph J. Widemann
Almore H. Teschke
Dolbey
Edward Meagher
Resealing Deadline Set for 1937 Corn
R. B. Booth of Cedar Rapids, vice-chairman of Linn county agricultural conservation committee, reminded farmers that government loan eligible 1937 corn must be sealed or resealed by November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Booth
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Chilmore Estate Sold in 4 Parcels
Seven farms totaling 845 acres were sold in the last week by Connecticut General Life Insurance. Buyers were farmers who will operate the properties next year. Linn county sales included four parcels of the Chismore estate southeast of Coggon. Carl Meints of DeWitt purchased 250 acres at 40 an acre and 125 acres at 50 an acre. possession to March 1. Other Linn parcels included 60 acres timber land sold to Frank and George Edgerly for 25 an acre and 40 unimproved acres to Harve Chismore Coggan at 75 an acre. Additional Connecticut General sales included 200 acres northeast of Quasqueton at 85 an acre, 100 acres south of Newton at 60 an acre, and 70 acres near Searsboro for 3000 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Anderson
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Max Burrell
Cedar Rapids
Fieldman
Mr. Burrell
Linn County
Buchanan
Jasper
Poweshick
Chismore
Coggon
Carl Meints
DeWitt
Meints
John Olson
Calamus
Frank
George Edgerly
Harve Chismore
Coggan
Connecticut General
Quasqueton
Newton
Searsboro
Night School At Grinnell Opens November 22
Grinnell high school will host a 10 week farmers night school starting November 22 led by Kenneth Thatcher vocational agriculture instructor. Subjects cover farm finance renting versus owning livestock market crop rotation soil building livestock management farm records and farm outlook. Advisory council members include A. J. Blakely W. G. Greenwald Keith Dempster Wilbur Mollison Leslie Douglass and Henry Ashby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Grinnell High School
Kenneth Thatcher
A. J. Blakely
W. G. Greenwald
Keith Dempster
Wilbur Mollison
Leslie Douglass
Henry Ashby
Donnan Farmers Pay for Hand Picking and Machine Work
Farmers near Donnan pay four cents a bushel for hand picking corn and two dollars per acre for machine picking. The corn is of superior quality and yields well. Soybeans have been yielding as high as twenty bushels per acre.
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Donnan
Feeder Clarence Sells Angus Steers At Chicago Market
Charles Patton the feeder near Clarence marketed a load of Angus steers averaging 1 168 pounds for 12 25 per hundredweight at Chicago. The sale highlights a strong demand for heavy cattle from midwest buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Clarence
Charles Patton
Chicago
Outlook Confab At Ames Nov 7 to 10
Ames hosts the annual farm outlook conference and county and club agents meeting from November 7 to 10. Principal speaker will be Harry E. Reed, former US agricultural representative in Germany, on Central Europe conditions and US hog exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Farm Outlook
R. K. Bliss
Towa State College Extension Service
Harry E. Reed
United States Agricultural
Germany
Europe
T. W. Schultz
W. W. Wilcox
G. S. Shepherd
L. G. Allbaugh
Paulena M. Nickell
Sarah Porter Ellis
Best Use Of Light Oats Discussed By Cow Testers Here
Eastern Iowa cow testers at Cedar Rapids discussed how to use light oats in dairy rations. Floyd Arnold and Floyd Johnston suggested two measured mix options featuring oats with corn cob meal or ground corn, soybeans, and bran, to be fed with legume hay and ensilage. They also debated organizing bull associations.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Arnold
Floyd Johnston
Ames
Arnold
Johnston
New Farm Improvements Near Springville Expand Rural Output
Construction wraps on a 3 room tenant cottage and double garage on the Whipple farm northwest of Springville. A bungalow rises on John Alexander’s land north of town and a large barn nears completion on Mrs Dora Howland’s farm southwest of Springville. Honeymead experimental farm west of Paralta, run by Paul Pownall, undergoes extensive upgrades including a feeding floor built with 735 sacks of cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Whipple
John Alexander
Audubon husking champ enters Kings sweepstakes
Elmer Carlson of Audubon who set a national record in 1935 with 41.52 bushels filed his entry for the Husking Kings sweepstakes to be held Armistice Day in Fort Dodge. Ten former national champions are entered for the local 1000 prize contest as part of the 15 year history. The article also notes the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp is authorized to buy 38 million more pounds of butter in the current fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Elmer Carlson
Audubon
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
McKinley High Band Parade at ISU-Drake Game
McKinley High School band will parade before about 15 000 fans in Ames on Saturday November 5 as guests of Iowa State College at the annual Band Day. Nearly thirty high school bands will march through Ames and perform on Clyde Williams field under Carl King Gordon Bird and Alvin Edgar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley High School
Ames
Iowa State College
Clyde Williams
Carl King
American Band Masters’ Association
Gordon Bird
Drake
Alvin Edgar
Iowa Band Masters’ Association
West Union
Charles City
Osage
Guthrie Center
Hubbard
East Waterloo
Dexter
Ogden
Manning
Story City
Forrest City
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
Ventura
Winterset
Hampton
Monson
Storm Lake
Audubon
Marshalltown
Clear
Speedy Action Of Laborer Saves Boy Buried Under Muck
In Chicago a four year old boy named Louis Seiden was saved from a sewer catch basin after two minutes buried head first in muck. Patrick Pine, alerted by a mother’s screams, was lowered into the shaft and grasped the boy’s legs as workers pulled them to safety. The child regained consciousness five minutes after artificial respiration began.
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Chicago
Louis Seiden
Louis
Patrick Pine
Pine
Little Louis
Iowa Leads Region In PWA Projects Underway
Iowa reports 69 PWA projects valued at 7.52 million under construction in the 1938 program, leading the eight-state region in active projects. Missouri has 56 projects costing 10.38 million. About one quarter of approved regional projects are underway, totaling near 31 million with 45 percent funded by direct federal grants.
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Omamua
Neb
Iowa
PWA
R. A. Radford
Acta
Missouri
Radford
Harold Ickes
Drug Addicts In U S Decreasing Says Commissioner
Government reports a substantial decrease in narcotic addiction in the United States. Narcotics commissioner H J Anslinger told Secretary Morgenthau that there were fewer than two addicts in every 10 000 people, down from one in 1 000 in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
H. J. Anslinger
Morgenthau
Cheer Up Folk Dreading Heart Disease Told
Dr. Paul D White of Harvard urged fearful heart disease patients not to give up hope. He spoke to the Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association noting many may reach old age and die of something else, and that fear often harms recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Paul D White
Harvard University
Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association
King George VI Invitation to U S Debunked
London reports deny any invitation from President Roosevelt to the king or a visit to the United States. An International News Service source says the matter is highly imaginative speculation. The decision on a possible US visit after the Canadian tour remains undecided with weeks likely before a final answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
George VI
Roosevelt
United States
International
Elizabeth
Creomulsion Promises Relief For Coughs And Colds
An advertisement urges readers to try Creomulsion for chest coughs and bronchial irritation warning that a persistent cough may signal danger. It claims the medicine soothes inflamed membranes loosens phlegm and aids natural healing with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Nats
South Bethel S. S
Ayers
WiLliams
U.S
Pat
Turanilling
Chilmore
USDA
U. S
McKinley High
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Bishop's
ASHOL
Tama, Iowa
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FOX DE Luxe Beer
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Pere
Cuticura
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Malden
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Meins
Hi. F. Gensicke
Frederick H. Gensicke
Vinton Road
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