Taber Urges Neutral U S in European War at Grange Meet
Taber told 1,000,000 farmers in 36 states at the National Grange nine day session in Pier II that America must remain neutral in the European conflict. He urged decentralization, balanced budgets, and defense for peace, not war, advocating broader taxes, reduced government costs, and cooperative marketing to lift farm prices.
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Grange
America
National Grange
Pier II
Louis J. Taber
National
Taber
United States
United States Senate
Jackson 4-H Girl Wins Gold Medal in Foods Contest
Maquoreta Lolla Faye Binns a 16 year old Jackson county 4-H member receives a gold medal for excellence in food preparation in a national foods contest. About 50 Jackson county girls competed in the event conducted by the Ames extension service as reported by County Agent F E Krause.
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Maquoreta
Lolla Faye Binns
Jackson County
F. E. Krause
Ames Extension Service
Jersey cows in demand as Want Ads draw buyers
In the Farmers Market Place ad section buyers race to answer Jersey cow listings. Mrs J G Hupp reports about 50 calls after placing an ad, noting easy sales. A 4 year old Jersey cow fresh in February is available and dial 2020 for offers.
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Jersey
J. G. Hupp
C Avenue NW
Farmers’ Market
Dial
Community Fair at La Porte City Nov 16 18
Three hundred dollars in cash prizes will be awarded at the annual Community fair here Thursday, Friday and Saturday under the high school vocational agriculture class. E E Pearson directs instruction. Mrs C D Knipp from Vinton judges home economics and garden exhibits. H Evans of Hudson judges farm exhibits and the county nurse Helen Gilbert will display the new baby incubator.
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LA Porte City
E E Pearson
C D Knipp
Vinton
H_ Evans
Hudson
Helen Gilbert
550 Miles REA Lines Approved In East Iowa
The REA approved contracts for two rural electrification expansions in Iowa. Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative will build 299 miles from Davenport to serve 3,612 members across Cedar Muscatine Johnson Linn Jones Clinton Louisa and Scott counties at a total project cost near 256000 including meters and overhead. Eberhard Construction will add 251 miles serving 497 members in Tama and Poweshick counties at about 180000 total with meters and overhead.
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Washington
D. C
REA
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Davenport
Monroe Electric Company
Chicago
Cedar
Muscatine
Johnson, Linn
Jones
Clinton
Louisa
Scott Counties
Eberhard Construction Company
Guttenburg
Tama
Iowa
Poweshick
TIP Rural Electric Cooperative
Brooklyn
Farm Outlook Meeting Draws 44 Attendees in Washington
Forty four persons attended a farm outlook meeting in Washington involving the county planning board soils committees township soils groups and farm leaders. Amos Stout chaired as planning board chairman with talks from J W Chandler Cecil F Rooks Adelie Bakke Wayne Norman R R Johnson and Frank Rice about farming conditions organization roles and financial challenges facing local farms.
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Washington, In
Washington County Planning Board
County Soils Committee
Amos Stout
Brighton
Planning Board
J. W. Chandler
Extension Service
Cecil F. Rooks
Adelie Bakke
Farm Security Administration
Wayne Norman
Soils Conservation Committee
R. R. Johnson
The
Production Credit Corporation
Frank Rice
Farm Security
Cow Test Association
PRIMA DONNA Puzzle Answers From Crossword Clues
A collage of horizontal and vertical clue solutions references a crossword style grid. The list includes musical terms, animal names, directions, and common nouns such as to depart, musical note, sun god, and evergreen tree, suggesting a themed puzzle solution set.
District Pasture Clinic Set for Sioux City Thursday
Farmers from western Iowa northeastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota will gather in Sioux City Thursday for the district pasture clinic and to crown winners of the 1939 Sioux City area pasture contest. The event, second annual, is sponsored by county Farm Bureaus and the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce. Champions from seven Iowa counties plus Nebraska and South Dakota counties will be named. an area pasture king will be chosen from county champions at a luncheon. Three Iowa State College authorities will address the group on weed control soil conservation and pasture management with a Nebraska agronomist outlining eastern Nebraska practices.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
County Farm Bureaus
Woodbury
Sac
Crawford
Sioux
Plymouth
Monona
Harrison
Iowa State College
E. P. Sylvester
W HH Pierre
Paul M Burson
Elin E. Frolik
University of Nebraska
Eastern
Man Hurt Oiling Corn Picker Near Columbus Junction
Everett Stapp sustained fractures of both bones in his right forearm and bruises to the head and chest when his clothing caught in the drive shaft of a corn picker on the Stapp farm north west of Columbus Junction while he was oiling the machine. He was taken to Bellevue hospital in Muscatine.
