Eggs Display Market Strength Among Farm Goods in October
The federal market report shows eggs as the only farm product with notable demand this month while grains cotton and livestock gain modestly. Prices for wheat corn and dairy vary, with eggs at Chicago up 50 percent from the year's low point and prompts for shipments increasing though demand softens locally.
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Ashington
D. C
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Middle West
South
China
Corn Belt
Chicago
Black Hawk and Butler Women Win at Waterloo Show
Black Hawk county won in the group with home demonstration agents scoring 991 of 1000 on the fourth year nutrition project. Butler county led the group without home demonstration agents with 971 on the fourth year clothing project, as judged by Ruth Cessna of the Ames extension service. Benton placed fourth.
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Waterloo
Marshall County
Linn
Benton
Tama
Black Hawk
Gertrude Cookinham
Marshall
Gladys Adams
Jane Nelson
Buchanan County
Chickasaw
Bremer
Buchanan
Butler Counties
Butler
Floyd
Benton County
Tama County
Linn County
Josephine Bruetalal Bakke
Lulu Tregoning
Butterfat Prices Darken as Brooklyn Co-op Faces Strikes
Interview with A. L. Duffus, 120 acre Hartwick area dairyman, discusses butterfat pricing, Brooklyn Co-operative creamery reorganization, and local farm tax trends. He favors prohibition enforcement, supports Hoover, and criticizes labor unrest while noting 4-H and home demonstration programs in Marshall, Linn, and surrounding counties.
Corn as cheaper protein substitute for dairy feed and fuel use
Ames experts say corn at 15 cents a bushel can replace costly proteins like alfalfa hay in dairy rations, cutting feed costs. At current prices oats may be cheaper. corn provides about 10.1 percent protein versus 14.9 for alfalfa. Iowa farmers also report burning corn as fuel, with forty bushels yielding heat comparable to a ton of coal.
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Gazette
Ames
Dwight Espe
Espe
Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Cent A Bushel Or $1 A Day Offered
Blairstown reports corn huskers offered one cent per bushel or one dollar per day for husking. Frost delayed harvest but most corn was cut. D F Iven of Blairstown began husking with a mechanical device. Unemployed local men also cutting timber south of town on shared labor, earning half the proceeds.
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Blairstown
Iowa Hog Market Slips to 3.50 As Spring Pigs Move
Des Moines reports hog prices weak across the region with eastern markets lagging. Heavy and sow sales held near steady but overall hogs selling mostly lighter under 270 pounds. prices fell 10 to 15 cents for larger hogs while light hogs and some half fat types sold sharply lower.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Cow Finds That Famous Needle In A Haystack
In Oakland California AP Jack Fraser’s cow found a three inch darning needle lost in a haystack. The cow ate the hay and developed a stitch in her side. A veterinarian cut a lump from the cow’s side and the needle was recovered.
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Oakland
Calif
Jack Fraser
Fraser
Horses Bring $48 To $64 At Benton And Buchanan Sales
A 5 year old bay horse sold for $48 and another brought $50 at the Potter place sale near Blairstown. Calves sold for $8 to $14.50 and a cow with calf brought $26. Two roan cows went for $27.50 each. another for $24.75. A Holstein heifer brought $10. Young boars sold for $7 and $11. A light truck brought $49. A wag soul box sold for $2650 and a white wagon brought 14 cents each. Auctioneers were Harry Hartz and Tony Schmitz. R. D. Kimm of the county State Bank assisted.
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Gazette
Blairstown
Leo Kelly
Jesse Potter
Potter Place
Harry Hartz
Tony Schmitz
R. D. Kimm
Aecounty State Bank
Sale at John Stevenson Farm Netted Varied Bids Near Here
At the closing out sale near here on the John Stevenson farm now owned by Simon Walker two horses sold for 60 and 64 dollars. A milk cow brought 17 dollars. Nine yearling steers about 900 pounds sold for 36 dollars each. Two brood sows sold for 6 and 7.50 dollars and sixteen feeder shoats 100 to 150 pounds brought 4.20 to 30 dollars. Thirty acres of corn sold at 4.60 per acre. Oats yielded 11 1 2, 12 1 2 and 14 cents per bushel from 400 to 500 bushels. Straw from twenty acres of oats brought 15 dollars. Fay Miller of Independence and J G Weepie mentioned in the sale.
