Austrian Hero Studying Farm Mechanization
George Teufenstein of Garnaville Austria farms 400 acres near Linz with 35 workers while Ray Lange operates 200 acres in Garnaville with no outside help. He visits Clayton county under the ECA to learn mechanization and pasture rotation grazing to cut costs and improve efficiency. He studies American tractors and dairy barn methods and plans future equipment and a new dairy barn at home.
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Ray Lange
George Teufenstein
Lange
Garnaville
Teufenstein
Linz
Austria
United States
Economic Cooperation Administration
Gazette
Upper Austria
Vienna University
Garnavillo
Clayton County
George
Midwest
Adrian Gamble
University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn Research Project
Core Farm
Maurice Core
Iowa
Europe
International Farm
Carlson's Corner humorous snippets and family quips
A quirky local column features barbed party games and social witticisms. It notes a hostess remark about a comical face and a playful confession of not actually playing. It then shifts to family ties and a line about ingratitude as a universal crime.
Farm Bureau kicks off 1951 drive in Toledo
Tama county Farm Bureau will launch its 1951 membership drive in Toledo on January 3, announced county president Forrest C. Hill. The event marks the start of efforts to boost local participation and support for agricultural programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County Farm Bureau
Forrest C. Hill
Mardelle Perry Crowned Iowa Frozen Foods Champion
Mardelle Perry of Fairfax Iowa has won the state 4-H frozen foods title and becomes a national contender. She has 23 club projects in seven years and froze about 1200 pounds of foods including peppers desserts lunches peanuts and nut meats. The winner receives a 17 jewel wrist watch and may earn a Chicago trip and a $300 Fowler McCormick college scholarship if selected nationally.
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Mardelle Perry
Ia E. Perry
Fairfax
Iowa
International Harvester Company
Mardelle
Fairfax Jolly
Chicago
Fowler McCormick College
Country Diary of Jane Week of house and town tasks
A village diary recounts daily chores and small dramas as Jim and Jane tend home repairs, garden work, hunting visitors, and church events. They note furnace troubles, a leak, phone fixes, field work, and a sequence of ordinary rural tasks amid family notes and seasonal reflections.
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Toby
Jim
Texas
Mexico
Farm outlook meeting for Tama county leaders held in Traer
At 10 a.m. Monday in the Traer Library Tama county rural leaders will hear farm outlook information. Francis Kutish an extension economist and June Brown extension home economist will conduct the meeting.
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TRAER
Tama County
Francis Kutish
June Brown
Chicago Livestock Receipts Estimated for Monday
Unofficial Chicago figures show cattle receipts around 15 000 head hogs about 12 000 and sheep near 2 500 for Monday.
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Chicago
INS
Penningroths Build Purebred Herd From 4-H Roots
Orville and Don Penningroth credit Four-H club work with launching their Shorthorn breeding career. Read about their early 1900s start, state fair wins, imported sires Iceni Commodore and Phophacy Fortune, and advice for young breeders seeking quick entry with a cow and calf.
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Gazette
Penningroth Brothers
Wellman
Chicago
Orville
Des Moines
Don
Penningroth
William Penningroth
Hubbel Farms
Missie Jenny
Shuerman Farms
Mt. Pleasant
Hugh Owens
Homestead
Iceni Commodore
Scotland
R. G. M. Wilson
Phophacy Fortune
Gilbert Kardel
Walcott
Jean McGillivray
Penningroths
Cedar Rapids
Poland
Big Gain Ad Promotes Sow Feed Plan for Litter Size
An advertisement urges farmers to tailor sow feed based on desired litter size. It recommends corn and water for smaller litters of 3 or 4, and a balanced ration with Big Gain’s 20 ingredients for larger litters of 8 to 10.
Market Steers Sold By Miss Hazel Johnson
Miss Hazel Johnson of Cedar Rapids marketed 18 Hereford steers in Chicago last week. The cattle weighed an average 1218 pounds and sold for 32 dollars per hundredweight for eastern shipment. Miss Johnson led the market with strong sales.
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R. Claire Booth
Central City
Holstein
Guernsey
Tambe
Hampshire
Hereford
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New York
Lang
Vienna
Iowa State College
Indianola
William C Wallace
H. H. Holloway
Davenport
J. E. Perry
Holloway
Farm Clinic
R. K. Stoddard
Merchants Bank
City Sales CO
Central City, Iowa
Carlson's Corner
G.A. Cc
Jane
Neighbor
Maine
Michigan
Outlook
Troy Mills
Charles A. Price & Son
Virgil Heins
M. J. McCalley
Walker State Bank
Cisna
Urbana
J. McCallery
Yviegt Heins
Ely
Oliver Row
Oliver
John Deere
Ottawa
Louis F. Konicek Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
Lows
T T Savi Bank
Els
Rowley
Harry Grover
Victor Seeder
New International H Corn
A. C
J. Deere
McCcormick
Smalley
Minnesota
Clinton
Stewart Aldrich
M. J. MecCaffey
Rowley Bank
Melvin Faust
Anamosa
Prairiebure
Monticello
Os Carmall
Wood Bros
McCormick- Deering
McCormick- Sooring
Igas¢ Brestes
Ene
Guy Lawrence
W. F. Mitchell
Bud Smith
Monticello State Bank
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission Co
Illinois
Wilbur Colby
Four-H Club
Rex Conn
Charles Gilchrist
Walker
Bay R
Guernseys
McCorm
Deering
Little ‘Geies
Bettom
Little Wonder
McCorm-Deering
John Eere
Fay Kramer
Charles H. Gilchrist
M. J. McCahey
Urbana Savings Bank
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