Pasture Clinic Set For East Iowa Farmers In Cedar Rapids
The fourth annual pasture clinic for east Iowa farmers will be held in Cedar Rapids at the Chamber of Commerce on December 12. About 45 contestants from nine counties will receive certificates and prizes for first and second place in their counties. County winners include Merwin Zeller Linn, Henry Adams Jones, Hy Von Meister Cedar, and Kenneth Wagner Johnson. The event emphasizes defense for increased hog dairy and poultry production with invited speakers from Ames and state officials.
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East Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Penningroth
Sweenstakes
Seea Ae
Linn
Jones, Cedar
Johnson
Penningroth
Paul Burson
Ames Extension Agronomist
Iowa
Merwin Zeller
A. W. H. Lenders
Marion
Henry Adams
Monticello
Jones
Hy von Muenster
Clarence
Cedar
Kenneth Wagner
Iowa City
Art Anderson
Harold Wilcke
Ivor Johnson
Elmer Hanson
Mr. Burson
Ames
Mark Thornburg
Agriculture
B. B. Hickenlooper
Fence Drift Chains Hogs and Sheep Over Stream
A rustic scene on the Kenneth Wagner farm southeast of Iowa City shows hogs and sheep crossing a woven wire fence in single file over a stream on a farmyard eve. The imagery captures a simple rural moment witnessed in a pasture.
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Kenneth Wagner
Iowa City
Farm accident amputates Tipton man's hand
E B Dallas, 79, of Tipton, lost his right hand on a farm incident involving a corn picker. His hand was mangled about 2 p.m. and he reached St Luke's hospital by 4 p.m. where doctors amputated the hand.
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Dallas
Tipton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Farmer Injured in Soybean Harvesting Accident
Special to The Gazette reports Verne Small, a farmer one mile south of Wapello, seriously hurt Wednesday afternoon when his right foot became caught in a combine on the John Elliott farm. He was transported to a Burlington hospital where doctors operated that evening on the mangled foot.
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The
Gazette
Wapello
Verne Small
John Elliott
Burlington
East Central Iowa Veterinarians Elect Rieke As President
Glenn W. Rieke of Victor was elected president of the East Central Iowa Veterinary Medical Society at a Cedar Rapids meeting. Carl G. Spencer of Cedar Rapids named vice president for 1942 and M C Larson of Keystone secretary treasurer. About 35 members attended as J Ear ie Galloway of Des Moines Drake University chemist spoke.
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Glenn W. Rieke
Victor
Iowa Veterinary Medical Society
Cedar Rapids
Carl G. Spencer
M C Larson
Keystone
J. Earie Galloway
Des Moines
Drake University
Triple A Men Study Conditioning of Stored Corn
Seventy five AAA committeemen and corn loan supervisors from 20 eastern Iowa counties attended a training school on fumigation and conditioning of stored corn at Cedar Rapids. Present were R F Cotton and H H Walkden of the federal bureau of entomology and plant quarantine and Lester Voss of Des Moines the assistant state corn loan supervisor.
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Iowa
Hervey Hazen
State Aaa Committee
Cedar Rapids
R. F. Cotton
H H. Walkden
Federal Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Lester Voss
Des Moines
Four-H Party Set At Iowa City Saturday Evening
Four-H club members from Johnson County will host a party for members prospective members mothers and dads at the Iowa City community building at 7 30 p m on Saturday evening County Agent Emmett C Gardner announced Friday.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Four-H Club
Johnson County
Emmett C Gardner
Hog Market Slows Amid Short Run and Holiday Effects
Hog receipts fell this week as the Nov 11 holiday halted slaughter in major plants. Prices barely held from last week with only selective sow gains. Interior runs dropped 32 percent from last week and 29 percent from a year ago, while seven large markets posted similar four day totals to last week. Adverse weather and corn harvest push.
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Igawa
Minnesota
Neighbors Aid Ill Glen Matthiessen With Harvest Help
Neighbors in Viola help Glen Matthiessen who is ill in a hospital in Tow City by gathering 500 bushels of corn. Cecil Todd Will Rice Everette Brown Harry Newhard Hubert Newhard Oren Armstrong Roy Armstrong Vern Woodard Clifford Daily Albert Potter Frank Studer Fred Stacey George Matthiessen Lester Knight Neil Larson Leon Shaffer helped. replacements Loyd Collier Faye Collins Harry Newlin Clair Petty were sent to take their places.
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Gazette
Glen Matthiessen
Towe' City
Cecil Todd
Will Rice
Everette Brown
Harry
Hubert Newhard
Oren
Roy Armstrong
Vern Woodard
Clifford Daily
Albert Potter
Frank Studer
Fred Stacey
George Matthiessen
Lester Knight
Neil Larson
Leon Shaffer
Loyd Collier
Faye Collins
Harry Newlin
Clair Petty
Tuttle Reelected President Of Farm Bureau In Benton
Otis Tuttle of Norway was reelected president of Benton county Farm Bureau at the annual meeting. Officers reelected include Herman Franzenberg Keystone vice president Harry Green Garrison secretary and Conrad Kinderknecht Van Horne treasurer. William Jahnke Van Horne named 4-H boys chairman Mrs C W Grady Van Horne 4-H girls chairman and Mrs Charles Hannaman Van Horne women's home project chairman.
