Marion CCC Camp to Be Moved to Southwest Iowa This Week
CCC orders move 143 enrollees from Marion to Shenandoah for soil conservation work with the staff sent to Bedford. Cresco and Knoxville camps transfer to Decorah and Osceola respectively, all continuing erosion control programs. The Marion site lease remains. barracks may be razed for new camps.
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Marion
Iowa
Ieee
Beckman
Lieut Jobling
CCC
Fort Des Moines
Robert Fechner
Washington
CCC Soil Conservation
Tion
Shenandoah
Bedford
Park Service
Cresco
Decorah
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Soil Conservation Service
Indian Creek
E. A. Zack
Zack
800 Pound Herds In Linn And Allamakee Given Recognition
Certificates of award for high dairy production were presented by the Iowa State Dairy association to 26 Linn county dairymen and to nine Allamakee county farmers. Winners include J. W. Carnahan Springville with 322.3 pounds butterfat and C. L. Knight Springville 353.2, along with several Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon and Clarence entries. A second item notes fog light effectiveness depends on moisture particle size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Conn
Linn County
Iowa State Dairy Association
Contest Association No. 1
F. Michel and Son
Marion
J. W. Carnahan
Springville
Prosser
Smith
Central City
A. R. Pearson
Mount Vernon
R. B. Condit
Springsile
E. C. Forest
Lynch and Brown
Charence
Edgewood Dairy
Cedar Rapids
R. H Bowman
C. E. Neal
Clarence Stonerook
Clarence
Fry’s Dairy
G. D. Graver
Lisbon
J. F. Bowers
Spreie
Gazette
Waukon
Allamakee
Karl Simmons
Clarence H. Hagen
Waterville
John Goeke
Ross Roth
Harold Kaeser
William Christofferson
Postville
Kerndt Brothers
Churchtown
September Musings From A Country Woman
A country woman reflects on the change of seasons and daily life. She notes fall’s arrival with cattails and grasses, color from a pepper plant, quiet woods, evolving skirt lengths, and joyful home projects as September brings cooler days and mixed weather.
Meeting for Hog Growers Scheduled in Jones
CENTER JUNCTION The first meeting of the Jones county hog production project is scheduled at the high school here at 8 p.m. Thursday in charge of E. L Quaife, Ames extension animal husbandman. The meeting will deal with herd improvement breeding stock selection and feeding and management.
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Center Junction
Jones County
E. L Quaife
Ames Extension Animal Husbandman
Swine Production Project Interest Sought in Linn County
Rex Conn county agent at Cedar Rapids queried Linn county farmers this week about forming a swine production project to be run by E L Quaife of Ames and K W Stouder of Ames.
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Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
E L Quaife
Ames
K. W. Stouder
Sand Hills Feeders Unloaded At Stanwood
One hundred forty feeder cattle arrived in Stanwood on Monday for Lorenzen Brothers of south Jones county and Ed Crist southeast of Stanwood. Originating in the Sand Hills they were loaded at Cody Nebraska, weighed about 700 pounds each and cost around 850 dollars per hundredweight landed here.
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Stanwood
Lorenzen Brothers
Jones County
Olin
Ed Crist
Sand Hills
Cody
Neb
Jesup High School Judging Team Crowned Dairy and Poultry Winners
Jesup High School won both dairy and poultry judging contests at the Dairy Cattle congress Tuesday. The dairy team edged Waverly by four points, with Jesup’s Jack Crawford and Don Crawford among top performers, while Jesup also claimed the poultry title led by Joseph Mumaw. The meet featured numerous class wins for Jesup across Holstein Guernsey Jersey and Brown Swiss categories, plus Milo remarks on individual high scores.
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Waterloo
Jesup High School
Jesup
Waverly High School
Decorah
Odebolt
Calmar
Jack Crawford
Donald Crawford
Leo Frost
Ross Copenhaver
M. F. Grosscup
Herbert Hoover
Oskaloosa
Robert Geunther
Waverly
Lester Juhl
Don Crawford
Britt High
Guernsey
Jersey
Marengo High
Ayrshire
Robert Eubish
Panora
Vinton
Manning
Joseph Mumaw
Lyle Fuller
Alvin Musfeldt
Vernon Leichtman
New Hampton
Fay French
Central City
Iowa
Dorothy Nicol
Osage
Estel Lampe
Horizontal Famous Author Word Puzzle
Puzzle lists clues for across and down. Read as a mixed vocabulary grid with references to authors, languages, and objects, including deities, tools, animals, and musical terms. The page presents a wordplay where each clue yields a specific term across two directions.
