Chicago Livestock Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Snapshot
Hogs 5000 head with 4000 under 190 lb mostly steady to 1c lower. top around 1010 for 240 lb. 200–300 lb loads 990–1000. light pigs mostly 900–1000. sows 875. Cattle 300 head. fed yearlings 50c higher. light steers 25–50c lower. yearlings active with top 1650 for long yearlings and 1500 for heifer yearlings. Sheep 4506 receipts. fat lambs and ewes strong. fat natives and rang es up to 1325, best ewes 595. feeding lambs 25–50 higher 1225–1300. Western grassers 16,500 week runs. Montana tops 1285–3. Replacement cattle steady to weak.
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Chicago
Hiefer
Oak & Sons Duroe Sale Draws Buyers Despite Cold Weather
The H. J. Oak and Son Duroe sale near Columbus City drew attendees from local towns including Ainsworth and Crawfordsville on October 11. Record prices topped gilts at 61.90 for a top gilt bought by Donald Rineer, with other gilts selling from 40 to 60 and averages around 42.50 for 24 head. The sale featured a new herd boar from Des Moines and attracted about 150 visitors, with Mrs. John Hughes winning the free gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Oak & Son
Donald Rineer
Nehle
Henry
Donald
Boyd Jennings
Columbus Junction
Albert
Floyd Wall
Cale
Oak
Des Moine
Mr. Oak & Sons
John Hughes
Peterson Duroes the Type Farmers Want
Paul G. Peterson & Son at Mediapolis are longtime breeders of Duroc pigs famed in southeastern Iowa for the preferred type. Their year’s offering features strong deep sided Duroes noted for quick feeding and profitability. More herd details will be announced soon.
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Paul G. Peterson & Son
Mediapolis
Southeastern
Towa
Weancter
Petersons
Box Supper Festivity Amid Rain Delays at Young America
Mrs. C H Fishburn returns from Des Moines after Judge Zeuch funeral. Box supper at Young America School with Miss Norton features fried chicken and diverse treats despite heavy rain and lightning. Boxes average near a dollar. attendees praise Miss Porter and Mrs Schwartz. Overhead bridge on the road noted as dangerous. county magazine donations requested for the county home.
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C. H. Fishburn
Les Moines
Judge Zeuch
Our
Crawfordsville
Young America
Washington
Miss Norton
Glenn Schwartz
Louise Porter
Rural notes on cattle shipments and local gossip mix
Since Oct 1 Rene Warner and Mr Jackson have shipped sixteen cars of livestock for the farmers shopping association. A Mr Weber shipped a car of mul es. Ollie Glenman starts a summer resort on his farm northeast of town and shows how calf prices rose under his care. Col Henshaw visits from Richland with friends, while Mrs Ulery and Mrs Hipp, nieces of Dave Wallingford, visit Washington. A letter from John Coakley in Smithfield, Wisconsin, mentions weather, farming, and plans to return to Iowa. he asks friends to send him a newspaper and hints at local matters and humor.
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Rene Warner
Mr. Jackson
Farmers Shopping Association
Weber
Burlington
Ollie Glen Man
John Reeves
Mr. Glenn
Presbyterians Elect Officers In Columbus Junction
In Columbus Junction the W M B class of the Presbyterian Sunday school elected officers for the year: Mrs H B May president, Mrs B H Van Meter vice president, Mrs J Fred Moore secretary and treasurer. Miss Gertrude Runyen of Davenport, formerly of Letts, and Arthur McWilliams of Columbus Junction married in Davenport. A community supper will be held Friday at the Columbus City Methodist church. Harvest of Conesville area sweet potatoes to 200 bushels per acre with total crop about 1000 bushels stored.
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Columbus Junction
Presbyterian Sunday School
Elsie Freeman
May
B. H. van Meter
J. Fred Moore
Gertrude Runyen
Davenport
Letts
Arthur McWilliams
Co. & McWilliams
Conesville
Label All Medicines
A public health note warns that discarding medicine labels leads to misuse and potentially serious outcomes. Parents and seniors are urged to keep labels intact to avoid dosage errors and ensure correct medication identification.
School District Bonds Offered by West Chester Board
The Board of Directors of the Consolidated School District of West Chester Iowa will offer for sale at 2 80 oclock P M on October 21 1929 at the School House West Chester Iowa bonds of the district. The issue is fourty five thousand dollars and purchaser to furnish bonds and attorney's opinion. R C Ferguson secretary of the board.
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Consolidated School District
West Chester
Washington
Iowa
Selwool
R. C. Ferguson
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Tooman
Sitter
George
Iowa Live Stock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
John A. Babcock
W.S. Reister & Sons
Reister Creamery
Oak & Sons
Peterson Duroes
Ainsworth
Deering & Ft
Hasy
Deere
Chas. Brown
Paul Klotz
Pat Tobin
Whittaker
Dougherty Bros
Norton
Tom Little
Thomas Jefferson Little
Rovel
Winsfield
Claud Pierce
Ike Grier
Elmer Johnson
Winfield
Des Moines
Don Ross
Don
Elmer
Ollie
Irve Wallagher
Murray Smylie
Guy Hoch
Tom Harvey
Col. Henshaw
Richland
Ulery
Hipp
Dave Wallingford
Pueblo
Colorado
Dave
John Coakley
Havre
Smithfield
Frank Macon
Frank
Towe
Cal Underwood
Harm Coakley
Cal
John
Coakley
Smithfield, WI
Martha Bucles
Journal
Paytral
R.L. Gibson
Stickley
Colenso
Inquire Journal
Leo Hoover
PEN and Walker
J. C. Bridges
BIG Ohio Corporation
Liberal Commission
Fyr-Fyter Company
Fyr-Fyter
Dayton
Ohio
Timothy
S. H. Henderson
Grimes Jonathan
J. Q. Crawfords
Irank H. Gray
Hampshire
A. W. Woodford and Son
Brighton
Clayton Bear
Dan Edwards
Haskins
Quality Feed and Seed Co
Charles Vondrasek
Riverside
H. M. Shellabarger
Charles Deles Waggoner
Telluride
Col
Boyd Berdo
D. C
C. W. Freel
Wellman
Washington Int. Co
J. Forest Embree
Keota
Claude T. McCoy
the Journal's
Ernest Carlson
Duroc
Durocs
Delbert Darnell
Appledate
A. McBride & Son
Trevefords
Washington Produce Markets
Essex
Mangold’s Garage
Stevenson
6Th Ave
East Main
C. B. Rare of Journal
ORR Land Co
Baily Bldg
W. I. Hill
N. Marion Ane
Conklin
Living Lake School House
Washington Ford Chain
South
3Rd Street
J. F. Shalla
Geo
Shalla
Ed Shalla
J. M. Goodwin
Wilson & Roth
E. 2Nd &T
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