Maurer Breeds Guernsey Herd in Bremer County
Louis Maurer begins purebred Guernsey cattle breeding in Bremer County. He buys eight females from Joe Golinvaux near Waterloo, plus five more from Cedar Rapids stock and four from Golinvaux stock. Foundation cattle include Memento Highland Place descendants. One dairy bull shipped to Dr. Mayo of Rochester, Minnesota. Pretty Poppy of the Prairie sets fat records for age classes, and Alyssum’s Memento Highland Plate influences show stock.
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Louis Maurer
Beaudiyn
Bremer County
Guernsey
Golinvaux
Rochester
Minn
Charles
Mayo
Mayo Brothers
Awas Alyssum
Itehen
Alyssum
Memento
Farming Education and Youth in Agriculture Support
A speaker urges that farms need educated young people, saying farming must pay and schools should include agriculture marketing and practical farm problems. He emphasizes farming’s value, keeps farms neat, and believes educated youths will retain workers on farms.
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McClelland
Pirat
Willavin
Fea
Garden Gossip on Fertilizing Flower Beds
Garden gossip notes that fertilizers should be balanced with decayed manure for flowers and annuals, recommending bonemeal, sheep manure, and wood ashes in moderation. It advises against continuous fertilizing and suggests applying fertilizer after growth begins, with bonemeal near tubers at the start in light amounts.
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Pdahtas
Farm Bureau Women Meet for Nutrition Lesson
Fifteen Watering township women gathered at the Fred Marston house to receive a nutrition course lesson. Demonstrations included making sandwiches and cottage cheese by Mrs P. T. Wrriesley and Miss Muth Shanks. A feature of the session was judging cowhide and bread with jelly and cottage cheese.
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Farm Bureau
Watering Township
Fred Marston
Makian
Mre
P. T Wrriesley
Bennington
Muth Shanks
Jesson
Jersey Cow Wins 4 Medals at Jersey Club Show
The study horse? No. The Jersey cow Mabel Mowat, owned by Karl Hanneman of Corbett Oregon, completed six supervised tests and earned her fourth gold medal of merit from the American Jersey Cattle Club. Tests averaged 3186 pounds of fat and 11268 pounds of milk. latest day totals were 48.25 pounds of fat and 15551 pounds of milk.
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Poe
Mabel Mowat
Karl Hanneman, Corbett
Ore
American Jersey Cattle Club
Fair Weather 1 Wish of Farmer
April 4 Jesup Iowa reports spring farm work delayed by bad weather after a three week rush to sow clover and grass seeds. Red clover remains preferred though sweet clover demand is lower. Lime access and bad roads hinder field work as Buchanan County farmers plan swine cholera vaccination school and await better conditions for spring operations.
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Jesup
Ali
Jim Frush
Buchanan County
Ecasion
County Agent Urges Seed Fair Play at Farm Bureau Meeting
Windsor township seed sellers urged to maintain quality. Pieper won the hog judging contest by one point over Chris Hennig, with Wwendland and others close. Muddy roads reduced turnout to about 100. Lottwick urged fair play and quality seed sales to neighbors, noting county Farm Bureau directors oppose centralized state asylums and back county homes. Mrs Bogart read a piece and two duets were sung by Margaret Westenberg and Florence Senner.
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Hawkee
Will Pieper
Windsor
Bethel-Windsor
Pieper
Chris * Hennig
Vea. Eilel
Georg Hennsr
Albert Boese
Bethel
Lottwick
Lodwick
County Board of Farm Bureau
Frank Bogart
Margaret Westenberg
Florence Senner
Walt Turner Puts Record on Heifer in Holstein Herd
Courier Special Service Fayette April 4 Walt Turner near here records 19.82 pounds butter and 372 poms of ink from a two year old heifer in his Holstein herd. The animal yielded four milking a day and nearly three pounds of butter on peak days. Turner built the herd with small cash outlay and buyer praise for frugal management.
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Walt Turner
Fayette
Alice Ormstey
Here
Turner
Elres
Tarner
Minnesota Flour Trade Report From April
A garbled Minneapolis diary item notes changes in shipments and quantities of flour and cotton sacks. It mentions vessels and freight terms, with scattered figures like 26 00 and references to patents. The fragment preserves mentions of Minneapolis and flour trade activity amid unclear details.
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Minneapolis
Final Arrangements of Clayton Judges Trip
Elkader Iowa April 4 final plans for the Clayton county junior judging team to travel to Europe this summer with a national champion group. Finances were settled after the house reversed a ruling on a $5 000 appropriation, allowing the trip to proceed without a two thirds vote. Greater Clayton county committee will still seek support to cover $9 000 in expenses while awaiting Gov Hammill to sign the bill. Parents may accompany and pay their own way, with plans to depart mid June to study European judging methods before the international contest near London July 14.
