Postville Fair Built by Farmers Across Four Counties
The Postville Big 4 Agricultural Fair emerges as a cooperative effort by farmers from Allamakee Winneshiek Fayette and Clayton counties. They funded and built exhibit halls hog and cattle barns and oversaw divisions. Highlights include 4-H baby beef judging grand and reserve champions open hog shows poultry displays grain and fruit exhibits and a horse pulling contest with entertainment all week.
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Ostville
Postville
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Fayette
Clayton
Ames
Doyle Fisher
Edgewood
Clayton County
Robert White
Wankon
Elmer Christen
Elgin
East Iowans Listed for Waterloo Show
Vinton and surrounding Benton county members will compete at the Waterloo Cattle congress with 4-H dairy judging teams, home projects, and club demonstrations. Belle Plaine, Anamosa, Independence, and Olin participants will present dairy judging, sewing, and craft demonstrations across multiple divisions.
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EAST
Closing Out Sale at Kudina Farm Near Cedar Rapids
Joe Metelak owner offers farm goods at public auction on Saturday September 30 1933 at 1 PM Located 3 miles east of Cedar Rapids 1 mile south of Mt Vernon road on 30th street Wendl Kudina farm Includes team of horses 15 cattle 13 hogs farm machinery grain hay and other items with terms to be announced day of sale Auctioneer A T Bena and clerk Iowa State Savings Bank.
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Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon Road
30Th Street
Joe Metelak
A T Bena
Iowa State Savings Bank
Manchester girls to demonstrate at Castle congress
Margaret and Myrtle Klaus of Earlville will represent Manchester Delaware county in the girls' 4 H club demonstration contest at the Castle congress next week. They will present portfolios and scrapbooks. The horse show includes entries from Holbert Importing Company of Greeley and Dygert Brothers of Manchester.
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Independence
Buchanan County
P H Collins
Winthrop
Elzabeth
Mildred Webb
Euvenne Jamison
Elizabeth Atchison
Wil
Norman
Frey
Murray Gissell
Manchester
Delaware County
Castle Congress
Margaret
Myrtle Klaus
Earlville
Holbert Importing Company
Greeley
Dygert Brothers
Moore Reports Status of Vocational Agriculture
DES MOINES AP Moore reports Iowa schools expanding vocational education adding departments in Randolph and Blencoe for agriculture and in Hampton Spirit Lake Manilla Postville for homemaking. Last year total enrollment was 15 617 and programs served 9 469 in agriculture 3 519 in trade and industrial education and 2 629 in homemaking. Town Vocational association to meet in Des Moines with Dr W A Sutton as principal speaker on Nov 4.
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Des Moines
Iowa
F E. Toore
State Board of Vocational Education
Randolph
Blencoe
Hampton
Spirit Lake
Manilla
Postville
Moore
Town Vocational Association
W A Sutton
Atlanta
Towa
Landlord's Share From 0.75 Acres Corn Brings 35c Bushel
The Manchester area farm on Barnowsk and Castle land yielded 2000 bushels of landlord corn sold at 35 cents to Roy Robinson for the Masonville elevator. Ninety acres are in corn this year with expected yields from 40 to 80 bushels per acre. The 207 acre farm shows high fertility after lime and tiling, with planned improvements such as a corn crib and water tank. The farm is rented on a share basis with cash for hay and pasture land.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Barnowsk and Castle Farm
Nelson
Drake Urges Fall Foliage Burn To Fight Potato Stalk Borer
Iowa entomologist Dr. C J Drake warns the potato stalk borer is widespread this year with 10 to 75 percent of fields showing damage. He advises farmers to rake and burn harvested foliage and destroy nearby jimpson weed, horse nettle, and ground cherry to reduce overwintering hosts.
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Ames
Iowa
C. J. Drake
Jimpson
Towa
Waterloo Man Wins Poultry Trophy At State Convention
Ralph Lobdell of Waterloo won the Sargent Membership trophy for best district showing at the state convention. W C Ramseyer of Oskaloosa presented the plaque. A merger of the Iowa Baby Chick association with the poultry group was announced. X T Prentiss of Mount Ayr moved from baby chick membership to poultry directorate. An administrator appointment notice for Charles W Ashman of Linn County was filed September 27 1933 with James Ashman as administrator.
