Hog Prices Hit Five Dollars in Chicago Gain Fades
Chicago hogs top $5 with a Friday early market gain of 25 cents before slipping 15 cents. Iowa quotations rise 15 to 25 cents from last week while July through September storage stocks show large increases, dampening trade despite a spring run outlook. packing sows and lighter hogs gain, while lard and pork holdings surge, reflecting broad stock growth and cooler weather supporting wholesale pork. Buenos Aires notes a separate bee-keeping school.
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ES Moines
Chicago
Iowa
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
A travel vignette by R.FL describes stopping for supper in Monona after miles on the road. A steak, browned potatoes, butter, corn, salad, peaches and cream are praised, with a 45 cent price and a claim the steak is corn-fed and real. The piece humorously links dining quality to surplus concerns.
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Monona
Iowa Livestock Champions Named At Dakota Fair
Livestock championships announced at the South Dakota state fair in Huron by James Grenables. Ayrshires to J J Lynes and Sons Plainfield. Herefords junior champion bull to C A Meyer and Sons Belle vue Ta. fat cattle champion steer to Elliott Brown Rose Hill In. Clydesdale senior and grand champion stallion and mares to Stingham Brothers Dexter Ta.
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Ayrshires
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Eleven-Toed Chicken Walks With Extra Toes
Mrs Charles Sutton of Delaware owns a Buff Rock spring chicken with eleven toes. The left foot shows four toes at the rear where one would expect only a single toe.
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the Gazette
Delaware
Charles Sutton
Cattle judged at Winneshiek fair showcase dairy herds
Dairy herds dominated the Winneshiek County fair cattle show with 4-H entries led by Milking Shorthorns and Holsteins. Winners included Gust Stilde Decorah and Clifford Little Prosper Minn in Holsteins, Angus calf top honors to Orvine Schaefer Cresco, and grand champion Shorthorn to Phillip Bakke Decorah. Dexter herd shown by John Logsdon Decorah highlighted dual purpose stock.
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Winneshiek County Fair
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Postville
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Belle Plaine FFA officers elected with farm watch dog chosen
Belle Plaine officers of the Future Farmers of America elected Robert Grummer as president and Allen Schroeder as vice president with Lester Brown secretary Dale Cronbaugh treasurer and Donald Schild reporter Wilbur Janss photographed as the watch dog during the fall installation Vocational agriculture enrollment is at a record high with 25 animal husbandry 21 crops and soils and 22 in shop All students will attend a district leadership meeting in Orange Township with the northeast Iowa schools to gather for the annual fall instructors conference led by George Ekstrom state supervisor and H T Hall assisting.
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Belle Plaine
Future Farmers of America
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Allen Schroder
Orange Township
Jones County cows average over 8 thousand milk pounds
The Jones County Test association reported 544 cows averaged 8249 pounds of milk and 303.3 pounds of butterfat for the year based on 43338 cow-years. High and low herd results show substantial differences in butterfat and feed cost efficiency, with notable outputs from Reformatory Holsteins and Tom George of Monticello.
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Jones County Test Association
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Mayberry
Tom George
Monticello
Local farm sale prices near Maynard reported
The Gazette notes bids at the P J Stein farm near Maynard with oats at 25 cents a bushel and beans at $1 per acre. Corn sold at $2 to $4.25 an acre, mixed hay at $2.25 a ton, and cows averaged $11 to $17 a head. Yearlings up to $12, calves $5, horses $18 and $30.
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Maynard
P J Stein
Neighbors Build Fence for Ill Bertram Farmer
Sympathetic neighbors of John T Wheeler, farmer three miles east of Bertram, who is ill and unable to work, built a new fence around his farm home on Monday. Those helping included George D King, FOG Anderson, H C Clymer, Wilard Mitchell, and James Wheeler.
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John T Wheeler
Bertram
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National Husking Contest to be held November 9 in Nebraska
The national husking contest returns to Cuming county Nebraska on November 9 with champions from nine midwestern states competing for the national title. Illinois Iowa South Dakota Minnesota Missouri Kansas Nebraska Indiana Ohio are represented. Defending champion Carl Sevier of Illinois set a world record with 369 bushels in 80 minutes last year and is expected to defend his title. County and state tournaments precede the national event.
