Dairy Cattle And Products At South Dakota State Fair
Supt D H Jacobsen predicts stronger dairy cattle entries at the 1939 South Dakota State Fair with dates aligned after Minnesota and Iowa fairs. Axel Hansen will judge dairy cattle while events include a milking derby with a 25 prize and silver trophy. creamery butter contests and dairy machinery displays highlight the dairy building booth led by A P Ruger of Brookings.
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Minnesota
Towa
D H. Jacobson
South Dakota
Axel Hansen
Supt
Jacobsen
Ayrshires
Dairy
A. M. Helgans
Madison
South Dakota Dairy Association
A. P. Ruger
Brookings
Barber Shop Exhibit Brings 19th Century Glamour to Milwaukee
Milwaukee visitors tour a Gay Nineties barber shop exhibit at the public museum. Curator Towne L Miller displays a brass cuspidor found by Idhn Olmstead of Orfordville to complete the scene alongside grooming items: shaving mugs transfer pictures striped pole coal stove antique bottles and ornate mustache combs.
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Milwaukee
Plext
Milwaukee Public Museum
Towne L. Miller
Idhn Olmstead
Orfordville
Waukee
Miller
Added Prizes For Forage Crops At 1939 State Fair
Forage crops gain recognition in the 1939 State Fair with added cash prizes and a Beadle County only competition. Dr. C Betts of Huron volunteers to assist entries and state exhibit setup. John O Kane oversees Beadle County department and judges award three prizes for cane grain sorghums and fodder based on bundle ratings.
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South Dakota
Beadle County
Dr. C. & Betts. Huron
John O'Kane
Sudan
Faith Sheep Show Promises Insight for Western SD Lambs
Beadie County sheepmen sponsor the Faith Show on September 1 to showcase feeder lambs, rams, breeding ewes, and fleeces from Meade Ziebach and Perkins counties. Leonard Ladd notes local lamb feeders can meet growers with minimal travel during peak buying season, while judges and dignitaries from State College and the Wool Growers association oversee classes and a wool grading demonstration. The event aims to connect producers feeders and breeders and establish a premium lamb source network.
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Seadie County
Beadie County
South Dakota
Leonard L. Ladd
Meade
Ziehach
Perkins
Ladd
G. A. McDonald
State College Extension Husbandman
Paul Finnegan
Cooperative Wool Grow Pfs Association
Innegan
Men Who Sail To Nowhere Say They Like It There
The 62 crew aboard the Carimare return from a 103 day trans Atlantic float. The French meteorological ship guided 14 crossings, backed by French British and American lines. The vessel housed a swimming pool library a motion picture theater and a radish farm producing about 7000 radishes.
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le Havre
North Atlantic
Carimare
Bea
Drunk Commits to City Work Amid Police Co operation
In Lampbellsville Kentucky officials have used fines to assign nonpaying offenders to municipal tasks such as loading gravel. A habitual offender approached a patrolman and claimed he owed three truckloads. The officer arrested him for drunkenness amid the unusual program.
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Lampbellsville
Leroie
Rainier Drops to Fourth as Nation's Peaks Recount Heights
Rainier slips from third to fourth in U S peak altitudes after the U S Geological Survey remeasures Colorado’s Mount Massive. Whitney remains the tallest at 14 495 feet, with Ebert and Massive now ranking second and third.
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Tacoma
Wash
Mount Rainier
Washington
Puget Sound
U. S. Geological Survey
Mount Massive
Colorado
Teeee
Mount Whitney
Calif
Rainier
United States
Raihier
Longest railroad trestle crosses Great Salt Lake
The record longest railroad bridge spans the trestle over the Great Salt Lake Utah with a 12 mile route. California dominates almond production supplying 99 percent of U S output.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Milking Derby to Crown South Dakota’s Top Milk Producer
The 1939 State Fair will feature a milking derby to determine the state’s best producing cow. All cows of any breed are eligible except those owned by state institutions. R. A. Cave will supervise with last year’s rules. The champion is based on milk and butterfat with prizes of 25 dollars and a silver trophy. Daily production results will be posted for visitors.
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South Dakota
State Dairy Association
R. A. Cave
State College Extension Dairymen
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Exposition
Leo Benson
Art Schlaffman
Ethan
George Toft
Volga
Exposition Grounds
Donald A. Sanders
Soil Conservation Service
State Fair Zoo
South Dakota State Fair
the Harvester
Dak. N
Huron
Righi
Sewan’s
Tee
Brown
Illinois
Faith
Ted
Shakespeare
Dr. Rosenberg
Faille
Drewen
Inez Jones
Aletha Ruth
Thelma
Hazel Taylor
Huron, S. D
California
U. S
Cave
Aeronca
Huron Flying Service, Inc
Aebgnca Distributors
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