Top Boar Brings $455 In Knotek Duroc Auction Near Washington
Knotek Brothers fall Duroc Jersey auction near Washington draws buyers from Minnesota Iowa and Illinois. Fancy Aces Types top boar sold for 455 dollars to Gilkey Farms of Owatonna Minnesota. Forty two head totaled 2221 dollars with an average of 52 88.
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Washington
Minnesota
Iowa
Knotek Brothers
Duroc
Gilkey Farms
Owatonna
Minnie
N. J. Howlett
Britt
Iowaite
West Liberty Fair
W. J
Holtkamp
Hillsboro
Washington County
Belle Plaine High Plans Agriculture Show Oct 15
Belle Plaine high school to hold the second annual agriculture and home economics show on October 15. Prizes will be offered for best corn small grain legume and garden produce plus eggs and novelties. Entries may include canned goods baked goods clothing and fall centerpieces. Instructors Chester Benson and Miss Jean McNie lead the effort with an evening program featuring the high school band a one act play and motion pictures.
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Belle Plaine
Commerce Club
Chester Benson
Jean McNie
West Union FFA Officers To Attend Lamont Convention
West Union FFA officers and vocational agriculture instructor Raymond Agan will attend a F F A leadership convention at Lamont on October 12. Officers include Robert Cline president Earl Tope vice president Elmer Landis secretary Reuben Steffens treasurer and Charles Jacobson reporter.
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Gazette West Union
West Union
Raymond Agan
F.F.A
Lamont
Robert Cline
Earl Tope
Elmer Landis
Reuben Steffens
Charles Jacobson
Government builds twelve corncribs for sealed corn storage
Twelve corncribs are under construction here by the government intended for sealed corn storage, reflecting infrastructure efforts to support agricultural supply.
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Ryan
Fence Drift and Twin Churches Near Ossian
A fragmentary Iowa scene notes a stone church south of Ossian with striking architecture beside corn fields. Nearby, another church of the same denomination sits along the road, and a third new church is under completion a mile farther.
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Ossian
Iowa Livestock Enter First For International Exposition
First entries from Iowa arrive for the 1940 International Livestock Exposition in Chicago set for November 30 to December 7. Exhibitors from Johnson Polk and Tama counties list Shorthorn Angus and Hereford steer classes, with H P Wilkinson of Polk County entered Aberdeen Angus. Eleanor Koster of Tama County submitted entries for the junior livestock feeding contest.
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Chicago
INL
Iowa
Johnson
Polk
Tama
Joe W. Millner
Johnson County
H. P. Wilkinson
Polk County
Tama County
Eleanor Koster
Gladbrook
Carlson Aims to Break World Cornhusking Record
Audubon’s Carl Carlson posted 62 bushels 10 pounds in an unofficial 80 minute tryout while training for the Audubon county cornhusking contest on October 19. He plans to attempt the world record of 41 bushels held by his brother Elmer Carlson.
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Audubon
Carl Carlson
Audubon County
Elmer Carlson
120 Acre Johnson County Farm Sells at Public Auction
Estate sale details describe a 120 acre Johnson County farm with tillable land, a windbreak, barnyard slope for drainage, and productive soil. Features include a large garden, fruit trees, cistern and windmill, plus a never-failing spring. Possession March 3, 1911. terms: 25 percent down, remaining due March 2, 1911. 50 percent financing option. title to be merchantable. Frank Bedicka representing the Novotny estate. Swisher Trust & Savings Bank clerk.
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Frank Bedickage Novotny
Swisher Trust & Savings Bank
Radios on Iowa farms aid play by play coverage
A Des Moines office report notes 2123 radios on Winneshiek county farms with 2786 farms statewide in 1938. In eastern Iowa dairy barns and cars some sets are radio equipped and portables move from job to job. One battery portable feeds a World Series broadcast to locals Arnold Kolaas Walter Frana and Raymond Frana at a Ridgeway hog house, with Kolaas betting on Detroit.
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Leslie M. Carl
Des Moines
Winneshick County
Winneshick
Iowa
Cincinnati
Detroit
Arnold Kolaas
Walter Frana
Raymond Frana
Stephen Frana
Ridgeway
Kolaas
Attention to Iowa lease law prompts early negotiations
Ames economists urge landlords and tenants to settle terms now for next year to avoid spring moves. With Iowa's law requiring notice by November 1 for leases ending March 1, late agreement could spark disputes. Discussions should cover notice timing, tenant improvements, farm work, and rent on redirected land.
