Brown Swiss Cow Leader In Bremer Test Association
Waverly Iowa April 10 Bremer County Cow Test association finished its second year with last months production and has established rewards to compare well with any in Iowa. The record year was milk and fat production of the J Wylam and Son herd Plate Geld. The average was 13014 pounds of milk and 4 butterfat. Chester and Sons cattle also did well with 11 901 pounds of milk and 63 pounds of fat. A one year old Brown Swiss led with 635.4 pounds fat and 15051 pounds milk. A purebred Holstein near top production may give the state record. Net profit figures show the Chester Brown Swiss cow at 251.30, Wray herd top cow 547.56. In total 434 cows were tested, with 239 qualifying for yearly records averaging 7855 pounds milk and 289 pounds fat. Average feed cost and net profit per cow are given, yielding over 20000 total for the group. The report notes that the poorest cows averaged 3474 pounds milk and 93.2 butterfat, making 4.13 profit each. The piece lists several cows producing over 300 fat pounds.
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Waverly
Bremer County Cow Test Association
Iowa
J. Wylam & Son Seerd
Wylam
Flal Chester & Sons
Chester Hord
Chester Furm
Wilk
OWS
Unclear OCR Seedling Care Notes Amid Garden Tips
Fragmented text discusses unseasonable freezes, protecting vines, bed ventilation, and timing for transplanting or tending seedlings. Mentions hotbeds, watering, and avoiding overwatering. References spurs, puppies, and oysters in a garbled, period-appropriate gardening voice with missing names.
Reduce Corn Acreage and Use More Legume Crops
A Cedar Falls notice outlines plans to cut corn acreage and boost legume crops to stabilize prices. It explains a yearly yield contest, entry details, and payments from samples of tested corn. Participants must mail twelve pounds of seed, with sender name, address, and routing details to the farm bureau office.
Farmers Questions and Comments in Trite Form
Notes from the Waterloo Evening Courier Farmers Department invite readers to address questions and comments to the station in Waterloo Iowa phone 3100, seeking practical guidance and community input on agricultural issues.
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Kdieor
Waterioo Evening Courier
Watterloo
2000 Pounds Swine Mineral Mix Sold by County Bureau
In Toledo Iowa April Mo county residents have purchased 7200 pounds of swine minerals via the county bureau. The mixture from Prof John Moeard includes salt lime bone black wood ash Epsom salts and copperas. County agent warns sows must receive minerals in milk to avoid weakness and stunting among growing pigs.
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Toledo
Far Iurong
Tania County
John M. Moeard
Aiea
Yowa Wrait
Associattion
Tama
Fred Pieplow Leads Highest Mareh Milk Herd
Fred Pieplow of Aurora tops the Mareh milk production with a 13 pound per cow daily average and 44.2 pounds total milk in the Wap ale Valley Cow Test Association event. The 250 cow herd achieved the highest output, while Fred Comfort placed second with 10,959 pounds of milk and over 42 pounds of butterfat per the judged records.
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Fred Pieplow
Independence
Aurora
Wapale Valley
Fred Comfort
Comfort
Erade Uotstein
Lara
Meredith Jersey Sale and State Picnic May 20
Meredith Jersey sale and state picnic announced for May 20 at the Meredith distillery area. Includes 54 head of pedigreed Jerseys and Heammaat breedaps from Towa Jersey, with notable grands and a silver medal sire Financigh Beary. St. Louis sales manager B C Seities, Des Moines vice president J C Sterling, and Jesup secretary-treasurer W J Campbell listed among officers and organizers of the event.
