North Fayette Farm Yields 80 Bushels Per Acre
Mikel O. Helgerson reports his farm six miles southeast of West Union is harvesting corn at eighty bushels per acre with 200 bushels in the crib already. The York river bottom field is among the high yielding areas in northern Fayette County as frost risk declines and crop prospects improve across Iowa.
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North Fayette
UNION
Mikel O. Helgerson
Turkey River
West Union
Fayette County
Helgerson
Sows With Litters Bring Up To $18 At Consignment Sale
Broad sows some with litters sold for 10 to 18 dollars a head at the Midway pavilion consignment sale in Columbus Junction. Shoats fetched 3 to 5.80 each. boars 6 dollars to unspecified. Steers moved at 3 and 3.8 cents per pound. Posts and sweet potatoes sold at modest rates. machinery priced well. Auctioneers Paul Klotz and H M Duncan, clerk H Lee Huston.
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The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Midway Pavilion
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
H. Lee Huston
Crop conditions in Russia seen as weak in 1932
U.S. agricultural experts report Russia’s 1932 crop outlook as poor with an expected drop in wheat and overall acreage about 10 percent below 1931. Cotton and sugar beets rise, but weather and management problems hinder growth, while state collectives expand to 78 percent of arable land.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Washington, D. C
Agricultural
Bureau
Russia
Ames Dairy Judging Team Is Announced
Iowa State college dairy judging team to compete in the national intercollegiate contest at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Monday announced by coach Prof. E. N. Hansen. Members include Edwin Matzen Mason City Russell Plager Grundy Center Clarence A Coes Denison. The Waterloo event will be the sole intercollegiate dairy judging contest in the U S this year with about twenty U S teams and one Canadian team already entered.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
E. N. Hansen
Edwin Matzen
Mason City
Russell Plager
Grundy
Clarence A Coes
Denison
United States
Hansen
Canada
What’s What Out on the Acres
Interview with James Yule of Stanwood area on 320 acres four miles southwest of Stanwood. He discusses Shorthorn cattle, hog breeding, fencing projects, corn prices, taxes, and local prohibition and farm life in a candid snapshot.
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James Yule
Isabel
Anne Yule
Stanwood
E G Dunn Forges Iowa Farmers Unity in Story County
Story county braces for a United Farmers county unit meeting led by E G Dunn father of the movement. Hardin county unit calls for political action to push reform and prevent farm foreclosures while Ed Thackery is drafted as a candidate for the Iowa legislature.
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Nevada
INS
Story County
United Farmers
Hardin County
Ed Thackery
Eldora Farmer
Iowa
Dunn
Mason City
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
R.F.A. Omughawd reports a drift hazard entangled in woven wire fencing. The incident notes fencing snag and implied risk to nearby property and field access with emphasis on containment and safety steps.
Fayette County Milkmaids at Waterloo Dairy Show
Fayette county sends a milkmaid to Waterloo for the Dairy Cattle congress with a Holstein show herd, a boys judging team, and a girls calf club exhibit. Judges include Robert Putman, Elmer Meyer, Leonard Talcott, and Doyle Owen. Calves shown by Leland Benter, Charles Rulifson, Rodney Drewes, Joseph Hall, Elmer Meyer, Erwin Schrader, and Bobby Alderson.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Robert Putman
Arlington
Elmer Meyer
Westgate
Leonard Talcott
Doyle Owen
Randalia
Fairfield Township
Leland Benter
Charles Rulifson
Rodney Drewes
Joseph Hall
Erwin Schrader
Bobby Alderson
Livestock Auction Tops 400 Head at Gibson Barn Sale
More than 400 head of livestock went through the ring at the P. N. Gibson barn consignment sale. Fifteen horses sold from 17.50 to 48 dollars, 160 hogs traded, 32 hogs at 6.40 each, five sows with litters at 17.25 total, top hogs at 15, stocker cattle from 2.95 per cwt, cows topping 25.
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West Liberty
P. N. Gibson
Rigby Named to Omaha Agricultural Credit Committee
Washington AP reports C L Rigby of Cet S Ia was appointed a member of the Omaha branch committee of the Agricultural Credit corporation.
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Washington
C. L. Rigby
Cet S Ia
Omaha
The
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Farm Auction Near Cedar Rapids This Saturday
A closing out sale is set for Saturday October 1 one half mile east of Cedar Rapids by T V Hoag. Buyers can bid on farm equipment implements and livestock as part of the auction event.
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Cedar Rapids
T. V. Hoag
High Herd In Greeley Test Group Sets Butterfat Record
In Greeley the Greeley Cow Test Association reports September results led by D. J. Schnittjer of Delhi with nineteen cows averaging 278 pounds of butterfat. Other herds include Charles Wendt twenty one cows 26.9 pounds Frank Maurer twenty head 23.9 Jerome Satterlee sixteen cows 23 pounds and Francis B. Dunham twenty cows 20.7 pounds. Eighteen association members fed grain while four used a high protein concentrate. four fed ensilage.
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Greeley
Jerome Satterlee
Francis B. Dunham
Purebreds Show Top Cutout Value in Johnson Hog Test
Iowa City report details Johnson county swine herd test with purebred Poland China hogs posting the highest cutout value despite low dressing percentages and slow feed gain. A. E. Reeve’s two purebreds average $4.15 cutout, while John Thomas’ Poland-Duroc cross and Ed Kadera’s Duroc-Poland cross averaged $4.0 and $4.11 respectively.
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Johnson
The
Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
C. W. McDonald
Ames
A. E. Reeve
Tiffin
Poland
John Thomas
Ed Kadera
Oasis
Sinclair Packing
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Kadera
Reeve
Thomas
Kadera
Stanwood Angus steers top Chicago market carload sale
Stanwood Alex Spear and Son, noted Angus breeders and feeders near Stanwood, led the Chicago market Monday with a carload of mms Angus steers selling at a top price for the day.
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Stanwood
Alex Spear and Son
Angus
Chicago
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