Plowing Contests Replace Corn Husking as Number One Farm Sport
Des Moines reports plowing contests have become the nation’s leading farm sport, with the national event near Dexter drawing ten states and a presidential policy address by Truman. Since 1939, contests have grown from small Iowa participation to tens of thousands attending, emphasizing soil conservation and mechanized farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Dexter
Truman
Herb Plambeck
WHO
Missouri
Albia
Marion
Ellsworth
Scotland
Canada
Wheatland
Illinois
United States
Warren County
Roosevelt
Weekly Livestock Auctions Across Iowa This September
A sequence of farm sales and public auctions listed for September in Iowa towns including Kalona Sigourney Keota Columbus Junction Wellman Washington and Oskaloosa. Items cover cattle dairy animals farms and household goods with start times from 11:30 a m to 1 30 p m and bidders named such as Raymond Coffin Charles Dawson J W McBride and Mrs Emma Fetes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Iowa
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Oliie
Hi Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney
Keota Junction
Brighton
Raymond Coffin
Henry & Buaker
Keota
S. W
Riverside
N. E
Washington
Albert Navy Estate
East Second Street
Mac Morgan
Midway Sale
Columbus Junction
Emma Fetes
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Sales Company
Wellman Sale
Wellman
Truman Erb
Prime Safety Rule for Arm End Home
A safety guide emphasizes organizing spaces with the rule a place for everything and everything in its place. The motto highlights orderly storage and clear workflows to reduce hazards in the arm end home environment.
Pear Tree in Bloom At Pat Swift Farm
Pleasant Ridge reports a pear tree in bloom at Pat Swift Farm on Sunday Sept 5. The record lists family visits and social events at the Edward Kauffman and nearby homes, including Labor Day church activity and rodeo outings in Fort Madison. Local greetings include the Ged Chalupa birthday surprise and a cooperative dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Woodyard
Pleasant Ridge
Pat Swift
Howard Darnell
Eugene
Muscatine
Edward Kauffman
Anton Kauffman
Helen
St. Josephs Church
East Pleasant Plain
Charles Carriker
Joe Nelson
Mary Woodyard
Fern
Wilmer Kauffman
Paul Houseal
Burlin
Ed Kauffman
Fred Chalupa
Homer Earnest
James Marsh
Geo. Chalupa
Elliott Mckinstry
Robert Mathew
Monkey Island
Davenport
Waterhouses Plan Westward Trip With Visit to Relatives
Mr and Mrs Max Waterhouse leave Columbus Junction for about a month visiting relatives in Seattle Spokane and Kitsap before traveling to Oakland to attend a wedding on Sept 26 They will also see aunts and a niece in Los Angeles and plan to visit Waterhouse family in the West Weather events and local visits fill Labor Day and September plans with farm bureau and community engagements noted in the same report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Woodford
Grace Hill
Max Waterhouse
Columbus Junction
West
Mrs Waterhouse
Spokane
Wash
Mildred Woodford
Seattle
iKtsap
A. J. Meacham
Oakland
Calif
Mr. Waterhouse
Pearl Woodford
Donald Woodford
Madilyn Peterson
Mrs. Waterhouse
Los Angeles
Dan Boone
Sharon
Labor
Elliot McKinstry
Nelson Wodford
Clifford Conklin
Farm Bureau
The
Valley Church
Roy Fread
Wintfield
Jennie Bunnel
Levi Shidler
Brighton
Co. A
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FOX
Eddie Dean
Renegades
Prcs
Shadow Valley
Roscoe Ates
Plumbeck
Cherokee County
South Avenue C
Charles Dawson
Emma
Qixie Dugan
Phil
Mc.evoy
Striebel
Alan
Yashamed
Surf
Lever Broitiers Company
Pat Swift Farm
Leon
Near Mackwod
Corpman Home
Richard Hayes
Regena
Dwight Hayes
Lloyd Hayes
M. Waterhouses
Journal
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Lowa
Louis J. Kehoh
Jeffrey
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison Building
W. Livingston
Robert Day Altorneys
W. Main
George F. Morrison
Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul V. Sheaiea
Court House
John C. Owen
South Side Square
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Cide Square
Journal Bldg
DR. P. L. ET
Osteopathic
Violan
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Iowa Avenue
Logan
Klein Klothing Ko
W. R. Hayman
Mt. Pleasant, la
Lome
Pioneer
Reister Bros
Washington Concrete Co
St. and
Rock Island
Lldg
Maso
N. Ave
Tait Radio & Appliance
Washington Dairy
Sentinel Radio Sale & Service
South Ave
W.L
Col
Little Phone
John Bick
S. Ave. B
McAllister Seed Farms
Mt. Union, Iowa
Walter Nicholson
South Second Ave
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