Beef producers chow trends of livestock game
Grundy Center Iowa April 1 emphasis what has happened to many good breeding animals of the beef breeds since the bottom came out of the prices for such stock. Li W Plager Shorthorns breeder northwest of here tells of a friend who tried to sell swell bred cattle at 85-2 a head. A local buyer offered 10 cents a hundred for those offered. They averaged 1,200 pounds, about 120 a head. No advertising or auction fees. Buyer sent them to the beef market Baby Beeves Best. Plager notes a contrast: four bulls poorest chosen for steers averaged 106 a head. four better ones sold for the bull trade averaged 148 a head. Brindle Felix township sold about 120,000 worth of livestock from four farms on 1,180 acres. Half cattle half hogs. markets year round. farms stocked with tenants and his son Clark. others: Herman Warren 240 acres, Charles Reece 240, Hardin county 220 by George McCormick. Brindle has fed 25 years and buys thousands of bushels of grain yearly. annual volume past two years over 100,000. Sells 14 loads. Tama county cattle feeder TH Sprole had 14 carloads of stock cattle in Chicago, averaging 700-800 pounds. Bought July last year, grass then fall, wintered on corn fodder east of Traer, fed briefly before Chicago. About 200 calves remain.
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Nng
Courier Special Service
Grundy ‘Center
Li. W
Grundy
Plager
J. P. Brindle
Felix Township
Brindle
His
Clark
Herman Warren
Charles Reece
Hardin County
George McCormick
Tracr
Sprole
Tama County
Traer
Chicago
Reinbeck
F. J. Childs Named Receiver Of Farm Elevator
Tama county district court grants F. J. Childs secretary and assignee of Farmers Elevator Co. authority to run Traer plants for 120 days while a sale is arranged, expenses capped at 400 monthly. permits stock, grain trading, and continued operations. Creditors include director members with notes totaling over 70,000. Inventory lists elevators, feed warehouses, and thousands of bushels of grain and seed valued in the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Traer
District Court of
Tama County
F. J. Childs
Farmers Elevator Company
Senger
John W. Young
Joe Nachazel
J. G. Podhajeky
Frank Slatinka
Charles Loran
V. Herink
Herink
Understanding the annual border as ornamental planting
The text defines a border as a long narrow planting along a walk or property edge, often six feet wide for effectiveness. It explains annual borders use groups of annuals to create a color scheme, with irregular drifts and diagonal layouts, tall plants at the back and dwarfs at the front to avoid monotony.
Organizing farm youth clubs across Butler county
In Butler county communities, boys and girls begin organizing 4 H groups for spring summer and fall programs. Leaders Mrs Libby Ressler and county club members plan new clubs including livestock calf dairy and poultry clubs with meetings in Ben nezette Dayton and Butler townships. Last year’s Dayton Boosters and Merry Maids clubs remain active as the county eyes growth and new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Butler County
County Club Committee
Libby ‘Ressler
Northwest
Butter ‘County
Alfred Beguelin
Bennezette Township
Harley Tlansen
Emmet Ufford
H. J. Fisher
Butler Township
H. L. Detra
Dayton Township
Dayton Boosters
W. H. Cheney
Merry Maids
Margaret Clapham
Harold Stuntz
Albert Behnke
Four Hogs Weigh 2400 Pounds for Local Buyers
Clarence Ranft delivered four sows to Lorenz and Cramer stock buyers. The four hogs averaged about 600 pounds each, totaling roughly 2,490 pounds, a remarkable load for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Sweet
Reinheck
Clarence Ranft
Lorenz & Cramer
New Silage System Tested In Orange Township
Reports praise a no tamp method for filling silos as farmers like George Walters and W S Brown note. Dry corn with water added compacts better, avoiding pockets and mold. Brown favors soybeans in silage corn, using about a bushel per 10 acres, and other Orange farmers trial the untramped method.
Dairy Production Expands Over Year Ago Report Says
Des Moines April 1. Production at U S slaughtering establishments declined in February from January while butter output in the seventh federal reserve district rose 13.1 percent from a year earlier. Creamery butter sales by 63 companies topped January by 6.7 percent and were 5.5 percent higher than a year ago, despite a 0.4 percent dip in February.
