Wyoming horse show draws largest crowd in town history
Special to The Gazette Wyoming crowds exceed 5,000 as 150 entries from 27 exhibitors compete in an extensive horse show. A. J. Kutch judges. champion stallion from Baldwin-Nashville colt club. firsts awarded to Matt Hansen Elwood Herman Brunscheen Wyoming Acel Catlett Wyom Mechanicsville Tom Eichhorn Wyoming Ed Fisher Mechanicsville Don Smith Stanwood George Fisher Mechanicsville Hank Brothers Massillon Herman Brunscheen Otto Pruess Mechanicsville Vincent Harrington Ryan Haak Brothers George Fisher Don Smith Hank Brothers Herman Brunscheen George Lyons Onslow Herman Brunscheen Haak Brothers and Bud Witt Delmar
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
George Lyons
Onslow
Haak Brothers
Robert Fix
Davenport
Bud Witt
Delmar
Wyoming farmer George Fishwild sells six heifers in Chicago
Jones county farmer George Fishwild sold six heifers in Chicago on Friday. The cattle averaged a likely price per head, signaling a modest local market activity.
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Wyoming
George Fishwild
Jones County
Chicago
Live Stock Prices: Steers and Hogs Auction Details
Eight steers averaging 780 pounds priced at 8.50 per hundredweight, 19 hogs averaging 220 pounds at 6.65 per hundredweight, and 900 pounds totaling 9.60 per hundredweight are listed for sale.
Cedar Rapids Ever Normal Grain Bin Cost Listed
Readable figures show a 2,000 bushel grain bin built at Cedar Rapids costing $45.57 with labor and foundation items itemized and verified by Linn county AAA officials. Developments note railroad rental changes and farmer tendencies to hold 1937 1938 corn amid European war concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
AAA
Johnson
Iowa
Benton
Delaware
Cedar
Jones
Steve Wilder
Wilder Grain Company
Linn County Aaa Committee
R. B. Booth
Guy
Wilder
Galesburg
Ill
Mr. Booth
Linn County Corn Sealers
Henry Hood
Springville
Floyd Emmons
Marion
Harlan Biggs
Troy Mills
Jay Milhollins
Mount Vernon
Ed Athoff
Fairfax
American Association of Railroad Executives
National Aaa
Washington
Evans
R. M. Evans
Commodity Credit Corporation
County Aaa
Seven Ears On One Cornstalk Stalk Displayed in Cedar Rapids
A Gazette photo shows Martin Schirm of Cedar Rapids beside a cornstalk bearing seven ears at Peoples Savings Bank. Reports of stalks with seven ears spread across eastern Iowa, with varied maturity due to recent drying weather and regionally uneven rains in May and June.
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Martin Schirm
Cedar Rapids
Peoples Savings Bank
The
Gazette
Iowa
Buchanan County
Benton, Linn
Black Hawk
Fayette
Delaware
Clayton
Corn Safe From Frost In Buchanan County This Week
Independence reports 30 percent of Buchanan county corn now out of frost danger with 90 percent likely safe if weather stays ten days. Yields compare with last year’s record high as farmers cut soy bean hay and shell 1937 and 1938 corn for resealing storage.
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Buchanan County
Homer Soules
County Soils Committee
Butter Purchases by DPMA Reach 2.82 Million Pounds
Special to The Gazette Chicago DPMA bought about 2 823 660 pounds of butter for the week ending Friday, down from 4 327 659 pounds the prior week. Chicago purchases totaled 1 453 851 pounds, versus 2 483 775 a week earlier, while New York last week traded 1 369 809 pounds, down from 1 843 884. Ninety score did not share the full improvement of 92 score during the week.
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the Gazette
Chicago
DPMA
New York
Local Fair Schedule for Elkader Waukon and Stanwood
Fairs this week run from September 1 to September 9. Elkader hosts a fair September 1 to 4, Ryan hosts a colt show September 4, Allamakee county fair runs September 5 to 8 in Waukon, and Stanwood stage a horse show September 8 to 9.
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Elkader
Ryan
Allamakee County Fair
Waukon
Staniwood
Steadier Close At Week End Influenced by Chicago Contracts
The market ended the week steadier as Chicago November contracts provided upward pressure. Traders cited firmer price levels and cautious buying as factors supporting gains into the close.
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Steadier
Chicago
Steers Fetch $10.25 Per Cwt At Chicago Market
Anamosa C M Holst of Jones county sold 22 head weighing 1 199 pounds at Chicago for 10.25 dollars per hundredweight.
