Gerstenberger of Oelwein Wins Fayette Husking Meet
Clifford Gerstenberger a Upper Iowa University senior husked 1491 pounds net to take the Fayette county husking championship on the Sinnott farm near Fayette. About 1500 spectators watched as Harold Ehlers placed second and Will Wineinger third among ten entrants. The event followed by multiple county contests and state qualifiers across eastern Iowa.
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Gerstenberger
Oelwein
Fayette Husking
Fayette County
Clifford Gerstenberger
Upper Town University
Fayette
P. N. Sinnott
Jear
Kyle Gerstenberger
Narleton
Upper Iowa
Buchanan County
Harold Ehlers
Maynard
Wil
J. J
Ed Wineinger
Hawkeye
Will Wineinger
Harry Johnson
Earl Arthur
Everett Sinnott
William Schroeder
J Jo Wineinger
Ervin Larson
Montezuma husking champ crowned at Elmer Carl farm
Ival Binine of Montezuma won the Poweshiek county husking contest in an 80-rod open pollinated corn field near Montezuma before about 1,200 spectators. His net weight was 2306.25 pounds from a gross of 2384.2 pounds. Joe La Rose, Ross Spading, Cleo Korns, Lathiel Johnson, Verne Griffin, Otto Steffen, Dabn Lamb, and Marcel Lavent placed 2nd through 9th with nets ranging from 2218.5 to 1835 pounds.
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Montezuma
Ival Binine
Poweshiek
Elmer Carl
Harold Miller
Joe la Rose
Ashwick
Ross Spading
Chelsea
Cleo Korns
Brooklyn
Lathiel Johnson
Verne Griffin
Otto Steffen
Grinnell
Dabn Lamb
Malcolm
Marcel Lavent
County contests set to crown state meet hopefuls
Eastern Iowa hosts county contests this week with eighteen county winners advancing to the state tournament on November 2 at the E. L. Anderson farm near Oskaloosa. The winner and contenders from nine other states will compete for the national title.
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Towa
E. L. Anderson
Oskaloosa
Amon Freed Pear Marshall
Moe
Progress In Good Farming Practices Reported
Washington AP State and federal officials report progress in soil conservation and farm practices. Extension of soil and erosion programs aims to protect vast acreage with cooperative agrarian methods and experimental plots.
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Washington
Constraton
Otarvy Wallace
Ose Bo Conservation Service
41 Cents Paid For Top Butterfat At Greeley
Creamery records show Greeley coop patrons paid 41 cents a pound for top butterfat during September. The figure reflects prices paid to butterfat producers by the local creamery, with additional notes on related rates and receipts for the period.
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Greeley
Cingette
Twenty-Four Calves Sell For 1134 At Vinton Auction
Twenty four calves sold at Vinton to Benton and Black Hawk county 4-H feeders bringing 1134 total and an average of 4725. Herefords Angus and Shorthorns were represented with ten Herefords twelve Angus and two Shorthorns. Top price was 76 for an Angus bought by Charles Balhorn Keystone.
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Vinton
Benton
Black Hawk County
Charles Balhorn
Keystone
Balhorn
Harold Chambers
Mount Auburn
Florence Wetzel
Corn Yields 80 To 100 Bushels Acre In Louisa County
Report notes corn yields between eighty and 100 bushels per acre on several farms east of Columbus Junction in Louisa County. Mark Estle husked 1 654 bushels in eleven hours on the RG Towe farm with a mechanical picker last week. Cotfer Brothers south of Columbus City reported a 200 acre field averaging eighty bushels.
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Sam
Columbes
Hele
Columbus Junction
Mark Estle
Cotfer Brothers
Columbus City
Troy Mills Farmer Completes Corn Cribbing Near Troy Mills
Joseph Piicar reports completion of cribbing his corn crop one half mile north of Troy Mills. Yields range from 35 to 50 bushels per acre with huskers paid 3.5 to 5 cents per bushel. Fields were wet and muddy but husking advances. fall plowing resumes after wet spell.
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Troy Mills
Joseph Piicar
Cattle Sales Across Cedar Rapids and Chicago Markets
Dinsdale with Brenken sold six carloads of 1800 pound cattle at Cedar Rapids for 15 dollars per hundredweight and two carloads of 1000 pound cattle at Chicago for 15.35 dollars per hundredweight.
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Dinsdale
W J Brenkensiddle
Cedar Rapids
Ile
Chicago
Rugged Individuals Keep Farm Faces Bright
A country woman honors aging farmers who toil for the agricultural cause. She recalls an elderly couple returning from the cornfield, sunbonneted and cheerful, as they unload and tend to evening chores, illustrating the backbone of rural life.
Misa Dieken To Discuss Publicity In Jones Monday
A Jones county home project committee meeting with county and township publicity chairs will be held at Delbert Smith farm north of Morley on Monday. Miss Gertrude Dieken of the Ames extension service will conduct a publicity training school as part of a series on home furnishing starting in Jones from November 2.
Dinsdale Farmer Buys Angora Goats to Clear Timber
John Weler, a farmer near Amity in Adair county, imported forty five Angora goats last week. He plans to use them to clear timberland and later market the wool.
