The Country Diary Keeps Thanksgiving Between Trips
The author recounts a week of travel and family gatherings from Hawaii to Wisconsin to Illinois. They note orchids, pineapples, and sugar crops, a pre Thanksgiving feast with Frail Aunt Mary, visits with Seattle cousins, and daily farm tasks. Norwegain cuisine, lutefish, and a Scandinavian entertainment appear amid farm chores and holiday prep.
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Hawaii
Paradise Islands
Wisconsin
Shakerag Street
Mineral Point
Seattle
Madison
University
Mary
Iowa Turkey Trade Slows As Prices Dip Across Hemis
DES MOINES The Iowa turkey market was weak through last Thursday with hens 1 to 1.5 cents lower and heavy hens at 32 to 33 cents. Toms sold 24 to 26 cents, mostly 25, while dressed turkey prices declined, slowing trade amid a large supply and free offers from growers per the Federal State Market News Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Federal State Market News Service
Fur Animal Show Scheduled at Austin
The tenth annual live animal fur show of the Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota Fur Farmers Association will be held November 19 and 20 at the Mower County Fairgrounds in Austin. Entries are expected from Iowa North and South Dakota Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Austin, Minn
Northern
Iowa and
Southern Minnesota Fur Farmers Association
Mower County Fairground
Austin
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Harry Lenz
Lyle, Minn
Winslow Makes Money and Trains Labradors Near Belle Plaine
Louis Winslow, a Belle Plaine farmer, raises and trains Labrador retrievers as a profitable sideline. He has seven started dogs from a single foundation female and prepares them through obedience, dummy work, pigeons, and tame ducks. Training lasts four to six months, with potential buyers in California and Illinois already showing interest. A Southeast Iowa Retriever Club gathers breeders and trainers for meets to judge marking, gentleness, and retrieval skills.
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Gazette
Louis Winslow
Belle Plaine
Harold McLennan
Hartwick
H. W. Stettler
Louis
California
Illinois
Belle
Russ Graham
Winslow
Southeast
Iowa
Retriever Club Describes Trainers and Prices
The club includes owners of Labradors Chesapeakes Golden Retrievers and a Springer Spaniel owner. Meets follow American Kennel Club rules. A well-trained retriever is costly Winslow sells started dogs for 150 to 200 dollars each. Old Belle’s 21 pups over three years total about 3150 dollars.
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American Kennel Club
Winslow
Belle
Louis Winslow
Egg Prices Steady as Poultry Market Slips in Iowa
In Des Moines the egg market held near prior levels despite heavy hen sales. Medium eggs eased early week, later recovering to near unchanged overall. Grade A large eggs traded high late in the week while hens and miscellaneous young chickens moved lower. fryer prices stayed flat. The major off farm poultry movement is thought to be over.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal State Market News Service
Voetbergs Return Home From Florida Visit
Dr. Robert Voetberg has been managing his father’s veterinary practice in Norwalk California while his parents visit their son Larry in Tampa Florida. They are expected to return home this week after his army discharge was received a few weeks ago.
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Traer
Robert Voetberg
Norwalk
Calif
D. N .Voetberg
Larry
Tampa
Fla
Voetbergs
Farm Auction Inventory Listing with Implements and Household Furnishings
A detailed sale catalog lists heavy farming equipment including International tandem disc 10 ft plow gang, 8 ft Cultimulcher, 42 ft elevator with wagon hoist, Ford pickup 1950 model, corn planter, tractor mower and shelter, plus misc items such as hog houses shelter houses feed bunks waterers and a set dining room walnut suite with rug and furniture. Household items cover beds chests and a General Electric radio. There are assorted small farm tools and ems also listed for the auction.
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International
Durham
Farmer's Friend
John Deere
International Tractor
International Corn
General Electric
McDeering
Ford-Ferguson
Dearborn
Ford
Woods Bros
Barrow
IHC
Little Genius
Carlson's Corner depicts aging celebrity and farewell
A poetically somber piece portrays a woman aging out of glamour as wind and night surround her. The narrator addresses Mother Earth, promising renewal and rest, while the worn ritual of retirement and a final night linger in the imagery.
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Mother
Nutrition Study Urges fats role in human nutrition
Washington based Agriculture Department advisory committee on food and nutrition research identifies the most urgent need as learning more about how animal and vegetable fats affect human nutrition.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Food and Nutrition
Spry declines to rule on legality of hybrid oats
Des Moines secretary of agriculture Clyde Spry refused to rule on whether selling hybrid oat seed is legal in Iowa. He said clarification in Iowa law would require court action or legislative change. Spry and deputy Loyd Van Patten discussed the matter with James McCurdy, whose Fremont firm sells what it calls hybrid oats.
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Toby
Jim
Spry
Des Moines
Clyde Spry
Iowa
Loyd van Patten
James McCurdy
Fremont
van Patten
H. C. Murphy
Iowa State College
LeRoy McCurdy
McCurdy Seed and Supply Company
McCurdy Company
Power Sanders Replace Hand Trimming of Hoofs
A rural report notes farmers and blacksmiths shifting from manual hoof trimming to electric power sanders, speeding maintenance. The change reflects broader adoption of powered tools in farm care and animal husbandry.
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Auntie
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Chicago
Scots Guards
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Vernon
Veterans Hospital
Ifes
Benton, Jones and Linn Counties
National Farm Loan Association
Harold B. McTa Seey-Tre
Jig
The
Kacgena Co
2Nd Ave
Farm Editor
Walker Livestock Exchange
Walker, Iowa
W. F
M. J. McCalley
Stewart Aldrich
Vv. G. Winn
Dempster
Dial
Cedar Rapids
Marion, Ione
Marion
Anamosa
Highway 151
Hartman
White Rock
Farmall
Ferguson
McCormick-Deering
Harlin E. Young
Morey and Carmichael Elishada
Anamosa Citizens Savings Bank
McCormick- Deering
Westinghouse
West Branch
Sale
Esther Circle
Methodist
W.S.C.S
D_HLI.A. saath — hk
Guernsey
Jersey
Hampshire
International Milking Machine
THCM
Earl F. Hunter
First State Bank
Wilbur Colby and
LaMar Foster, Jr
Otto Kasper
Solon, Iowa
Phon
Washington No. 3
Marengo
Blairstown Road
Dorothy Schumacher
Harry Hartz
Oxford Sales Barn, Inc
Oxford, Iowa
North Park
Colorado
Navy
Bozeman
Montana
Oxford
Dohnalek, Collins and Longwell
Benton Co
Shellsburg
Hereford
John Suck
Morris Long
Vinton
Urbana
Benton County Bank & Trust
Carlson's Corner
Milady
G.A.C
Howard Moyer
Central City
I. E. Kemp
Tamworth
Chester
City Sales CO
Central City, TA
Lewie Weis
NO. 13
WMT
Frank Phillips
Mall Tool CO
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