Doing Washington With E.P. Chase
Washington notes outline Rep Henry C Talle arguing against meat shipments from Tierra del Fuego citing hoof and mouth disease risks and South American agriculture. Other brief items cover Rep Vincent Harringtons South American tour Rep Fred Gilchrist at Valley Forge and naval launches with Rep William S Jacobsen plus assorted regional updates.
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Washington, D.C
IDPA
Henry C. Talle
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
Brazil
Tierra el Fuego
State Department
Jackson
Tierra del Fuerto
Strait of Magellan
Talle
South America
Journal sale dates listed for Midway Safe Co and others
Auction schedule across several towns includes Midway Safe Co Columbus every Wednesday and Community Sale every Friday. City Feed Ward closes out sale on Aug 7 located a half mile south of Dublin. Oral Mayo on Oct 8 features Knotek Bros pure bred Duroc boar and gilt sale eight miles north of Washington.
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Midway Safe Co
Columbus
Dublin
Oral Mayo
Knotek Bros
N.K
Washington
Seed Oats Abundant as Iowa Farmers Gain Better Seed
Iowa farmers will have an unusually good chance this summer to obtain quality seed oats for next spring. Joe L. Robinson notes 7 049 acres of Boone Marion and Hancock oats inspected will yield over 350 000 bushels of three released varieties. Examiners surveyed 466 fields with 139 corrected and 34 rejected for certification. The soybean yield contest aims to boost production data and new methods with cash prizes for top local entrants culminating in state awards of 50 40 30 20 and 10 dollars.
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Iowa
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa State College Research Agronomist
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Crowers Association
Robinson
Boone, Marion and Hancock
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Towa
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Agricultural Hall
Ames
Iowa soybean yield contest announced by Iowa State College
Iowa farmers can enter an official state soybean yield contest sponsored by the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association. The organization will award $150 in prizes and gold medals to local contest winners. Soybeans rank second to corn in Iowa value per acre with over 1.5 million acres planted in 1940.
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Iowa
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa State College Research Agronomist
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
AAA
Cattle Feeding Study at Iowa State Reveals Cost Findings
Iowa State College hosts the twenty second Hey Day with cattle feeders to review a 240 day feeding trial by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Results show little difference between hard and soft corn feeding and similar selling costs for ground versus shelled corn when hogs follow cattle. Soybean solvent oilmeal proves most efficient among tested feed types.
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Iowa State College
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Want Ad Advertising Benefit in Journal Classifieds
A promotional note extols Want Ad benefits for buying selling borrowing and communication in the Journal Classifieds. It urges readers to place a Want Ad and provides a phone contact for quick, inexpensive results.
Hogs and Paint Weather Guidance and Hail Damage Study
The article advises against outdoor painting in hot or humid conditions due to blistering on damp wood and explains best timing for painting. It also notes hail damage to corn and that substitute crops are unprofitable, recommending the ISU bulletin Hail Damage to Corn for affected farmers via county agents or the Agricultural Experiment Station office.
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C. H. van Vinck
Iowa State College
van Vinck
van Vilack
H. D. Hughes
Farm Crops Department
Iowa
Hughes
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Lightning Strikes Barn Near Columbus Junction
A barn on L. M. Dallmeyer’s farm four and a half miles east of Columbus Junction on highway 92 burned after a lightning strike at 10:30 Tuesday night. New hay and oats and 1800 bushels of old corn were destroyed. A tractor, a combine and other machinery were removed from the first floor. No insurance covered the contents. Firemen and passers-by aided. Traffic on highway 92 was halted for a time.
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Columbus Junction
L. M. Dallmeyer
Here
Markets report from Chicago hogs and cattle rounds
Hogs at 8,000 head with lighter weights weak to lower. heavier weights and sows mostly steady to higher. Cattle 3,000 with weighty steers and grass cattle weaker. light yearlings steady. Sheep 2,000 with lambs and natives steady to higher. Estimated Friday receipts: hogs 7,000, cattle 1,000, sheep 2,000. Cash grain shows corn, oats, and soybeans with mixed price ranges. Grain table lists open, high, low, and close for wheat corn oats and soybeans.