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Meredith
Rece
Thule Saaeings
Towa Jersey
Ning. B.C. Seities
St. Louis
Ocenree Wowming
WL Op Parrott
Water- Inc
J. ¢. Sterling
Des Moines
Ane WJ
Campbell Jesup
Sicretary
Cedar Falls Fair Hopes for Revival and Reopening
Cedar Falls business leaders and farmers discuss reviving the Cedar Falls Fair with a prospective one to two year operation by a commercial entity. The plan includes repairing fair buildings, absorbing charges, and a possible dairy department to avoid conflicts with the Dairy Cattle Congress.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Dairy Carue Congress
Lime orders pool for Tama County farmers
Toledo Iowa April 10 three hundred five tons of lime to be brought into Tama County. Thirty farmers join 27 pool orders shipping eight cars of lime to Dinsdale Tracer Gladbrook Garwin Talado Tama area towns. Average price per ton is 1.40 at farmer stations with freight differences. First progressive farm bureau effort noted as highly ratifying.
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Toledo
Tama County
Marely County
H. W. Warrier
Grant
Lincoln
Buckingham
Spring Creek
Perry
Howard
Carlton
Columbia
Dinsdale
Tracer
Gladbrook
Garwin
Talado
Tama
Farm Bureau
Tama Farm Facts Lester Merkcle in Tama County Poultry
Tama County farmers send first report to Ames extension in Chelsea with local participation. Officials and farm staff discuss eradication drive, spring help, and market trends as growers seek faster labor and better prices. Local interest in area work noted. observers report cattle, sheep, and poultry movements with market impacts mentioned.
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Lester Merkcle
Toledo
Floyd Marken
Tama County
Ames
Wool Growers Hear Plan to Organize in Tama County
Two meetings set in Tama county to discuss organizing a wool growers cooperative under the Wool Growers’ association. One in Traer at the library Friday and another in Tama at Commercial club rooms Thursday April 17. Presenters will outline the cooperative’s workings and aims to market Tama wool. attendance urged for all interested in joining.
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Aisa Up
Bse Fertural
Vama
Cow Test Association Planned Near Traer April Meeting
Traer Iowa April 15 will host a meeting to organize a cow test association for area dairymen. LeRoy Funk of Iowa extension service will advise on starting the group. The plan aims to determine herd production costs and provide monthly cow testing and record keeping guidance for members, with an estimated $30 annual cost.
Farnum Plans Orchard Pruning Demonstration
Fredericksburg Ia April 18 A pruning demonstration on Farnums farm showed thinning out to improve yields and methods for pruning grapes. Frank Justin planned an orchard refresh after the session, and twenty five attendees saw pruning of nobles grapes and raspberries at Theodore Steege s farm.
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Fredericksburg
Imood Farnum
Frank Justin
Isoff
Theodore Steege
University Seismograph Records Quake A Week
Berkeley California April 10 An earthquake a week is the average recorded by UC seismograph data sent to scientists worldwide Most tremors remote origin but one near home centered in the Cor into Santa Cruz Mountains and interviewees claimed a shack.
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Berkeley
Cal
Echo
Universit
California
J. I. Macelwane
Geology Departorent
Shack
Tamu
Cor~itantes
Santa Cruz
Market Mixed as Oil and Copper Influence Opens
Opening stock market eases with mixed moves as oil and copper strength clash with broad selling. Woolworth dips below 300 while American Can and several others hit new yearly lows. Texas & Pacific and Norfolk & Western edges higher. foreign exchange steady. Kansas City livestock shows varied results across calves hogs and sheep.
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Associated Press
New York
American Sugar Refining Common and Preferred
Baldwin, Crucible
DuPont
Nacional Fead
Chandler
Endicote Johnsen
Atelantic Coast Line
Texas & Pacific
Norfolk & Weston
American Wauleryarks
St. A
Oris Steel
Waymapper
Calumet & Arizona
Detroit
Woolworth
Fisher Body
Davison Chemical
American Woolen
Willogy Overland
Texas & _Pacific
Cady
China Copper
Colden
Crucible Steel
General Asphalt
General Electric
General Motors
Great Worthern
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Car & Gundry
Va American International Corp
American Locomotive
American Sugar
Pimarican To & 7
American Tobacco
Anaconda Capper Atchison
ALL, Guift & WW
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
California Petroleums Central Leather
Cerro de Paseo
Chandler Motors
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
MIL & St. Paul
Tran
Timory Central
Inspiration Copper
International Harvest
Fexas & Pacific Tobacco Products
Transcontinental
Rion Pacific
U. S. Ind
Alcohal
United States
Kubba
United States Stout Utah Copper
Westinghouse el
Willys-Ovverland
U. S
Wisconsin
Lwhites
Ste. A
Bank Clearings Report for Black Hawk County Abstracter Co
Waterloo area bank clearings through April 10 1923 show weekly totals and comparisons to the prior year with notes on recorded deeds mortgages and chattel instruments for week ending April 9 1924 and week ending April 14. The data lists totals such as 48 492.07 and 28 545 00 with instrument counts and previous week references, indicating activity levels in the local lending and securing sector.
