Angus Steer Champion at Maquoketa Fair
Bennett Schwager of Andrew won the grand championship in the Jackson county fair baby beef division for the third year running. His 1090 pound Angus sold for 27.50 a cwt, while reserve champion Lloyd Peters also from Andrew delivered a 1115 pound Hereford bought for 29.75. Top price 3875 paid for Barbara Meisgeier's Angus steer by Otto V Battles. Attendance reached 20,000 despite a 12 hour rain day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Bennett Schwager
Andrew
Jackson County Fair
Lloyd Peters
Andrew Future Farmers
Schwager
Mannings
Peters
Mitchell Maskrey
Otto V. Battles
Barbara Meisgeier
Geraldine Grant
Preston
Lloyd Downey
J. R. McNeilly
Jackson County Fair Board
Stage Set for A H Club Show At Waterloo
Iowa's largest 4 H club exposition opens Saturday at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds Waterloo continuing through Monday with 800 head of livestock plus 368 dairy heifer entries. Judging begins Saturday morning with 4 H girls contests and 17 counties entered. Naval trainees from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls guest at the hippodrome show Saturday afternoon. Uniformed guests admitted throughout the three days with special program recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Dairy Cattle Congress
Naval Training Station
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa turkey crop rises 25 percent in 1944
Des Moines reports the 1944 Iowa turkey crop is estimated at 2,334,000 birds, up 25 percent from 1943 and 75 percent above the 1935-39 average, with growth driven by established producers. Southeast Iowa remains the heaviest producing region under the Maplecrest Cooperative influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Maplecrest Cooperative
Benton 4-H Shown Baby Beeves and Swine Champions
Dale Seebach of Dysart claimed grand championship with a 920 pound Angus, while his reserve grand champion was the 1,175-pound Shorthorn shown by Robert Hanneman. Sheldon Thompson and Norman Miller took reserve Hereford and Shorthorn respectively. Swine classes featured ten Durocs with Alfred Kapriva winning litter honors and Karel Urice taking boar and gilt. Donald Cantonwine earned champion market litter and market pig, plus champion Milking Shorthorn dairy heifer, with Edward Fuehrer Jr listing reserve dairy heifer.
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Benton County
Vinton
Angus
Dale Seebach
Dysart
Joan
Robert Hanneman
Rex Beresford
Ames Animal Husbandman
Ames
Iowa State College Extension
Sheldon Thompson
van Horne
Norman Miller
Atkins
Alfred Kapriva
Karel Urice
Duane Dickinson
Shellsburg
Poland
Niels A. Schmidt
Wool on faces costs sheep value and prompts breed shift
Fads for wool covered faces hurt Shropshire and other breeds as open faced sheep rise in popularity. Research at DuBois Idaho shows open faced Rambouillet and improved weaning rates, while swine groups push for meat type hogs. Pasture care and renovation are urged to sustain Iowa fields with limestone, disking, and legume-grass mixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shropshire
Iowa
Hampshire
Usda Western Sheep Breeding Laboratory
DuBois
Idaho
Extra Care in Fall Will Increase Sheep Profits Next Year
Purdue extension sheepman Henry Mayo urges fall management to boost next year’s profits. He advises: wean lambs two months before breeding, trim ram and ewe feet, tag ewes, clip wooly heads, shear rams before Sept 15, use a short-legged heavy-boned ram, feed quality legume hay and pasture in winter, provide grain to gain 25–40 pounds before lambing, and give loose iodized salt during gestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Lafayette
Ind
Henry Mayo
Purdue University
Mayo
Grain Elevator Leased by Nesheim and Opheim in Waukon
Arthur Nesheim of Corning and S G Opheim from Alla makee county have leased the Fred Nagel grain elevator and feed mill in Waukon. They will take possession October 1 as Nagel nears his seventy third birthday after 44 years of ownership and operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Arthur Nesheim
Corning
S. G. Opheim
Allamakee County
Fred Nagel
Nagel
Public Sale Of Purebred Cattle At Havine Farm
Auction starting at 1:00 on a farm west and north of Cedar Rapids lists 90 Hereford and Shorthorn cows most due to freshen before winter. Include 10 young cows with calves at side, 218 yearling steers mainly red roan Shorthorns and Welsh from 600 to 1500 pounds, rest from Hereford stock 600 to 750 pounds. Two Hereford bulls. Groups of about 25 for split lots. Buy with trucker for removal. holding facilities limited. Edward Charlier owner. George F. Pariser auctioneer. State Bank of Vinton clerk.
