Louisa County Farm Bureau Plans Multiple Special Events
Louisa County Farm Bureau groups prepare a string of public meetings with the Chicago Producers Commission and extension service. Rex Beresford or Herman G. Aaberg will present survey material at the Warello schoolhouse on May 10. Mrs. Lucille Cochran will assist May 9 on Home Furnishing. The third judging workout is set for May 6 at the Farm Bureau to select grain and livestock judging team for the state fair.
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Louisa County
Farm Bureau
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Extension Service
The
Beef Producers Association
Warello
Rex Beresford
Herman G. Aaberg
Lucille Cochran
State Home
J. B. Garrett
Farmers Speed Corn Planting In Much of Iowa
Iowa crop reporter Charles D. Reed notes rapid corn planting across most counties as seedbed moisture is generally adequate. Backward regions in south central, east central and northeast show about half work done, with oats and barley at good stands and some reseeding where seed rotted in cold soil. Severe April weather froze canes injuring raspberries and blackberries after March sap flow.
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Des’ Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Saving Bond Sales at Local Postoffice Reach High Average
United States savings bonds sold at the Muscatine post office totaled 157 837 50 over the past year, with Chicago leading nationwide for direct by mail and post office purchases. Other class leaders include Calumet Michigan third class and Horse Cave Kentucky first class. Plemmons Texas fourth class tops its class with 99 637 50. About 22 000 post offices nationwide sell savings bonds.
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Muscatine
Albert S. Barry
Chicago
Calumet
Mich
Horse Cave
Aga
Plemons
Texas
United States Savings
Cedar County 4-H Rally Day Set for June 9
Cedar County plans a June 9 Rally Day at the Municipal building with all 4-H clubs participating in program events, music festival, and recognition contests. An election of county officers for 1939 will be held during the gathering.
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Tipton
Selma Ekquist
Iowa State College
Ekiquis
Laura Heddleson
Cedar County
Lessons From State Leader Head 4 H Club Training
Seventeen Muscatine county 4 H leaders and club girls from 10 clubs attended the final leaders training school at the Farm Bureau office led by M s Mary Wood Mc Lintock state extension specialist from Ames. The lesson focused on selecting and using accessories to enhance attire with a practical judging of outfits. Attendees included members from Green Valley Hustlers Goshen Wapsie Future Homemakers Fulton Industrials Royal Workers Loomington Best Fruitland Sunshine Seventy-Six Sparklers Wapsie s Best Pike Lassies and county club committee members along with Grace Martin county home demonstration agent.
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Muscatine County
Farm Haureau
M's
Mary Wood McLintock
Ames
Green Valley Hustlers
Lois McFadden
Cloyce Downer
Goshen
Dorothy Wilson
Pike
Dorothea Pohlman
Roscoe Eliason
Harry Naumar
Grace Martin
New York Stocks Mixed as Industrials Edge Higher
Closing quotations show varied results with Am Can at 86 percent, Am and For Pow near 2 percent, Am Loco at 18 4, Am Rel Mill 14, Am Smelt and Ref 42, 'St! Fdrs. 244s, Am Ref 20, Tel and Tel 159, and many others including Anaconda 24 1/2, U.S. Steel 48, Gen Electric 35 44, Chrysler 67 7/8, GM 44, Goodyear 26, United States Steel 45, and Tex Gulf 28 among notable gains and losses. market activity declines in some issues and advances in others.
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Atchison
Beth
Steel
Borg-Warner
Chrysler
Curtiss-Wright
Deere and Co
Deere
Dupont
Ripub Steel
Eastman
el Pow
Sears Roek
Firestone
Shell Union
Gen Electric
Gen Motors
Stltrands
Gillette
Il Calif
Goodyear
Hudson
Oi NJ
Mfg
Cere
Ark Nat
Rem Rand
Ei Buad
Prize Cattle on the Wilton Farm Show Off top cattle figures
Wilton farm on the easterly edge of Wilton features prize cattle with Edwin Yedlik of Nichols posing with a calf from Erica Bandolier of Anoka. Bandolier took second at Tampa show in February, while Barbara Rose of Anoka won first place and Black Cape Bessie, purchased from Hartley Stock Farms, remains undefeated in her class.
