Iowa Biddies High Mark In Egg Value and Farms
Iowa farm statistics show 208,120 farms with 169,551 autos and 26,746 silos. Farm acreage totals 2,979,349 on 158 acre average. egg production 197,340,627 dozen over 12 months to July 1, 1920 valued around 45 million dollars at farm prices. Hog, cattle, horse and mule counts provided. a new church consolidation under Upper Iowa conference and Dubuque Presbytery forms advisory committee. historic Cordova pavement noted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Department
State Dairy and Food Department
J. T. Simpson
Henry Strief
F. A. Ransom
A. J. Peterson
Upper Iowa
M. E.church
Dubuque
A. B. Curran
Hinkhouse
Lenox College
Watson
Epworth Seminary
Merger of Farley Churches Consolidates Faithful Ties
In Farley Iowa on December 12 the Presbyterian and Methodist churches merged while keeping separate memberships. A single Sunday school Woman's Missionary Society and Aid Society form a unified structure with one minister and one church edifice for religious and educational work. One parsonage will host the resident minister, the other rented to fund the consolidated body. One church building may be used for community purposes likely the Presbyterian. Officers include Mrs. Lida Armstrong president and Mrs. Elizabeth Court vice president.
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Farley
Presbyterian and Methodist Churches
Woman’s Missionary Society
Aid Society
Presbyterian
Lida Armstrong
Elizebeth Court
F. A. Ransom
Count Gibbs
State College Hen Produces 826 Eggs in Four-Year Span
Ames Queen, a Rhode Island Red at lower State college, completed a four-year laying period with 826 eggs, a world record for the breed and age. A Leghorn hen at USDA, Laddory, laid 750 eggs in five years. Ames Queen laid five eggs in November but is molting and minus tail feathers.
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Ames, Ta
Ames
Rhode Island
Lower State College
H. A. Bittenbender
United States Department of Agriculture
Laddory
Iowa
Ames Queen the Poultry Record Breaker at College Fair
The Ames Queen, a five year old hen kept at the college poultry fair, molted late but quickly and laid again in February. She produced up to 29 eggs in a single month, with four years of totals: 228, 207, 198, and 183 eggs, averaging 206.5 per year. Trap nesting keeps precise production accounts, as witnesses note her intense output despite reticence when pressed.
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Prof
Bittenbdender
Ames
College
Altho
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the Courier
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Castoria
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Union Motor Car Company
Fifth Street
Waterloo
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ST. Ansgar
Deel
Lena Jdohnson
Chicago
A. QO. Gilbertson
Minneapolis
J. €. Westenberger
Shefield
Westenberger
Jane Jorgarsen
Fort Dodge
B. T. Hegland
Robert
Duluth
City of
Quebec
Jefferson Street
Capas
Lazy Susan
Pecias
Gmbubs
Jardiniéres
Oma
Haviland
Rogers
Community
A. Rogers
Chippendale
Martha Washington Electric Irons
Bridge Street
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