Congress Absent Support for Oleomargarine Standards Bill
National dairy groups vow full backing for Rep August Andresen’s bill in Congress to curb interstate sale of oleomargarine made under contested standards. The measure targets yellow dyed or butterlike oleomargarine and would empower courts and FDA to seize violators. Wisconsin dairy interests press repeal of the oleo order amid widespread farm opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Congress
August N. Andresen
Minnesota
Winston D. C
Charles W. Holman
Paul V. McNutt
Andresen
Holman
Secretary of Agriculture
Dairy group committee heads to Washington on oleomargarine rules
Madison reports a six man committee chosen by the united dairy committee was en route to Washington to seek cancellation of a food and drug administration order liberalizing rules under which oleomargarine could be sold. Ralph E. Ammon, director of the dairy association, accompanies the delegation.
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Madison
United Dairy Committee
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Ralph E. Ammon
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad claims kidney relief
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a harmless stimulant and diuretic for backache and irritated bladder. It asserts quick relief and better sleep, urging readers to buy at drugstores for 36 cents and to demand the genuine Gold Medal product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Fence Drift in Johnson County AAA Election
The Gazette defends Joe Raim of Solon amid a Triple A election upset in Johnson County. Raim, long time AAA chairman, was not reelected, succeeded by Ray Smalley of Sharon. The piece notes low pay at $5 a day and questions why veteran chairmen continue in public posts.
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Joe Raim
Solon
Gazette
Johnson County
Raim
AAA
Ray Smalley
Sharon
Iowa
Calmar Creamery Pays 41 And 42 For Butterfat
Calmar Creamery paid 41 and 42 cents a pound for butterfat delivered in August. The company received 53 114 pounds of butterfat and manufactured 65 937 pounds of butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
Shoats Bring $11.05 And $11.25 Cwt At Auction
At the Joe Carrington farm near Oxford Junction on Saturday 36 shoats weighing 90 to 100 pounds sold in two lots at 11.05 and 11.25 dollars per hundredweight all bought by Jim Skinner of near Massillon.
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Oxford Junction
Joe Carrington
Jim Skinner
Massillon
O. J. Hess Poland China Boars at Auction
O J Hess Poland China boars offered in a farm sale near Worthington on Tuesday September 30. Breeding stock includes Royal King and Pure Gold lines from the Ness herd praised as one of the best offerings. Sale begins at 1 pm on the farm one-half mile north of Worthington. Auctioneers H S Duncan and Harry Duncan.
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Ness
Worthington
O. J. Hess
H. S. Duncan
Harry Duncan
Poultry Industries Show Dates Set for Des Moines Exposition
Vinton official R B Miller announced December 5 to 9 as the Iowa Poultry Industries exposition dates. The event will be held in the $140 000 poultry industries building at the state fairgrounds Des Moines. Sponsors include the Greater Des Moines Poultry association and several Iowa poultry groups with a Des Moines based committee leading the show.
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Vinton
R. B
Bob” Miller
Iowa Poultry Industries Exposition
Poultry Industries
State Fairgrounds
Des Moines
Greater Des Moines Poultry Association
Iowa State Poultry Breeders Association
Iowa Carlot Shippers Association
Iowa Feed Manufacturers and Dealers Association
Poultry Equipment Manufacturers’ Organization
Iowa Bantam Association
Iowa Pigeon Breeders Association
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Mr. Miller
The
Poultry Breeders Association
H. L. Wilcke
Ames
Earl Mason
Carrot Shippers
J. M. Clemmens
James Bianchi
Jack Rawls
Horace Papp
Walter Potter
Marion
Ed Manilaw
Cedar Rapids
Roy Sandin
Pigeon Association
Louw Haney
Burlington
Bantam Organization
Corn hybrids dominate U.S. acreage in 1941 survey
A.M.S. report shows 37 percent of 1941 corn acreage, 87 million acres, planted with hybrids. Iowa leads with 95 percent, followed by Illinois 87, Indiana 80, and Ohio 74. Regional patterns show east growth and western irrigation use, with southern limits due to seed availability and yield. Argentina enforces fuel imports requiring corn purchases. surplus 1939-40 crop destroyed and over two million tons of 1940-41 sold to boost corn use.
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U.S.C.A. Agricultural Marketing Service
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Repair
Argentina
National Fuel Commission
Ministry of Agriculture
Neighbors aid Schnoebelen family after deadly crash
Neighbors of Mr and Mrs Richard Schnoebelen gathered at the Schnoebelen farm to cut nine acres of corn for them following the loss of their son Leroy and daughter Theresa in an auto accident. A long list of helpers contributed to the field work and a separate lunch crew provided meals.
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Gazette
Riverside
Richard Schnoebelen
Leroy
Theresa
Schnoebelen
Gerald Cress
Henry Yeggy
Earl Yeggy
Cleo Gerot
Francis Waldschmidt
John Wieland
Ralph Kleopfer
Melvin Schneider
Omer Kiefer
Robert Kle
New Buildings On Sand Springs Farm Highlight Modernization
A. J. Schmid of Dubuque oversees extensive year long improvements on the 138 acre Sand Springs farm operated by Ray Kirby at the east edge of Sand Springs. The project includes a 12 room house updated with water system and bathrooms, a 34 by 80 foot Gothic roof barn with silo, dairy stalls, hayloft, grain mill, and cement floors, plus a hoghouse chicken house machine shed and garage all with running water and electric lights. A cement wark connects the barn to a 20 by 82 foot water compatible feed lot and a ventilated, insulated, redwood clad complex designed for efficiency and multiple operations.
