Alfalfa Seed Crop Down 6 Percent From 10-Year Average
The agriculture department reports U S alfalfa seed production this year at about 964 300 bushels, 6 percent below the 10 year average and 1 basketball 434 400 bushels last year. Estimated yield per acre is 1 2 bushels with a high rate of loss in cleaning. Dealers hold most of the crop for sale while on farm carryover and total supplies are 25 percent under last year.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Aashington
D. C
Washington, D. C
Missionary Work Day Reported At Cone Center
Weather was fine and a good crowd attended the Cone Center church event north of Walker. The program featured why and what Christian missionaries do in Brazil and India, with services from shortly after 10 am until mid afternoon and a picnic dinner break.
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Cone Center Church
Walker
Brazil
India
Seed stocks and price trends in 1930s agriculture
Prices to growers on Sept 26 averaged 1.40 per 100 pounds for clean seed down from 1.75 last year. Estimated farm stocks reached 6 million pounds versus 15 million a year ago, while seedsmen and shippers held 14.18 million pounds, 61 percent above last year. Total clean seed supplies, including production and carryovers, about 105.30 million pounds, up 50 percent from a year earlier.
District Pie Making Meet At Iowa City Oct 25
Iowa City will host a district pie baking contest on Oct. 25 as ten county queens compete for advancement to the state event in Des Moines November 19 to 21. County Agent Emmett C. Gardner announced the junior farm bureau event.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Junior Farm Bureau
Emmett C. Gardner
Queens
Des Moines
Wilson Durocs Top At 105 In Iowa Auction
Roscoe P. Wilson Du Roc Jersey breeders sold boars to 105 and gilts to 42 near Coggon. R G Sandager Calmar bought the top boar and Harold Timm Muscatine bought the top gilt. Boars averaged 56 and gilts 38. Wellman group saw boars to 65 and gilts to 45 with averages 42 50 and 35 respectively. Auctioneers were H M Duncan Columbus Junction and P M Swartzendruber Wellman.
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Roscoe P. Wilson
Duroc Jersey
R. G Sandager
Calmar
Harold Timm
Muscatine
Wellman
Penningroth Brothers
Poland
Gilis
H. M. Duncan
Columbus Junction
P.M. Swartzendruber
Processing Tax Refund Bill Still In Committee
An Iowa led meeting in Cedar Rapids on Oct 15 aims to aid farmers in filing processing tax refunds for hog sales from Nov 5 1933 to Jan 6 1936. The bill by Rep Fred C Gilchrist remains stalled in the House Agriculture Committee after subcommittee review and executive sessions.
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Cedar Rapids
National Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association
Gazette Farm
D L. Harvey
Carl Meints
Central City
Christian Grell
Donahue
W W Meyne
Readlyn
Rae Shields
Waverly
Iowa
Supreme Court
Gazette
Processing Tax Recovery Association
George Stimpson
Washington
Fred C. Gilchrist
House Agriculture Committee
Gilchrist
Wall Doxey
Mississippi
Senate
Manchester Apple Grower Yields Big Harvest After Freeze
Oscar O. Smith, a 65 year old Manchester fruit grower, reports a two thirds crop totaling about 4000 bushels despite last November’s Armistice Day freeze. The 15 acre orchard holds over 1000 trees with multiple hardy grafts, offering at least twenty apple varieties. Produce is hand picked, sorted, graded, polished, stored underground, and sold within 50 miles. a new polisher and cider use round out the operation.
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Manchester
Iowa
Oscar O. Smith
Benton Husking Meet Set for October Near Vinton
The Benton county cornhusking contest will be on October 24 at the Charles Inman farm, seven miles southeast of Vinton. Don Groves, county agent, announced. Entries due October 18. The contest will limit eight contestants who must bring their own team and wagon. Ralph Robinson, 1940 champion, and others have entered. Sponsored by the Greater Vinton club and Benton county Farm Bureau.
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Vinton
Benton County
Charles Inman
Don Groves
Ralph Robinson
Greater Vinton Club
Benton County Farm Bureau
Fayette corn husking contest set for October 25
The Earl Teague farm two miles northeast of Oelwein was chosen as the site for Fayette county cornhusking on October 25 with a 10 am start. An upstanding hybrid corn field is selected, expected to average 70 bushels per acre.
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Fayette
Earl Teague
Oelwein
Fayette County
Delaware county corn husking contest date set
October 24 is the date of the Delaware county corn husking contest to be held on the Ray Kehrli farm south of Manchester.
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Manchester
Delaware
Contest field approved for hybrid planting on highway No 13
A special field of hybrid planted last spring for the contest has been approved by the contest committee. Entries will be limited to ten. Veteran huskers entering this year's contest include Frank Zangerli of South Fork township, Reynold Drees, Ivan Sutton. The winner may enter the district contest near Preston on Oct 28.
