Enormous Storm Damage Estimate Shocks Iowa Farmers
Weather bulletin flags enormous crop losses from September storms in Iowa with flood damage in Maquoketa valley at $500,000. Yet 82 percent of corn and about half of soybeans are safe from frost as rains boost growth. Report notes extensive wind and flood damage across counties and early seed harvests start this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D Reed
D. Moines
INS
Iowa
Maquoketa River Valley
Thurman
Towa
Jackson
Maquoketa
Jones
Linn
Benton
Belle Plaine Seed Corn Company
Buckingham farmer buys four carloads of feeder calves
Jasper Wilson of Buckingham received four carloads of young feeder calves Tuesday from western Nebraska, expanding his cattle operation and market reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
Jasper Wilson
Buckingham Farmer
Nebraska
Program Of Towa Grange Meeting In Newton
The seventy second annual Iowa State Grange meeting is set for Sept 30 to Oct 2 in Newton. Ralph W. Smith will be master and Dr T W Schultz from Iowa State College will speak Sept 30 on a South America trip. Degree work, a Palo Alto Grange drill, and a Sand Hill tableau will accompany the opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Iowa State Grange
Ralph W. Smith
T. W Schultz
Iowa State College
South America
Palo Alto Grange
Sand Hill
Victor Grange
Nygaard resigns as H D A in Benton County
Miss Ann Nygaard resigns as county home demonstration agent in Benton after six years. She will seek similar work in West Virginia starting in November, with the resignation effective after approval by the county Farm Bureau board on October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Ann Nygaard
Benton
Benton Farm Bureau
West Virginia
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Farmers Urged to Plant Wheat Now to Beat Hessian Flies
Ames Iowa April Ames farmers are advised to seed wheat now to reduce Hessian fly damage next spring. Dr Carl Drake entomologist at Iowa State College warned the safe seeding period is near for the northern counties but not yet for central and western Iowa. He said the state has its heaviest Hessian fly infestation this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Carl Drake
Iowa State College
National Defense Theme of Extension Confab at ISU
Agricultural extension service hearings at Iowa State College run Oct. 13 to 18 focusing on defense related education. Murl McDonald leads the program stressing food production for defense and farm family nutrition. The week opens with committee meetings and college staff discussions, with state agent associations and 4-H Club agents meeting on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames—Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Murl McDonald
McDonald
Iowa County Agents’ Association
Iowa Home Demonstration Agents’ Association
Iowa 4-H Club Agents’ Association
Cooperators Only To Vote In AAA Elections Friday
Only farm producers eligible for AAA benefit checks through the 1941 program may vote in Friday elections for township committeemen and delegates. The previous plan to include those planning to participate in 1942 was rescinded, restricting voting to the current year’s participants.
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AAA
Des Moines
INS
Dubuque Conference Aims at Food Processing Plants
Washington AP reports the agricultural department will hold a two day conference in Dubuque Iowa on October 6 and 7 to promote food processing plant establishment in rural Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin. The event is one of seven regional conferences with REA aid for cooperative processing and preservation of health protective foods.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Dubuque
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Quaife Urges Hog Growers Use More Care With Litters
Fayette county hosts 112 hog growers for a presentation by E. L. Quaife Ames extension hog specialist on increasing defense related hog production. He urged saving pigs per litter, watching market trends for heavier weights, and avoiding heavy spending on more hogs and costly equipment.
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Quaife
Fayette
Fayette County
E. L. Quaife
Ames
Butter Output Rises in West North Central Region
Des Moines reports that butter production in the West North Central area rose two percent as of Sept 11, despite Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota posting declines. National output fell four percent seasonally, with gains offset by rains. Yearly production up one percent. Heavy feeding of grain and concentrates underway.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central States
Minnesota
South Dakota
United States
Champion of champions set for corn belt plowing match near Albia
Four contestants in the third annual WHO corn belt plowing meet will compete on the Miss Iva Turner farm six miles south of Albia. Mrs Holmstrom, six months' mother and farm homemaker, edged 19 men in a Hoop Pole contest this year. Competitors include Lyle Mason Ray Witt and Leo Drake Jr. Thirty eight plowmen from Iowa Missouri and Illinois entered along with a large senior tractor division and a horsemen's division contest races and a tumbling tractor demonstration are also planned.
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Albia
William Holstrom
Geneseo
Ray Witt
Cedar
Leo Drake, Jr
Memphis
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Herb Plambeck
Joe Mather
Keokuk County
Floyd Whitman
Delaware
F. F. Martin
Bridegwater
Duane Sherill
Cherokee County
Lee Klett
James Warrender
Cherokee
Iowa FSA Heads To Attend Wickard's Chicago Conference
Iowa FSA director George A. Heikens and associate director Louise Rosenfeld will attend Secretary Wickard's defense conference in Chicago. The meeting aims to ensure 1942 food production for the United States and allied nations, with 12 states represented to discuss farmer outreach and adjustments for increased milk egg and pork production.
