Processing Industry Grows From Community Needs
Blytheville Blanch M Bean operates a Fayette soybean bean processing plant expanding from a feed mill. Three 78 by 24 foot tanks store 75 000 bushels. beans are cleaned cracked dried and pressed into oil and meal. Oil stored 8000 gallons. meal sold locally or wholesale. Believes mills at 60–70 mile intervals support growers and feeders despite competition from larger central Illinois mills.
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Ayette
Fayette
Charles Lauters
Weldon
Bells
Ilinois
Amazing health tonic promises strength and vitality
An advertisement for S.S.S. Co. touts a tonic claimed to boost appetite, digestion, and red blood cell production. It asserts viral mineral elements aid health, urging trials and noting availability in two sizes at drug stores.
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Os.s.s. Co
Fence Drift Caught in the Teoven Wire Report
Caterpillars crossing the pavement appear at intervals along the sunlit route, always at right angles to traffic. The observer notes the odd behavior, questions the reason, and records the puzzling scene with restrained curiosity.
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RFA
State-Owned Forests Grow to 12 000 Acres in Iowa
State conservation officials report four major tracts totaling 12 000 acres, with the 330 acre Holst tract in Boone county as the newest addition. The largest tract spans 4 289 acres in Allamakee and Clayton counties, followed by the Lucas Monroe forest at 372% acres in Tucas and Monroe counties. The fee Van Buren area contains 3 667 acres. Acquisitions date from 1936, and the lands are being developed as multiple use areas.
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Des Moines
INS
Boone County
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Yellow River
Allamakee
Clayton Counties
Tucas
Monroe Counties
fee-Van Buren
Mammoth pumpkins and peach crop reported near Urbana
The Gazeter notes mammoth pumpkins being harvested around Urbana. Earl Fish recently rolled out a 60 pound pumpkin and Charles Hopker, a farmer north of Urbana, reports pumpkins weighing 42 to over 50 pounds. A five year old peach tree owned by Mr and Mrs Wiley Jones will yield about four bushels for its third heavy crop.
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Urbana
F F A aids youth in starting farming near Tipton
Ekere is a Tipton area youth, Lester Chambliss, who began farming last March six miles southeast of Tipton with 2200 dollars in Inve stock. He built a hog, sheep, and dairy operation while in Tipton high, paid a 500 loan, and now owns 24000 dollars in purebreds plus 43 fall pigs. An Iowa Farmer and American Farmer honor recipient, Chambliss is president of a Tipton hog breeders group with 15 members planning a Saturday boat and gift sale featuring Polands, Tamworths, Berkshires, and boars and gifts.
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Ekere
Tipton
Lester Chamblis
Tipton High School
Chamblis
Chambliss
Future Farmers Chapter
Iowa Farmer
Tipton High
Tampshires
Berkshires
Max Wo Kneerds
Boars Average 340 in Miller's Fall Sale
Twenty two boars sold for an average of 45 dollars and 23 gifts for an average of 2760 dollars at the annual fall auction of Bert E Miller. War ren Brothers of Monroe paid 86750 for a boar from a March 4 litter of ten. L. W Ross of Strongheart paid 52 dollars for a March 137 boar and bought six gilts. Joe Billick of West Branch bought a gilt for 41 dollars. Carl Krapf of Cedar Rapids was the heaviest gilt buyer with eight head.
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Lisbon
Bert E Miller
Duroc
Jersey
Warren Brothers
Monroe
L. W Ross
Strongheart
Ross
Joe Billick
West Branch
Carl Krapf
Cedar Rapids
Women Draw For Chance To Husk At Maquoketa
Drawings held Sunday for Maquoketa pancake day husking contest list participants including Mrs Fred Frank Mrs Ed Eggers and Miss Maxine Westphal all near Maquoketa with others from Preston Lamotte DeWitt Viola Baldwins Bellevue and more.
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Maquoketa
Janes
Fred Frank
Ed Eggers
Maxine Westphal
Near
A W Lehmkuhl
Preston
Lambo Denlinger
Lamotte
Gale Starr
DeWitt
Merle Long
Viola
Albert Hinrichsen
Baldwins
Harold Griebel
Bellevue
Soul Conservation Bonfire Triggers Childhood Memories
A COUNTEEY WOMAN reflects on why burning dead leaves in early fall stirs powerful memories and a lingering odor that transports her to childhood, questioning whether these sensations are unforgettable links to the past.
Farm Auction Weeklines Near Spuneville Martello Shueyville Mechantiaville
Coming farm auctions run Tuesday to Friday with multiple closings and sales listed. Events include A FR closing out sale near Spuneville, Meeks & Sons Duroc sale near Martello, George Novotny estate 120 acres near Shueyville, J S Crock closing out near Mechantiaville, See husen Chester White sale near Center Jet, and Orben Schoff Hampshire boar sale near Lost Nation.
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Spuneville
Wlby Meeks & Sons Duroc
Martello
George Novotny
Shueyville
J. S. Crock
Mechantiaville
J B. Seehusen
Chester White
Center Jet
Orben Schoff
Iowa dairy ad fund to back national campaign
Des Moines reports Iowa will contribute 83 000 dollars to a national dairy advertising campaign costing about 250 000 dollars. The Iowa Dairy Industry Commission uses 48 000 from spring butterfat tax receipts and 35 000 from last year’s collections. Other states add 100 000 Wisconsin 70 000 Minnesota 23 000 Washington and 7 000 Montana. Willits noted some advertising may return to Iowa papers and radio stations. The commission also runs a statewide campaign with 32 000 allocated.