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Dinsdale
John Weler
Amity
Adair
American Royal yields big for junior beef winner
Donald Ray Fulkerson, a 12 year old from Trenton Missouri, watched his Angus calf Black Bird bring $900 at the American Royal auction, selling for $1 a pound. Other highlights include Cheviot pens selling for 11 cents and a bridge-hauling horse pulling for bragging rights.
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Kansas City
Donald Ray Fulkerson
Donald Ray
Trenton
Black Bird
R. E. Pullin
Waterloo
A. L. Helms
Belleville
F. F. Martin
Bridgewater
W. C. Devison
Clarinda
Corn Festival Pays Farmers 32 Cents A Bushel
Independence Chamber of Commerce bought more than 1000 bushels of corn from neighboring farmers at 32 cents a bushel. The scrip paid for the corn could be cashed with Independence merchants on Friday only. The purchase marked the festival’s second day.
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Independence
Independence Chamber of Commerce
Dysart Elevator Reports Corn and Soybean Shipments
Dysart elevator received 9 710 bushels of corn and shipped seven carloads of new corn. Soybean deliveries reached 5 238 bushels with six carloads of new soybeans shipped.
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Dysart
Tamar Benton
Buckingham Elevator Purchases Large Soybean and Corn Crop
Special to The Gazette reports the Buckingham elevator bought 30 000 bushels of soybeans and 6 500 bushels of corn from local farmers in the last two weeks.
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Buckingham
DYSART QUARTER SOLD AT $150 AN ACRE
The 160 acre Schnell farm two miles west of Dysart was sold last week by the Equitable Life society to Harry Hark for $150 an acre. Will Schnell remains as tenant for another year. In Troy Mills Alicia Baty sold the 40 acre A J Baty estate farm to her son Dale Baty for $1500.
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Schnell
Equitable Life Society
Harry Hark
Here
Will Schnell
Troy Mills
Alicia Baty
A. J. Baty
Troy
Mills
Dale Baty
Poultry Meeting Set in Central City on Nov 2
Rex B Conn Linn county agent announced a poultry disease and marketing meeting to be held at the Central City Produce company Central City on November 2 at 7 30 p m Dr K W Stouder extension veterinarian will lead a discussion of sanitation and management methods and perform post mortem exams on specimens brought by poultry producers A D Oderkirk extension poultry marketing specialist will explain methods of buying live and dressed poultry and discuss marketing problems R R Krause manager of the Central City plant will display grades of live and dressed poultry and of eggs rs
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Rex B Conn
Linn
Central City Produce Company
Central City
K. W. Stouder
A. D Oderkirk
Extension
R. R. Krause
Fifty One Baby Beeves On Feed In Jones County
Fifty one baby beef calves have been placed on feed by twenty one Jones county 4 H boys. The feeders listed include John Benadom Anamosa Delbert Grafft Olin Leo Waggoner Olin Junior Murfield Martelle Dean Newman Martelle Dale Newman Martelle Grover Lorenzen Olin Virtus Lorenzen Olin Edwin Andrews Olin Julian Kinlar Olin Earl Phillips Olin Gene Sievers Olin Richard Eichhorn Wyoming Ralph Eggerts Wyoming Charles Eggerts Wyoming Roy Tompkins Wyoming Duane Lincoln Wyorate and William Reade Ons-WOY.
Linn County Farm Bureau Week Calendar
Farm Bureau calendar for Linn county lists meetings and training sessions this week. Events include Monday 8 p.m. Monroe township at A D Brennaman farm. Tuesday 10 a.m. home project in Washington township with Mrs L D Arnett and College township at Lone Willow school. Wednesday 10 a.m. home project training in Brown township with Miss Catherine Williams and Linn county husking meet at R P Ink farm Mount Vernon. Thursday 10 a.m. home project training in Grant township with Mrs George Schadle. Friday 10 a.m. home project training in Otter Creek with Miss Faye Hauser.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Monroe Township
Mount Vernon
Home Project Training School
Grant Township
George Schadle
Otter Creek
F&ye Hauser
Farm Foreclosures Surveyed in Iowa
Ames Iowa AP Wayne Bitting Iowa State College researcher reports that from 1921 to 1931 one third of Iowa farm foreclosures in the south were by private individuals rather than corporations. He notes a shift from second mortgage to first mortgage foreclosures as prices failed and land values fell.
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AMES
Wayne Bitting
Iowa State College
Iowa
Iowa Farm Economist
Quarterly Economic Review
The
College Extension Service
Bitting
Davis
Appanoose
van Buren
Farm Auction Schedule From Iowa Listings
Auctions listed for October and November include Northeast Iowa Duroc breeders sale in Independence on October 27, Beverly sale on October 28, Joseph Barta closing out in First Aver d and W Cedar Rapids Kreinbring two acres in Lisbon, and G A Alden 80 acre farm near Springville on November 5.
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Northeast
Iowa
Joseph Barta
First Averd
Cedar Rapids
Kreinbring
Lisbon
Dinsdale Feeder Marketing 147 Hogs at Chicago Auction
Charles W. Manley of Dinsdale marketed 147 hogs on Wednesday averaging 260 pounds selling for 10.25 dollars per hundredweight in Chicago. The sale highlights a steady demand for feeder hogs among Midwest buyers.
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the Gazette
Dinsdale
Charles W. Manley
Dinsdale Feeder
Chicago
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