Hybrid Hog Research Project Progress Report At Ames Farm
Iowa and six states cooperate on a Midwestern hog breeding study led by Dr. Lush and the federal animal industry bureau. The program, started in 1937, aims to develop inbred and crossbred lines, improved sow performance, and practical merit measures for market hog production.
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Ames Farm
Jay L. Lush
Iowa
Z Aewtate Federal Midwest
Lush
Breaders
Esx
Luh
Ames Stoc Federal Laboratory Farm
Sinolz
Mine-ola
Mizouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
W. H. Craft
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
How One Woman Lost 26 Lbs of Fat
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a safe easy method to lose weight. It claims a reader can drop 10 to 20 pounds in weeks, reduce a double chin, slim shoulders, and feel better. The copy cites Maya Drug Store and other druggists nationwide and promises a money back satisfaction guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renocomes
Maya
Agricultural Classes Tour SCS Projects in Clayton
Straw berry Point day and evening school agriculture students under instructor W H Magdefrau joined Don Sheetz soil technician of the soil conservation service at McGregor for a Tuesday tour. They studied terraces contour strip cropping and pasture improvements in the St Olaf community and Garnaville area. On a Garnaville farm the group helped lay out contour lines in a 48 acre field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Strawberry Point
W. H Magdefrau
St. Olaf
Garnaville
Don Sheetz
Soil Conservation Service
McGregor
Mr. Sheetz
Delhi Adult Evening School To Open November Fourth
The first of ten adult evening school meetings for farmers will be held in Delhi on Monday evening November 4 at 8 p.m. The program will cover homemaking topics and year long science related classes with talks on buying electrical equipment fabrics canned goods selecting dresses and being a wise buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Soybean Plot Raises 65 For Center Point Church
Men of the Frangelical church farmed eight acres of soybeans on rented ground at Center Point to fund church needs. Irvin Carver harvested 171 bushels and trucked them to the elevator for sale at 1 cent a bushel, aiming to add 65 to church donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
Frangelical Church
Charles Johnson
Irvin Carver
Anamosa Livestock Auction October 26 1940
Anamosa hosts livestock sale on Saturday October 26 1940 featuring two loads of western calves a purebred Hereford or Shorthorn native calves weighing 400 to 500 pounds and a Mereford bull among offerings. Brickley Manaser Lee Bebec Auciiencer NY listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
New Mexico
Cimarron
Colorado
Gunderson
Iowa City
D. J. Galens
Roberts Hopes To Keep Husking Title In Iowa Contest
Veteran Alvin Roberts of Atalissa arrives at the Mrs. David Dykstra farm for the husking finals near Mitchellville where 10:45 a.m. action begins. The event draws 25 000 to 40 000 spectators as district winners compete for the national crown on Oct 30 at Henry Keppy farm near Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchellville
Alvin Roberts
Atalissa
Iowa
Rooberts
David Dykstra
Hicker
Henry Keppy
Davenport
Milton Kintzle
Cascade
Northeast
Elmer Carlson
Audubon
Clover Yields Reported Near Edgewood
Clover hulling finished at Downey Schacher farm south of Edgewood. One-acre plot yielded 515 sacks of seed or 11 bushels. A six-acre plot produced six sacks and a fourteen-acre tract also yielded six sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Downey-Schacherer
Edgewood Creamery and Hatch Pay 33c Butterfat
Edgewood's Farmers Creamery and F. H. Hatch Produce report paying 33 cents a pound for top September sweet cream butterfat and 32 cents for number one sour cream butterfat received in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Farmers Creamery Company
F. H. Hatch Produce Company
Out On the Acres a Walker County Farm Interview
Elmer Siman of 80 acres near Walker discusses farming, politics, and parity payments. He favors Roosevelt for president, backs Wilson for governor, and says the farm program and parity payments depend on corn output. He uses a cross dog sign to deter agents and notes cream pricing to Jesup as a better deal.
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Elmer Simanek
Walker
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Wilson
Roosevelt
Willkie
Wilkie
Wall Street
Jesup
AAA Limestone Project Outlined at Linn County meeting
About thirty farmers and limestone contractors gathered at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Wednesday to hear Linn County Agent Rex Conn and two AAA representatives explain the federal plan to aid farmers in purchasing limestone for fertilizer use in 1941. District meeting attendees included Eight counties Jones Scott Dubuque Clinton Jackson Cedar Johnson Linn with speakers Hervey Hazen of Denmark and Rov Dses of Maquoketa.