Dairyman Builds Silo of Straw Near Marion
John Fry dairyman at the northwest edge of Marion is shown using a cutter to fill a straw silo. Five courses of baled straw were laid by Tuesday afternoon with two more added later and three more expected. Straw from B D Coppock Springville cost 6 dollars a ton delivered. Two and a half tons were used for the first five courses. The completed silo should cost around 30 dollars for straw plus lining paper. Each course used thirteen bales and No 9 wire hooped each layer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fry
Marion
Fry
B. D. Coppock
Springville
Shows and winners of horses and bulls across Iowa farms
The event honors grand champion bull from Oaklands while Spring City Stock Farms and Shirley Ayr Farms claim multiple Jersey and Ayrshire class wins. Belgian horse classes favor Collins Fourth Sugar Grove Farms and Boulder Bridge Farms with several placings. Grand and reserve champions go to Spring City Stock Farms and Shirley Ayr Farms respectively. Sugar Grove Farms dominates stallion classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Lang
Spring City Stock Farms
Myron Sears and Sons
Shirley Ayr Farms
Collins
Sugar Grove Farms
Aurora, Ill
Boulder Bridge Farms
Excelsior
Minn
Iowa
P. H. Collins
Winthrop
Elmer Willey
Vincent
Sugar Grove
Laurance Falcon
Rowley
C. G. Good
Ogden
Boulder Bridge
William Guthrie
Exeter Neb
C. D. Luellen
Minburn
University of Minnesota
W. C. Harris
Quasqueton
Robertson sells sixteen sows at Chicago for feeder weight
Vinton R L Robertson of Benton county sold sixteen sows weighing 407 pounds each as feeder stock. They brought seven dollars and fifty cents per hundredweight at Chicago Monday.
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Vinton
R. L. Robertson
Benton County
Chicago
Farm Auction Schedule Across Iowa and Illinois
Auction list details three farm sales: Beverly Cattle Company on Thursday September 29, 93144 acre Alice Young estate farm six miles northwest of Walker to be sold at Ta Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids. An Angus sale by Auman and Plummer occurs Tuesday October 4 at Cedar Rapids on 12th Ave and 12th Street.
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Beverly Cattle Company
Alice Young
Walker
Ta. Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Auman and
Plummer
Angus Sale
Corn Day Show Planned in Waukon Next Tuesday
WAUKON The annual Wauk on Corn Day celebration is set for Tuesday. Entries in the corn show with twelve classes will close at 9 30 a m on the day of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Soil Association Elects Directors in Keokuk County
Keokuk county Soil Improvement association directors elected at a recent meeting include Ray Sheridan Ollie Dick Hudson Jack Tremmel H H Shanafelt Sigourney A H Bakehouse Hedrick and Glen Sorden Webster in Sigourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Keokuk County Soil Improvement Association
Ray Sheridan
Ollie
Dick Hudson
Jack Tremmel
H. H. Shanafelt
A. H Bakehouse
Hedrick
Glen Sorden
Webster
Reed says most of corn is mature
Iowa crop reporter Charles D. Reed said the 1937 season ended with nearly all corn safe from frost. He noted 28.6 inches of rainfall in 26 weeks, 6.1 inches above normal, and a mean temperature of 66.2 degrees.
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Reed
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Pigs Sale In Washington Sells 100-Pound Pigs At $10
Twenty six feeder pigs averaging 100 pounds sold at ten dollars each in the weekly community sale in Washington. Veal calves topped at twenty five fifty. brood sows with pigs at side brought forty nine fifty each. Milk cows topped eighty. Yearling ewes brought eight. A total of three hundred sixty eight head passed through the ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Washington
REA Demonstrator Leads Iowa Appliance Demonstrations
Miss Louisan Mamer of Urbana, NL, heads twelve REA farm equipment demonstrations in Iowa from Oct 3 to Nov 10. Eastern sites include Onslow, Winton, and Wilton Junction with two day programs blending home use and farming electrification topics. Dealers exhibit and the Ames extension service co sponsors. The article notes U.S. railroad mileage in 1830 was 23 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Louisan Mamer
Urbana
Mamer
N. C. Holst
Onslow
Fred Kerkman
Winton
J E. Walton
Wilton Junction
Ames Extension Service
AAA Committeemen to Meet This Week in Iowa
District meetings of AAA committeemen for election instruction and resealing the 1937 coin are set for Thursday through Saturday in Primghar Red Oak Ames Algona Denison Tipton Independence Chariton Mount Pleasant. Clayton and Iowa county schedules follow with township meetings Oct 3 to Oct 7 across Elkader Garna villo North Buena Vista City Monona Volga City Garber Clayton Clayton Center Highland Verrons Cregslow Mendon U B Church plus Cedar county and Marengo township plans for 1939 farm program administration in Oct 3 to Oct 7 sessions.
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Des Moines
AAA
Primghar
Red Oak
Ames
Algona
Denison
Tipton
Independence
Chariton
Mount Pleasant
O. D. Klein
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Clayton
Eleader
Clayton County Agricultural Conservation
Monona
Lodomillo
Edgewood
Sperry
Volga City
Volta
Garber
Cox Creek
Osborne
Marion
Center School
Millville
Highland
Verrons
Mallory
Cregslow School
Mendon
McGregor
Wagner
U. B. Church
Cedar
Towenship
Cedar County
Cass Township
Sailor Hall
Fairfield
Township Hall
Sugar Creek
Lime City
Center
Tinton
Gower
Plato
Linn
Masniet
Schneider Hall
Inland
Benene
Farmington
Durant
Dayton
Shipping Association
Pioneer
Mechanicsville
Springdale
Centerdale
Springfield
London
Fremont
Stanwood
Iowa
Townshn Hall
Red Oak Church
Rochester
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Jones
Ireland
England
Helen
Kel
Liz
Zette
Dairyman
Soil Association
New York
G. J. Ronan
Optometrist
REA Demonstrator
United States
Marengo
Dayton Township
Greene
Holbrook
Lincoln
Marenco
Maa Tengo
Baltz_ school
Parnell Hilton
Conroy
Honey Creek
Lenox
Empire School
J. C. Landenberger
The
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Harry Gwaltney
Harry Gwaliney
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
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