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Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1951

Page

6

Four School Houses To Be Sold At Auction

Four school houses in Lost Island township will be sold at auction on Thursday and Friday, August 30 and 31, with sale starts at 1:00 each day. Locations include two west of Graettinger and two southwest of Graettinger. Otis Hauge is secretary. Grodland, Bortiit & Brown are auctioneers. Graettinger State bank is clerk. There is strong demand for school houses.

Lost Island Township Graettinger Otis Hauge Grodland, Bortiit & Brown Graettinger State Bank

Display Ad Readers Urged to Review Times Today

Readers are advised to consult the display advertisement in today’s Times for full details and instructions. This reminder underscores timely engagement with the notice and related information.

Vinton Pullen Sells Well Improved 80 Acre Farm

Vinton Pullen plans to move to California and sell his well improved 80 acre farm at auction on Thursday September 6 at 1 30 pm. The sale will take place four miles south of Graettinger five miles west. The farm features productive land and good buildings with a detailed home description in the August 30 Times display ad. Auctioneer is Ben F P Reeves and the Iowa Trust Savings Bank of Emmetburg is clerk.

Vinton Pullen California Graettinger The Times Ben FP. Reeves Iowa Trust, & Savings Bank Emmetaburg

Cow Conference at Emmetsburg Dairy Farm Draws Visitors

Years of visitors will be able to see the herd at the dairy farm. Artificial insemination studies will be reviewed and grass silage topics included. Preservations and silage making machinery will be displayed. Some cows will have hay free from hay, fed silage only. Local dairymen are urged to bring families, a basket lunch on the lawn, and report to Extension Office Leo Fredrickson or Floyd Calhoun if transport is needed.

Leo Frederickson Floyd Calhoun Emmetsburg

Ashcan entry for Walnu 4-H dairy heifers at Spencer Fair

James Levi of Walnu township entered three 4-H club Holstein dairy heifers at the Spencer Fair set for September 10 to 15. Palo Alto joins the State Sports Festival with baseball and all-star softball teams and a possible 4-H 444 yard relay. Weather and field woes threaten a county 4-H softball tournament while about 30 farmers met at the Farage Demonstration Plot with Ralph Kremzin of I.A.B.C. noting many points on grass and legume crops.

R. W. Ashby James Levi Walnu Township Spencer Fair Palo Alto Ralph Kremzin

Local Farmers to Attend Cow Conference at Iowa State

Local farmers plan to attend the Cow Conference at Iowa State College on September 5. The all day event covers feeding, breeding, management and dairy husbandry, with an open house at the college Dairy Farm in the morning and a formal program in the Memorial Union Building in the afternoon. Exhibits, demonstrations and talks by college staff include aureomycin feeding trials and Holstein inbreeding work.

Towa State College Memorial Union

Farms for Sale near Aberdeen South Dakota

820 acres improved farm with good brings and school one mile away in Aberdeen eight miles by gravel road. Can rent balance of section. Price 62.50 per acre with terms 320 acres 144 from Westport 12 miles from Aberdeen improved with black top road at 45. Other quarters and farms with or without buildings available. See James Robinson at Grachtin ger or write Draeger Marshall Co Aberdeen SD.

IAEA Aberdeen Westport

Birdsfoot trefoil and ladino clover in county program

In a local note, birdsfoot trefoil and ladino clover are highlighted as suitable plants for the county press program, while lespedeza is deemed unsuitable for the northern region. An advertisement from E B Burg seeks hog buyers, offering contact details and yard office location, followed by want ad rates at 16 cents per line for the first week and 10 cents per line for each additional week.

E. B. Burg Wallingford

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