Iowa Butter Leads Dairy Show as 180 Entries Are Judged
In Waterloo 180 dairy entries competed in butter and cheese categories with scores from 93.5 to 96 percent. Leon Qualley of Fredericka earned top butter honors at 96 percent, followed by William Behrens of Arlington and Milos Bakke of Lake Mills in the redrawn standings. Cheese top honors went to C. B Lane of an Iowa entry scoring 95 percent, with Arthur Mueller of Wisconsin second and Otto Yordi of Wisconsin third as the dairy exposition opens Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericka
Arlington
Leon Qualley
William Behrens
Milos Bakke
Lake Mills
N. E. Fabricius
Ames
William J. Daleiden
Clearwater
Minn
Minnesota
W. Clemmensen
Clarissa
Texas
Oregon
Tennessee
California
Iowa
Wisconsin
C. B Lane
Arthur T. Mueller
Kewaunee
Wis
Otto H. Yordi
Hortonsville
Wheat Growers Advised Not To Become Excited
Manhattan Kansas March 1940 Wheat growers were urged not to rush into war time price booms. N E Dodd Western division director of the agricultural adjustment administration told farmers to seed wheat only on properly prepared insured ground with adequate moisture and within acreage allotments. He contrasted 1940 with 1914 noting the larger current wheat supply and the 62 million acre allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
N. E. Dodd
Western Division
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Dodd
Europe
Junior Dairy Judges Practice For Waterloo
About 300 Iowa 4-H club boys and vocational agriculture students trained at the Iowa State College dairy farm under coach E. N. Hanson for judging contests at Waterloo. The 4-H event is Sept 25 and the vocational agriculture contest Sept 26, with Waterloo winners advancing to the National Dairy Show in San Francisco on Oct 21.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
E. N. Hanson
Waterloo
New Crop Soybeans Arrive in Cedar Rapids
The first carload of new crop soybeans reached Cedar Rapids from Cedar Point Illinois and was consigned to North Iowa Grain. Iowa Milling Company of Cedar Rapids, Joe Sinaiko manager, bought six more carloads from North Iowa Grain. Sinaiko also contracted beans from Urbana and Blairsburg Iowa, paying a premium to secure supply for his upcoming expelling plant. The Urbana beans graded No 2 with 12.2 percent moisture. first carload graded No 3 yellow with 14 percent splits and 3 percent foreign material. Test weight 56.5 pounds per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Point
Ill
North Iowa Grain Company
Grain Company
Iowa Milling Company of
Joe Sinaiko
Sinaiko
Illinois
Blairsburg
Iowa
Urbana
George Ramsey
Chicago
Milford
Adjustment Of Labor Act For Hybrid Corn Processors
Washington AP reports Wage and Hour Administrator Elmer F Andrews proposed partial exemption from the hours provisions of the fair labor standards act for hybrid seed corn processing. The industry is seasonal. workers could be employed up to 12 hours daily or 56 hours weekly for 14 weeks without overtime. The proposal becomes final unless objections are filed within fifteen days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Delmar Farmer Sells 20 Angus Steers at 11.25 CWT
Ferd Schmidt of Delmar sold 20 Angus steers weighing 1 123 pounds each on Chicago market day. The cattle brought 11.25 dollars per hundredweight, the top price for the load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Delmar
Ferd. Schmidt
Chicago
Hog Market Maintains Steady Cadence Amid Mixed Hog Prices
The hog market moved with even cadence, improving early then easing, as receipts rose to 97,400 head. Weighing lighter 200–240 lb hogs against 330–360 lb heavies showed a narrower spread, while wholesale pork prices slipped from recent highs with light bins in Chicago around 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Strawberry Point Dairy Cattle Team Heads to State Meet
Strawberry Point high school will be represented by John Cree Henry Barrack and Darrell Chevalier in the high school dairy cattle judging contest at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress on Sept 26. Seventy five teams enter the state contest with winners advancing to Kansas City national event Oct 14-21. Coach W H Magdefrau and team will attend a Waterloo banquet where class winners are announced after judging seven local farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Strawberry Point
