Corn Loan Program Delayed by Supplies From Washington
Iowa officials said sealed corn loan supplies have not arrived from Washington delaying program start until next week. Des Moines IA official Laurel Dieterich noted warrants and forms will be sent to counties once supplies arrive. Criteria include 57 cents per bushel at 14 percent moisture with higher moisture allowed up to 32 percent under AAA rules and crib width specifications varying by county.
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Laurel Dieterich
Des Moines
Iowa
Dieterich
Washington
Dygert Belgians Place High In Chicago Show
Manchester breeder E F Dygert won several prizes at the Chicago Belgian stallion event. His four year old finished third in class while a three year old was eighth. A two year old Leopold de Nieuwmunster took second and won reserve championship among stallions. Dygert also placed second in groups of five stallions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
E. F Dygert
Leopold de Nieuwmunster
Dygert
International Livestock Exposition elects Musser director
C. R Musser of Muscatine Iowa a Hereford breeder was elected to fill a vacancy on the board of directors of the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago.
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Chicago
C. R Musser
Muscatine
FENCE DRIFT features youths' European bicycle tour
Robert Waples told Midland Mortgage members that Germans are individuals not just a nation. He and two companions toured Europe by bicycle last summer, showing colored movies of the journey and noting that German people and Hitler policy are two different things.
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Robert Waples
Waples
Europe
Midland Mortgage Company Organization
British Isles
Land purchases near North Liberty and Dinsdale
Special to The Gazette reports Frank Zeller bought 120 acres four miles west of North Liberty at 135 an acre on the J. J. Chamberlin property. In Dinsdale P H Claussen, executor, sold Claus Ehlers estate farm of 231 1 4 acres northeast of town to Hans Ehlers estate farm at about 12110 per acre. The deal was via Elias P Bieber Reinbeck agent with possession passing March J.
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North Liberty
Frank Zeller
J. J. Chamberlin
Rock Road
Here
Oxford
Dinsdale
P. H. Claussen
Claus Ehiers
Hans Ehlers
Elias P Bieber
Reinbeck Real Estate
Clarence Ehlers
Jones county distributes 78488 76 in farm program checks
The Jones county agricultural conservation association issues 479 checks totaling 78488.76 for 1938 farm program compliance. Checks were issued from Monticello on Tuesday and from Anamosa and Wyoming on Wednesday. Average payment per application is 163 dollars with between 350 and 400 farms represented.
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Monticello
Jones County Agricultural Conservation Association
Anamosa
Wyoming
Johnson C. T. A. Annual Meeting Planned Dec. 1
Iowa City hosts the Johnson county contest association annual meeting on December 1 with an evening session. Carl Pieper tester said today and Floyd Johnston Ames extension dairyman will join the group.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Contest Association
Carl Pieper
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairyman
Poultry And Egg Auction Planned At DeWitt Show
A second annual Clinton county poultry show in DeWitt December 15 to 17 will feature an open poultry and egg auction at 3 p m on December 17. A poultry banquet closes the event with H L Wilcke of Ames as judge. The program includes purebred classes and divisions for market hens roosters 4 H club birds capons and eggs.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
H. L. Wilcke
Ames
Angus Cows Bring 74 AVERAGE In Sale
Thirteen head of Angus stock cows sold for an average of 74 dollars with twelve summer calves from 42 to 46 dollars. A bull sold for 90 dollars. Yearling steers about 825 pounds brought 72, yearling heifers 66. Forty-five Poland China June gifts averaged 21. The sale totaled over 4,000 dollars with brisk bidding and concluded at 2 35 p m. Auctioneer Tony Schmitz of Van Horne acted. Belle Plaine bank served as clerk.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Henry Schwab
Poland
China
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
Belle Plaine Bank
Des Moines Cow Tops Shorthorn Class At Chicago
Grand champions in multiple breeds named at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago Tuesday. Shorthorn female from Des Moines led, with Shorthorn bull from Jloppeston area also winning, and Angus and Milking Shorthorn top entries earned by plus other breed honors.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Union Stockyards
F. W. Hubbell
Leeman Stock Farm
Jloppeston
J. Garrett Tolan
Pleasant Plains
Ill
Grant Campbell
Moffatt
Natick
R. I
Pennsylvania State College
Arnold Moots
Union City
Oklo
Pullin and Sons
Warendla
Oklahoma A
Town State College
Oklahoma College
Hillandale Farm
Muscatine
Farm Institute Planned At Edgewood Dec. 5-7
The forty first annual Clayton county farmers institute will be held in Edgewood December 5 6 and 7 with fourteen cash prizes in dent corn for exhibitors from Clayton Delaware Fayette and Buchanan counties and a new special prize for hybrid seed corn. Forty two cash prizes are offered for baking. The program features two hybrid seed corn company films talks by Edward L Molin Delaware county agent Roy Combs Clayton county agent Floyd Park four county soils agent the Rev J P Hamill and an Edgewood high school entertainment evening.