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Chicago
Revised Tips to Avoid Lightning
Dr. C P Boner of the University of Texas warns that feather beds and tubs of water are unsafe refuges during storms. He advises staying inside a steel frame building or a storm cellar, and remaining away from windows and fireplaces. He also notes that trees are not safe shelters and that ground wires reduce risk.
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Austin
Tex
U.P
C. P. Boner
University of Texas
Boner
Water Ram Keeps Farm Supplied With Own Power
Danville Newfoundland July 31 4UP TheThomas White farm eight miles north of Danville has had a constant water supply for 40 years from a small water ram driven by the water it pulls. An artesian well 40 feet feeds the ram delivering one gallon per minute even 90 feet above and 1200 feet away. Water collected in a barrel then drained into the ram.
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Danville
Thomas White
Here
Artesian well pumps ram with minimal flow
A ram operates with ten gallons per minute flowing from an artesian well ten feet below the barrel and fifty feet away. Nine gallons power the ram while one gallon feeds the Whites' needs and their stock. They pay one dollar every five years for a rubber valve, and the water does not freeze in winter due to the artesian source.
Cotter Youth Injured by Car on Highway
Edward Fuller was hit by a passing car on the highway while en route to Sunday school. Glasses broken, facial cuts, hip injury, and bruises required hospital X rays before he returned home to recover.
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Cotter
Edward Fuller
Musical numbers at Cotter Presbyterian service in California
A Columbus City United Presbyterian church quartet presented three special musical numbers during Sunday evening worship at Cotter Presbyterian church in California.
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Pottinger Sisters
Arlington
Ill
Roy West
Polo
Max McGuire
Muscatine
Will E. Jones
Jones
Cotter
Lou Earnest
Ladies Aid
Cotter Ladies Aid Society
Sam Haunstein
Edwin Richards
William Porter Moline
Omri Peters
Clarence Work
New Jersey
Hugh Thomas
Westminster Guild
The
Presbyterian Church
Thelma Devore
Columbus Junction
Mruiel Dallmeyer
Margaret Williams
Violet Duncan
Dorothy Boyd
Marie Duncan
Wisconsin
Harry Jackson
Donny
Jackson
Iowa City
J. M. Davis
Dorothy
Ioan Edwards
Haydn Davis
Bette Ann
Sigourney
Eva Gayle Lyle
Los Ange
Les
Calif
Columbus City United
Robert Mewhirter Dies at Home in Marshall Township
Robert Reed Mewhirter age 78 retired farmer of Marshall township southeast of here died Wednesday forenoon on the farm bought in 1892. Born June 18 1853 in Westmoreland County Pa he married Phoebe A Dandy July 2 1881 who died 1908. Surviving: son Arthur Cairo four daughters Mrs J F Niccolls Mrs Charles Ogier Mrs Doyle Borman and Mrs Toms Bottineau two sisters Abbie Mewhirter and Mrs Jaggard six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body taken to Stephens Funeral home.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Robert Reed Mewhirter
Marshall Township
Here
West Moreland County
A. B
Mary Jane Reed Mewhirter
Phoebe A. Dandy
Arthur
Cairo
J. F. Niccolls
Charles Ogier
Doyle Borman
Morning Sun
Toms
Bottineau
N. Dak
Abbie Mewhirter
Jaggard
Winfield
Stephens Funeral Home
Buildings on Farm Near Kalona Burn
Fire destroyed the Emery Rhodes farm house and three outbuildings five miles northeast of Kalona. Mrs. Rhodes spilled gasoline from a pressure stove and a flame on a gas refrigerator likely ignited it. Only the buffet and two dining chairs survived. Fire department arrived too late. dry timber aided rapid spread. Insurance covers the structures but adjustment plans are unresolved.
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Kalona
Emery Rhodes
Rhodes
Chicago Produce Regs Market Firm Receipts Rise
Chicago market reports firm conditions with 20 723 cases of receipts and 26 percent extra firsts. Current receipts up 24 percent and dirties 23 percent while checks run 22 percent. Poultry market remains steady with 36 trucks received.
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Chicago
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