Dairy cattle 4 H show honors Iowa counties at Waterloo
Linn County led Milking Shorthorns with multiple firsts while Van Buren Jersey champion Wendell Nicklin topped 4 H Jersey honors. Tama won Holstein titles. Carroll Brown Swiss and Black Hawk Ayrshire claims highlighted. Harold Thomas led Milking Shorthorn showmanship. Duane Woodruff and Jack Lang earned top showmanship in breed finals.
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McArthur
Springville
Linn County
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Wendell E. Nicklin
Douds
van Buren County
Tama County
Carroll County
Black Hawk County
Ayrshire
Aterloo
Harold Thomas
Alburnett
Walter
Duane Woodruff
Indianola
Jack Lang
Brooklyn
Dairy Club
Wendell Nicklin
Jersey Club
Merrill Telleen
Gowrie
Walter McArthur
Harold Shaver
New Providence
Mahaska
Monroe
Winneshiek
Jersey
Fayette
Tama
Story
Robert Massee
Nashua
R. C. Hagerman
Marion
Chapman and Martinson win in Iowa 4-H dairy contests
James Chapman of Ruthven captured first in class A and Gordon Martinson of Harcourt won class B at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. The A class required monthly heifer tests while B tested every two months. Kansas entered the interstate 4-H dairy cattle judging contest at Waterloo and won with 3,157 points as the national show was canceled due to the war.
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Waterloo
James Chapman
Ruthven
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Gordon Martinson
Harcourt
Kansas
Lapp Laboratories Fined for Mislabeling in Iowa Case
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey fined Lapp Laboratories Inc of Nevada 225 for mislabeling livestock and poultry remedies in violation of the Pure Food and Drug Act. The government said the firm used the word efficacious with mineralized blocks to mislead buyers about therapeutic value. W H Lapp head was warned to stop the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Lapp Laboratories, Inc
Nevada
Lapp
Dewey
W. H Lapp
Jersey in Safley Herd Tops Fayette County Dairy Reports
The Gazette farm page notes the August report for Fayette County Dairy Herd Improvement Association No 1. The high cow, Jersey owned by Robert S. Safley of Oelwein, produced 1094 pounds of milk and 61.3 pounds of butterfat. The top herd in August was 12 grade Guernseys owned by J. D. Hoyt of Oelwein, averaging 30.4 pounds of butterfat.
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Fayette County
Oelwein
Woman on Iowa farm faces army draft impact on harvest
Interview with Emma McAllister of 85 acres near Palo details her son Robert's 2-A to 1-A reclassification and Sept report date. She describes corn yields, limited equipment, and her role in farming while fearing vacancies on the land if soldiers go to war. She questions city women farming and urges action by Burlington board to preserve labor for wartime production.
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Emma McAllister
Robert McAllister
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Selective Service Board
District Board of Appeals
Burlington
Robert
Benton County
Linn County
Selective Service
Town City
Army
Loveland urges farmers to store Iowa soybeans locally
A. J. Loveland of the AAA urged soybean producers to arrange farm storage for most of Iowa's anticipated 43.6 million bushels, as elevators and warehouses face full capacity amid a market freight car squeeze. The Sept 10 crop report shows Iowa’s yield up from 16.6 million last year with a national rise to 211.5 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
A. J Loveland
State Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Townsoybean
Iowa
Loveland
AAA
$20 Top at Waukon
Fifty-five head of 4 H club steers sold at auction on the Anamakee county fairgrounds bringing total receipts of 6996 dollars. Baby beef averaged 905 pounds with an average of 12.20 per head. Grand champion baby beef weighed 885 pounds and was an Angus consigned by Gene McCormick of Harpers Ferry, bought by Walter Martin of Waukon for 20 dollars per hundredweight.
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Waukon
Anamakee County
Walter Martin
Wauken
Gene McCormick
Harpers Ferry
Cheery Howl of the Ensilage Cutter Near Palo
Max Ashlock, a Palo farmer, filled a 14 by 35 silo with 12 acres of earless sweet corn stover while Ralph Drake helped feed the cutter and Willard Comp rode the wagon. He planned to finish the five doors with eared fodder as most field corn in the area is ready to ensile barring rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Ashtock
Palo
Iowa
Ralph Drake
Mr. Ashlock
Willard Comp
Top Cow Tester in Eastern Iowa
Sam Alshouse of Oelwein tops the regional test in the testers contest announced Friday at Water loo with a score of 1358.75. Jens Kirkegaard of Palo Alto tops the state with 1375.5. Howard Jones of Clayton-Delaware wins the testers judging contest. A Breitbach of Dubuque places second. Phillips of Alla makee and Alvin Leuder of Polk tie for third. Fayette No. 4 wins the state DIHSA judging contest with 1088 points, Howard Counts second with 1088 and Story-Boone third with 1080.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Sam Alshouse
Oelwein
Alshouse
Babcock
Fayette
Dha
Jens Kirkegaard
Palo Alto Association
Howard Jones
Clayton
Delaware Dairy Herd Improvement Association
A. P. Breitbach
Dubuque
Carl] Phillips
Allamakee
Alvin Leuder
Polk
Jones
Breitbach
Phillips
Leuder
Fayette County Association No. 4
DIHSA
Howard Counts
Story - Boone
Parity policy sparks debate on recent date pricing levels
The speech to farmers proposes stabilizing prices at parity or levels of a recent date, prompting debate among economists. Geoffrey S Shepherd of Ames suggests possible dates from Dec 15, 1941 to Aug 15, 1942, with varied effects on hogs, beef, butterfat, and grains. He warns rising grain prices could reduce livestock production and urges expanded livestock output with Wheat feeding and dynamic price floors and ceilings.
