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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1937
Page
9
The Meyer and Son sale near Bellevue reported strong livestock demand with two year old Chow heifers topping at $400 and $400, cattle prices across cattle types mixed. Mills and horse prices were solid with eight year old mares reaching $155, a team at $305 and pigs selling up to $21 each.
Directors and members of the Linn County Farm Bureau are named in a group photo and accompanying article. The piece covers officers such as Rex Conn, A. R. Pearson, and P. C. Letson, with extensive lists of local club agents and village representatives, plus plans for a Sioux City farm program hearing and a corn husking contest in Mount Vernon. It notes Women’s home project work, training schools, and topics for cooking and health education.
Winneshiek County announces champions in the 4-11 age group for livestock. The event highlighted young exhibitors and their animals, with awards given to top competitors across entries.
An auction near Cresco lists bids at 43.25 dollars per acre. The Linn County auction notes a butterfat average of 21.7 and a factor of 7. Ste bem appears as part of the sale details.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fence related incident with tangled wire and unclear details. The text references prices, dates, and possible strikes but lacks coherent context or identifiable names or places.
The fourth annual Clar en county corn husking contest will be held October 16 at the Mires Hazel Harrington farm near DeWitt with ten huskers competing. The contest committee includes Casad Grand Mound Traver Walred Bearan and Randolph of DeWitt. The Johnson county event to crown corn husking champion is set for October 20 with Ray Smalley chairing the site committee alongside Steinbrech Opfell. Last year’s champion was Arthur Schuessler of Lone Tree.
Dysart farmer Wesley Mehlhaus picked shelled and sold 1165 bushels of Ayprid corn from an 11 acre field in seven hours. The crop marketed under a field delivery contract at about 60 cents a bushel. Sant rar Brothers and R V Lee also delivered about 1000 bushels last week under a similar agreement.
DYSART reports new tractors purchased by Sheronick and Kesler Brothers. Tarma county farmers and a Dystert dealer confirm the purchase, reflecting regional farm equipment upgrades.
More than 19 men and as expected in attend Strawberry Point in eastern Iowa for the vocational agriculture meet. Officials plan a study and presentation of crops and seed.
Iowa farm groups prepare witnesses for the Senate Agricultural Sub-committee hearing in Sioux City October 18 19 and 20. Farm Bureau President Francis Johnson says delegates will cover diverse state farming areas while Iowa Farmers Union President AJ Johnson outlines a tentative bill. The meeting aims to draft parity pricing and incorporate farm programs into new agricultural legislation, with calls for a special session to consider farm policy.
Edward L. Molin 25, formerly 4-H club agent in Ringgold and Dallas counties, was chosen to succeed Kermith Huehn as Delaware County agent. He will begin November 1, recently completing a course at Ames after graduating last March. His home is Greenfield, and his father J. H. Molin farms.
In Fayette county northern townships cribbing corn dominates farm work with reports of good to heavy yields and excellent quality. Fall plowing has resumed after recent rains aiding pasturage and butterfat as cows freshen. In Vining Emil Seveik leads early corn husking with plans to start for others within two weeks. Corn moisture, weather hinder husking and piling as of Oct 5 with light rains and high humidity noted. a two county belt saw minor rainfall.
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