Ryan Teams Dominate Delaware County Fair Dynamometer Pull
At the Delaware County Fair light and heavyweight classes saw Ryan teams perform strongest in a dynamometer horse pulling contest. Faulkner and Lyness fielded multiple lightweight teams weighing up to 2,760 pounds, achieving full distance pulls up to 2,400 pounds. Mangold and Faulkner led heavyweight entries with 2,600-pound pulls while Faulkner’s team later exceeded on a stoneboat exhibition.
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Anchester
Ryan
Delaware County
B. T. Virtue
Ames
D. J. Faulkner
A. L. Lyness
Mike Evers
Hopkinton
Faulkner
Lyness
Evers
B. P. Faulkner
Ed Mangold
Frank Gienapp
Mangold
Virtue
00 Per Cent Corn Cafe From Frost In Delaware County
Delaware county farmers estimate about half the corn escaped frost with heavy soil stalks still green and slow to ripen. Silo filling and fall plowing dominate farm work while recent rains improved pastures and seeding. Seasonal fruits and vegetables move. melons 10 to 15 cents, potatoes 35 cents a bushel, grapes two cents a pound. Housewives busy canning with 200 to 300 quarts stored for winter.
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Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
On the Acres a Heating Engineer Embraces Farm Life
Interview with O. M. Adair of near Garwin and LeGrand covers his switch from Chicago heating work to farming. He recalls losses, tax concerns, the Depression's impact on city and rural economies, and hopes for gradual recovery while noting hog prices rise, building slowdowns, and the need for new investment.
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O. M. Adair
Eighty Acres
Garwin
Forty Acres
LeGrand
Marshalltown
Hereford Grand Champion Wins Cedar County 4-H Show
TIPTON Hereford baby beef shown by Geraldine Donahoe, a 4-H member, won grand champion at Cedar county fair. Mearl Eiler of Olin took second in Hereford reserve, with an Angus shown by Arthur Domer of Stanwood earning second. Shorthorns earned first and second by Billy Horr of Stanwood.
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Tipton
Geraldine Donahoe
Geraldine
Hereford
Angus
Mearl Eiler
Olin
Arthur Domer
Stanwood
Billy Horr
Prohibition Debate and Government Control of Liquor
A speaker discusses prohibition, criticizing the current policy as unfair and unworkable. He questions saloon crime like Al Capone and argues for government control of liquor sales to gain revenue, noting concern about youth drinking and the need for adjustment.
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al Capone
Dysart Farms Lease Deals At $6.50 Per Acre
The Otto Ehrich stock farm south of Dysart is leased for next year to L. P. Matthieson at 6.50 dollars an acre. The John Krebs 320 acre farm northeast of Dysart remains with James Ceplak as tenant for the coming year at 6.50 dollars per acre.
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Dysart
Otto Ehrich
Johann Moeller
Henry
L. P. Matthieson
John Krebs
James Ceplak
Is farming a paying business according to Wallace
James J. Wallace cites Ames extension service data from 1929 to 1931 showing wide variation in farm earnings. Net farm income equals opening minus closing inventories plus receipts minus expenses, with management return clarifying true profits after deducting interest and wages.
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Pieldman
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Ames Extension Service
Ackley
Uneven Price Marks Heavy Cattle Run at Stockyards
Cattle trade uneven with large run first this year. best weights sold steady to 25 cents higher while lighter offerings held near steady. Plainer grades fell 25 to 50 cents. cows under $3 steady to up 25 cents, higher priced cows weaker. Bulls up 25 cents. top loads $9.25 to $10, yearlings $9.50, feds $7.25 to $8.25. Hog prices faded late. closes 15-25 cents below week prior. Lambs and feeding lambs steady to 25-cent gains. natives $5.50-$6.25, range lambs $5.75-$6.15.
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The
Gazette
ION Stockyards
Chicago
Watermelon crop totals and harvest forecast for Conesville
Special to The Gazette J J Wilson reports a 50 carload forecast of good quality watermelons this season up from recent years. Three quarters of the crop are wilt resistant varieties shipped to Conesville with twenty three carloads of cantaloupes already sent. The sweet potato harvest reaches a record 30000 bushels as digging begins. About 3000 visitors are expected at Watermelon Day with free melons.
