Weather Makes Mixed Spring Pig Prospects Across Iowa
Weather has improved for the spring pig crop but recent cold spells and hog illnesses affect losses in places like Ackley. McLean hog management gains traction in Black Hawk county, with farmers planning partial or full adoption to curb costs if pork prices stay soft. Six sows farrowed 70 pigs near Tripoli, averaging near 12 per litter, while Shell Rock notes February weather aided early litters but local losses occur from poisoning.
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Black Hawk
Tripoli
Albert Gie Jau
Here
Shell
Rock
Frank Hill
Hill
Ackley
219 Head Canning Company's Cattle Free of TB
219 head of cattle from Waterloo Canning Company tested for tuberculosis by Dr G C Stong government veterinarian found no reactors. The Hamer herd of purebred Holsteins in Orange township had its eleventh TB test with 34 head tested. Mr Hamer holds the honor of a first accredited herd in Black Hawk county and among the first accredited in the state.
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Waterloo Canning Company
G. .C. Stong
Stone
O. . Hamer
Orange Township
Hamer
Black Hawk County
Iowans Buy Beef Breeding Stock at Big Auction
A large cattle sale at Hedrick Iowa drew buyers from 12 states.186 head averaged 150 dollars each.W J Schmidt of Floyd paid 235 dollars for Lady Augusta 19th and October 1924 heifer. Missie 119th cost 5150 dollars. W oo Sauerteig Blairtown bought a six year old female for 805 dollars and a yearling heifer for 125 dollars. Hagedorn and Son Clutter Tama county bought a bull calf for 120 dollars. The top price 610 dollars for a female to a Missouri firm. Numerous other Iowa buyers listed.
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Hedrick
Hagedorn & Son
Clutter
Tama County
Missouri
Iowa
Garden Gossip and Early Planting Advice
Garden tips recommend ordering perennial seeds now and planting early to ensure next year’s blooms. Ostrich Plume mustard makes a fine greens crop, while a luffa on the back fence yields a natural sponge dishcloth. Also suggests Market Surprise peas for an early jump on the season. Clearing House Statement notes banks’ reserve deficit of 31.7 million for the week, improving from last week’s excess reserve of 63.1 million.
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Clearing House
New York
Minneapolis Flour Market Report Apr 2
Minneapolis Minn April 2 Mour Unchanged shipments 30683 barrels Bran price 26.00 dollars per ton unit details sparse and commentary minimal due to OCR fragmentary text.
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Minn
Questions and comments invited to editor
Instructions to address communications to the Editor Farm Department Waterloo Evening Course Waterloo Iowa. phone 610.
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Waterloo
Towa
Former Ames Football Star Becomes Grady County Hen Scout Leader
L. W. Plager, a Grundy County farmer and 205pound football center in 1906, now devotes himself to guiding farm youths in livestock judging and dairy judging clubs. He has built Grundy into a leading hub for junior judging, winning state trophies and sending teams to the Iowa State Fair, while balancing farming and education to help boys and girls gain practical agricultural knowledge.
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Here
Ana
Iowa State College
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Grundy County
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Grundy
Iowa
Dairy Cattle Congress
Ed Syndergaard
Mr. Plager
Ernest Hostetter
Minnesota
Carroll Plager
L. W. Plager
Iowa State
Wilbur
Russell
Lew” Plager
Macy
Poland
China
European corn borer controls spark public alarm in Ames and Illinois
Farmers and companies across Iowa and Illinois report letters seeking information and sending plans to combat the European corn borer. In Kankakee a large scale fire treatment burns 300 acres of infested stalk land with oil burners, using high heat to kill insects. Officials deem the method effective for isolated cases but too costly for large infestations.
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Iowa State College
C. J. Drake
Kankakee
Tlinois
Illinois
Here
United States Department of Agriculture
Love Farm
Sioux City Livestock Market Receipts Report
Sioux City Iowa April 2 Livestock receipts totals: cattle 200, hogs 3,000. Fat steers and yearlings up about 14 to 16 dollars per hundredweight, cows and heifers 14 to 16 dollars higher, veals and feeders strong. Hogs steady with most sales around 11.30, packers paying 9.00 to 9.50 for butchers, with other hog categories around 10.25 to 15.78 per cwt.
