Washington County farmers pool to buy 20 spreaders at 24 percent saving
A group of Washington County farmers pooled to buy 20 manure spreaders for 3140 dollars, 152 per unit, with the Farm Security Administration advancing the total. The co op linked 20 small units under one purchase, with multiple owners per spreader and agreements to share usage and payments. The effort, led by A R Connely, aims to expand the concept to seed corn and other machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Washington County
Cecil F Rooks
Farm Security Administration
A R Connely
Brighton
Rooks
FSA
Connely
Delucto
FENCE DRIFT Caught in the Woven Wire Review
Harry Linn judged 114 entries in Ames Mondas and praised the overall quality of the horses shown. A B Caine and Tann lauded clean legged young animals free from blemishes and noted the standout, well matched hitched teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
B Caine
Ames Mondas
Harry Linn
Ryan
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Mr Linn
Caine
Monticello Camp Plans Four New Watershed Areas
Special to The Gazette Monticello plans to form four new demonstrational watershed areas this fall or early winter to provide work for the serf conservation service camp. Probable locations include Washington Cas and Wayne townships Jones county Iowa South Fork township Delaware county and Cascade township Duquque county. Work in eleven areas already formed in Jones Delaware and Dubuque counties is progressing, with Buck Creek and North Branch nearing completion freeing about 129 men for other watersheds.
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Monticello
W D McLaughlin
Buck Creek
Delaware
North Branch
Dubuque Counts
Hansen Advises Vacation For Dairy Cows About To Calve
Ames Iowa AP six weeks vacation before calving boosts dairy cow production by up to 39 percent for heifers and 19 to 22 percent for older cows. Dairyman E N Hansen of Iowa State College notes experiments show dry periods improve condition and calving outcomes.
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Ames
E N Hansen
Iowa State College Dairyman
Cows Top At $87 in Independence Sale
The Independence Sales Co held a $4200 sale with 65 calves, top Holstein at 2375, average calf price 12. Hogs 125 sold, sows at 20 each, feeding shoats 5.75, pigs 350 to 380. Cattle 85 head, cows top at 87 by a Wisconsin buyer, Hereford bulls sold up to 46 6750 and 5.
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Sperrias
Independence
Wisconsin
Grand champion colt chosen at Ryan show by Harrington and Dixon Brothers
114 colts and fillies competed for top honors with Vincent Harrington's yearling gelding earning the grand championship over a Dixon Brothers colt. Awards went to Soper and Gilmore Brothers entries, with multiple placings across yearling and junior classes, plus team judging and special stallion awards from regional owners.
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Ryan
Kay
Sersos
Yan
Vincent Harrington
Hopkinton
Wyoming Horse Show
B Caine
Town State College Horseman
Ames
Harrington
Dixon Brothers
Fayette
Tony Holbert
Greeley
Howard Soper
Anamosa
Caine
Dixon
John McGuire
Orval Bock
Center Point
Frank Funk Greeley
Henry Glanz
Emmett Kauffman
Greeles
Carl Gundenkauf
Wolbert
Clas
Gilmore Brothers
T M Deal
Cedar Rapids
Harry Barnts
Central City
Lloyd Falcon
Rowley
Arthur Parkenson
Gilmore
Deal
Elmer Carson
Coggan
Albert Robinson
Manchester
Soper
Fred Buckholz
Wyoming
AE. Ledenburg
Masonville
Arthur Burrell
Urbana
L. M. Zieser
Chet Gehring
Waden
Get
Art Parkenson
Peter Collins
Winthrop
Fred O'Neal
Colesburg
E.O Smith
Sam Shaffer
Walker
Bill Harris
Quasqueton
Tom Holbert
Worthington Colt Club
Worthington
Winners Determined In Cherokee Plowing Match
Cherokee event draws 5000 spectators as Lyle Mason, 18, wins the Pilot Rock plowing sweep stakes with 89 points. Ed Wolkenhauser of Pocahontas leads professional class at 88.75, Delbert Kohn tops boys under 18, and Adolph Hempel wins men’s three-bottom. Heavyweight team prize goes to Bob Brownlee’s 3,800-pound team from Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Mason
Cherokee
Mason
Mitchellville
Peter Reinert
Ed Wolkenhauer
Pocahontas
Adolph Hempel
Delbert Kohn
Bob Brownlee
Hinton
Donalds Kovarna
Half Ton Beef Eaten At Farmer's Creamery Picnic
A large crowd at the Farmer's Mutual Creamery picnic at the Monticello fairgrounds served 1,203 pounds of beef along with 30 bushels of potatoes, 350 loaves of bread, 100 gallons of gravy, 18 gallons of pickles, six gallons of ketchup and 200 gallons of coffee. Roy Morey reported about 2,500 people by noon, and a sports program followed with multiple race and bicycle events won by local participants. The west side beat the east in tug of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Farmer's Mutual Creamery Company
Roy Morey
Morey
Bud Griffith
Donald Hackbarth
Phyllis Appleby
Donna Wackbarth
Harold Hogan
Carl Smoykis
Jeanette Lubben
Pauline Tobiason
Ray Behrends
Charles Wright
Paul Frank
Duane Hartford
Yola Rodman
Marguerite Bader
Ed Guck
H EE Lubben
Fred Buetsche
Iowa Sheepmen Win 3 Championships At Nebraska State Fair
Iowa entries captured three open championships in sheep judging at the Nebraska State Fair. E. H. Rotter from West Point displayed the champion ram while R. E. Pullin and Sons of Waterloo exhibited the champion Oxford ram and champion Oxford ewe.