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Gazette
Conesville
J. J. Wilson
Chicago
Wilson
Linn County 4-H Angus Bring High Sale at Iowa State Fair
Five Linn county 4-H Angus calves sold at the Iowa State Fair calf club auction in Des Moines for 9.75 per hundredweight to T. M. Sinclair and Co. Cedar Rapids. Other group calves sold at 9.25 to Swift and Co. Exhibitors included Bennie, Donald Aae, Roland Willard, Gordon Neal, and Melvin Levasseur. The single Shorthorn sold for 9.25. Average sale price hovered around 9.40 with brisk bidding and a 3 percent shrink on weigh-out.
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Linn County
Des Moines
T. M. Sinclair and Company, Ltd
Cedar Rapids
Bennie
Donald A Ae
Swift and Company
Roland
Willard
Gordon Neal
Melvin Levasseur
Chicago
Trucks Cut Rail and Boat Food Traffic in New York
Special correspondent reports motor trucks sharply reduce rail and boat traffic in New York City. August saw heavy truck haulage of butter eggs fruits vegetables from Iowa with refrigerated trucks proving effective. Milk poultry and cantaloupes also moved by truck, increasing competition to traditional carriers.
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New York
New York City
Iowa
Washington Street
Mar
Ats P
Dewitt Clinton County Farmers Attend Chicago Market
DeWitt Clinton county farmers reported strong Chicago market activity with cattle and hogs sold early in the week. Arnold Johannsen moved twenty steers averaging 1,231 pounds at 9.70 per hundredweight, Henry Voss sold twenty-one steers at 1,266 pounds for 9.25, LeRoy Kruse consigned seventy-eight hogs at 4.60, the top price, and A L Mommsen sold seventy-four hogs at 216 pounds for the top price.
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Gazette
Dewitt
Clinton County
Chicago
Arnold Johannsen
Henry Voss
LeRoy G. D. Kruse
A. L. Mommsen
First Week of Saauane Brings Strong Corn and Oat Yields
The Gazette notes frost avoidance in corn fields during the first week of Saauane with most fields well advanced. Farmers report corn fully dented and threshing completed, with oats averaging over fifty seven bushels per acre.
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the Gazette
Saauane
Silo filling resumes at Carl Hay farm after rod incident
The first silo filling of the season at Carl Hay farm resumed Friday after a day and a half recess for repairs when an iron rod fell into the machine with the corn. The machine is community owned and operated by Carl Hay and Will Norton. Silo filling will be gradual for several days.
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Gazette
OLIN
Carl Hay Farm
Carl Hay
Will Norton
Unusual Corn Stalk Grows Two Ears on Ox Ford Farm
A Tom Dorlin farm stalk southeast of Oxford reaches seven feet one inch to the first ear and bears two ears on a single stalk.
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Oxford
Tom Dorlin
Stalk of Corn Reaches Fourteen Feet Nine Inches Near Diehl Farm
A single corn stalk grew to fourteen feet nine inches this season on the Ernest Diehl farm near Grundy Center, marking a remarkable height for the area and attracting local attention.
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The
Gazette
Ernest Diehl
Maynard silo filling advances as corn shows strong condition
Special to The Gazette notes silo filling began in earnest in Maynard during the latter part of last week. Corn is in excellent condition for filling with only a few pieces damaged from firing. Hill corn is nearly matured.
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Maynard
Linn County Farm Bureau Upcoming Week Activities
The Linn county Farm Bureau schedules a board meeting Tuesday evening at the Commercial club rooms in Marion. Wednesday evening a farm meeting is planned at Otter Creek and Alburnett High School.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Board
Commercial Club
Marion
Otter Creek
Alburnett High
Schoo
Hog Market Record at Chicago Shows Hefty Pigs
William Meade Marengo Iowa county farmer sold 208 head of 239 pound hogs at Chicago on Wednesday bringing $4.50 per pound the top price for that weight.
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the Gazette
Marengo
Wiliam Meade
Iowa
Chicago
Refrigerated Truck Delivers Buckhorn Butter To New York
Since mid July a Buckhorn creamery refrigerated truck runs to New York City with butter and eggs. The first 1154 mile run took 64 hours, two days faster than the fastest train. Capacity 300 tubs. first trip carried 241 tubs and 20 cases of eggs. Temperature held at 54 to 55 degrees. butter scored 93 on arrival. Truck owned and operated by Roy Galloway of Lost Nation.
