Oct tours draw crowds across Iowa colleges and farms
Delegations visit multiple campuses and farm locations as October tours continue. Rain and travel distance dampen attendance in places like Amest, Marshall and Guthrie. Over 100 attend some stops while tours to many counties including Muscatine Scott Linn Jasper and others proceed with modest crowds.
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Chapman
Amest
Marshall
Guthrie
Cass
Mad'Palo
Alto
O'Brien
Plymouth
Mahaska
Adair
Union
Hardin
Benton
Ward
Kossuth
Wayn
Dallas
Bremer
Audy- Story
Chickasaw
Boone
Hut- Jefferson
Poweshiek
Hancock
Hamilton
Wright
Polk
Greene
Black
Better Hogs to Be Stressed on Tour of Pig Crop Train
Council Bluffs Iowa October 2 The pig crop tour trains sponsored by Iowa State College and Chicago Northwestern railroad toured northern and central Iowa using the same equipment and personnel as a prior southern tour. Attendance across 34 stations in 28 counties reached 47615. R O Donnell of Story County will accompany the train, highlighting his hogs raised under the Iowa pig crop plan with several barrows and a boar exhibited. George Bycroft of Adams County will contribute hogs. demonstration aims to promote hog production through farm-to-farm crop plan, improved herds via selection, better feeding, sanitation, and disease reduction. Basie the talking cow remains a feature.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa State College
Chicago de Northwestern Railroad
Iowa
Hamburg
O'Donnell
Story
Tarme
Colo
Myestock
George Bycroft
Adam
Jose Bennett
College Ension
Basie
Limestone shipped to Chickasaw farmers in 850 tons
Hampton Iowa October 2 850 tons of limestone distributed to Chickasaw county farmers via Chicago Great Western railroad. A third trainload brings total to about 2000 tons locally, with 1200 tons shipped earlier. Named buyers include Kenneth Sowets Glen Hunt Ray Krause Chris Ludwig Henry Schmudlach Harry Krause Elmer Steege Theo Steege Leo Denner H G Karnatz Jr Walter Karnatz and E F Drewelow. Farmers plan to spread lime this fall to capitalize on low rates before prices rise.
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Hampton
Chickasaw County
County, Inc
Lmestone
Kenneth Sowets
Glen Hunt
Ray Krause
Chris Ludwig
Henry Schmudlach
Harry Krause
Elmer Steege
Theo, Steege
Leo Denner
H. G. Karnatz, Jr
Walter Karnatz
Drewelow
Two Ministers to Speak Sunday at Littleton Church
Rev. A. L. ing and Dr. A. G. Martyn will speak at Presbyterian church services Sunday morning. The item also notes Farm Bureau activity and local hospital news, including Mildred Seamans improving at St Francis hospital after an operation, and a Cedar Falls harvest report with per acre yields and prices.
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Littleton Church
Courier
Littleton
Ing
A. G. Martyn
Presbyterian Phurch
W. W. Seamans
Mildred
St. Francis Hospital
Minnesota farmers eye soybeans as sugar beet sideline
A Mason City man, W. H. Baird of American Beet Sugar, outlines a plan to combine sugar beet growing with soybeans to feed dairy cattle in Minnesota. He envisions alternating crops, using soybeans for high protein and sugar beet leaves for feed, tackling land needs and silage gaps for small dairies. He notes potential beet sugar purchases from Tama area and outlines rough farm-scale assumptions. Grundy county also shines with six state titles in grain and livestock under county agent L. W. Plager, highlighting dairy progress and past contest success.
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W. H. Baird
Mason
Congress
Mason’ City
Dts
Minnesota
Tama
Nci
Grandy
Lvestock
Grundy County
L. W. Plager
Grundy
Ames
Des Moines
al Tho
Corn Borer Domain Expands Across Midwestern States
Dean G. F. Curtiss of Town State college reports the corn borer has extended to 10,000 to 12,000 square miles of new territory mainly in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. Infestation intensity rose 17 percent last year, with losses in older infested areas from 10 to 26 percent of the crop. Curtiss warns that a successful outbreak in Iowa would target tall corn unless control measures are implemented.
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Ohio
Dean Curtiss
Iowa
Seed Potatoes Boost Yield Through Certified Stock
Dr William Stuart of the U S Department of Agriculture notes U S potato yields per acre rose slowly from 1868 to 1933 and have only recently increased due to widespread use of certified seed potatoes and stock improvement. He suggests high grade seed could raise national returns by millions.
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United States
William Stuart
United States Department of Agriculture
Canada
Great Britain
Italy
Stuart Bays
Stuart
Malitaine
Chicago Woman Injured Falls at Readlyn
Mrs Sophie Wienke of Chicago dislocated her shoulder in a fall downstairs at the Will Albrecht home in Readlyn. She received treatment at Readlyn hospital and is reported to be improving. The Ladies Aid Society of St Paul Lutheran church completed quilts and dresses last week. Parish youths from St Paul and Westgate enjoyed a gathering at Westgate Sunday. Esthere Frese sprained an ankle during the Outing event.
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Readlyn
Sophie Wienke
Chicago
Will Albrecht Horpe
St. ‘Paul Lutheran Church
Hyde to Be Speaker at Rural Lime Meet
Ames Iowa October 2 Arthua M Hyde secretary of agriculture will speak at the American country life conference here Oct 19 Franko Lowden president of the association notified Iowa State college officials today His subject though not definitely selected will relate to agricultural problems
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Ames
Arthua
M. Hyde
American‘ Country Life
Lowden
Iowa ‘State College
Fayette bankers elect officers at Oelwein meeting
A Swelgard of this place is president of Fayette County Bankers association following the annual meeting in Oelwein last week. Offcers include N. J. Gretman West Union vice president R. R. Camp West Union secretary and A. B. Blunt Maynard treasurer.
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Fayette Bankers
Hawkeye
Minister and Wife Move to Rochester Minnesota
Bristow Iowa reports Rev and Mrs W We Vine have relocated to Rochester Minnesota to live with their daughters Gadys Naomi and Ruth at 1192 Center Street. The family had lived at the Reform parsonage the past year while the Mayo Clinic staff positions are noted. Clayton Folkerts of Moline arrived by air Saturday for a week visit. weather interrupted his flight near Cedar Rapids.
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Courier Special Service
Bristow
W. We Vine
Rochester
Minn
Gadys
Naomi
Ruth
Center Street
Mayo Clinic
Ferris
Chicago Great, Western Railway
Reform
Marble Rock editor heads to Forsythe for winter
Marble Rock Iowa October 2 Mr and Mrs E A Hull left for Forsythe Montana to spend the winter with a daughter in the family home. Hull the Marble Rock Journal publisher is ill with cancer and Gerald Rockbank president Lloyd Clay buys the L G Mason property on South Main street with Mason renting Clay’s North Main street house. Household effects transferred Monday.
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Courter Erectal Service
Marble Rock
E. A. Hull
Forsythe
Mont
Hull
Marble Rock Journal
South Main Street
Mr. Mason
Clay
North Main Street
Two Row Picker Draws Notable Local Attention
Geneseo Township reports strong community interest in a new two-row corn picker. The McElhinney farm adds this latest machine to its collection, drawing spectators and debate as the device operates in field demonstrations and attracts a growing audience.
Assusa Dam Waters Philae Temples Submerged Seasonal
A note describes the Assusa dam raising causing the Egyptian island Philae and its famed temples to be completely under water during part of the year. The passage mentions related equipment and agricultural terms like a harvester and windrower for soybeans, but the core fact centers on the dam’s impact on Philae.
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Assusa
Philae
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