September agricultural festivities light up Iowa scene
September brings a bustling Iowa farm calendar with Mount Pleasant threshers’ reunion drawing an estimated 150,000 visitors. More than 100 steam engines will operate, a giant cavalcade of power appears each afternoon, and old-time displays include a pioneer village, antique mills, and spur-of-the-moment farm exhibits. Cattle feeding events at Ames spotlight the Iowa 80 Premix supplement, while county fairs in Nashua and Guthrie Center run four days. The Spencer Clay County Fair kicks off September 13, and the Iowa Soils and Conservation Field Day and Contour Plowing Match run September 9–10 near Corning with tours, education, and a Queen of Conservation banquet.
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Iowa
Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers' Association
Mount Pleasant
Case
Rumley
Mt. Pleasant
F. S. Roberts
New Sharon
Georgia
Ames
Chickasaw
Nashua
Guthrie County
Guthrie Center
Clay County
Spencer
Iowa Soils & Conservation
Corning
Hawkeye State plowing events and Farm Progress Show
Hank Ketchall notes that the winner will represent Iowa at a national contest near Jefferson in 1966, while this year’s national plowing event occurs near Waseca Minnesota. The Farm Progress Show near Van Horne will attract about a quarter million. Demonstrations include multiple crop varieties and farm machinery, with extensive soil conservation displays and regional weather-related crop concerns. An open house at Sunny View Farm draws up to 500 visitors.
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Hawkeye
Jefferson
Iowa
Wauseca
Minnesota
Sunny View Farm
Corning
America
Bill Frye
van Horne
Midwest
ISU
Emmetsburg
Milford
Storm Lake
Pocahontas
Iowa Crops In Good Shape Despite Moisture Shortages
Iowa farmers report corn and soybean crops generally in good to excellent condition as rainfall eased soil moisture deficits. Heavy weekend rains boosted moisture in eastern regions. northwest areas showed the weakest soybean results while most pastures and hay fields advanced with the second cutting largely complete.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Agriculture Department
North English
Cedar Rapids widow fires at intruder in home
Mrs Hyacinth Hermann, a Cedar Rapids widow living alone, fired two shots from a hidden 22 caliber pistol when a juvenile intruder appeared behind her bedroom door last night. The assailant struck her with a wooden object before she escaped to retrieve the gun. she could not determine if she hit him.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Hyacinth Hermann
Auction Sale Notices From Washington Iowa Area
Public auction listings for September include a lumber and cement block sale at North 15th and East 2nd in Washington with 1 p.m. start, a 118 acre Keota farm sale on Harper road at 1 p.m., a Holstein dispersal sale at Wayland Sale Barn, and a Washington County Fairgrounds household goods closing out on September 11. Additional farm and consignment auctions run mid month near Ainsworth and Brighton with multiple livestock markets in weekly schedules across Iowa. Major consignors include Peter Haupert estate Edwin D Conrad Effie Anderson Dwight Laughlin Richard Stephens Bob Greene Kaiona Safes Smylie’s Ollie and Wapello venues. Livestock sales occur weekly at Wayland Columbus Junction Ollie and Waps.
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North 15Th
East 2Nd
Washington
Iowa
Commodity Credit Corporation
Keota
Harper Road
Peter Haupert
Holstein Dairy
Wayland
Edwin D. Conrad
Washington County Fairgrounds
Effie B. Anderson
Ainsworth School
Dwight Laughlin
Eddie Edward
Brighton
Hampshire
Ainsworth
Richard Stephens
Bob
Connie Greene
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Washington Livestock Sales Co
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Journal
Kaiona Safes Barn
Kaiona
Smylie’s Livestock Market
Columbus Junction
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Highway 61
Wapello
LE Ward
Uni-Harvester
Case AG
Wwencine
FORD
Mayrath
H.P
Oliver
Sheller
Grease Bank
Farmall H
International Harvester
Washington, Iowa
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