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Des Moines
United States
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve ‘Bank of Chicago
Banim
Ezewetaoin
Seventh Federal Reserve District
Orange Women Learn Food Cookery From Leaders
Farm bureau women of Orange township attended a nutrition course demonstration at the schoolhouse. Leaders Clark Lichty Lester Parris and Hamer, along with Miss Lulu Moser, showed cottage cheese and mayonnaise use in salads and sandwiches. A luncheon and hot chocolate followed with bread, cheese, and jelly judged on color texture flavor and consistency. The next meeting will bring leaders from four townships to receive instruction in Cookery for Invalids on April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Orange Township
Mmes
Clark Lichty
Lester Parris
Stuart
Hamer
Lulu Moser
Orange
Black Hawk
Lincoln
Eagle Townships
Lilie Swanson
100 Per Cent Calf Crop Is Goal For Cattle Producers
Dr Laurence P Scott local veterinarian issues a bulletin with practical steps to achieve a 100 per cent calf crop. Key points include mating healthy females to healthy males, isolating and sanitizing, using individual manger and drinking cups, treating disease promptly, culling worthless breeders, employing maternity stalls, and maintaining proper diet and housing for a healthy birth rate.
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Laurence P. Scott
Scott
Wheat prices fall as export sales offset gains
ChicagoApril 1 Despite export sales of North American wheat estimated at 1,200,000 bushels, prices drift lower while the day ends mixed. Wheat finishes firm at prior levels with corn and oats fluctuating. hogs and broad sows draw attention. Weather and seeding delays stall oats planting. provisions stay dull amid mixed activity.
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Chicago
Piyate
Coe
Cotton prices steady in Liverpool and Chicago
Liverpool spot markets held firm with 6 000 bales sold and 12 000 bales received. Midlands fair quotes ranged from strictly good mids at 8 81 to good ordinary at 6 16, May futures 7.59 and December 7.88. Chicago opened 4 to 5 points lower with May at 14.18 and other months around 14.35 to 14.65 cents.
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Liverpool
Midlands
Chicago
Potatoes market report from Chicago on April 1
Chicago buyers see 77 cars on track and 172 total U S shipments. Demand steady to moderate with Wisconsin round whites selling around 2.00 to 2.05 per 100 pounds and bulk at 2.03 to 2.10. Idaho Russell sacked potatoes quoted 3.00 to 3.10, fancy varieties higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
Idaho
Russell
Market notes on butter and egg futures
Chicago April 1 butter closes at fresh standards for April 434ac, June 40c, May 37%c. storage steady. Eggs refer to fresh gathered firsts April 285c, storage packed firsts April 26%c, Max 25540 June 2414c, refrigerator standards November 29%c.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Cash Quotations April 1
Chicago markets show wheat prices with No. 7 red at 1.32 1/2, No. 1 hard 1.84, sample yellow hard 1.03, No. 3 mixed 1.28, No. 6 mixed 1.10, and assorted yellow and mixed quotes. Oats No. 2 white 48 1/2 to 46 1/2, rye No. 3 97 1/4, barley 65 82, timothy seed 4.05 to 5.25, clover seed 29.25 to 36.00, provisions guard 12.32, lard 16.00, books 16.00.
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Chicago
Hog market shows steady demand and firm tops
Chicago April 1 hog receipts 13 000 with 19 000 left over. Hogs show light activity but improved shipping demand and a top price of 11.75. Bulk weights 150 to 200 pounds average 11.25 to 11.70, 210 to 260 pounds 10.85 to 11.35, 260 to 300 pound butchers 10.50 to 10.75. Slaughter sow bids 9.50 to 9.85, larger packs bearish. Heavier hogs 10.35 to 11.75. Cattle receipts 2 000 with fat steers 12.25 top, bulls 7.00, sheep 8 000 receipts with lambs around 15.79 to 16.00, ewes to 10.00. Overall market slow in baby market, hogs steady, steers steady to 0.15 lower, sheep steady.
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Peer Eesawaneet
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas
City
Paul
Ted
Texas
Peoria Grain Prices and Receipts Report
Peoria grain market notes receipts for corn and cats show steady activity. Corn No 5 yellow quoted at 62 62 4 cents with sample 40 59 cents. No 6 yellow 62 cents. Cats No 2 white 44 44.6 cents with 45 46 cents receipts recorded across 13 cars.
