Small Villages of Iowa Alive and Kicking
Professor Harold H. McCarty of the University of Iowa argues that Iowa villages remain vital as trading centers and cultural hubs despite highway growth. He notes farms increasingly buy in larger towns for groceries and services, yet villages sustain education religion and social life through transport links and markets.
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Iowa
Iowa Village
Harold H. McCarty
University of Iowa College of Commerce
Journal of Business
McCarty
Iowa State Planning Board
Professor McCarty
Tratfic
75 Committeemen Lead AAA Conservation Group
Carl R. Oldfield chairs the county agricultural and conservation association in Washington County with 75 committeemen and a four member county committee. The group allocates farm allotments for 2,266 farms and handles education and crop insurance duties. Additional officers include Warren O. Morgan as commodity loan supervisor and Wayne E. Norman over listing sheets and grants.
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Washington County
County Agricultural, Conservation Association
Carl R. Oldfield
Joan
Warren O. Morgin
Wayne E. Norman
Brighton Howard V. Miller
Donald W. Tucker
Lloyd R. Stout
Donald B. Robison
John W. Jones
Cedar
Madison M. Rabenold
Gene Stephens
Philip J. Gerdes
Willian L. Zager
George M. Lord
S. Russell Bell
Wayne C. Lyle
Doyle M. Palmer
Floyd R. Green
Frank A. Dundar
Washington HI
Neill Trotman
Charles S. Custer
J. Robert Willey
Charles ©. Palmer
Henry Miller
Warren O. Morgan
Wayne Kk. Norman
Howard L. Witting
Charles Kennedy
Maxine L. Marshall
Vera A. Yeager
Evelyn Hyestone
Lucille Finke
New York Defends Cheddar Cheese Name Among Grocers
The New York State Department of Agriculture reports Cheddar Cheese is widely mislabeled by grocers as store cheese State Cheese or farmers cheese, prompting a corrective push to preserve its true name.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
State Department of Agriculture
Farmers
Farmers Apply For Insurance On Wheat Crops
Sixty seven farmers in Washington county have applied for wheat crop insurance this year. AAA chairman Carl R. Oldfield says winter kill damage has been severe with ten complete losses and twelve probable losses. insured coverage remains for drought hail wind and other risks the rest of the growing season. Premiums are based on farm losses and paid in bushels or cash.
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Washington County
Carl R. Oldfield
AAA
Harry Drake
L. G. Roberts
Miles Stout
Harlow Engel
Omer Longs
Dale Moody
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Oldfield
Best Months for Sheep Shearing Identified
April and May are ideal for shearing sheep says C W McDonald of Iowa State College. Some delay to June to weigh fleece oil risks extra cost as hot weather may stress ewes and hinder wool. Early shearing boosts thrift and milk for lambs while enabling earlier dipping to control parasites.
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C. W. McDonald
IoWa State College Extension
Cow kicks during milking boosts tax value in Arizona
In Phoenix Arizona farmers cheer a cow that kicks while milked as the State Association of County Tax Assessors classifies such a cow as class B and assigns a minimum tax value of twenty dollars.
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Phoenix
Ariz P
Arizona
State Association of County Tax Assessors
Farm Plant Size Grows by 400 Million Acres 1880s to 1900s
Historical data shows U S farm plant area expanding by about 400 million acres during the late 19th century, reflecting vast agricultural development between 1880 and 1900. The growth indicates shifts in farming land use and settlement patterns across regions.
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United States
West Chester School Proud Of Modern Education Set-Up
West Chester Consolidated School presents a modern brick two story campus with 170 students and eight grades plus a four year high school. The staff includes J L Calkins superintendent and teachers Dorothy Ellison Cecelia Wehr Margaret Cowquill Ada Thomas Betty Pickett A Verna Biesel and F R Fenton. The facility features a basement shop laboratory gymnasium and an electric score board funded by student subscriptions.
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West Chester Consolidated School
J. L. Calkins
Dorothy Ellison
Cecelia Wehr
Margaret Cowquill
Ada Thomas
Betty Pickett
A. Verna Biesel
Supt. Calkins
F. R. Fenton
Parent-Teacher Association
Washington
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