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Edgewood
Clayton County Farmers’ Institute
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Buchanan
Edward L. Molin
Roy Combs
Clayton County
Floyd Park
J. P. Hamill
Edgewood High School
Vaccine praised to protect horses from sleeping sickness
Dr. H W Schoening of the U S Department of Agriculture reported that about 16 million horses and mules may be spared heavy losses from sleeping sickness by the new chick embryo vaccine. He cited vaccination data showing very low disease rates, and noted improved outcomes in 1938 due to better care and protection against insects.
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Chicago
H W. Schoening
United States Department of Agriculture
Horse and Mule Association of America
Ames Dairy Chief Scores Entries In Ice Cream Clinic
Ames Dairy head Prof. C A Iverson will judge ice cream entries at an American and Canadian clinic in Cincinnati, presenting how to improve quality. The event runs Nov 28 to Dec 3 with a Dec 1–2 short course on manufacturing. W W Willingham collaborates on nut ice cream work.
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Ames Dairy Chief
Ames
United States
Canada
C. A. Iverson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Iverson
W. W. Willingham
Two Beeves To Be Slaughtered For Clinton Banquet
Clinton County Beef Cattlemen plan a banquet on December 8 in Clinton with two 1,100 pound beeves from Chris Paysen of Camanche as the main feature. A. E. Darlow of the University of Wisconsin will deliver the principal address and Leo P. Harrison of Teeds Grove will serve as toastmaster.
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Clinton
Chris Paysen
Clinton County
A. E. Darlow
University of Wisconsin
Leo P. Harrison
Teeds Grove
Farm Auction Schedule Near Anamosa and Cedar Rapids
Four farm auctions announced across Iowa in December. F D Stoddard closes out near Anamosa on December 1. Ita Livestock Exchange solicits buyers in Cedar Rapids on December 2. Beverly hosts a December 3 sale, Paul Rieke estate closes December 6 near Van Horne, and John Jacobs closes out near Scotch Grove.
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F. D. Stoddard
Anamosa
Ita. Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Beverly
Paul Rieke
van Horne
John Jacobs
Scotch Grove
Corn husking progress in Iowa slows with cold snap
In the weekly crop summary, Senior Meteorologist Charles D. Reed reported about 93 percent of cornhusking completed in Iowa for the week ending Nov 29. Husking slowed by cold weather. southeast counties lag, with three-fourths done in Davis and Van Buren.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Reed
Davis
van Buren
South Central
Towa
TIP REA Granted Franchise For 177 Miles Of High Line
The Iowa commerce commission granted rural electric transmission franchises covering more than 300 miles statewide. Key awards include Ama Iowa PowWeshiek Rural Electric cooperative with 47 miles in Poweshiek, 58 in Iowa, and 72 in Tama. Guthrie Rural Electric with six miles. Iowa Nebraska Light and Power with 841 mile extension across Mills Page Montgomery Fremont and Pottawattamie. Iowa Electric of Cedar Rapids with 34 miles in Davis. 44 in Jefferson. Peoples Gas and Electric at Mason City with 42 in Cerro Gordo. Iowa Power and Light of Des Moines with 30 miles in Polk Warren and Marion. Town Southern Utilities of Centerville with 30 miles in Poweshiek and Jasper.
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DES Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
ama-Iowa-PowWeshiek Rural Electric Cooperative
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Iowa County
Tama County
Guthrie Rural Electric Cooperative
Guthrie
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Company of
Lincoln
Neb
Mills
Page
Montgomery
Fremont
Pottawattamie
Iowa Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Davis County
Jefferson County
Peoples Gas and Electric Company
Mason City
Cerro Gordo
Iowa Power and Light Company of
Polk
Warren
Marion
Town Southern Utilities Company
Centerville
Poweshiek
Jasper
Poweshiek Boy Wins With Barrows At Chicago
Wallace Lang of Brooklyn Poweshiek county 4 H club boy won in fat barrow contests at the Chicago International. He placed fourth in the 180 to 220 pound Hampshire fat barrows class, fifth in the 220 to 260 pound class, sixth in the pen of three Hampshire barrows, and sixth with a pen of three Berkshire barrows in the 220 to 260 pound category.