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Peoria
Minneapolis Flour Prices and Shipments Report
Minneapolis Minnesota April 1 Flour unchanged shipments 36 213 barrels Bran 26 00 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Decision in rail case sends stocks on volatile swing
New York April 1 railroad shares fell briefly then rallied as the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled valuations for rate making should use 1914 costs and wages, not replacement costs. Traders eyed Supreme Court action but bid up blue chips and specialties amid the day’s volatility. U S Steel hit 16814, Rock Island 917, Colorado Fuel 6714 as call loan rates held at 414 percent. Final sale today.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis and
O'Fallon
United States Supreme Court
Commission
U. S. Steel
Rock Island
Colorado
Foreign Exchange Rates Across Nations Listed
Foreign exchanges remained firm with quotes for multiple nations. The report lists currency values including Great Britain at 4.85116 dollars, France 3.9114 cents, Argentina 42.25 cents, Brazil 11.8740 dollars, Tokio 0.494 dollars, Montreal 100.034 cents, and other countries with varying minor units.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Austria
Roumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokio
Shanghai
Montreal
Omaha Grain Prices Reported for April 1
Omaha Neb April 1 Wheat No 1 hard 1.26 1.29 No 2 hard No 5 hard 1.23 1.24 Corn No 5 white 60 No 4 yellow 63 67c No 4 mixed 65 76c Oats No 2 and No 3 white 46c.
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Omaha Gratin
Omaha
Neb
Laa
Toledo Seeds Prices Reported for Clover and Timothy
In Toledo on April 1 prices show Clover imports at 17.40, domestics 27.00, bids 16.50 for October. Timothy figures list Old at 2.45, new 2.60, April 2.65, May 2.70 asked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Timothy
Sioux City cattle receipts steady amid slow market
Sioux City Iowa April 1 cattle receipts totalled 1 000 with market slow yet steady for killers and stockers. Fat steers and yearlings ranged 7 50 to 10 25 with bulk 9 00 to 10 00, fat cows and heifers 6 00 to 10 00, veals 6 00 to 10 00. Receipts later hit 7 000 with butchers slow. packers around 4 00 to 5 00 and bulk sales 19 25 to 11 25 for higher grades. Returns for heifers and feeders varied, showing a generally firm to higher tone in some lines.
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Sioux City
New York Market Report April 1 Butter, Poultry, and More
New York on April 1 reports mixed prices across dairy and meats. Butter receipts total 11 007, with creamery and other grades listed. eggs noted with unsettled nearby whites and state variations. Pacific and Chicago markets show quiet to steady trends in butter cheese and pork, while sugar and coffee futures are unsettled or dull. St. Louis and Kansas City add regional figures for butter, poultry, cheese, and potatoes, indicating broad price activity and steady or slight declines in certain lines.
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New York
Pacific
Midwest
Rio No
Santos No
Chicago
Young Americas
St. Louis
Grain Receipts and Shipments in Chicago and Minneapolis
Grain receipts and shipments report lists Wheat receipts at 158 cars for Minneapolis and Chicago, with prices for No 1 northern spring hard and Montana dark hard on track. Market notes show quotes around 1.32 to 1.38 dollars for various grades, with May and July futures mentioned and corn and oats prices in No 3 yellow and No 3 white ranges.
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Minneapolis
Gral Ven
Minn
Montana
Grain prices and receipts in Kansas City market report
Kansas City grain notes show wheat prices and receipts including No 2 hard and No 2 red futures, with quotations around 1.26 to 1.34 and varying denominations. Corn and oats segments list unchanged or modestly higher bids, with No 2 white and No 2 yellow prices cited. Wheat receipts total 108, with regional compares from Duluth Minneapolis and Chicago showing mixed totals.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas Cit
Milwaukee
Chicago St. Louis
Milwaukee Kansas City
Kansas
City Grain
Kansas City
Public Storage Auction Notice Waterloo IA
Legal notice states a public auction at 2 pm on the Sunday in April 1927 at Par rzonk Music House Waterloo to settle storage claims and liens held by Waterloo Savings Bank Administrator and Parsons Storage against several named individuals. Dated April 1 1927. Maple trees tapped and maple syrup produced by Dan High in Janesville with note on historic sugar bushes.