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Chester
Highway No. 13
Frank Zangerli
South Fork Township
Reynold Drees
Ivan Sutton
Delaware County
Preston
Cornhusking Contest Set For Lloyd Burr Farm Site
Iowa City Henry Johnson county corn husking contest scheduled for October 20 at the Lloyd Burr farm southeast of Hills. County Agent Emmett Gardner announced. Defending champion is Harry C. Brenneman of Nichols, same site as 1940 event.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Lloyd Burr
Hills
Emmett C. Gardner
Harry C. Brenneman
Nichols
Allamakee corn husking contest set for Oct 23
The Allamakee county corn husking contest is scheduled for October 23 at 10 a.m. on the Miles Road farm located three and a half miles south of Waukon. Farmers from the area are invited to compete and witness the event.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Miles Road
Iowa 4-H Judges Take Second in National Dairy Show
In Memphis AP Iowa placed second in the 4-H cattle judging competition at the national dairy show. Minnesota won top honors among 29 state teams.
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Memphis
Iowa
Minnesota
Talle Urges New Oleo Approach for Dairymen
Representative Henry O. Talle of Decorah says dairy interests must pursue a new approach rather than reopen the oleomargarine standards case. He and Wisconsin’s delegation pressed for a rehearing with Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt, who indicated no reopening but left room for a new petition or independent hearing.
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Washington
Henry O. Talle
Decorah
Paul V. McNutt
Iowa
Wisconsin
Congress
McNutt
Talle
McNuté
B. J. Gehrmann
Wisconsin Progressive
Congressman Taile
Taille
Farm Defense Meeting In CedarThursday
Tipton reports heads of organizations and community leaders are urged to attend a Cedar gathering set for Thursday at 9 30 a.m. to discuss farm defense efforts and local safeguards.
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Cedar
Tipton
The
New England State Puzzle Reference Findings
A garbled list of clues and answers presents a vertical word puzzle fragment. It includes numbered items, several abbreviations, chemical symbol hints, and scattered terms like chief city positive pole station and various familiar crossword cues, with many entries incomplete or unclear.
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Red Cross
Soul Conservation Poem by A Country Woman
A descriptive pastoral poem depicts a ruddy morning sun, autumn winds, and playful skies as seasons shift. The speaker contrasts the sun and wind while narrating vivid scenes across fields and livestock, ending with the title BY A COUNTRY WOMAN.
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Persia
China
County Defense Board Plans 1942 Farm Campaign
Hy Von Muenster chairman announced the county defense board aims to mobilize agriculture for defense in 1942 by planning a full farm production campaign. The effort seeks to organize resources and coordinate growers to ensure adequate food production during wartime.
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County Defense Board
Hy von Muenster
Iowa State Wins Dairy Judging Contest at Memphis
Iowa State college led 24 teams to win the collegiate dairy cattle judging contest at the national dairy show in Memphis. Texas A and M finished second and Kansas State third. Individual honors went to Lyle Jackson of Iowa State for first place and Lon McGilliard of Oklahoma A&M for second.
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Memphis
Iowa State College
Texas A & M
Kansas State
Lyle Jackson
Iowa State
Lon McGilliard
Oklahoma A. & M
Farm Auctions Announced Across October Schedule
A list of farm auctions spans October with multiple sales in Amana Lisbon Walker Belle Plaine and Swisher. Highlights include Hampshire boar and gilt sales at Lisbon and a 216 acre executor sale near Swisher with Robinson Maurer Shorthorns and Chester White boar sales in Olin and Ryan areas.
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Amana Society
Homestead
Bert Miller
Walker
Francis Oehlert
Belle Plaine
W. H. Bowersox
Swisher
Robinson and Maurer
Ryan
Henry Jurgensen
Chester
Olin
Iowa Milk Output Off Slightly in September 1941
The September 1941 dairy report shows Iowa milk production at 98 percent of September 1940, the first monthly decline since 1940. Fewer pounds per cow and a 2 percent increase in milk cows contributed, with pasture conditions improving and butterfat prices rising modestly.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Farm Bureau In Washington County Elects Officers
Manford Rabenold of Oregon township was elected president of the Washington County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting in Washington Ia He succeeds Amos I Stout Other officers named for the coming year include Robert Wiley Washington township vice president G H Mayer Dutch Creek township secretary and William Gammon Cedar township treasurer
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Washington
Manford Rabenold
Oregon
Washington County Farm Bureau
Amos I. Stout
Robert Wiley
Washington Township
G. H. Mayer
Dutch Creek Township
William Gammon
Cedar Township
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