Annual Ryan colt show draws 78 foals and 20 yearlings
The Ryan Labor Day colt show near Manchester Iowa judged by Harry Linn featured 78 foals from 20 localities and 20 yearlings plus two Suffolks and a Belgian from Dygert barns east of Manchester. Sweepstakes went to a five month old filly bred by M. J. Diercksen with top honors amid strong entries across mare and colt classes.
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Ryan
Iowa
Dygert
Manchester
Renn
M. J. Diercksen
Farmer
Keegan Brothers
John Slattery
Masonville
Vincent Harrington
George Fisher
H. A. Hartman
Worthington Colt Club
Peter Collins
Winthrop
Tom Holbert
Greeley
Collins
Dean Smith
Center Point
R. E. McMahon
Albert Robinson
Paul Carr
George Lindsay
Fence Drift and Farm Editor Spar Over Wyoming Show Coverage
The Gazette farm editor faces ribbing for missing the Wyoming horse show while noting he covered the Bennett event. Readers list placings by riders from Sonville to Earlville in classes sponsored by local sponsors, with several farmers and towns named.
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Gazette Farm
Wyoming
Perse
Iowa
Bennett
American Royal Livestock and Horse Show Planned in Kansas City
The forty first annual American Royal in Kansas City runs Oct. 14-21 with premiums totaling 65 000 awardable to winners. Cattle breeds include Shorthorn Angus and Hereford in breeding, steers, fat and feeder classes. Sheep hogs draft horses mules and poultry classifications are set, with new horse show classes and horse pulling contests. Special days include Kansas day Oct 16 vocational agriculture day Oct 17 Missouri day Oct 18 and Oklahoma day Oct 19.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Vocational Agriculture
Missouri
Oklahoma
Cholera Outbreaks Reported Near Monmouth
Special to The Gazette notes hog cholera outbreaks north of Monmouth. Practically all farmers in the area have vaccinated their hogs to prevent serious outbreaks.
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Monmouth
Washington C T A Averages 26 Pounds Butterfat In August
Bash and Swartzendruber of Wellman led August results for the Washington County Cow Test association with twelve purebred Holsteins. The herd averaged 1,396 pounds of milk and 47.9 pounds butterfat. the high cow produced 1,705 pounds of milk and 61.4 pounds butterfat. In August, 339 cows tested averaged 683 pounds of milk and 26 pounds butterfat.
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Gazette
Washington
Bash
Greeley
Greeley Cow Test Association
Robert J. Keck
Woeste and Aurand
Gibbs and Slick
Earlville
West Union
Jerry Spencer
Clermont
Fayette
Lookin at old album pictures stirs recollections
Willie Willis reflects on family photos from bygone days and wonders whether their relatives were nice people. The casual musing evokes nostalgia for past generations and the warmth of family history.
Dressing Ratios Of Illinois Test Cattle Reported
Special to The Gazette. Chicago figures from Urbana show test steers brought higher prices and dressed well. Lot 7 outperformed estimates by 20 cents, Lot 8 by 5 cents, with grain and silage effects varying among lots. Dressing percentages ranged around 59 to 61 percent, and the check lot slightly outdid native calves fed the same ration.
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Chicago
Illinois
Urbana
R. R Snapp
County fairs and horse show scheduled this week
Allamakee county fair runs in Waukon from September 5 to 8 with events and exhibitions. Stanwood hosts a two day horse show on September 8 and 9, drawing participants and spectators from the area.
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Waukon
Stanwood
Linn County 4-H Girls Place Well At Iowa State Fair
Linn County 4-H girls return from Des Moines with 23 placings of 24 entries in home efficiency exhibits and a blue ribbon in the demonstration team event among 25 teams. Demonstration team members Mildred Sloan and Edith Hagerman presented the Lindy Lou kitchen table and earned pencils for excellent record books. Blue red and white ribbon winners listed include Doris Marie Petro, Cedar Rapids, Arlene Quaas, Marion, Mae Faltis, Fairfax, and others. A barn project at Wyoming shows a 48 by 56 foot structure being built on Mrs. W. E. Briggs farm, tenanted by Acel Catlett.
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Linn County
Des Moines
Mildred Sloan
Edith Hagerman
Marion
Lindy Lou
State Fair Board
Doris Marie Petro
Cedar Rapids
Frances Hill
Coggan
Mae Faltis
Fairfax
Florence Bena
Arlene Quaas
Mac Faltis
Kathleen Wilson
Central City
Marjorie McGowan
Neva Anderson
Alburnett
Ula Mae Wilson
Mary Schulte
Martha Lippert
Luetta Sherbon
Walker
Gwen Smythe
Mount Vernon
Carolyn Fuhrmeister
Ely
Ellen Paul
Springville
Weather Favorable For Maturing Corn In Iowa
Warm spells drive corn toward maturity across eastern Iowa with 25 to 30 percent already out of frost danger. Soybeans cut for hay under Triple A rules. silo filling active in dairy areas and third cutting of alfalfa underway. In Decorah, sorghum cane crop larger than last year prompts more silo storage.