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Columbus Junction
Everett Stapp
Stapp
Here
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Autumn Drought Prolongs Across Midwest Farms
Des Moines AP reports continued drought across western and north-central counties with farms hauling water for livestock and drilling wells. Rain fell in eastern regions but western areas remained dry, hindering winter wheat germination and fence rebuilding. Showers aided Michigan and the Mississippi valleys while the western plains saw near total lack of rainfall. Kansas and Nebraska endured record dryness with low precipitations across several states.
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Des Moines
Charles D Reed
Midwest
Michigan
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Gulf of Mexico
Bureau
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Weather relief eases drought in recent rainfall
The weather bureau reported that rainfall over the past week eased drought conditions temporarily, providing a brief reprieve.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Neighbors Help Oscar Barird in Ill Health
Neighbors of Oscar Barird, farmer south of Wapello, who has been in ill health, husked his corn and sawed wood on Tuesday. Women of the group served dinner to the workers. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hutcheson, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jamison, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Crammond, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Cowles, Henry Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crammond, Mr. and Mrs Henry Meyerholz, Mr and Mrs Paul Hamiston, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McKinney, Dianne McKinney, Mr and Mrs. Merrill Baird, Mrs. F. H. Wischmeier, Karl Wischmeier, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Beard, Mr. and Mrs. William Terhune, Ralph Baird, Mrs. Minnie Bailey and Walter Hutcheson.
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Wapello
Oscar Barird
Harry Hutcheson
Guy Jamison
J. B. Crammond
N. E. Cowles
Henry Cowles
Harry Cram
Farm Auction Schedule for November in Cedar Rapids Area
Auctions list three events across Nov 16 17 and 18 with bidders and locations. A. M. Crain closes out near Springville, Beverly Cattle Co auctions near Cedar Rapids, M. S. Cook closes out near Urbana, Ia. Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids hosts a sale, and Thomas Willmott Estate holds a farm auction near Waubeek, plus Henry Schlesselman sells implements near Whittier on Nov 21.
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A. M. Crain
Springville
Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
M. S. Cook
Urbana
Livestock Exchange
Thomas Willmott
Edgewood Farmer Yields High Corn Harvests Near Edgewood
Edgewood farmer Lee Way finished his corn husking Monday with 31.9 acres producing about 75 to 80 bushels per acre. Henry Fischer nearby harvested 6,000 to 7,000 bushels from 92 acres. Six acres of corn went to the silo and six acres were set aside for fodder.
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The
Gazette
Edgewood
Lee Way
Henry Fischer
Livestock Outlook Talk By Rex Beresford This Friday
Rex Beresford Ames extension animal husbandman will address a countywide livestock outlook meeting here Friday at 8 p.m. Topics include when to buy feeders and whether to buy calves or yearlings, with discussions on cows and heifers.
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Toledo
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension Animal Husbandman
Night school talks in Marengo and West Liberty
Cedar Rapids man Richard Miller addresses the Marengo adult night school on Credits and Collections. Des Moines’ Mrs. Max Mayer will speak November 20, with Banquet and graduation on November 27. West Liberty classes average 35 to 40 in homemaking and men’s divisions, with Lorna Schuppert leading a Monday sing and Miss Alverda James speaking on buying shoes and stock- ings while Fredric Maltas discusses buying and renting farms.
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Marengo
Richard Miller
Cedar Rapids
Max Mayer
Des Moines
Ralph Gruenwald
Gazette
West Liberty
Alverda James
Fredric Maltas
Lorna Schuppert
Miss James
Mr. Maltas
Elect Mrs Hoffman Chairman of Benton Home Project Work
Mrs Charles Hoff man of Walker named county chairman of women s home project work in Benton county at a Van Horne Legion hall meeting. Plans for the county achievement day in the second week of April were set. Sixty women from 17 townships attended. Mrs Charles Hanneman Van Horne named vice chairman and other officers named for publicity health drama and treasury. Hoffman and Hanneman chosen to attend the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Chicago December 4 and 5.
