Daily Market Reports Highlight Chicago Livestock Prices
Chicago May 13 market report shows hogs receipts 25 000 with holdover 100 cattle receipts 4 000 sheep 6 000. Prices vary by weight with top hogs up to 9 05 and beef weights from 7 26 to 9 75. cattle and lamb estimates also listed along with receipts and shipments. Official yesterday figures list hogs 26 347 cattle 9 817 sheep 9 739 calves 6 629. Wheat and corn prices mid May steady to higher with cash quotes and futures shifts noted.
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Chicago
Farmers and Stockmen Welcome New Plan
The article promotes a county distributor plan by International Stock Food Company to supply livestock medicines and tonics through trusted local agents. It highlights avoiding deceptive sales, guaranteeing quality, and delivering to farmers in Washington County Iowa. A. G. Hopkins is named as the local distributor at 219 EF. Tyler Street in Washington IA, phone 658 Blue.
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International Stock Food Company
Iowa
Washington County
A. G. Hopkins
Tyler Street
Washington
Listen to the Talk See W A Smith the Auto Painter
Advertising blurb invites readers to hear a talk featuring W A Smith, an auto painter, with a promotional line about tires and a Brown location listing 27 m w f t f indicating available days and times.
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W. A. Smith
Tleodif
Local notices and shopping blurbs fill Ming Taylor street
Rambles of small town life across Ming Taylor street feature fashion at Rothschilds and Stephen Jeweler, a funeral visit in Crawfordsville for J T Nicholson, church breakfast at the Presbyterian, and upcoming dances. Advertisements promise soap, tonic, and wares from Lemmon’s Drug Store, plus visits by rail officials and local residents traveling to Ames, Fairfield, and Washington.
Livestock Conference Set for Ames May 19
Journal reports a farm department call for a conference in Ames on Thursday May 19 to unite producers and buyers of purebred stock. A committee from breeders farmers and county agents will draft the program to improve prices and efficiency in the purebred livestock industry. The article notes current North state fruit prices and market conditions as context.
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Ames
Farm Bureau
Corn planting delayed by cold weather across Iowa
The weekly Iowa weather and crop service report notes cold and wet conditions slowed corn planting in central and south central Iowa while warm spells on May 5 to 7 spurred rapid progress in the north central and northwest counties. Some counties report 30 to 50 percent planted. oats, wheat, hay crops, and pastures show mixed progress with fruit prospects in the north favorable.
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South Central
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
North Central
Northwest
Mills
Marion
Condition of Fruit for May Reported by Society
The State Horticultural Society reports May 1 crop conditions at 100 percent full. In the state wide figures apples 58 Americana plums 40 cherries 35 pears 16 strawberries 75 grapes 73 red raspberries 69 black raspberries 71 blackberries 76 gooseberries 58 currants 59 peaches 22 domestica plums 35 Japanese plums 22. In the southern half values are Americana plums 13 cherries 24 pears 10 strawberries 72 grapes 66 red raspberries 61 black raspberries 64 blackberries 71 gooseberries 42 currants 42 peaches 18 domestica plums 12 Japanese plums ?
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The
State Horticultural Society
Farm Bureau Notes on Soy Beans and Weevil Study
Farm Bureau notes report Lime Creek and Marion township members testing soy beans for silage and shared observations on clover leaf weevil. Entomologist Fenton explains larval description, life cycle, and limited controls, noting no direct remedies. disease and crop vigor may curb outbreaks.
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W. J. Brown
Lime Creek
Louis Duke
Brighton Township
EB. L. Stewart
John Stewart
Frank Pringle
C. Sommers
Crawford Township
Finch
Marion Township
Frank Mayhew
Berger
Iowa
F. A. Fenton
Ames
Farmer Captures Seventy-One Wolves and a Wolf Pack
Britt May 13 Homer Haxton arrived with nine young wolves near town. He has captured eighty-one wolves in three years, selling some as pets while others were killed to collect a four dollar bounty per head. He did not find the mother wolf.
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Britt
Homer Haxton
Haxton
Women lead seed testing roles in agriculture
One branch of agriculture where women excel is seed testing and analysis. Many women are employed in seed work across state agriculture departments.
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Ming Taylor Street
Rothechild’s
M. D. Yard
Crawfordsville
J. T. Nicholson
Presbyterian Church
Kayser
Rothschild’s
F. H. Ustick
Burlington
J. P. Cummings
Ottumwa
M. M. Shehan
J. J. Teeter
Lemmon's
Advt
Frank McClelland
Fairfield
Mis
J. Donner
Stephen
Will Crawford
John Crawford
la Porte
N. D. Anderson
Samuel Forman Walton
Cambridge
Mass
Lemmon
C. E. Herring
West Chester
the Phoenix
Syncopation Kings
R. S. Kirkpatrick
Keota
B. F. Campbell Granite Works
American Legion
Auxiliary
Court House
J. A. Lloyd of
Keaty
Cunningham’s Grocery
Philip Weldin
McElhinney Drug Store
Journal’s Farm Department
Joe
H. E. Berdo
M. H. Fedderson
J. C. Carris
Frank R. Feltz
H. A. Engle
Curtis Snider
Dublin
Ralph Zeck
Carl Anderson
Frank Wheelan
Walter Kyle
John Jones
Jess Pearson
East of
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W. L. McConnell
R. L. Livingston
Ross Crawford
Harry Rittenhouse
Soe
Ram
W. S. Reister
Hotel Colenso Mack
Lowe
Ise
Farmer
Chas. Nicola & Son
Chevrolet
J. A. Marsh
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Pathfinder and Sensation
Knotek Bros
Kernal
My Place
Clay Walton
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