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The
Gazette
Brooklyn
Wallace Lang
Poweshiek County
Hampshire
Berkshire
Plager wins third at Chicago International in Berkshire class
Wilbur Plager of Grundy Center took third place in the Chicago International show with a trio of fat Berkshires weighing 260 to 300 pounds. An adjacent ad urges buyers to look under classification 28 in the Want Ads for used skate shoes.
Foreign countries ship meats to New York in week’s imports
Canned meat imports via New York remained strong for the week ended Nov. 25 with South American canned corned beef leading at 1,319,891 pounds. Uruguay contributed 45,000 pounds of roast beef, and Paraguay supplied 1,102 pounds of beef extract. Poland, Hungary, and Denmark sent pork products in tins, with pig meat figures in the hundreds of thousands of pounds. Small consignments from England and France rounded out the week.
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the Gazette
New York City
New York
Uruguay
Paraguay
Poland
Hungary
Denmark
England
France
Nebraska wins intercollegiate meat judging contest at Chicago
In a 14 team field at the International Livestock Exposition Nebraska’s trio Ed Zahm Russell Jacobson and Ray Cruise scored 2399 of 2700 to win the 13th annual contest coached by Ross H. Miller Iowa State placed second 32 points back Ohio State took third with 2360 followed by Oklahoma A M Kansas State Minnesota Illinois Penn State Wisconsin Ontario Mass State Missouri South Dakota State and Illinois Normal In 13 years Nebraska has won five times.
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Cornhuskers
Iowa State College
Fred J. Beard
Ohio State University
L. E. Kunkle
Oklahoma A. IM_ college
Kansas State College
University of Minnesota
University of Illinois
Pennsylvania State College
University of Wisconsin, Ontario
Canada
Agricultural College
Massachusetts State College
University of Missouri
South Dakota State College
Illinois Normal University
Nebraska
Soth Points To Gloomy Factor In Recovery Picture
Ames extension agricultural economist Lauren K. Soth said 1939 shows continued recovery with most signs favorable. The lone downside is prices failing to rise, despite expectations farm demand to rebound and industrial production improving. global supply and weak trade keep prices low, potentially dampening activity.
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Soth
Gazette
AMES
Lauren K. Soth
Ames Extension Agricultural
Louisa County 4 H Club Banquet Planned Dec 10
The Louisa county 4 H club banquet will be held at Wapello high school on the evening of December 10. Max Hafner and Mary Perdelwitz will act as toastmasters. Election of boys club officers will follow the banquet.
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Beecal
the Gazette
Wapello
Louisa County
Wapello High School
Max Hafner
County
Mary Perdelwitz
Mars invasion would be nightmare not a real threat
Dr. F R Moulton of AAAS says an invasion from Mars is possible only in a nightmare or overstimulated imagination. He explains that a 10 ton projectile would need vast energy to escape Earth and survive vacuum and atmosphere, making Mars monsters impractical and science fiction.
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Washington
Mars
F. R Moulton
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Scientific Monthly
Rockford looks to WPA diaper project end date
Moscow dispatches report a diaper shortage in Russia while Rockford officials warn the WPA sewing project must stop making diapers after December 10 or the city will drop sponsorship. Supervisor Melvin C. Smith notes the city has more than 10 000 diapers ready.
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Rockford, Jil
Rockford
Moscow
Melvin C. Smith
WPA
Relief aid ensures diapers in hand for every baby
Diapers on hand and every baby in a relief family already well supplied, signaling steady aid distribution and adequate essential items for infants.
Slight Movement Of Old Fault Triggers Frisco Quake
A minor tremor attributed to movement of the Hayward fault unsettled San Francisco residents. Seismographs at UC Berkeley showed no major activity, while Santa Clara Observatory noted the quake occurred north of the city and was very inconsequential. Despite official notes, locals feared the tremor centered in the city with rattling dishes and swaying buildings.
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San Francisco
San
Poslam Ointment Promises Better Complexion
The ad touts Poslam as a concentrated ointment for skin care. Used by physicians and nurses for eczema and irritations, it claims to heal pimples and blotches quickly. One box, 50 cents, available at your druggist.
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Ray Anderson
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Howard
Society OF Dog Wardens
Aflea Soap
Jones
DeWitt Show
Farm Institute
Williams
TIP Rea
Barrows
BERKS
Grundy Center
Wilbur Plager
U. 5
South America
Seatch Grove
A. WK. Jacobs
Sears
Houlstein
Lee Meber
Anna Monticello State Bank
Frisco
Howe
Carter
Aishon Peenaraton
Aldol
Telah Dal Ewe
Woerderhoff
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