Kildee Of Ames Honored By Saddle And Sirloin Club
Iowa State college dean H H Herb Kildee had his portrait hung in Chicago by the Saddle and Sirloin club, honoring his national leadership in livestock judging and agricultural education. The event also notes intercollegiate livestock judging results with Ames and Kansas State tying for first, and details various awards and winners across crops and livestock competitions.
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Kildee of
Ames
Saddle
Chicago
Iowa
State College
Kansas
H. H
Herb” Kildee
Livestock Hall of Fame
Saddle and Sirloin Club
Kildee
Iowa State College
Dean Kildee
Charles E. Finley
C. F. Curtiss
Iowa State
P. S. Shearer
W. C
Irene Brown Grand Champion at Aledo 4-H Livestock Show
Irene Brown of Aledo claimed grand champion honors in the 4-H division with a pen of three Berkshire barrows weighing 260 to 300 pounds. Entries from Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana featured a pen of five Berkshire barrows, get of one sire, and Penn State College at State College Pennsylvania contributed additional Berkshire stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Brown
Aledo
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Penn State College
State College
Exports Highlight 927000 Bushels of Corn This Week
Exports of United States corn for the week ended Nov 19 totaled 927000 bushels, lifting the season’s total since Oct 1 to just over 6000000 bushels. Argentine corn at Liverpool rose, with No 2 U S yellow at 69 14 cents, Argentine around 69 1/2 cents, Danubian corn underselling at 65 53 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Weekly
Grain Review
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Mondhy
Liverpool
Irvington Youths Kill Fox With Ear of Corn
Louis Scheppman and Eugene Colwell husked corn in Irvington when Colwell stirred a red fox. Scheppman struck the fox behind the ears with an ear of corn, stunning the animal, and the boys then killed it.
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Irvington
Louis Scheppman
Kossuth County
Eugene Colwell
Scheppman
Iowa Expands Rye Wheat and Soybean Output in 1937
Iowa boosts production of rye and wheat along with soybeans as 1937 figures from the Department of Agriculture show higher yields and acreages. Wheat area reached 866,000 acres producing 15,976,000 bushels. soybeans totaled 229,000 acres yielding 4,236,000 bushels. corn remains dominant with 113,189,000 acres and 503,505,000 bushels produced. Barley fell to sixth in state rankings while oats remained strong with 5,755,000 acres yielding 258,975,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Towa
Illinois
State ranks thirteenth in wild hay production
Production declined from 198000 to 183000 tons while acreage grew from 166000 to 201000 acres. The state maintained its thirteenth ranking among wild hay producers.
Iowa Grape Crop Reaches 83 Percent Of Ten Year Average
Washington AP reports Iowa grape production this year reached about 136 percent of last year and 83 percent of the ten year average, with 1937 output at 5 000 tons and a 1927–36 average of 5 930 tons. The bureau notes larger U.S. grape output likely than 1927–36 but below 1937–38 levels and warns of large carryovers into 1938–39. Wine consumption trends did not rise in late 1937–38.
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Washington
Iowa
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Bureau
United States
Skinny Willis Says Word Spelling Prank Backfires
Willie Willis declares no tolerance for deliberate misspellings to gain a place ahead of others, asserting that intentional errors to help a girl is unfair and not to be tolerated.
Land sale in Tama County nets $7,300 for 80 acres
Traer real estate agents Traer Conant and King report the sale of 80 acres nine miles southwest of Traer, Tama County, from Bert Loder to Fred Chizek of Carroll township for 7300 dollars, price 91.25 dollars per acre, with Loder planning to move to Tama.
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Traer— Conant and King
Traer Real Estate Agents
Here
Bert Loder
Fred Chizek
Carroll Township
Tama County
Rust-Resistant Seed Oats Delayed to Next Fall
Ames agronomy chief D Hughes says no new rust resistant oat varieties will be available next fall. The planned cross of Victoria and Richland promised early maturity strong stem rust resistance and leaf rust and smut resistance, but release is postponed.
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AMES
D Hughes
Arm
Victoria
Richland
Hughes
Landscape training schools map a Fayette county tour
Donald Mac Arthur an Ames landscape specialist will lead a series of landscape training schools in Fayette county next week covering shrubs plants and cultural methods. The sessions run December 6 in Randalia December 7 in Maynard December 8 in Stanley and December 9 in West Union.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Donald MacArthur
Ames
Randalia
Maynard
Stanley
West Union
Tipton Opens 425 Locker Cold Storage Plant
The new 425 locker cold storage plant at Tipton will open this week. Dr. K. G. Walker of Tipton and Flavel Port of Wilton Junction, owner and builder, says the one story building measures 33 by 46 feet and costs about 12000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specisy
the Gazette
Tipton
K. G. Walker
Tipton and Flavel
Wilton Junction
New Farm House in Dysert Opened with Dinner and Housewarming
Mr and Mrs A R McElhinney hosted a combined Thanksgiving dinner and housewarming at their new seven room two story Dutch colonial farm home north of Dysert. The 28 by 32 foot house features a 9 by 18 sun porch, plastered walls, oak floors and built in features. A full size basement and an oil heating system are installed.
