Newton Team Wins State High School Dairy Judging Meet
Newton high school dairy judging team took overall honors with 1467 points at the Dairy Cattle Congress. Tipton tied Jesup for top individual Holstein judging with 509 points while Newton led in Ayrshire judging and Hudson topped Guernseys in the event where 26 schools competed.
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Newton
Aterloo
Edwin Moffitt
Earl Stepp
Verne Brooks
Dairy Cattle Congress
Tipton
Ivan Bartlett
Albert Fratzke
Jesup
Bartlett
Fratzke
Harry Bryson
Ning
Owen Stringer
Cresco
Hudson
Belle Plaine
New Hampton
la Porte City
Orange Township
Radcliffe
New Providence
Strawberry Point
Tripoli
Olin
Vinton
Hudson High
Guernseys
Ayrshire
Dale Coburn
Abner White
Donald Schild
Edward Lynhardt
Maurice Fickbohm
Kenneth Pearson
Fence Drift Caught in Woven Wire Near Vinton
A brindle cow escaped from a Slaughter house enclosure north of Vinton and wandered along the highway. The creature, described as a breachy brute, bleated taunting moos toward onlookers, highlighting the danger of street peril versus the slaughter yard.
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RK. F. A
Vinton
Olin Iowa corn test plot harvest and show
Special to The Gazette describes a corn test plot near Olin where 25 varieties will be harvested Thursday by the Olin vocational agriculture class. Moisture tests and final yields will be computed. A school corn show follows January 3 to 5 with 10 ear and commercial sample classes. Morrell Leeds leads the event. Horse collar care note ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin
Lorenzen Brothers
Morrell Leeds
Stanwood Farmers Ensilе Ear Corn Harvest Report
Stanwood area farmers Rigby and Son report about fifty acres of ear corn ensiled since late last week. One sixteen foot silo will hold roughly 130 acres this season in two silos. A two row picker and portable elevator move grain to the ensilage cutter. Estimated yield is about 150 tons of ear corn ensilage from fifty acres, with potential 130 tons of fodder. Elapsed storage shifts cut crib work and speeds fall pasture use.
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Stanwood
C. L. Rigby and Son
Cedar County
Rigby and Son
Santa Fe Reports Corn Production Far Below Normal
TOPEKA UP reports a month end forecast showing corn production well under normal across major states. Iowa remains the leader with 413 250 000 bushels while Minnesota and others project sizable outputs though below last year. Wheat plantings rise in Nebraska and Kansas shows good stands for early wheat.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
Santa Fe Railroad
Towa
Minois
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Farm Auction Near Cedar Rapids on October 6 1933
The undersigned will sell at public auction on the farm seven miles north of Cedar Rapids and one mile southeast of Robins. The sale starts at 11:00. Items include 4 horses 10 cattle 35 hogs 32 sheep hay grain and full line of machinery. Lunch stand on grounds. Terms announced at sale. A L Diehl owner Gene Fagan auctioneer Joseph Sutor clerk
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Cedar Rapids
Robins
12Th St
12Th Ave
O. B. Clements
Tony Schmitz
Mgrs
Jay Patten
Linn Test Ass'n No 2 Averages 23.5 Butterfat in September
In Linn county the Cow Test association No 2 reported 297 cows, 43 dry, averaging 489 pounds milk and 23.5 pounds butterfat for September. A. J. Minor led with 31.8 pounds and R. M. Menary second with 30.8. Feed costs averaged 15.4 cents per pound of butterfat.
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Springville
Linn County
Klingler
West Union
Milton Marting
H. W. Gross and Sons
John Mathews
Grant Lauer
John C. Leuder
Karl Miller
Lucian Appleman
Linn County Cow Test Association
Paul Henderson
Emil Hodgin
M. J. Rice
J. J. Mills and Son
Emma Batchelder and Sons
Worthless Fillers In Fertilizer Costly To Farmers
Farmers pay for worthless filler as plant food in American fertilizers rises from 13.4 percent in 1880 to 18.5 percent in a. The shift toward ammonia and its compounds reduces organics, prompting calls for higher analysis products. Southeastern farmers face losses totaling about $1,000,000 annually despite experts urging economical blends.
