Phosphate Fertilizer Boosts Yields in Black Hawk Area
Farmers in Black Hawk county report carload shipments of superphosphate and mixed fertilizers. Cedar Falls and Waterloo users note gains from phosphate on oats, corn, and clover with yields up to 74 bushels per acre. Indications point to higher 1227 order totals as spring applications spread statewide.
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Black Hawk County
Farmers Co-Operative Company
Cedar Falls
Tammither
Orange Towns
Waterloo
Hudson
Hansen & Merner
Burt Strayer
Strayer
Iowa Butter Makers Hold Educational Meet In Manly
Manly Iowa April event by Iowa Butter Makers Association features a scoring contest. Prizes include judging of dairy products, standardization talk, and a keynote welcome. Ed Andreason leads arrangements while R G Clark explains oleomargarine issues. Governor Hammam banquet planned.
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Manly
Iowa Butter- Makers’ Association
Prat
Ey Godd
Ames
Ed Andreason
Manly Creamery
Magar Logemat
John Hammam
Guy Thomas
Wale Department of Agriculture
Roy Seolee
Nastus
M.D
Reynolds Manon City
Alow
Rudnick
Chicks Regulate Temperature In Portable Broader House
Orville Tanneather builds a movable brood house with an oil stove and two rooms, one 12 by 12 feet and a cooler 6 by 12 feet, enabling chicks to move between spaces for warmth. A tractor pulls the unit, ultraviolet glass windows admit more sun rays, and Orange Consolidated School students aided farm carpentry in the project near the Orange school.
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Orville
Tanneather
Pels A Due
Orange Consolidated School
Orange School
Miller tops Pioneer cow test group with high herd milk
The Planter Cow Test ing association reports 431 cows averaged 758 pounds of milk and 29.7 pounds of butterfat in March across 27 herds. J Wilbur Miller led with 44.2 pounds butterfat and 1,085 pounds milk per cow, while several other farms set top records in milk and butterfat. A member’s experience shows improved profits from better care and feeding, noting a cow that rose from five daily pounds to 28.4 pounds by March, yielding $14.13 above feed cost since late March.
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Planter Cow Testing Association
T. S. Besh
J. Wilbur Miller
Manth
O. L. Hamar
J. J. Kelley
A. L. Forney
H. A Anton
Entz Farm Company
F. E. Wheeler
WA. van
Guernsey
N. J. Fike & Son
Floyd County Farm Bureau Women Plan Iowa Fair Display
Floyd County Farm Bureau women discuss display plans for the state fair. County chairman Mrs Cr Pracy notes Miss Ang Knowles of Ames will assist with arranging an exhibit, with events slated for early April to prepare for the fair.
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Floyd County Farm Bureau
Iowa
Charles City
Cr. Bi.Pracy
Floyd County
Ang Knowles
Ames
Osether Bochetant
Imrm Dufea
Dogs Kill Sheep Near Clarksville
In the Clarksville area near Claride Te Apria Pie farm ers dsanep in the nyr neighborhood are being Seeally amenacedthy de. Over the past two to three weeks several sheep have been killed. A trace of the flock was found nearby. Earlier the Herrintan flock was visited and some animals were killed. A few days later the Co. Billis raid occurred. Dirk Rosen Witklt list some from is Mock. On Tuesday night last week the Suns visited Ralph Goodnow's place and killed a number in his flock.
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Peller
Charles Herrintan
Co. 'C Billis
Dirk Rosen
Witklt
Suns
Ralph Goodnow
College Receives Belgian by Holvert Stables
Greeley April 6 Holvert Horse importing company supplied Town State college with a Belgian stallion Daolis imported in December. The college acquired Ure Mallon in an exchange as a three year old rated 3.3 Mamuer. Main superintendent considers the Belgian a promising prospect for SPR PARE at a Chicago exposition upcoming in Winton.
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Greeley
Holvert Horse Importing Company
Town State College
Daolis
Mamuer
Farms Pay 4 P. C. on $200 an Acre in Last 9 Years
Greene Iowa April 6 The Tyden Anderson farms west of Greene operated by Anderson Brothers are reported to have paid about four percent return on land valued at $200 an acre since 1919. The owners keep complete records and note a shift in land sales in northeastern Iowa. They plan hogs and cattle on legumes and grains across several hundred acres, with alfalfa and sweet clover in rotation and the clean ground hog-raising method preferred.
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Greene
Tyden
Anderson Farms
Here
Anderson Brothers
Iowa
Dust Treatment of Oats and Barley for Smut Being Tried
Four Benton county farmers demonstrate a new dust treatment to control smut in oats and barley on their land near Vinton Mt. Auburn Blairstown and Norway. R H Porter Iowa State College notes seed soaking with formaldehyde is troublesome and can injure steel, prompting use of dust method if proven satisfactory and commercialized within a year.
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Vinton
Benton County
R. H. Porter
Iowa State College
Greaser Brothers
William Bendall
Mt. Auburn
Co Op Reloading Station Talk At Ass'n Meeting
Farmers' Co Operative Livestock Shipping association will hold its annual meeting and election at the schoolhouse in Floyd this evening. EB Dunn, CG Watts, and County Agent M E Olson, all from Mason City or nearby, will speak on a new project a Carrier's cooperative concentration and reloading station. Water and sandwiches will be served.
