Farmers Picnic Draws Large Crowd at High Lake
The Emmet county Farm Bureau annual picnic drew an estimated three to four thousand attendees at High Lake in Walden grove. Morning events included horse shoe pitching won by Swan Lake township and foot races led by Wallingford. afternoon featured speeches on the Grain Marketing Plan and Farm Bureau Federation, with Ringsted defeating Wallingford in a baseball game and the Jack Creek minstrels plus Scottish singers entertaining the crowd. Weather was ideal and organizers praised the arrangements and support for a potential repeat event.
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Emmet County
Farm Bureau
Hgh Lake
Walden Grove
Swan Lake Township
Wallingford
E. H. Cuningham
Farm Bureau Federaton
A. L. Middleton
Jack Creek Minstrels
Twelve Mile Lake Township
Ringsted
Routers
Ringsted Band
High Lake
Wallingford Stores Close for Home-Coming Day
The Wallingford store will close Friday morning June 17 at 8 30 and remain closed all day for the Home Coming Day celebration in Estherville. Wallingford will participate in the parade in the morning and stores will close early so customers may attend.
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Wallingford
Estherville
Wallingford Promotes Homecoming Parade Float
Wallingford will send a float to Estherville for Home Coming Day with the Jazzbo band providing music along the route. The American Legion Post will accompany the float as residents practice for the event and urge all to attend to boost Wallingford’s visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Estherville
Jazzbo
American Legion Post
Water system contracts awarded for Estherville area
Contracts for the new water system have been let. A. F. Witte of Estherville wins plumbing, Andrew Agerbach gets digging. Materials to arrive soon, work starts promptly and should finish before fall, with the system including the new school building. Community notes follow about local visits, a Graettinger game, fishing at Spirit Lake, and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Witte
Estherville
Andrew Agerbach
Lingford
Ivan Cotant
N. QO
Osher
J. A. Nelson
Des Moines
Nelson
Bankers
Wallingford
Graettinger
Jackson
Elmer Osher
Spirit Lake
J. L. Brown
Chicago
Windy City
Fort Dodge
Harry Webb
T. Hansen
O. O. Anderson
Jewell Junction
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Better Iowa Keeps Cow Testing Associations Up
Thirteen cow testing associations operate in Iowa with strong results. The first Iowa test group formed at Waterloo in 1909 by R. K. Elias, now director of Agricultural Extension, with Bliss as a key organizer. War reduced numbers from 31 to eight, but current signs point to renewed growth and stronger effort. Twenty Scott county farmers, members of the association, have reorganized for another year per county agent M. H. Hoffman.
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Iowa
R. K. Elias
Waterloo
Bliss
Scott County
M. H. Hoffman
Poultry Culling School Set at Iowa State College
The second annual poultry culling school will run the week of June 27 at Iowa State College. Open to anyone interested in poultry breeding, the program includes lectures and practical work with college birds. Last year 200 participants attended, making it the largest of its kind in America. offered are judging instructions with external judges such as H. A. Atkins of Davenport, college president.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
America
H. A. Atkins
Davenport
Poultry Breeders Course Opens At Iowa State College
The Iowa Poultry Breeders Association offers a course starting Monday noon June 27 at Iowa State College. Lectures in mornings, practical bird culling in afternoons at the college poultry farm. Attendees should write H A Bittenbender at Ames for details. circulars available to interested parties.
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Iowa Poultry Breeders Association
College Poultry Farm
Poultry Department
Iowa State College
H. A. Bittenbender
Ames
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Anderson’s
Wallingford Motor CO
C. Larson and
Soin
Wallingford, Iowa
the Farmers Savings Bank
IOW
Vue
D. E. McClintock
Cleveland
Shore
Traefald Bros
H. Bowman
J. C. Peterson
Prop
the Wallingford Motor Co
Jake Amdarl
Wallingford Battery Service
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