4 H Club Achievement Day Held With Music Memory Contest
Forty one girls took part in the 1926 Music Memory contest at the First Presbyterian church. Officers elected include Ina Paul as county president and Jessie Goddard as vice president. Winners were Fulton Royal Workers and Fulton Industrial, with Ina Paul named Muscatine county’s best sit around club girl earning a trip to Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Reed
County Girls Club
First Presbyterian Church
Henrietta Laffey
Josephine Arnquist
Lohr and Chase Music House
Presbyterian Church
Ina Paul
Jessie Goddard
Helen Hoag
Ruth Probst
Muscatine
Arnquist
Iowa
Europe
England
France
Sweden
United States
State of
Ames
Fulton Royal Workers
Fulton Industrial
Bloomington
Bessie Rohif
Alma Kretchmer
Katherine Chrysler
Helen TeStrake
Muscatine County
Elizabeth Wilson
Dorothy Felton
Wapsie’s Best
Florence Spenke
Helen Snrinemeir
Dorothy Kuendel
Hertha Krebs
Alma Koepre
Lillian Wiggers
Fulton Royal Workers Club
First Baptist Church
John s Notes on Country Life
John A Robbins reports a lively Dec sale at Dave Rowe s farm near Durant Muscatine County with cattle horses calves and hens selling high prices. Prices included horses 192 cattle 80 calves 48 hogs to 18 geese 5 and Plymouth Rock roosters 2 75 each. Total sale around 7000 cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Robbins
Journal
Dave Rowe
Durant
Muscatine County
Plymouth Rocks
Osmers
Wilton
Mr. Wiebener
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ladies’ Aid Society of New Era
Rowe
Davenport
East Awakening to Needs of Farmers in Thornburg Speech
Des Moines Dec. 15 Mark G Thornburg state secretary of agriculture says recent elections have awakened the east to farm needs. He returned from New York and eastern cities where business is strong but west conditions require improve ment. Officials in Washington favor relief measures though McNary Haugen bill may be altered. At a Chicago meeting agriculture secretaries endorsed constructive relief, aided by Representative L J Dickinson of Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mark G
Thornburg
New York
West
Washington
L. J. Dickinson
Demand for good butter drives Iowa dairy gains
Iowa state brand creameries pay an average 49 cents per pound for butter fat versus 45 cents elsewhere, says Agriculture Secretary Mark Thornburg. He credits cooperative creameries for quality gains and says buying on grade will boost dairy revenue. the report notes 1,599 American tires sold in Romania last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Mark G. Thornburg
Corn Borer Threat Stressed by Farm Expert at Atalissa Institute
Ralph Hayne of International Harvester warned farmers that the European corn borer will spread across the corn belt within five years. He urged liming for alfalfa, livestock marketing, and strict disposal of corn stalks to curb damage, noting shredding and burning as key controls and citing Ontario as a warning of potential yields loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Wilson
Ralph Hayne
International Harvester Company Extension Service
Atalissa Institute
Hayne
Indiana
Illinois
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Iowa
Ontario
Farm Bureau
Macey to Judge Cedar County Poultry Show in Tipton
Pioneer Iowa hatchery man K C Macey has been secured to judge the Cedar county poultry show to be held December 15 to 17 in Tipton. The three day program includes poultry judging by Macey and E C Macey, dairy and farming demonstrations by J F Fenstal and M A Crary, and community events with singing, contests, and pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macey
Cedar County
Tipton
K. C. Macey
Towa
E. C. Macey
A. R. Meints
Dixon, Ia
International Harvester Co
Babcock
F. J. Fenstal
C. BE. Macey
M. A. Crary
Area plan boosts hog profits in Wa pello and hinted for Shelby
Harlan Iowa December 15 AP Wa pello county hog raisers receive twenty thousand dollars a year extra for hogs sold because the county is free of bovine tuberculosis. Packers paid this amount over the regular price for two consecutive years as stated by Carl N Kennedy assistant secretary of agriculture. He predicted Shelby county farmers would gain the same extra funds when added to the accredited list soon after January first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Wapello County