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Barbara Rose
Anoka
Tampa
Drought Hurts Early Plains Crops Including Winter Wheat
The weather bureau reports drought will damage early crops in the western great plains, especially winter wheat and corn. Severe moisture shortages affect west central and southwestern Texas, central and western Oklahoma, and western Kansas, with deterioration noted in winter wheat in Oklahoma. Rain needed for minor crops and pastures across Wyoming Utah Idaho Oregon and the plains.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Ohio Valley
Missouri Valley
Cotton Belt
Rocky Mountains
Barrymore Expresses Regret Over Poor Performance
Barrymore admitted in Sioux Falls that his Omaha showing in My Dear Children was not up to par and apologized. He cited personal strain including his wife Elaine Barrie leaving for a divorce, though Tuesday’s show drew an enthusiastic crowd before the company headed to Sioux City for a performance.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John Barrymore
Omaha
Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
St. Louis
Sioux City
Busy Season Looms Ahead For Station at Fairport
The Fairport government fish hatchery readies for a record year with 1000 cans of catfish ordered, plans to stock pools above dam No 16, and expansion to Neosho Missouri. Brood stock is healthy, warm springs boost prospects, and distribution begins late May or June with trout from Manchester and ongoing buffalo fish egg salvage with commercial fishermen.
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Fairport
Les Bennett
Bureau of Fisheries
Will Stork
Neosho
Missouri
Mr. Bennett
M. Bennett
Manchester
Muscatine County
Button factories not exempt from wage hour act
Des Moines Indiana Pearl button factories are not exempt from the federal wage hour act, says G W Sauthoff, inspector of the wage hour division. He added that a ruling with that interpretation has been received.
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Des Moines
G. W. Sauthoff
Sauthoff
Deeds Recorded In Muscatine Transfers And Lots
Deeds reveal guardianship transfer to Philip C. and Clara Digney for 6.43 acres and two-thirds of 75 acres in Muscatine area with a 59.96 dollar note. Michael F. Lynch and others transfer similar interests to the Digneys. Irma Baker sells city lots in Muscatine. Catharine Williams by executor deeds to William and Kate Heuer for island view lots totaling 2000 dollars. C. C. Hakes sells city lots in Burnside addition to Louis Gaeta.
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Elizabeth Margaret Hinrichs
Philip C
Clara Digney
Michael F. Lynch
Irma Baker
M. H. Nabedrick
City of Muscatine
Catharine Williams
Executiv
William and
Kate Heuer
Island View
Muscatine
C. C. Hakes and Company
Louis Gaeta
Burnside
Sugar futures ease as hedging trims gains
New York sugar markets show demand waning under hedging and profit taking. World futures in late afternoon steadied with July at 1.48 and September trading at 1.28, while domestic May and July positions varied slightly. Duty free raw sugars were offered.
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New York
Wheat and Corn Bid Declines Close Market Higher Later
Wheat and corn prices fell early with declines of 3/8 to 7/8, then rallied to end modestly lower. Liverpool prices and rains across the grain belt spurred selling while Chicago crop experts forecast a winter wheat harvest of 538 million bushels amid softer conditions in the southwest.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Local grain prices May 3 1939 corn oats
Prices supplied by McKee Feed and Grain Co and Mississippi Valley Grain and Feed Co. Corn No 2 yellow 42 cents per bushel. Oats No 2 white 22 to 26 cents per bushel.
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McKee Feed and Grain Co
Mississippi Valley Grain and Feed Co
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Reported on May 3
Chicago cash grain markets list prices for wheat corn oats and seed grains. No. 1 hard wheat 79 cents. No. 2 mixed corn 57 cents range. oats and barley figures shown. seed and forage seeds priced nominally with ranges for red clover and red top.
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Chicago
Fowler, Gilbert and Hill
Hershey
Cawdoss
Prices steady as markets report dairy and produce data
Chicago reports mixed wholesale prices across butter eggs and poultry. Butter sales stay firm with varied cent marks while eggs hold steady under unchanged prices. potatoes and onions show modest demand with limited new stock. Idaho russets and Wisconsin whites cited with U S No 1 quality. California sacks priced per cwt. futures closed with storage standards noted.
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Chicago
U.S
Idaho
U. S
Wisconsin
Alabama
Bliss
California
New York Produce Prices Report May 3
New York prices for eggs butter and cheese are reported with varied grades and values. Egg categories show mixed colors and standardings from firsts to dirties, butter prices ease with creamery gains, and cheese prices remain steady with defined score ranges.
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New York
Local Market Prices for Poultry Eggs and Meats
Local markets quote hens at 9 1/3 to 9 1/2 cents per pound for over 5 pounds cocks at 8 to 7 cents under 5 pounds. Eggs paid 11 to 134 cents by grocers. Live weights from 120 to 199 pounds bring $5.50 to $6.70, 190 to 230 pounds $6.55 to $6.70, 230 to 300 pounds $5.85 to $6.70, 309 to 400 pounds $5.40 to $6.00. Butcher packers 270 to 4 pounds $5.15 to $5.65. extra heavy packers $4.65 to $5.10. John P. Squire Company.
