No Cart Before Horse On Reitz Farm Displays Lime Soil Gain
East Iowa farmers toured Lyle Retz's 240 acre farm nine miles southwest of Maecheales where lime and tiling improved soil on Clyde silt loam. Since 1938 he doubled corn yield from 35 to 70 bushels per acre and raised gross return per acre from 9.60 to 21.60 dollars. farm records show increased legumes, reduced feed costs, and larger hog and cattle herds as 225 Farm Business association members visited for practice discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lyle Retz
Maecheales
Clyde
Retz
Farm Business Association
County Triumphs for Third Straight Year at Iowa Farm Festival
Tama county won the sweepstakes title for the third consecutive year at the two day Iowa Farm Sports Festival ended Saturday. Polk county was runner up with 4 675 points and about 3 500 participants represented 77 counties. Ray Sorensen Des Moines secretary estimated totals and noted many event winners across dozens of activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama County
State Farm Bureau Federation
Polk County
Ray Sorensen
Des Moines
Sorensen
Ex- J
From Cramped Cottage to Eight-Room Farm Home
Ellen Borgiarti reports the J. G. Steinkopf farm near Ryan expanded from a four to an eight room house with an added sun room, four upstairs bedrooms, a spacious hall becoming a sewing nook, updated kitchen, plywood walls painted in color schemes, and modern amenities including a bath, hot water, gas heat, electric refrigerator, and plans for a future wall phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Borgiart
Van
J. G
Jake” Steinkopf
Ryan
Jake
Olive Steinkopf
Mary
Richard
Steinkopf
Steinkopfs
Spears estate 240 acres sold near Stanwood for 36000
The Spears estate comprising 240 acres two miles southeast of Stanwood on highway 38 sold to Edith Willer Eiler and Sons for 36000 dollars cash, at 150 dollars per acre.
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Stanwood
Spears
Highway 38
Edith Willer Eiler and
4H Baby Beeves Average $11.78 at Waukon Auction
Fifty one 4 H baby beeves sold at the Allamakee county fair grounds bringing an average of 11 dollars 78 cents per hundredweight. Calves averaged 899 pounds with an average of 105 dollars 90 cents per calf. Grand champion Angus 1030 pounds shown by Catherine Pigott of Waukon realized top 13.50. Buyers included Cudahy Packing Milwaukee largest with 22 head, Bath Packing Waterloo 16, Swift Packing Winona 9, Hormel Austin 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Catherine Pigott
Cudahy Packing Company
Milwaukee
Cudahy
Tama F. B. To Hold Annual Meeting In Toledo
Tama county Farm Bureau board sets November 8 for the annual meeting to be held in Toledo. Special to The Gazette reports the event will discuss farm programs and local agriculture affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama F. B
Toledo
Tama County Farm Bureau Board
Lunow And Eichorn Exhibit Champions At Tipton Horse Show
Lunow of Wyoming captured the grand champion stallion a purebred Belgian four years old at Tipton Cedar county fair on Draft Horse day. Grand champion mare went to Tom Eichorn of Wyoming with another Belgian. Friday attendance was the largest in 15 years. Winners include Belgians Floyd Spear and Sons and Tom Eichorn and Sons in multiple divisions.
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Tipton
Henry Lunow
Wyoming
Cedar County Fair
Tom Eichorn
C. S. Miller
Fair Secretary
Floyd Spear
Stanwood
George Fisher
Potatoes From West Amana Nearing Harvest
Special to The Gazette reports potato digging at West Amana nearing completion with crop described as exceptionally good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Amana
West Amana
Bull Crush Injures Traer Man at Sale Barn
Traer resident Will Drews suffered a serious hip injury when a bull crushed him against a wall at the Traer sale barn on Wednesday.
