Volume of Trading in Futures Up
The 1951 fiscal year saw nearly a 50 percent rise in U S futures trading in agricultural commodities, totaling 47 143 639 000 dollars versus 32 351 445 000 the prior year. Cotton led with 16 726 624 000, soybeans fell to third at 8 899 167 000, with limits on large traders beginning Oct 1 to curb speculative excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
J. M. Mehl
Commodity Exchange Authority
Meir
Mehl
New York Cotton Exchange
New York
Chicago Board of Trade
Commodity Exchange Act
Driving Around Horizontal and Vertical Puzzle Clues
The list presents a mixed crossword style of horizontal and vertical clues with numeric numbering for positions. Entries include subjects such as Gibbon uncooked skeleton part entrance and various noun and verb definitions. The puzzle also references religious, linguistic, and cultural terms.
Answer to Previous Puzzle 30 What well-dressed wheels wear
Puzzle clues list answers including suit for wheels, cards, philosopher, pun, mood, trees, rope loop, rot, yawning, Greek letter, truck type.
Hog Run Sets Record At Sioux City Market
Sioux City stockyards reported the four market days ending Saturday as the nation's largest hog receipts and the largest four day run in Sioux City history. A total of 86,400 hogs sold for about 3.5 million dollars, with 28,000 head and 1.15 million dollars on Wednesday.
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Sioux City
Market News
United States Department of Agriculture
132 4-H calves weighed and tattooed in Delaware
County extension director Robert Hall reported 132 4 H baby beeves were weighed and tattooed in Delaware County. The average calf weighed 501 pounds, a bit lighter than last year, but higher prices for calves helped farmers.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Robert Hall
Govt Controls 165 Million Bushels of Iowa Corn
Des Moines reports approximately 165 million bushels of old Iowa corn were under federal government control as of Jan 1. PMA Chairman H E Hazen cites 131 million in CCC bins and 20 to 25 million in CCC elevators plus 6 million sealed on farms from 1949 and 1950 crops. Sales from CCC bins have declined after a December peak, with 18.59 million bushels sold since July 1 1950. Only 204,000 bushels of 1951 corn were sealed on farms due to high moisture content.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
H. E. Hazen
PMA
CCC
Hazen
Iowans to Exhibit Shorthorns at Denver Show
Two Iowa Short horn breeding firms will display full herds at the National Western Livestock show in Denver January 11 19. Exhibitors include Cornelius Wolf Remsen grand champion last year Held Brothers Hinton Rex Hess Spencer Jack Hoffman Ida Grove and U S Holloway Kirkman.
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Denver
W. C. Anderson and Son
West Liberty
Clausen Brothers
Spencer
Cornelius
Wolf
Remsen
Held Brothers
Hinton
Rex Hess
Jack Hoffman
Ida Grove
U.S. Holloway
Kirkman
West Branch DHIA Winter Meeting Set at City Hall
The West Branch DHIA holds its winter meeting at West Branch City Hall on Wednesday evening. All association members are urged to attend.
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West Branch
DHIA
Association
Farm Auction Roundup Jan 8 to Jan 16 Listings
A sequence of closing out sale notices across Iowa locales listing dates January 8 through January 16. Items include livestock hay grain machinery and farms with sellers Alvin Schley Frank Bellow Estate Charles Van Fossen Durant Gladys Rogers Frank E Miles estate Beverly Cook George Horak A J Emmerich Harvey L Michel Frank Miller Hugo Rix John Zieser Gramenz Brothers B G Hopkins L J Kress Merlin Hockin. Locations span Cedar Rapids Clarence Durant Center Point Clarence Walker Independence Rowley Troy Mills Blairstown Scotch Grove Oxford and more.