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Anamosa
C. M
Holst
Jones County
Chicago
Elkader Fair honors multiple 4-H livestock champions
At Elkader fair a Shorthorn was grand champion in a 30 head baby beef show. Exhibitor Tom Smith of Volga City also claimed top honors for reserve grand champion Hereford. Dairy classes crowned Guernsey calf Eugene Meyer McGregor, Holstein yearling Dean Skogman Farmersburg, Jersey calf Raymond Storbeck Elkader, and more. Various exhibitors from Volga City McGregor Edgewood Waterloo led dairy and market pig wins in 4-H livestock division.
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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 Radloff
Guernsey
Margaret Olmstead
Jersey
Paul Barger
Waterloo
Helen Boenish
Duroc Polands
Stanwood Horse Show And Institute Schedule
Stanwood hosts the Stanwood horse show with over 100 entered as part of the Farmers' Institute. Friday features baseball games among Olin Mechanicsville Lisbon and Cedar Bluff at 1 p.m. Bands free acts and displays follow. Saturday judging begins at 9:30 a.m. with 21 classes and bleachers for the ring. A parade of prize-winning horses at 7 p.m. caps the night show of tandem hitches.
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Stanwood
Farmers’ Institute
Lester Bails
Olin
Mechanicsville
Lisbon
Cedar Bluff
Rapids Area Drum and Bugle Corps to perform at night show
The Dar Rapids Boys' Drum and Bugle Corps will participate in the night show. Awards for the horse show total unspecified.
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Dar Rapids
Steers Bring $10 on Chicago Market
John C. Jansen of Jones county sold 23 head of 1 104 pound steers at the Chicago market for ten dollars per hundredweight on Thursday.
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Anamosa
John C. Jansen
Jones County
Chicago
Steers Bring $9.75 A Hundredweight In Chicago Market
In Linn county farmers Andreas and Rayhans sold 36 head of steers averaging 1 295 pounds. The cattle fetched 9 75 per hundredweight at the Chicago market in the middle of last week.
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Andreas and
Rayhans
Linn County
Chicago
Farm Purchase Near Traer At 65 Acre
Walter Nation, formerly of Dike, buys 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.
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Dysart
Walter Nation
Dike
Traer
Farmers Savings Bank of
Jones County
Waggoner
Anamosa
R.E.A. Line
Independent School District
Winners Named In Bennett Colt Show
Bennett festival awards honored victors across horse show divisions. Victor Glenn of Olin won junior foals with Spear and Son of Stanwood topping senior foals while George Fisher and George Fisher Jr. of Mechanicsville led multiple age classes. Herman Brunscheen of Wyoming earned a hitched team crown and Pruess and Son claimed another. Fisher Brothers and Harold Bell won open pollinated seed classes. Ralph Ritson and Chris Schneckloth secured ears in the Sweepstakes events.
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Bennett
Victor Glenn
Olin
Spear
Stanwood
George Fisher
Mechanicsville
Des Moines 4-H Beeves Average $10.40 Cwt
Baby beeves at the state fair livestock auction averaged $10.40 per hundredweight in Des Moines. Each calf suffered a 3 percent penalty in weight.
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Des Moines
The
Gazette
Giant Rural Sports Festival Scheduled at Ames Iowa State
The Iowa farm sports festival at Iowa State College Sept 8 and 9 will tax facilities with over 100 softball teams from more than 40 counties and 20 baseball teams from 20 counties. The two day program includes 30 other events and a Farm Bureau official team versus county agents association team in a highlight softball game. George Veenker leads the college athletic staff assisting county agents and Farm Bureau leaders. More than 60 counties are expected to participate with a Friday evening special program in the football stadium.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm
Ray Sorensen
Farm Bureau
College
George Veenker
State Farm Bureau
State County Agents Association
Benton County Averages Butterfat in August Test
The Benton No. 1 Cow Test association reports for August a test of 323 cows with 55 dry, averaging 645 pounds milk and 24.7 pounds butterfat. Forty-nine cows exceeded 40 pounds butterfat. High herd was Matt Birker’s of Vinton at 38.7. Kirk Clime’s Brandon herd 38.6. The top cow was H D Rogers’ from Shellsburg with 60.2 pounds butterfat.
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Winton
Benton No. 1
G. Edwin Phillips
Matt Birker
Vinton
Kirk Clime
Brandon
H D. Rogers
Shellsburg
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Marion Blvd
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Joseph Kushner and Company
Second Street
Roy C. Smith
Conesville
Mr. Smith
Earl Cragg
Grover Hahn
Elkader Fair
Stanwood Horse Show and Institute
Iowa City
Colorado
Texa
Iowa City Sales CO
D. J. Gatens
Merle E. Garmoe
Optometrist
Orat
Third Street
Klinger
Ban Poe
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Farmers’ Paint
Klinger Paint CO
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