Percheron Sale Nets High Prices at Vinton Auction
Johnson’s dispersal sale near Vinton features 27 Percherons selling for a total of 501020 dollars and an average of 185.93. Top mare fetches 330 dollars to Henry Pohlman while a stallion sells for 300 dollars to D R Whitely.
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Vinton
Julius Streilner
Garrison
Streilner
T. H. Dawn
Camanche
Wallace Jesperson
Virquoa
Wis
R. F. Avery
Tama
Harold Moore
Cedar Rapids
Dragee
Harry Wendall
Watkins
Johnson
Lagos
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Fred Reppert
Chicago
Morris Long
Clark Geater
Maquoketa Dairy Herd Dispersal Ends 13 Year Run
Gene Davis sold his entire Guernsey herd north of Maquoketa in a Thursday dispersal auction as he retires from dairy farming after thirteen years. Thirty five cows averaged 100.72 with a top six year old cow with calf at 181.50 to Clinton farmer Jordan J. Lyshej. Top bull two years old sold for 92.50. thirteen heifers averaged 52. A 6 year old mare brought 158 and a pair of 8 year old horses 240. A 1931 milk truck sold for 75. Buyers came from Cascade Stanwood Monticello Clinton and across Jackson county.
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the Gazette
Maquoketa
Gene Davis
Jordan J. Lyshej
Clinton Dairy Farmer
Otto Seeberger
Joe Heard
Cascade
Stanwood
Monticello
Clinton
Jackson County
Poland China boars fetch high prices at regional sales
In Columbus Junction the twenty eighth annual Poland China sale at H. B. Jones farm drew sixty five head with top boar at 90 dollars and an average 43.50. Buyers from Illinois Missouri and Iowa attended as E Boultinghouse and Sons of Pealedo Ill and H M Duncan of Columbus Junction commented on the sale. In Monticello Helgens Brothers sold fifty one boars and gilts. top boar at 160 dollars bought by J Hess of Worthington with boar average 40 and gifts at 33 paid by Edwin Werning of Newhall. Center Junction offered twenty eight Chester White boars averaging 42.50.
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J. B. Seehusen
Center Junction
Ray Moorehead
Maquoketa
Jurgens Brothers
van Horne
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
L. E. Halsey
Des Moines
Onslow Bank
Pecal
The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Poland
H. B. Jones
Missouri
E. Boultinghouse and Sons
Aledo
Ill
H. M. Duncan
Monticello
Helgens Brothers
China
J. Hess
Worthington
Edwin Werning
Newhall
Junction
Chester
Fifty Men And Boys Tour Soil Erosion Projects
Fifty farmers and vocational agriculture students from six counties Clinton Cedar Black Hawk Delaware and Inn toured erosion control projects in Marion watershed. They visited A L Wilson farm east of Springville and CCC engineers, Clyde Scott farm, E C Hughes farm with contour strip cropping, and L G Merritt farm with contour furrowing machinery demonstration.
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Marion
Clinton
Cedar
Doar Black Hawk
Delaware
Inn
A. L. Wilson
Springville
Mr. Wilson
Soil Conservation Engineers
CCC
Howard Balilew
Agronomist
Harold Shold
Soil Conservation Service
Clyde Scott
E. C. Hughes
L. G. Merritt
Waubeek
SCS
Michigan Illinois Take 3 Big Prizes At National Show
Michigan and Illinois cattlemen swept three grand championships at the National Dairy Show in Columbus Ohio. Dean H. H. Kildee of Town State College Ames judged Bournedale Martha a three year old as best Guernsey cow among nearly 250. She was named grand and senior champion female and produced 10 766.4 pounds of milk and 578.7 pounds of butter fat. Cesar farms Farmington Michigan own her.