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Des Moines
Ralph Lobdell
Waterloo
Town Poultry Improvement Association
Lobdell
W C Ramseyer
Oskaloosa
Iowa Baby Chick Association
The
Poultry Group
X T Prentiss
Mount Ayr
Poultry Association
State of Tours
Linn County
Charles W Ashman
Lowa
Fence Drift Through Iowa Hills To Backbone State Park
The narrator describes a late autumn drive from Postville through Gander and Volga City to Backbone State Park. The journey features vivid natural imagery with radiant sumac, brilliant maple, and the timbered hills as if painted by a master artist.
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Postville
Gander
Volga City
Backbone State Park
Feeder cattle top at 5.40 in West Liberty sale
About 368 cattle and 200 other livestock sold at the Gibson barn consignment sale in West Liberty. Sioux Falls, Cresco, Fredricksburg, Castalia, and Elgin consignments joined buyers as heavy feeders averaged 4.02 per cwt, mediums 3.65 to 3.68, and light feeders up to 5.40. Milk cows reached 41, sheep saw ewes at 5 and rams at 10.25, with top feeders at 6.50 a head.
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West Liberty
Gibson Barn
Sioux Falls
S. D
Cresco
Fredricksburg
Castalia
Elgin
Six Carloads of Livestock Shipped to Chicago Market
Six carloads of livestock were shipped from here to the Chicago market Tuesday. James White sent two carloads of 2 year old Hereford steers averaging 535 pounds, to market at about 1170 pounds. Fred Roth shipped one carload of 935 pound Angus steers. The Farmers Union sent a hog carload, and William Frisch sent hogs and a cattle carload.
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Thornburg
Chicago
James White
Fred Roth
Farmers Union
William Frisch
Pig control payouts top two states at 1.8 million
Officials at the national stockyards estimated Thursday that farmers in Illinois and Missouri have received about 1.8 million dollars for pigs bought under the governments pig control program.
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EAST
First frost reports vary. farmers plan harvest actions
Oelwein and Tipton report light damage from the first frost with corn drying fast and yields varying. Farmers plan to crib and harvest soon, while plowing resumes after rain. Potato grubs damaged some crops. alfalfa reseeding benefits from rain and livestock feed shifts. Louis and George Townsend dug fifty five bushels from ten seed bushels.
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South Bethel
Louis
George Townsend
Weather note on frost and crop conditions in West Union
Heavy frost and thin ice were seen Wednesday morning but no damage to ripe dry corn. Plowing can start, cribbing soon. Pastures should grow well after a one inch rainfall earlier this week.
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Tipton
the Gazette
West Union
September Report of Mahaska Test Ass'n Milk Herds
Delta Otis Taylor led Mahaska county Cow Test Assn in September with ten Holsteins averaging 815 pounds of milk and 27.7 butterfat. Claire Werner ranked second among Jerseys with ten animals averaging 487 pounds of milk and 25.6 butterfat. For five months running the Taylor herd held first or second place. A purebred Jersey owned by Carl Cloyd of Moravia produced 615 pounds of milk and 49.8 butterfat, while a Holstein owned by Andrew Cubit of Oskaloosa yielded 1 317 pounds of milk and 47.4 butterfat.
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DELTA
Otis Taylor
Mahaska County
Frank Fry
Claire Werner
Taylor
Carl Cloyd
Moravia
Andrew Cubit
Oskaloosa
Two Sweet Potatoes Compete For Bragging Rights
West Branch notes Mrs. Fred Layman of Oasis boasts two sweet potatoes that rival Popeye. One weighs two and a half pounds and the other about two pounds as workmen admire the yield and humor of the local claim.
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Gazette
West Branch
Fred Layman
Oasis
Farm Auction Notices For September Sales Schedule
Livestock sale at Reload yards on Friday September 23. Closing out sale four miles southeast of Cedar Rapids by Joe Metelak on Saturday September 30.
Fayette County Enters 23 Dairy Calves At Waterloo
Fayette County sends 23 purebred dairy calves and two demonstration groups to the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. Guernsey exhibitors include Putman Oelrich Adams Sinnott and others. Holsteins shown by Rulifson Benter Hall and others. judging team members named. 4 H clothing and care demonstrations also listed.
