Top Hybrid Corn Yields From Earl Elijah Farm Test
Hybrid strain No 360 led a corn variety test at the Earl Elijah farm near Clarence with 130.3 bushels per acre at 15 percent moisture. Cedar County Agent Orrell Leeds reported yields, moisture, stalk condition, and stand for multiple hybrids in the study. A second test at the W L Pemmon farm near West Branch showed hybrid 629 at 104.4 bushels per acre and 30.4 percent moisture, with overall average 89.2 bushels for twelve varieties.
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Earl Elijah
Clarence
Adanad
aMmuUutu
Cedar County
Orrell Leeds
W. L. Pemmon
West Branch
Acre
Marengo
Lon Bigbee
R. L. Amsberry
Smith-Hughes
Husking Titles Sought in Linn County MeetWednesday
Two champions from Cedar Rapids and Marion compete with six others at the Linn county husking meet on the R. P. Ink farm north of Mount Vernon. Chris Greim aims for Linn title after earlier Derby wins, with other contests planned across Olin Solon and Washington areas. A women’s husking event follows the Greeley contest at noon.
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Linn
R. P. Ink
Mount Vernon
Varndon Williams
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
Cedar
Williams
Chris Greim
Marion
Linn County
Newhall
Johnson County
Glenn Gleason
Solon
Arthur Schuessler
Lone Tree
Johnson
Jones
Walter McCormick
Olin
Washington
Ameal Chabal
Riverside
Greeley
George Koencke
Middlewest
Fayette County Farm Bureau Votes Higher Fee
In a special Fayette meeting Monday evening the Fayette county Farm Bureau voted 63 to 43 to raise the annual membership fee from 5 to 10 dollars. J. F. Wilkinson was reelected president for a fifth term with Grant Lauer as vice president and Ray A. Bell as secretary.
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Fayette
79 Years Old and Still Picking Corn in South Bethel
George M. Johnston, age 79, works daily husking corn on the Ralph Johnston farm near Kear. He never married and spent his life on South Bethel farms. Known for helpfulness, he once rode a speedy horse to fetch the doctor and run errands. Last summer he walked a mile daily to tend the church cemetery as caretaker.
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South Bethel
George M. Johnston
Ralph Johnston
Kear
Mr. Johnston
SCS Chiefs Tour Projects In Upper Mississippi Valley
A group of Soil Conservation Service officials from national and state offices visited McGregor and Farmersburg in the Upper Mississippi Valley to review demonstration work. They toured local farms including Rudolf Garms Henry Bromel kamp Farley Henkes George Kishman Ed Kurth Logan Blizz zard Wolfgang Herman and Cy McCauley and met with McGregor staff. The delegation included J M Snyder C R Enlow T B Chambers J S Barnes Ernest C Holt R H Musser R L von Trebra and R W Obertin from Washington and regional offices plus Herbert A Flenck and Frank H Mendels from state and local offices.
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Mcgregor
Soil Conservation Service
McGregor- Farmersburg
Rudolph Garms
Henry Bromelkamp
Farley Henkes
George Kishman
Ed Kurth
Logan Blizzzard
Wolfgang Herman
Cy McCauley
J. M. Snyder
C. R. Enlow
T. B. Chambers
J. S. Barnes
Ernest C. Holt
Washington, D. C
Ofice
R. H. Musser
R. L. von Trebra
R. W. Obertin
Des Moines
Herbert A. Flenck
St. Paul
Minnesota
Frank H. Mendels
Ilowan
Local farm sales listed for Cedar Rapids and area
Friday October 23 sale at Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids. Saturday October 30 Joseph Barta closing out First Avenue Cedar Rapids. Kreinbring two acres in Lisbon. Friday November 5 G A Alden eighty acre farm one and a half miles north Springville.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Barta
First Averd
Kreinbring
Lisbon
G. A. Alden
Springville
Officials inspect soil conservation tour in upper Mississippi valley
Officials from several states inspect demonstration projects in the upper Mississippi valley during a motor tour starting at Mc Gregor and visiting Marion on Monday. The article also notes beauty specials advertised in the same section.
Retain Same Staff To Perform Work Of RA Under FSA
Representatives of the farm security administration said it will use the old resettlement administration machinery and personnel to carry out the Iowa RA programs transferred to the FSA. This will continue rural rehabilitation farm debt adjustment and rural resettlement. The Iowa land use program includes five demonstration areas totaling 1 900 acres in Decatur Monroe Appanoose Van Buren and Davis counties.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Resettlement Administration
Iowa
FSA
Indianapolis
R. C. Smith
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wallace
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Decatur
Monroe
Appanoose
van Buren
Davis Counties
Bureau
Iowa Delegates Named for 4-H Congress in Chicago
Forty eight Iowa 4-H club members earned free trips as delegates to the National 4-H Club congress in Chicago November 26 to December 4 based on club records and fair winnings. Helen Hill and Pearl Elaine Hass lead a long list of winners across health, clothing, nutrition, home economics, gardening, meat and dairy demonstrations, livestock, poultry and dairy clubs with state honors and record book championships cited.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa 4
Taff
Chicago
Helen Hill
Story County
Pearl Elaine Hass
East Pottawattamie
Mary Louise Mulry
Palo Alto County
Estella VerMceer
Sioux County
Mildred
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Tom McDowell
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Urchase
Beverly Stock Yards
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SCS Chiefs
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First Street
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Atock
Presh
Earmer Cranberries
American Crawberry Exchange
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New York City
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Schcia
Russels
Ruth McCaffree
Bremer County
Lucille Seland
Winniahick
Marie Grunewald
Benton County
Francis Adam
Webster County
Alice Koch
Fayette County
Winifred Srinkman
Pocahontas County
Ruth Johnson
Fremont County
Helen Creger
Clinton County
Lorraine Schaupp
Peters County
Stanley Keep
Baby Beef Club
Kenneth Koeke
Marshall County
Est
Blom
Marion County
Ernhorn
Dwight Brown
Boone County
William Hitz
Robert Blakely
Poweshiek
Herbert Stephenson
Wapello County
Ronald Moses
Robert Clause
Greene County
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Eldon Reeves
Gene Bramwell
James Hamilton
Junior Clayton
Dallas County
Stewart Elson
Junior Ellis
Lawrence Ellis
Kenneth Showalter
William Hemm
Robert Batson
Franklin County
LaVon Dotson
Clay County
Jack Burton
West Pottawattamie
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Woodbury County
Sioux City
Martin Warren
Eeten Chicith
Ues Aune
Folger's Coffee
del Monte
Baos
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