Iowa Dairy Cow Test Shows Record Milk and Butterfat Yields
Iowa cow testing summaries report the 1938-39 average cow margin over feed costs at 67.90 dollars, with a record 8,203 pounds of milk and 325.6 pounds of butterfat per cow. Feed costs averaged 47.89 dollars, while overall income dipped due to lower prices for milk and butterfat. Reports from 64 associations are cited, with standout herds led by Fremont Paige Mills in southwestern Iowa and Lee-Des Moines in southeastern Iowa.
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Iowa
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairyman
Johnston
Waterloo
Standard Association
Fremont-Paige-Mills Association
Clifford Hansel
Lee-Des Moines Association
P. L. Henderson
Closing Out Sale of George Novotny Estate Near Shueyville
A large advertisement announces a closing out sale of George Novotny estate on October 4 at 10 30 a m. Items include all equipment and furniture used on a 120 acre farm 14 miles east of Shueyville.
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George Novotny
Shueyville
County officials to attend district Farm Bureau meeting
County Agent J W Chandler and Mrs Clayde Knupp county women's home project leader will represent Washington county at the district meeting of county Farm Bureau agents and county women's home project leaders set for October 5 in Keosauqua.
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The
Gazette
Washington
J. W. Chandler
Clayde Knupp
Washington County
Keosauqua
Gopher oats yield best in Iowa tests
Ames Iowa three new disease resistant oat hybrids Marion Boone and Hancock topped tests outside southern Iowa where rust and smut were less damaging. In northern and central Iowa Gopher led with yields around 52 bushels per acre, while southern Iowa favored Boone. Seed distribution will be by lottery due to high demand.
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Ames
Iowa
Marion
Boone and
Hancock
L. C. Burnett
Ames Research Agronomist
Burnett
Boone
Columbia
Gopher
Fuleham
Joe Robinson
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Indianola Girls Win Demonstration Contest At Waterloo
Indianola cousins Barbara and Elizabeth Middelswart won the champion 4-H club girl demonstration team in the dairy food division at the Dairy Cattle congress in Waterloo for their cottage cheese demonstration. Matilda, reserve grand champion Belgian horse, owned by Julius Porath of Detroit, won the Hendrick cup for best stallion or mare. Joy Brothers of St Paul showed junior Holstein Keifer. Judd's Bridge Farms of New Milford won Brown Swiss honor. McDonald Farms of Cortland won premier breeder and exhibitor banners.
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Waterloo
Barbara
Elizabeth Middelswart
Indianola
Dairy Cattle Congress
Matilda
Julius Porath
Detroit
Belgium
Joy Brothers of
St. Paul
Farmers Market Place Ad Pushes Farm Sales
The Gazette urges farmers to place for sale messages in its Farmers' Market Place Want Ad section. It notes European affairs are lifting farm values and many buyers are seeking good farms now.
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The
Gazette
Milking efficiency spotlight at Iowa dairy banquet
R A Nelson, a Guernsey dairyman near Independence, demonstrates milking records and butterfat figures as the state cow test report lists eastern Iowa dairymen with 15 years or more in the contest. The list includes Nelson at 23 years and others from McGregor, Luana, Garna ville, Elkader, and more, recognized at Waterloo during the C T A banquet.
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Iowa
Allamakee
Benton
Clayton-Delaware
Dubuque
Elkader-Monona
Fayette
Garnaville
Greeley
Hopkinton
Iowa County
Jackson
Johnson
Linn
West Branch
Winneshiek
Guernsey
Gazette
R. A. Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Independence
Waterloo
Eastern Iowa
State Hospital
R. G. Kinsley
McGregor
Ed Doering
Luana
Arno Kregel
Elmer Kregel
W. G. Lincoln
Oelwein
Joseph Waller
Waukon
Stence and Kuehl
Elkader
Coming Farm Auctions Around Iowa and Nebraska Schedule
A series of farm auctions listed for Sept 29 to Oct 4 across multiple towns. D Fisher, Mrs E L Stark, Della W Graham Estate, Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids, Sanihills feeder calf sales in O Neill and Bassett, Ta City Sales Co Ia City, Atkinson Livestock Market, J B Sechusen Chester White sale, Geo Novotny Estate and Shueyville estate closing out sale.