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Iowa Fsa
Wickard
Chicago
Ames
George A. Heikens
FSA
Iowa
Louise Rosenfeld
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
United States
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Towa
Heikens
Vocational Agriculture Boys Hold Judging Workout
Forty eight vocational agriculture boys from Coggon Lisbon Manchester Maquoketa Monticello and Olin met at the state reformatory dairy barns in Anamosa for practice judging in preparation for the Waterloo daily judging contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Coggon
Lisbon
Manchester
Maquoketa
Monticello
Olin
Waterloo
fragmented crossword style clues from a newspaper page
A garbled vertical and horizontal clue list with numbered entries across many word categories. The text preserves partial clues and abbreviations for a crossword puzzle, including references to months, states, and common dictionary entries.
Multiple Iowa farms sold for under one hundred dollars per acre
TRAER Marcus Billerbeck of Dysart buys the Otto Albert farm near Reinbeck for 37 200 dollars at 155 per acre and takes possession March 1 1942. DYSART Malinda Jebe sells a 160 acre farm southeast of Dysart to Jake Meeks for 150 per acre. MANCHESTER A H Aukerman reports Delaware county Mangold 120 acre farm sold to Arthur J Trumm at 95 per acre with possession March 1 1942. The Nissen farm near Olin 167 acres sells to Mr and Mrs Wallace Cruise for 92 81 per acre. Buchanan county Mangold 100 acres sold to Charles B Freet with possession March 1 1942. All sales were through local real estate brokers and involve Equitable Life Assurance Society interests.
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Traer
Marcus Billerbeck
Dysart
Otto Albert
Reinbeck
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Conant and King
Grundy County
Malinda Jebe
Jake Meeks
Mount Auburn
Dale Palmer
Manchester
A. H. Aukerman
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Mangold
Delaware County
Arthur J. Trumm
Central City
J. J. Baum
Coggan
James Hough
Trumm
Aukerman
Nissen
Jones County
Wallace A. Cruise
Olin
O. M. Bundy
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Smith
Cruise
Buchanan County
Charles B. Freet
Jesup
Frank Sherman
Independence
John Johnson
Freet
Hawkeye Woman Buys 160 Acre Farm East of Town
Mrs Katherine Palmer purchased the Raatz 160 acre farm located one mile east of Hawkeye from an insurance company for 12800 dollars equal to 80 dollars per acre. The deal reflects a steady land market in the region.
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Hawkeye
Katherine Palmer
Raatz
Hybrid Corn Day At Ames Seeks 400 Attendees
About 400 Iowa farmers are expected to attend the annual Hybrid Corn Field Day at Iowa State College Thursday. G F Sprague the college agronomist in charge said certified corn producers have been invited to learn about progress in the hybrid corn breeding program. Growers will inspect college corn plots in groups of 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
G. F. Sprague
College Agronomist
Seeding Advice and Farm Updates Highlight Rural Scene
The notice discusses seeding waterways and washes with Timothy and Fall rye for winter cover, plus manure for severe washes. It notes the Schiele farm near Bennett with 53 head of steers and fresh paint, and mentions The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids Farm Service Dept offering farm customer support. Charles D. Jones of Center Point moves 103 yearling Hereford steers from the Sandhills. A large crowd attended the E. E. Owen Shorthorn dispersal sale south of Homestead. After last Sunday's storm the Bremer windmill near Paris in Linn county was replaced by an electric pump from R. E. A. energy.
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P. C. Bremer
Paris
Linn County
Milk Buttons Made From Casein At Iowa Creameries
Thousands of cows in Clayton Delaware and Fayette counties help produce casein from skim milk used to make plastic buttons for soldiers and civilians. The Viola Wisconsin plant turns out about 12 million buttons weekly with Strawberry Point and other Iowa creameries supplying casein. no feed value is added to milk and the process costs around 1500 dollars per plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Clayton, Delaware
Fayette County
U. S
Iowa
Strawberry Point
Mississippi River
Rochester Button Company
Viola
Wis
Rochester
N. Y
C. A. Kotthaus
United States
Wisconsin
Rothhaus
Oelwein
Button Company
Kotthaus
Barn Fire Destroys Farm Structure Near Hawkeye
Hawkeye six miles southwest of town. Harold House tenanted farm barn 36 by 54 feet burned during a Monday storm. Lightning struck around 9 p.m. destroying 600 bushels oats hay straw and machinery including a small tractor and new hammer mill. Building insured. Fire company responded. Farm owned by Henry Rhinehart of Dixon Illinois.
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Hawkeye
Harold House
Henry Rhinehart
Dixon, Ill
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
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Tony) Schmitz
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Miss Sparks
MR. Twiggs
New Mexico
Tama Cattle Company
Williams
Guardian
Nova Scotia
Western State
Mae
Iranian Institute
Department Public Relief
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Sarryard BP
F. W. Schiele
Bennett
Peoples Savings Bank
Charles D. Jones
Center Point
Sandhills
E. E. Owen
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