Iowa AAA Sees 77 Million Bushels Corn To Government
The Iowa AAA reports about 35 percent of sealed corn in the state will be delivered to the government or liquidated this season. About 220 million bushels under seal. delivery could total roughly 77 million. Storage and loans drive bins, costs, and schedules across Cedar Rapids and Des Moines areas with extensions for repurchase through November 15.
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AAA
Des Moines
Inan
Iowa
Towa
Benton
Tama
Farewell to a Flower Garden by Mrs Gerald L. Palmer
A nostalgic poem notes Jack Frost's approach as a warm sun shines over a garden of marigolds asters pink petunias and more. Hummingbirds butterflies and songbirds depart as the speaker bids farewell to cherished blooms.
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Jack Frost
Gerald L. Palmer
Cribbing Of 1940 Corn Started At West Union
The first cribbing of 1940 corn in the area occurred Saturday near West Union by farmer JS Crowe. He loaded one crib, noting the corn was dry enough to avoid damage but planned few loads at once due to upcoming rain and two weeks of sun and wind aiding drying.
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West Union
Supdy oThe Gate
JS Crowe
140 Acre Ireland estate farm sells for 15000 cash
Wyoming The L. Ireland estate farm of 140 acres five miles west of Wyoming on highway 64 was sold Saturday in James Woodworth for 15000 cash or 107 14 an acre. The farm is well improved and the land extra good. Mr and Mrs Woodworth plan to move to the farm, tenanted by Hans Rohwedder.
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Wyoming
L. Ireland
Highway 64
James Woodworth
Marion
Cedar husking meet set for Oct 19 near Mechanicsville
The Henry Von Behren farm 2 miles northeast of Mechanicsville will host the Cedar county cornhusking contest on Saturday October 19 with entries due by October 16 at 10 am. County Agent Howard A. Hamilton announced the event. A separate Johnson county contest is slated for October 19 in a 20 acre field on the Linyd Burr farm 14 miles southeast of Iowa City with the winner advancing to the district contest on October 22 in Louisa county.
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Spreinl
Gavette Tipton
Henry von Behren
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
Howard A. Hamilton
Iowa City
Johnson County
Linyd Burr
Here
Emmett C. Gardner
Louisa County
Walter Williams
Tipton
Auditor's Office
Heitshusen Farm to Host Iowa Cornhusking Contest
Special to The Gazette reports the Anton Heitshusen farm three miles northeast of Williamsburg chosen as the site for the Iowa counts cornhusking contest on October 19 starting at 10 am.
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Marengo
Anton Heitshusen
Williamsburg
Cornhusking Event Plans Set for Winneshiek County Farm
Final plans for the annual cornhusking in Winneshiek County on October 19 include three husking contests an older men s contest and a women s contest alongside the regular event. The 24 acre field on the Charles Butz farm near Ridgeway is expected to yield about 80 bushels per acre.
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Gazette Decorah
Winneshiek County
Charles Butz
Ridgeway
Cornhusking Contests Scheduled Across Counties
The E L Conrad farm near Keota hosts a Joint Washington Keokuk county cornhusking contest at 10 am October 18 with a hybrid field expected to yield about 90 bushels per acre. Six entries per county limit set by the Farm Bureaus. In Waukon the Alla makee county cornhusking contest is planned for October 19, sponsored by the Farm Bureau.
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Washington
E. L. Conrad
Keota
Robb and Robb Farm Sells Purebred Poland China Hogs
Forty head of purebred Poland China hogs sold for an average of $35 Saturday at the Robb and Robb farm southeast of Morning Sun. Top price on a boar brought $60. Auctioneer was H. M. Duncan of Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
Robb and Robb
Morning Sun
H. M. Duncan
Farm Insurance Officers Elected At Grand Mound
Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance association members elected officers at the annual meeting in Grand Mound. Langbehn was named president Ingwer Andresen vice president O P Rilunck secretary Max Hopp treasurer with directors Gus Griebel Henry Gleusing Herman Block Herbert Schmidt and Henry Peters listed.
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Grand Mound
Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association
Wo, Langbehn
Ingwer Andresen
O P
Rilunck
Max Hopp
Gus Griebel
Henry Gleusing
Herman Block
Herbert Schmidt
Henry Peters
Tipton Farmer Talks War and Politics in 1940 Interview
A Wal ter Williams recorded farmers views near Tipton Iowa in October 1940. The 107 acre renter discusses war when US may enter debates about preparedness and the 1940 election Willkie Roosevelt and farm relief. He reflects on prices wages and farming prospects and fears political promises lack clarity.
Linn Rural Women Survey Library Facilities
A Linn county rural women committee of six conducts a survey of rural library facilities as part of their home project on reading. Members include Mrs Frank Bedell and others. Ruby Taylor attends. A Cedar Rapids Public Library tour is planned for December 3 to promote reading and book discussion among rural women.