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Fisher
Marengo
E. L. Stark
Central City
Della W. Graham
Mechanicsville
Anamosa Livestock
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Sanihills
O'Neill
Neb
Margaret Sand
Urbana
Sandhills
Bassett
Ta. City Sales Co
Atkinson Livestock Market
Atkinson
J. B. Sechusen
Chester White
Mi. S. Center
Geo. Novotny Estate
E. Shueyville
Parity Checks Arrive for Keokuk County Farmers
Edward A. Peiffer reports 1 219 parity checks received in Keokuk county 257 wheat parity payments and 962 parity payments totaling 36 000 in wheat and 15 000 in corn with 400 corn parity checks still due.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Edward A. Peiffer
Monona Creamery Pays 27c For Top Butterfat
Monona Heatrons of the Monona Farmer's Cooperative creamery received 27 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat during August and 26 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat. A total of 62 974 pounds of butter was made from 50 743 pounds of butterfat received.
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Ga Monona — Heatrons
Monona Farmer's Cooperative Creamery
3500 Bushels of Hybrid Seed Corn Lost in Fire
Grinnell Iowa March week fire destroyed a crib where 3500 bushels of De Kalb agricultural association hybrid seed corn were drying four miles southeast of Grinnell. Elevator and drier owned by the seed firm were damaged. A large hog house burned. Cause undetermined. loss partly insured.
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Grinnell
de Kalb Agricultural Association
John Newton
George Schmidt
Hog Prices Sag This Week in Interior Iowa Markets
Hog prices fell each trading day through Friday in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota with quotes 60 to 80 cents per hundredweight below last Saturday. Demand for wholesale pork remained sluggish while spring pig supply rose in the week’s first five days.
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TRE Farm Enitor
Iowa
Minnesota
Chicago
New York
Outlook Meeting Planned In Cedar County Monday
TIPTON The Cedar county agricultural planning committee will hold its second meeting Monday at 9 30 am. County agent Burns Byram of Toledo in Tama county will lead a discussion on the 1940 agricultural outlook as it is shaped by the European war.
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Tipton
Cedar County Agricultural Planning Committee
Burns Byram
Toledo
Tama County
Oxford Junction meeting to form local soil conservation group
A Jones county soil conservation committee meeting will be held here Wednesday evening. A community committee of three members with a first and second alternate will be elected to assist in administering the 1940 farm program locally.
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Oxford Junction
Jones County Soil Conservation Committee
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire at Waterloo
The article hails the finest dairy cattle at the Waterloo congress, praising the effort of Ed Estle, manager, and noting support from many across the state and nation who have stood by him through the years.
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Ed Estle
Estle
District Husking Meet Listed Oct 26 in Cedar County
Eastern Iowa district corn husking contest set for Oct 26 at John Greig farm two and a half miles northeast of Clarence in a 40 acre hybrid field. Cedar county meet to be held at Edward Hamann farm near Sunbury with tentative Oct 21. Committee includes Sunbury, Walter Kiser, William Ruser, and Arnold Mente.
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Clarence
John Greig
Iowa
Howard Hamilton
Cedar County
Edward Hamann
Sunbury
Hamilton
Mr. Sunbury
Walter Kiser
Wilton Junction
William Ruser
Bennett
Arnold Mente
Tipton
Jackson county to crown cornhusking champion
For the first time Jackson county will select a county cornhusking champion to compete in the eastern Iowa contest near Clarence on Oct 26. The county event will be held mid October. County Agent F E Krause announced today. Committee in charge includes A G Nims Ed Schumann and Ben Downey. Special to The Gazette. Oxford Junction Harry Ingwersen of Oxford Junction has
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Maquoreta
Jackson County
Iowa
Clarence
F. E. Krause
A. G. Nims
Ed Schumann
Ben Downey
Committee named to pick site for eighth Jones County corn husking
A three member committee was named to select a field as the site for the eighth annual Jones County corn husking contest to be held in October.
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Jones County
Conesville Hybrid Event Held Over For Saturday
Conesville ex periment station head Stuart Younkin reports the hybrid corn field day postponed from Friday due to rain and now moved to Saturday.
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Conesville
Stuart Younkin
Conesville Experiment Station
Five Month Old Hen Lays at Troy Mills Farm
Charlotte Wilson, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Wilson of Troy Mills, reports a Rhode Island Red flock beginning to lay eggs at five months old.
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Troy Mills
Charlotte Wilson
Paul Wilson
Rhode Island
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