Bremer County at the Dairy Cattle Show
Bremer County 4-H clubs and breeders entered the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo on October 2. The Bremer home project booth scored 843 of 1000 for third among counties without a home demonstration agent, featuring scales, dolls, toys, canning and clothing. Members and leaders from Washington, Maxfield, West Lafayette, East Lafayette, Frederika, and other townships staffed and demonstrated, with top honors in judging won by Raymond Kuethe for Guernseys and Fritz Dettmer for Ayreshires. Multiple Bremer exhibitors earned premiums across Guernsey, Ayshire, Belgians, and Holstein classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Home Project
Pooth
NRA
W. M. George
Laura Reeves
Washington Township
Booth
Alvin Geuther
Ed Tiedt
Maxfield Township
Charles Woodruff
West Lafayete
Elsie Pothast
East Lafayette
C. B. Kelsey
E. W. Kirchhoff
Frederika
Tam
Hazel Christopher
Gladys Leffler
Happy Hustlers
Clyde Briner
Alberta
Norma Genther
NRG
J. E. Scully
P.A. Colburn
Mildred Mueller
Raymond Keuthe
Fritz Dettmer
Ayreshires
Raymond Kuethe
Neil Cave
Martin Dettmer
M. L. Willey
Arnold Zanders
Fremont Township
Leland Gritzner
Polk Township
Gordon Meyers
Jackson Township
M. L. Wiley
United States
Floyd Bauer
Lafayette Township
J. S. Lynes
Plainfield
A. P. Juhl
West Lafayette Township
Nashua
Waverly
Waverly Colt Club
H. Hay
Tripoli
F. A. Chester Sons
Me & Fop
Bremer and Butler County Cow Testing Association Report
Dairymen debate if high priced feed pays with butterfat at low prices. A better cow increases profits, but several farmers skimped feed and saw poorer herds. Soybeans sell as the cheapest protein, bran more economical than oats. Most members feed grain. top five cows show high fat and milk yields from Brown Swiss Ayrshire Jersey Guernsey Holstein herds.
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Harold Sutoon
Harold Iserman
Waverly
J. J. Lynes Sons
Plainfield
Ayrshire
Willard J. Prestien
Denver
Jersey
Floyd Methfessel
Clarksville
Guernsey
F. A. Chester & Sons
Holstein
Hearst Discusses Recovery Program At Meeting Saturday
Charles E. Hearst vice president of the American farm bureau federation spoke at the Community building in Waverly on October 7 about cooperation with the Hoover administration for an agricultural recovery program. He outlined the NRA agricultural adjustment, inflation controls, mortgage refinancing and farm credit reforms, urging unity to spur prosperity. He noted potential disagreements but stressed Farm Bureau cooperation and discussed the corn hog program and impending action on farm mortgage loans via federal land banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hearst
American Farm Bureau Federation
Waverly
Hearst
NRA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Federation
Hoover
Owen D. Young
Warren
Cornell University
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Federal Land Banks
Des Moines
Henry Morganthau, Jr
Federal Farm Credits
Bremer County Farmers Discuss Federal Land Bank Loans
In Des Moines Bremer county farmers debated slow mortgage loan approvals from the Federal Land Bank Omaha. G C VanDerveer cited a single $22 per acre loan request from April, noting final approval was still pending. Attendees from nearly every township pressed for higher loans based on land valuations from 1909 to 1914, with Hearst seeking details to forward to Mr Morganthau and hopes for quicker, larger loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton E. Sweet
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
G. C. VanDerveer
Bremer County
Hearst
Morganthau
Des Moines
West Lafayette Township Meets at Vosseller Home
Members and friends of the West Lafayette township farm bureau gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Vosseller on Wednesday evening October 4. The program featured group singing a piano duet by Mrs. Delbert Shepherd and Mrs. Wile a vocal solo by Mrs. F. A. Holloway and a violin solo by Frank Sturdevandt. R. A. Whitney was re elected president and Floyd Christopher was elected secretary treasurer. The county agent spoke on the corn hog program followed by a discussion and a showing of movies with refreshments served by the ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lafayette
Warren Town Puts On Teachers Reception Event
