Contractor Has Enough Farm Building To Be Busy All Fall
An Amish Mennonite contractor near Wellman named Alvin Yoder with crew Orrie Yoder George Reber and Noah Guengerich is finishing a 42 by 44 granary with 16 foot posts for Uriah Swartzen druber nine miles north of Wellman. A larger crib 44 by 32 will be built soon for Dan Shesurr wie five miles south of the Su F endruber, with additional 8 by 56 framing planned for a subsequent project.
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Dan Shesurr
Muffard
Jaomeen
Coasuy
Washingtoon
This News
Aasct
Amish Menonnite
Hay Barn Restoration At Red Oak Farm
Special to The Gazette reports James Britcher completed a new hay barn on his Red Oak area farm north of Tipton. The barn was rebuilt and all buildings repainted with fences repaired by the Britcher farm crew this season.
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Tipion James” Britcher
Tipton
Sam Heaperts
Hog receipts at interior markets fall 20 percent
Interior markets in Iowa and southern Minnesota handled 87500 hogs this week with fewer than 3000 sows on federal account. Receipts were 20 percent below last week and 22 percent above the year ago level. Prices held steady to five cents higher than the prior week. Trade observers in Iowa note ongoing market dynamics.
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ST Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Towa
Hog Market Notes on Butcher Hogs and Sows Movement
The report tracks heavy butcher hogs moving through markets with a shrinking butchers class and rising spring pigs. It notes receipts at many points show increased movement of packing sows, but total sow receipts do not appear abnormal. Prices range from 180 to 240 pounds at 3.80 to 4.10, 250 to 290 pounds at 3.145 to 3.80, and packing sows at 2.25 to 2.80 with rougher stock lower.
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Stort Haa
Morley News Briefs Describe Heat Wave and Fire Incident
A compressed Morley area item notes extreme heat this week impacting Cait Teen and TR Watters activities. It mentions a heat event, a fire burning out, and a dry stretch affecting the region.
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Cazelle
Cait
Morles
Dryang
Colt breaking and hitch demonstration near Martelle
Four hundred persons attended a colt breaking and hitch demonstration on the Harry Newman farm east of Martelle. The Belgian Colt club sponsored the event in this community and the demonstrations were staged by Harry Linn, secretary of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association.
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Martelle
Harry Newman
Belgian Colt Club
Harry Linn
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
Rowley Creamery Pays 20 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers Co operative Creamery receive payment for butterfat delivered in early August at 20 cents per pound while the prior half of July saw butterfat priced at 22 cents per pound. Albert F P Sloan, secretary of the creamery, reports the figures.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
Albert FP Sloan
Creamery Company
Threshed Clover Seed Yield Report from Quasqueton
Charles Sauer threshing four and a half acres at Quasqueton produced nine bushels of clover seed for Ray Walton using a threshing machine. An implied note suggests using a hullert would have increased seed yield.
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Charles Sauer
Ray Walton
Riverside Laying Mash Offers Hen Feed Trial
Riverside advertises Laying Mash and Hen Scratch for hens and pullets with a money back guarantee. Also mentions green alfalfa hay and straw for sale.
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Riverside
Horse Show Highlights: Percheron Champion and State Fair Winners
The event showcased multiple breeds and winners across classes. Key champions included a Percheron exhibited by Ben Meyers of Qeiwen, and Jersey grand championships awarded to Harold Masse of Nashua, with Holstein and Guernsey champions also noted among 4-H participants from Fayette, Oelwein, and Lamont.
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Cramp
S.a
Ben Meyers
Qeiwen
Peter Collins
Winthrop
Leon Johnston
Hawkeye
Hampshires
Floyd McGrath
Tomers
Wibuo
Sara
WB Robinson Ane
Ma&sor
Ngagonal Explains Wreay Calculations and County Allotments
Federal statisticians use an adjustment factor to derive farm allotments from a three year base. Counties with worse three year trends receive upward revisions while overproducing areas face downward adjustments. The method yields 54 percent of the adjusted three year average as the final allotment.
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Tana
Erie
Dagtaivn Fay
300 Signed For Cheese Factory At Wilton Jct
Wilton Junction reports more than 300 farmers have signed up to supply milk for a planned cheese factory. A Friday meeting will finalize organization plans as the project moves forward. Nearby Muscatine tomato canners are paying less for plants this year, while farmers harvest peak crops and prepare to hull seed and clover.
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Wilton Junction
Muscatine
Hull
Farm Auction Notice Near Buckingham
Eight acres of timber offered by Wi tan Howard, located one half mile east of Buckingham, will be sold at a farm auction on Saturday September 8. The listing notes timber value and rural sale conditions.
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Witan Howard
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Buckingham
Paul Piggot Wins Pilot Rock Plowing Championship
CARROKER AP Paul Piggot 19 was recorded Friday as winner of the 26th Pilot Rock plowing match scoring 92.25 with a two-bottom tractor plow. Dale Brown Miller followed. Cliff Benson led under 18 with 88.75 and Wayne Bollin was second. Lawrence Kohns topped three-bottom class with 91.25 while Donald Mason, two-time sweepstakes winner, won the professional division.
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Carroker
Paul Piggot
Dale Brownmiller
Cliff Benson
Wayne Bollin
Lawrence Kohns
Donald Mason
Wheat Officers Named in Keokuk County
Albert H. Bakehouse of Plank Township was named chairman of the Keokuk county Wheat Production Control association. Other officers include George Beatty Thornburg vice president Harry White Sigourney treasurer and Maureice Soults county agent secretary. An allotment committee was appointed with Bakehouse chairing and Harry Kapple What Cheer and Leonard Dillon Hedrick. Farmers seeking wheat benefit payments must file applications immediately. In Linn county two explanatory meetings showed limited interest with only fourteen growers attending sessions at Central City and Cedar Rapids.
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Sigourney
Albert H. Bakehouse
Plank Township
Keokuk County Wheat Production Control Association
George Beatty
Thornburg
Harry White
Maure Ice Soults
Bakehouse
Harry Kapple
What Cheer
Leonard Dillon
Hedrick
Linn
Linn County
Central City
Cedar Rapids
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