Hogs Sold by Carcass Basis Gain Ground in Canada
Prof E F Ferrin cites Canada adoption of rail settlement on Sept 30 1940 for all hogs sold in Canada with carcass weight and grade. He notes U.S. trials since 1932 and argues carcass pricing offers more accurate payment though practical hurdles exist.
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Canada
St. Paul
Prof
Ferrin
Denmark
Great Britain
E. F Ferrin
University of Minnesota
United States
Iowa State College
Corn Belt
Dominion
England
Soil Technician Transferred To Direct District Work
McGregor Emerson Wolfe head of the US soil conservation service unit at McGregor has been moved to Elkader to take charge of the new soil conservation district in that area. The shift follows other transfers to Marion Elkader and elsewhere as the McGregor Farmersburg project winds down. Don Sheetz will run the local office for a period.
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Mcgregor
Emerson Wolfe
Soil Conservation Service
Elkader
New Soil Conservation District
Wolfe
Marion
McGregor- Farmersburg
Iowa
Don Sheetz
Heavy Sealing At 61 Cents Expected In Iowa
Iowa AAA officials forecast heavy sealing of corn at 61 cents per bushel under the new government loan but do not expect as much storage as last year. H L Dieterich of the state committee said market prices in coming months would greatly influence the sealed amount.
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Des Moines
Iowa
AAA
H. L. Dieterich
State Committee
Iowa City Lad Wins Trip To National 4-H Congress
William Hunter, 17, of Iowa City earned a trip to the 19th National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago after being named one of Iowa’s three outstanding meat animal producers. He joins Herbert Rees and Delmer Sanders as the other winners. Hunter sold livestock worth 2425 dollars and maintains a purebred Angus herd and breeding sheep flock. He has won six county, three tri county and four state beef championships and two sheep firsts at the Iowa state fair.
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Iowa City
William Hunter
Chicago
Iowa
Herbert Rees
Pleasantville
Delmer Sanders
Eagle Grove
Hunter
Lowa
Limestone and Phosphate Parley Draws 10 County Delegations
Forty representatives from Poweshiek Benton Tama Towa Buchanan Hardin Linn Marshall Grundy and Black Hawk counties met in Toledo to discuss local needs for limestone and phosphate. O D Kline chaired the state Triple A committee with Herry Hazen and John Kimberly in attendance. Glen McFarland of Marengo outlined fourcounty soils program findings on phosphate limestone and related fertilizers in Tama Benton Iowa and Poweshiek counties.
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Toledo
Poweshiek
Benton
Tama
Towa
Buchanan
Hardin
Linn
Marshall
Grundy
Black Hawk
O. D. Kline
Herry Hazen
John Kimberly
Fieldman
Glen McFarland
Marengo
Iowa
Tama 4-Hers To Hold Annual Party Saturday
Four H boys and girls of Tama county will hold their annual achievement party Saturday evening at Gladbrook. Parents of members are invited to attend. Awards will be made to members for outstanding work by County Agent Burns and Club Agent Merritt Canedy.
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Toledo
Tama County
Gladbrook
Burns
M. _ Byram
Merritt-Canedy
Inbred Poland China Boar Under Iowa Experiment
The Isaacs farm near Iowa City hosts a 50 percent inbred Poland China boar from the Ames research farm. He weighs about 190 pounds, shows mixed boar and gilt traits, and may or may not breed. If viable, he will mate with purebred Yorkshire sows from Canada, as part of a broader effort to create leaner, larger litters through crossbreeding and inbreeding experiments.
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Fremont Isaacs
Iowa City
Mr. Isaacs
Poland
Ames
Ames Research Farm
E. L. Quaife
State College
Ontario
Berkshire
Duroc
Cornhusking Bee At Evans Farm Near Columbus Junction
Neighbors held a cornhusking bee Monday at the Jerry Evans farm four miles southwest of Columbus Junction. Eighty-one neighbors worked in teams to husk 1,200 bushels from 50 acres as the local American Legion post served hot lunch. Mrs Evans and Mr Evans are in Chicago for treatment at the Veterans Hospital.