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Courier Special Service
Elkader
Europe
Clayton ‘County
House of Representatives
Greater
Clayton County
Hammill
London
Hatcher ies Affected by Highway Problem
West Union Iowa April 4 road conditions in Fayette county have been poor with recent rains and snow. Transportation remains difficult and only essential travelers go out. Farmers struggle to move products to town especially eggs and hatcheries suffer from the disruption.
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Courier Special Service
West Union
Fayette ‘County
Altho
Charles City Floyd County Cow Test Association Elects Leaders
Charles City April 4 Charles City Floyd County Cow Test Association elected Carlisle Ellis president and AV Drerer secretary at the annual meeting. The annual report shows a treasury balance and enough members enrolled for next season to resume testing immediately.
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Charles City
Carlisla Ellis
Floyd
AV. Drerer
RECORD CLUBS MEET IN FLOYD COUNTY QUARTERLY TALKS
Charles City and Rockford clubs gathered today for quarterly meetings under G. L. Albaugh extension specialist of Iowa State college. Floyd club plans to convene tomorrow as farm records clubs of Floyd county continue their year long program.
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Charles City
Farm Records
Floyd County
G. L. Albauzh
Iowa State College
Rockford
Floyd Club
Kansas City Livestock Report Shows Mixed Hog and Cattle Prices
Kansas City market notes mixed hog receipts around $500 volume with prices generally higher than Saturday’s, packing sows rising to about 8.00 to 9.78. Cattle receipts include heavy fed steers and yearlings slow to steady, stockers steady to weak, with top short fed cattle around 316.00 and calves steady to firm. Sheep and lambs show steady wool market with spring lambs near 18.00 and Texas wethers around 25 to 27.50.
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Kansas City
Colorado Spring
Ujoward
Ans Cupy Gran City Mo April 4
Fragmentary scan from a City Missouri page dated April 4 shows garbled racing or lottery style entries with numerous unreadable phrases and numbers. The readable item notes a date and scattered identifiers but lacks coherent event details or names.
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City
Waterlon Evening Courier Readers Questions
With the Farmers, questions and comments invited. Communications should be addressed to Editor, Waterlon Department. Waterlon, Evening Courier, Waterjon, Iowa 6100.
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Waterlon
Evening Courier
Water Jon
Towa
Thong
Crop outlooks much improved in Chicago market report
Chicago apr 4 crop outlooks appear brighter as domestic demand slows and bearish cables push prices lower. US visible supply falls 1 665 000 bushels while export demand remains muted. Wheat closes unsettled, corn and oats mix with slight declines, and provisions firm on tighter hog receipts and stronger lard demand.
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Chicago
United States
Cotton Markets Open Quiet Amid Steady Prices
Daily cotton trading noted calm activity in Corton Liverpool with 6,000 bales sold and receipts. Midlands fair quotes show various mid and low mid ranges while futures open steady with May at 7.52c and July at 7.65c, and Chicago prices mostly unchanged with May at 14.43c and July at 14.26c.
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Tne
Corton
Liverpool
Midlands
Chicago
New York Butter Prices and Grades Report
New York butter is reported with mixed results across grades. Extras and firsts show varied quotes with numbers indicating price ranges and percentage changes, while lower grades and packing stock are noted as unchanged or fluctuating. A centralized car system appears in reference to distribution or inventory.
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New York
Anne
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Summary
Market quotes show grain and provision prices with No. 2 and No. 3 hard wheat around 1.36 dollars, mixed grades near 1.8 dollars, corn and oats in mid to high forties and thirties, rye around 1.0, barley about 0.72, and seeds with cloverseed at 23.36. Provisions list lard 12.30, ribs 16.00, bellies 16.00.
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Yallow
CATTLE AND HOG PRICES SLIDE SLIDE UPsteadily in Chicago market
Chicago April 4 cattle receipts 16,000 fed steers to 25c higher with best at 13.60, bulk 9.75 to 12.00. stockers and feeders 5.00 to 9.50. fat cows scarce 6.00 to 8.00. heifers 8.00 to 9.50. yearlings to 10.25. Hogs receipts 5,000 with 4,000 left over. weights 150 to 200 at 11.50 to 12.00. 210 to 240 at 11.10 to 11.65. 250 to 300 at 10.65 to 11.00. packing sows 9.80 to 10.15. slaughter pigs up to 12.00. Sheep receipts 15,000 fat lambs active, best 1650 to 16.50, clipped lambs 14.50 to 15.25. wool lambs 15.40. sheep scarce 12.25 to 15.00. yearlings and wethers 13.25. demand greater than supply with prices firm to higher.
