Black Hawk leads in county women’s work at state fair
Black Hawk county tops 36 counties in farm bureau women and girls work at Des Moines. West Pottawattamie leads in followup figures with 863, Franklin 799, Black Hawk 611. Counties reported savings from home practices, with Bremer and Woodbury also noting strong 4-H results. Black Hawk excelled in clothing, uniforms, and school dresses.
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Black Hawk County
Farm Bureau
Black Hawk
Des Moines
Franklin
West Pottawattamfe
Iowa
Bremer
Woodbury County
Floyd
Farm Kitchens in Fayette County Farm Tour Sept. 17 20
Fayette county farm women prepare a Kitchen tour from September 17 to 20 to showcase yearlong improvements. Inspectors will view working centers, floor coverings, built in cupboards, color schemes, and polished woodwork as neighbors eye the changes and learn practical kitchen design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Fayette County
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Views on limestone value for soil and farming questions
A Waterloo Iowa letter criticizes overreliance on limestone as farm relief and urges balanced factors in soil fertility. The writer questions whether limestone alone boosts yields, cites experiments and economic balance, and calls for factual discussion rather than rhetoric. B. Eickelderg.
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Waterloo
Mgr. Rigdon
Imestone
Earth
Fareea
Dinenga
B. Eickelderg
First Cattle Exhibit Arrives for Show Before South Trip
The Dairy Cattle Congress opens with 20 Jersey bulls arriving from Illinois Central lines. Purchases include cattle from Van Pelt of Waterloo and others from Patterson Alabama and Mayfield Kentucky. Bulls will be lent to southern farmers for two years, then rotated. Since 1922, 165 bulls bought, 54 in service, adding about 14,700 dairy females across Tennessee Mississippi Alabama. The program aims to move farmers away from cotton, with new condensaries and cheese factories rising in the rail line territory. P.T. Ector and B. M. Littrell manage showing duties.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Illiois Central
H. G. van Pelt
Waterloo
Patterson
Mayfield
Western Kentucky
Southern
Hinds Central Lines
Paul
Farlow
Chicago
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
H. G. van Felt
B. MM. Littrell
Memphis
Ilinois
Louisiana
P.T. Ector
Holstein Breeders Shine at New York Show and Kansas Fair
Stewart Holsteins attend New York show with Towana Farms herd under Maynard Indiana topeka Kansas fair lineup. Robert Stewart son of Paul Stewart leads the herd, while Irving Stewart manages the Batavia New York home herd this week.
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Stewart Holsteins
New York
Maynard, In
Robert Stewart
Paul Stewart
Topeka
Towana
Irving Stewart
Batavia
N. Y
Four Townships Name Officers For Coming Year In Bureau Work
Officers for the coming year in women's work were named in four townships this week. Poyner residents chose Mrs. B D Heiple as project chairman and Mrs. C A Bush as publicity chair, with Mrs. Harry Padgett as secretary. Bennington re-elected A H Brasch as township chairman, E B Rekers as publicity chair and Russell Sage as secretary. East Waterloo named George Smith as project chairman and A J Hewitt as publicity chair, with both reelected. Spring Creek named J C Kerr as project chairman and M D Williams as secretary and publicity chair, also reelected.
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Poyner
Heiple
C. A. Bush
Pub- Uelty
Harry Padgett
Hallowe'en
Bennington
A. H. Brasch
E. B. Rckers
Russell Sage
George Smith
A. J. Hewitt
East Waterloo
Spring Creek
J. c. Kerr
M. D. Williams
Ames Tour and Nine Farm Bureau Meetings Calendar
County calendar lists nine farm bureau meetings next week across townships. Monday opens with Barclay 4-H club at Mrs. George Rodgers, while Tuesday hosts county committee and board at the courthouse with Mary Gregg. Wednesday features a bureau tour to Ames for women and agronomy farm for men, and Thursday sees Union township women and Spring Greek Farm bureau events. Friday brings West Waterloo at Virden, Black Hawk 4-H girls play, Orange township at consolidated school, and Cedar Falls at Legion hall.