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Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
E. H. Rotter
West Point
R. E. Pullin and Sons
Waterloo
Oxford Ram
Oxford
Four-Mile House farm sold at auction for 1095 dollars
The 160 acre Four-Mile House farm north of Waukon, mostly bluff land with limited tillable acreage, sold last week for 1095 dollars to Dwight Von Brocklin. The site, once a tavern for travelers, lies back from the Waukon Lansing highway after road relocation.
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Waukon
Dwight von Brocklin
Lansing
South Jones C T A averages 25 5 lbs August butterfat
Average production for 318 cows on test in the South Jones Cow Test association during August was 769 pounds of milk and 255 pounds of butterfat. The men’s reformatory herd on three times a day milking led with 1 106 pounds of milk and 362 pounds of butterfat. J M Byerly’s Guernseys averaged 768 pounds of milk and 36 2 pounds butterfat. No 326 of the reformatory topped three times a day with 2 384 pounds milk and 73 9 pounds butterfat. C C Jones’ Holstein Tub produced 1 801 pounds milk and 68 4 pounds butterfat on twice a day milking.
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South Jones Cow Test Association
J. M. Byerly
Guernseys
Men‘s Reformatory
C. C. Jones
Farmer Near Marion Starts Hogging Corn
D E Miller, a farmer northwest of Marion, harvested hogs from a fenced 15 acre corn field planted in May with a medium early hybrid. He noted moisture deficiency during pollination and heat and drought reduced yields about fifty percent despite a good stand and high germination. Some ears are large, but average smaller than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D E Miller
Marion
Miller
Winneshick 4-H Team To Meet Poweshick County In State Fest
For the first time in Iowa history Towa's two Shicks Winnie and Powe clash this week at Ames. A Winneshick 4-H boys baseball team will face Poweshick county's squad at the Iowa all state 4-H sports festival. Outstanding players from the county festival two weeks ago were chosen for Winneshick.
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Decorah
Towa
Winnie
Powe
Ames
Winneshick
Poweshick County
Iowa
Oats Unthreshed For Pig Feed In The Gazette Region
In West Union farmers bring in oats not threshed before rains as possible pig feed while most corn needs two more weeks to ripen. Soybeans yield strong. pastures rebound after heavy rainfall. Winneshiek county reports mixed crop progress with rain and cool temps delaying threshing and fall plowing. Harvesting soybeans begins in Middle Amana and Amana with good carp.
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Gazette
West Union
Turkey River
Garrtte
Decorah
Winneshiek
Winneshick
Winneshiek County
County Fairs Schedule This Week Details
Allamakee county fair at Waukon runs Sept 3 through 6. Greeley hosts a horse show Sept 5. Be Four Fair in Postville runs Sept 6 through 9.
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Allamakee County
Waukon
Greeley
Postville
Three Threshing Rings Picnic In Keystone Pasture
MONMOUTH The annual threshers picnic of Propst Brothers, John Bennischek, and Albert Buck drew 250 to J R Mitchell pasture Keystone. Ralph Propst and wife named king and queen. Propst Brothers threshed 19 000 bushels, Bennischek 1 600, Buck 11 000. Louis Zak 97 bu per acre. Lee Allen 71. Oldest 84, youngest 3 months. Ball games won by Propst Brothers and Buck teams. Bennischek beat Propst in second.
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Monmouth
Propst Brothers
John Bennischek
Albert Buck
J. R. Mitchell
Keystone
L. C Hannahs
J R. Mitchell
Ralph Propst
Ben
Natex credited by local worker for health turn around
Gustav Schuerer, assistant foreman at Cedar Rapids engineering firm, praises Natex after relief from severe headaches, insomnia, back pain, and digestive issues. He shares his experience at Podzimek’s Pharmacy and endorses Natex while inviting others to consult the Natex representative there. A reward note appears about testimonial accuracy.
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Natex
Gustav Schuerer
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
G Avenue NW
Podzimek
Second Avenue SE
Weeing
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William Flanagan
M. Zieser
Harry Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Larkey Brothers
Onson
Chris Eichhorn
Son
H. A Hartman
Harold Healy
Prairieburg
R. L. Sehnittjer
Delhi
Tom Eichhorn
Louis Zumbach
Merle Cook
Frank Dixon
TOP Horse
Wee Amos
ANE
Williams
South Jones C. T. A
Moody
Ap Tras
Eadie
Amana
Keystone Pasture
DR Merle E Garsot
He Nee Eee
Beverly Yards
Lowa
Nebraska
Weomine
Montana
Kim
WMT
Beverly Cattle Company
Neisner
First Avenue East
Shoe Repair Dept
MR. Schuerer
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