Chicago Markets Open With Mixed Cattle And Hog Prices
Chicago cash market reports show hog receipts 9,506 with holdovers 3,768 and cattle receipts 9,500, with market easing 2b cents from yesterday. Beasts range with top hogs at 23.50, cattle generally lower, with beef steers 13.00 to 19.19 and cows 6.25 to 14.75. lambs steady to strong and feeder prices firm. Official yesterday totals list hogs 12,445 shipped 16,509 kept 2,778, cattle 19,293 shipped 15,758 kept 2,205, sheep 12,998 shipped 27,686 kept 8,983.
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Chicago
Grain futures close report with mixed prices
Market notes from Iowa City show corn futures at 207 to 208% for No 2 and 150 car offerings with slight gains. Wheat futures range 76% to 78% while Clover October at 20.20 and December at 29.00. December coffee quoted at 20.80.
Iowa Cattle Shipped to South America from Rosenfeld Herd
Ames Aug 12 Two head of cattle from the Rosenfeld Angus herd near Ames were shipped to Uruguay. A young bull valued at 2000 dollars and a yearling heifer priced at 1250 dollars were sent after local businessmen visited the Rosenfeld farm and offered to arrange export by the Uruguayan government.
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Ames
South America
Kelley
Rosenfeld
Farm Bureau notes schedule for poultry culling work countywide
The three day plan lists locations and times for Mr. Lapp to conduct poultry culling demonstrations in Brighton Wellman and Riverside communities from September 4 to 6. The piece notes this is preliminary work and invites interested locals to contact the County Agent about future staffing. It also compares U S meat resources with India Brazil Russia and Germany, highlighting swine abundance as a key difference.
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Lapp
Brighton
Ralph Tracey
Standard & Standard
Hugh Meacham
Wellman
Shaffer and Anderson
Will Deuker
Allie le Fever
Riverside
C. W. Walsh
J. F. Lowe
F. J. Salladay
India
Russia
Brazil
Argentina
United States
New Zealand
Germany
Land Patent From Buchanan Draws Fortunes in Delaware County
In 1857 Fred Durey of Delaware county near Manchester entered government prairie land with a land patent signed by James Buchanan. The ink remains legible after years and Durey still owns the land valued now at about $300 per acre, having paid $1 per acre. He is 86 years old and this parcel retains its original entryman tithe.
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Fred Durey
Delaware County
Manchester
Durey
James Buchanan
United States
Darey
USDA survey to study European corn borer in New York
The USDA will open a field laboratory near Schenectady to survey European corn borer conditions in New York. About 25 inspectors will collect material and send it to the lab for species confirmation. Clean-up will start after frost, with initial surveys guiding the scope.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Schnectady
N. Y
New York
Massachusetts
World livestock distribution and US shares
The world holds about 475 million cattle, 500 million sheep, and 180 million swine. The United States accounts for about one seventh of cattle, one tenth of sheep, and more than one third of swine. Swine, though fewer globally than cattle or sheep, exceed their US numbers. The passage frames cattle, sheep, and swine comparisons to illustrate US shares.
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United States
Butter and Poultry Buyers Advertise Price Fluctuations
Phone 116 Mutual 12 W.S. Reister & Sons announce cash offers for butter eggs poultry and cream amid railroad strikes and government food dumps. They warn prices will vary daily and provide current pay rates for produce delivered. Hides are mostly scarce with payment at delivery.
War Savings and Family Finance Teach Youth Fair Play
A letter by a future Illinois farmer advocates making boys and girls financial partners at home. He recounts earning savings from farm chores during WWI, collecting War Savings Stamps, and planning to add the money to a Savings account when matured. The piece argues for ongoing youth money education led by parents to foster economy and fairness.
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William Byron Forbush
Illinois
Cream
Iowa Hogs Break Record of World
Sheldon Iowa August 13 Pure bred swine breeders report a hog sold for 15000 dollars attributed to William Wrigley Jr. The Poland China boar, bred by J J Kramer, changed hands through several buyers ending in 15000 dollars. A second sale in Manning Illinois reached 18000 dollars the same day, claimed as a world record.