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Gazette
Columbus Junction
Jerry Evans
Evans
Veterans’ Hospital
Chicago
American Legion Post
Husking Bees Gather Neighbors At Two Iowa Farms
Special to The Gazette reports two farming events: at Troy Mills a crowd of 48 husked and cribbed 1 200 bushels of corn from 30 acres with 15 teams and 3 trucks. Zeller’s share was moved to his brother in law’s home while the landlord’s portion was cribbed on site. Zeller has been bedfast with infantile paralysis since early summer at Iowa City hospital. In North English an Odd Fellows husking bee on the Bruce Wyant farm shucked 30 acres of corn. Wyant recently injured a hand. wagons and a lumber company elevator were donated for the effort.
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Troy Mills
Earl Zeller
Zeller
Barnard Ricker
Here
Iowa City Hospital
North English
The
Odd Fellows, Friends and Neighbors
Bruce Wyant
Mr. Wyant
G. W. Knipfer
M. Miller
Lewis Miller
John Foubert
Lowell Long
Wayne Wade
Dave Gilmore
Richard Strausser
Donald Gi
Thanksgiving Services Set Across Lisbon and Aurora
The Gazette reports two worship events this Sunday. In Lisbon the Rev. G S Hamilton will speak at the annual Thanksgiving service in the Methodist church at 7 30 p m. In Aurora the Rev John P Forsyth pastor of the Aurora Gospel Tabernacle will speak at the Federated church morning worship.
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Sweetal
Lisbon
G. S. Hamilton
Methodist Church
John P. Forsyth
Aurora Gospel Tabernacle
Aurora
Federated Church
Pasture Clinic Winner Named For Sioux City District
Harvey Muecke, a Plymouth county farmer near Hinton, won the 1940 Sioux City area pasture improvement contest announced at a banquet with farmers from 15 counties across northwest Iowa and neighboring Nebraska and South Dakota. L. R. Christanson of Sloan was runnerup. An additional pasture clinic is planned for Cedar Rapids on December 11.
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Sioux City
Harvey Muecke
Plymouth
Hinton
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
L. R. Christianson
Sloan
Woodbury County
4-H Clubs Elect Officers in Spring Grove Township
1941 officers named for Wapsieette 4-H girls club Linn county Lor raine Fisher is president Zella Andrews vice president Lillian Washburn secretary Betty Biggs treasurer Erma Cook historian Sara Louise Jeffries reporter There are 28 members Marian Salow is installed as president Betty Nebel vice president Esther Timmer secretary Mildred Hunt treasurer Viola Budan historian Earlville 4-H girls club led by Mrs Paul Spence
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Marian Salow
Betty Nebel
Esther Timmer
Mildred Hunt
Viola Budan
Earlville
Paul Spence
Clinton Cattlemen Banquet Set For December 12
Four H club members will prepare and serve the dinner at the annual cattlemen banquet in Clinton on December 12. Seven hundred fifty tickets are on sale. The meat comes from two steers bought from Chris Paysen of Camanche. Speaker is W G Kammiade from the University of Illinois animal husbandry section.
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Clinton—Four-H Club
Chris Paysen
Camanche
W. G. Kammiade
Animal Husbandry
University of Illinois
Farmers' Night School Opens in West Branch
The first of ten weekly meetings of the adult agricultural night school was held Wednesday evening in West Branch. Eighty people attended the potluck supper and 56 heard the farm outlook for 1941 led by Cedar county agent H. A. Hamilton of Tipton. Next week’s session features W. F. Robertson on feeding and management of swine breeding stock.
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Gazette
West Branch
Cedar County
H. A. Hamilton
Tipton
W. F. Robertson
National Grange adopts resolutions on trade and price policy
Syracuse N Y AP delegates at the 74th annual convention oppose most favored nation clauses in trade pacts and urge price stabilization measures. A compromise plan to peg farm prices to production costs would require two thirds voting to take effect with controlled reserves and orderly marketing.