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Alvin Schley
Frank Bellow
Fairfax
Charles van Fossen
Cedar Rapids
Durant
Gladys Rogers
Clarence
Frank E. Miles
Clin
Beverly Cook
Quasqueton
George Horak
Center Point
A. J. Emmerich
Scotch Grove
Harvey L. Michel
Oxford
Frank Miller
Blairstown
Hugo Rix
Lowdon
John Zieser
Walker
Gramenz Brothers
Independence
B. G. Hopkins
L. J. Kress
Rowley
Merlin Hockin
Troy Mills
Linn DHIA No. 3 Reports December Dairy Averages
Decembers figures show Linn county DHIA No. 3 testing 375 cows with 613 pounds of milk and 26.2 pounds of butterfat on average. Supervisor C A Claypool noted Wallace Mills in Coggon led with 1025 pounds milk and 38.5 fat. Robert Titler of Central City Jerseys ranked second.
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Linn County
Dhia
C. A
U S Wheat Exports Ahead Under International Price Pact
The U S Agriculture Department reports heavy export of wheat under the 1949 international pact with 214,480,000 bushels sold abroad since Aug 1 against a yearly quota of 255,149,000. Prices to buyers run about 75 cents below domestic, subsidized by the government. The four exporting nations include the United States Canada Australia and France. Exports may near 400,000,000 bushels this marketing year amid high world demand and poor crops in some areas.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
U. S
Canada
Australia
France
Farm Bureau Plans Nine Citizenship Meetings
Des Moines reports that the Farm Bureau, led by President E. Howard Hill, will hold nine district meetings to promote a good citizenship program for the year. The discussions will address agriculture issues and policies from the 1952 resolutions, outlining a bid to boost farm participation in caucuses and support qualified candidates across party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
E. Howard Hill
Hill
Capable Candidates Dominate Primaries Across Parties
An organization notes capable candidates from both parties in the primaries. It does not endorse candidates or carry activities into the general election, Hill concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
F U to Control Meat Markerizing
The National Farmers Union and Amherst College join to develop and market a new process called marbelizing. Biologist Dr. Oscar E. Schotte of Amherst devised a method to fatten lean meat quickly after slaughter. A contract to develop and license the process is held by the National Farmers' Union Service Corporation under an advisory committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Farmers Union
Amherst College
Oscar E. Schotte
Amherst
Schotte
New York
Sullivan and Cromwell
National Farmers’ Union Service Corporation
Denver
Colo
Morrell Renews Sheep Slaughter at Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa Morrells John Morrell and Company plant restarted limited sheep slaughter Monday after a 21 week shutdown. The firm cites spring lamb demand and prior cost pressure from live animal costs and ceiling prices as reasons for the restart. About 40 workers return to the sheep kill department from other duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
John Morrell and Company
Morrell
Iowa Agriculture Dept Increases Inspection Activity In 1951
Des Moines reports 283 953 inspections by the Iowa Department of Agriculture in 1951, up from 260 827 in 1950, with 36 prosecutions and fines totaling 1 495. Milk and chemical labs processed thousands of samples, noting under pasteurization rates improved since 1947. Prosecutions targeted cream stations coal companies food markets cafes and other firms.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Spry
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Chemical Laboratory
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Golden Houts
Golden State
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Los Angeles
B. O. Baker
Rock Island Lines
Rock Island
Tiffin
Cosgrove
Tiffin On
Tamworth
Chester
Oliver
M. M
Great Western
John Deere
Portland
Galaway Harrow
Harrow
Montgomery Ward Hammermill
Black Hawk
Jenny Linn
Montgomery Ward
New
Ottawa
A. of
Parizek & Donohoe
Auc
Linn Dhia
Ates Tee
Mason City
U.S
Farm Bureau Planning
F.U
Kansas City Medical Press
K. C. Medical Press
Dept
M-1
East
21St St
Kansas City
Chrysler
Baxter Motors, Inc
Iowa Agriculture Dept
Milk Laboratory
the Chemical Laboratory
Troy
Diet
S.W. Ceder Rapids
Quality Furnace Company
Quality Furnace and Sheet Metal Co
29Th Street
Dial
Berroushs
R. E. Welson “ii Hs
ICA
Wes
Julius Werner
Randville
Werner
Louise Hillman
Louise
Farmhaven
Randville Station
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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