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the Gazette
Buckhorn
Buckhorn Creamery
New York City
Roy Galloway
Lost Nation
4-H Boys Of Benton And Washington Win Trips To Chicago
Seven Iowa 4-H club members and eleven girls earned trips to Chicago for the International Livestock Exposition and national club congress. Winners include Poe Hayes and Donald ér of Washington County in pig divisions, Newell Irwin of Vinton for sheep, Vincent Gross of Greenfield in Shorthorn, Keith Mathies of Walnut in Angus, Max Schomberg of Letts in Hereford, and John Fowler as champion poultry club ty. ineligible rivals were Ralph Skoog and Wayne Heil.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Club Congress
Chicago
Poe Hayes
Washington
Donald Ér
Noble
Washington County
Newell Irwin
Vinton
Vincent Gross
Greenfield
Keith Mathies
Walnut
Angus
Max Schomberg
Letts
Hereford
John Fowler
Poultry Club
Fowler
Ralph Skoog
Wayne Heil
L. G. Albaugh
Ames Extension Service
Elrene Picken
Madison County
Jeanne Robinson
Marshall
Helen DePrenger
Mahaska
Virginia Edwards
Dorothyster
M. Carol Vinton
Helen Putcanning
Nam
Hardin
Springville Farmer Heads Linn County Holiday Movement
Mount Vernon West Branch organizer Paul Moore spoke at Mount Zion church, calling President Hoover a wrecking engineer and urging higher production costs. Art Hoover and Howard Lyman were elected Linn county officers, with a little over six dollars raised for Moore’s expenses as members joined. Moore also led a Bertram township meeting where Joseph Novak was elected chairman.
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Mount Vernon
Paul Moore
West Branch
Mount Zion Church
Here
Hoover
Linn County
Art Hoover
Springville
Howard Lyman
Moore
Bertram
Joseph Novak
Bertram Township
Wilton Junction Farmers Stand Ready Amid Holiday
Wilton Junction farmers remain calm about the farmers holiday. Most say they will cooperate if asked, continue farm work, seek seed corn, repair fences, and plan silo filling. Women prepare to cheese if markets for milk and cream fail. some will barter wheat for grist at the mill as in earlier years. The local produce house maintains steady buying and selling.
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Wilton Junction
Annual Buttermilk Day Program at Amber
Final arrangements set for Monday event in Amber with Paul Moore of Des Moines Iowa Farmers Union and Martin Leveson of Wyoming Democratic candidate for Jones county attorney as speakers. Two ball games are on schedule Langworthy versus Amber in the afternoon. The program includes sports and a picnic dinner at W. J. Zimmerman's place.
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Gazette
Paul Moore
Des Moines
Iowa Farmers’ Union
Martin Leveson
Wyoming
Jones County
Langworthy
Amber
Agernoon
W. J. Zimmerman Place
Greeley Creamery Pays 20 Cents Butterfat
The Greeley Co operative creamery paid patrons twenty cents per pound for butterfat received in the last two weeks. Names listed include DeKeyser H Esch Ernie Graham C J Bockenstadt Fred Fensterman A F McElmeel F F Phillie Pee Elmeel F F Lammers.
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Greeley Creamery
Greeley
Greeley Co-operative Creamery
DeKeyser
H. Esch
Ernie Graham
C. J. Bockenstadt
Fred Fensterman
A. F. Mc‘Elmeel
F. F. Phillie
Pee 4
Elmeel
F. F. ‘ Lammers
Bennett Farmer Wins With Alfalfa At Tipton
Walter Rohif of Bennett took first in alfalfa at the Cedar County fair legume day in Tipton with the best hay on color and foliage. Second went to Bushing of Wood. In soybeans Carson Moffitt of Clarence won and Gilbert Lembaugh of Tipton finished second. George Gaul of Tipton judged the event.
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Tipton
Walter Rohif
Bennett
Cedar County
Carson Moffitt
Clarence
Gilbert Lembaugh
George Gaul
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