A Warren township farm bureau meeting hosted a teachers reception at the Lageschulte home on October 5. Teachers named include Gladys Remley Mercedes Fairbrother Iane Stanford Effie Rourke and Ruth Koob. Mrs Schroedermeier outlined winter home project plans and urged cooperation. Happy Hustlers 4 H girls club performed several numbers. County agent discussed the corn hog program followed by participant discussion. After movies refreshments were served and a three person committee was formed to plan the coming year with assigned program roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Township
Farm Bureau
Frank Lageschulte
Gladys Remley
Mercedes Fairbrother
Iane Stanford
Effie Rourke
Ruth Koob
H. E. Schroedermeier
Happy Hustlers 4-H
Lyle Ormston
Seth Cook
Schroedermeier
Fremont Hustlers Hold Regular Meeting At Home
The Fre mont Hustlers girls club meets at Zatha Schmidt's home on Tuesday evening October 8. They reorder to Monday meetings, discuss old and new business, and feature a date health cookies demonstration by Charlotte Bennett, table setting by Elinor Kelsey, table manners by Josephine Sien, plus a poem by Irene Schlichting. Lunch by Za tha Schmidt and Norma Stange. In Los Angeles a 12 year old flyer Lorraine Bowman, mother also a flyer, is noted as having several solo flights, with flying predicted to become common for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Hustlers Girls’ Club
Zatha Schmidt
Charlotte Bennett
Elinor Kelsey
Josephine Sien
Irene Schlichting
Norma Stange
Los Angeles
Calif
Lorraine Bowman
Davids Were Blonds Tradition of Hair Color Mark
A note on the House of David claiming their members had blond hair and fair coloring as a characteristic. The idea persists through centuries with artists often portraying Christ with this mark.
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House of David
Christ
Profit From Corn Hedging With July Futures Explained
Iowa State College professor Geoffrey Shepherd explains a hedging strategy that can yield 13 cents per bushel in profit on 1933 corn held into summer 1934. By selling July futures against owned corn and later selling cash corn, a farmer can lock in gains if prices rise or fall, with storage enabling lower carrying costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Shepherd
Department of Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
Shepherd
Chicago
Janesville Beats Tripoli In Close 6-5 High School Baseball
Janesville defeats Tripoli 6 to 5 in a tense season closer. Gehrke drives in four runs with four hits and almost a three-base hit for the winning run in the seventh. Sien catches well and Janesville finishes 7-2-0 with promising prospects for next spring. Tripoli inflicts 10 hits on Gehrke but loses despite a late rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville High
Gehrke
Sien
Dunkerton
Plainfield
Bennett
Frese
Hahn
Janesville
Tripoli
Abah
Krueger
Ezdiris Bennett
Zi Izs Frese
Crinklaw
Eichman
Gerlach
Bunger
Baurgartner
A. Vaughn
FS Aiken
R. Vaughn
Loveland
Bye
Enlow
D. Staley
Koepke
Conner
First Grade Health Eyes Care Tips From Miss Oleson
A note about Darline Silvers in Miss Oleson's first grade class describes nine eye care tips taught in health lesson. Tips include good light while reading, not reading too long, avoiding light in eyes, not rubbing eyes, resting tired eyes, keeping fingers away, soap irritation, keeping soap from eyes during washing, and covering eyes with a towel during hair washing.
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Darline Silvers
Dairymen Use Better Sires and Balanced Rations
Iowa Cow Testing association reports progress in using better sires and home grown balanced rations. Average butterfat per cow rose from 307 to 311 pounds, cows culled at 10.2 percent, North Tama leading with 396 pounds butterfat per cow. Ernest Diehl’s Grundy County herd averaged 540.8 pounds butterfat, feed efficiency high, herd size reduced 25 percent over four years with $2.20 return per $1 of feed.
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Iowa Cow Testing Association
Dairy Extension Service
Iowa State College
North Tama
North Tama Group
Ernest Diehl
Grundy County
Fire Safety Focus In Second Grade Schedule
Last week in Miss Milroy's class the second graders reviewed Elson reader stories and noted perfect scores by Lillian Bathke, Patricia Hale, Jeanette Morf, and Gerhardt Rettig. Fire prevention week featured a fire drill and lessons on kinds causes danger and prevention with Forrest Bolte as helper.
