Market summary from Chicago hog and cattle receipts
Estimated hog and cattle receipts for Chicago today total about 52 000 hogs and 20 000 cattle with yesterday’s leftovers at 19 502 hogs. Markets open weak to 5 lower from yesterday’s average. hog top 27.75 and cattle prices mixed with feeders steady and beef cows down to 12.00. Receipts and shipments for yesterday show 40 861 hogs and 4 265 cattle. today’s figures include 19 000 hogs and 14 000 cattle with mixed price ranges across hog and steer markets.
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Chicago
Public sale talk and crop advice from the Journal Farm Department
In the Journal office discussion, the change in public sale norms is noted as buyers bid on items they want regardless of sale motives. The column then shifts to agriculture tips: sprayed apples cost about 45 cents to produce, soy beans offer higher protein, oats trials with Towa 105 and Kherson on Prairie soil, and seed oat treatment with formaldehyde guidance.
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Journal
Washington
John Kurtz
Cedar Township
Farm Bureau
Washington County
MecCall Brothers Sale At West Chester Draws Large Crowd
The MecCall Brothers sale northeast of West Chester drew a large crowd despite bad roads. All lots sold well with sheep underperforming. stock cows averaged 85 dollars, sows 50 to 60, machinery fetched good prices. Total receipts reached 6479 dollars, beating expectations by several hundred. Macon eried the sale and Ott Patterson was clerk.
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MecCall Brothers
West Chester
McCall Brothers
Macon
Ott Patterson
Garden club boys prize crops at Iowa college extension
Reports from the Iowa State College agricultural extension show prizes won by boys in garden clubs. A Maquoketa lad raised popcorn valued at 39 dollars and another from Oska loaga earned 14.25 dollars for his crop.
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Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Maquoketa
Oskalooga
Hulda the Cow Proves Worth Through Testing and Care
A cow named Hulda aged 12 in 1915 produced 246 pounds of butter fat. After joining a cow testing association and receiving better feed, she yielded 420 pounds as a 13 year old, and 716 pounds as a 14 year old when milked three times daily, illustrating practical gains from organized farming.
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Hulda
Johanna
Korndyke
de Kalb
Record hog sale sets Iowa state price record at New London
Burlington Iowa January 23 A hog sale at New London by Hanks and Bishop drew buyers from across the country. Fifty six bred sows sold for 36725 dollars with forty stock average 744 dollars. A single bred to Pathfinder sold for 2400 dollars to Ortell Linning of Fairfax Missouri.
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Burlington
Iowa
New London
Hanks & Bishop
Pathfinder
Ortell Linning
Fairfax, Mo
Sale Sparks spirited bidding for prize sow prize
A beauty of a sow drew spirited bidding with a price that reached 1700 dollars. Mc owner F B Blackmore of Tarkio secured the prize, bred to Pathfinder, while Cleve Turner of Shelbyville stood third high at 1000 dollars for his hog.
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Missouri
F. B. Blackmore
Tarkio
Pathfinder
Cleve Turner
Shelbyville
Public Auction of H. H. Goods at Logan Residence
We will sell at public auction at the residence of the late S. M. Logan on Saturday January 25 at 1 30 o clock all household goods belonging to the late Mr Logan including bedroom sets chairs dishes car pets kitchen utensils garden tools etc etc W E LOGAN Ex 91 23 9
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S. M. Logan
Mr. Logan
W. E. Logan
Crawfordsville Visitors from Washington and Local Dinner
Mrs Hesseltine and baby join Mr and Mrs Lee Hanna and other locals visiting in Washington yesterday. Miss Mary McCall hosted a 12 o'clock dinner. J A Moorhead returns from Martinsburg where they cared for the Frank McCoy family, who are recovering from influenza.
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Crawfordsville
Martinsburg
Frank McCoy
Fort Madison Plans to Build New Road to Green Bay
Fort Madison citizens push a $60,000 plan to build a roadway from the county seat to the Green Bay district along Burlington tracks. P C Hart of Northern Dredge and Dock Co discussed the project with local business leaders. The road would serve fertile lands awaiting reclamation and improve outlet for farm products. A funding drive led by E C Corsepius seeks city and county support and potential railroad help.
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Fort Madison
Green Bay
Burlington
P. C. Hart
Northern Dredge and Dock Co
Duluth
Burlington Tracks
Burlington Railroad Company
E., C. Corsepius
Headlight law in Iowa struck down by high court
Des Moines January 23 The Iowa automobile headlight law from the Thirty seventh General Assembly was declared void by the state supreme court in a ruling in the case against C F Clambane of Des Moines charged with not using lights The court found the statute ambiguous and that legislators failed to show intent The dispute centers on an amendment that allegedly removed the word not from a key provision.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
State Supreme Court
C. F. Clamnbane
fragmentary driving rule snippet appears in OCR text
A partial OCR fragment mentions a height requirement over 42 inches and a forward distance not exceeding 75 feet from a car. The context implies traffic or safety guidance but lacks full details or scope.
Anxious About Baby Brother Seeks Bedtime Plan
In a child’s diary style excerpt Flarold grows solemn after the arrival of a baby brother. With bedtime near, his mother is busy with the infant and unable to feed him as was the custom. He asks if the baby should lie in bed so his back can rest.
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Flarold
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W. S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Iowa
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Corn Belt
Ralph Zeck
Oscar George
Jackson Township
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Belle City
Detroit Vapor
L. F. Woodburn
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Northern Dredge and Dock Company
Electric Farm Service
Wayland
Olds
Swedesburg
Iowa Gas & Elec. Co
Iowa Avenue
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Cox Oxygen
Marcus Kuli
Austin Sutherland
J. Moriarty
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Marck First
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Chas. H. Keck
Frank BR. Sage
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