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Sioux City
Sioux’ City
EXPORT OUTLOOK ENCOURAGES PIT EXPORT CROP OUTPUT
Indications of stronger foreign demand for domestic wheat plus crop damage in western Kansas pushed wheat futures higher in Chicago trading on April 2. A modest drop in US wheat visible supply was anticipated while Galveston grain clearances drew attention. Wheat closed modestly firmer, corn and oats moved within small ranges, and provisions showed minimal change amid light trading and local demand.
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Kansas
United States
Galveston
Spot and futures cotton ease in Liverpool and Chicago
Liverpool trading shows small volume with 2,000 bales sold and receipts of 21,400. Midlands quotes range from 9.28c for strictly good mids to 6.58c for strictly good ordinary, with July futures near 7.68c. Chicago opened steady but 1 to 5 points lower across May to January contracts, May 14.14c and December 14.60c.
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Midlands
Chicago
Kansas City Grain Prices April 2 Wheat and Oats
Wheat receipts total 50 cars with prices mostly steady to 14 cents higher. No. 2 dark hard 1.28 to 1.34 and No. 3 1.21 to 1.34. No. 2 red 1.26 to 1.27s, No. 2 white 71 to 73 cents. Oats unchanged with No. 2 white 44 to 44.5 cents and No. 3 43 to 41 cents.
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Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Peoria Grain Receipts and Prices Reported
Peoria Illinois April 2 grain receipts listed with corn and oats details. Corn offers include No 2 white around 64 cents, No 5 white 63 cents, and various yellow and mixed grades. Oats receipts total 21 cars with No 2 white around 44 cents and No 4 white about 40 cents.
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Peoria Gratin
Peoria
Board of Trade Cash Quotations April 2
Wheat prices range from No 2 red 1.3334 to No 3 hard 1.304. Corn values span No 3 mixed 67c to No 6 yellow 64% to 66%c with several grades cited. Oats No 3 white 48%0c and No 4 white 44 44140. barley 7' 65 82c. timothy seed 4.50 5.25. clover seed 29.25 36.00. provisions tard 12.55. ribs 16.00. bellies 16.00.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sluggish Hog Market Despite Firm Prices Across Grades
Chicago April 2 hogs receipts 3,000 left over 6,000 slow generally steady top 11.75 paid for 150 to 170 pound hogs. Shippers hold 15,000. estimated holdover 4,000. Cattle receipts 200. Heavy steers strongest of season. vealers and yearlings mixed. Sheep receipts 5,000 with fat lambs up 35 60 cents. western fed lambs 15.75 16.50. Late hog market slow and steady. choice light hogs around 11.70 11.75. Few packing hogs offered. cattle arrivals light. trade limited.
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Chicago
Hogs Receipts Report Market Prices in Peoria
Peoria Illinois April 2 hogs receipts show steady action with top price at 11.50 per hundredweight lights 11.25 to 11.40 mediums 10.75 to 11.35 packers 9.75 to 9.25 stags 9.25 to 9.75.
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Peoria
New Peak Values Reached by Rails Rally
New York April 2 Speculative interest in today s stock market shifted to the rails with several issues touching new high levels Industrials faced profit taking as U S Steel touched a new high around 100 early trading Oil shares declined to new lows while motor and food issues firmed on short covering Total volume approached one million shares Headlines also noted crop damage from high winds and pests in western Kansas lifting wheat prices in early trading Chicago opened slightly lower, then drifted with uneven advances and losses in grains and provisions.
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Kansas
Chicago
Liverpool
Foreign exchange rates on April two from New York
Foreign exchanges were firm with demand as the list shows the day’s per unit values for currencies including Great Britain at 4.857-16 dollars, France at 9,140 francs, Italy at 4.69 and more, with numerous European and world currencies cited alongside city quotes for Montreal and Tokyo.
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St Louis Grain Prices Reported in Market Briefing
St Louis market notes from April 2 show grain prices for wheat at 1.56 for No 2 hard, corn mixed grades with several No 6 and No 4 yellow quotes, No 2 white at 8 cents and No 4 white around 4 to 6 cents, oats No 2 white at 61 to 66 cents, No 3 white at 43 to 44 cents. Provided figures reflect typical commodity trading levels in St Louis Maryland reporting locale.
