Louisa County Farm Bureau Picnic Set At Morning Sun
The tenth annual Louisa County Farm Bureau picnic will be held at Morning Sun high school grounds in cooperation with Morning Sun Community club on Thursday June 25. Principal speaker Charles E. Hearst Iowa Farm Bureau president will attend with talks, music and contests planned including a 50 yard dash and sack races. Livestock and 4-H achievements from county youths highlighted alongside the program.
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Louisa County Farm Bureau
Wapello
Morning Sun
Morning Sun Community Club
Farm Bureau
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Hearst
Washington, D. C
Kansas City
L. R. Pierce
Community Club
L. Scott Lieberknech
Grace McCormac
Hilton Briggs
Wanella Township
Elm Grove Township
Louisa County
Ames
Alice Pierce
L. Y. M. Club
Columbus City
Pauline Smith
Jean Williams
Elizabeth Mewhirter
Mary Belk
Pollyanna Club
Grandview Township
Lucille Oak
Grace McCormar
Violet Shellabarger
Harlan Foster
L. Scott Lieberknecht
Livestock Club
Columbus Junction
Township Farm Bureau
Seda Educational Bureau
Farmers Adopt More Electricity Use in Three Years
Over the last three years the number of farmers using electricity Bist SAQuE has risen by 6 percent, reflecting growing adoption of electrical power in agricultural work.
Bremer County Tops Iowa Dairy Regions
Waverly Iowa June 29 AP Bremer County though small leads in dairy with 21 creameries 29 cooperative. The area ships most sweet cream and pays an average 53 cents per pound for butterfat due to intensive dairying and high product care.
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Waverly
Bremer County
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Number of Iowa Farms Declined in 1928 Survey
Iowa assessors report 210 108 farms as of Jan 1 1928 down 1 529 or 0 7 percent from 1927. Average farm size rose to 162 3 acres, with Linn county at 121 and Lyon at 204 acres. Total farm acreage 34 110 172, idle land due to 1927 spring seeding up 65 percent, while waste land rose to 301 852 acres amid adverse weather.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Linn
Lyon County
Federal Farm Facts Highlight 1927 Yearbook Details
The 1927 Yearbook of Agriculture is $1.50 from the Government Printing Office. It contains 329 articles on new farm science and marketing progress and reviews the year’s agricultural results. Ohio sheep losses to dogs total $767,900. extension service employs 5,909 workers and 4-H clubs involve nearly 620,000 youths. Professor O. E. Reed becomes chief of the dairy bureau, price index hits 148 percent of prewar levels due to gains across farm groups except dairy.
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Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Extension Service
United States
J. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Eliza Woodmen to Celebrate Fourth of July
Eliza camp of the Modern Woodmen of America will hold a full day program at Reynolds grove on July 4. The event features speaking, music and sports as part of the Independence Day celebration in Til Eliza.
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Eliza
Til
Modern Woodmen of America
Reynolds Grove
Mazie world champion Leghorn leads UBC stock sale
The University of British Columbia farm realized 2225 dollars from pedigreed stock. Two cockerels sold for 590 dollars each and another for 390 dollars.
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Mazie
University of British Columbia
Oklahoma 4-H Boy Wins Big at Fairs With Bees and Crops
Ed Lopp, a 29 year old Four-H club member from Jones Oklahoma, has built a diverse exhibit record. He has won 460 ribbons and $1,029 in cash across many fairs, including first place at the 1927 state fair for colored corn. He gardens, raises bees, and runs a 160 acre farm with his father, pursuing budding papershell pecans and other crops.
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Oklahoma
Jones
Okla
Ed Lopp
Lopp
North Canadian
Dad
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Young Lopp
Oklahoma County
Louisa Secures Architects for New Courthouse
Wapello Iowa June 206 supervisors meet to contract Keefer and Jones of Des Moines to draw plans for a new two story courthouse 113 by 60 feet. Sketch expected soon. Wapello Briefs reports marriage licenses issued and funeral for Oliver Carey. Community events include a tent show and a Presbyterian play pageant. Local agriculture notes rainfall aiding vegetation and corn replanting due to grain freeze.
