Cedar Rapids ever normal granary costs shown
A Cedar Rapids bin for 2 000 bushels of shelled corn cost 45.57 dollars including labor and foundation. Costs break down to 19.35 for the foundation and 26.22 for erection with eight workers and two experts. The report confirms figures by Linn county AAA members and Steve Wilder of Wilder Grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
AAA
Johnson
Iowa
Benton
Delaware
Cedar
Jones
Steve Wilder
Wilder Grain Company
Linn County Aaa Committee
R. B. Booth
Guy
Wilder
Galesburg
Mr. Booth
Linn County
Henry Hood
Springville
Floyd Emmons
Marion
Harlan Biggs
Troy Mills
Jay Milhollin
Mount Vernon
Ed Athoff
Fairfax
American Association of Railroad Executives
National Aaa
Washington
R. M. Evans
Commodity Credit Corporation
County Aaa
Elkader Fair crowns 4-H baby beef grand champion
A Shorthorn led the 4-H baby beef show of 30 head to grand champion at the Elkader fair. Tom Smith of Volga City exhibited the winning steer with Eugene Whitford in reserve. Dairy contests honored Guernsey and Holstein champions, Jersey prize calves, and top market pigs led by Helen Boenish of Volga City. judge was W A Buchanan of Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Smith
Volga City
Eugene Whitford
Angus
George Probert
W. A. Buchanan
Marshalltown
Eugene Meyer
McGregor
Dean Skogman
Farmersburg
Raymond Storbeck
Elkader
Earl Davies, Jr
Maurice Meyer
Robert Fisher
Edgewood
Kenneth Radioff
Guernsey
Margaret Olmstead
Jersey
Paul Barger
Waterloo
Helen Boenish
Duroc Poands
Largest Wyoming horse show draws crowd of 5000
Special to The Gazette Wyoming reports a record crowd exceeding 5000 for a two day horse show. 150 entries from 27 exhibitors, judging by A J Kutch New Sharon. Winners include Matt Hansen Elwood mare and Acel Catlett Wyom ing in several classes. Prices noted: steers 900 pounds at 9 60 per cwt hogs 220 pounds at 6 65 per cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Oldtimers
A. J. Kutch
New Sharon
Baldwin-Nashville Colt Club
Matt Hansen
Elwood
Herman Brunscheen
Acel Catlett
Tom Eichhorn
Ed Fisher
Mechanicsville
Don Smith
Stanwood
George Fisher
Hank Brothers
Massillon
Otto Pruess
Vincent Harrington
Ryan
Haak Brothers
Wyoming farmer George Fishwild sells six heifers in Chicago
George Fishwild of Jones county sold six heifers in Chicago on Friday, averaging a price not specified in the fragment. The report notes the sale occurred and identifies the seller and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
George Fishwild
Jones County
Chicago
Seven Ears on One Cornstalk At Cedar Rapids Bank Display
Martin Schirm of Cedar Rapids shows a cornstalk with seven ears at Peoples Savings Bank. The Gazette notes reports of seven-ear stalks across eastern Iowa with rapid drying weather and varying maturity in Buchanan, Benton, Linn, Black Hawk, Fayette, Delaware, and Clayton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Schirm
Cedar Rapids
Peoples Savings Bank
Gazette
Iowa
Buchanan County
Benton, Linn
Black Hawk
Fayette
Delaware
Clayton
Crop outlook in Buchanan County as frost relief improves yields
Independence reports 30 percent of Buchanan County corn spared from frost with 10 more days of current weather predicting 96 percent safe and yields equal to or above last year. Farmers cut soy bean hay while resealing starts and 1937 1938 corn shelled for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Buchanan County
Homer Soules
County Soils Committee
Butter Purchases by DPMA Fall in Week Totals
DPMA bought about 2.823 million pounds of butter for the week ending Friday, down from 4.328 million the prior week. Chicago DPMA purchases reached 1.454 million pounds versus 2.484 million last week, while New York totals were 1.370 million pounds compared with 1.844 million previously. Ninety score did not share the full improvement of 92 score during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DPMA
Chicago
New York
Local County Fairs Highlight Septembers Lineup
The schedule lists Elkader fair in Elkader from September 1 to 4 with events. September 4 features the Ryan colt show in Ryan. Allamakee county fair runs September 5 to 8 in Waukon. Stanwood horse show takes place September 8 to 9 in Stanwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Ryan
Waukon
Stanwood
Steadier Close Fueled by Chicago Contract Influence
A steadier close during the week emerged as higher Chicago November contracts influenced market sentiment. Traders noted firmness in related grain and commodities as futures held near weekly highs, suggesting cautious optimism amid mixed data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steadier
Chicago
Steers Sell in Chicago Market for $10.25 Cwt
Anamosa farmer C M Holst of Jones county sold 22 head of 1199 pound steers on Thursday’s Chicago market at 10 dollars 25 cents per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
C. M. Holst
Jones County
Chicago
Stanwood Horse Show And Institute Scheduled Sept. 8-9
More than 100 horses have been entered in the Stanwood horse show tied to the Farmers Institute. Friday features baseball games with Olin Mechanicsville Lisbon and Cedar Bluff teams, 1 p.m. start, then night acts and a veggie and quilt display. Saturday judges begin at 9:30 a.m. with 21 classes, parade of prize horses at 7 p.m., and a four and six horse tandem hitch night show by the Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle Corps. Awards total five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood
Farmers’ Institute
Lester Bails
Olin
Mechanicsville
Lisbon
Cedar Bluff
Steers Bring $10 A Hundredweight at Chicago Market
John C. Jansen of Jones County sold 23 head of 1 104 pound steers for ten dollars per hundredweight at the Chicago market on Thursday.