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Ames
Iowa
Towa
AAA
Chelsea feeder ships 35 head yearlings to Chicago
Emil Varner a cattle feeder near Chelsea shipped 35 head of 988 pound light yearlings to Chicago on Monday with a sale price of 12 dollars per hundredweight to net a brisk cash deal for the farm.
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The
Chelsea
Emil Varner
Chicago
Farm Auction Schedule For October Listings
Coming farm auctions scheduled Thursday through Wednesday feature multiple livestock sales and estate closings across Iowa. Listings include Helgens Bros Poland China sale near Monticello, Beverly Cattle Co near Cedar Rapids, and Eastern Iowa Angus at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids, plus farm sales near Marion Martelle Shueyville and Lisbon.
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Helgens Bros
Poland
Monticello
Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Bert E. Miller Duroc
Lisbon
Eastern
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Livestock Exchange
Ray Shakespear
Marion
A. R. Kearns
Springville
W. B. Meeks & Sons Duroc
Martelle
George Novotny
Shueyville
Seasonal Decline In Butter Production Reported
DES MOINES A seasonal decline in creamery butter output for the week ending Oct 3 was reported by the USDA. Production fell 2 percent from the prior week but was 8 percent higher than a year ago. All areas except the west north central and the west showed decreases, though year over year all were higher.
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Des Moines
INS
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central
West
Drama and Choir Reading Training in Waukon Oct 15
Miss Zaneta Eager Ames extension specialist conducts a drama and choir reading training school in Waukon in cooperation with the Allamakee County Farm Bureau. The session begins at 10 am on October 15.
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Waukon
Zaneta Eager
Ames
Allamakee County Farm Bureau
Sudan-grass seed output to drop about forty four percent
Production of Sudan-grass seed in 1940 is projected to fall about 44 percent from 1939. Estimated thresher-run seed is 43 million pounds from 77 million last year, with drought and low prices cited as reasons for lower acreage and yields.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Marketing Service
California
New Mexico
Texas
Sudan
Buchanan Husking Meet Slated for Oct 19
Independence October date set for the Buchanan county cornhusking contest to be held Saturday forenoon. County Agent Dale Irwin says efforts aim to locate a suitable field in the north half of the county for this year’s event.
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Buchanan County
Dale Irwin
Riverside Fall Festival Set For October 24 26
Riverside will hold its community fair and fall festival October 24 26 led by Better Riverside club committee members F W Schnosbelen and Robert R Doud. Premiums will be awarded in corn including longest and freak ears hybrid varieties and popcorn, potatoes, red clover alfalfa timothy seed small grain vegetables fruits fancywork and canned goods.
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Riverside
F. W. Schnosbelen
Robert R. Doud
Better Riverside Club
Poland China Hog Sale Tops at 57.50 in Columbus Junction
Seventy head of purebred Poland China hogs were sold Tuesday at H. B. Jones thirty-first annual sale nine miles southeast of Columbus Junction. Top price reached 57.50 for a boat and 30 for a gift. Auctioneers were H. M. Duncan of Columbus Junction and Joe Frank of Morton NL.
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Columbus Junction
H. B. Jones
H. M. Duncan
Joe Frank
Morton, NL
Tomato Pack Completed at Columbus Junction Plant
Columbus canning plant owned by Orville Sparrow finished the season’s tomato pack begun August 2, the earliest in years. Tomato quality was good and several men and women gained employment during the pack.
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The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Columbus Canning Plant
Orville Sparrow
Farm renter Pattison odds and ends election views
Interview with Lloyd Pattison a 100 acre cash renter and 160 acre share renter near Fayette outlines mixed views on Roosevelt Willkie and farm programs He cites fairness of program debt concerns and possible draft while noting personal plans to move and farm prices in hogs and corn programs remain unresolved.
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Lloyd Pattison
Fayette
West Union
Willkie
White House
Roosevelt
Alpha
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Advertised For Constipation Relief
A newspaper ad promotes Dr F M Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable bowel cleanser that also aids liver bile flow for better digestion. It claims headaches fatigue and dullness result from constipation and urges readers to test the product tonight with prices of 15 and 30 cents.
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Ohio
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Fall grain starts out well says Reed
Des Moines Iowa fall seeding of wheat and rye is starting better than last year according to Charles D Reed senior meteorologist US weather bureau in Des Moines. He notes rains aided alfalfa cl over and grasses damaged by September drought and corn moisture is higher than last year with shallow cribbing and livestock feed husking.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
Reed
Northwood
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Better Livestock Auction
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