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Chicago
United
emAmiiae
Arnon L. Mehring
Avis J. Peterson
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
American Chemical Society
Mehrng
Peterson
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Carolina
Mehring
Brower Buys Eight Carloads of Sheep in Montana
E. C. Brower returned from Montana with eight carloads of sheep. Most will be fed out by Brower. For furnace cleaning or repair needs, consult the Business Service Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Brower
Montana
Mr. Brower
Corn husking begins as Iowa crops mature and frost danger lessens
Iowa weather report notes rapid drying and widespread cribbing starting in advanced fields. Decker says 90 percent of corn is frost safe in the southeast with strong winds and husking under way in the most advanced sections. Fall plowing and winter wheat seeding progress, pastures improve, September near record warmth. Washington County yields 70 percent of normal with a husking contest planned for Oct 28.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
S. D. Decker
Iowa Weather and Crops Bureau
Decker
Washington
William J. Roudabush
Eminent Veterinarians Gather for Cedar Rapids Convention
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association hosts its twentieth annual meeting at Hotel Montrose in Cedar Rapids Oct. 10 and 11. Dr. A. T. Kinsley will discuss One Hundred Years of Hog Cholera, with speakers R. R. Dykstra Thomas W. Munce T. A. Sigler L. A. Merillat George R. Fowler H. A. Seidell and J. A. Barger among the program lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Kinsley
Kansas City
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Hotel Montrose
Cedar Rapids
R. R. Dykstra
Kansas Veterinary College
Thomas W. Munce
Sioux City
T. A. Sigler
Greencastle
Ind
American Veterinary Association
L. A. Merillat
Chicago
George R. Fowler
Iowa State College
H. A. Seidell
Des Moines
J. A. Barger
Iowa
Farmers Union Seeks Moratorium on Farm Foreclosures
Representatives of the National Farmers Union and the National Farmers Holiday Association asked President Roosevelt for a complete moratorium on farm foreclosures and evictions. They argued lenders are strained and refinancing is limited, urging action to curb land seizures while pushing for farm program reforms. The group named John Bosch, Harry Parmenter, and C F Lytle among others.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
National Farmers Holiday Association
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
Herbert D. Gaston
Gaston
Credit Administration
Frederic C. Howe
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Senator Frazier
Rep
N. D
John Bosch
Atwater
Minnesota
Harry C. Parmenter
Yutan
Nebraska
Nebraska Farmers Holiday Association
C.F. Lytle
Sioux City
Iowa
4 H club hosts mothers with dinner at Lortz home
Williamsburg 4-H member girls of the Pilot Jolly Sunbeam club entertained their mothers Saturday evening with a dinner at Ivor Lortz's home. About thirty guests attended, seated at green and white decorated tables, with a program of talks and music beforehand.
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The
Gazette
Williamsburg
Pilot Jolly Sunbeam Girls
Ivor Lortz
Farm Auction Schedule From Mount Vernon Area
A sequence of farm auctions listed with locations and dates includes selling near Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids West Union and West Branch. Events feature dairy cattle consignments and multiple Breeders sales including Poland China and Holstein varieties with dates from October 6 to October 11.
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Fayette County
Mount Vernon
Jesse H. Travis
West Branch
Mechanesville
George Scott
Holstein Breeders
West Union
Blairstown Farm Sells for 58 an Acre
Borcal to The Gazette reports Ed Wieboldt of Conroy buys the Harry Bell farm from Benton County State Bank at 58 dollars per acre cash. The 157 acre property with house and barns adjoins Blairstown to the north and includes creek bottom relief. Tenant Jesse Potter will operate the place next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borcal
Blairstown
Ed Wieboldt
Conroy
Harry Bell
Benton County State Bank
Jesse Potter
Danish Lard Competes With American Product
Washington AP reports Danish lard competes with American lard in Britain as Denmark improves quality. UK purchases rose from 23,110 hundredweight in 1925 to 45,137 in 1930 and 73,031 in 1931, then 71,358 in 1932. US lard shipments to Britain fell slightly 1930–31 but rebounded in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Denmark
United Kingdom
Washington County Farmers Licensed to Vaccinate Hogs
Thirty two county farmers passed a vaccination exam at a school event and received permits to vaccinate their own hogs, enabling local disease control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Washington
Ruess Brothers Poland China sale tops at $85 for boar pig
In West Liberty Iowa three and a half miles southwest of town Ruess Brothers held their annual boar and gift sale. Fifty spring boars averaged $23 while eighty gifts averaged $14.50. A buyer from Taylor Ridge Illinois purchased thirty five gifts. J J Caldwell of Morning Sun paid $85 for a boar pig from a March 2 litter. Two litter mates sold for $42.50 and $32.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ruess ‘Brothers
Poland
Taylor Ridge
Ill
J. J. Caldwell
Morning Sun
T. B. Levy Reduced to a Quarter Mill in Grundy County
Grundy county taxpayers receive exemption from three fourths of the one mill levy for TB testing. The board of supervisors opposed the levy but compromised with the state to a one fourth mill levy, estimated to raise about $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Levy
Grundy County
Grundy Center
L. A. Meyer
State Comptroller
Board of Supervisors
Plymouths Refuse Freezing Save With Eveready Prestone
A vintage advertisement notes many Plymouths avoid winter damage using Eveready Prestone at a new low price of 2.95 per gallon. It claims protection for a 1933 Plymouth to 1 percent gallon costs 3.72, with coverage for a full winter and a guarantee by anauk Carbon Co. Inc. Newark. Cedar Rapids typically experiences freezing by Oct. 12.
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Anaual Carbon Co.,, Inc
Newark
Cedar Rapids
Eveready Prestone
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Forrest Killius
William Gilbert
Iowa Falls
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Anderson
Opumty
Carl Holden
Dee Stone
Ellott
Dent
Clifford Cameron
Independence
Henry Wetton
Jake Wales
Wiliam Hulme
Traer
William Dalziel
Boulder Bridge Farm
Excelsior
Minn
C. G. Good
H. C. Horneman
Danville
P. H. Collins
Winthrop
Oaklands
Helfer
Slaughter House Yard
W. L. Matus
Rainbow Flour & Feed Co
16Th Avenue
Dial
Dairy Sales
Guernsey and Holstein Breeders Associations
Farm Editor
A. L. Diehl
Gene Fagan
Joseph Sutor
Linn
Linn No
Iowa Livestock Exchange
South Bethel
Louis Mussig
Moscow
Via
Rock Island Lines
B. O. Baker
Cedar Rapids, la
Farmers Union
E. C. Forest
Guernsey Breeders’ Sale
Plymouths
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J. Walter Reeves
Middlewest
Valdura Paint Products
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Chi-Namel
Rapido
French & Reeves
Third Avenue
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