Forty-Seven Iowa Rural Churches Win Certificates of Merit
The national rural church conference in Ames awards certificates of merit to forty seven Iowa churches for achievements in developing rural community life. Recipients include Federated churches Shellsburg and others with leaders like J W Inman and J K Hawkins noted among eastern Iowa recipients.
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Iowa
National Conference On the Rural Church
Ames
R. K. Bliss
Iowa Christian Rural Fellow
Tor
Eastern
Ina
Shellsburg
J W Inman
Methodist Episcopal
Lavette
John D Clinton
Methiust Episcopal
Rural life and church roles highlight Iowa conference
The Iowa State College hosted a rural life conference addressing church social planning and arts in small towns. Speakers include Dr Benson Y Landis and Dr D E Finley with sessions through Wednesday drawing thousands of invitations to churches under 10 000 population.
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Iowa State College
The
Home Missions Council
Council For Women For Home Missions
Benson Y Landis
Federal Council of Churches
D E Finley
W. Schultz
Lone Rock Heifer Is Polled Hereford Champ
Curly Ann a two year old polled Hereford owned by P M Christenson of Lone Rock was named grand champion female at the American Polled Hereford Breeders association stock show in Des Moines Curran and Sons Mason City showed the reserve champion female
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Des Moines
P M Christenson
Lone Rock
American Polled Hereford Breeders Association
Tipton Man Shucks 3362 Bushels In 27 Days
Edward Meyers of Tipton husked and cribbed 3362 bushels of corn in 27 days for Harry Spear of Tipton and Bert Tenley of Stanwood. The yield ranged from 35 to 45 bushels per acre as he worked over more than three acres a day using a scoop.
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Tipton
Edward Meyers
Harry Spear
Bert Tenley
Stanwood
Increased Poultry Consumption Sought in Thanksgiving Drive
Independence file notes the Institute of American Poultry Industries plans a concerted drive to boost poultry sales for Thanksgiving and beyond. Rosenberger of Independence Produce says poultry is plentiful and cheap this year, with storage holdings far above 1936 and long-term averages. Officials met with the National Association of Food Chains to coordinate a widespread consumption push.
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Spreial
Independence
C V Rosenberger
Independence Produce Company
Institute of American Poultry Industries
Chicago
Rosenberger
Institute
National Association of Food Chains
Littleport Butter Tops District Contest With 93 Score
Sixty butter makers and wives attend the November Iowa Buttermakers association meeting at Lattleport. Wayne Hunter wins butter scoring with 93. Mrs Larson of Detorah leads women’s judging and Elliot Nelson tops men’s division. Officials named: Arthur Honn Colesbury Elmer Primue Earliste and Fred Gernand Volga City.
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Littleport
Iowa Buttermakers' Association No
Lattleport
Wayne Hunter
Larson
Detorah
Elliot Nelson
Gueges
Arthur Honn
Colesbury
Elmer Primue
Earliste
Fred Gernand
Volga City
Closing Out Sale Tuesday December 1 Near Center Point
Auction listing announces a closing out sale Tuesday December 1, four and one half miles east of Center Point on a gravel road. Offering 80 head of livestock including 31 high grade Black Angus cattle, 4 horses, 35 feeding shoats and a full line of farm machinery. Full list to be published later. E. L. Wagner, George Price Auctioneer, Al Schuler Clerk.
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Center Point
Anamosa Livestock Auction
Anamosa Sale
Ile Bebee
EF. Brickley
Cedar Rapids
6Th Street
Swisher
Western
Iowa
Jersey breeders arrange to lease government herd sires
Ed Fuehrer Herman Rogers of Shellsburg with Floyd Johnston of the Ames dairy extension service traveled to the Hannibal Missouri government dairy experiment farm to arrange leases for two young Jersey sires. No selections were fixed yet as bulls will be evaluated and later moved to their farms to assess milk production and type. Production records will be kept and contracts require farmers to share data with Hannibal researchers.
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Shellsburg
Hannibal
Ed Fuehrer
Herman Rogers
Floyd Johnston
Ames Dairy Extension Service
Government Dairy
Benton County
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Missouri College of Agriculture
Fuchrer
Rogers
Fuhhrer
University of Missouri
Vinton
Norman Frye Heads Buchanan 4-H Clubs
Norman Frye Jr of Buffalo township was elected president of the Buchanan county 4-H club at the annual meeting with 165 members present. He succeeds Danny Straud of Westbury township. Officers named include Wayne Halstead vice president Delmar Fairchild secretary and Ralph Kautz treasurer. The girls club elected Helen Flickinger historian. Speakers included Paul Barger Black Hawk county agent Mrs Lewis Main girls county 4-H chairman and H C Seaman county Farm Bureau president.