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TRAER
Will Drews
Traer Sale
Free 122 page book on piles and related disorders
The McCleary Clinic at H905 Elms Blvd Excelsior Springs Missouri offers a free 122 page booklet on piles hemorrhoids fistula and colon disorders. Request by postcard to the given address no charge. It may save suffering and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Spring
McNutt Rejects Nat s Dairy Council Plea For A Stay
Washington Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt rejected a 60 day delay request from the National Dairy Cooperative Council regarding the oleo margarine standards. He said the code does not legalize a new competing product but imposes an informative labeling system and a minimum 80 percent fat content.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Food and Drug Administration
National Dairy Cooperative Council
St. Louis
McNutt
Proposed Corn Loan Differential Arouses Protest
More than 300 farmers from 64 Iowa counties met in Storm Lake to protest the 1941 crop corn loan differential. A long protest resolution was adopted and copies sent to President Roosevelt Vice President Wallace and Secretary Wickard and all Iowa congressmen. Clem Keyes was named to head a three man group to represent Iowa in planning a five state meeting with the vice president and agriculture secretary invited. Kent Crawford and Carl Field were chosen as the other members.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
Roosevelt
Wallace
Wickard
Clem Keyes
Buena Vista
Kent Crawford
Onawa
Carl Field
Osage
Township events fill week with teas and Bureau meetings
This week lists four township home project teas, three Farm Bureau meetings and a soils district session. Schedule includes Linn soils district at Memorial hall Marion Monday 8 pm and Jackson township Farm Bureau at Stone school Thursday 8 pm.
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Township Farm Bureau
Linn
Memorial Hall
Marion
North Marion
Legion Hall
Ely
Monroe Township
Toddville
Jackson Township
Stone School
Franklin Township
Methodist Church
Lisbon
Buffalo Township
Waubeek Hall
Harvest Of Soybeans For Hay Begins In East Iowa
Photo shows Wayne Brown in Manchus area as farmers start harvesting soybeans for hay in east Iowa. The scene captures a field three miles around Quesqueton with harvest activity Friday afternoon. A combine and helpers work the field where soy were sowed in early June and 4.7 acres were cut before leaving with the machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrette
Iowa
Wayne Brown
Mr. Brown
Quesqueton
Fifth columnists in U S Department of Agriculture alarm farmers
The piece argues that Colleagues and officials within the U S Department of Agriculture pushed margarine over butter, promoting vitamin fortified substitutes under defense plans. It cites Harriett Elliott, Paul V. McNutt, and the Consumers Council, urging dairy producers to resist policy shifts affecting butterfat and dairy products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Harriett Elliott
National Defense Council
Department of Labor
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chester Davis
Agricultural Advisory Commission On Defense
National Defense
Washingington
Consumers’ Guide
Federal Security
Paul V. McNutt
Consumers’ Council
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Security Administration
Phillipines
Ysifth
U.S.D.A
McNutt
LaCrosse
DPMA
Dairy Producers’ Marketing Association
Consumers’ Aide
Olin Adult Night School Opens Monday With 11 Week Sessions
Olin adult evening school begins weekly meetings Monday at 8 p.m. for 11 weeks. Women study Never Knowledge of Nutrition for National Defense led by Miss Esther Kidder. Men discuss Whether to Produce or Buy Feeder Cattle with L G Pine. Women's advisory council lists Mesdames Faris, Ramsey, Glick, Slater, Lorentzen, Ahrendsen. Men's council includes Ballou, Ahrendsen, Levicke, Swenson, Furst, Grafft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLIN
Esther Kidder
L. G. Pine
Don Faris
Melvin Ramsey
Elmer Glick
George Slater
Louis Lorentzen
August Ahrendsen
Lloyd Ballou
Pete Levicke
Mike Swenson
Oliver Furst
Clarence Grafft
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Tama
Lowa
Reitz Farm
TRE Farm
Polk
Ray Anderson
Dubuque
Calhoun
Monroe
Dean Fleming
Dinsdale
John Sealock
Warren
Uleland Sealock
Bob Winters
Story
Webster
Humboldt
Taylor
Wapello
Mitchell
Howard
Sac
Franklin
Marshall
Crawford
Evelyn Lowry
Boone
Ed Kalupnik
Poweshick
Max Evans
Greene
Bowling and Diving
Bremer
Lyon
Ringgald
Benton
Myrtle Merritt
Irene Pingel
Hardin
Maha
Webster Nail
Rosella Hesseniut
Jasper
Gladene Head
Cass
Golf
Buchanan
Frances Weepie
Poweshiek
Loren Brown
Brooklyn
Grundy
Marion Thurston
Montour
Chair Quoits
Frances McCreery
Gladbrook
Joan Sealock
Deane Weiler
Reinbeck
Wapelio
Hancock
Merwin
Tracy
Clock Golf
Guazelte
MR. Farmer
Lunow and
Eichorn
Tipton Horse Show
Nat
Dairy Council
Wes
Max Bernhard Gerson
New York State Journal of Medicine
Arctic
Gerson
Clarence Bornecka
Eagle Lake
Minn
BIG Gain
West Union, Iowa
DeKalb, Wiinois
Eth
Klinger
Wallpaper Company
Second Ave. SE
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