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Chamber of Commerce
Linn
Rex Conn
AAA
Triple A
Jones, Scott
Dubuque
Clinton
Jackson
Cedar
Johnson and Linn
Hervey Hazen
Denmark
Rov Dses
Maquoketa
Dubuque Feeder Steers Near Three-Year High
Special to The Gazette reports Fred Kurt of Dubuque county near Farley sold 1 211-pound steers for 14.35 per hundredweight, nearing the top of a three year high. George Wurt, Cascade, offered 21 head of 1 268-pound steers the same day with price 313.90 for the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Chicago
Fred Kurt
Farley
Dubuque County
George Wurt
Cascade
Farm income forecast for 1940 tops nine billion dollars
U S agriculture department predicts 1940 cash farm income will exceed 9 billion dollars marking the first time since 1929. Government payments lift total, with crops like cotton and grain contributing to higher output and stabilize prices under loan programs. Regional state figures accompany the national estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Local carpenter harvests 342 bushels of peanuts
Levi Wheeler planted peanuts as an experiment in sandy loam and harvested 342 bushels this past Saturday. The center point farmer used a few rows to test the crop and yielded a substantial amount per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poin
Levi Wheeler
Murphy Brothers steer tops Chicago market at $13.90
Murphy Brothers of Johnson County Iowa led the Chicago steer sale with a 1,124 pound load fetching $13.90 a hundredweight. The shipment highlighted strong demand for heavy cattle, underscoring a lively market in cattle futures and local farm sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Murphy Brothers
Johnson County
Chicago
Boone Oats Wins Iowa Grain Trials Yield Championship
Boone Oats, a disease resistant variety from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, tops the 1940 Iowa community grain trials with a state average of 67.5 bushels per acre. L. C. Burnett announced after reports from 28 counties. Gopher was second in northern Iowa, Yama placed third overall, with Cedar County leading northern yields at 93.3 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa Community
L. C. Burnett
Iowa State College Research Agronomist
Gopher
Towa
Ames
Marion
Iowa
Fulghum
Columbia
Hancock
Central
Cedar County
Mitchell
Palo Alto
Regional Livestock Auctions and Farm Sales Schedule
A sequence of upcoming auctions lists Camning Farm Riciians Dairy cows at Cedar Rapids Banks Sale Barn. Manchester dairy cattle. Anamosa livestock auction. Mt. Vernon area farms. Belle Plaine Berkshire stock. and a Spotted Poland auction near Marion with dates from Friday through Wednesday. Each event includes location and seller details, outlining a busy regional sales week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Banks
Manchester
Horlivy
C. R
Anamosa
City Sales Co
James Bartosh
Mt. Vernon
Harold Wehrman
Berkshire
Belle Plaine
H. F. MecCalley
Poland
Marion
Parity checks total $43 510 in Delaware county
One hundred sixty eight parity checks totaling $43,510.69 were received this week at the Delaware county soil conservation office per treasurer Paul L. Munson. The payments mark the last 1940 installment with the largest check of $1,239 to a farmer near Delhi and the smallest just over $4. Distribution will be made Friday and Saturday from the office here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County Soil Conservation Office
Paul L. Munson
Delhi
Husking Meet At Dyersville To End Feud On Prowess
In Dyersville a cornhusking contest between A. J. Osterhaus and Youx Grawe will occur at Ike Tegeler farm west of town Saturday at 2 p m. The event drew thousands and aims to settle a local rivalry. Henry Tauke chairs the meet with a long list of officials and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersville
Gazette
A. J. Osterhaus
Youx” Grawe
Ike Tegeler
Here
Henry Tauke
John Rausch
Frank Maiers
Henry George
Gilbert Walter
Joan Joester
A. C. Link
U. C. Tegeler
H. M. Leigh
Ike Buenker
Herb Benn
Ray C. Wilhelm
Jacob Friedmann
Herb Westemeier
John W. Manley
Kansas Husking Champion Won By Secundth Trouse
IXecundth Trouse of Goodland captured the Kansas cornhusking championship on Wednesday with 21.61 bushels, defeating defending titleholder Lawrence House of Washington which finished second at 21.09 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kan
Ixecundth
Goodland
Kansas
I Lawrence House
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SCS
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Roberts
Husking
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Cedar Falls
Marion Link
Ivyl Carlson
Madrid
Elmer Lawman
Rodman
Orville Radke
Alta
Ernest Heidecker
Lakota
A. L. Mullin
Nora Springs
Alogius Schreck
Dedham
Marvin Hellkenn
Holstein
B. J. Steffens
Anita
Clyde Jersen
Creeenfield
John Rydell
Welden
Elmus Brennemann
Kcota
Royce Lyons
Keota
Farmer
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Gieile
Elmer Siwanek
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Muscatine
Louisa
Remont
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Wapello
Des Moines
Lee
UH. O. Smith
Star Jewelry CO
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Broadview Flash
Merle E. Garmoe
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Delaware
Iowa Cluy Sales
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Vanity Fair
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