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Independence
Norman Frye, Jr
Buffalo Township
Buchanan County
Danny Straud
Westbury Township
Wayne Halstead
Liberty Township
Delmar Fairchild
Cono Township
Ralph Kautz
Helen Flickinger
Byron Township
Paul Barger
Black Hawk
Lewis Main
Girls’ County
4-H
H C. Seaman
County Farm Bureau
Maynard Creamery pays 37 cents for October butterfat
Maynard Co-operative creamery patrons received 37 cents for butterfat delivered in October, per Secretary C H Paul. The report from Maynard notes average returns reflect market conditions affecting dairy fat prices.
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Maynard Creamery
Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery
C H Paul
Willing Workers Help Husk Corn on Cletr Fredricks Farm
Tipton residents from the Willing Workers club and twelve nearby farmers husked and cribbed corn at the Cletr Fredricks farm near here Saturday. Fredricks has been confined in a hospital at Iowa City for several weeks.
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Tipton
Mount Zion
Cletr Fredricks
Fredricks
Iowa City
Stonerook Heads Cedar Farm Bureau in annual meeting
Alvin Stonerook of Clarence was elected president of Cedar county Farm Bureau at the annual meeting Monday. H. L. Busching of Stanwood became vice president, Ben Penningroth of Tipton secretary, James Reeve of Tipton treasurer. Mrs Hy Von Muenster of Clarence was named county chairwoman of women’s home project work and Mrs Guy Wright of Mechanicsville county chairman of girls 4-H clubs.
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Ton — Alvin Stonerook
Clarence
Cedar County Farm Bureau
H. L. Busching
Stanwood
Ben Penningroth
Tipton
James Reeve
Hy von Muenster
Guy Wright
Mechanicsville
H L. Busching
James Smith
W. B. Hamilton
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Junior Farm Bureau Elects Fayette County Officers
The Fayette county Junior Farm Bureau elected Glen Bennington president at the annual meeting. Mildred Stelzmiller West Union became vice president, Leona Klammer Westgate secretary, Mrs. Howard Stranahan Fayette treasurer, and Mrs Homer Chapman Fayette reporter. A committee for the winter short course includes Mrs LeRoy Alcorn West Union and Mrs LeRoy Henniges Fayette, Archie Schroeder and Otto Brandt of Clermont.
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Fayette
Farm Bureau
Fayette County
Glen Bennington
Mildred Stelzmiller
West Union
Leona Klammer
Westgate
Howard Stranahan
Homer Chapman
LeRoy Alcorn
LeRoy Henniges
Archie Schroeder
Otto Brandt
Clermont
Corn Husking Nears End as Prices Steady in Tipton Area
Tipton area corn husking is nearly finished and market price is about $1 a bushel. Very little corn is offered for sale. Mrs. Edith Eiler, east of Tipton, has saved 150 bushels of yellow dent seed corn.
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Tipton
Edith Eiler
Hog price rise forecast after fall run passes
Ames economists say hog prices should advance after the fall hog run as receipts stay heavy and consumer demand remains. They note Chicago weekly hogs near two year highs, with possible seasonal lows brief if winter weather triggers liquidation. Corn prices may rise further in short-crop years, affecting feeders and regional pricing.
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AMES
Chicago
Origins of the word tip trace to barber coin boxes
Historical note explains that tip derives from the phrase to insure promptness printed on early English barber shop coin boxes. The acronym described as guiding customers to leave gratuities in those boxes reflects a practical origin of the term.
Coming Farm Auctions Schedule Late November
A series of farm auctions listed by date across Iowa with closings by Dennis Taylor Dimprich Jargo and others. Events include sales near Bertram Maquoketa Garrison Marion Tipton Cedar Rapids Anamosa Lisbon Mechanicsville and Senter Point with multiple livestock and farm equipment auctions.
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Dennis Taylor
Springville
Dimprich
Bertram
Maquoketa
J. J. Jargo
Clark Johnson
Garrison
Span Of Old Mules Bring $277.50 In Sale Near Keswick
A sale by J. A. Churchill one mile east of Keswick included smooth mouth gray mules selling for 27.50 and twenty cows averaging 70 with a top of 80. Ewes sold for 750 each. alfalfa 15.50 a ton and clover hay 1.25. Corn at 104 a bushel. eats 44 cents. Leghorn pullets 79 cents each. seven year old tractor 385. tractor gang plow 68. The figures reflect a rural livestock and farm equipment auction.
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J. A. Churchill
Keswick
American corn not wanted at Buffalo
A Buffalo quotation card received in Cedar Rapids says American corn is almost unsalable locally and advises against shipping east. The note from Archer-Daniels-Mmidland urged oats, wheat and soybeans but no corn quotes, noting cheaper Argentine corn has crowded western markets.
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Buffalo
Cedar Rapids
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Neighbors husk twenty five acres for ill farmer
Columbus Junction residents helped Leslie Lowe ill in Burlington hospital by husking twenty five acres of corn at his farm over the past weekend.
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Columbus Junction
Leslie Lowe
Burlington
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