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John P. Squire Company
Kansas City Livestock Market Report May 3
U S Dept of Agriculture market snapshot from Kansas City shows hogs salable 2,500, up 5 to 10 cents with top at 6.80. Cattle salable 2,300, calves 400. steers and yearlings steady, vealers up to 50 cents. Sheep salable 5,000 with spring lambs and fed lambs advancing, top native lambs 11.25 and best wooled lambs around 10.
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Kansas City
U. S
Bond Market Narrow With Utilities Leading Gains
New York bonds edged higher in spots as Brooklyn Union Gas 58 issues rose over a point and public utilities rallied. Other gains appeared in Eastern Union 53 Union Pacific 314s and New York Central 5s while Illinois Central refunding 4s and 5s >1955 rose. Governments were little changed and foreign dollar loans, including Japan 514s and City of Milan G, slipped about a point.
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New York
Brooklyn Union Gas 58
New York City
Union
Union Pacific
New York Central
Ilinois Central Railroad
Japan
City of Milan
Market bulletin notes Cubas and refiners pricing
At 2.95c buyers showed interest around 2.92c. Cubas quoted 2.98c duty paid. Refined prices held at 4.49 to 4.50.
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Cubas
Chicago Market On Hogs Steady To Nickel Higher
Official esti mated livestock receipts for Thursday show cattle 5,000 hogs 10,000 sheep 11,000. Hog market steady to 5 cents higher with medium weight butchers up. top 7.15 versus 7.10 Tuesday. Salable hogs 8,000. 170-250 lb range 6.90-7.10. 260-280 lb 6.70-7.00. 290-350 lb 6.25-6.70. sows 5.50-5.90. Cattle and sheep receipts reflect steady demand with steers and yearlings in demand and lambs strong near 10.50 to 11.50 for top fed types. fat lambs 9.90-10.60, springers higher. total salable sheep 7,000.
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Chicago
No. Wits
U. S
U. S. Dept
Wis
California
Salable hogs rise as market opens in Omaha
Salable hogs 3 500 opened active up to 5c higher. Late trade slow on heavy butchers. Top $6.70 for 180 to 225 lbs, $6.50 to $6.70 for 170 to 260 lbs, $6.25 to $6.45 for 270 to 290 lbs. 300 to 280 lbs range $5.90 to $6.25. Medium weights and heavy sows $5.60, light weights $5.65 to $5.75. Sparingly, odd big weights $5.55.
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Omaha
U. S
CeDar Rapids
Mason Ge
Seher
Waterloo
Iowa Livestock Bids Report Hogs and Cattle Prices Steady
Iowa livestock bids show hog prices across weight ranges from 140 to 600 pounds with values from about 5.30 to 6.70 per hundredweight. Packers and packers’ ranges appear, with notes of unchanged hogs and steady cattle tone at Waterloo.
Iowa HCG Market Review Des Moines May 3 Hog prices advance
Des Moines May 3 AP Price report shows hog volume 23 600 for 24 hours ending 8 a m in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Steady to 5 cents higher with many weight ranges quoted from 160 to over 550 pounds. Packing hogs and sows priced across multiple brackets with steady undertone and strong demand cited.
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Des Moines
S. Dept. Agr
Iowa
Minnesota
Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock Demand To Live Buyers
Salable cattle 4500 with steady cash tone. Fed steers and yearlings range to 10.05 while fed heifers 8.00 to 9.50 and beef cows 6.00 to 8.00. Bulls 6.50 to 6.85, vealers steady and stockers scarce yet steady. Sheep 5800 with strong demand for spring lambs. California spring lambs quoted near 9.25 to 19.50, native lambs above 10.75, ewes around 4.25, goats around 10.00.
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California
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Louisa Bureau
Wilton
A Journal Cameraman
Win Yedlik
Nichols, Em
Erica Bandolier
Bandolier
Florida
Cape Bessie
Hartley
Page
N. D
Dam No. 16
Lake Cooper
Keokuk Dam
Bennett
New York Sugar
Chicago Cash Grain
Kansas City Livestock
NEW York Bonds
Chicago Grain & Provisons
Omama Livestock
Iowa Livestock Bids
HCG Market Review
Ashtor’s Hatcheries
West Liberty
Mulberry Avenue
Langecrest Farm
Hampshire
Farrow
W. J. Foster
Boultinghouse and Camp, Auctioneers
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