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Parrzonk Music House
Waterloo
Hawk County
Iowa
Waterloo Savings Bank
Parsons Storage
Fred Aldrich
A. S. McMullen
A.M. Lambert
Oqfe
Yockey
Pepcerts
Janesville
Dan High
Ayrup
Feed Prices Edge Lower Amid Slow Demand in Week
Washington reports USDA weekly feed market review shows slight price dips across feed categories with demand limited to pressing needs. Tankage steady as weather stays seasonable, pasturage advances southward. notable prices include spring wheat bran 27.75 in Kansas City and linseed meal around 50 dollars in Buffalo, with mixes across Chicago Philadelphia and Omaha.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis
Chicago
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Kansas
Kansas City
Neal
Cincinnati
South St Paul Market Reports April Cattle Hog Lamb Prices
South St Paul Minnesota cattle receipts 131003 head steady to mixed values tops around 11.10 for medium weight yearlings 11.00 stockers and feeders largely unchanged light and medium grades weak to steady fat cows and heifers 4.25 to 5.00 bulls 5.75 calves 2000 head weak to higher 10.00 to 11.00 hogs steady to higher top around 11.25 per lb 300 lb butchers 10.25 to 10.00 preferred 250 lb pigs around average cost 10.90 sheep receipts 2008 steady best loaded lambs 15.50 small shorn lambs 4.75.
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St. Paul
Minn
HOGS RECEIPTS AND PRICES AT OMAHA LIVESTOCK MARKET
Omaha market reports show hog receipts around 5,000 with rising prices for some weights and classes. Weights and values listed include six to seven dollar ranges for slaughter cattle and varying prices for light and heavy hogs, with weekly averages and daily totals noted.
Kansas City Market Report From Kansas State Fair
Market action mixed with steady tone across cattle and sheep trade. Receipts around 200 head with steers steady to higher and lighter weights around 10.35 to 10.50, hogs under pressure near 11.50 for lighter lots, lambs to 15.50 and yearlings around 13.54. quarantine lists affect Texas steers and packing concerns noted.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Quentiona
Commenta
Towa
Puech
Asters
AMD
Eoe
Butler Co
George Walters
W. S. Brown
Mr. Brown
Burt
Cornelius
Sam
Harbaugh
H. H. Harbaugh
Courier Farm Department
Buchanan County
Benton County
Murray
Mae
Yn Evans
INS
Waterloo Mills Co
Swift & Co
Wehaees
Rath Packing Co
Rath
Aetia Seaee
Evry
Barclay & Sons
Cohn Bros
Woo Hee
Board of Trade
Car & Fdy
Sien Dive Nitis
Tel” & Tel
Wat
Wks
Sasnsenn
Atchison
Sweeeemens
Atl
Coast Line
Baldwin Loco
Ceases Emery
Cdl
Big ‘Balt
Ohio
Barnsdall
Sneha
Bethlehem Steel
California
Pet
Canadian Pac
Cerro de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mil
Western
Bara Vale
Coca. Cola
Col. Gas & el
Consolidated Gas
Dodge Bros
Erie Railroad
Freeport
General
General Motors Nbc
N. Iron’ Orec
Hudson Motors
G& Mlinois Central
Watene
Mer
Peesewees
Tel
Southern
Kennecott Cop
Heesewatenes
Lehigh Valley
Aewewasae
Louisville & Nash
Mack
Reese
Marland Oil Sweeeer
Mid- Continent
Bet “Exd
Rienee Es Mo
Kan
Tae
Missouri Pac
Ata Ob Des Eweens
Montgomery Wardese Teuves
Nash Motors Ropes Ahs
Seweeaes
New York Central
Psarheies
N.Y. Noh
Htte
Norfolk
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Car
E-Yoo
Pan. Am
Bee Bee
Pennsylvania
Wee
Phillips, “Petroleum
Pierce-Arrow M. C
Rep
Ir. & Steel
Reynolds
San Fran
Seaboard Air Line
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Con
Dairies
Southern Ry
Leagh Oeanes
J. Eeene
Studebaker Tances
Suessawenaes Ar
Union Pacific
United Drug
U. S. Ind
U. S
U.S. Steel
Iy Univ. Pipe & Wabash Ry
Maryland
Westinghouse Filectric Roviness
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Willys-Overland
Semeee
Woolworth Wees
Liberty Bonds
Liberty Sewers Escvere
V. S T
Sioux City Livestock
E. St. Louis
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Encom
SEG
Kanane City
Idaho Russell
Aia
Duluth
Seneass
Paul Livestock
Eldiv
Interstate Power Co
Ist
Mig
Washington Gas & Electric Co
Loew’s Theatre and Realty Corp
W. D. Hanna & Co
Burlington
Town
Pioneer
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