John Cree
Henry Barrack
Darrell Chevalier
Strawberry Point High School
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Royal Livestock Show
Kansas City
W. H. Magdefrau
Waterloo
Charles Wilcox
Harold Knight
Will Halsted
John Lamphere
Arthur Dittmer
Harold Huebsch
Emil Baumgartner
Calmar Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Top Butterfat
Calmar Creamery paid 26 and 27 cents per pound for butterfat in August. A total of 51,441 pounds of butter was manufactured from 41,299 pounds of butterfat received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar Creamery
Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
F F A Officers Named In Strawberry Point and West Branch
Strawberry Point high school F F A officers named are Warren Wood president Henry Barrack vice president Fredrick Scott secretary Junior Miller treasurer Clayton Stoner reporter under W H Magdefrau. West Branch officers include Gale Baldridge president Herbert Espensen vice president Raymond Pedersen secretary Ardell Jacobsen treasurer Floyd Christensen reporter and Alvin Paulsen watchdog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Strawberry Point High School
W. H. Magdefrau
Warren Wood
Henry Barrack
Fredrick Scott
Junior Miller
Clayton Stoner
West Branch
Gale Baldridge
Herbert Espensen
Raymond Pedersen
Ardell Jacobsen
Floyd Christensen
Alvin Paulsen
Farm Bureau Tea Sparks New Craft Project For Marion Women
South Marion township Farm Bureau members held a tea at the Catherine Reinheimer home west of Marion to launch a yearlong leisure time crafts project. Miss Lucille Gove outlined weaving lessons using cotton silk rayon or yarn and chair seats made from corn husks or Hong Kong grass. Officers for the coming year were elected including Elmer Barnhart as township chairman and Dewey Lint as publicity chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Neff
Marion
South Marion Township
Farm Bureau
Catherine Reinheimer
Elmer Barnhart
Neff
Carl Carver
Carl Cherry
Ellen Borghart
Jareone
South Marion
Home Project
Linn
Lucille Gove
Cedar Rapids
Hongkong
Lucile Amdenstock
Herbert Gerstman
Four Tama County farms sell in late week sales
Real estate dealers TRAER-Conant and King report four north Tama farms sold with possession set for March 1 1940. Purchases include Johannes Boege's Garwin State bank farm 160 acres at 125 an acre near Crystal township and J S Fields's 200 acre William Glenn farm east of Oxford Junction at 14 500 72 50 per acre. Other deals include Lester Tomlinson 40 acres at 87 50 and 80 acres near Tracer at 50 an acre, Will Speirs estate 80 acres sold to Walter Bernisee at 76 an acre, and Edd Balster buying 80 acres near Lost Nation at 90 an acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer—Conant and King
Tama County
Johannes Boege
Garwin State Bank
Crystal Township
R. S Stephenson
Grant Township
Lester Tomlinson
Stephenson
Tracer
Tracr
Northern Trust Company
Chicago
Will Speirs
Walter Bernisee
Washington, D. C
Oxford Junction
Edd Balster
Lost Nation
McAndrews
Balster
J. S. Fields
William Glenn
Northern Trust Company of
70 Percent To Reseal Corn In Tama County
Robert Lyon, chairman of the Tama County Agriculture Conservation committee, announced Thursday that approximately 70 percent of the 1937 and 1938 corn under seal will be resealed in Tama county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County
Robert Lyon
Steers sell at Chicago market for $10.50 cwt
Cascade farmer Louis Finn sold a load of 1280 pound steers on Wednesday at the Chicago market for ten dollars and fifty cents per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Cascade
Louis Finn
Chicago
Steers Bring 10.40 On Chicago Market
Paralta Paul Pownall former cast member on Paralta sold 22 head of steers averaging 1207 pounds at 10.40 per hundredweight on the Chicago market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paralta
Paul Pownall
Chicago
Ames-Iowa Farmers Face Large Feed Supplies
Ames Iowa farmers report feed grain supplies remain large, though per animal consumption drops eight percent due to more hogs cattle sheep and poultry. The 1940 outlook covers corn oats barley and soybeans with record soybean harvests and war influencing prices and government loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Ames Extension