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Winton
Charles Hoffman
Walker
Benton County
van Horne Legion Hall
Charles Hanneman
van Horne
George Newton
Watkins
Axtel Bostrom
Vinton
Harry Reiss
Garrison
Sigourney FFA Chapter Initiates 13 Members
Sigourney high school FFA chapter initiated 13 new members recently including Harry McMaster Carroll McClusky Leland Mahan Dwight Street Joe Miller John Miller Leroy Hammes Don Harper Paul Webb Harold Hammes Howard Hammes Dallas Evans and Beryl Adams.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Sigourney High School
FFA
Harry McMaster
Carrol McClusky
Leland Mahan
Dwight Street
Joe Miller
John Miller
Leroy Hammes
Don Harper
Paul Webb
Harold Hammes
Howard Hammes
Dallas Evans
Beryl Adams
Fayette County Agricultural Society Meeting Scheduled
The Fayette county agricultural society will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. on November 21 to hear reports and elect officers.
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West Union
Fayette County Agricultural Society
Farm Near Donnan Sold For $9,000
Randalia resident Lloyd Clough recently bought the 153 acre farm one and a half miles north of Donnan from Equitable Life Insurance company for $9,000 averaging $58.82 an acre. The tenanted property is in good repair with buildings in solid condition.
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Randalia
Lloyd Clough
Donnan
S. S. Bowen
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Iowa Apiarists To Hear Ames Beemen At State Meeting
Ames extension service apiary chief F B Paddock and zoologist Dr O W Park will present key reports at the Iowa Beekeepers Association annual meeting in Des Moines November 16 and 17. Paddock will cover the 1939 honey production season while Park discusses Iowa disease resistance research. G H Cale, associate editor of the American Bee Journal, is among the chief speakers.
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Ames
F. Braddock
Ames Extension Service
O W. Park
Iowa Beekeepers’ Association
Des Moines
Iowa
G. H Cale
The
American Bee Journal
Illinois Man Wins DeKalb Corn Contest
CHICAGO UP Officials of the DeKalb national corn growers contest announced winners Wednesday. Roland Resler Savoy county Jr topped with 171 bushels per acre. Other winners include Borg farms Walworth county 104.9 Iowa Clarence Mitchell Jefferson county 160.5 Ohio Len Warnezke Pitman county 139.9 Nebraska A C Schroeder Sarpy county 118 Indiana Gust Scharf Knox county 161.53 Minnesota W C Schultz Blue Earth county 164.9 Michigan Richard Macey Branch county 135.6 Pennsylvania Leland J Pyle Chester county 88 South Dakota S P Brende Minnehaha county 115.5 Missouri Okie Walters Adair county 123.5.
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Chicago
Roland Resler
Savoy County, Jr
Wisconsin
Sarpy
Indiana
Gust Scharf
Knox County
Minnesota
W. C. Schultz
Blue Earth
Michigan
Richard Macey
Branch County
Pennsylvania
Leland J. Pyle
Chester County
South Dakota
S. P. Brende
Minnehaha
Missouri
Okie Walters
Adair County
Farm Chemurgic Subcommittee Appointed by Hope
WASHINGTON AP A farm chemurgic subcommittee to study using farm products and wastes as industrial raw materials was appointed Wednesday by Representative Hope of Kansas chairman of the republican special committee to study agricultural problems Members include Woodruff Knutson Lemke Dirksen Stefan Mundt and Dworshak Hope said farm chemurgy a term coined by scientists denotes the field of industrializing farm come modifies The subcommittee aims to explore new markets and seek aid from leading scientists especially in plastics using agricultural raw materials.
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Washington
Hope
Kansas
Republican Special Committee
Woodruff
Michigan
Knutson
Minnesota
Lemke
North Dakkota
Dirksen
Illinois
Stefan
Nebraska
Mundt
South Dakota
Dworshak
Idaho
Clover Hay Brings High Prices at Waukon Sale
At the Arthur Hesse farm sale five miles west of Waukon on Monday, Clover hay sold for 7.50 a ton, soybean hay 6.50, silage 310, and eats 0.38 a bushel. Total sale reached 1,100 dollars. Cattle topped with Holstein cows at 72, Holstein bull 60.50, heifers 37, calves 34, pigs up to 7.40 each.
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Waukon
Arthur Hesse
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