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Syracuse
N. Y
National Grange
National Grange Convention
United States
Ervin E. King
Washington State
Grangemaster
Honey Creek Grange Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
EDGEWOOD The Honey Creek Grange held its annual meeting at the J. P. Cole farm home Thursday evening electing Glen Wonleighton as master J. S. Knight overseer Mrs Fred Grapes lecturer J P Cole steward Mrs Cole lady steward Mrs Dale Henderson chaplain Worthy Smith treasurer Mrs J S Knight secretary Alfred Billhorn gate keeper Mrs Billhorn Ceres Mrs Alvin Clausen Pomona Mrs Clarence Schmock Flora Floyd Knickerbocker executive committeeman
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Edgewood
Honey Creek
J. P
Flora
Floyd Knickerbocker
Harvest Sunday at the small white church
A rural homecoming urging city folk to visit the old church for Harvest Sunday. The appeal asks for donations to repair furnaces stoves organs and interiors and to reimburse the minister. It emphasizes unity and appreciation of country blessings. BY A COUNTRY WOMAN.
Corn picking bottleneck after last week's windstorm
In Edgewood farmers report corn picking is backbreaking as wagons fill with husked corn get stuck in soggy fields. Heavy rains Thursday morning hinder shredding and delay completion of harvest.
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Edgewood
Jackson Cattlemen's Banquet Draws 350 Attendees
More than 350 people attended the Jackson County Beef Cattle Feeders association banquet in Maquoketa. O. W. Battles of Maquoketa and Yakima Washington spoke on his travels in Argentina where he judged at the Buenos Aires International show. Two blue ribbon steers used for the dinner were raised by 4-H club members Vernon Baash and Robert Deppe.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County Beef Cattle Feeders Association
O. W. Battles
Yakima
Wash
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Vernon Baash
Miles
Robert Deppe
Bellevue
Monona Creamery Pays 34 Cents For October Butterfat
The Monona Farmers Cooperative Creamery paid 34 cents a pound for butterfat in October, up from 32 cents in 1939. October receipts totaled 48,425 pounds of butterfat, yielding 60,216 pounds of butter, up from 1939 when 50,218 pounds of butter were produced from 40,694 pounds of butterfat.
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Monona
Monona Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Section 9 Creamerymen Elect Officers For 1941
V. O Connor of Dyersville was elected president of Section 9 creamery operators at the annual meeting in Earville Wednesday. Peter Jordahl of Delhi was named vice president and Lyle Miller of Epworth was chosen secretary and treasurer for 1941.
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Earlville
V. O'Connor
Dyersville
Peter Jordahl
Delhi
Lyle Miller
Epworth
Record November Hog Receipts Signal Possible Year Peak
A Special Correspondent reports the interior hog market shows recordNovember receipts across Iowa and southern Minnesota for the first five days, totaling 217700 head, with 308300 head at 12 public markets over three days. Trade observers expect November receipts to top all prior months, possibly easing after January.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Farm Auction Schedule for Anamosa and Nearby Towns
Early week farm auctions listed for November 23 to 27. Events include In. City Sales Co. at Anamosa and multiple closing out sales by Geo. Gearhart Conrad Poppe and others, with locations near Prairieburg Van Horne Mechanicsville Lisbon Clarence Mount Vernon.
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City Sales Co
Anamosa Livestock
Geo. Gearhart
Prairieburg
Conrad Poppe
Anamosa
Joe Sodomka
van Horne
John Fry
Mechanicsville
Nelle Kettering
Market receipts dip as roads bog down sales
Receipts totaled 26,100 head on Friday versus 34,500 a week before and 36,000 a year earlier. Markets in Albert Lea and Austin were closed Thursday contributing to the Friday slump along with muddy roads. All Iowa markets including Sioux City were open Thursday but will close next Thursday. Albert Lea Austin and other Minnesota markets will stay open.
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Albert Lea
Austin
Iowa
Sioux City
Minnesota
Center Point Poultry Show Set for December 5 to 7
Barbara B Durow, secretary, today distributed premium lists for the annual Center Point poultry show. Judging will be December 6 by G Householder.
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Center Point
Barbara B Durow
G. Householder
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