North Tama Cows Lead County Dairy Averages At Year End
The North Tama Cows Test association reports 422.03 cow years for the year ended Oct 31 averaging 10,166 pounds of milk and 396.7 pounds of butterfat. W D Mitchell of Reinbeck topped with 13,652 pounds of milk and 515.8 pounds of butterfat from 16.68 cow years. October reads show 419 cows averaging 608 pounds of milk and 24.8 pounds of butterfat with several cows over 70 pounds butterfat. The meeting at Traer school house featured Floyd Johnston of Ames dairy husbandry and local performances by Nieman and several 4 H youths.
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Nieman
AER
North Tama Cows Test Association
Henry Nieman
Traer
Association
Floyd Johnston
Ames Dairy Husbandry Department
Mr. Nieman
Alice
Elsie Storjohann
Crossbreds Fetch $3.60 At Chicago Market
Harry J. Miles, a Jackson county farmer, shipped 208 pound crossbred Tamworth-Duroc hogs to Chicago where buyers paid $3.60 per hundredweight.
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Maquoreta
Harry J. Miles
Jackson County
Chicago
Fence Drift in Teoven Wire Causes Odd Jerk
A quirky item notes a disease like malady slowing movement as a person tries to pass a chair, causing a joking “jerk” effect. The piece ties the ailment to economic gloom and mentions F.A. and Jerks as possible references in a satirical tone.
Iowa State grain judging team to compete at American Royal
Ames IA The four senior members of Iowa State College crop and soils division will lead the grain judging team at the American Royal livestock show in Kansas City on Wednesday The group also enters the International Livestock Show in Chicago on November 26 Last year the Iowa team placed third in Kansas City and second in Chicago The seven students chosen will compete in Kansas City November 12 to 19 with five forming the team and two as alternates The coach is Professor P S Shearer and the team is announced by Professor C S Dorchester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Iowa State College
C. 5
Dorchester
Martin Weiss
Muscatine
Proctor Gull
Turkey River
George Thorburn
Webster
Joe Colgan
Corning
Kansas City
Chicago
Iowa
Livestom
Kansas’ City
Herman Christie
Villisen
Charles and
Ralph Henderson
Coin
Edwin Matzen
Mason City
William Probert
Volga
Clarence
Freshman Myron Minish Tops Livestock Judging at Ames
AMES AP The highest freshman score ever in livestock judging was by Myron Minish of Hudson in a beginner contest at Iowa State College. He judged six cattle classes, earning 95.32 percent with 248 of 250 points and the Wentworth medal. John Taylor of Arnolds Park was second at 91.99 percent and Carl Youngdale of Harcourt third at 90.33.
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T T Ames
Myron Minish
Hudson
Iowa State College
Minish
Wentworth
John Taylor
Arnolds Park
Carl Youngdale
Harcourt
Iowa corn picking near finish with high yields noted
Des Moines AP reports 90 percent husking finished in northern and eastern Iowa counties while southern areas lag at 25 percent. Reed notes bushel totals at record highs with some fields 50 to 90 bushels per acre and warns abundant feed could affect hog futures.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Annual Convention of Iowa Livestock Shippers Set for Dec 14 15
Des Moines announces the thirteenth annual meeting of the Iowa Cooperative Livestock Shippers to be held December 14 and 15 at the Kirkwood hotel with a banquet on December 14. W R Johnson of Perry, president, says the two day program aims to improve marketing conditions amid the current economic situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Co-operative Livestock Shippers
Kirkwood
W. R. Johnson
Perry
Farm Women In Benton Begin Clothing Project
Farm Bureau women in Benton county open the fifth year clothing project with training led by Miss Jane Nelson. Eight township meetings have been held as part of the program with five lessons covering gift suggestions clothing clinic trends in trimming the tailored garment and favorite print dresses.
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Gazette
Winton
Benton County
Farm Bureau
Jane Nelson
High Herd in North Tama Cow Test Association
Purebred Holsteins pictured here earned high herd honors in the North Tama Cow Test for the year ended Oct 31. The herd averaged 13,652 pounds of milk and 515.8 pounds of butterfat, per Henry Nieman tester. The herd has been on test five years.
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North Tama
Henry Nieman
Low Prices Spur Farmers Toward Self-Sufficiency
DES MOINES AP Mark G Thornburg state secretary of agriculture says low prices drive farmers to rely on homegrown goods. Farmers increase canning, eat homegrown meat, and burn corn for fuel while noting taxes mortgage relief and surplus control are needed to ease distress and boost employment.