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ST Louis
St. Louis
Wheat Receipts Report From Chicago Market
Wheat receipts at Chicago show 239 cars for the week and 442 cars for the year with a 156 car total for today. Insufficient details for full context. report focuses on ongoing weekly and yearly intake figures.
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Chicago
Duluth
Minneapolis
Hogs and cattle receipts and prices reported in St. Joseph
Hogs receipts reach 800 with steady top around 11.80 and bulk 10.25 to 10.50. Cattle receipts 250 with steers trading from 10.00 to 12.00, calves 5.00 to 10.00, stockers and feeders 7.25 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 7,000 with steady demand and lambs at 9.70.
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Joseph
St. Joseph
Commodity prices and poultry rates in New York and Chicago markets
New York and Chicago market reports list butter, cheese, flour, sugar, coffee, hay, and pork values with receipts and varying quality grades. Poultry prices cover dressed and live fowls, turkeys, ducks, geese, and roosters with regional quotes. Kansas City notes heavy hens and potato price ranges for Red River Ohios and Idaho Russets.
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Wheat Receipts and Prices in Minneapolis Report
Minneapolis reports wheat receipts at 58 cars, down from 232 a year earlier. Prices listed for No 1 northern, spring, dark, and Montana varieties range from about $1.30 to $1.93 per bushel with May and September futures noted. Corn and oats prices for No 3 yellow corn and No 5 white oats also shown, reflecting market quotes.
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Minneapolis
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Montana
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago April Receipts
Chicago April report shows potato receipts at 73 cars on track and total U S shipments 66453 with old stock moderate demand and trading. Market slightly stronger with Wisconsin sacked round Aerie around 2.00 to 2.15 and mostly around. New stock demand moderate market steady with Forida barrel Spalding Rose No 1 at 9.00 and No 27 at 7.00. Texas sacked Bliss Triumphs mostly 35.00.
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Grain prices in Omaha market report April 2 1920s
Omaha Neb April 2 grain prices list shows No 1 hard at 1.27 1.29, No 4 white corn 65c7, No 3 yellow 60c, No 4 mixed 62, oats No 3 white 44c 44c, No 4 white 43c, with smutty grades noted and reference to ree d com and other subgrades.
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Reed
St Paul Livestock Market Report April cattle and hog prices
South St. Paul Minnesota April report shows cattle receipts 100 with fat cattle up 25 to 50 cents and other classes 15 to 25 cents higher. Steers $11.40 medium weights $11.60 yearlings $11.00, bulk stockers $6.75 to $8.09, calves mostly $10.50. Hogs receipts 1900 about steady with Friday, butcher and bacon hogs to packers $10.25 to $11.00, top $11.00, 160–180 lb hogs $11.25, average Friday cost $10.77. Sheep: lambs 25 to 50 cents higher, best wooled lambs $16.00. No sheep receipts reported.
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Swift & Co
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Minn
Weekly Grain and Provision Review
Prospects of stronger export demand lift U S wheat prices amid European buying and improved quality. Domestic wheat now on world market terms. Canadian supply less favorable. Corn steady with higher hogs on farms boosting livestock outlook. oats dip as Southwest crop progress presses prices. pork and lard lower on rising hog supplies.
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Butter Market Turns Uncertain Amid Steady Rise
Chicago April markets show firm prices due to light offerings and active demand yet the tone remains nervous. Receipts as a rule aim to clear floors daily, with Thursday bringing sharper declines despite limited stock, fueled by fear of reduced consumer demand at high prices.
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Omaha Livestock Hogs And Cattle Receipts Report
Omaha Nebraska April hog receipts total 3,300 with slow market and late bids around 25 cents off, including 300 pens noted. Cattle receipts 4 with price ranges and movements for yearlings and feeders, steer bids around $8.00 to $11.00, cutters about $4.25, and various weights and grades reflected.
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Omaha
Neb
Record-Setting Jersey Cow Fat Output in Test
A two-year-old junior Jersey cow achieved a fat yield of 467.58 pounds in the latest butterfat test, marking a notable record. The measurement reflects her standing as a high-producer among dairy herds.
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