East Iowa Vocational Teachers Debate Post-School Youth Policy
Washington educator R W Gregory told eastern Iowa school men that post school youth aged between high school and adulthood pose an education problem. He noted fewer frontier opportunities push unemployed rural youth toward WPA and part time farm work while part time ag classes in Iowa grow to 53 courses with 1 400 students this winter. Supervisors H T Hall reported last year 850 students in 31 schools. Attendees included Eugene Sutton and W H Magdeffrau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Gregory
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Washington
United States
Gregory
H. T. Hall
Des Moines
Hall
Eugene Sutton
Olin
W. H. Magdeffrau
Strawberry Point
C. C. Benson
Fence Drift with Cedar County Roads and Crops
R F A notes worn farm lanes in Cedar county and nearby Linn Jones Johnson Muscatine and Scott with two to three rods between fences. He laments land underused for transport while praising Cedar county corn a whale of a crop and still unpicked across surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar County
Cedar
Linn, Jones, Johnson, Muscatine
Scott
Weldon Woods tops Cedar county corn contest with 128.74 bu per acre
Weldon Woods of Mechanicsville led Cedar county's 10 acre corn contest with 128.74 bushels per acre on ten acres of spring plowed bluegrass sod. He heads 100 bushel producers to be honored at a Tipton banquet. Ed Dyas of Ames is discussed as speaker depending on a crop specialist's availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Woods
Cedar County
Farm Bureau
Greater Tipton Club
Mr. Woods
Mechanicsville
Tipton
Walter Miller
Ames
Ed Dyas
Woods
Farm Price Index Falls as October Decline Deepens
Ames experts report the Iowa farm price index slipped from 104 percent of normal in September to 98 in October. Buying power fell to 80 percent while farm prices eased and consumer incomes showed lagged improvement. Hog prices likely fall further. cattle demand stays strong for feeders. sheep and dairy trends mixed with steady butter and lower poultry prices expected through winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Ames
Farm Outlook
Iowa
France
England
Corn Belt
Turkey
Belle Plaine and five others named in regional listing
The notice lists Belle Plaine, A. F. Walker of Monticello, W. N. Merriman of Maquoketa, M. Z. Hendren of De Witt and Earl Phillips of Olin as individuals connected to the document.
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Belle Plaine
A. F. Walker
Monticello
W. N. Merriman
Maquoketa
M. Z. Hendren
de Witt
Earl Phillips
Olin
Hogs Compared On Hoof And Carcasses At Perry
An Ames demonstration compares hogs on the hoof with carcasses on the rail at the Perry packing plant November 8-9. E L Quaife announces the event with graders Quaife and Pemberton inspecting 20 to 30 barrows Wednesday morning. After slaughter, carcasses are displayed Thursday afternoon for farmers to study cuts, graded by Fred Beard and Leo Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Ames
Perry Packing Plant
E. L. Quaife
Ames Extension Animal Husbandman
Quaife
R. L. Pemberton
Iowa Swine Producers’ Association
Fred Beard
Iowa State College Meat Laboratory
Leo Robertson
Perry
Howell in Cedar Discusses 1940 Farm Outlook
Tipton Herb Howell of Davenport district farm management agent for the Mississippi Valley association will meet Cedar county farmers in Tipton on the evening of November 13 to discuss the 1940 farm outlook conditions as affected by the European war and other farm management problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Herb Howell
Davenport
Mississippi Valley Association
Cedar County
Lake steamers in demand for grain
Grain pours from Calumet elevators into lake ships as wartime demand in Europe drives shipments. Soybeans lead exports with 1.9 million bushels by boat and rail last week, while corn and other commodities move to eastern sites and European ports before navigation closes around December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great Lakes
Calumet
St. Lawrence
Vinton Man Loses Hand In Corn Picker Accident
Skoog, a resident south of Vinton, had his left hand amputated Sunday night at Vinton hospital after his hand was badly mangled last Thursday when caught in a corn picker.
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Vinton
Ton
Skoog
Vinton Hospital
Farm Auction Weekheadlines in Iowa Listings
A sequence of farm sales is plotted across Iowa from Wednesday November 8 to Tuesday November 14. Buyers will find Floyd Bolger Poland China at Marengo, Wallace Bash Holstein near Wellman, C Jurgensen Chester White near Olin, Beverly Cattle Co. near Cedar Rapids, W H Morehead estate near Maquoketa, Mathias Nemecek closing out near Ely, and In City Sales Co. livestock auction in Ankeny.
