In And Out Farmer And The Right Time For Profit
The Cedar Valley farming study compares hog beef dairy and general farms to identify profitable enterprises. It notes beef farms lost most, dairymen fared best, and individual fit and pricing dynamics shape long term choices, with editors remarking on timing and adaptation. The piece includes a note on an apple tree blooming twice at the Ritchey property in Reinbeck.
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Fieldman
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Ackley
Reinbeck
James Ritchey
Missouri farmer voices strong support for prohibition
Interview with William McRuer, owner-operator of a 40 acre fruit and truck farm near Kansas City, who discusses road impacts on markets, rail and trucking costs, Missouri river projects, taxes, and the need for united farm organizations to secure fair prices and prevent political manipulation.
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William McRuer
Kansas City
Grant City
Independent farmers seek nationwide co operation and reform
Luana Shipping association reported forty five sows sold at three dollars eighty cents top at the Chicago market. The interview discusses farm cooperatives political views and attitudes toward prohibition and government reform.
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Luana
Luana Shipping Association
Chicago
Radox Foot Bath Promises Quick Corn Relief
An old advertisement from England touts Radox foot bath as a joyfully quick cure for corns and callouses. It claims to lift corn roots with a tablespoon of Radox in a gallon of hot water for several nights, also softening heels and feet.
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England
Ask May Drug Co
Camel herd and big cats found on Missouri estate road
A field along Highway 63 near Bloomfield Missouri reveals camels and a menagerie including twenty seven elephants and many tigers and lions. The animals belong to the late W P Hall circus, once based in Lancaster, disbanded after his death.
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Highway 63
Bloomfield
Missouri
W. P. Hall
Lancaster
Hall
U S Department of Agriculture initiates fall grass breeding program
The United States Department of Agriculture starts a five-site fall program to breed and improve grasses for northern and corn belt states. It will plant imported and native grasses at Beltsville Md Middletown Vermont Corvallis Oregon Columbia Missouri and Augusta Michigan to test adaptability pasturing and hay production.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Corn
Cotton
United States
Maryland
Vermont
Oregon
Federal
Beltsville
Middlebury
Corvallis
Ore
Columbia
Augusta
Mich
Office of Foreign Plant Introduction
Manchuria
New Zealand
Australia
England
Scotland
Germany
Denmark
Russia
Canada
Wales
Maynard Creamery Adopts Electric Refrigerator Upgrade
Maynard cooperative creamery installs an electric refrigeration system replacing the old ice house. Floyd Simpson serves as president of the organization.
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Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery
Floyd Simpson
Grundy County Fair Opens With Capacity Livestock Show
Grundy Center stalls in the horse and cattle barns for the Grundy county fair opened Tuesday and were reserved by the last day of August. A rabbit and pet show is a feature of the fair with E. W. Hostetter of Grundy Center serving as secretary.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
E. W. Hostetter
Discoveries Confirm Virtues of Bran in Diet
Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN is promoted as a safe, non habit forming aid for constipation. Laboratory tests claim it adds bulk to stimulate intestines, supplies Vitamin B, and contains iron more than beef liver. The ad suggests two tablespoons daily, with meals, and notes it can be used with milk or in cooking.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Veterinarians Meet at Mechanicsville
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association opened its general clinic at the Dr. F. M. Wilson sale barn in Mechanicsville. Dr. John B. Bryant of Mount Vernon chairs the general clinic committee with Drs. Wileson Banks Kellogg Menary Waite, representing Tipton Anamosa Cedar Rapids Stanwood. Poultry chair is Dr. P. V. Neuzil Blairstown. sheep chair Dr. W. L. Andrews Melton. swine chair Dr. H. N. Strader Marion. horse chair Dr. William C. Vollstedt Dixon. cattle chair Dr. J. C. Carey West Liberty. pet animal chair Dr. D. E. Wright Cedar Rapids.
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Mechanicsville
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
F. M. Wilson
John B. Bryant
Mount Vernon
Hog Feeding Test At Independence Fair Draws Interest
At the Buchanan county fair opening in Independence three hog pens display feeding tests from this summer's Farm Bureau demonstration. The pigs were fed corn with tankage, corn with soybean meal, and corn alone on R. A. Nelson's Washington township farm. Gain costs for each group will be posted above the pens.
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Gazette
Independence
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
R. A. Nelson
Washington Township
Helm Family Wins at Winthrop State Fair Horse Pull
The Helm team from near Winthrop won the horse pulling contest at the state fair. The team was driven by Carl Helm, son of Albert Helm, a local farmer.
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the Gazette
Winthrop
Albert Helm
Carl Helm
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