Iowa Turkeys Put Fourth in U S Ranking This Year
Iowa is fourth in U S turkey production with 1 802 000 birds raised this year up 30 percent from 1938. Minnesota California and Texas top the state, and prices are expected to stay below 1938 levels as marketing rises. Storage will be extensive with planned stock for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Card of Thanks notes neighbors who helped fight a cornfield fire.
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Iowa
Turkey
A. D. Oderkirk
Iowa State College
Agricultural Marketing Service
Oderkirk
Minnesota
California
Texas
Geo. Sandy
Acknowledgment of Thanks for Sympathy at Funeral
The undersigned thank those who offered sympathy and kindness at the funeral of our son and brother. C. A. Graham and Family.
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C. A. Graham
Vernon Eye Injury and Local Oddities Reported
A sledging accident in Vernon Sunken led to a steel splinter piercing a left eye. Surgeons at Towa City performed three preliminary operations and a major procedure to save sight. Also noted is A H Weber owning a Duroc Jersey pig turning white after a wart treatment. In Williamsburg Henry Iburg was fatally shot by Wilbert Walters during a rifle practice mishap. authorities call it accidental.
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Vernon Sunken
Villisea
Towa City
A. H. Weber
Alburnett
Henry Iburg
Williamsburg
Wilbert Walters
Henrysburg
Milo Engelbert
Hospital Sufferer and Tractor Fire Injure Wiegert Pair
Mrs. William Wiegert of Lamotte entered a Dubuque hospital with peritonitis after leaving home with a nurse. Her husband, Mr. Wiegert, was badly burned while adjusting a tractor carburetor and also taken to the hospital.
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William Wiegert
Lamotte
Dubuque
Wiegert
Auto thieves span Iowa with a Buick chain and Oldsmobile loss
Reports show a Buick stolen in Pennsylvania traveled to Iowa City then Belle Plaine and Marshalltown where two more Buicks were taken before an Oldsmobile was stolen at Marshalltown and not heard from. Farmers urged to shelter machinery after Kana scrub shed fire caused 2000 dollar damage. Ed Mawdsley wins seed corn prizes at Clay county fair but one Percheron horse broke a hip.
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Iowa
Pennsylvania
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
Marshalltown
Oldsmobile
Ed Mawdsley
Irvington
Clay County
Woman Recovers Lost Purse At Corn Festival
Mrs Ed Myers of Brompton attended Blakesburg corn festival last week and lost a purse containing 45 dollars. After a night of worry she returned to Blakesburg, parked in the same spot, and nearly stepped on the purse as she got out of the car.
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Ed Myers
Brompton
Blakesburg
Retiring Eldora Treasurer Handles Church Funds
Fred J. Edgar, retiring treasurer of the Eldora Methodist church, has managed about $125000 in church funds over his long service since 1894. The pastor's salary rose from $850 in 1894 to $2500 in 1928 as part of the church’s financial history.
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Fred J. Edgar
Methodist Church of
Eldora
Mr. Edgar
Former Winnebago Boy Writes Two Stories for Red Book
Wallace Stenger a 1932 S A S graduate and former Winnebago county resident published two stories in the November Red Book magazine. He has also released a novel titled SAFE. A search party found three year old James Larson asleep in the family car after he went missing during an Indian pow wow at Rice Lake, alarming his parents.
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Winnebago County
Wallace Stenger
James Larson
Rice Lake
James
Centralized poultry plants reduce travel time and labor
Cornell University researchers study chore routes on 125 Oregon farms to show how centralized buildings cut yearly trips to the laying house, brood house, and pullet range. Findings indicate 62 miles and 37 hours for short trips versus 450 miles and 270 hours for long trips, with windward planning and three year rotation to optimize space for 500 growing chickens per acre.
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L. M. Hurd
Cornell University
Poultry Department
Oregon
Karakul Sheep Raising Considerations Warned by Expert
Don S. Maddox of Washington State College Extension advises stockmen to compare karakul sheep with regular flocks before investing. He suggests visiting farms with 4 5 years in karakul, learning pelts prices, lambing percentages, breeding stock costs, and mutton lamb prices. Southern Idaho breeders market karakul lambs like mutton. wool price remains low.
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Don S. Maddox
Washington State College Extension
Idaho
United States Department of Agriculture
Proper Feed Rations for Stallions and Breeding Fitness
Stallions should receive the best feeds such as oats bran and light mixed hay. A few ears of corn aid thin stallions. Clean pasture and carrots when grass is scarce support health. Heavily used stallions need feed equal to hard working horses. A lean, muscular condition is preferred over softness and overfitting for show rings. rapid weight loss during breeding lowers fertility. Start lean and gain slight weight through the season.
Shortage and Expansion Trends in Agriculture
The article notes about 60 celery varieties grown in the United States, says 1938 favorable turkey raising conditions may boost 1939 production, cites 10 percent of U S egg output stored cold, warns gooseberries and currants spread blister rust leading states to ban cultivation, reports 25 657 000 cases of 1937 sweet corn for canning, mentions an experimental control plan, and highlights rising farm mortgage loan activity by life insurers per the Federal Home Loan Bank Review.
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Turkey
Federal Home Loan Bank Review
Drive With Care in November and December
The Iowa Department of Health urges motorists to drive with extra care in November and December as statistics show 111 motor vehicle deaths in the last two months of 1938. November had 56 deaths, the highest monthly total, with December close behind.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Health Department
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