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Wapello
Board of Supervisors
Keefer and Jones
Des Moines
Court House
Goeser & Lauth
Burlington
Wapello Briefs
H. L. Lewis
Ada Hake
Elmer Ford
Emil Hake
Delta Hake
Margaret Coss
Leo Bishop
Muscatine
Herbert Carpenter
Oliver Carey
O. E. McBride
First Methodist Church
C. E. Burdine
Wanpella
Myrtle Jamison
Louisa County
Iowa City
Samuelson
Business Men's Club
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Castle
H. M. Lerda
Florence Winder
Dr. Jack
A. M. Rogers
Los Angeles
G. 0. Foot
Cedar Falls
Dairy Calf Clubs Growing in Iowa State
The Iowa State Dairy association hires an assistant for summer to aid dairy calf clubs statewide and prepare calves for fall fairs. Ted Besh, tied to the Pioneer Cow Testing association and a former high scorer in national judging contests at Iowa State College, Ames, brings extensive cattle handling and showing experience.
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Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Association
Ted Besh
Pioneer Cow Testing Association
Iowa State College
Ames
Besh
Farm Account Records Increase in Washington Iowa
Washington Iowa June 20 extension specialist L G Allbaugh reviewed farm records of 34 men to compare individual farms with the local average. May dairy results show 727 pounds milk and 28.9 pounds butterfat per cow from 282 cows. E P Haved herd led May with 59.1 pounds butterfat. D B Swartzendruber & Son second with 37.6 pounds fat. Dairymen picnic set at Chautauqua park Fairfield June 21. Four-H rally day June 23 at Washington city hall with Miss Helen Needles speaker and a full day's program.
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Washington
L. G. Allbaugh
Cow Test Association
E. P. Haved
Mr. Hayes
D. B. Swartzendruber & Son
Floyd Erickson
Southeastern Iowa
Chautauqua Park
Fairfield
Four-H Club
Washington City Hall
Rennie Dawson
C. M. Maxwell
Ames
Helen Needles
East High School
Des Moines
Not Much Money in Cheese Making for This State
Des Moines Iowa June 20 AP The Iowa department of agriculture yearbook notes that cheese making yields little profit when average wholesale cheese prices stay near 25 cents per pound. R G Clark says Iowa should at least make its own cheese and notes Iowa produces roughly 19 percent of its own consumption.
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Armour and Company
Denison
State Board of Control
Anamosa
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
R. G. Clark
Dairy and Food Division
Department
United States
Butter Makers Win Top Honor in 1927 Iowa Awards
Des Moines reports Iowa butter makers win the top buttermaking honor for 1927 and reclaim the national banner from Minnesota. Floyd L. Sires of Elgin IA and F P Gern of Volga City IA tie for the grand sweepstakes with 94.36. The article lists top twelve producers including Kucher, Lasson, Harms, Larson, Palmer, Schroeder, Smith, Dodeward, Killsholm, and Rizer across several towns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Creamery Buttermakers Association
Minnesota
Towa
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Floyd L. Sires
Elgin
F. P. Gernand
Volga City
Towans
Fred Kucher
Fenton
Phil J .Lasson
Alpha
Albert F. Harms
Oelwein
Reuben N. Larson
Osage
R. F E. Palmer
Rock Valley
John H. Schroeder
Westgate
Rockwell
John Dodeward
Rock Waller
Viggo Killsholm
Wesley
F. L. Sires
W. A. Rizer
Randalia
Nebraska dairy herd improvement associations rise to eighteen
Nebraska now has eighteen organized and operating dairy herd improvement associations. The first association in the state began in 1923, marking the start of formal herd improvement efforts.
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Nebraska
Farmers turn oat hull waste into useful products
Nat Hulls In New Use reports farmers selling oat hulls once considered waste. The hulls are made into radio panels dyes lacquers leather dressings and food preservatives among other useful items.
Improper Handling of Eggs Costs Big Ad Y Early
A. C. Peterson of Swift and Company's local produce house states improper handling causes a 45 million dollar annual loss to U S egg producers. The guide urges best practices for high quality eggs including standard chicken strains clean quarters green feed dry nests and daily egg collection.
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United States
A. C. Peterson
Swift and Company
Mr. Peterson
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Charles EF. Hearst
Tse
Canus
U. S
Federal Farm Facts
Farmer's Library
Government Printing Office
Ohio
Big Western
U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey
O. E. Reed
Bureau of Dairy Industry of
C. W Larson
Reed
Michigan State College of Agriculture
Eliza Woodmen
Jones, Okla
Louisa
Washington Con Test Association
Prairie Center
Helen Wheeles
Fern Cliff Club
John Deere
Milwaukee Air Power Water
Milwaukee Air Power
Leegert
Lustee
Milwau
Walnut St
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