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Columbus
Michigan
Illinois
Dean H. H. Kildee
Town State College
Ames
Bournedale
Martha
Cesar Farms
Farmington, Mich
Hybrid seed corn work nears end at Amana celonies
Women workers under Louis Selzer inspect each ear of corn at Homestead farm, four weeks into the phase, removing unsatisfactory kernels. The group includes Mrs. Chacker, Mrs. Selzer, Mrs. Ehrie and others. One hundred five acres were grown at Homestead on contract with a Grimes seed firm, plus 40 at High and 5 at Middle.
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Amana Celonies
Homestead Farm Department
Louis Selzer
Homestead Farm
Caroline E.chacker
Lewis Selner
Henrietta Selzer
William Ehrie
Fred Mars, Jr
August F. Dittrich
Henry Seiffert
Emil Ehrie
Carl Roeniig
Homestead
Grimes
Iowa Grange Passes Resolutions at Manchester Session
The Iowa State Grange closing session at Manchester passed resolutions opposing reciprocal trade treaties that harm American agriculture and urging senate ratification, plus calls for taxing imported starches and expanding soil conservation. Prizes awarded in highway safety and juvenile essay contests include Lucile Morgan and Marcene Pearce.
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Manchester
Iowa State Grange
Department of State
Senate
Grange
Tropics
Iowa
Congress
Leam
Lucile Morgan
Newton Grange
Hazel Allen
Kellogg
Edith Beehler
Grinnell
Virginia Hoffman
Newton
Marcene Pearce
Lucille Jess
Raymond Morgan
Four Varieties Grow Where None Grew Before
Mrs. Dora Schenken of Keystone successfully grafted an Whitney apple tree, which had bloomed but not bore fruit. Three grafts yielded four varieties including Jonathan and Greening, with the Whitney branches producing about fifteen bushels annually and two bushels of Jonathan plus a few of the other varieties.
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Keystone
Dora Schenken
Whitney
Wheelock Wilson
Jonathan
Whitneys
Jonathans
Hog cholera outbreak reported near Oelwein and Stanley
An outbreak of hog cholera is reported east of Oelwein and near Stanley this fall. Early in August a related outbreak affected several of the same farms, and many droves were vaccinated at that time.
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Oelwein
Stanley
National FFA Convention Opens in Kansas City
Des Moines reports a large Iowa delegation will attend the tenth annual Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City from Saturday through next Friday. Delegates include candidates for the American Farmer degree and judging teams in livestock dairy and poultry with entries from Muscatine Clarinda Lamont Iowa Falls Sergeant Bluff Moravia Alleman and the Clarinda F A chapter. An unrelated note says about 60 percent of accidents occur on an open tone winter speed is the principal factor.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
American Farmer
Claude Gifford
Muscatine
America Farmer
Wayne Swanson
Clarinda
Darwin DeLong
Lamont
Clarence Dean
Iowa Falls
Sergeant Bluff
Moravia
Alleman
Stanwood Farm Sale Sets $156 Per Acre Average
The William Simpson 160 acre farm north of Stanwood sold for 25000 cash to Frank F Friedrichsen a Miles area farmer at 156.25 an acre. Possession moves to Friedrichsen and his son on March 1. Brandon sale of 104 acres south of Brandon to a northern Iowa buyer via Union Central Life Insurance for 113 an acre. Tenanted this year by Glenn Geiger with possession March 1.
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Stanwood
William Simpson
Frank F. Friedrichsen
Miles
Friedrichsen
Brandon
Dan Beachler
Iowa
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Glenn Geiger
New Barn Nears Completion On Shannon Farm
A 34 by 50 foot barn is nearing completion on the Shannon farm one mile north of Mount Auburn. The structure replaces a barn destroyed by a storm last summer. Roy Simmons of North English is the contractor.
