Cattle market shifts show steady demand and variable prices
The report notes limited supply and steady to rising demand for beef cattle in Kansas and Oklahoma. Buyers favored choice to prime steers, with prices from 12.50 to 13.75 and primes to 14.25, while cow and heifer prices held or rose modestly. Hog prices fell 10 to 15 cents, sheep and lambs rallied, native lambs mostly 14 to 14.50 with westerns up to 15.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Relics of Life Found in Egyptian City of Greco Roman Era
University of Michigan excavations at Kuramis in Egypt reveal over 2000 Greco Roman artifacts showing daily life and culture. From December 1924, 1000 rooms and 300 houses were cleared. dry conditions preserved perishable items. Finds include 450 Greek papyri, glass vessels, 50 baskets, textiles, 100+ wooden tools, 300 terra cotta objects, 200 lamps, coins, and farm implements. A bakery with grain bins and a large mill was uncovered, with bread loaves left as abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
University of Michigan
Egypt
Francis W. Kelsey
United States
Fox Breeding School Opens Near North East Pennsylvania
A new Busch School of Fox Breeding opens on a 75 acre site near North East to train men for the silver fox industry. Founder Louis Edward Busch leads a course covering fox history heredity and breeding practices with eight weeks of instruction plus hands on animal care. The non profit school relies on donations from supporters who see the industry as a growing career investment now valued at over 12000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North East
America
Busch School of Fox Breeding
Louis Edward Busch
Washington, D. C
American. Fox Institute
Mr. Rusch
Rusch
County News Notes and Local Visits in Republic County
Mrs. Cynthia Scrivner of White Rock visited her daughter and newborn grandson in Belleville. Frank Williams buys the old John Clay place south of Rydal now occupied by the Emery Berry family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McHenry from Norwick Iowa visited relatives and head for Crookston Nebraska to help build a grain elevator. Edgar Roberts family from west Scandia visited Belleville for the band concert. Albert Etter Gust Fegelberg and families from Scandia township attended to business and greeted Belleville friends. Republic County Teachers Institute session runs August 3 to 7 with Supt Housner leading a high class staff. Otto C Nelson and baby of Scandia township visited Belleville. Caton Auditing Co of Topeka continued auditing county offices and the Treasurer’s office awaits Miss Mary Ward’s term end next October. Chas E McGowan and family near Hardy visited brothers Joseph and Hugh near Rydal and did business in Belleville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Scrivner
White Rock
Earl Cook
Frank Williams
John Clay
Rydal
Emery Berry
Frank McHenry
Norwick
Iowa
E. ‘T. Carpenter
Albert Etter
Gust Fégelberg
Scandia
Belleville
Republic County Teachers’ Institute
Housner
Salina City
Otto C. Nelson
Baby
Scandia Township
West
Caton Auditing Company
Topeka
Mary Ward
Chas. E. McGowan
Hardy
Joseph
Hugh
Indian Princess Wears Court Costume of Yakimas
Seattle Washington a true Suquamish princess daughter of Tick Obid and great grand daughter of Chief Seattle wears the Yakima court costume worn by royal princesses of Washington. The hair belt eight feet long woven from a sister’s hair. Helen Wilson a 4 H member active in Farm and Home clubs. She wears the historic dress on tribal occasions showcased to donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Tick- Obid
Washington
Helen
Qualchen
Yakimas
Yakima
Page
Port Madison
Helen Wilson
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
Praying Said to Give Women Shapely Knees
A Madrid portrait painter Jose M Vidal Quadrans claims Spanish women gain the most beautiful knees from prayer. He says prayer strengthens knee muscles making them rugged and firm, unlike women in other countries who sit half way on chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jose M. Vidal
Quadras
Mandrid
Spain
Farm Calendar Highlights August Alfalfa Planting and Stocker Gains
Agricultural notes cover alfalfa planting in late August and weed control. Discussions urge fall marketing of stocker and feeder steers, noting fall price advantages and gains. Economics warn against over expansion, recommend debt reduction and improved farm living, and stress Hessian fly control via thorough seed bed prep. Entomology and pathology stress disease prevention in wheat and tomatoes, with soil and residue management. Poultry notes warn about the tape worm, urging proper treatment of infested flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
Kansas Experiment Station
C. W. Mc Campbell
W. E. Grimes
J. W. McCulloch
Community notices report a week of outings and visits
Union News recaps Lee Bowersox and family’s Rockies trip Ike Smith oversees at home. Birth of a ten pound baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Beecher. Mutual Benefit Club picnic at Riverside with about fifty attendees and a big basket dinner. Many visits and small travels among local families, plus a serious mule accident to Murray Mikesell and several weather notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bowersox
Rockies
Ike Smith
Labon Marshall
Ross Gott
Utah
Bowersox
Finley
Waite of Freedom
Frank Cooper
Woodward
Iowa
Cooper
D. P. Johnson
Bert Brown
Brown
Geo. White
Lincoln
Nebr
Mike O’neal
White
O’ Neal
Roy ‘Thomas
Fred Bassett
Bancroft
Fred
Mr. Bassett
Harold Tingstrom
Scandia
Emery Halls
Merle Yeager
Republic
Ray Hall
Chas, Tuley
Ni-W. Union
Albert Anderson
Swafford
Clyde Bowen
Burlington
Kansas
D. A. Bowen
Nitus Sandell
James Mallory
D.A. Bowen
Earl Bowens
Northop
Wakeeney
Ed. Swiercinsky
Poultry Feeding and Dairying Notes From Kansas
Instructions detail rations for a flock of 400 adult birds or 150 half grown chicks using oats corn and lye with a water supply. After feeding, Epsom salts are given to hens. The text then discusses dairy improvements in Kansas through cooperative contesting associations and cow testing to cull underperformers and boost profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epsom
L. F.'Payne Dairying
Kansas
H. W. Cave
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Nat Kansas
geFi
Kansas City Livestock. Exchange
County Seat News
Princess Helen
M. C. Sewell
Agricultural College
L. E
R. J. Barnett
Union News
Frank Goodwin
Murray Mikesell
Murray
Ed. Swhercinsky
James Goodwin
Princess Scandia
Thompson
the Bandit
Barry
Jonah Jones
John A. Freeburg
Jeandebeur
Geo
Polarine
Ford
Stand’ RO .Oil CO
P. McMurray
Frank
Spurney
Belleville, Kansas
M.o.peters, M.D
R. B. Bainey
Courtland
Hall
Ata Hall
J. Cheney & ,Co
Toledo
Ohio
Fcanadia Lotge
Mearts
A “Gordvedty ‘Welcogre Oo Viel
Ing. Brethrep
W. R. Billings
J. B
Bryan
Kan
Rly
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