Live Stock Auction Report Hogs Steers Cattle and Sheep Prices
Hog offerings around 15 000 head including 3 000 direct marketed with buys at 10 to 15 cents higher. Top hogs 12 40, various weights 1 10 0 to 1 23 5. Cattle and calves 1 900 mainly heavy steers steady, light yearlings firm, Brassy steers weak. Slaughter steers and heifers priced 950 to 1650, cows 725 to 1200, bulls 800 to 1200, vealers 1250 to 1700. Sheep 9 000 opening strong then 25 cent declines, natives 1450 to 1650 top 700, lambs 1425 to 1525.
Lamb market shorthand pricing and grade notes
The report lists animal price ranges for sheep sales including ewes medium to choice about 154 pounds down, 550 to 700 dollars. cull and common from 2450 to 550. feeder lambs good to choice 1250 to 1375.
Market Prices for Wheat Corn Oats Barley and Timoth
The report lists July and Sept futures with small gains for WHEAT Sept at 1.47 percent and Dec at 1.41 percent. CORN shows marginal moves around 1.00 base with mixed June to Sept readings. OATS and RYE display mixed percentages, while LARD futures show values near 2.90 to 2.92. Grain quality notations include hard and mixed categories with price ranges for various grades.
Baby beeves show large daily gains in Iowa trials
Sixty one baby beeves on feed in Louisa county average a yearly gain of 2.09 pounds. Vernon Hafner of Letts feeds two calves with gains of 614 and 608 pounds, while Max Schomberg also of Letts reports 566 pounds. Robert Pierce of Columbus Junction logs 565 pounds with Rex Hanft and Dean Hudson each at 550 pounds. Junior cattle show excellent results in this Bee program.
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Columbus
Junction
Louisa County
Vernon Hafner
Letts
Max Schomberg
Robert Pierce
Columbus Junction
Rex Hanft
Dean Hudson
Morning Son
Earty
Five Reasons for Culling Your Poultry Flock
Article explains five aims for culling a poultry flock to boost egg production and efficiency. It cites producing more eggs, raising average flock production, cutting feed costs, freeing space and improving sanitary quarters for layers, and creating foundation stock for breeding. Free expert service offered to improve local flocks.
Wellman area farm notes and local visits
A July report from Wellman chronicles crop progress on fields near Bishop farm and talk with H. D. Emry and Frank Leeper. It mentions local businesses, residents like Dorothy Nelson Topping and Doc Beyers, and community chatter about cattle, machinery, and Florida winters.
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Wellman Way
Lake Bishop
H. D. Emry
Frank Leeper
Ringworth
Yearling Shorthorn for sale and local notes from farm
The column mentions pure bred Shorthorns with a yearling for sale and praises Prohibition and oratory. It notes Deans bakery thriving in Wellman with improvements, turkey news about Fay Jone owning thirteen hundred turkeys, and a street sweeper seen at James Lemon's home warning Davenport cars. A man named Willis was seen in the east town street scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Jone
Charlie's Boy
James Lemon
Davenport
Willis
Witting Couple Likely To Move Into Lemon Home
The article notes Mr. and Mrs Paul Witting plan residence in the Lemon house. Paul Witting holds a position at the Washington National Bank.
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L. S. Gardner
California
L. S
Dad Gardner
Paul Witting
Lemon Home
Paul
Washington National Bank
Famous Middleton Place Garden in South Carolina
Charleston reports Middleton Place in Dorchester on the Ashley River, an 18th century landscape garden built by an English gardener. Henry Middleton home and Great House once stood there, with Camellia Japonicas first planted in America by Andre Michaux. Henry and Arthur Middleton linked to U S history lie among the mansion mausoleum crowd.
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Charleston
S. C
Middleton Place
Carolina
America
Ashley River
Henry Middleton
Azalea Pool
Great House
Andre Michaux
Sherman
Flenry Middleton
Continental Congress
Arthur Middleton
Chinese Tree in Gotham Gardens Poisoned Keeper
A gardener at New York zoological gardens was severely poisoned by a Chinese tree in Gotham Gardens. The incident prompted a medical evaluation and a shaken staff investigates the plant’s role in the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham Gardens
New York
New York Zoological Gardens
Ginkgo Trees Line Drive Near Museum
The article notes decorative ginkgo trees along a museum drive. It mentions their origin, resilience to city life, and summer foliage with wedge shaped leaves. It also describes a gardener's mishap tied to failing to remove the fruit’s protective coating and its strong odor signaling toxicity.
Grain market prices for Clover Timothy and ALsike
Toledo grain market reports Clover domestic old 1600 imp old 1275 new 1326 Timothy old 260 Alsike Oct 1100.
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Toledo
Timothy
Alsike
Grand Canyon's Formation Dates Questioned
The geological survey notes that dating the Grand Canyon's formation is imprecise. The period since the Colorado River began cutting the canyon is not closely determined and assigning a specific year is speculative. Estimates suggest it could be ten to fifteen million years.
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The
Geological Survey
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
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Leo Shelangoski
Washington
Iowa
OWA Live Stock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
John A. Babcock
W.S. Reister & Sons
Thicaco
Dee
W.S. Reister
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Victor Masson
R. R. Robertson
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D. L. Topping
Billy
Weisman
Journal
Green
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Washington Birds
Mac
Doc Beyers
C. T
Johnson Sr
South Wellman
Will Brown
Johnson Boys
C. Cc.gardner
Zimmerman
Gardner
Florida
St Petersburg
Roy Durian
Crawfordsville
Ford
General Motors
Europe
L. E. Oldfield
L. E
Mr. Oldfield
Hell
Deans Bakery
Nick Snider
Anna F. Snider
Nick
South Carolina
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U. S. Care Journal
Call
E. V. Simon
Corbin
W. M. Darbyshire
Chester
West
Jersey
Guernsey
Oscar George
Iowa City
Gibson Farm
Dempsey & Breitenbach
J. D. Dayton
West Chester
Gibson
Hennery Egg
Durant Motor Co
Charley Caldwell
Lloyd Baby Budgy
Frank H. Gray
Studebaker
Hugh A. Piper
Ford Tudor
Triangle Auto Supply CO
Roger Jones
Washington Produce Markets
Clip Thompson
Long’s Loan & Investment Co
Johnson Co
Bnk
J. M. Goodwin
Wilson & Roth
Automobile
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Bailey
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