Reed Reports 60 Percent Of Iowa Corn Safe From Frost
Iowa weather bulletin reports warm, wet conditions accelerated corn maturation with over 60 percent deemed safe from frost for ordinary uses. Most stalks remain green though some corn is dead ripe. Heavy rains boosted growth but may delay maturity and small portions of late beans benefit from moisture. Livestock losses noted.
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Reed
Iowa
ES Moines
INS
Charles D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Adams
Union
Ringgold
Half of Iowa fall wheat insured under federal plan
Des Moines reports at least 60 percent of Iowa fall wheat will be protected by federal all risk crop insurance. Iowa crop insurance supervisor Jess Alton credits last year’s blizzard losses and an education push for boosting contracts to about 13 000 for 1942. He notes acreage planted will be well below the 1942 allotment due to clover stands and more soybean planting. Montgomery county may reach 90 percent coverage.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jess Alton
Alton
Montgomery County
Queen Of Pie Makers To Be Chosen At Vinton
Ann Nygaard Benton county home demonstration agent announces a pie baking contest in Vinton on September 24. Sponsored by the Greater Vinton club and the county Farm Bureau, the event will select a queen of the pie makers and promote lard.
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Vinton
Eecal
Ann Nygsard
Benton County
Greater Vinton Club
County Farm Bureau
New Farm Building Activity in Local Vicinity
A surge of construction is noted with an addition to the sales barn, a new house under construction on the Charles Hoffman farm, and a barn rising on the Frank Zeiser farm, reflecting extensive building and repair work in the area.
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Walker
Charles Hoffman
Frank Zeiser
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Explained at Olin Banquet
J H Ramsey of Metropolitan Supply Cedar Rapids clarified the Jones county call case at a local banquet in Olin. The remarks shed light on a long unresolved matter and touched on a notable court contest involving Bob Johnson and a precious outcome.
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Jones County
Olin
J. H. Ramsey
Metropolitan Supply Company
Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
Shorthorns Top At $350 In Owens Dispersal Sale
Bulls topped at $350 and cows at $330 in the Owens dispersal sale four miles south of Homestead. The top bull went to J. E. McCabe of Waukon. Thirteen bulls sold for $2,435 and 38 cows and heifers for $6,140. Five calves brought $417.50.
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Homestead
E. E
H. K. Owens
J. E. McCabe
Waukon
Township AAA Elections In Linn Sept 19
Linn County farmers will elect AAA committeemen on September 19 to administer the 1942 program. John L. Wager, county AAA chairman, announced that they will choose a delegate and alternate to the county convention, a township chairman, and two township alternates. Delegates to the Sept 20 county AAA convention will elect a county official slate. Voting eligibility includes those who cooperated in 1941 and those planning 1942 participation. Township meetings are listed across multiple locations including Mount Vernon and Cedar areas.
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Linn
John L. Wager
Wager
Ames Professor Lush Plans Three Month Brazil Trip
Lush to Brazil three months as guest lecturer at Minas Gerais agricultural college in Brazil. He will lecture on breeding systems and conduct conferences on animal breeding and husbandry research, after invitation by G G Carneiro director of the college and Minas Gerais secretary of agriculture.
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Ames
J. L. Lush
South America
The
Agricultural College of
Minas Gerais
Brazil
Lush
G. G. Carneiro
Iowa State
Secretary of Agriculture of
Stanwood Horse Show to feature judge C. H. Burton
Vernon N Y horse buyer C H Burton will judge the Stanwood show next Saturday with 20 day classes and 6 evening classes including hitched classes and ponies. Ford Gallmeyer leads the night event which offers over 600 dollars in prizes and no entry fee.
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Stanwood
C. H. Burton
Vernon
N. Y
Roland Spear
Ford Gallmeyer
August Dairy Averages Highlight Iowa County DHIA
Iowa County DHIA reports August production across multiple counties. High herd results include Marengo and Fayette associations with Guernseys and Jerseys performing strongly. notable individual cows include a Rudolph Doehrmann Holstein yielding 70.3 butterfat and a Meyer and Son Holstein at 57.6 butterfat.
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Iowa County
Marengo
Iowa
Dhia
Fred Gingerich
Rudolph Doehrmann
August Cattle and Hog Slaughter Totals Reach New Peaks
The Agriculture Department reports August federal inspected cattle slaughter at 968 264 head the month’s largest since 1936 and second on record since 1918. Hog kills reached 2 795 738 head in August the second largest since 1933. Eight month totals show cattle 6 877 706 and hogs 29 114 394. sheep and lambs 1 521 726 for August and 11 880 170 for eight months. calves 414 279 in August and 3 546 037 for eight months.
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Department of Agriculture
Government seeks higher fluid milk payments to farmers
The agriculture department is overhauling milk marketing to boost cash returns for dairy farmers. In 17 of 24 milksheds, orders to raise producer prices are planned or under review. Referenda in Sioux City and Omaha Council Bluffs areas push for higher prices, with hearings held or scheduled for the Quad Cities and Dubuque markets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sioux City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Quad Cities
Davenport
Bettendorf
Rock Island
Moline
Dubuque
Four-County Dairy Herd Plan Formed in Iowa
Representatives from Washington, Johnson, Keokuk and Iowa counties met in Wellman Tuesday night to draft plans for a new four-county dairy herd improvement association. Alvin Lueder of the Washington county unit presided.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington On County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Farm Bureau
Wellman
Johnson
Keokuk
Iowa
Alvin Lueder
Washington County Association
Berge Nesvik estate farm sale near Calmar Ossian
The 200 acre Berge Nesvik estate farm between Calmar and Ossian sold to Joseph Hageman for nineteen thousand five hundred dollars.
