Stewart Exhibits Grand Champion Holstein Cow at State Fair
Stewart of Maynard displayed the grand champion Holstein cow in the open class at the Iowa state fair. Paul P. Stewart won the purple ribbon senior champion cow and also took multiple top placings in other Holstein classes. Maytag of Newton showed the grand champion Holstein bull, with Nashua teams in Red Polls.
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Stewart
Maytag
Newton
ES Moines
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
E. H. Maytag
Tracy and Warye
Nashua
A. J. Blakely
Grinnell
Iowa
Hawkeye Hampshires
Hampshires
Leo C. Johnston
Hawkeye
H. W. Oxley and Son
Iowa City
Dean C. F. Curtiss
Ames
Des Moines
Muskogee
Oklo
Meredith
Portland
Ore
Kansas City
Cattle showman of Marion farms and dairy talks on milk
Interview with Charles Reinheimer, 34 acre Marion area farmer and Jersey dairyman. He recalls 20 years showing cattle at fairs, shifts to limited shows due to rising costs and lower premiums, argues milk price fixes and better regulation, and discusses taxes, road improvements, and politics including Hoover and prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reinheimer
Marion
Jersey
August hog receipts gain 16 percent on Chicago market
Special to The Gazette reports August livestock totals show Chicago hog receipts at 511,000 head, up 16 percent from a year ago while twelve markets total 1,650,000 hogs, up 2 percent. Cattle and sheep trends diverge with Chicago's cattle at 175,000 and sheep at 380,500, reshaping market shares amid Omaha plant destruction and Iowa movement.
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Chicago
Gazette
Omaha Packing Company
Yards
Iowa
Daily Farm News For Farm Folk
Edited by Ray Anderson the report notes a light hog run in Iowa and southern Minnesota totaling under 7 000 head and prices rising 10 to 15 cents midweek. Light hogs sold at four dollars but demand remained light as packers cut back, with pork and provisions markets showing little change and operations limited by available slaughter capacity.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Tenants Near Malcom Hunt Farms For 1933
Local renters seek farms as hunting season opens in MALCOM area. Tenants say current market prices will not cover rents of $6 to $7 per acre, which landlords say are needed for taxes and expenses.
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Malcom Hunt Farms
Flax Threshing Starts Near Reinbeck On Storjohann Farm
The first flax threshing of the season was completed this week on the Claus Storjohann farm near Reinbeck. The crop is reported to be of good quality with fair yield, though a recent rainfall caused some seed to sprout.
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Reinbeck
Claus Storjohann
Safe place to buy feeders and stockers at reasonable prices
A local provider offers feeders and stockers at affordable prices, promising good value for buyers seeking practical supplies.
Fence Drift and Wit in a Woven Wire Sign
A brief column fragment notes a clever automobile gag and a sign of the times plea for prosperity, reflecting on forgiveness and comic wit amid drifting fence wires.
Littleton Farmers Shock Fodder Crop Safe From Frost
In Littleton the Wilmer Seamans farm began silo filling on Tuesday and completed by Thursday after settling. Most corn avoids frost and farmers start cutting and shocking late potatoes remain abundant. Pumpkins squash and turnips are plentiful while watermelons are scarce.
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Littleton
Wilmer Seamans
Troy Mills Harvest Notes Include Corn, Potatoes, Strawberries
Farmers in Troy Mills begin cutting green corn for hog feed as frost risks subside. Fall plowing progresses after rains while oats remain abundant and cheap. Potatoes sell 25 cents a bushel. late sweet corn ready. Housewives can tomatoes and cucumbers. Mrs. O C Powell picks several quarts of high quality strawberries daily.
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Troy Mills
O. C. Powell
Elkader Sets Second Annual Dairy Day for Sept 29
Elkader schedules its second annual Dairy Day with a doll and dog parade a milking contest and a dance. Committees for each department have been named and last year's event drew about 5000 people.
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Elkader
One T B Reactor Per 32 Head Tested In Clayton
Reports for the week ending Aug 27 show 5 339 head tested with 166 reactors, an average of one reactor per 32 head. Year to date 27 588 head tested with 841 reactors, about one in 32 8.
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Clayton
Keswick editor retracts claim about gas shipments
Grandville McCay of Keswick disputes a portion of his interview printed in What's What Out On The Acres on August 25. He says Hoover and Melton were shipping Romanian gas to Detroit was a misunderstanding and he does not know who ships it.
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Grandville McCay
Keswick
Gazette Farm
Hoover and Melton
Detroit
Mr. McCay
Boston Buyer Moves Through Wyoming for Draft Horses
Frank Andoline of Boston spent the week in Wyoming buying heavy draft horses. One carload was shipped by express Tuesday afternoon as part of the purchases.
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The
Gazette
Wyoming
Frank Andoline
Boston
Express
Steers Bring $9.25 on Chicago Market Load
Clarence Gus D. Goldsmith, a local farmer, drove a car load of 1,178 pound steers to the Chicago market where they sold at $9.25 per hundredweight. The transaction highlights today’s cattle trade and local farming activity.
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The
Gazette
Clarence — Gus D. Goldsmith
Chicago
Rain Aids Plowing as Harvest Forecast Rises
Heavy weekend rain eased field work and quickened plowing while threshing ends with a heavy yield of good quality grain. Corn prospects look excellent with a bumper crop likely.
Blairstown Land Sale Includes House and Lot
John Haines of Blairstown sold a 15 acre tract three miles southwest of Blairstown to Mrs. Clark Ware for 60 dollars an acre. The sale includes a small house and lot in Blairstown. the house was destroyed by fire last winter. The tract adjoins Ware’s other land.