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Sand Springs
A. J. Schmid
Dubuque
Ray Kirby
162 High School Teams to Judge at Waterloo Congress
Waterloo Iowa hosts the largest dairy and poultry judging congress with 104 dairy teams and 58 poultry teams entered for Sept 30 competitions. Winners earn trips to Memphis and Kansas City contests, with numerous eastern Iowa high schools listed as entrants. A banquet Sept 30 features C T Conklin as speaker.
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Gazette
Waterloo
Iowa
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Ernest M. Wright
Congress
Memphis
Tenn
Kansas City
Maquoketa
Monticello
Lisbon
Manchester
Marengo
Tipton
Waukon
West Branch
Jesup
Keota
Muscatine
Vinton
West Union
Lamont
Olin
Sigourney
Montezuma
Anamosa
Belle Plaine
Brooklyn
Coggan
Decorah
Grinnell
la Porte City
Faribault
Minn
Benton
Buchanan
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Linn
Poweshiek
Tama
C. T. Conklin
Ayrshire
Breeders’ Association
Elkader Plowing Contest Draws Mayors Challenge
Elkader Iowa hosts Oct 3 contour plowing on Art Moellering farm near Garnaville with Clayton and Winneshiek county soil districts. Winner advances to Oct 8 interstate tourney near LaCrosse featuring Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin. Elkader Mayor Davidson challenges Decorah Mayor Baker to a contest reflecting limited tractor plow experience.
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The
Gazette
Elkader
Iowa
Art
LCS
LaCrosse
Minnesota
Wisconsin
W. W. Davidson
George Baker
Decorah
Garnaville
Davidson
Baker
Hoak Construction Wins Northeast Iowa Electric Line Contract
Hoak Construction of Des Moines won a 331063 bid to build 447 miles of primary and secondary lines for Allamakee Clayton Electric cooperative. Construction starts mid October and should finish in five months, expanding service to Claytons Mississippi town and boosting total lines to about 1007 miles with over 2500 expected patrons.
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Postville
Hoak Construction Company
Des Moines
Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative
An Rea
Iowa
Allamakee County
Clayton County
Fayette County
Bloomfield Township
Winneshiek County
Harvey Schultz
Clayton
Mississippi River
Harpers Ferry
Schultz
Rural Electric Coop Granted Mission to Extend 131 Miles
Independence Iowa district officials say Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative gains permission to extend 131 miles of transmission lines into Buchanan Fayette Bremer Black Hawk Linn Delaware and Clayton counties. The upgraded grid will serve about 1800 farms and 300 homes, bringing total lines to 620 miles serving 1260 customers.
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Independence
Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative
Carl Kreumpte
Buchanan
Fayette
Bremer
Black Hawk
Linn
Delaware
Clayton
Valuable Animal Answer to Previous Puzzle
Puzzle solution table listing terms for across and down clues with many entries. This item presents a word puzzle key style page fragment from a historical newspaper with numerous abbreviations and partial clue answers.
Coming Farm Auctions Weekly Schedule of Closing Out Sales
A list of farm auctions with closing out sales dated Tuesday September 23 through Tuesday September 30. Listings include sellers Mrs Kathryn Lowe Harry Whitman J Mr Huskey Alice Mease R E Tanner and Sons Wucinda Rate Estate Everett Williams O J Hess Poland China boat sale. Locations cover Lisbon Whittier Springville Van Horne Marion Mechanicsville Iowa City Worthington.
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Kathryn Lowe
Mi. S
Lisbon
Harry Whitman
Mi. N
Whittier
Corn In Buchanan Is 95 Percent Safe From Frost
Independence reports Buchanan county corn is at least 95 percent safe from frost says Arthur Satterlee county AAA committeeman. The crop stands at about 80 percent of bumper yields of the prior two years. Soybeans show about 80 percent frost recovery and pastures are excellent. Farmers struggle to fill silos due to soft fields and may have to cut corn by hand to finish the task, only half to two thirds done.
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Buchanan County
Arthur Satterlee
AAA
Minnesota Holds Nineteenth Hog Feeders Day
On October 22 at University Farm in St Paul Minnesota the nineteenth annual hog feeders day is scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minnesota
University Farm
Record Chicks Hatchery Output Surges in August
The United States Department of Agriculture reports a new monthly high of 20 805 000 chicks produced by commercial hatcheries in August. Production climbed 67 percent from the prior year and 56 percent above the previous August high. For January–August, output reached 962 060 000 chicks, surpassing the 1939 eight‑month record. Hatcheries also note a 105 percent rise in advance orders, mainly for broilers. The August mix shows 89 percent heavy breeds, similar to last year, with spring months skewing toward laying flocks exhibiting only about 6 percent heavy breeds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Rural Newly Weds In Delaware To Meet Oct 6
Young rural married couples of Delaware County will gather in Manchester on October 6 for a discussion of their problems. Guest speaker will be James C. Green from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.
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Delaware
Manchester
Delaware County
James C. Green
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
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Nat'l Milk Producers
Paul McNutt
George Stimpson
U.S.D.A
Middlewest
Federal Trade Commission
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Wickard
McNutt
Kansas
Mr. Raim
Calmar Creamery
Poland
Poultry Industries Show
United States
Clarence Cox
Sand Springs Farm
Martha
Suliet
eTs
T&t
Miss Rathbon
Old Kentucky
Enernsory
Mator
Williams
Gray
Orwiltrans
Buchanan Rea
Nurito
Puarantes
van Morne
Berk Jar
Allis Chalmers
Alice Mease
Tony Schmitz
State Bank of Vintom
Hawaiian Islands
Coral Island
Fir
National Optical Stores Company
National Optical
First Ave. F. Roosevelt
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