Steers Bring $9.75 Cwt On Chicago Market
Thirty six head averaging 1 295 pounds sold by Andreas and Rayhans in Linn County brought $9.75 per hundredweight on the Chicago market midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andreas and
Rayhans
Linn County
Chicago
Farm Near Traer Sells for 237 Acres at $65 An Acre
Walter Nation formerly of Dike purchased a 237 acre farm three miles west of Traer from Farmers Savings Bank of Traer for 65 dollars per acre with possession on March 1. The property is described as well improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Walter Nation
Dike
Traer
Farmers Savings Bank of
Bennett Colt Show Winners Named At Bennett Fall Festival
Winners in the Bennett fall festival horse show include Victor Glenn of Olin junior foals Spear and Son of Stanwood yearlings George Fisher Mechanicsville 2-year olds George Fisher Jr Mechanicsville 3-year-olds Pruess and Son Mechanicsville 4year-olds Herman Brunscheen Wyoming and hitched teams Pruess and Son under 1600 pounds over 1600 pounds Brunscheen. The corn show featured yield competition from eleven hybrid companies Fisher Brothers Bennett first open pollinated Harold Bell Bennett sweepstakes Ralph Ritson Bennett and Chris Schneckloth Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Victor Glenn
Olin
Spear
Stanwood
George Fisher
Mechanicsville
4-H Beeves Average $10.40 Cwt at Des Moines Fair
Baby beeves averaged $10.40 a hundredweight at the state fair 4-H livestock auction in Des Moines. Each calf faced a 3 percent penalty in weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
The
Gazette
Giant Rural Sports Festival Scheduled at Ames
Ames facilities at Iowa State with 20 plus softball diamonds will host the annual Iowa farm sports festival September 8 and 9. More than 100 softball teams from over 40 counties and 20 baseball teams from 20 counties are entered, with 1,500 players expected. The event includes about 30 other events and a Friday evening program in the football stadium. George Veenker will lead the college staff assisting Farm Bureau and county agents, with 60 plus counties participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm
Ray Sorensen
Farm Bureau
College
George Veenker
State Farm Bureau
State County Agents Association
Benton C T A No 1 Averages 24.7 Butterfat
In August the Benton No 1 Cow Test association with 323 cows on test 55 dry averaged 645 pounds milk and 24.7 pounds butterfat. Forty nine cows tested above 40 pounds of butterfat. High herd owned by Matt Birker of Vinton averaged 38.7 pounds butterfat. High cow owned by H D Rogers of Shellsburg produced 60.2 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton
Benton No. 1
G. Edwin Phillips
Matt Birker
Vinton
Kirk Clime
Brandon
H. D. Rogers
Shellsburg
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Gezette
Ray Anderson
Evans
Roy C. Smith
Conesville
Mr. Smith
Davenport
Earl Cragg
Grover Hahn
Elkader Fair
Minnesota
Shover's Oak Farms
R. A. Shover, Prof
Marion Blvd
Joseph Kushner and Company
Second Street
Stanwood Horse Show and Institute
Dar Rapids
Iowa City
Colorado
Texas
Iowa City Sales CO
D. J. Gatens
John C. Jansen
Merle E. Garmoe
Optometrist
Dial
Third Street
Klinger
Farmers
Klinger Paint CO
Second Ave
Waggoner
R.E.A. Line
Independent School District
J. Stanley Waggoner
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