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County Farm Bureau
Coun~ Ty
Barclay
George Rodgers
Barclay ‘Club
Farm Bureau Board
Mary Gregg
Mary Gregg, Assistant State H. D. A. Reader
Bureau
Ames
Black Hawk
Union Township
Spring
Greek Farm Bureau
Craft School
West Waterloo
Virden School
Orange Township
Consolidated School
Cedar Falls
Legion Hall
Top Calf of Grundy Club Brings $17.25 in Chicago Auction
Grundy County farmers sold 40 Calves at Chicago auctions, totaling 3,073 dollars for junior feeders. The top calf, owned by Roger Whitney, sold for 17.25 dollars per hundred weight to Swift & Co, with Axel Anderson’s 1060 pound Short horn Angus cross fetching 17 dollars to Armour. Seventeen calves topped 14 dollars per hundred, while Chicago 4-H club auctions across De Kalb and Whiteside counties averaged 15.68 dollars per hundred on 34 and 19 head respectively.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Chicago
Roger Whitney
Swift & Co
Axel Anderson
Dike
Armour
Eileen Reynolds
Swift
de Kalb
Whiteside
Tiinois
Tlinois
Rain Halts Farm Bureau Outing and Events in Greeley
At the Farm Bureau picnic in Greeley the crowd heard J. H. Jones of Washington county outline farm legislation progress and equalization plans while several events were canceled to await a later date. Dale Reed sang a solo as Odd Fellows hall hosted the gathering. Business leaders with Paul M. Burson planned races, baseball, wrestling, and boxing with prizes. the event may be rescheduled within a week or two.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Greeley
Paul M. Burson
Burson
Brandon Farm Sold at 27.75 Per Acre
The 198 acre John Lizer estate farm two miles north and two miles west of Brandon was sold for 27.75 an acre to Nelson Osborn of La Porte City. Bidding started at 25 with slow advances. The land is fillable but depleted soil and buildings are in poor condition. once a notable property in the community, it was sold to settle the Lizer estate.
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Caurier
la Porte City
John Lizer
Brandon
Nelson Osborn
Lizer
Frost Hits Corn Yet Most Fields Stand In Delaware County
In Manchester Iowa on September 14 the Courier notes frost was limited and 75 to 95 percent of corn is past danger. Rain revived pastures and lawns, but corn remains soft from moisture. Wheat, clover, alfalfa and soybean hay yield vary. potato and blackberry crops down. apples short due to coddling moths. melons and cucumbers scarcer with variable prices.
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Courier
Manchester
Delaware County
Thorpe
East Waterloo High forms two major orchestra units
East Waterloo High school unveils a new East High senior symphony with 90 players, 15 newcomers, and daily rehearsals ahead of fall appearances at the Northeast Town Teachers convention. The 71 member junior high orchestra, with one third recruits from district grade schools, also drills daily. Bennett aims for top national standing for both groups, and a photo feature in the National Orchestra Bulletin marks the senior unit's national contest placement.
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East Waterloo
G. T. Bennett
Northeester Town
East District
East High
Bennett
Waterloo High Symphony Orchestra
Pace Buys 80 Acre Farm West Of Fayet te
William Pace, long-time renter of the Fred Foss farm, purchased the Dr Wassam 80 acre farm west of Fay et te. He will take possession March 1.
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Maynard, Ta
William Pace
Fred Foss
Dr. Wassam
Here
Maynard Association Wins Coal Contracts
Maynard Association Cooperative Shipping has been awarded the contract to furnish coal for Jefferson township rural schools. About 28 tons have arrived here for delivery. Because of coal on the tracks, the Wednesday shipment of cattle and hogs was postponed until tonight. The United States Bureau of Fisheries is conducting an intensive study of marine products as feedstuffs for farm use.
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Maynard
MayNard Co-operative Shipping
Jeffferson Township
The
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Miner to Speak in Waterloo On Wild Life Tour
Jack Miner famed for his wild duck reserve will lecture in Waterloo this fall or winter as part of an Iowa tour. The Walton League's A C Willford confirmed after a request for league officers. Miner, from Kingsville Ontario, has fed thousands of bushels of corn to wild fowl and shares practical knowledge of bird life.
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Jack Miner
Kingsville
Ontario
Can
Waterloo
A. C. Willford
Yeaak ‘Walton League
Bin+ cris
Manley
Iowa
Miner
Miner's
Tardy Taxpayers Step Lively Now
County Treasurer Ed Madigan and his aides expect nearly four hundred thousand dollars in tax payments over the next two weeks as the September 30 deadline approaches for the last half of 1929 taxes. Citizens visit the treasurer’s office to avoid last minute rush and penalties.
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Gcounty
Ed Madigan
Madigan
Coming Events Through September District Court Schedule
On Monday September 16 the district court opens at 2 PM with a memorial service in the large courtroom for S S B Reed and F E Farwell, long time honored members. On Tuesday September 17 a constitution week program in the large courtroom at 2 PM with G E Pike as speaker. On Wednesday September 18 Upper Iowa conference convenes at Dubuque and continues through the following Sunday. Also on September 18 naturalization day in district court with a program at 8 PM in Memorial Hall for new citizens by patriotic bodies. Also on September 18 the Say-first golf event at Vinton and a women’s golf tournament at Waverly. On Friday September 20 Officer Dennis ton’s hearing before the police and fire commissioners at city hall.
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S&s
G. E. Pike
Upper Iowa
Dubuque
District Court
Memorial Hall
Sweeteorr
Vinton
Waverly
Ofser Denniston
City Hal
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Tom Meisch
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