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Ilinois
Open Class Hog Show Judged At Marshalltown Fair
Marshalltown fair open class hog judging crowned grand champion boar William Montgomery of Traer for a Poland China and grand champion sow Marvin Conrad of Melbourne. Duroc grand champions went to Mrs. J C Wardman of Marshalltown. Hampshire grand champion was R L Pemberton of Toledo with Hampshires. Chester White boar grand champion shown by N A Nelson and Sons of Ames and sow grand champion by C J Lange of Alden.
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Poland
William Montgomery
Traer
Marvin Conrad
Melbourne
George Polka
Boston buyer, Woodworth buy wagon horses in Wyoming
A Boston buyer and Francis Woodworth of Wyoming have been purchasing horses in the community. An earlier express carload was shipped Tuesday from Olin. This marks the second car load of wagon type horses bought this fall by the Boston buyer.
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Wyoming
Francis Woodworth
Olin
Buttermakers Meet Across District No. 1 of State Association
Eighty members and families attended the Section No. 1 session. Judges rated butter entries with top scores 93 percent for Ben Gulsvig and H T Hangartner. Banquet followed at Congregational Church with a river excursion on the Steamboat Elk.
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Fayette
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Waterville
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Decorah
E. C. Riser
Postville
S. Bergeson
Church
A. Hansmeier
Waukon
J. Schultz
McGregor
H. W. Bowman
Des Moines
Orlando Bailey
Elkader
Ben Gulsvig
Eliott Nelson
N M. Larson
Fred Hessel
Garnaville
J. P Knickerbocker
Hall Swenson
Irvin Fehlhauser
Bernell Stoope
Rich Adney
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Holbrook to Speak at Viola Fair Saturday
Royal Holbrook of Cedar Rapids, authority on Iowa industries, will speak at 11 a.m. during the Viola fair. The event opens at 9 a.m. with a ball game between Springville and Viola high schools, followed by exhibitions field sports boxing matches and another ball game in the afternoon.
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Farm Auction Near Central City on September 20
Auction of 74 acre farm one mile east of Central City by George Fuller as executor. Auction set for Wednesday September 20 with land to be sold to the highest bidder and terms announced at the sale.
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George Fuller
Wheat Associations Formed In Clayton And Jones Counties
Clayton County Wheat Production Control association formed with Otto H Elvers as president and Thomas Christianson as vice president. Other officers include Roy Combs secretary and Franklin Kramer treasurer with directors D E Lowe and Leslie Halvorson. In Jones County Henry Bramer elected president with Vince Burda secretary and Carl Smith treasurer.
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Volga City
Leslie Halvorson
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Vince Burda
Oxford Junction
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Anamosa
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R. P. Morse
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Jones County 4 H Dairy Judging Team Named
The Jones County 4 H dairy cattle judging contest produced four top scorers Alvin Bailey Donald Gerdes Maurice Bonjour and Paul Allen They will form the county team to compete in the state Dairy Cattle Congress at Waterloo on October 2 with practice sessions including a September 23 workout in Ames.
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Anamosa
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Jersey
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High School Garden Yields Record Potatoes at Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Russell Newton a local high school student and Dr H C Yates grew a cooperative garden on a city lot, planting Irish Cobbler and Early Ohio. The small plot produced twenty six bushels of potatoes this year, an unusually large yield for the area.
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Russell Newton
H.C. Yates
Cheese Co op Formed at Wilton Lions Sponsor
Farmers form a cooperative cheese company in Wilton with W. J. Hendricks as president and A. B. Cole as vice president. More than 500 cows pledged to supply milk. The old light plant will be remodeled for equipment. Lions club sponsors the movement.
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Rain Helps Late Potato Crop Near Millersburg
Rain fell all day Wednesday and late potatoes will be helped. The grape crop will average about 50 percent of last year and the apple crop will be smaller due to drought. Government pigs are being shipped from this vicinity as permits allow. Silo fillings are being rushed and late clover hay is being finished. Corn yields vary with two ears on some stalks and none on others.
Alfred Mommsen sells hogs at Chicago top price
Alfred Mommsen of Clinton County near Miles sold a consignment of Chester White hogs in Chicago for 4.75 dollars per hundredweight. It marked the highest Chicago hog price since July 27.
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Alfred Mommsen
Clinton County
Chicago
Big Four Fair At Postville Opens September 26
POSTVILLE The Big Four district fair will be held in Postville from September 26 through 29. Originated by farmers in four northeastern Iowa counties fifteen years ago as a Farmers Institute, it grew in popularity and three years ago became a full fair featuring exhibitions and a large livestock show.
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the Gazette
Postville
Iowa
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