Bull Sets World Record Price At Royal Show
A junior bull calf sold for 33333 at the American Royal livestock exposition in Kansas City, a new world record. The suncrest Hereford Ranches sent S. O. Symbol Seth, born Jan 7, 1948, to Combs and Worley of Pampa Texas. Grand champion fat cattle carlot sold for 54 per hundred pounds, Hoffmans cattle weighed 1058 pounds. Total sale receipts included 98450 for 55 champion Hereford breeding cattle. Iowa State College led pork and lamb judging but placed eighth in intercollegiate meat judging. Wisconsin won overall.
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Kansas City
S. O. Symbol Seth
Suncrest Hereford
Gunnison
Cole
Phoenix
Ariz
Combs and Worley
Pampa
Texas
Karl Hoffman
Ida Grove
Williams Meat Co
Hoffman
R. J
Iowa State’ College
Wisconsin
Appleton Wins Clayton County Talk Meet Title
ELEADER Randall Appleton of Edgewood won Clayton county annual talk meet. His topic addressed meeting the shortage of doctors and nurses. Runner up Don Wold of St Olaf spoke on farm living habits and health. Appleton advances to the state meet in Des Moines on November 15.
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Eleader
Randall Appleton
Edgewood
Clayton County
Appleton
Clayton Junior Farm Bureau
Don Wold
St. Olaf
Des Moines
Foot and Mouth Hearing Scheduled for Nov 8
Senator Kenneth Wherry announced that his appropriations subcommittee examining foot and mouth disease will hold a hearing in Omaha on November 8 in the livestock exchange building. Western witnesses are invited to testify, with subsequent hearings planned in El Paso and then in Mexico where the disease is widespread.
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Washington
Kenneth Wherry
R-Neb
Appropriations
Omaha
Wherry
Livestock Exchange
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
What’s What Out on the Acres by Rex Conn
Albert Fischer, 55, renter of 180 acres near Mt. Vernon, talks to The Gazette about selling his dairy herd, buying calves, and farming practices. He notes his switch from Democrat to Republican, praises Hoover while wary of Dewey, and discusses taxes, parking meters, and farmer prosperity.
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Albert Fischer
Mt. Vernon
Lee Howard
The
Gazette Want Ad Desk
Cedar Rapids
FFA Leadership Training School Planned in Sigourney
A leadership school for Iowa's southeastern district FFA chapters will be held in Sigourney on Oct. 30. Instructor Alvin Donahoe of Sigourney and advisor Ralph Gruenwald of Tipton will lead the program with District FFA President Maynard Hill directing. Morning sessions cover chapter project reviews and leadership development, while the afternoon focuses on planning parliamentary procedure and chapter improvement.
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Sigourney
FFA
Iowa
Alvin Donahoe
Ralph Gruenwald
Tipton
Maynard Hill
Support Price For Flax Set
Washington AP The agriculture department says 1949 crop flaxseed prices will be supported at reduced levels. This year's crop supported at base rate of $6 a bushel at Minneapolis about 135 percent of parity at last July 1. The 1949 crop will be supported at 90 percent of parity as of July 1 next year. The exact dollar and cent level cannot be determined until July 1, but parity may be lower than now.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Minneapolis
Winneshiek 4-H Sets County Membership Goals
Winneshiek county 4-H leaders target 280 boys and 225 girls enrolled in club projects for 1949. Enrollment drive underway with two new boys 4-H clubs being organized, per Vernon Spilde, county rural youth assistant.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Vernon Spilde
Purebred Du Roc Sale At Benton County Fair Ground
On October 26 at 1 pm Frances Christian and Sons present a sale of 35 Du Roc boars and 25 gifts at the Benton county fair ground in Vinton. A closing out sale of live stock and machinery by Witwer and Haak is set for October 28, 3 percent commission southeast of Marion.
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Frances Christian and _ Sons
Alice Bros
Benton County Fairground
Vinton
Witwer and Haak
Marion
Barnyard chatter on fences feed plans and parking lot news
Mechanicsville farmer Hugh Elliott erects a fence and handles Angus steers west of Tipton. Cedar Rapids bank opens a free customer parking lot. Dairy advisor Floyd Arnold outlines winter feed planning: cull, buy more feed, or adjust rations. Calculations include hay silage swaps and grain roughage needs per cow. Bulls and calves impact herd feeding.
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Hugh Elliott
Mechanicsville
Tipton
Mr. Elliott
Angus
Floyd Arnold
Iowa State College
Arnold
Fence drift and plowing styles in farm life
The piece notes stray fence drift caught in a ewe oven wire and cites 19th century farming critiques. It quotes the Farmers Advocate of London Ontario on careless plowing and a Ontario Plowman’s Association view, contrasting straight furrows with crooked ones as signs of thrift and efficiency in farm work.
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R. B.C
Farmers’ Advocate
London
Ontario
Ontario Plowman’s Association
Beekeepers Urged to Stock Honey for Winter
AMES Iowa UP Beekeepers should use the remaining warm days to ensure their bees have sufficient honey to endure the coming winter Floyd B Paddock Iowa State College extension apiarist said Friday.
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Ames
Floyd B. Paddock
Iowa State College Extension Apiarist
Large Grain Under CCC Loans Across Iowa
Iowa PMA reports 4,421,207 bushels covered by federal price support as of Oct 1 with oats leading at 2,553,009 bushels and wheat at 1,770,034. Loans active on oats 2,346, on wheat 1,968, on soybeans 250, on flax 13, on barley five, on rye one. Corn loans underway with rates from 1.35 to 1.41 per bushel. purchase agreements guarantee end-of-period loan-rate payment.
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DES Moines
Iowa Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa PMA chairman predicts surge in soybean loans
Hervey Hazen, chairman of the Iowa PMA, says soybean loans will be abundant since the loan rate exceeds market price. He expects more loans on soybeans than since 1942 as harvest nears completion and many warehouses fill. Corn deadlines fall Sept 1, while other grains face April 1 loan and purchase dates.
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Hervey Hazen
Iowa Pma
Use of Electricity to Be Demonstrated at Iowa Farms
Efficient and economical electricity use will be shown at two demonstrations next month on farms of George Horn in Washington county and Clarence Hotz in Webster county. Iowa State College agricultural engineer Harold Beaty announced the events. Horn farm demonstration set for November 12 and Hotz farm inspection on November 19.
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Ames
INS
George Horn
Washington County
Clarence Hotz
Webster County
Harold Beaty
Iowa State College
Horn
Hotz
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Jacksonville
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Urice Bros
LaPorte City
Iowa Iron and Coal CO
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B Avenue
DIAL
Thomas E. Dewey
WM. S. Beardsley
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U.S. Senate
Bill Beardsley
Henry C. Talle
U. S. Representative
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Earl Warren
George A. Wilson
U. S. Senator
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