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1953 Iowa Corn Picking Contest Winners
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Description
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Jack Waterbeck, fourth from the left holding plaque, after winning the 1953 two-row division Iowa corn picking contest. The contest was held in a field north of Blairstown and was sponsored by WMT Radio. Mr. Waterbeck had a new International Harvester corn picker on an International Harvester Super MTA tractor. Mr. Waterbeck, from Hartwick, Iowa, went on to take third place nationally.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:27221
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Title
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Baling Hay
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Description
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Harry Ryan baling hay in the mid-1950s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. He is driving an orange Allis-Chalmers tractor equipped with an umbrella, and it is pulling a hay baler. Barns, outbuildings and a windmill are visible in the background.
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Date Created
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1955
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PID
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grinnell:29796
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Title
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Better Farm Accounting 1950, 1950 Farm Record
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Description
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Better Farm Accounting, second edition, a practical guide by Iowa State College Farm Management Specialists, prepared by Herbert B. Howell. Copyright 1946 and 1947 by the Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa. This volume, labeled 1950, contains records for the Raymond S. Pilgrim farm which was located in the northeast quarter of Section 27 of Grant Township in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Contains tables for records of livestock production, dairy sales, egg sales, livestock sales of animals raised and bought, purchases of livestock, crop sales, miscellaneous receipts, machinery bought and sold, farm expenses, net income statement, inventories of feed and seed, inventories of livestock, net worth, and crop record and map. Summaries can be used as the basis for filing income tax returns.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:30013
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Title
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Better Farm Accounting 1951, 1951 Farm Record
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Description
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Better Farm Accounting, second edition, a practical guide by Iowa State College Farm Management Specialists, prepared by Herbert B. Howell. Copyright 1947 by the Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa. This volume, labeled 1951, contains records for the Raymond S. Pilgrim farm which was located in the northeast quarter of Section 27 of Grant Township in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Contains tables for records of livestock production, dairy sales, egg sales, livestock sales of animals raised and bought, purchases of livestock, crop sales, miscellaneous receipts, machinery bought and sold, farm expenses, net income statement, inventories of feed and seed, inventories of livestock, net worth, and crop record and map. Summaries can be used as the basis for filing income tax returns.
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Date Created
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1951
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PID
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grinnell:30014
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Title
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Better Farm Accounting 1952, 1952 Farm Record
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Description
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Better Farm Accounting, second edition, a practical guide by Iowa State College Farm Management Specialists, prepared by Herbert B. Howell. Copyright 1947 by the Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa. This volume, labeled 1952, contains records for the Raymond S. Pilgrim farm which was located in the northeast quarter of Section 27 of Grant Township in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Contains tables for records of livestock production, dairy sales, egg sales, livestock sales of animals raised and bought, purchases of livestock, crop sales, miscellaneous receipts, machinery bought and sold, farm expenses, net income statement, inventories of feed and seed, inventories of livestock, net worth, and crop record and map. Summaries can be used as the basis for filing income tax returns.
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Date Created
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1952
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PID
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grinnell:30015
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Title
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Better Farm Accounting 1953, 1953 Farm Record
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Description
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Better Farm Accounting, second edition, a practical guide by Iowa State College Farm Management Specialists, prepared by Herbert B. Howell. Copyright 1947 by the Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa. This volume, labeled 1953, contains records for the Raymond S. Pilgrim farm which was located in the northeast quarter of Section 27 of Grant Township in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Contains tables for records of livestock production, dairy sales, egg sales, livestock sales of animals raised and bought, purchases of livestock, crop sales, miscellaneous receipts, machinery bought and sold, farm expenses, net income statement, inventories of feed and seed, inventories of livestock, net worth, and crop record and map. Summaries can be used as the basis for filing income tax returns.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:30016
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Title
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Breniman Horses
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Description
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Edward Breniman and his son, Wallace, pose with their horses. Photo taken at the Edward Breniman farm in Lincoln Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:27237
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Title
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Cattle in Winter
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Description
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Cattle and pigs on the Harry Ryan farm in Sheridan Township in the early 1950s. Snow-covered fields are in the background as is a windmill.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:29803
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Title
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Freight bill
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Description
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Freight bill from the Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company to Edward E. Breniman for shipping 4 bags of clover seed and 1 bag of Timothy seed from the Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa, to Brooklyn, Iowa. Dated Feb. 7, 1958.
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Date Created
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1958
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PID
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grinnell:27262
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Title
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Letter from Frank Thomas to Raymond S. Pilgrim
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Description
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Letter to Raymond S. Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from Frank Thomas of the A.W. Thomas Commission Co. at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, Illinois, concerning the sale of cattle in October 1953. Includes envelope.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:30058