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Iowa
Decorah
Winneshiek
West Union Harvest Report Shows Fertile 13 Days
Favorable weather with 13 rainless days and a week of above normal temperatures hastens corn maturity ahead of frost. Farmers report most corn out of danger, over half reasonably mature, and a strong soybean crop stored. Silos fill quickly while ground compaction limits plowing. Pastures abundant and fruit crops ripened. bees fare well.
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West Union
Poultry Marketing Co Op Meeting At Washington
A district meeting of the Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association convened at Washington with representation from Washington Muscatine Keokuk Jefferson Van Buren and Lee counties. Speakers included Grant Lindsey Frank Bliss H. E. Cook James Green Elmer Campbell and other managers and farm bureau agents.
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Washington
Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Muscatine
Keokuk
Jefferson
van Buren
Lee
Grant Lindsey
Fairfield
Frank Bliss
Ottumwa
H. E. Cook
Mount Pleasant
District Farm Bureau
James Green
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Elmer Campbell
Iowa Farm
July Butterfat Prices At Monona Creamery
Monona Farmers Cooperative Creamery paid 26 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat and 25 cents for No 1 butterfat in July. They manufactured 71 877 pounds of butter from 58 088 pounds received. Walker Farmers Creamery paid 25 cents a pound for butterfat in the first half of August.
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Monona
Monona Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery Company
Gazette
Walker
Walker Farmers’ Creamery
Grain elevator rising at Dysart aided by senator
A new grain elevator is being erected at Dysart with State Senator R. V. Lee supervising. Construction is expected to finish within a week. The article also notes Pleuromonas jaculans as the world’s smallest animal, measuring under one three-thousandth of an inch and living in ditches and pools.
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Dysart
R. V. Lee
Soul Conservation at Home for Disturbed School Voices
A country woman advises mothers that children's complaints of ringing in the ears and demanding voices stem from hearing the school bell and the teacher's commands during the season. The piece urges calm and explains common ear noises in youngsters.
Butter Exports Surge In Seven Month Period
Washington reports that butter exports for January through July reached 1,111,422 pounds, up from 821,598 pounds a year earlier, while imports dropped to 611,218 pounds from 1,107,404 pounds. Egg in shell trade also rose with exports at 1,437,815 dozen and imports at 183,437 dozen, up from last year.
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the Gazette
Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
125 Head Listed For 4H Show At Dubuque
Dubuque county 4 H boys achievement day show set for September 15 and 16 at the Dubuque Packing company stockyards will feature about 30 beef calves 20 dairy calves 65 hogs 10 calves and poultry exhibits including chickens ducks and corn. Entry day is Friday with judging on Saturday and an livestock auction to follow. A Fletcher Aitchison of Cascade chairs the organizing committee.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
A. Fletcher Aitchison
Cascade
4-H Fun Night Planned At Manchester Sept 15
Delaware county 4-H club members will hold their annual party at the Delaware county fairgrounds on Friday evening September 15. Trophies medals and recognition will be given to members who have done outstanding work during the year.
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Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Delaware County Fairgrounds
Farmer Buys 80 Acre Farm Southwest Of Wyoming
Eugene Abrams, a former four miles south of Wyoming, purchased the John Radloff farm of 80 acres, five miles southwest of Wyoming, for 6,280 dollars or 78 50 per acre. The farm is well improved.
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Gazett Wyoming
Eugene Abrams
Wyoming
John Radloff
Contour Marking Demonstration Scheduled in Fayette County
Fayette county holds the first of two field demonstrations on contour farming at Kenneth Kerr farm one mile southwest of Postville. A second event on October 23 at Otis Rothlisberger farm near Elgin will cover marking contours and running lines with simple equipment.
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The
Gazette
Fayette
Fayette County
Kenneth Kerr
Postville
Otis Rothlisberger
Elgin
Budding Demonstrations For Fayette Orchardists
Dr S W Edges combe Ames extension horticulturist leads three demonstrations on budding methods for apple trees in Fayette county. Sessions at 10 am E J J Heise farm Jefferson township 1 pm Otis Rothlisberger farm Wyaria township 3 pm Graf orchards Westfield township with discussions on orchard insects diseases and cultural issues.
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Fayette
S. W. Edgescombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Fayette County
E. J. J. Heise
Jefferson Township
Otis Rothlisberger
Wyria Township
Westfield Township
Local man praises Natex for restoring health and routine
William Henecke of 1514 First St NW recounts relief after Natex use at Podzimek's Pharmacy. He describes prior constipation indigestion headaches and sleepless nights and says Natex restored appetite digestion nerves and the ability to write letters and shave. A Natex representative is at Podzimek's daily and Natex is sold by other druggists.
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Natex
William Henecke
First St. NW
Podzimek
Second Ave. SE
Gna
100 Second Ave
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