Grand Champion Holstein Cow at Iowa State Fair
Stewart of Maynard showed the grand champion Holstein cow in the open class at the Iowa State Fair. Senior champion cow and top placings across multiple age groups highlighted Stewart’s entries. Red Polls and Merino winners also noted along with 4-H and Farm Bureau results.
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Stewart
de Moines
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
E. H. Maytag
Newton Tracy
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
Chicago
Des Moines
Muskogee
Oklo
Meredith
Portland
Ore
Kansas City
Marion
Central City
Maquoketa
DeWitt
Tenants Near Malcom Hunt Farms For 1933
Special to The Gazette reports many tenants seek farms in the Malcom area during the hunting season. Renters say current market prices make $6 and $7 an acre unaffordable, while landlords insist these rates cover taxes and other expenses.
Flax Threshing Underway Near Reinbeck
The first flax threshing of the season was completed on the Claus Storjohann farm near Reinbeck. The crop is of good quality with fair yield though recent rain caused some seed to sprout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck
Claus Storjohann
Fence Drift and signs of prosperity in a deferred era
A fragmentary illustration notes a fence drift trapped in a swollen wire and a sign that laments prosperity’s absence. It humorously praises a clever automobile plate while recalling numerous encounters with license plates.
Littleton Farmers Shock Fodder and Silo Fill
In Littleton the Wilmer Seamans farm began silo filling, reaching six feet from the top before settling to finish by Thursday. Farmers report most corn is safe from frost, fodder is being cut and shocked, late potatoes grow, and pumpkins squash and turnips are abundant though water may be scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
Wilmer Seamans
Troy Mills Greens Feed Corn as Fall Plowing Advances
Farmers in the Troy Mills area are cutting green corn for hog feed as oats and corn prices fall. Fall plowing proceeds well, potatoes sell locally at 25 cents a bushel, and housewives can tomatoes corn late beans and cucumbers. Mrs. O C Powell at Troy Mills picks several quarts of strawberries daily from her patch, noted for high quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Mills
O. C. Powell
Troy Millis
Elkader Sets Second Annual Dairy Day for Sept 29
Elkader officials plan the second annual Dairy Day for September 29 with committees named for each department. Events include a doll and dog parade a milking contest and a dance. Last year the first event drew nearly 5000 attendees.
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Elkader
Bovine TB Testing Totals Reported in Clayton County
Dr. C J O Brien in charge reports for the week ending Aug 27 a total of 5339 head tested with 166 reactors, an average of one reactor per 32 head. Since July 5, 27588 tested with 841 reactors, about one in 32.8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader
C. J. O'Brien
Clayton County
Keswick editor retracts Roumanian gas claim in interview
Grandville McCay of Keswick writes The Gazette farm editor that his Aug 25 interview misattributed shipping Romanian gas to Detroit. He says he does not know who ships it and that the statement was a misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandville McCay
Keswick
Gazette Farm
Hoover and
Mellon
Detroit
Mr. McCay
Acres
Boston man buys heavy draft horses in Wyoming
Frank Andoline of Boston spent the week in Wyoming buying heavy draft horses. One carload was shipped by express Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Wyoming
Frank Andoline
Boston
Express
Farmer shipper sells 1,178-pound steers at Chicago market
Clarence Gus D. Goldsmith, a local farmer, drove a carload to Chicago Monday. The 1,178-pound steers sold for 9.25 dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Clarence — Gus D. Goldsmith
Here
Chicago
Rain Helps Plowing In Masonville Area
Heavy weekend rainfall eased plowing in Masonville area. Threshing finished with a strong crop of good quality. Corn yields look excellent and promise a bumper harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Masonville
Show Ring Veteran Reflects On Fairs and Dairy Life
Interview with Charles Reinemeyer, a 34 acre Marion area Jersey dairyman born 1879. He recounts 9 showings per season totaling about 9 000 ring appearances, dairy costs, milk prices, Cedar Rapids regulations, and the future of county fairs. He favors higher milk prices, critiques co op overexpansion, and notes tax burden and road value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reinenheimer
Marion
Jersey
Cedar Rapids
15 Acres in Benton County Sold for 900 Plus House
John Haines of Blairstown sold a 15 acre tract three miles southwest of Blairstown to Mrs. Clark Ware for 60 dollars per acre. The deal includes a small house and lot. the house was destroyed by fire last winter and the tract adjoins Ware’s other land.
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Blairstown
John Haines
Here
Clark Ware
Cedar county cattle bring top prices at Chicago market
Walter Meyer of Cedar county led sales with fifteen Herefords weighing 901 pounds selling at 8.15 per hundredweight. Hugo Meyer sold ten 1025-pound Short horns at 8.85, while twenty five 990-pound steers brought 9.00 at the same market.
