Livestock Market Reports from Chicago Waterloo and Cedar Rapids
Chicago market shows hogs steady with top around 14.30 for 180 plus weights and calves steady, cattle receipts near 3,000 with best steers around 16.15 and beef cows to 13.5 cents, vealers 13.50 to 15.50. Waterloo hog market steady with top 14.30 and varied weights priced. Cedar Rapids hog market steady with top 14.35 and price spreads across weight classes.
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Chicago
West— Ems
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Cepar Rapids
WFA
Market report on Oelwein produce and poultry prices
The market notes show No 1 and No 2 eggs with firm demand, plus Chicago poultry receipts and output including 1 car and 16 trucks. Cheese prices list Twins and Longhorns at 25.2 to 26, with Butler receipts at 281.654. cooking grades around 88 to 92 with various scores. Potatoes and Idahos arrive in volume, track sales per 100 lbs listed for unwashed Russet Burbanks U S 1 size 9.
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Chicago
Butler
Idahos
Idaho
New Stock Notes and Regional City Mentions
A brief item notes new stock and mentions regional spots with mixed language about California and Wisconsin. It references Iles US SS, tobbed, and a robbery claim with ambiguous figures. The tone mirrors a compact classified or news snippet from a late period source.
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Iles US SS
California
Wisconsin
Grain Market Final Grain CHICAGO rally spurs mixed grains
Chicago grain trade closed mixed as corn rose on stockpile plans from war food administration, while wheat slipped and oats rose. July rye weakened amid heavy liquidation and selling of May contracts by eastern interests. Cash grain sales remained light. demand from millers and exporters steady.
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Chicago
Pric
Irom
War Food Administration
Financial Markets at a Glance United Press Report
Stocks higher and bonds steady to higher with U S government debt quiet. Chicago stocks up. cotton gains up to 60 cents a bale. Wheat dips 1-8 to 5-8 cent. corn rises 3-8 to 5-8. oats 1-4 up to 1-8 lower. rye up 1-1 to 1-8. barley 1-3 to 1-2 higher. In Chicago cash hogs strong, cattle firm, sheep strong.
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United Press
U.S. Sm
Chicago
Machinery repair parts urged for farmers in Iowa
Norton Ives of Iowa State College warns Iowa farmers cannot delay ordering repair parts and scheduling main repairs in 1945 calendars. He notes the small amount of new machinery to be released will have to replace failed equipment and keep farms productive.
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AMES
Norton Ives
Iowa State College
Iowa
Ives
War Board report blanks farm equipment output
The December War Production Board report shows that production of the 20 most important farm machines was behind schedule for the four months ending October 31. Planters were reduced to less than half of quota and manure spreaders also fell short. Other implements showed smaller deficiencies.
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War Production Board
Iowa Chemists Find New Oil Source
Iowa State College chemists report a new oil source from milkweed seeds amid wartime shortages. Large scale tests show floss can substitute for kapok for insulation and oil extraction yields unrefined oil usable for paints, varnishes, and soaps. If refined, potential edible uses may include salad dressing. residue offers further stock feed possibilities.
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Ames
Iowa State College Chemical Engineers
Pasi Islands
America
Contoured fields yield more in Iowa 1944 study
A Iowa study by Browning and Russell shows contour farming raised corn yields by 6.8 bushels per acre, soybeans by 2.3, and oats by 6.1 in 1944. In 49 corn, 11 soybeans, and 3 oats fields, contouring outperformed up and down hill planting, saved topsoil, and suggested expanding contouring to about seven million acres to maximize long term gains.
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Ames
Iowa
G. MM. Browning
M. B Russell
Soul Conservation Service
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Oelwein Sales Barn Attracts Farmers From Miles Around
The Oelwein Live stock Exchange in northeast Iowa began in 1936 to connect farmers with sales each Wednesday afternoon. President J. L. Butler and secretary Merrill Hanson lead a board including Leon Knapp and Frank Sanford. Weekly crowds reach 700 in winter and 400 to 500 in summer as stock is registered, tagged, and described by a team led by Auctioneer Fred Ronan with Harry Flower guiding the descriptions.
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Oelwein
Iowa
Oelwein Livestock Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
der Warry Flower
Charles Kivell
Aiea~ Jey
J. L. Builer
Merrill Hanson
Leon C. Knapp
Bu TD F.C
Joe McBride
Ward Reeser
Loraine Vargason
Fred Ronan
Decorah
Eres
Harry Flower
Walter Oole
Henry Andreac J
Flower
Kivell
Big Gain Mineral Stock Food boosts livestock profits
A vintage ad touts Big Gain Mineral Stock Food as an oid standby for feeders seeking maximum profit from feed. It promises proper protein vitamin and mineral balance to build tissue and accelerate growth, urging dealers to stock and customers to feed for faster gains.
Farm page sale records and auction day operations
Che Celnwein Daily Register describes the farm sale routine with Tr Andreae supervising sales from the pavilion and Mr Flows communicating via speaking tubes. Mrs Flower and Mrs Kivell manage the office pigeon holes while Wal ter Pagel and Lawrence Kern settle accounts. The weekly volume covers 11 000 cattle 2300 hogs and 500 sheep with a 2 percent handling fee and thorough barn sanitation.
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Tr. Andreae
Mr. Flows
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