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Floyd Bolger
Poland
Marengo Sales
Wallace Bash
North Edge of
Wellman
C. Jurgensen
Chester White
Olin
Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
W. H. Morehead
Maquoketa
Mathias Nemecek
Ely
City Sales Co
Veterinarians Plan Cedar Rapids Meeting With Dinners
The East Central Veterinary Medical Society will hold a 6 30 pm dinner meeting at Hotel Montrose Cedar Rapids on Thursday. Two Ames speakers Dwight A Smith and George R Fowler will discuss The Use of the Thomas Splint and The Treatment of Wounds. Drs Bowstead Osburn and Bryant will lead discussion and the agenda includes officer elections and a 1940 program committee appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
East Central Veterinary Medical Society
Hotel Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Dwight A. Smith
Iowa State College
George R. Fowler
Leonard A. Bowstead
DeWitt
M. W. Osburn
Independence
John B. Bryant
Mount Vernon
ACP Checks Arrive For Clayton County Cooperators
ACP checks totaling 112457.01 dollars have arrived for distribution to cooperators across Clayton County. Stephen C. Donlon, chairman of the county agricultural conservation association, announced the receipt and plan for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton County
Eleader
Stephen C. Donlon
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Linn 4H Girls Represented 100 Percent At Training School
Linn county 4-H club members attended a training school at the Cedar Rapids YMCA under Miss Selma Ekquist Ames extension home efficiency specialist. Twenty one leaders and seven older 4-H girls were present along with a prospective new club. The session covered making the home more livable and home improvement, with focus on lighting and business center setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Selma Ekquist
Ames Extension
Lucille Gove
Training School Set for 1940 4-H Leaders
Miss Gladys Adams Ames extension clothing specialist will lead a training school in Louisa with county girls 4 H club leaders assistants and older 4 H girls on November 15 as the first in a 1940 series.
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Wapello
Gladys Adams
Ames Extension Clothing
Louisa County
Cerveny Hybrid Test Plot Yields Announced Near Cedar Rapids
Pfister hybrids dominate the Cerveny farm demonstration plot south of Cedar Rapids under Emil L. Novak. Pfister 165 top with 128.4 bushels per acre, then Pfister 280 at 125.6, followed by 360 and 360-A at 121.5, with 260 and 160 at 117.9, 366 at 115.7, and 266 at 108.6. Neighbors assisted in determining the results.
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Fairfax
Pfister
J. F. Cerveny
Cedar Rapids
Emil L. Novak
Mr. Novak
Meade completes new barn on Tiffin farm
James Meade senior has finished a new barn measuring 60 by 120 feet on his farm near Tiffin. His son James Meade junior is the tenant farmer on the property.
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Tiffin
James Meade, Sr
James Meade, Jr
North English Farm Sells for 40 ACRE
The Joseph Cobb farm of 159 acres three miles north of North English sold to Mr and Mrs Royene of North English for 7155 dollars, about 45 dollars an acre. The rolling land has good improvements.
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Wellman
Joseph Cobb
North English
Royene
Lisbon Meeting Sets Farm Business Discussion
Herman Aaberg of Ames will lead a Lisbon evening school gathering November 13 on current marketing problems. The session, titled The Business of Farming, will address farm marketing issues for area producers and coordinators from the Chicago Producers Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Herman Aaberg
Ames
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Lisbon Evening School
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to flush poisons from kidneys and relieve bladder irritation to reduce nightly awakenings. It claims benefits for kidney and bladder weakness, including backache and leg cramps, urging readers to buy the original and not a substitute.
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Haarlem
Grasshopper Control Offices Moved To Denver
The agriculture department announced that general headquarters for the federal grasshopper control program will move to Denver for the coming year. Minneapolis remains the district headquarters while Denver is chosen for central location among 24 infested western states.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Denver
Minneapolis
Department
Farmer advertises 80 acre rent in Gazette market
Charles Hense on Old Marion Road reports advertising an 80 acre farm for rent in The Gazette Farmers' Market Place Want Ad section drew 20 to 25 calls from prospective tenants. Many long distance calls and in person inquiries from surrounding towns followed. The farm was easily rented with cash rent and J Hense listed at Dial 3-1123.
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Gazette
Old Marion Road
J. Hense
Dial
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the Outlook
Eastern Iowa Teachers of Agriculture
W. H. Magdefray
Hereford
Milwaukee R. R
Marion
Gillam Bros
Merle E. Garmoe
Optometrist
Third Street
Howell
Beverly Yards
Colorado
Nebraska
Wroming
WMT
Beverly Cattle Company
C. 3
Raffairty
Ali
Pipples
Ben Zeen
Letsago
Mator
Williams
Goldie
Dan
Linn
Training School
Aaberg
Grasshopper Control
Charles Hense
Marion Road
Idaho
Burbanks
Red River
Port Orford
Winter King
Montgomery Ward
Second Street
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