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Blairstown
John Haines
Here
Clark Ware
South Dakota Herefords and Short Horns Sell at Chicago Market
SeeeD to W Walter Meyer Cedar and Hugo Meyer reported cattle sales at Chicago on Monday. Nine hundred pound Herefords sold up to 8.15 per hundredweight, twenty five head of 990-pound steers brought 9.00, and 1 025-pound Short horns sold at 8.85.
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W. Walter Meyer
Chicago
South Dakota
Hugo Meyer
Hog market runs to season high as feeders rush hogs
Des Moines reports the largest hog on hand of the season as farmers seek cash at month end while feeders try to beat the holiday rush. Packers started by buying on Monday but after receipts ran out, hogs were scarce and prices rose sharply.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Farm sale auctions livestock at Morning Sun and Midway pavilion
Six hundred head were sold on W. J. Henderson’s Morning Sun farm with milk cows at 15 to 35 dollars, steers 4.30 to 46 per hundredweight, shoats 2.50 to 4.60, brood sows 8 to 14 a head, boars 5 to 7.50, a Belgian colt 32 and lambs 3.50. At the Midway pavilion sixty five head were sold with white faced heifers 4 to 4.50 and brood sows 14. improvements add stable room for horses cattle and hogs. Auctioneers included Trostle, Van Syck, Klotz.
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Columbus Junction
W. J. Henderson
Morning Sun
Sharon Church
Trostle and Son
Mediapolis
van Sycc
New London
Paul Klotz
J. E. Berry
Ray Wilson
Midway Pavilion
H. M. Duncan
H. Lee Huston
Champions Named at Manchester Delaware County Fair
Good weather and attendance marked the Delaware county fair at Manchester. Premiums were awarded across livestock divisions with multiple champions named, including Robinson Brothers and Heeren Brothers for cattle, and Shomont Farms plus M Gienapp among Holsteins. The fair runs through Friday with events including talks and a horse pulling contest.
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Manchester
Delaware
Robinson Brothers
Masonville
Heeren Brothers
Monticello
Charles M. Ager
Waupeton
Robinsons
West Branch Potato Yield by J. T. Butler on One Acre
J T Butler of West Branch produced 250 bushels of potatoes from one acre this season. Five potatoes in one hill weighed six and one half pounds. The same tract had been planted to potatoes the year before as a prior crop.
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West Branch
J. T. Butler
Linn county cow test shows August milk and butterfat yields
In Linn County Cow Test Association No 3 August results list 261 cows, 30 dry, averaging 498 pounds milk and 22.9 pounds butterfat. Snyder Brothers lead with 25 Guernseys, 520 pounds milk and 27.7 butterfat. M J Rice second with 12 grade Browns, 662 pounds milk and 26.6 butterfat. High individual cow produced 1 175 pounds milk and 3.5 butterfat.
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Linn County
Guernsey Herd Tops Iowa County Test for August
In Iowa County August test results Charles Morse's ten Guernseys led with 837 pounds of milk and 37.3 pounds butterfat. Harry Morse second with 742 pounds milk and 34 pounds butterfat. Ralph King third with 795 pounds milk and 32 pounds butterfat. The 374 cows tested averaged 20 pounds butterfat more than July. Harry Morse's high individual cow produced 1653 pounds milk and 69.4 pounds butterfat.
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Iowa County
Marengo
Charles Morse
Iowa County Con Test Association
Harry Morse
Ralph King
Bennett Festival And Colt Show Saturday
The Bennet town festival and colt show proceed under American Legion Post 104. Louis Murphy of Dubuque will speak as U.S. Senate candidate. Bennetta band and Tipton Drum Bugle corps perform. Colt show judged with premiums, plus agricultural products display. Wheatland baseball game in afternoon. Rodeo featured.
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Bennett
American Legion
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
United States
Bennetta Band
Tipton
Murphy
Bennett — Wheatland
Conune
Calves Bring Average Price At Fayette County Fair
Fayette county 4 H calves sold at auction for an average of 8.10 per hundredweight based on a 3 percent shrink. Champion Shorthorn steeer shown by Berniece Stelzmiller reached 9.50 while Hereford shown by Lyle Nelson sold at 9.00. Average price per calf was 73.17.
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West Union
Fayette County
Berniece Stelzmiller
Lyle Nelson
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Johnston
Oxley
Hampshire Hogs
Dorothy Meyer
Virginia Edwards
Buena Vista County
Carol Vinton
Helen Putnam
Hardin
Ruth McCarville
Margie Burns
Webster
Lucile Holaday
Viola Jeffryes
Adair County
Farm Bureau
Kossuth
Polk
Dallas
Tex
Okla
Shover
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Dairy Co-op
Smyth
Co-op
Central City
Sennon and
DeWitt
Rock Road
Hoover
Troover
Cleveland
Daily Farm News
Farm Folk
Ray Anderson
COM. CO
West Liberty, Iowa
R.F.A
Mason
Amana Farm
Amana Society
High
Benton County
A. Pipal
16Th Ave
Jean
Dial
Sinclair
Fidelity Picnic
Fidelity
Black Hawk
Link
Polehna Bros. & CO
Hamburg
16Th Ave. SW
Manchester Fair
W. B. Robinson
PF. H. Gienapp
Ryan
E. O. Fisher
Ralph Childs
Thomas Dunn
Maurer Brothers
Hampshire
E. L. Baldridge
Strawberry Point
Shropshires
Clarence Pugh
Ram
Ewe
Gilbert Nepee
Fidelity Ham
Rure
Amana Lard
Chuck Roast
Armovur’s
HAM
Shankless
Zelezny & Plotz Markets
Mt. Vernon Ave
Third Ave
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