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Decorah
Berge Nesvik
Calmar and
Ossian
Joseph Hageman
No Conflict Between the Two Price Guarantee Date Limits
Department of Agriculture officials say the 85 percent parity price guarantee for hogs eggs evaporated milk dry skim milk cheese and chickens through December 31 1942 does not invalidate the April 1943 minimum prices. They note the Steagall amendment now requires public notice to adjust production and that the later date merely guides future announcements under the same authority.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Pacific Coast
Department
Steagall
Congress
Department of Agriculture Defense Boards
Iowa Revamps 1942 Farm Plan for Food Defense
Des Moines AP report says Iowa agricultural adjustment officials unveil a new 1942 farm program. Key elements include 20 percent of crop land set aside for soil conserving crops, first time potato acreage allotments, higher wheat payments and possible corn payment cuts, and elimination of payments on general soil depleting crops.
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DES Moines
Iowa Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Steers Bring $12.50 at Chicago Sale
Center Point farmer Carl Martin sold 23 Hereford steers near Center Point. The cattle weighed an average of 1,341 pounds and sold for 12 dollars 50 cents per hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Center Point
Carl Martin
Farmer
Chicago
1939 U.S. Rail Passenger Miles Hit 22.66 Billion
In 1939 American railroads carried 22 657 464 000 revenue passenger miles, reflecting total passenger traffic across the system.
Feed and loan notes for Iowa cattle and wheat practices
A report covers ensilage for purebred Angus cattle near Marion with corn soybeans and hegaria in the silo. It notes The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids feeder loans, and mentions Ewald Buch feeding about ninety head of fat steers near Keystone. It also advises delaying fall wheat planting until Hessian fly free dates from the State Entomology Department and urges destroy volunteer wheat. Horses power the H W A Koch farm near Alburnett with Guernsey hogs on clean ground.
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Frank Plummer
Marion
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ewald Buch
Keystone
State Entomology Department
State Entomology Dept
Agenit
H. W. A. Koch
Alburnett
Puzzle OCR Splash Describes Mixed Clues and Labels
A fragmented crossword style page shows numbered clues and mismatched letters. Entries reference Deserts sea related terms bones spinsl column and various foreign words while entries like man equipment biblical name and crate appear among garbled typography. The piece reads like a puzzle page with OCR errors muddling definitions and directions.
Ruined Cornfield Shatters Neighbors Quiet Summer
A country woman laments a cornfield sprawled over a neighbor's hill, once straight and orderly like a blueprint. A wild storm last night bent the neat rows into a Picasso like tangle, promising a back breaking husking season ahead.
Equitable Reports $83 An Acre Average On 8 Months Sales
Equitable Life Insurance company of Iowa says it sold 27 410 acres of Iowa land for 2 275 000 in the first eight months. The 185 farms averaged 148 acres and brought 83 per acre, a company turnover record, said Company Counsel Arthur C McGill.
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Des Moines
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Towa
Iowa
McGill
20 Acre Farm Near Mount Vernon Sold at Listed Price
Mr and Mrs Philip Carney north of Mount Vernon have purchased the 20 acre farm once occupied by J R Mulher in the same neighborhood. The listing showed a price of 5500 though the final amount was not disclosed. The property includes a large modern house and fair improvements and the new owners will take possession March 1.
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Mount Vernon
Philip Carney
J. R. Mulher
Oelwein Farm Festival Opens With Parking Lot Dedication
Oelwein hosts its annual Fall Farm Festival on September 25 and 26 with a formal dedication of the city’s newly acquired parking lot. Local merchants sponsor prizes for best cooking entries and handcraft exhibits.
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Oelwein
Auction Of 200 Pounds Beef Raises For Methodist Church
Two hundred pounds of prime beef sold at auction for 126 dollars totaling 63 cents a pound with top bids at three dollars a pound by the Jones county fair association, Monticello. An Angus steer fed by Robert Fishwild of Wyoming was auctioned as a 54 pound roast. A 200-person banquet featured baton twirling and a talk by J. H. Ramsey on the Jones county call case.
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Olin
Jones County Fair Association
Monticello
John Boling
Stanwood
Methodist
Paul R. Brown
Robert Fishwild
Wyoming
Noel Easterly
Nancy Pearson
Anamosa Drum and Bugle Corps
Jones County
J. H. Ramsey
Cedar Rapids
Jones
State Herd Tops Wapele Valley Test Association
Independence reports the State Hospital herd of 85 purebred Holsteins topped the Wapele Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association test. Wayne Hillman, tester, noted August results with the high cow Roy Muchmore yielding 1252 pounds of milk and 62.6 pounds of butterfat. The association's 462 cows on test averaged 612 pounds of milk and 22.9 pounds of butterfat, 96 dry.
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Independence
State Hospital
Wapele Valley
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