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Des Moines
Mark G. Thornburg
Thornburg
Dairymen Buy Beef Sires To Raise Feeding Cattle
Aberdeen-Angus breeder M. B. Walker reports strong demand for breeding stock as dairymen adopt crossbreeding for beef. Notables including Morehead H E poth Neat Ohare Molstein and Ernest Ona jain milking Shorthorns have used beef bulls to produce baby beef. Walker has recently sold bulls to Adolph Bruhn New Liberty Ben Witt Welton Edgar Seyfert Lost Nation Ray Morehead and Oliver Parmer Marquoketa.
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M. B. Walker
Ay Morehead
H.E. “Poth
Ohare -Molstein
Ernest Ona Jain
Milton - Sadler
Elwood
Mr. Walker
Adolph Bruhn
New Liberty
Ben Witt
Welton
Edgar Seyfert
Lost Nation
Ray Morehead
Oliver Parmer
Marquoketa
Anamosa breeder wins purple at Ak-Sar-Ben show
Anamosa Angus breeder Irvin Kemp returns from Omaha with a purple ribbon for the grand championship cow and also shows a second place two year old bull. Kemp plans to exhibit the herd at the Chicago International.
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Anamosa
Irvin Kemp
Omaha
Kemp
Chicago
Farm News From Wilton Junction Ducks Hatch Six
Mrs Frank Townsend reports her mallard ducks are laying at the Wilton Junction farm. One duck hen stole away and hatched six ducklings.
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Wilton Junction
Frank Townsend
Harvest Sunday Observance Planned Across Iowa
County committees prepare events for Harvest Sunday on November 20 inviting residents to rural churches or nearby urban congregations. The Iowa Farm Bureau coordinates participation with over 800 associate clergy from all denominations receiving invitations to highlight rural city links and agriculture as national prosperity’s foundation. Grundy and Franklin counties announce church services and newspaper cooperation as key early actions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Grundy County
Manning W. Howell
W. B. Hamilton
Franklin County
Whittier Lad Husks 128 Bushels Daily This Season
Whittier area lad Leland Weaver son of Mr and Mrs Charles Weaver averaging 128 bushels of corn daily over three weeks on the Robert Bowen farm four miles northeast of Whittier His best day 152 bushels and next two days total 296 bushels He brings in four loads daily at 2 cents a bushel and supplies his own team and wagon.
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Whittier
Leland Weaver
Charles Weaver
Robert Bowen
Leland
Ministers Co-operate in Tama County Farm Program
Z. R. Mills Tama county agent reports all county ministers are being asked to cooperate in a countywide program. Many county Farm Bureau officials are taking part in the effort.
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Z. R. Mills
Tama
Farm Bureau
Fayette County Cow Test Sees 25 Percent Milk Increase
Special to The Gazette Fayette West Union reports October output up 25 percent from September in Cow Test association No. 4. High cow is J. C. Mathews grade Jersey with 1426 pounds milk and 88.4 pounds butterfat. other top cows include Clyde Blunt Jersey 73 pounds fat and Kennets Kerr Holstein 71.3 pounds. Grimes herd averages 1120 pounds milk and 41.2 pounds butterfat.
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Aes West Union
Fayette County
Clyde Blunt
Kennets
Kerr
Grimes
R. F. Learn
Corn Costs 11 Cents Per Bushel Plus Husking
Spencer's Grove farmer James Hines recently bought fifty acres of corn in the field for 40 dollars. He sold thirteen acres and the rough feed for 25 dollars, leaving thirty seven acres at a cost of 15 dollars. The corn will yield more than thirty bushels per acre, costing him 134 cents per bushel plus picking expenses.
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Spencer's Grove
James Hines
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W. D. Mitchell
Reinbeck
C. T. Mitchell
Robert Mitchell
Roger Manfall
Hoppe Brothers
John Martens
Alex E. Rehder
W. G. Barker
J. E. Howard
Brade Guernseys
Louie Rehder
Mitchell
D. Mitchell
A.D .Mitchell
Cc. T. Mitchell
Mr. Martens
C.T. Mitchell
BE. M. McEihinney
By &.F.A
W. E. Tallman
James Walter
Flavel Stender
Farm Women In
Benton
Test Assn
South Second Street
Whittier Lad
Fayette
Bihee
Buchls Evers
Beys
Sears, Roebuck
Shi
Aes
Rothmoor
V/s
Cathartics
Fleischmann
Fleischmann’s Yeast
Iowa Theatre
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