Castle Grove Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Local Events
The Castle Grove Farm Bureau met Friday evening with strong attendance. County Agent Wortman screened a two reel film on a two row corn usher and corn husking contests while Howard McLaughlin entertained with two solos. A debate on farm life past versus present ended with the negative winning two to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Farm Bureau
Wortman
New Idea Spreader Company
Howard McLaughlin
Will Hiller
G. J. van Buren
A. Mclaughtin
George Specht
Sorden
Rhinelander
Wis
Wisconsin
A. A. Kromminga
Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
Henry Che
Kansas
Wil Rickels
Castle Grove
Center Junction
Sand Springs Creamery Workers and August Payouts Noted
August payouts at Sand Springs creamery list payouts to P. J. Kurt 276.65 Joe Miller 275.94 Trenkamp Bros 266.35 Prull and Prwull 217.60 Siebold and Turnis 199.81 Ray White 191.98 Henry Becker 210.18 L. T. White 181.97 Mose Lamont 173.55 P. Demmer 172.33 Butterfat price 0.45 per pound. Community notices recount visits and gatherings including the Rutz and Cox families, local reunions, and Farm Bureau meeting with a weaving trays lesson for 14 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Springs
P. J. Kurt
Joe Miller
Trenkamp Bros
Prull
Prwull
Siebold and
Turnis
Ray White
Henry Becker
L. T. White
Mose Lamont
P. Demmer
Delhi
Jake Lang
John Ketelsen
Center Junction
Raymond Pope
Lamont
Elmer Heeren
Ed Cox
Wiliam Moser
Colesburg
George Arduser
Cedar Rapids
Harley Everett
Strawberry Point
George Everett
Blanche Everett
Manchester
James Alcorn
Monticello
W. H. Behrends
Clifford Arduser
J. L. Batchelder
Sand Spring
Langworthy
Women’s Farm Bureau
C. ©. Slauson
Prospects for Iowa feeder cattle profits in 1931
E L Cady of Iowa State College argues buyers at low prices who have feed through late 1931 may gain. prospects depend on a better business environment and higher market prices after a small corn crop. Favorable factors include a short corn crop and smaller feeder shipments. unfavorable signs include higher cattle on farms, increased cold storage beef, and lower slaughter steer prices mid 1930.
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Iowa
E. L. Cady
Iowa State College
Towa
United States
Anamosa Students Enter Iowa City Campus
Miss Lucea Hejinian returns with her parents to Iowa City then Paris then back to teach at the state university. Nine Anamosa high school graduates depart for Iowa City to register for their first year. The Misses Remley Hartman Downing locate in Currier hall. First year students include LaVern Peterson Raymond Levy Eugene Hayes Raymond Codling and Edmund O Toole. On Tuesday Sara Erb and Leonard Dunn, two student graduates of the town, proceed with university work.
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Lucea Hejinian
Iowa City
A. G. Hejinian
Paris
State University
Heguton
Anamosa
Iowa State University
Anamosa High School
Mary Remley
Helen Hartman
Helen
Jean Downing
Currier Hall
LaVern Peterson
Raymond Levy
Eugene Hayes
Ray‘mond Codling
Edmund O'Toole
Sara Erb
Leonard Dunn
Local Students Enter Iowa State Colleges
The local high school graduates begin their first year at Iowa State College in Ames. Enrolled from this city were Francis Whitcombe Christine Swanson Jack Mellecker and James Paul. New students from Anamosa include Misses Willine Taylor and Eleanor Brainard entering Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Francis Whitcombe
Christine Swanson
Jack Mellecker
James Paul
Willine Taylor
Eleanor Brainard
Anamosa
Iowa State Teachers' College
Cedar Falls
The Biggest Taxes and Spending Contrast in Sac City Sun
The Sac City Sun argues taxes are not the main barrier to prosperity and notes higher living costs, autos, amusements, and luxuries as major spend items. It also mentions weekly terrapin races held in Scurry County, Texas.
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Sac City Sun
Scurry County
Texas
Inside Household Tips From The Busy Homemaker
Practical advice for home cooks and cleaners from kitchen temperatures to preserving apples. Use hot and cold serving rules, make apple butter with or without cider, select sturdy washable curtain fabrics, and improve iron-containing water for laundry by sedimentation and filtration.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Swine Publications and Associations circular released
The animal husbandry section of the Iowa agricultural experiment station issued Circular No. 122 on Swine Publications and Associations to meet rising demand for swine industry information and listing names and addresses of swine registry and record associations. Interested readers may contact the Bureau Section at Iowa State College.
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Animal Husbandry
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Buipia
Iowa State College
Mes
Plant Flowers Now for 1931 Fall Planting
E Volz of Iowa State College hort department says late September and early October are ideal for fall planting. Plant tulips narcissus hyacinths crocus snow drops and scilla. Transplant hardy lilies now with depth rules for stem rooting species nine inches for regal tiger speciosum auratum and four inches for madonna and turkscap. Peonies and iris may also be transplanted. Water soil before and after transplanting to start growth.
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E. ©. Volz
Iowa State College
Volz
The Blind Boy by Cibber
A poem narration centers on a blind boy who wonders about light and day. He contrasts his lack of sight with the warmth of the sun and declares self sovereignty through imagination and patience. He pleads not to let his condition ruin his inner joy while asserting personal dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Cibber
Frozen Fish Sold in Canada Packed in Cardboard Containers
Fish caught and frozen are sold in Canada, packed in cardboard containers soon after capture, signaling a rapid processing and distribution chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Timofothy Seed Sale Yields Big Returns for Davis County
The report compares timothy seed yields across Iowa counties with Davis County asserting the banner. Davis county buyers purchased fifty two cars with 900 to 1500 bushels per car averaging 1140, priced from 2.50 to 3.25 per bushel. Combined shipments from nearby stations push county returns into hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the last decade living expenses have fallen one fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa County
Lucas
Towa
Allamakee
Davis County
Prairie Birth Poem Exults Prairie Beauty and God’s Hand
Grace Stone Coates writes of prairie life in America praising the vast canyons and cliffs, the partridge rising like a bullet from grain, wagons racing to the barn, and a heart glad that God’s touch rests on the land. The verse contrasts plains with rugged peaks and defends the level sod against disparagement.
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God
Grace Stone Coates
America
England auto deaths 1929 report by Lord Byng shows 1362 killed
Lord Byng head of London's police reports 1362 persons were killed by automobiles in England during 1929. Hessian fires spread in Iowa and contributed to higher losses in several other states that year.
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Lord Byng
London Police
England
Iowa
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Timothy
Monticello Commercial Club
A. J. H. McNeill Hardware
GEO. Stuhler’s Sons Co
R. H. Balster Farm Equipment Store
Madsen Motor Co
Fords and Service
J. J. Eggers Billiards
W. W. Stickford
J. B. Zimmerman Clothing and Furnishings
Rickless Dry Goods
Matthiessen Auto & Supply CO
Chevrolets
Hoag Duster CO. Dusters and Coal
Lovell State Bank
E. J. Farley Produce Dealer
Suter Meat Market Tender Meats
Virginia Cafe
J. Leroy Farmer Canning CO
J. E. Bateman
Your Monument Dealer
Monticello State Bank
Frank A. Locher
Kash & Karry Grocery
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