Farm Auction Listings for September Across Iowa Nebraska
A series of farm auctions scheduled from September 23 to September 27 feature multiple estates and sales. Frank Kriz Estate closes near Cedar Rapids Anamosa at 1 mile south of the airport. E H Mc Coy farm sale is 144 miles west of Rochester. Atkinson Livestock Market feeder sale in Atkinson Nebraska. Charles Horak farm sale near Swisher. City Sales Co. coordinates another sale on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kriz
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
E. H. McCoy
Rochester
Atkinson Livestock Market
Atkinson
Nebsa
City Sales Co
Charles Horak
Swisher
Weather and hay supply drop but carryover stays large
The hay supply is estimated at 98 million tons versus 105 million a year ago, with one of the largest carryovers on record. Pastures suffered from dry weather across many sections, though the corn belt began August in good to excellent condition before further deterioration due to heat and drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
United States
Corn
Guernseys Top at $117.50 in Auction Near Wellman
The thirteenth annual Guernsey breeder's auction at the Maynard Marner farm near Wellman Wednesday paid a top of 117.50 for a purebred Guernsey cow. The sale of 90 head netted 5,600 with an average price of 62.25. Two bulls brought 102 each, and P. M. Swartzendruber of Wellman served as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Guernsey
Maynard Marner
P. M. Swartzendruber
Farm Woman Orator Speaks At Oelwein Fall Farm Festival
Mrs. Edward Borchers of Maynard delivered the keynote "The Farmer's Stake in World Peace" at the Oelwein fall farm festival where she had just won the champion woman orator title at the Farm Bureau contest. Entries in farm and garden produce were many, with judging underway by evening. Music complemented the event with performances by the Maynard high school band and the Little German band of Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Edward Borchers
Maynard
Farm Bureau
Maynard High School
Elgin
New Farmhouse Rising Near Greeley
Chester Willard, a farmer near Greeley, is constructing a new and modern house on his farm. The project signals growth in local agriculture and homestead improvements this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Chester Willard
Six of Twenty 4 H Pigs Graded Choice at Cedar Rapids Demo
Twenty market pigs owned by Linn county 4 H club boys were graded at the Cedar Rapids packing plant by E L Quaife of Ames and R L Pemberton of Des Moines. Six were graded choice, thirteen medium, one inferior. Top individuals included a crossbred Berkshire Hampshire from Junior Hank of Marion and a Hampshire from Wayne Ford of Central City. Pigs averaged weights around 194 to 197 pounds with prices near 7.5 to 7.75 per hundredweight. Carcasses to be graded next day by Fred J Beard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
E. L. Quaife
Ames
R. L. Pemberton
Des Moines
Quaife
Pemberton
Iowa Hog Growers’ Association
Berkshire-Hampshire
Junior Hank
Marion
Hank
Hampshire
Wayne Ford
Central City
David Fisher
Mount Vernon
Howard Fisher
Fred J. Beard
Heaviest Cedar Rapids Steers Fetch $9.85 Cwt
Heavy steers weighing about 1 466 pounds arrived in Cedar Rapids on Thursday from Henry Schmindt of Victor. A 17 head lot averaged 1 466 pounds and was bought by Mort Gray, head cattle buyer for Wilson and Company, at 9 85 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Henry Schmindt
Victor
Mort Gray
Wilson and Company
Barn Fire Destroys Tebock Horst Farm Barn
A large barn on the Tebock Horst farm, 10 miles north of Washington, burned Thursday night of undetermined origin. Loss estimated at 3500 dollars. both landlord Arddl Pieper and tenant were insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gnertie
Washington
Tebock-Horst
Arddl Pieper
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Iowa City
ATENS
A. O. Smith
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Music Gems
W. J. Scarbrough
Springville
D. F. Brickley
Lee Bebee
West End
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Sth Ave
Wausau Oil
E. Cohn & Sons
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ACME
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