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Chicago
Easrnee
Wwe
Waterloo
Waterloo Mills Co
Aleeb Ag
Lartesian Butte Senna
Tripoli
Swift & Co
Brom Rath Packing Co
Prine Hogs, m40 Ta Ban Ths Tn10 Eae Sane Gh Rn Gand
Barclay & Sons
Sanvesen
HINES
Cohn Bros
Topreen
Green Real
Py Eatimatos
South St. Paul
Minn
Sioux City
Teoria Grain News Brief From Peoria April Market
Teoria Grain reports Peoria Illinois April 4 corn receipts total 50 cars with prices noted for No 4 yellow and No 6 yellow including bids for higher delivery with samples listed and figures showing bid levels for various grades and samples.
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Teoria Grain
Peoria
Jil
Visible grain supply shows declines across cereals
New York April 4. The visible supply of American grain fell across wheat corn oats rye barley with decreases of 1 665 000 1 986 000 1 604 000 375 000 and 252 000 bushels respectively Kansas City hay reports steady values with receipts 59 cars No 1 alfalfa 19 19 20 new timothys 15 15 50 No 1 prairie 14 00 au lees mixed light No 1 14 09
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New York
Kansas City
Uun
Hay
Prairie
Au Lees
Representative. Sales Hogs Report From Chicago Sale
Representative livestock sales in Chicago today feature hogs among other offerings. Prices and lot details were reported by INS as bidding moved quickly on a brisk April day.
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Chicago
INS
Wall Street Ignores Campaign in Rail Markets
New York April 4 44 Operators in the advance focused on railway issues in today’s stock market aided by favorable earnings reports and heavy traffic. Rail shares showed strength as irregularities in industrials were ironed out. Rubber stocks rose with Goodyear common and preferred hitting new peaks while Pan American firms fell to 1924 lows. Erie edged to 52 1 2 percent and Colorado Fuel and Iron rose to 70 percent, the highest in over a decade.
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New York
Goodyear Preferred
Goodyear’ Common
United States Rubber Common
American Safety Razor
Eureka
Erie
Colorado
Foreign exchanges provide varied global rates
New York April 4 Foreign exchanges show demand for multiple currencies. Pound sterling quoted at 4.855-18 dollars, French francs 3.914, Belgian francs 13.8814, Swiss francs 19.22, Italian lira 4.7634 cents, Swedish krona 26.78, Norwegian krone 26.94, Danish krone 26.66, German marks 23.700, Greek drachma 1.204 cents, Spanish peseta 7.75, Dutch florin 39.99, Chinese taels 63.25.
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New York
Potatoes Market Report from Chicago and Toledo Seeds Note
Potatoes receipts and market movements in Chicago on April 4 show old stock at 117 and new stock 209, with S18 cars and 18 Sunday shipments. Demand for Russets remains good, round whites steady in Wisconsin at about 33.15 to 34.25 per bag, Texas Triumphs around 5.25 to 5.40 per unit. Toledo seeds notes Papasted at 17.25 asked, domestic at 27.00, October 17.00 asked, old Timothy at 21.03 new 2.60 April and May 2.60.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Bliss
Biss
Texas
Toledo Seeds
Toledo
Timothy
Peoria Livestock Receipts Mixed Across Markets
Peoria livestock market report shows receipts with mixed demand and varied prices. Top bids reached $11.75 for certain cattle types, with mediums around $11.25 and heavies near $10.38. Packers offered $9.25 to $9.50 for select lots, while lighter cattle remained strong amid fluctuating activity.
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Peoria
Commodity Prices Inland and Midwest Dairy and Poultry Market Report
New York April 4 butter and eggs receipts and prices across warehousing lines show creamery butter at 50 cents with extras, eggs around 23-26 cents for firsts and storage, and cheese steady. Chicago and St Louis reports list varied butter, eggs, poultry, and cheese prices with regional differences and fresh inventories.
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New York
Hennery
Western Whennery
St. Louis
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Report from St Paul
Livestock receipts at St Paul include 4000 cattle and 3000 calves with steady to higher bids for hogs and mixed results for sheep. Cattle show steady demand with heavy weights mid range. hogs up to 25 cents higher. calves mostly 3 to 5 dollars lower. sheep opening steady with good lots of 10 to 105 pounds wool natives noted.
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices From East St Louis Market
Receipts Hog prices steady to higher with top around 12.00 and bulk hogs 11.50 to 11.90 for 190 pounds down. cattle receipts 5,500 with steers mostly steady, some 250 lower, top 13.75. calves 7,200 with good and choice dealers 6.25 to 7.50. sheep receipts 3,000 steady with packers paying 16.00 to outsiders up to 16.25 for one load. wool ewes and wethers mixed around 310.00.