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Gazette
Littleton
John Stevenson
Simon Walker
Fay Miller
Independence
Cece
J. G
Weepie
Oats in Bronze Age History and Ancient Views
Iowa scholar Harrison J. Thornton notes oats date to the Bronze Age with finds in lake ee remnants in Switzerland. He says ancient knowledge of oats was limited, Pliny mistook them for wheat in disease, and Virgil called them a pest.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Lake Ee
Switzerland
Harrison J. Thornton
Catvenary
Jones County Corn Test Plots To Be Harvested
CENTER JUNCTION The Jones county Farm Bureau corn yield test plots on the Paul N Smith farm near here will be harvested Saturday for comparison of the thirty varieties including eleven hybrids. Results of the contest at the Jones county fair in which entrants guessed the yield of the high entry will be announced at harvest.
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Center Junction
Jones County Farm Bureau
Paul N. Smith
Jones County
Resque wins Hynderick at Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress
Resque a three year old stallion owned by G Good and Son Ogden Iowa wins the Hynderick prize. Genese De Ergot entered by Earle Brown Minneapolis is named senior and grand champion Belgian mare. Other awards include grand champion Jersey cow Lady and senior grand champion Jersey bull Oxford Lassy's Design. Holstein honors go to Man O War 30th from Maytag dairy farms Newton Iowa with senior grand champion Holstein bulls.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Co. G. Good and Son
Ogden
Genese de Ergot
Earle Brown
Minneapolis
F. P. Purnell
Springfield
Oxford Lassy
Crieve Hall Farms
Nashville
Tenn
Twin Oaks
Morristown
Maytag
Newton
Iowa
King Bessie Ormsby Pietertje
Elmwood Farm
Deerfield
Iowa State College
Naan
Boulder Bridge Farm
Excelsior
Minn
Gerfaut Cohain
Fayette County Farm Auction Dates Listed
Auctions set for Wednesday October 12 and Thursday October 13 at West Union fair grounds. Guernsey breeders sale October 12 followed by Holstein breeders sale October 13 in Fayette County.
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Fayette County
Guernsey Breeders
West Union Fairgrounds
Urbana man touts Iowa sunflowers surpassing Kansas
John Featherkile of Urbana declares Iowa sunflowers exceed Kansas in size with blossoms nearly two feet in diameter. He is described as tall and points to his large sunflower as proof of Iowa’s prominence in sunflowers.
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Urbana
John Featherkile
Kansas
Iowa
Featherkile
Farmers Paint and Repair Buildings at Spencer's Grove
Local farmers work on fence repair and concrete feeding floors. Joe Ernst builds a 44 foot crib. Farm houses on Earl Williams and Charles Hoffman farms are painted and Spencer's Grove church receives a fresh coat for the first time in twenty five years.
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Gazette
Spencer's Grove
Joe Ernst
Earl Williams
Charles Hoffman
Renters Slow to Sign Leases in Troy Mills Vicinity
Tenant farmers in the Troy Mills area are slow to sign leases for the coming year. A few farms have been rented for cash or on grain share, but many remain unleased as prices stay low and farmers say they cannot meet landlords’ required rents.
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Troy Mills
Apples Plentiful Harvest Attributed To Spraying
Mrs. W. E. Robine notes a six bushel apple yield from a six year old Delicious tree in Clarence. She credits regular spring and summer spraying per the agriculture department recommendations. Branches were propped to support the heavy fruit load.
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Clarence
W. E. Robine
Department of Agriculture
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