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Linn County
Frank Bedell
Cedar Rapids
Lester Mitchell
Fairfax
Harry Horn
Mount Vernon
WJ. Scarbrough
Springville
Adolph Christenson
Alburnett
Lloyd Wright
Center Point
Ruby Taylor
WIAUCON Farmers Receive 60 000 in Yearly Aid
Final AAA corn and wheat checks for the last year have been received by Winneshiek county farmers totaling 60000 dollars distributed among 1500 farmers.
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Waukon
Winneshiek County
ICC Reopens Case on Pickup Service
The Interstate Commerce Commission reopened docket 28216 on the rail pickup and 3 cent allowance for livestock moved from farms to stations in northern Illinois eastern Iowa and southern Wisconsin to Chicago. Dubuque Packing and Kohrs Packing protested the original June 1940 decision, arguing the service raises stock prices. Hearings time and place to be announced.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
ICC
Dubuque Packing Company
Dubuque
Kohrs Packing Company
Davenport
West Branch and Manchester DHIA Averages for September
West Branch DHIA reports an average of 662 pounds of milk and 28.2 pounds butterfat from 436 cows tested in September, with 102 cows producing over 40 pounds butterfat. high cow Pet, a 5-year-old Holstein owned by John Coxen, yielded 1,920 pounds milk and 84.5 pounds butterfat. Manchester Greeley DHIA notes 576 cows on test averaging 524 pounds milk and 20.2 pounds butterfat. high herd average 826 pounds milk and 29.4 pounds butterfat, with high cow Sax producing 2,031 pounds milk and 77.2 pounds butterfat in September.
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West Liberty
West Branch
Dhia
John Offringa
John Coxen
J.& McBride and Sons of
Muscatine
Manchester
Greeley
Robert J. Keck
H H. Stone
Sax
Funke
Slick
Campbell herd tops Wapsie Valley dairy group in September
Independence dairy records show W. J. Campbell’s herd of 17 purebred Jerseys leading the Wapsie Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association for September under tester Howard Guse. The Campbell cows averaged 724 pounds of milk and 36.2 pounds of butterfat with high individual cow Ethel yielding 1356 pounds of milk and 57 pounds of butterfat. Association averages were 576 pounds of milk and 22.6 pounds of butterfat per cow.
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Independence
W. J. Campbell
Wapsie Valley
Monticello Herd Tops September Dairy Test
In North Jones ation September test the 425 cows averaged 535 pounds of milk and 20.8 pounds of butterfat. Francis Miller of Monticello led high herd with 12 grade Holsteins averaging 1,041 pounds of milk and 346 pounds of butterfat. The high cow, owned by Shomont Dairy Monticello, produced 1,719 pounds of butterfat.
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Monticello
North Jones
Cows on Test In Mahaska Averaged 526 Pounds Milk
During September the 526 cows tested in Mahaska produced an average of 526 pounds of milk.
Farm Auctions Announced Across Eastern Iowa
A sequence of farm auctions scheduled in October lists C Jurgensen Chester White sale near Olin E C Poland land sale at Mt Vernon Heigens Bros Poland China sale near Monticello Beverly Cattle Co sale near Cedar Rapids Bert E Miller Duroc sale at Lisbon Eastern Iowa Angus sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids Ros Shakespear farm near Marion and A R Kearns closing out sale near Springville Dates span October 9 to 15 with multiple sales across the region.
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C. Jurgensen
Chester White
Olin
E. C. Forest
Poland
Mt. Vernon
Heigens Bros. Poland China
Monticello
Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Bert E. Miller
September Dairy Yields Reported In Local Herds
Urban Schissel notes 212 pounds butterfat in the month. Ralph Sarver of Rose Hill had the month's high herd with Holsteins averaging 1006 pounds milk and 31.38 pounds butterfat. The high cow in the Sarver herd produced 70 pounds butterfat in September.
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Urban Schissel
Ralph Sarver
Rose Hill
Sarver
Guernsey Herd Tops Winneshiek Dairy Test in September
The Guernsey herd of Gilbert Salveson led Winneshiek County Dairy Herd Improvement in September with an average of 33 pounds of butterfat. High individual yields were 67.4 pounds from O. B. Goodno's Brown Swiss and 588 pounds overall. The 500 cows on test averaged 543 pounds of milk and 195 pounds of butterfat.
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Decorah
Guernsey
Gilbert Salveson
Hesper
Winneshiek County
O. B. Goodno
Calmar Township
Jeanne Verne Granted Six Month Leave Of Absence
Jeanne P. Verne home demonstration agent for Keokuk and Iowa counties has been granted a six month leave of absence due to a heart illness. She returns to Moorhead Minnesota and arrangements are being made to substitute from the Ames extension service during her absence.
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Sigourney
Jeanne P. Verne
Keokuk
Iowa
Miss Verne
Iowa County
Moorhead
Minn
Ames Extension Service
159 Acre Linn at Public Saturday October 1
Auction notices describe a Linn county property eleven miles from Cedar Rapids area near Marion Springville Mount Vernon with an 18 room house cement basement fireproof roof oak floors, water supply by well and windmill, barn and outbuildings, and 159 acres of cultivated plow land blue grain pasture timber and running water. Livestock runs to all fields and fenced hog pastures.
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Marion
Springville
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
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