Fair Market Sale Brings $22,334 To County Entries
The 4 H and FFA market sale closed fair activities last week with strong demand. About 90 hogs averaged $24.05, 16 sheep averaged $20, and 70 head of baby beeves sold for $16,820.58 total. Grand champion steer owned by Howard Bunger of Tripoli sold to Shield Bantam Co. for $50.50 per hundred, while Waverly Sales Co. bought Dick Juhl's champion market pig for $30. Waverly Implement Co. paid $24.25 per hundred to Roger Jensen for the champion market lamb. Waverly Sales Co. and Rath Packing Co. were prominent buyers. Arnold Hexom and Waverly Sales Co. bought 20 baby beeves, five hog lots, and one sheep lot. Rath bought 20 calves, 10 hog lots, and two sheep lots.
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FFA
Howard Bunger
Tripoli
Shield Bantam Co
Waverly Sales
Annual DHIC Picnic at August Buhr Farm
The Annual D H I C picnic co sponsored by the Bremer Butler Holstein association will be Sunday at the August Buhr farm near Buck Creek. A judging contest for men women and juniors will follow the picnic dinner with E M Wright of Waterloo as judge and speaker.
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Buhr Farm
Bremer-Butler Holstein Association
August Buhr
Buck Creek
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Board of Control
Paul Morgan
Ralph Albrecht
Sumner
Christopher Wins In Demonstration Contest At 4-H Fair
Richard Christopher of Washington Herdsmen won blue ribbon and first place for his rope halter demonstration at Bremer County 4-H Fair. Second place team from Jackson Beavers included Norbert.
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Richard Christopher
Washington
Bremer County
Jackson Beavers
Norbert
Demonstration Teams Display Blue Ribbon Fence Quote
Pruisner and Walter Ruth earned a blue ribbon for their demonstration titled A Good Fence Is a Good Investment. Red demonstration teams featured Robert Leach Allen Kuethe Leroy Gophers Dennis Blume Sumner Champs Stan Chapin and Monte Miles Jackson Beavers and Larry Strottmann Gordon Happel and Duane Sickles Maxfield Rangers.
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Pruisner
Walter Ruth
Robert Leach
Allen Kuethe
Leroy Gophers
Dennis Blume
Sumner Champs
Stan Chapin
Monte Miles
Jackson Beavers
Larry Strottmann
Gordon Happel
Duane Sickles
Maxfield Rangers
Record cattle slaughter expected to rise in 1954
County Extension Director Cattle marketings for August indicate a new monthly slaughter record, marking 19 consecutive months of record highs. July slaughter rose about 8 percent from 1953, with August projected up about 4 percent. Meat production in 1954 is seen at 25.6 million pounds, 3 percent above 1953, with per capita meat consumption at 155 pounds, the highest since 1908.
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Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College Extension Farm
Kutish
Iowa
United States
Bremer Dairymen to Attend Ames Cow Conference
About 20 Bremer County dairymen are expected at the Fourth Annual Cow Conference in Ames on Saturday September 11. Attendees include Bremer County Dairy Herd Improvement Association supervisors and technicians from Bremer County Artificial Breeders Co op and Wisconsin Scientific Breeders Association. County Extension Director Richard Mathews invites others to leave names and phone numbers at the extension office in Waverly to arrange rides.
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Ames
Richard Mathews
Merl Lillibridge
Bremer County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Ray Dewey
Royce Leggett
Hartley Seydel
Bremer County Artificial Breeders Co-op
Melvin Stokes
Tony Johnson
Wisconsin Scientific Breeders Association
Mathews
Waverly
Iowa Tops Slaughter Scores in Cattle Hogs Sheep Lambs
Iowa led the nation in hog slaughter and ranked high in cattle sheep and lamb slaughter, with state totals showing Iowa first in hogs, second in sheep and lambs, and third in cattle based on live weight and head counts.
Iowa Leads In Hog And Sheep Slaughter In 5 Months
Development Commission reports show Iowa slaughtered over one billion pounds of hogs and more than four million head in January through May. Iowa ranked second in sheep and lamb slaughter with about 700 000 head and over 71 million pounds live weight, trailing California. Cattle slaughter totaled 769 000 head and over 757 million pounds live weight, placing Iowa third behind California and Illinois. Audubon famed for bird pictures. U S postage stamps first sold July 1 1847. Tennessee borders eight states.
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Iowa
California
Illinois
Appointment of Executor Notice 1954
Notice to all interested persons that on August 16, 1954, the undersigned was appointed by the District Court as executor. The notice requests any objections or claims in accordance with court procedures. This formal declaration informs the public of the probate action and the executor’s authority.
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District Court
Executor notice in Bremer County Iowa estate case
Bremer County Iowa executor for the estate of Herman J Bung er deceased requests all debtors to pay the undersigned and all claimants to present legally authenticated claims to the court for allowance dated August 16 1954 Sweet Sager attorneys Waverly
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Bremer County
Iowa
Herman J. Bunger
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Bergmann Hatchery
Bremer
John James Audubon
U. S
Tennessee
Col. Stonewall
Lily Belle
Tripoli, Iowa
International Harvester
Henry Schroeder
MTA
Farmall
AST Tractor
I-H Dealers
Tripoli Implement Company
I-H
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