Thanksgiving in Hill Country Farm Diary
A weekly journal recounts holiday prep and daily farm tasks from Jim and Jane. They fix fence and food, visit neighbors, hunt pheasants, gather decorations, and share church and family moments amid drought worries and a Thanksgiving feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Ann
Jim
Jane
Toby
Government Range
Farm Magazine
Cornfield
Cosmopolitan
Tubby
Pilgrim’s i
Winneshiek Fair Assn Elects New President at Annual Meeting
Stewart Baker of Madison township was chosen president of the Winneshiek County Agricultural Association at the Decorah meeting. Art Ellingson steps down due to ill health and is named honorary president. Officers re-elected include Alvin Johnson Frank Bernatz Willard Torgrim E T Haugen Will Ronan Andrew Bakke Anton Elsbernd Leon Brown and Lloyd Cunningham spoke. about 100 attended.
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Winneshiek Fair Assn
Decorah
Stewart Baker
Madison Township
Winneshiek County Agricultural Association
Fair
Art Ellingson
Ellingsson
Alvin Johnson
Frank Bernatz
Willard Torgrim
E. T. Haugen
Will Ronan
Andrew Bakke
Frankville
Anston Elsbernd
Fr. Atkinson
Leon Brown
Cresco
Lloyd Cunningham
Des Moines
Drop in Cattle Hog Marketings Seen in December
DES MOINES reports Iowa hog marketings for November and December projected at 4 030 000 head, down 9 percent from last year but above 1947 50 averages. November 1 980 000 head, December 2 050 000 head. cattle and calves 420 000 head for November December, near last year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Closing sale notices for multiple rural properties
Ralph Nash 1 percent mile northeast of Springville reports a closing sale for livestock machinery and household goods on December 3 at 12 30 p m Forest Prim rose one mile north of Fairfax and B C Fleming one percent mile southeast of Center Point closing machinery items listed in the notice.
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Coggon
Central City
Red School House
George H. Owens
Lisbon
Fred Gericke
Walker
Don F. Solomon
Atkins
Herman Hotz
Otto Evers
Olin
James A. Heldenbrand
Blairstown
Emma E. Watson
Jersey
Chester White
Henry Jurgensen
Hermond Madery
Charles L. Pospisil
Fairfax
Harvey Jerome
Prairieburg
O. T. Furst
Tom Svoboda
Shueyville
John H. Holub
Roy Dumond
Palo
Ralph Nash
Springville
Forest Primrose
B. C. Fleming
Center Point
Aday Aoeto
New
Baiess International Harvester
Cedar Rapids
Cattle Marketing Shows Mixed December Trends in Iowa
Iowa farms planned to market 200000 head of cattle and calves in December, down 6 percent from December 1951 and 9 percent below the month’s average. October cattle and calves marketed from Iowa totaled 230000 head, 22 percent above October last year and 22 percent above the October average.
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Barrows Land
Iowa
Bud Cattle Top Brown Swiss Sale at Waterloo
Bud Brothers of Monticello consigned the top cow and top bred heifer at the eighth Iowa Brown Swiss sale. John Zumbach of Ryan paid 1080 for the cow. Scanlon and Ellison of North Liberty paid 745 for the bred heifer. A heifer calf brought 430. Nineteen cows averaged 485. sixteen bred heifers 350. nine open heifers 250. Sale held at Dairy Castle Congress ground in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Iowa Brown Swiss Breeders Association
Budl Brothers
Monticello
John Zumbach
Ryan
Scanlon
Ellison
North Liberty
Peter Huendling
Breda
Dairy Casitle Congress Ground
Training course for dairy herd improvement supervisors
Iowa State college will host a winter training course for dairy herd improvement supervisors from January 12 to 29. Extension Dairyman Floyd Arnold announced the program and those seeking DHIA qualification can write Arnold at the college for full details.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Floyd Arnold
Arnold
Chicago Monday Livestock Receipts Estimated
Chicago traders report Monday bids and receipts with cattle around 17 000 hogs 17 000 and sheep about 4 000. Market activity centered on feeders and dairy cattle with moderate demand from buyers across the region.
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Chicago
Buttermakers Elect At Decorah Meeting
Myron Dettman of Luana named president of Section 1 Iowa Creamery Operators Association at Decorah meeting, succeeding Arnold Neverman. Lloyd Monroe and Paul Pagel reelected as vice president and secretary. Dettman tied for fourth in butter scoring with 93.7, while Elmer Frommelt and Leslie Jacobson tied for first with 94.2. Francis Giblin won the women’s judging contest with Pagel and Lehman as runners up.
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Decorah
Myron Dettman
Luana
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Arnold Neverman
Waukon
Lloyd Monroe
Nordness
Paul Pagel
McGregor
Elmer Frommelt
Monona
Leslie Jacobson
Waterville
Dettman
Louis Lehlman
Elgin
Walter Pross
Maynard Fjestul
Calmar
Francis Giblin
Ossian
Pagel
Louis Lehman
State Dairy Breed Assn Meetings Set
Annual meetings of five Iowa dairy breed associations in December will elect officers and directors and plan activities including district breed shows and the state dairy show at the All-Iowa fair in Cedar Rapids next August. Meetings listed for Dec 9 Burlington, Dec 9 Jefferson, Dec 10 Des Moines, Dec 16 Des Moines, and Dec 18 Ames.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Holstein Breeders’ Association
Burlington
Iowa Milking Shorthorn Society
Jefferson
Iowa Jersey ‘Cattle Club
Des Moines
Iowa Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Iowa Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association
Ames
Iowa farmers weigh costs and oats future profits
A column notes Iowa farm costs may rise next year while prices fall. It suggests tighter management to preserve margins. It discusses wildlife pressure on rural farms, deer and coon encounters, and remarks on oat varieties from old to new Clinton breeds and their impact on milling demand.
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Gazette
Hale Corlett, Jr
Robert
Farmersburg
Iawa
Iowa
New England
Midwest
New
Maynard School To Host Farm Business Speaker
Maynard adult school will host Maynard Leonard Bodenstein er fieldman for the Northeast Iowa Farm Business Association on Monday evening to discuss farm business topics.
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Maynard
Leonard Bodensteiner
Northeast Iowa Farm Business Association
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Country Diary
Linn County
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Iowa Experiment Station
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National Farm Loan Association
Harold B. McTavish
Secy-Treas
Third Ave
Stoddard Farm Planning Service Farm Clinic
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Merchants Bank BI Hone
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Iowa City
Massey Harris
J. Deere
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