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the Gazette
Fayette
Fayette County
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Robert Putman
Donald Oelrich
Ralph
Jack Adams
Leo Sinnott
Charles Rulifson
Leland Benter
Joseph Hall
Marjorie Deering
George Alderson
Marvin Simpson
Marvin Ingels
Robert Bell
Leonard Tal
Marengo
Iowa County
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Maidie Williams
Dorothy James
Troy Township
Maxine Olson
Wilma Plagmann
Hilton Township
Dean Jacobs
Arthur
Albert Wallace
James Paul Talbott
Helen Wyant
Marlo Matthes
Local leaders to meet on Saturday for activities plan
Fayet te Miss Geraldine Brainard a home demonstration agent with county chair man Mrs G E Sauerbry county girls club chair man Mrs J B Turner and publicity chair man Mrs Will King will meet Saturday at the Farm Bureau office with Miss Neale S Knowles of the Ames extension service to discuss the coming year's activities Candidates also will be nominated for county offices for the coming year
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Fayette
Geraldine Brainard
G. E. Sauerbry
J. B. Turner
Will King
Farm Bureau
Neale S. Knowles
Ames Extension Service
Sixty Horses Entered for Stanwood Show This Saturday
Sixty head of horses are entered for the Stanwood horse show to be held Saturday. Entries include Andy and Billy Moffett in heavy draft, Foster Miller and others in light draft, colt exhibitors led by Fred Zerbe, and entries from Dodgson Stables. The Spear stables enter three 5 gaited horses, with judging by Dr. W GC Vollstedt and Billy Hansen. The Cedar Rapids drum corps and Stanwood band will play at the 7 p.m. grand parade.
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Stanwood
Iowa
Don Smith
Andy
Billy Moffett
Floyd Spear
Glenn Ridenour
Milt Tudor
Harlen Henderson
H. 8S. Smith
Art Bachus
C. E. Hoyman
Foster Miller
Otto Pruess
James Smith
Carl Gallmeyer
Ezra Meyer
Charles Kline
Fred Challis
Fred Zerbe
Louis Moore
Harry Smith
Ford Gallmeyer
Henry Biere
Olin
Tipton Colt Clubs
Spear Stables
Dodgson
Homer Burgess
F. M. Wilson
W. GC. Vollstedt
Billy Hansen
Dixon
Ralph Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Drum and Bungle Corps
Stanwood Band
4-H Girl Chosen for Waterloo Meet
Miss Anna Frost of Cedar Chips 4-H club west of La Porte City is selected as one of ten 4-H girls to represent Black Hawk county in the state stunt contest at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress next week.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Alvin
Paul Allen
Donald Gerdes
Maurice Benson
Olin
Towa
Waterloo
Gazette
LA Porte City
Anna Frost
Cedar Chips
Cedar Township
Black Hawk County
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
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Reeves
Hereford
Ray Anderson
Carl Fisher
Angus
Gerald Hamann
St. Olaf
Harlan Hamann
Joseph Marston
Vernon Kugel
Luana
Delbert Martin
Ed Looney
Cleon Crawford
Roy Eiffert
Monona
Hampshires
E Baldridge
Strawberry Point
Chester Whites
R. C. Huebner
Poland
Duroc Jersey
W. F Mittlestadt
Berkshires
Elmer Sander
Ace Bush
Frank Whitney
Maynard
Alvin Kahle
Louis Benjegerdes
Benjegerdes
Hilder Bilden
Ed Nordheim
Decorah
Ed Gass
L. D Smith
Elkader
J C Welhe
Otto Brandt
Eldo Stofferan
Robert Nesbitt
Roy Pixler
Gilbert Anderson
Clermont
Louis Bensegerdes
Sheldon Hall
Otto Hughes
Frankville
Ed Dyas
Helen Schlatter
Hawkeye
Eleanora Niemann
Sumner
Bethel
J B Palmer
Lois Hager
Esther Snitken
Be Square Club
Allamance County
Lillian Swenson
Helen Gilbertson
Hilda de
Vinton
Benton County
Park Woods
Lester Custer
Robert Grummer
Donald Scheid
Belle Plaine
Robert van Nice
Francis Reiss
Garrison
Virginia Irwin
Helen Kray
Divison
Evelyn Raabe
Frances Heitman
Vera Heitman
Mildred Kope
Arlene Krogman
Eleanor Ochlerich
Mildred Scheid
Adeline Scheid
Louise Wise
Margaret Swatos
M. D. Pry
A. Carlson
Women's Home Project
Northwestern Oil
Second Street
B Avenue E
Suedes
2Nd Avenue
Postville Fair
Drake
James
Ashman
Franken and Greene Attorneys
RK. F. A
Oelwein
Mahaska Test Ass’n
Carter
Cartere
Eb. Carter
C. M. Co
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Fairfax
Johnson County
Mrs
Rosa Farrell
Carload
Farmers Supply CO
Third Street SE
Mississippi
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