Two Trophy Cups For West Liberty Fair Exhibits
Two silver trophy cups from the Chicago Livestock Exchange will be awarded at the West Liberty fair this year for the best pure bred sow and litter exhibit and the best baby beet exhibit. The cups become permanent property of winners. township exhibits are planned from each township to feature at the 1927 fair.
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Wilson
Muscatine County
West Liberty Fair Board
Chicago Livestock Exchange
West Liberty Fair
Fach
West Liberty
Farm Bureau
Ohio
Hahn Bros. Produce Company
State Experiment Station
Conesville
John Robbins reports on Howard and local farming near West Liberty
John A Robbins notes Charlies Howard's 190 acre farm east of the Toll Road with new chicken houses and Rhode Island Red stock. Howard yields 128 eggs from 200 pullets weekly and plans larger housing. last year's tomatoes and horseradish grossed 2700 dollars. Also covered are Milder's 70 acre corn, Kammerer's Cedar bottom improvements, Sitter's beekeeping, and MenYink's move and crops.
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John A. Robbins
Journal
Charlies Howard
Mississippi
Rhode Island
Howard
W. J. Milder
Arden
Schuester
West Liberty
Bert Kammerer
Mrs. Milder
Ralph
Elmer
Dorothy
Muscatine
John Kammerer
Cedar Bottom
Gerald MenYink
Cedarville School
West Liberty Road
George Black
Atalissa
Proper pruning will help yield raspberries this season
Des Moines March 16 AP Iowa horticultural society secretary R S Herrick says raspberry yield depends on spring pruning. Black caps benefit from last year canes pinched to 30 inches and pruned to 6 to 16 inches. red varieties prefer no summer pinching and spring pruning to 30 or 36 inches with old canes removed.
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Des Moines
R. S. Herrick
Iowa Horticultural Society
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Little Corn Sealed in Iowa During Past Year
Des Moines March 16 AP Carl N Kennedy assistant secretary of agriculture said Iowa used the farm warehouse act less this year due to no adequate financing method. Less than 10 percent of last year's corn was sealed this winter as two agricultural credit corporations operated previously. Last year 2,269,895 bushels of corn were sealed along with 74,616 bushels of oats and 26,000 bushels of timothy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carl N. Kennedy
Ton Litter Club Doing Good Work
Urbana March 16 The Illinois Ton Litter club reports record results for last year under University of Illinois agriculture sponsorship. 96 ton litters raised by 84 farmers across four counties earned gold medals. members must feed a single litter to at least a ton by six months old. Notables include Donnie Heck of Aledo and Lee W. Modeer and Henry C. Seitz of Reynolds.
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Urbana
Ill
Illinois
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Donnie Heck
Aledo
Lee W. Modeer
Henry C. Seitz
Reynolds
Farm loans could boost warehoused grain, official notes
Officials compared current grain warehousing with last year’s totals of 222,887 bushels of corn 10,145 of oats and 9,000 of timothy. They concluded a much larger warehousing volume would occur if loans were offered at attractive interest rates.
Muscatine Entrant Places In Farm Project Essay Contest
Herschel Hintermeister of Muscatine High School won fifteenth place in a 1926 pig feeding project essay contest among Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin high school agriculture classes. 125 essays entered. top 20 featured in Chicago Daily Drovers Journal. Other local entrants included Harold Timm and Martin Weiss. essays describe 1926 project work and results.
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Muscatine County Farm Bureau
Herschel Hintermeister
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Chicago Daily Drovers Journal
Harold Timm
Martin Weiss
Hlinots
Hintermeister
Vocational Agricul
Calves fed by Washington county boys seek county crown
Washington Ia March 16 On March 1 weighing certificates were issued for thirteen calves fed by eight Washington county boys. Most began Jan 1 and keep careful records of feed and gains as they compete to produce the county’s best calf. Joe Jones Jr outlines feeding three breeds, Angus Shorthorn and Hereford, among the participants.
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Washington
Washington County
Joe Jones, Jr
Crawford Township
Wilbur Quinn
Donald Penningroth
Wayne R. Williams
Keith Wells
Bruce Hanna
Robert Hanna
Wilbur Eyrestone
Iowa
Franklin County
Eradication Tests for Tuberculosis in Poultry in Iowa
Thompson Iowa March 16 AP Three methods are being tested in Winnebago county with Iowa Agriculture Department to curb avian tuberculosis. Farmers remove old sick birds, raise new chicks on fresh ground, and renovate coops before restocking. A second method uses tuberculin testing. the third may keep old birds with the new chicks. The aim is to prove sanitation and fresh-ground brooding can rid flocks of disease.
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Iowa
M. G. Thornburg
Chicago
Thornburg
Wellman
Craft
Louisa County Co operative Shipping to Hold Meeting
Louisa County Shipping associations will meet at the Farm Bureau office in Wapello on Friday March 18 at 2 p m to study January and February records. E L Cady will present market analysis and Knute Espe and Ames of the Chicago producers may attend to help with livestock shipping questions.
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Louisa County
Wapello
Louisa County Shipping Associations
Farm Bureau
E. L. Cady
Morning Sun Association
Oakville
J. S. Craft
Craft
Jake Kuntz
H. L. Swan
Lorne Williams
Chris Kuntz
Henry Bowers
Dan Kuntz
Harl Zippe
Owen Keily
A. L. Peck
Earl D. Charbonneau
Ben Murray
W. J. Haight
Mediapolis
O. P. Johnson
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Underwood and Underwood
T. B. Ingels Dufur
Dalles
Ore
Fruitland
House
Senate
Country Life
Wu Henry Sitter
Houser Street
Mr. Kessinger
Pennsylvania
Mr. Sitter
Kennedy
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Iowa Avenue
Andv
Farm Project
H. D. Hughes
Esther Pond
Extension Service
C. M. Maxwell
Louisa County Co-Operative Shipping Associations
Master Farmers of
Grimes
the Times
Lewis Morris
Wallaces
B. S. Lysle Duncan
Marshall Township
Glenn Nichols
Nichols
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Ames
Polk
Coolidge
Iown
Pig Club
Joe Malone
Iowa State College
Tokage
County
J. J. Wilson
Duroc Pig Club
Duroc
Duroc Litter Club
Duroe
Malone
Webek
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