Farm Waste Uses Enter Development Stage At ISU
Ames Iowa State College chemists led by Dr O R Sweeney have moved farm waste products such as corn stalk board maizolith and oxalic acid into development work after two decades of experiments The aim is to refine manufacturing processes and expand applications including insulating board pressed board and briquettes for fuel and to explore gas production from fermentation for community plants.
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Sonu Windew
Federal Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
O. R. Sweeney
P. Burke Jacobs
Federal Laboratory, Insulating Board
Towa State Laboratories
Sweeney
Berlin
Federal
Annual East Iowa Veterinary Meet Scheduled for Oct 15 16
The twenty second annual Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association meeting will be held in Cedar Rapids on October 15 and 16 with speakers from state and federal agencies. Officials covered swine diseases poultry meat inspection and regulatory work during the Cedar Rapids dinner meeting.
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East Iowa
Iowa
East Central Veterinary Association
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Iva Dunn
Atkins
L. W Kellogg
Anamosa
O. E. York
Monticello
Jones County Veterinary Medical Association
H.A. Seidell
Division
Maquoketa
G. A. Kay
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Meat Inspection Service
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Buchanan
Delaware
Boone
Polk
Johnson
Benton
Cedar
Washington
Henry C. H. Waite
Stanwood
Louisa County corn hog checks total $120000
Farmers in six Louisa county townships received about $120,000 in corn hog checks on Thursday including Wapello Elm Grove Jefferson Morning Sun Marshall and Port Louisa. In Muscatine checks totaling around $80,000 have been paid to county farmers during the last week.
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Louisa County
Gausette
Wapello
Elm Grove
Jefferson
Morning Sun
Marshall
Port Louisa
Muscatine
the Gazette
Wilton Junction
Carnhog
Muscatine County
AAA
Livestock Winners Named at Aurora Fair
Dale Watson of Aurora won first prize in the mare and colt division at the Aurora fair. Other top livestock prizes went to Carruthers of Masonville for champion cow and bull, Paul McElmeel of Greeley for Holstein, Arthur Talcott of Lamont for Shorthorn, Will Oelrich of Lamont for Guernsey, Massee of Nashua for Jersey, Peter Collins of Winthrop for champion stallion, and Ehler Brothers of Aurora for first prize team.
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Aurora
Dale Watson
Carruthers
Masonville
Paul MeElmeel
Greeley
Arthur Talcott
Lamont
Guernsey
Will Oelrich
Jersey
Massee
Nashua
Peter Collins
Winthrop
Ehler Brothers
Bulk Of Honors At Minnesota Fair Go To Iowa Stockmen
Iowa exhibitors swept most swine class honors at the Minnesota state fair. Harper and Sons of Ames won the Duroc Jersey grand champion boar and senior and junior boars. Wiltse of St Charles and Bawn and Emerson of Eagle Grove also take top boars, sows, and herd honors in various divisions. Fort Dodge creamery and Elliott Brown of Rose Hill win horse and cattle prizes, reflecting strong Iowa presence at the event.
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St, Paul, Minn
Iowa
Harper and Sons
Ames
Wiltse
St. Charles
Fort Dodge
Bawn
Emerson
Eagle Grove
Elliott Brown
Rose Hill
Champion Plowman Crowned at Cherokee Pilot Rock Meet
Harry Eischen earned sweepstakes honors with 92 percent in the two-bottom tractor-drawn class at the twenty-eighth Pilot Rock plowing match in Cherokee Iowa. Jim Clark and Robert Graham followed closely with high scores. First in the three-bottom class was George Clark, and youth and professional divisions were taken by Stanley Patterson and Dop Mason respectively. A baby beef show winner was Harold Miller with a Hereford. An odd note mentions a mongoose noted as a killer of poison snakes.
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Cherokee
Harry Eischen
Eischen
Jim Clark
Robert Graham
Bob Graham
Lawrence Kohns
George Clark
Stanley Patterson
Dop Mason
Bob Graepai
Lawrence Kohn
Cattle Sale at Coufal Farm Auctioned Cattle
Public auction at Jos C Coufal farm near Curtis Iowa sells Scotch Shorthorns and Herefords. Highlights include 22 two year old Shorthorn steers 13 yearling Shorthorn steers 6 Shorthorn heifers 7 young Shorthorn cows with calves 13 extra good Shorthorn cows springers and one yearling roan bull Also 13 yearling Hereford steers 3 Hereford cows and 13 yearling Hereford breeding bull Sale starts 1 45 PM George E Parizek auctioneer Leonard Coufal owner Charles Koss clerk.