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Elson
Lillian Bathke
Patricia Hale
Jeanette Morf
Gerhardt Rettig
Forrest Bolte
Third Grade Essays From Miss Boyle Class
Six weeks of sentence study ends with student writes about future careers. Paul Bierie declares becoming a cop and arresting robbers, then a motorcycle cop stopping speeding cars. Robert Selck wants to be a teacher.
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Miss Boyle
Paul Bierie
Robert Selck
I will teach third grade and read these books I’m reading now
A collection of student reflections shows aspirations to teach various grades from first to seventh and future trades. Several youths name teaching subjects like arithmetic spelling geography and art while others express goals as farmers carpenters engineers and firefighters. The voices include Irma Piegers Mary Ruth Bradfield Duane Dettmer Arnold Nielsen Betty Ambrose Donna Lee Lorin Eichmann Donna Jean Matthiesen Evelyn Sievers Ray Fink Verla Hagen Naomi Berlin Ralph Fink Mary Jeane Buechele Jeannett Drewis Marie Hanff Orville Stroffege Betty Rea and James Crittenden.
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Irma Piegers
Mary Ruth Bradfield
Duane Dettmer
Arnold Nielson
Betty Ambrose
Donna Lee
Lorin Eichmann
Verla Hagen
Naomi Berlin
Ralph Fink
Orville Stroffege
Betty Rea
James Crittenden
Fourth Grade Committee Chosen for October
In Miss Chesebro's fourth grade meetings held Fridays, September chairman Wendell Rieck led all sessions and reports. At the latest meeting Kenneth Shipp was elected chairman for October, with Marilyn Duecker and Virgil Borchert on room committee. Desk inspection includes Ruth Berlin, Howard Holmes, Jeannine Krueger, Kenneth Sievers. playground committee lists Gloria Rosenthal and Warren Nolting. wastepaper basket passers for the week are Rosenthal and Nolting.
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Wendell Rieck
Kenneth Shipp
Marilyn Duecker
Virgil Borchert
Ruth Berlin
Howard Holmes
Jeannine Krueger
Kenneth Sievers
Gloria Rosenthal
Warren Nolting
How Cyrus Laid the Cable Poem and Inventors
In fifth grade, students read John G. Saxe’s How Cyrus Laid the Cable about Cyrus W. Field linking Europe and America by a sea cable. They noted his valiant persistence amid ridicule and listed inventors like Edison Whitney McCormick Bell Morse Fulton and the Wright Brothers on the board.
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Cyrus
John G. Saxe
Cyrus W. Field
Europe
America
Thomas Edison
Eli Whitney
Cyrus N. McCormick
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
Robert Fulton
The
Wright Brothers
Debating Great Inventors Weigh Edison as Top Choose
A group discussed each famed inventor and named their greatest. Many picked Thomas Edison, though several others also earned some votes for the top honor.
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Thomas Edison
Sixth Grade Tests and Decimals Instruction
Miss Ensminger and Mr. Van derlinden guide sixth graders through decimal study as six weeks tests approach. An arithmetic test occurred Tuesday, and English letter writing is planned for Tuesday with two letters to a peer and a younger child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Schwem
Seventh Grade Punctuation and Geography Notes
Violet Shipp reports on seventh grade work under Miss Ensminger and Mr Van derlinden. English lessons focus on subjects predicates and action verbs while arithmetic covers three uses of percentage. Geography studies South America ahead of the six weeks test on Wednesday.
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South America
Violet Shipp
Eighth Grade Teachers Review Classes and Test Week
Eighth grade taught by Miss Ensminger and Mr Van derlinden study profit and loss English nouns and reading Sarah Orne Jewetts A White Heron. Six weeks tests are in progress this week. Rev Byers visited last week and photographed seventh and eighth grades.
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Sarah Orne Jewett
America
Rev. Byers
Beverly Nienhaus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Bureau News
D. D. OF
Fringa
Bremer and
Butler County Cow Testing Association Report
Vosseller
Warren Town’p
Fremont
Davids
Economist
CTA
Public
Tripoli High School
Tripoli Amience
Vaughn
Miss Oleson
Milroy
Chesebro
Miss Conklin
Ensminger
Mr. Vanderlinden
Goodyear Pathfinder
H. H. Buhr Garage
Board of Supervisors
Frank Lang
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