Sioux City Livestock Market Report April 4
Sioux City market activity showed 35 000 receipts with killers strong and fat cattle mixed. Hogs up to 11.45 top, lights 10.65 11.00, packers 9.75 11.00. sheep and cattle receipts around 5 000 and 3 500 respectively with steady demand.
Livestock Prices In St Joseph Market Report
Hogs receipts 3000 with tops to 11.84 and bulk 10.55 to 11.50. Cattle receipts 1200 with steers 9.00 to 10.50, cows 4.25 to 4.50, calves 5.00 to 5.50, stockers 7.25 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 200 with lambs 15.00 to 15.75, ewes 8.50 to 9.50. market slow, steady.
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St. Joseph
Minneapolis Grain Wheat Receipts and Prices Apr 4
Minneapolis Minnesota April 4 Wheat Receipts show 178 cars with compared values to a prior year. No 1 northern ranged around 1.34 to 1.36 dollars, No 1 hard spring about 1.32 to 1.34 dollars, No 2 and hard Montana on track around 1.39 to 1.41 dollars. Oats No 4 white quoted at 0.43 to 0.44 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chace
Montana
Grain prices listed for wheat corn oats at St Louis
St Louis grain market figures show Nevo red wheat at 1.29 1.81, No 3 red 1.28, corn No 3 mixed, No 4 yellow 65c, No 4 mixed 69c, No 3 white ?, oats No 2 white 46 1/4, rye No 8 white 43 4c, No 6 white 6e.
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ST. Louis
Nevo
Gains in Loan Total From Fed Bank Reporting
Washington reports loans to brokers and dealers held by New York federal reserve member banks rose to 2 804 312 000 on March 20 from 2 802 187 000 the preceding week the Federal Reserve Board announced.
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Washington, D.C
New York Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Hay product prices at St Louis Mo auction
Hay items listed by number and type with prices: No 3 timothy 20.00, No 2 heavy clover mixed 28.00 29.00, alfalfa 28.00 29.00. Entry dated April 4 from St Louis Missouri notes hay exchange and pricing details.
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SY Louis Hay
St. Thonis
Hay
Timothy
Grain Receipts and Shipments Reported in Chicago
Chicago April 4 report lists today's receipts and shipments of grain and flour. The record notes quantities in carload lots and reflects activity across markets. Government and private tallying indicates movement of grain and flour with varying demand and pricing signals.
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Chicago
Hay Supply Adequate for United States Market
Washington April 4. Slightly less hay remains to be marketed than a year ago but supply meets current needs and prices are about 50 cents a ton higher. About 75 percent of timothy is moved in important shipping states by March 15, up from 70 percent last year. Alfalfa movement keeps pace with last year. prairie export similar to last year. North Western prairie marketed more this season, but Southwest holds more on hand than a year ago. Receipts in South and Northeast lower, but southern stocks remain liberal and Eastern sections adequate. Domestic hay supply, including carryover, is the smallest since 1918 but offset by good grain crops and record cottonseed hulls. About 20 percent more corn cut for forage than last year. Spring market expected quiet. farm stocks adequate though reserves may drop. Pastures two weeks ahead in many areas. northern pasture availability weather dependent. Deficit hay areas may plant to local needs. clover hay shortage likely to persist, boosting alfalfa and clover market in many regions.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Northwestern Prairie
New York Money Market Steady Amid Loan Rates
The New York money market shows call loans firm around 4to percent, time money steady with short dates at 4 percent, and commercial paper quiet. Prime names around 4 1/4 percent, other food names reaching up to 4 3/4 percent, with a few short maturities at 4 percent.
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New. York
New York
Futures Report on Butter and Eggs Prices in Chicago
Chicago April futures list fresh butter standards for April and June with prices and storage estimates. Eggs futures show fresh gathered firsts and storage packed firsts across April May and June with refrigerator standards and November figures.
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Chicago
Omaha grain quotes from anril lines market report
Omaha grain prices list No 1 hard at 1.27 to 1.32 percent No 2 ete spring at 1.87 No 3 hard corn No 4 white 64 No 3 yellow 0 0 No 3 mixed 65c No 2 white oats 45 0 40 No white 44 14
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Omatta
Omaha
Neb
Anril
Pupils Ski To School Across Wyoming Snowstorms
Creyenne Wyoming April 4 Great distances and blinding snow storms fail to keep Wyoming children from school. In deep snows the continental divide blocks roads, yet students arrive by ski and snowshoe from all directions. Some travel by dog teams, sleds, or covered wagons for wind protection. Teachers travel similarly. horse drawn sleds serve deep snows, while some districts use closed motor buses in milder winters.
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Creyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Wendall School
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