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Mount Auburn
Shannon
Wiest
Roy Simmons
North English
East Iowa Husking In Full Swing Across Several Counties
Garrison-Lewis Schirm near Garrison shelled and sold corn at 56 cents a bushel from 26 acres yielding 83 36pound bushels per acre using a new mechanical picker. Kelly Brothers two-row picker near Oelwein harvested 1,000 to 1,100 bushels on G. E. Sauerbry farm with 70 to 80 bushels per acre. Meester reports corn averaging over 50 bushels per acre with widespread picker use. Lost Nation farmers delivered 1,600 bushels to a Cedar Rapids processor. dealers note a shortage of mechanical pickers locally.
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Garrison
Lewis Schirm
Keystone
Oelwein
Kelly Brothers
Hazleton
G. E. Sauerbry
Ocelwein
Cial
Gosett Lost Nation
Farmers Cooperative Company of Lost Nation
Cedar Rapids
Carl Mohl
Huskers Paid Cents Per Bushel Amid Pileersburg Note
A partial snippet notes Huskers receiving cents per bushel amid a Pileersburg-related price discussion. The text mentions payment terms and local agricultural context with unclear full details from the clipping.
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Pileersburg
Farm Auctions Scheduled Across Iowa Towns in October
Upcoming sales include Burris S. Brown closing out at Center Point and J. Sueppel Hampshire sale at Mount Vernon. Dumond estate 165 acres near Toddville and Bert Miller Duroc Jersey sale at Lisbon are listed with Holstein and Guernsey consignments at West Union. Also Joe Vosmek sale 113 miles south Toddville on Oct 31 and K Lassen estate 178 acres east of Marion on Oct 22.
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Burris S. Brown
Center Point
Co. J. Sueppel Hampshire Sale
Mount Vernon
Dumond
Toddville
Bert Miller
Joe Vosmek
K. Lassen
Marion
Buckingham farmer ships record corn haul from fields
Ray Kelley, a farmer near Buckingham, delivered 3,000 bushels of corn to the grain company this week from fields averaging ninety bushels per acre. Other deliveries included 1,500 bushels by Ernest Thierer and 1,100 bushels by Emil Ehlers. Soybeans from Henry Jorgenson’s four acres averaged thirty bushels per acre.
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Gasetta
Buckingham
Ray Kelley
Grain Company
Ernest Thierer
Emil Ehlers
Henry Jorgenson
Tractor and corn picker destroyed by Hudson farm fire
A Buckingham tractor and corn picker were destroyed by fire Monday on the Art Andorf farm near Hudson. Sparks from the tractor engine started the blaze and the Hudson fire company extinguished the flames.
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Bperial
Buckingham
Art Andorf
Hudson
Hudson Fire Company
Hawkeye Auctioneer Charles Gabel Returns to Work
Charles Gabel of Hawkeye resumes auctioneering after years away. He has conducted sales this fall near Oelwein and West Union, resuming his longtime business.
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Brecal
Hawkeye
Charles Gabel
Oelwein
West Union
Interior hog market slips after brief weekly rally
Interior hog markets across Iowa and southern Minnesota opened the week with prices 10 to 15 cents higher but declined midweek. By Thursday packer quotes were 10 to 28 cents lower than the prior Friday, with total receipts near 90 000 head for the week. Demand shifts reflect more marketable spring pigs and fewer sows, amid improving feeding conditions and better hog finish.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Interior Territory
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Henry Pohlman
Jefferson
D. R. Whitely
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F. F. Burrell
Decorah
Arthur Peckham
Guernseys
Fayette County
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Ons Ren Fairgrounds
Burris
Brown
Hampshire
Boar & Gilt Sale
E. C. Forest Barn
Double
Storm King
Double Check
Cholera
Clarence J. Sueppel
Solon
Worl Challis
Lisbonia
Mount Vernon Bank & Trust Co
Iowa Grange
National F. F. A
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Inexpensive Gazette
Ohio
Edgewood School
Richard Matus
Phillips Station
Gewoot School
Dial
H. F McCalley
Dini
Louie Scheetz
Belle Plaine
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Erally
Millersburg Consolidated School
Interior Hog Marts
Sunkist Oranges
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