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Dysart
A R. McElhinney
New Iowa Crib Boom Driven by 57C Loan Policy
Iowa rural areas show a surge in corn crib construction as farmers rush to meet government loan requirements. I L Dieterich notes widespread new and semi permanent cribs, spurred by the 57 cents a bushel loan and December 1 start date. Non cooperators hoard corn seeking higher prices, while markets report brisk lumber demand and at least one crib sale at 42 cents per bushel in Poweshiek county.
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Des Moines
Iowa
I. L. Dieterich
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Dieterich
Poweshiek County
Buchanan Urges AAA Labs Work With Experiment Stations
Director R E Buchanan of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Ames urges cooperative operation between four regional AAA laboratories and state experiment stations. He warns against excessive centralization or decentralization and favors a plan that routes promising work to central labs after regional development. He notes industrial utilization of farm products remains outside regional labs' authority.
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AMES
AAA
R .E. Buchanan
Agricultural Experiment Station
Buchanan
Association of Land Grant Colleges
Congress
Central Laboratory
Central Laboraory
Stallion Sale In Manchester For 1500 Dollars
Gus Steffens a Manchester horse importer sold a four year old Belgian stallion weighing 2100 pounds to Fred Hoyer of Strawberry Point for 1500 dollars on Saturday.
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Manchester
Gus Steffens
Fred Hoyer
Strawberry Point
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa This Week
Farm auctions scheduled from Tuesday November 29 through Tuesday December 6 list closings for Dan Jaslin in Morley area and Henry Schwab estate 34 percent mile north of Belle Plaine, Lem Postel near Anamosa, F D Stoddard northwest of Anamosa, and Paul Ricke estate two miles north of Van Horne.
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Tuuesday
Dan Jaslin
Morley
Henry Schwab
Belle Plaine
Lem Postel
Anamosi
F. D. Stoddard
Anamosa
Paul Ricke
van Horne
Monona Creamery Pays 28 Cents Top Butterfat
Monona Creamery pays 28 cents a pound for October butterfat, per secretary Elwin Drahn. No. 1 butterfat held at 27 cents. Prices unchanged for five months. October production totaled 44,210 pounds of butter with 43,585 pounds of butterfat received.
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Monona
Monona Farmers' Cooperative Creamery Company
Elwin Drahn
Large gourds grow in Edgewood garden haul
Miss Carolyn Tyrrell this season grew two unusually large gourds from seed from California. They weighed 14 pounds 2 ounces and 14 pounds 6 ounces, measured 30 and 32 inches around and 20 and 21 inches long.
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Edgewood
Carolyn Tyrrell
California
Make This Model At Home
Anne Adams presents a 1939 look children’s dress pattern 4995 featuring a sleeveless bolero with an eight-gore frock. Instructions cover fabric types, sizes 2 4 6 8 10, yardage, ric rac and contrast trims. Order details urge 15 cents for pattern and 25 cents for book and pattern, Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
17Th St
New York
Iowa youth wins 4-H records award in major national contest
Myron Johnson of Boone Iowa a 20 year old freshman at Iowa State College was named winner of the Thomas E Wilson national 4 H record book contest He is the first Town youth to win this honor and will receive a trip to Chicago and a 300 scholarship Johnson has been a leading 4 H participant for a decade including state sheep club champion 1937 and top livestock and grain judging teams He plans to return to the farm after college and run the operation with his father with livestock values shown at about 1000 and total show winnings around 400, not counting trips.
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Sheldon
J. C Holbert
Mardelle Paustian
Walcott
Miss Paustian
Ralph Hanes
Maron
Ill
Roosevelt
Katherine Sire
Belt, Mont
Lloyd Hawkins
Foss
Okla
Bonnie Phillips
Belva
Oliver Larson
Bertha
Minn
Nebraska
Gazette
Chicago
Myron Johnson
Boone
Iowa
Iowa State College
Thomas E. Wilson
Johnson
Frankke Reed
Ames
Washington
D. C
Boona County
Waterloo
Hampshire
National Farm Chemurgic Council Moves Offices to Columbus
Wheeler McMillen, president, announced that the main offices of the National Farm Chemurgic council have been moved to Columbus, Ohio. To coordinate eastern activities, an office will also be maintained in New York City.
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New York City
Wheeler McMillen
National Farm Chemurgic Council
Columbus
Ohio
McMillen
Morley High School To Sponsor Corn Show
Morley vocational agriculture department will sponsor a corn show on January 12. The article notes that about one third of the United States 8,748,000 gross tons of finished steel products in the first half of the year were barbed wire structural steel tin plate and other farm builder and canner用途 items.
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Morley
Vocational Agriculture Department
Morley High School
United States
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University of Nebraska
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Henry County
Marshall County
Frank B Goecke
State Center
E. F. Goecke
Hugh Jeffrey
Whitby
Ont
University of Illinois
J. Lloyd Higby
W. Justin Higby
Peace Valley
Alberta
North America
W. J Brodie
Stouffville
Mathers Brothers
Mason City
Edellyn Farms
Wilson
Ben G. Studer
Wesley
Angus
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Angus Steer
University of Minnesota
RFA
Herb Kildee
Ncan Kildet
Cook
Gormley
Marion
Jack Gill
Linn County
Jack
John Gill
Smoky
Frank Plummer
Cedar Rapids
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Joe
Willie Willis
Ion
Baxter
WiLliams
Monona Creamery
Nurito
Chemurgic
Sioux City
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