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Floyd
Farmers’ Co- Operative Livestock Shipping Association
EB. G. Dunn
Mason City
CG. C. Watts
Clear Lake
M. E. Olson
Iowa Champions May Meet Debaters From South Dakota
Benton County debate team after winning the state title faces possible challenge from South Dakota champions. W. H. Stacey of Ames inquired if Benton County would be interested in debating the South Dakota team. Uncertainty remains due to spring work but some Benton members are willing. South Dakota’s debated tax topics may resemble Iowa’s school tax material from the year.
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Vinton
Benton County
Faro Bureau
Inqurry
W. HL Stacey
Ames
Borten County
South Dakota
Farmers Questions and Comments Invited
Readers may send questions and comments to the Editor in the Farm Department at Waterloo Evening Iowa. Communications should be addressed to the Editor and directed to the Farm Department for consideration.
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Farm Department
Waterloo Evening Iowa
Hogs Rise on Upward Trend in Midwest Markets
Market notes show improved hog prices across major yards with receipts lower than prior Friday. Top hogs fetched around 8.85, buyers reported steady to higher demand for 160 to 200 pound butchers, while sows and pigs moved at 7.00 to 7.80 and 6.75 to 7.75 respectively. cattle and sheep also showed varied but firmer tendencies in St Louis and Kansas City reports.
Livestock Summary From Sioux City Markets Report
Receipts totaled roughly 1,000 cattle with steady bids for stockers and cows, veals trading between 7.00 and 12.00. Hogs numbered about 6,500 with buyers paying up to 8.35 while most sales landed around 7.20 to 8.30. Sheep receipts near 500 showed steady price activity.
Omaha Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock Receipts
Receipts total around 5 500 with hogs rising 1020c to top at 8 40 for 180 to 240 pounders and 260 to 300 pound hogs bid up to 8 06 25. Cattle receipts 600 with steer prices near 19 85 beef cows 8 to 60 and cutters 6 15. Sheep receipts 640 steady to 50 lower with red wool lambs bringing 16 00 to 18 50.
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Omaha
Livestock market recap from St. Joseph with mixed prices
St Joseph Missouri April 6 livestock receipts show hogs mostly 10 cents higher to 8.45 top, 240 lb hogs at 8.40, 250 to 270 lb hogs around 3.20. Cattle receipts 350 with fat steers steady to firm, vealers scarce, choice 1385 lb beeves near 11.80, beef cows 7.00 to 8.50, bulls 8.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 3,500 with fat lambs opening weak, wool skins at 92 lb down, prices around 15.40 to 16.50 with higher weights above 16.60.
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Chicago
Erry Fay
Ted Ponds
St. Paul
Mini
E. ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Texas
Waterloo
Tripoli
Iltry
Raas
Swift & Co
Farmers Dam
Waterton
Wacerico
Waweste
Prom Rath Packing Co
Irewene Lal
Timothy Hay
ST. Joseph
Fco
Mooyrigat Frien
Uta AR Az
Bao
Ite Fey
Trans- Mississippi
Ueht
Alva
Provisions New York and Chicago receipts April reports
New York and Chicago provide mixed commodity summaries dated April 6. Butter receipts reach 7 546 tubs with creamery and extras noted at various prices. eggs show 35 938 cases with white and brown varieties and multiple price points. cheese steadies with several pound totals. Poultry prices for dressed and live stock vary, with freight and express rates listed. St Louis and Kansas City hay markets show unchanged to higher bids with alfalfa No. 1 priced at 29 to 32 dollars.
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New York
Hennery
Hennery Brown
Revelpte
Express
Chicago
Hutter
Hay
Kansas City
Representative Sales Livestock at Union Yards
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards reports livestock trading activity. The notice lists hogs among items included in today’s sale at Union Yards in Ghioreo, dated April.
Chicago Livestock Prices Lightly Shuffle Through Holidays
Chicago buyers booked mixed cattle hog and lamb quotes as holiday demand altered activity. Fed steers advanced modestly while light yearlings showed stronger price support. hogs rose on lighter supplies and improving pork outlook. fat lambs and ewes held gains amid scarce offerings and cautious demand, with Easter arrivals informing price swings.
Ames Man Guides Seed Corn Dust Treatment Methods
Iowa farmers plan to treat seed corn this season using commercial dusts to prevent dry rodent disease. R H Porter warns to coat every kernel and describes methods: barrel churn, milk can, planter box, or repurposed oil barrels with gas pipes. Advice includes handling safety and storage timing. additional notes cover wool market and potato prices.
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Ames
Iowa
R. H. Porter
Yows
State ‘College
Porter
Chicago futures close amid storage and grade notes
Chicago futures show mixed closing moves with storage standards and firsts for December and April at 42 and a half cents. fresh gathered freests for April and May at 25 cents. Flour markets in Minneapolis report unchanged prices and holiday shipments with bran at 33.00 to 33.50.
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Chietgo
Bulter
Fuetures
Bess
Minneapot
Minneapolis
Asinn
Sweet corn mutant shows higher yield in garden tests
Garden notes report a branching mutant of sweet corn found in F C Kevitt's Athensia New Jersey plot years ago. Seed saved and planted reproduced the trait of ears arising from multiple stalks, yielding six to seven ears per plant and taller plants with ears averaging seven inches, with high quality reported.
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F.C. Kevitt
Athenia
N. J
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