Left Handed Disc Jointer Cuts Plow Power 14 Percent
Iowa State College researchers E V Collins and C K Shedd report a left handed disc jointer in front of plowshares reduces power needs by up to 14 percent and up to 25 percent versus standard right handed jointers. Tests at Ames show lower landside pressure and equal plow quality, with observations on furrow walls and soil distribution.
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E. V. Collins
C. K. Shedd
Iowa State College
Iowa Agricultural Experiment
Ames
Collins
Coming Farm Auctions and Iowa Plow Innovation Highlights
Local farm auctions set for Wednesday October 18 near Marion and Thursday October 19 near Cedar Rapids. The article notes experiments in contour farming with a left handed disc jointer reducing landside pressure, aiding tractors and curved furrows. Researchers from Iowa State College and the USDA oversee the effort with engineers like Shedd and Collins contributing innovations.
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Eliza Burgess
Marion
Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska lad wins Star Farmer honor for 1939
Norman W. Kruse, 18, Lortetto Nebraska, earns Star Farmer of America for 1939 with a well rounded farm program on his father's land. He won a $500 prize at the American Royal Livestock show after posting farm profits from hogs cows sheep corn wheat and other ventures. Wallace Caulk of Camden Delaware named star farmer for the eastern division.
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Kansas City
Norman W. Kruse
Lortetto
Neb
Star Farmer of America
Kruse
Farmer of America
University of Nebraska Agricultural College
Herman H. Kruse
Boone County
Nebraska
Wallace Caulk
Camden
Del
Star Farmer
McCarthy Reelected AAA Chairman in Delaware County
Chester O. McCarthy was reelected chair of the Delaware county AAA committee for 1940 at a township delegates meeting. Harold A. Stead named vice chairman with Dale S Henderson and Joseph J. Dingbaum as alternates. Paul L. Munson was re elected secretary and treasurer. Readouts show 1,980 of 2,289 farms participated in 1939 and corn parity checks totaling $171,395.04 with about $350,000 due in December. In 1938 Delaware county sealed 196,000 bushels of corn. so far 160,000 bushels resealed and 36,000 stored in government bins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Chester O. McCarthy
Delaware County
Harold A. Stead
Dale S Henderson
Joseph J. Dingbaum
William H. Wickman
Paul L. Munson
Ryan
Husking Bee At Louis Klink Farm Attracts 60
About 60 persons gathered at the Louis Klink farm near here for a husking bee Sunday. Mr. Klink has been confined in poor health for some time. Nine teams and wagons were used to husk the 12 acres of corn.
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Littleport
Louis Klink
Farmers require transportation options, Brenckman states
Fred Brenckman of the Grange told the Mississippi Valley association convention that farmers need rail motor and inland waterway transport due to hauling costs. He urged fair competition to ensure just rates and opposed broad federal regulation of inland waterways. He noted Iowa farmers gained 3 to 5 cents per bushel shipping grain by water versus rail.
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ST Louis
Fred Brenckman
Washington
National Grange
Mississippi Valley Association
Brenckman
Grange
Iowa
Jvater
Four Acres Corn Seeding Lost In Littleport Fire
Fire swept through about four acres of corn on the Joe Downey farm near Littleport destroying new seeding on the John Glawe farm. Origin unknown with hunters in a toppled tree trunk blamed for spreading the blaze. Nearby NEWHALL report notes 80 rods of cornstalks burned on Julia Schmidt's Van Horne farm, with smoke crossing into Victor Weichman's field. Fire department aided. both insured.
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Littleport
The
Gazette
Joe Downey
John Glawe
Newhall
Julia Schmidt
van Horne
Alphonse Erger
Victor Weichman
Erger
Schmidt
Mr. Erger
Husking Accidents Continue In Cedar
Cedar county reports ongoing husking incidents. T. L. Small, once west of Tipton, injured when his team bolted while he husked corn. wagon passed over his body, crushing an ankle and breaking three ribs. Forrest H. Ford, near Bennett, lost the middle finger when a tractor picker caught fire and exploded prior to a trial run. Ford hospitalized in Davenport.
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Gazette
Ipton
Cedar County
T. L. Small
Tipton
Small
Forrest H. Ford
Bennett
B. H. Hambright
Ford
Hambright
Davenport
160 Acre Farms Change Hands Near Wellman and Colum bus Junction
William Martin, a turkey breeder near Wellman, bought the 160 acre Albert Paul farm five miles south of Wellman for 116.50 per acre totaling 18 640 and plans to build turkey houses. Howard Oak purchased the former Martin Shaum farm of 160 acres west of Columbus Junction for 9 000 cash or 56.25 per acre. Roy Anthony, administrator, reports the sale of the Frank Anthony farm, 165 acres two miles south of Tiffin, to Albert Hogan Jr. for 46 per acre totaling 7590.
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Wellman
William Martin
Albert Paul
Martin
Columbus Junction
Howard Oak
Martin Shaum
Johnston and Duncan
Tiffin
Roy Anthony
Frank Anthony
Albert Hogan, Jr
Steen Elected President Union District Agricultural Assn
West Liberty report notes Leslie Steen elected president of the Union District Agricultural Association at the annual meeting. M. A. Hemmingway named vice president, W. C. Nichols treasurer, E. R. Richard marshal. James Birkett and S A Buckman join the board for two years. re-elected members include Albert Ruess A N Rabe Ben Wilson Jr and C N Gibson.
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West Liberty
Leslie Steen
Union District Agricultural Association
M. A. Hemmingway
W. C. Nichols
E. R. Richard
James Birkett
S A. Buckman
Albert Ruess
A. N. Rabe
Ben Wilson, Jr
C. N. Gibson
Soul Conservation in the Countryside Beauty
A country woman writes of peaceful timber slopes and drifting leaves as evenings fade into sunset. Driving along winding roads toward the hills, she prays for the capacity to appreciate nature and be worthy of its beauty.
40 Carloads Daily Corn Bin Shortage Seen in 7 Counties
DES MOINES AP Federal and state agricultural authorities report ongoing storage and delivery issues for sealed corn loan settlements. While bins arrive at about 40 carloads per day, storage space remains acutely short in seven Iowa counties including Tama Clinton Chickasaw Wright Linn Buena Vista and Calhoun.
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Des Moines
AAA
H. L. Dieterich
Iowa
Tama
Clinton
Chickasaw
Wright
Linn
Buena Vista
Calhoun
Butterfat Price Set At 31 Cents By Delhi Creamery
Elhi The Delhi Silver Spring creamery paid 31 cents a pound for butterfat for the last half of September, reflecting dairy market conditions in the region.
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ELHI
Delhi Silver Spring
Silo Completed on Harold Mc Cormac Farm Northeast of Columbus Junction
A hollow tile silo with capacity for 5 000 bushels of corn was completed on the Harold Mc Cormac farm four miles northeast of Columbus Junction. The note adds a remark about the nuthatch being among the few birds that descend as readily as they ascend a tree trunk.
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Columbus Junction
Harold McCormac
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