Carl N. Kennedy
Des Moines
Shelby County
Louisa County Farm Bureau Elects Officers for 1927
Louisa county farm bureau held its annual meeting in Wapello with about 100 attendees. Officers named for 1927 include President Guy Wiley and Vice President Ralph Wilson, with H. M. Leyda as Secretary and Frank Gipple as Treasurer. The banquet featured remarks, music, and resolutions urging agricultural relief and local tax economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa County Farm Bureau
S. Lysle Duncan
Louisa
Wapello
Guy Wiley
Farm Bureau
Ralph Wilson
Morning Sun
H. M. Leyda
Frank Gipple
Columbus Junction
C. E. Pierce
Warren Wiederrecht
Ray Kemp
Columbus City
Port Louisa
Jefferson
Elm Grove
Vernon Wiederrecht
Wapello High School
McCall
Merritt Johann
Harold Berk
E. R. Hicklin
Blaine Hawkins
J. Harry Grimm
Dean Dodder
Letts
Arrangements Complete for Washington County Farm Meet
Washington Ia Dec 15 The program committee has drafted a full agenda for the annual Washington County Farm Bureau meeting at the Y M C A Speakers include R K Bliss Iowa extension director and Mrs Ellsworth Richardson head of the women’s department A 12 o’clock dinner costs 50 cents per plate The second year clothing work for county women begins with sessions led by Miss Ruby Kassel using a countywide training plan with past attendance totaling 1867 and $424 saved through improved practices The focus includes farm accounting week January 24 to 28 with 50 farmers already keeping records and support to new participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Helen Jamison
Mason
Lester Day
Oakville Shipping Association
Jessie Foster
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
Farm Bureau
Wapello High School
Ellsworth Richardson
Pella
T. K. Farmer
Oskaloosa
Columbus Junction
Martha Heiner
Sheppard-Towner
Butzin
Miss Erwin
W. C. Molison
Washington
W. R. Brown
J. N. Phillips
R. K. Bliss
Extension Service
Bliss
United States
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Lee Hanna
Jesse Miller
Nathaniel Young
National Farm
Washington County
Ruby Kassel
Miss Kassel
Cedar
Franklin
Dutch Creek Townships
W. E. Nicola
Riverside
Iowa
Highland
Adam Kasowsky
Brighton
Clay
Crawfordsville High School
Crawford
East Marion
Oregon
Ben Briley
Jackson
Marion
American Cars and Motorcycles Highlight Paris and Australia
The Paris auto show featured twenty two makes of American cars with displays from major brands. In Australia nearly 3,000 American motorcycles were sold over the past eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Australia
Iowa Creameries Prepare Cooperative Butter Marketing Plan
Iowa state brand creameries will organize to form a co operative agency to standardize and market butter. R G Clark says the plan starts at the bottom with standardization then selling in a representative city to test public response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Iowa
R. G. Clark
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Farms Pay Two Thirds Of State Taxes
The Iowa Farm Bureau Messenger estimates total farm debt at 1.373 billion dollars or 40.96 per acre with five percent interest totaling 68.673 million dollars. It states farm taxes amount to about two thirds of the state's total taxes, with 1925 taxes projected at 101.71 million dollars and farm share at 67.8 million dollars or about 2 dollars per acre annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Messenger
Iowa Farms
Messenger
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Miss Arnquist
Country Life
Elsworth McGowan
Liberty Road
Cedarville School House
Clarence Welch
Fairport
T. B. Tester
Clarence
Chester H. Boruff
County Line
North Dakota
Colorado
America
Romania
International Har
Vester
Atalissa
Institute
Iowa State College
Boys and Girls Club
Shepnard-Towner
Edward H. Lauer
Sheppard Towner
Louisa County
Eliot
Oakland
Union
Washington County Bureau
Monte Cristo
Thompson’s Seed Store
Muscatine, Ia
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