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Roosevelt
Geoffrey S Shepherd
Agricultural Economics
Ames
Shepherd Fale
Shepherd
Congress
War Tome
Public Sale of Farm Equipment and Livestock Near Fairfan
A public auction unfolds Thursday September 17 at 1 o'clock sharp east of Fairfan on Norway Road. Readied items include Fresh Holstein Guernsey cow and calf, Holstein cows and Shorthorn stock, multiple hogs and purebred Durac boars, mules 12 years old, breeching and harness gear, McCormickDeering implements, a 1939 pickup and a light truck, hog houses, feeders, farm fencing, lumber, and household furniture including an Atwater Kent radio and Maytag washer. Lunch wagon on grounds. sale conducted by Zack McArthur Tony Schmitz and John L Krall, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfan
Norway Road
Guernsey
McCormick
Zerk
John Deere
Mc-Cormick
Atwater- Kent
Zack McArthur
Tony Schmitz
Anc
John L. Krall
Iowa Milk Output Reaches August Peak in State History
Des Moines reports from crop correspondents show Iowa milk production in August setting a state record. Dairymen benefited from excellent pasture, with 94 percent pasture conditions on September 1 the best since 1924. Carl notes production at 149 pounds per cow as of September 3 versus a 13.4 pound average.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M Carl
Agrcultual
Carl
Hereford Bulls Sell. Average 229 At Sevig Olson Sale
Nineteen Hereford bulls sold for an average of 229 dollars at the Sevig farm near Walford. Fourteen junior yearlings, two two-year-olds, two under a year, and one almost year old comprised the bull offering. Females totaled thirty-nine averaging 206 dollars with top price 355 paid for a four-year-old cow with calf at side. Buyers spanned Maquoketa Atalissa and neighboring towns. sale clerked by Fairfax State Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walford
Oscar C Sevig
Olson
Sevig Farm
Montena
Missouri
Towans
Maquoketa Atalissa
Sibewinner
Palo Pulashi
Anamosa
Was
Webster
Bennett
Lone Tree
Keystone
Marengo Belle Plame
Iunton Conroy
Millersburg
van Horne
New Hampton
Fairfax State Savings Bank
Washington Farm Bureau appoints resolutions committee
Wayne Norman, George Horn, E L Stewart, Neil Trotman, Phil Gerdes and Dean Feldman were named to the Washington county Farm Bureau resolutions committee. The panel will present its resolutions at the county bureau’s annual meeting set for the evening of Oct. 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Jr
Wayne Norman
George Horn
E L Stewart
Neil Trotman
Phil Gerdes
Dean Feldman
County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Washington County Farm Bureau
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van Buren County Lad
Tipton
Reinbeck
Holstein
Ray Anderson
Cedar
Muscatine
Marylyn Mitchell
Allen Martinson
Reuben Steffens
West Union
Paul Griffith
Dewar
Arneth Gersten
Story City
Bernard Schlorholtz
Breda
Kossuth
Lowel A. Mabon
Randalia
Melvin Funk
Bremer
Poweshiek
Spencer Landswerk
Cresco
Roberta Mae Cottrell
Yeusak
Robert Bassett
Arlington
Dorothy McBride
Wendell Nickim
Jim Chapman
M. Spencer
West Branch
Park Walker
Jesup
Thos. Armstrong
Mt. Vernon
Iowa City Sales Co
William Krahling
Atkins
Fairfax
Schoonover, Bader and
Seleer
Lapp Laboratories
W. H
Bill” Lapp
Iowa State College
Safley Herd High
C.T.A
Klinger
Klinger Paint CO
Second Avenue SE
Dee
White Rock
Paul MecNutt
Manpower Commission
William Krahling Atkins
Graham Coupe
A.ef
Schmitz
Auct
Elmer Werning
George Bierschenk
Exccs
Schoonover, Bader and Scheer
Mitchell & Lassen
Germany
Italy
Japan
Jerseys
Oakdale
Montana
Idaho
Colorado
Iowa City Sales
Dan
Edmund
Ons Harold
Hereford
Washington Farm Bureau
BIG
Towa
Openines
U.S
E. Cohn
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