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Black Hawk Country Abstrvet Co
Waterloo Bane
I Instruments
Deedis
Dana
Jaerther Farm Test Shows Manchu Beans Best For Swine
April 10 report from Jaerther's Farm in Frement township indicates Manchu soybeans are well suited for hogging down in Benton county. Mid-west variety adapts to silage and hay, Pekin type also useful for these purposes. Beans should be inoculated to achieve best results.
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Atkins
Wheat and corn prices swing on cash demand and losses
The market opened weak with wheat and corn down as buyers offset earlier declines. Better cash demand in the northwest helped steady prices later, with May wheat around 1.02 and corn near 7.63. Oats held steady to slightly higher as cash demand improved, while provisions faced selling pressure.
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New York
Barlay
Associated Prean
Chicago
Huying
Cie Integer
AOS Wits Wein
Weyther
Trent Wee
Indiana
Milnola Ree
Omaha
Northwest
Steer Top $12.40 at Chicago Peak of Current Year
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts around 10,000 with beer steers at top $12.40, yearlings steady to higher, other grades uneven. Hogs receipts near 24,000 with prices mostly steady to slightly higher. sheep light demand with lambs around $18.50 and $12.95 for odd lots. Packers and stockers active, wholesale ranges posted for various classes.
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Kansas City
Kansas
TLE
Texas
Helogna Bults
Steid
Tymckers
Sioux City
Chicago
Associated Press
Apri
PTB
Shern Lamba
Atcher Cow Sa
ST. Louis
Eady
Wester
SHERD
Prices in New York and Chicago Today's Produce
New York and Chicago showcase varied prices across dairy eggs poultry and butter with creamery extras listing per pound quotes. Wisconsin and New England items appear with regional meat receipts and animal stock marks from East St. Louis and Peoria market notes.
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New York
Chicago
Wisconsin
Americas
Ordin
Arsty Bley
Ada Young
Eyes & Fee
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Therm Bureau
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Meredith Jersey
Cloud
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Commercial Club
Arma
Wendy
Dae Falls Commerselah
Fdr
Cedar Valley
Tama Farm Facts
Chelsea
Davi Avestork
Union
Mountry
Joe Novak
Arcond Sehnal
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Sorensen
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Siah K. Ston
Cattur
Traer
Praer
LeRoy Funk
Iowa Extension Service
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Ellow
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Slimenpolis
Minn
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Jens
Per Otws Weedon
Imate Switzertonl
Grier War Oland
Toledo Seeds
Uy Y Veaistring Tolela
Argentin
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Tekio
Peoria Peoria
Caipis
Ricars
Liberty Bonds
Njerizbe
Eilery
Spears
GRALY
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Taber
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St. Tome
Rio
Fais Santos
Stock Exchange
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IL A. Morey, Milliwaser
Phong
FAO
Wwe
Newt Wee
Wright
Rom Vearlings
Choice Vearlin
Cao
Wea
Ackern
Eaesd Packing Co
Ho Esee
Truce
Prairie
Jaerther
Nake
Omaha Livestock
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Peoria
Ohio
Blatchford
Atseee
R Patcom
Waterloo & Cedar Fauls Tnion Mill Co
Waterloo, Iowa
Iowa Securities Company
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