Tame Hay Crop Reaches 84 504 000 Tons In Federal Report
A federal report indicates tame hay production of 84,504,000 tons with yield near 1 ton per acre, 10 percent above the 10 year average and only two gains in more than two decades. Weather favored yields though hindered harvest across many states. Iowa tops tame hay production among states outside Wisconsin.
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Kansas City
Federal
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Michigan
Acros
Wisconsin
Iqua
Louisiana
Texas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Texas Panhandle
Indiana
Ilinois
Alabama
Carolinas
New England
Iowas
Iowa
Jones County Farm Sells for 130 An Acre
Mechanicsville Asa Robison sold his 159 acre farm to Will Robinson and his son Gorman for 130 per acre. The property rates as one of the best in south Jones County with good cultivation land, limed fields, gravel road access, and electricity.
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The
Gazette
Mechanicsville
Asa Robison
Will Robinson
Gorman
South
Jones
Cedar Valley Farm Business Ass'n to Meet November 29
H S Nicol of Cedar Rapids announced the Cedar Valley Farm Business Association annual meeting set for November 29 in the chamber of commerce rooms Cedar Rapids. About 150 rural businessmen are expected for the all day conference on record keeping with featured speaker A Viez professor at Ames who will discuss the South American alliance as the theme.
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H S Nicol
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Chamber of Commerce
Nicol
A Viez
Ames
South American Alliance
Milk Cows Average $50 At Columbus Jet Sale
At the R. Klotz farm four miles northwest of Columbus Junction eighty head of milk cows were sold. Cows averaged $50 with Herfers at £33 and steers at seven cents a pound. All cattle were TB and Bangs tested. Klotz and Klintz served as auctioneers.
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Speviat
Columbia Junction
R. Klotz
Here
Herfers
Bangs
Klotz
Klintz
Columbus Junction
Witwer Steers Top Their Weight Class At Chicago
Eighteen 147 pound Angus steers from a Witwer farm near Marion Iowa sold on the Chicago market Tuesday for 1375 dollars top price for that weight. The steers were purebred Angus and were fed by Douglas Ross, farm manager.
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Witwer
Chicago
Marion
Douglas Ross
Ben Hartley Farm Wins Site for County Cornhusking Contest
WAUKON nine contestants have entered the annual county cornhusking contest at the Ben Hartley farm in Union township Allamakee county starting at 9:30 am.
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Waukon
Ben Hartley
Union Township
Allamakee County
Hartley farm owner on Cedar county acres and Farm Bureau
Interview with Harry P P Hartley owner-operator of 120 acres near West Liberty. He discusses oats varieties, the Canadian VanGuard strain promising high yields, support for Wendell Wilkie, government role as equal opportunity provider, and his mixed views on the farm program amid global tensions.
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Harry PP
Hartley
West Liberty
Blonnington
Tipton
Cedar County
Hartley Farm
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Ames
North Dakota
Wendell Wilkie
Clayton SCS To Aid In Soil Survey Of 107 520 Acres
Clayton county soil conservation district to receive SCS assistance for soil surveys on farms in Farmersburg Wagner Reed Garnaville and Boardman townships covering 107 520 acres. Dale Shadie a soil technologist will begin this fall with six square mile blocks and resume in spring as ground permits.
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Clayton Scs
Speveial
Gavette Eleader
Clayton County Soil Conservation District
SCS
Farmersburg
Wagner
Reed
Garnaville
Boardman
Dale Shadie
Emerson Wolfe
Grover Hahn
Clayton
Linn County Exhibit Entry For 1940 International Livestock Show
Linn county's first entry for the 1940 International Livestock Exposition at Chicago, November 30 to December 7, was made this week by Adam Reid Jr of Marion. He will exhibit in the Aberdeen Angus fat cattle classes.
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Linn County
Chicago
Adam Reid, Jr
Marion
Awards for 4-H girls announced in Iowa
Thirteen Iowa farm girls were named to spend a week in Chicago at the National 4-H Club congress November 30 to December 6. Janette Meyers led the 4-H record book winners with a 7 year record detailing 195 garments, 1,200 quarts canned, and extensive demonstrations.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Chicago
Janette Meyers
Walcott
Janette
Iowa State College
Mabel Hansen
Keystone
Mary Ella Russell
Red Oak
Mary Ella
Margie Bentley
Sac City
Margie
Iowa State Teachers College
Elvira High School
Faye Seamer
Esther Dahms
Margaret L. Porter
Helen Leinen
Madonna Kuhn
Fence Drift in Scoven Wire and Barnyard Sundown
A fragment shows fence drift snagged in scoven wire with sounds of cattle, corn elevator, and a just-off tractor. The piece closes with a sundown scene in the barnyard and a brief, moody vignette of rural work life.
Iowa corn moisture delays cribbing but yields steady
Des Moines reports favorable warm, dry conditions aiding corn maturation though harvest remains cautious as corn remains too moist for safe storage. Old corn shelled into bins, with some picking for storage and livestock feed. Fall plowing advances where moisture allows, rye and wheat look good, pastures brown in drier areas. Apple and potato harvests continue while melons come to market and livestock remains in good condition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
S. E. Decker
Slight Increase In Butter Production Reported
Creamery butter production rose .2 percent in the week ending last Thursday according to the USDA. The week’s output stood 11 percent higher than the corresponding week in 1939, while the West North Central division saw an 11 percent weekly drop but remained 155 percent above last year.
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Des Moines
INS
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central Division
United States
Rural Chorus Concert by Cedar County Women
Special to The Gazette Tipton Cedar county rural women's chorus presents a Sunday 2 pm concert for 4 H club members, prospective members and families in Tipton.
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The
Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County Rural Women's Chorus
Olive Tablets Ad Promises Gentle Digestive Help
An old advertisement urges better habits to ease constipation and promote bile flow. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a purely vegetable remedy used for over 20 years with prices 15 30 and 60 cents for druggists.
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Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Maquoketa Pancake Day Draws Huge Crowd
Special to The Gazette Maquoketa saw about 10 000 people attend Pancake Day and the women’s corn husking contest. Mrs Albert Hinrichsen won with 13 bushels in 40 minutes while Miss Maxine Westphal was second with 10.
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Maquoketa
Albert Hinrichsen
Near Baldwin
Maxine Westphal
W U Schmkuhl
Ed Eggers
Harold Griebel
Fred Frank
Merle Long
Lambo Denlinger
Fred Witt
Gyle Starr
Hinrichsen
Iowa sale listings outline multiple farm auctions week
A sequence of farm and estate auctions listed by date across Iowa towns. J. B. See husen Chester White sale near Center Junction, Beverly Cattle Co near Cedar Rapids, Orben Schaff Hampshire boat sale Lost Nation, Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids, Iowa City Sales Co auction, Roy Elkin near Mt Vernon, George Novotny estate Ely, Horlivy 10 acre tract near Cedar Rapids airport.
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Mt Vernon
George Novotny
Ely
Horlivy
C. R. Airport
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