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Des Moines
INS
Burr Willity
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Washington
Montana
Willits
Commission
Union District Agri Assn Elects Officers
West Liberty reports the Union District Agriculture Association elected M. A. Hemmingway as president, A. R. Richards as vice president, and S A. Buchman as treasurer. A secretary will be appointed later. Directors chosen for two years include FE Kerr, W W Watters, A J Dice, Rot Hawthorne and L B Halstead. Geshie Steen was elected for one year.
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West Liberty
Union District Agriculture Association
M. A. Hemmingway
A. R. Richards
S A. Buchman
FE. C. Kerr
W. W. Watters
A. J. Dice
Rot. Hawthorne
Halstead Geshie Steen
Eastern Iowa husking champs named for 1940 contests
Eighteen county corn husking meets are scheduled across eastern Iowa this week as the first step toward national honors for 1940. County sites include Allamakee Benton Buchanan Cedar Clay ton Delaware Fayette, Jackson Johnson Jones Poweshiek Tama and Winneshiek with districts set for October 20 to 25 culminating in the national meet on October 30 near Davenport. The Winneshick event adds old men and women divisions alongside the main husking contest.
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Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Claytorn
Delaware
Fayelte
Truwa
Jackson
Jouhnson
Jones
Poweshiek
Tama
Winneshiek
Iowa
Alvin Vogt
McGregor
Cotter Brothers
Wapello
Dave Dykstra
Mitchellville
Henry Keppy
Davenport
East Iowa
Lotuisa County
Lee Werner
Grandview
Linn
Oxley Farm
Marion
Grundy
Conrad
Washington - Keokuk
E I. Conrad
Meota
Carl Hanson
Vinton
Peter Gaffney
Winthrop
Henry von Spehren
Mechanicsville
Clayton
Ervin Backes
Garnaville
Dela Ware
John Pins
Petersburg
Fayette
Austin Wilbur
Hawkeye
Iowa County
Anton Heitschusen
Williamsburg
Warry Krabbenhoft
Preston
Johnson
Lloyd Burr
Iowa City
Harry Newman
Martele
Poweshick
Carl Cummings
Montezuma
Ralph Rider
Tracr
Winneshick
Charles Buzz
Ridgeway
Tetanus Immunizing Agent Is Announced
Des Moines report describes a new method to immunize horses against tetanus using tetanus toxoid. The product is prepared from the toxin of lockjaw germs and given in two doses to achieve immunity for at least three years with follow up shots every three years.
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Sprevial
Des Moines
American Foundation For Animal Health
82 Year Old Iowa Farmer Endorses Willkie In Interview
C R Creglow, owner of 80 acres near Marion, Iowa, discusses farming on shares, government programs, and his Willkie vote. He recalls paying $50 an acre 40 years ago and says the land is now worth double, while noting government hog allotments and occasional welfare of extra hogs.
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Marion
C. R. Creglow
Marion T
Lancaster
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Iowa
Growers Price of Sweetclover Seed Averages $3.25 Cwt
Movement of sweetclover seed this year is slower than usual and slower than last year, an agricultural marketing service report states. By mid September, 28 percent of the 1940 crop had been sold, versus 35 percent last year and 30 percent the 5-year average. Growers received $3.25 per 100 pounds for clean seed, down from $3.95 last year and below the 5-year date average. Quality is fair but below the 1939 crop. September imports reached 80,400 pounds, up from 47,000 pounds last year and near the 5-year average.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Hazleton Buyer Purchases 120 Acre Sachtscule Estate
H R Kiefer of Hazleton buys the west 120 acres of the Marie Sachtscule estate three miles southwest of Hazleton for 34 600 or 38 33 an acre. The farm has improvements and timber soil, fed by a creek. Possession passes March 1 1941. C F Nelson, Hazleton broker, arranged the deal.
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Hazleton
H. R. Kiefer
Marie Sachtscule
C .F. Nelson
False twin germ seeds intrigue Cedar Rapids seed boss
Henry Kling of a Cedar Rapids seed company received a report from Agronomist Sprague in Ames about twin germed corn kernels on hye brid plots. Sprague called it false polyembryony or connate seeds, formed by fusion of adjacent kernels. Kling plans plantings next year to test fusion tendency.
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Henry Kling
Cedar Rapids
Jetter
Sprague
Ames
the Gazette
Spragues Jetter
Kling
Butterfat price at Silver Springs creamery posted
OSSIAN Patrons at the Silver Springs creamery received 322 cents per pound for butterfat in the first half of September.
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Spec'al
the Gazette
Ossian
Silver Springs Creamery
Worry Of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating
Don't be embarrassed by loose false teeth slipping, dropping or wobbling when you eat, talk or laugh. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. This powder gives added comfort and security by holding plates more firmly with no gummy taste. It is alkaline and non acid. Get FASTEETH not any drug store.
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Ty Blanche M. Bean
Garzette
Sprejal
Union District Agri. Assn
Charley
Cience
Williams
Srila
Wehrarps
Will
Willkie
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Sam Hill
Rrea
Aig Smee
Federal Discount Corp
Paramount Hide
Americas
Montgomery Ward
Second ST. SE
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