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Sheldon
News Dispatch
Daily Press
William Wrigley, Jr
J. J. Kramer
Harry Uittenbogaard
Uittenbogaard
Fred Hassler
Manning
Fred Hateler
Heat in July barely injures Iowa corn and crops
Iowa field agent Frank S. Pinney reports that excessive July heat and limited rainfall did not ruin corn statewide, though high ground and some northern areas suffered. Yields for corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, and potatoes show declines from last year with conditions ranging from fair to poor, reflecting widespread drought stress and planting issues.
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Government Crop Bureau
Council Bluffs
Cormon
Mitchell
Floyd
Cerro Gordo
Frank S. Pinney
Iowa
Cow Has Twin Calves in Odd Farm Mystery
Knoxville Aug 13 S E Collins on Attica road reports a cow freshened and produced twin calves. A late phantom calf at the barn puzzled him as the mother, unable to feed both, apparently hid one calf in the pasture until the farmer discovered the second birth. A veterinarian found no illness in the cow.
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Knoxville
S. E. Collins
Attica
Mr. Collins
Secretary of State Allen Buys a Farm in Iowa
Mount Pleasant! August 13. Among the largest land sales here recently was the Belnap farm of 135 acres sold by former Secretary of State W. S. Allen for 27000 dollars. Other sales included the J. A. Wilson farm of 164 acres to D. S. Staebler for 49200 dollars and the J. B. Pratt farm northeast of Mount Pleasant, 154 acres, to H. J. Brown for 41700 dollars. Chas. K. Lee farm, 120 acres north of Fairfield, to Henry Beckey for 44900 dollars. Stiles Brothers to Frank Rhynas, 206 12 acres near Stockport, for 72275 dollars. Andrew Hoone farm of 365 acres four miles west of the city to Dr. W. A. Sternberg for 60225 dollars.
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Mount Pleasant
Belnap
W. 8S. Allen
J. A. Wilson
D. 8. Staebler
J. B. Pratt
H. J. Brown
Collett
Chas. EK. Lee
Fairfield
Henry Beckey
Stiles Brothers
Frank Rhynas
Stockport
Andrew Hoone
W. A. Sternberg
Ten Sons Inherit Webster County Pioneer Farmlands
Fort Dodge Aug 13. Chas Pingle a Webster county pioneer dies Friday leaving ten sons all farmers and each owning a farm. Besides his ten sons, Mr Pingel leaves two remaining heirs.
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Fort Dodge
Chas. Pingle
Webster County
Mr. Pingel
Fifteen Hurt In Coaster Wreck At OkoBOJI
Fifteen people were injured when a roller coaster cars collided at the bottom of the first dip in Okoboji. An unconscious boy remained in Milford hospital. Tourists from Missouri and Nebraska were among the riders, nine in the front car and six in the rear.
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Okoboji
Milford
Missouri
Nebraska
English Bros Realty Co Adds Central Missouri Land Listings
English Bros Realty Co promotes Central Missouri Corn and Blue Grass land as ideal dairy and breeding farms near the Missouri State Fair Grounds. They note a recent soil survey map and report nearly $500,000 in land sales since January 15 of the current year.
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Missouri
Missouri State Fair
Sedalia
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Close OF Grain Futures
E. W. Wagner & Co
Iowa City
B. Hunt
Journal’s Farm Department
Farm Bureau Notes
Mutual
W.S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Lowa
Make the Young People Financial Partners
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Ta Cine Alma Wolf
WOLFF
Sherman Brothers
Washington
McKenzie & Shilling
W. J. Wilkinson
J. D. Duncan
Cotter
Secretary OF State
Allen
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W.B. Forma
W.B. Redusoc
Weingarten Bros., Inc
English Bros. Realty Co
Sedalia, Missouri
Albia
R. E. Canning
Ed. A. Canning
Miller & Everett, Attorneys For Estate
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