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Frank M. Coufal
Jos
C. Coufal
Leonard Coufal
George E. Parizek
Charles Koss
Awards announced at Grundy County Fair livestock show
Special to The Gazette details grand and first prizes across breeds and classes. Poland China boars and sows led by John Conrad and Frank Crouse. Duroc Jerseys honors to Harry Shirk and Frank Belvant. Hampshire and Chester White champions noted. cattle, horses, and dairy winners listed with breeders and locations from Grundy Center Eldora Reinbeck Parkersburg Dike Morrison and more. The 4-H girls club exhibits and amateur night results are highlighted with multiple prize recipients and rankings.
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Grundy Center
Fin
Grundy County Fair
Poland
John Conrad
Conrad
Frank Crouse
Duroc
Harry Shirk
Frank Belvant
Eldora
Hampshire
Willard Dichlschneider
Chester White
Clarence Runit
Reinbeck
Percheron
Dirk Bowen
Bob Hanson
Dike
Colt Club
Hans Andersen
Ross A. Long
H. B. Brown
Leonard North
Morrison
Hans Anderson
Walter A. Lynn
Zoe Lynn
Rowena Frantz
Lois Slinker
Lorraine Kitzman
Alice Miller
Celestine Miller
Celestine Minler
Keith
Kenneth Canfield
Russel Kruse
Galen Albright
Linn County Farmers View Soil Terracing Demonstration
About 100 Linn County farmers attended a soil terracing demonstration at the Louis B. Stanley farm near Whittier. County Agent George Dillon and technicians from the U S soil conservation service led the event, with 35 attending morning and 70 in the afternoon sessions and 40 at an evening meeting in Marion. A canvass was organized to gauge support for the Indian Creek watershed erosion project and mail survey cards to farmers willing to be surveyed.
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Linn County
Louis B. Stanley
Whittier
Indian Creek
George Dillon
Scholl
United States Soil Conservation Service
Marions
Marion
Bethany
Bennett to Host Sixth Annual Fall Festival and Farm Show
Bennett sponsors the sixth annual fall festival and farm show featuring horse and colt displays, judging by Roy Hough and Joé Pieper, a 12:30 band concert, a 1:00 horse parade with cash prizes, entertainment by The Seven Spices Sisters and others, a 2:30 Eastern Iowa League baseball game Bennett vs Lowdon, carnival midway, donkey ball games, and a Friday night street dance with flower and produce prizes.
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Bennett
Rixe Atrican
Cols
Roy Hough
Joé Pieper
Matt Starck
Jean
Izzy
Becky
Lowdon
Iowa
Geebird
Farmers Union
New Liberty
RinSreAn Legion
Old Timers
Ams
Farm Implement Sales Rise in Fayette County
OELWEIN AP Farm implement sales continue on the upswing in Fayette County since February. One dealer sold twenty three new binders at 250 dollars each, fourteen used binders and twenty seven new tractors. Two new threshing outfits were sold to farmers. Other items include trucks manure spreaders corn shelters washing machines and cream separators.
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Oelwein (Ap
Fayette
Farm near Traer brings $110 an acre
The Adolph Voitech farm south of Traer sold to Joe Novak for 110 dollars per acre. Novak plans to erect farm buildings on nearby land this fall. Bertha Safely bought the John LaFevre farm of 160 acres southwest of Traer for 15000 dollars, about 93.75 per acre. John A. Mehlhaus rented three farms for next year to Harry Winteroth Glenn Stein and Will Hansen on a percentage basis.
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Traer
Adolph- Voitech
Joe Novak
Novak
Harry Winteroth
Glenn Stein
Dysart
Mehlhaus
Will Hansen
Sale of noted Blairstown horses and farm stock
At the Schaub farm northwest of Blairstown a closeout sale fetched prices for top horses, teams, mares, and a gray mare with a yearling call. Cattle including Shorthorn and Holstein cows, white faced heifers and steers sold from $31.50 to $57.50. Farm equipment and a grain elevator also sold, with prices from $20 to $100.
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Othe’ Gazette
Blairstown
Otto Schaub
Lee
Kelly
Carrie Holland Named Home Demonstration Agent in Muscatine County
Wilton Junction reports Carrie Holland a graduate of Iowa State college has been elected home demonstration agent for Muscatine County to succeed Dorothy Simmons whose resignation takes effect September 16. Miss Holland will take over the work of the 4 H clubs and Miss Simmons will pursue a study course at Town State college at Ames.
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Sperin
Gazelles
Wilton Junction
Carrie Holland
Iowa State College
Muscatine County
Dorothy Simmons
Mollind
Simmons
Town State College
Ames
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Highway 161
Iowa City
Coufals
Grundy ‘Fair
Veline
Putnam
Guy Patterson
Union
Patterson
Holsteins
Stauffer and
Sanders
Eldon Hasbrouck
Linn County Farmers View
Dillion
United States Department of Agriculture
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CCC
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Buehler Bros
Ist
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Lard
Lamb
Fayette County
Carrie “Holland
H.D.A
Muscatine’ County
Me Potato & Groc & Grocery
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