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Winton
Otis Tuttle
Norway
Benton County
Frm
Herman Franzenberg
Keystone
Harry Green
Garrison
Conrad Kinderknecht
van Horne
William Jahnke
C. W. Grady
Charles Hannaman
Women's Home Project
Cattle Feeding Curtailed Across Corn Belt States in 1941 42
October reports from the Agriculture Department show a substantial reduction in cattle to be fed in the corn belt for 1941 42 with fewer stocker and feeder cattle shipped into the region than in 1940 or 1939. Stockyard inspections in October were down 12 percent from a year earlier while up 11 percent above the five year average.
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Corn Belt
Department of Agriculture
Missouri River
Kansas
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Burson Leaves Ames for University of Minnesota Post
Paul M. Burson, extension agronomist at Ames since 1939, resigns to lead soils extension at the University of Minnesota. His departure takes effect December 31 with January 1, 1942 start in Minnesota. He holds a master’s in agronomy from Iowa State and has held multiple Iowa extension roles.
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pAul M. Burson
Ames
Cedar Rapids
University of Minnesota
Burson
Iowa
Minnesota
Fulda
Delaware
Manchester
Story
Iowa Insurance Company
Tama
Benton
Poweshiek
Toledo
Corn Belt Shipments Fall Short of Prior Year and Five Year Average
Direct shipments into the corn belt in October were smaller than last year and the four months July through October also declined. Total shipments through stock yards and direct were slightly lower this year, with October and year-to-date totals dipping below prior figures.
Collier Reelected Farm Bureau Head In Muscatine
Mark Collier of Wilton Junction was reelected president of the Muscatine county Farm Bureau at the annual meeting here. B. F. Wilson of West Liberty was reelected vice-president, Ernest Hoopes of Muscatine treasurer, and Kenneth Hetzler of Moscow secretary. Several officers and chairs were named including Mrs. Robert G. Brown as county home project chair and Arthur H. Brayton as speaker of the Des Moines Convention bureau as resolutions urged defense cooperation, farm credit support, rural school and library improvements, and a 2 percent Farm Bureau member fee.
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Muscatine
Mark Collier
Wilton Junction
Five Johnson County Farm Bureau resolutions advance to state committee
The Johnson County Farm Bureau forwarded five adopted resolutions to the Iowa State Farm Bureau after a Wednesday meeting. The gains endorse parity prices, extend tenant laws, seek auto safety measures, and call for car inspections and driver exams after accidents. They also urge state aid for rural schools and a one cent per gallon gas tax to cut school and property taxes.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee
State Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee
State Federation
Johnson County
American Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Farm Auction Schedule Listing Regional Sales
A sequence of farm sales and livestock events listed for mid November across Iowa towns such as Anamosa Monticello Troy Mills Maquoketa Lisbon Washington Stanwood and nearby venues. Entries include closing out sales on several farms and special horse, Holstein breeder, and public auctions with locations and relative distances.
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O. W. Smith
Alice
Anamosa
Oxford Sales Co
Ed Hand
Troy Mills
F. I. Kurt
Monticello
Neil Clark
Lloyd Guyer
Maquoketa
Reynolds
Lisbon
Iowa
Washington
Howard Knapp
Penningroth
Stanwood
Butter sale urged in Iowa for nutritional value
The notice stresses butter’s nutritional value and urges public attention to its irreplaceable role, stating there is no substitute for butter.
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Iowa
Grade Pupils Tour Indian Creek Area in Linn County
Dwight Curtis led 30 University Elementary School pupils of Iowa City on a watershed tour of Indian Creek in Linn County. The conservation study linked field instruction with study aims, guided by Sylvan Runkle of Marion, a watershed conservationist.
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Dwight Curtis
University
Iowa City
Indian Creek
Linn County
Sylvan Runkle
Marion
Center Point Man Heads Iowa Nut Growers Assn
D C Snyder of Center Point was elected president of the Iowa Nut Growers Association. He succeeds C C Lounsberry of Ames, who was named to the board of directors.
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Center Point Man
Iowa Nut Growers Ass’n
AMES
Iowa Nut Growers’ Association
D. C. Snyder
Center Point
C C. Lounsberry
Heavy Cattle Market Slump After Week of Losses
Cattle prices fell across markets with heavyweights hit hardest and steers $1 to $2 under yearling values. Losses ranged 25 to 40 cents on steers, 15 to 25 cents on yearlings and light steers, while top fed cattle reached $12.75 for Schmidt Brothers at Del mar.
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Schmidt Brothers
Delmar
Coggon Future Farmers To Attend International Livestock Expo
Coggon High School Future Farmers members will attend the International Livestock Exposition and tour Chicago November 28 and 29 using funds from project activities. Vocational agriculture instructor G. E. Sutton announced the trip today. Mr. Sutton and J. B. Hunger
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Coggon
Future Farmers
Coggon High School
Chicago
G. E. Sutton
Mr. Sutton
J. B. Hunger
Hunters cause loss as dairy heifer shot near Marion
Farm Editor notes a purebred heifer on Bob Smith’s Forrest Stewart farm southeast of Marion was shot before pheasant season. The 10 month old dairy calf, from a high producing dam, died from a shot fired along the Milwaukee right of way. A hunter near Monticello also fired at a pheasant, narrowly missing a tractor driver.
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Nimrod
Forrest Stewart
Bob Smith
Marion
Milwaukee
Monticello
Stewart
School chapter earns cash through farm cooperative ventures
Ford, the school superintendent, will accompany the boys. The chapter has raised funds from cooperative activities including mixing and selling livestock mineral, a hog project, an experimental corn plot, garden seeds, a potato plot, and selling items at the school carnival and grain show.
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Ford
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