Club Lambs Unloaded at Four Points
Western lambs for the annual 4-H club project were unloaded Tuesday at Tama Washington Tipton and Hawkeye Downs in eastern Iowa. Montana bought blackfaced lambs weighed 75 pounds on range, 66 on arrival Cedar Rapids. Units by county noted. Cedar strong in western feeding. overall interest dampened by last year’s losses from high feed costs and deaths.
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Sdazette
Montana
Hawkeye Downs
Benton
Delaware
Linn
Wilfred Becker
Watkins
Neil Schmidt
Dysart
Weldon Towe
Norway
Iowa
Tama
Washington
Tipton
Peterson Sheep Company
Mountain Ranges
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Tama County
Iowa County
Muscatine County
Keokuk County
Cedar County
Cedar
Shucks Lets Talk It Over Bears In New York Meat Trade
R B C New York reports on the dressed meat market in Manhattan and surrounding wholesale districts. Prices swing daily by one to three dollars per hundred pounds amid rising supplies. Hotels and top restaurants drive demand for choice beef, while average New Yorkers favor cheaper cuts.
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York
New York
Gansevoort
West Fourteenth Street
Manhattan
Ed Seh
Gothan Hotel Supply Company
Wilson and Company
Mr. Seh
Wilson
Greater New York
Empire Or Gansevoort
Fourteenth Street
Fort Green
North Sixth Street
Brooklyn
Jamaica
L. I
Westchester
Bronx
Harlem
Central Park
Seh
New Yorker
Clarence-Douglas Cashman buys Caldwell estate farm
Clarence Douglas Cashman purchases the H. A. Caldwell estate farm located three miles north of Clarence. He has tenanted the property for the past six years, taking ownership in a recent purchase.
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Clarence
Douglas Cashman
H. A. Caldwell
Cashman
Seeding Cleanup and Muscatine Field Day Report
Al Glenn Healy of Moscow trims seeding to halt weeds and refresh growth. Muscatine County field day on September 15, six miles northeast, featured a contour plowing contest with six entrants. Plowing on contour preserved soil, waterway integrity, and fuel efficiency, while other activities included terraces, mulching, seeding gullies, and tile laying with modern equipment.
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Muscatine County
Muscatine
Soul Conservation Hogs Raise Price for City Buyers
A satirical note quotes hogs at 29 cents as they hurry to feed hungry city residents. The penned line claims hogs are making value by competition and blames a poor corn crop last year for shortages, with E.C.W. delivering the quip.
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E.C.W
Iowa Oat Loans Exceed 2500 Mark
DES MOINES Iowa oat loans reaching about 759 on average have been issued to farmers so far this year. Official Jack McLaughlin of the Iowa Production and Marketing Administration said over 2500 loans have been placed under the price support program. About 400 to 500 loans have been made on farm stored wheat.
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Des Moines
INL
Iowa
Iowa Production and Marketing Administration
Jack McLaughlin
Mclaughlin
Howard Field Day Reports Corn Testing Results
Howard county hosts field day featuring corn and soybean trials with planting rates from three to four stalks per hill. Three stalks excel on poorer soils, two stalks yield larger ears on good ground, while soybeans show best results at 28 inch rows. Over 50 strains were shown, with Earlyana preferred locally and Ottawa Madison recommended if delays occur.
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Cresco
Iowa
Howard County
Ottawa
Winfield Evening School Speakers Named
Winfield program details announced by John Vermazen rural instructor. Everett Stoneberg of Mississippi Valley Farms Business Association to speak Wednesday. Sept 29 C N Johndreau of Portland Cement Association to discuss concrete on farms. Oct 6 Vermazen to lead dairy cattle talks and Oct 11 FFA hog sale with twenty boars and twenty one Poland China Duroc and Chester breeding gifts offered.
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Winfield
Winfield Evening School
John Vermazen
Vocational Agriculture
Everett Stoneberg
Mississippi Valley Farms Business Association
C. N. Johndreau
Portland Cement Association
Vermazen
FFA
Poland
China
Duroc
Chester
Rancher Sam McCalvie to Speak at Jones Meeting
Monticello Nebraska cattle community hears Sam McCalvie former Nebraska governor and Sand Hills Cattle Association president will address Jones county cattle feeders Thursday night at 8 in the Monticello community building.
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Monticello
Nebraska Cattle Tanges
Jones County Cattle Feeders
Sam McCalvie
Nebraska
Sand Hills Cattle Association
Marengo groups and 4-H clubs host events
The Iowa county Young Married group meets September 28 at the K C hall in Marengo with guests Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baumhoefener of Cedar Rapids speaking on farm landscaping. Lowden Lassies and Lowden Laddies 4-H clubs present a three act play at 8 o'clock Friday evening in the high school gym.
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Marengo
Iowa County
K.C. Hall
Carl Baumhoefener
Cedar Rapids
Lowden
Lowden Lassies
Lowden Laddies
Whaps What Out on the Acres by Lee Schwantz
A Iowa County farmer A O Wolf owner of 220 acres near Norway discusses corn and oats yields, hogs and cattle, storage, and feeding plans. He shares views on cattle prices, farm programs, Republicans and Dewey, and Europe trade, noting inflation and readiness for possible trouble if Europe missteps. The piece ends with a historical aside about the carrot.
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A. O. Wolf
Iowa County
Norway
Benton 4-H Club Plans Year’s Program
Benton county 4-H club leaders committee members and officers met in Van Horne to map plans for the coming year. Dorothy Cramer led the meeting at Van Horne high school where clothing was chosen as the 1949 project and a series of local meetings was arranged with assistance from a state 4-H office representative in Ames.
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van Horne
Benton County
Dorothy Cramer
van Horne High School
State 4-H
Ames
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Lambs
Sarwyard
Glenn Healy
Moscow
Mr. Healy
Hampshire
Peoples Bank and Trust Company of
Newhall
Center Point
Soul Conservation
Howard Field
H. R. Meldrum
College Agronomist
Dyas
Jones
Young Married Group
Corriedale
OWA Livestock Exchange
Twelfth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Tony Schmitz van Horne
George B. Basker
By Lee Schwantz
Dewey
G.O.P
Roosevelt
Europe
Pliny
Fifth Ave
Fifth Avenue
Folger's Coffee
Windsor Club
Kenmore Food Shop
Crisco
Jack Sprat
Lakeside Farm
Florida
van Camp Pork & Beans
Jack Sprat Fancy
Wisconsin
California
Mor
Delaware County
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