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Cedar Rapids
Urbana
Rheilsburg
Center Point
Havine
Ford
Flood Hearing Ordered In Southwestern Iowa
DES MOINES AP The State Conservation commission said the House committee on flood control directed a public hearing on the Nishnabotna river for Sept 2 in Red Oak. The meeting invites all interested to discuss flood control problems and possible solutions for the Nishnabotna and its tributaries above Hamburg with data on past floods and damage to assess need for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Committee On Flood Control
United States
House of Representatives
Nishnabotna River
Red Oak
Nishnabotna
Hamburg
Angus Shipped From Maquoketa To Hawaii
Maquoketa cattle shipment marks the first U S consignment to Hawaii since Pearl Harbor. Five range bulls and one herd sire from Rosemere farm owned by Otto V Battles were sent to Hawaiian ranches that buy Angus stock from the Maquoketa and Yakima operations. Battles, idle auctions due to war shipping needs, remains at Rosemere three weeks while guarding labor shortages.
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Maquoketa
United States
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Rosemere
Otto V. Battles
Battles
Maquoketa Farm
Yakima, Wash
Yakima Valley
Farmers Seek Help for Corn Picking in Iowa
AMES IOWA UP Farmers across Iowa seek help for corn harvesting this fall due to a persistent labor shortage. A state study shows 344 farmers requested 797 workers, split into 614 seasonal and 183 year round. 710 placements were made, totaling 42 847 for the year. Feed each cow individually according to her production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
State Farm
Farm State
August Beef Output Sets New Record
CHICAGO beef production in federally inspected plants hit 600 million pounds in August, the highest monthly total on record per the American Meat Institute. Pork output fell 12 percent from July and 19 percent from August 1943, with October expected to see increased processing as a new hog crop is marketed. Grass fed cattle marketing boosted output 28 percent from July and 21 percent from August 1943, while a government order allocated 50 percent of top beef grades for military and lend-lease use, leaving lean cuts plentiful but roasts and steaks tighter. Lean beef cuts share nutritional value, though require careful cooking. A separate wartime order directs about one third of pork production to be purchased by war agencies, with specific percentages for shoulder cuts, hams, and loins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Meat Institute
Institute
Machine Developed To Snap Sweet Corn
In Eureka Morton and Washington Illinois more than half of this year’s canned sweet corn is snapped by machines. J E Wills University of Illinois says Libby McNeil and Libby operate canneries at the three towns. Illinois reports this is the only area where machine snapping is a significant factor in the 1944 harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Eureka
Morton
Washington
Ill
J. E. Wills
University of Illinois
Libby, McNeil and
Libby
Wills
Ilinois
Canning Company
Farm Auction Notices Span Several Counties and Dates
Monday September 4 includes K W Kuhn dairy cows at Brooklyn sales pavilion in Brooklyn. September 6 Edward Charlier public sale 3.5 miles southeast of Urbana. September 7 Charles H Graham estate 107 acre farm 3.5 miles south of Palo. Kramer Bros trustee at Cedar Rapids public sale 6 miles east of Cedar Rapids.
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K. W. Kuhn
Brooklyn
Edward Charlier
Urbana
Charles H. Graham
Palo
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Kramer Bros
Shorthorn Breeders Plan Sale at Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs
Eastern Iowa Shorthorn Breeders Association, formed last spring across 27 eastern Iowa counties, schedules its first show and sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids on Oct 13. A committee has selected 64 head including 25 bulls and 39 females, plus 15 pure bred Shorthorn steer prospects for 4 H club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Urice
Acre at Winthrop Sold for 110 Per Acre to Matteson
Aurora man Rex Matteson bought 200 acre farm of Arthur De Grief three miles northeast of Winthrop at 110 dollars per acre and takes immediate possession. De Grief will auction livestock and equipment soon. Matteson has rented nearby Will Ferrin farm the past three years and will move in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Rex Matteson
Arthur
de Grief
Winthrop
Matteson
Will Ferrin
WPB Extends Corn Ban for Alcohol Production
Washington AP reports the War Production Board will continue prohibitions on using corn to produce alcohol for war through year end. The War Food Administration sought continuation. a rule mandating at least 10 percent rye in mash remains. The WPB will partly lift grain sorghum bans for distillers west of Pennsylvania, allowing up to 30 percent sorghums.
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Washington
War Production Board
War Food Administration
WPB
Pennsylvania
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Herb Kirkland
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Uncle Sam Loxativa
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Sunkist
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