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Lowden
Walter Meyer
Cedar County
Chicago
South Dakota
Hugo Meyer
August Hog Receipts Gain 16 Percent in Chicago Market
Chicago hog receipts rose 16 percent from a year earlier to 511 000 head as Omaha Packing plant disruption and Iowa movement boosted open market hogs. Twelve markets total hogs 1 650 000 head, up 2 percent. cattle 175 000 in Chicago, down year over year. Sheep in Chicago rose 8.5 percent to 380 500 head while twelve markets fell nearly 15 percent overall. Shippers bought sparingly in local hog market with 67 700 head traded versus 103 722 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Omaha. Packing Company
Yards
Towa
Iowa
Largest Hog Run of the Season Hits Des Moines
Des Moines markets saw the largest hog run of the season last Monday as farmers rushed to cash in before the holiday, causing a sharp drop in prices. Packers labored in the first half of the week to clear the large Monday receipts, but once those were gone, hogs remained tight for sale.
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The
Gazette
Des Moines
Light hog market climbs as week progresses in Midwest
The week saw lighter hog runs in Iowa and southern Minnesota totaling under 17 000, with prices rising 10 to 15 cents by Thursday. Demand for fresh pork remained strong while provisions stayed steady. packers only sought enough hogs to meet immediate needs as slaughter schedules fluctuated.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Farm sale yields high prices for brood sows and livestock
Six hundred head of livestock sold on W. J. Henderson’s Morning Sun farm with brood sows at 8 to 14 dollars per head and other stock reaching up to 35 dollars for milk cows and 460 dollars per hundredweight for steers. Auctions by Trostle and Son, Van Syck, and Paul Klotz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Columbus Junction
W. J. Henderson
Morning Sun
Sharon
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 in Open Classes at Manchester Fair
Delaware county fair concluded a sunny session with premiums awarded across livestock divisions. Winners include Robinson Brothers Masonville with multiple champion bulls and females in Angus Hereford Shorthorns and Hampshires. other top names include Heeren Brothers Monticello and Waupeton Ager. The event runs Friday with a Gilbert Neat talk and a horse pulling contest.
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Manchester Fair
Manchester
Delaware County
Robinson Brothers
Masonville
Heeren Brothers
Monticello
Charles M. Ager
Waupeton
Robinsons
W. B. Robinson
E. O. Fisher
Son
Ryan
F. H. Gienapp
Ralph Childs
Thomas Dunn
Maurer Brothers
Hampshire
E. L. Baldridge
Strawberry Point
Shropshires
Clarence Pugh
Gilbert N. Ieat
West Branch farmer yields 20 bushels of potatoes from one acre
J. T. Butler of West Branch reports a one acre potato crop this season totaling 20 bushels. Five potatoes in a hill weighed six and one half pounds. The tract had been a barnyard prior to last year when it was also planted to potatoes.
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Bpeci.l
West Branch
J. T. Butler
Linn Cows On Test Average 22.9 Pounds Butterfat In August
Linn county Cow Test association No. 3 reports 261 cows, 30 dry, averaged 498 pounds milk and 22.3 pounds butterfat for August. Snyder Brothers top herd with 520 pounds milk and 27.7 butterfat. M. J Rice second with 662 pounds milk and 26.6 butterfat. High cow, an 8 year old grade Guernsey, yielded 1175 pounds milk and 63.5 butterfat. In Marengo the ten Guernseys led August with 837 pounds milk and 37.3 butterfat. Harry Morse second at 742 milk and 34 butterfat. Total cows tested 374, average 23 pounds butterfat. Morse high cow 1653 milk and 69.4 butterfat.
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Linn County
Guernsey
Iowa
Marengo
Charles Morse
Iown County
Harry Morse
Ralph King
Bennett Festival And Colt Show Saturday
The third annual fall festival and colt show will be held Saturday in Bennett under the American Legion. Louis Murphy of Dubuque, a Democratic candidate for U S senator, will speak. The Bennett Community band and Tipton Drum and Bugle corps will perform before his talk. Baseball games between Bennett and Wheatland, contests, and a rodeo are planned with agricultural products shown and premiums awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Rixe-Lausen Post No
American Legion
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
United States
Tipton Drum and Bugle Corps
Bennett and Wheatland
Calves Bring Averages At Fayette County Fair Auction
Twenty nine Fayette county 4 H baby beeves sold at the Fayette county fair auction with an average of 3.10 per hundredweight after a 3 percent shrink. The Shorthorn champion shown by Berniece Stelzmiller topped at 9.50 per hundredweight and Lyle Nelson’s Hereford sold at 0 per hundredweight. The average price per calf was 73.17 dollars.
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West Union
Fayette County
Berniece Stelzmiller
Lyle Nelson
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Maytag
Newton
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
Malcom Hunt Farms
P. N. Gibson
COM. CO
West Liberty, Iowa
R.F.A
Clayton
Amana Farm
Amana Society
High
Dallas
Tex
Okla
Shover
Anamosa
Dairy Co-op
Smyth
Co-op
Rock Road
Hoover
Cleveland
Tru-Art
Charles Reinheimer
Benton County
Daily Farm News
Farm Folk
Ray Anderson
16Th Ave
Dial
Sinclair
Fidelity
Black Hawk
Polehna Bros. & CO
Hamburg
16Th Ave. SW
Fidelity Ham
Se Sinclair
Armour's
Ror’ Ham
Shankless
Zelezny & Plotz Markets
Mt. Vernon Ave
Third Ave
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