Sharp corn oats also show firmness in markets
In Chicago and across the Midwest on April 20, wheat futures rose then dipped before rallying on crop reports and drought expectations. May and July wheat fluctuations centered around 1.20 to 1.25 dollars, with corn and oats showing mixed strength as traders priced domestic consumption and export potential. Provisions eased with weaker hog quotes amid broader commodity volatility.
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India
Igher
Oil Quotations in Higher Trend Markets
Oil quotations advance in Waterloo market and other regions with higher bids for spring and winter wheat patents. Livestock prices across Kansas City, Sioux City, and St. Joseph show mixed moves, cattle steady to higher, hogs and sheep fluctuating, while New York stocks open with uneven gains and notable declines in some rails and industrials. Liberty bonds and major issues also quote modest shifts as markets absorb improved oil and grain signals.
Prices for Potatoes and Staples Here and Abroad
Chicago April 20 Prices: Potatoes weak receipts 48 cars northern whites 31.00 per cwt bulk 81.05 cwt new Florida No 1 7 2 8 00. New York receipts 10 652 tubs creamery extras 92 score 46c firsts 58 91 score 42 45c packing stock current make No 2 21c steady. State whole milk flats 27 29c ditto average run 24. Specials Poultry live cases fees 33 40c roosters 1éc duckers 40¢7 ares. Sesser firsts 24 24 ½ c Solinary firsts at mark. Flour Minneapolis Miami April 24 Flour unchanged to 10c lower patents 5.10 8.59. Sugar New York April 20 Raw sugar unchanged refined to for fine granulated 5. Sugar market. Silver New York April 20 Bar silver domestic 29 140 foreign 1 e Mexican Coffee New York April 20 No 7 Ge Futures stead September 6.56c Coffees Rio May 5.42 6.
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Chicago
Florida
New York
Boulter obituary and poultry market notes from Kansas City
Obituary reports Thomas Cames of Dunkerton Iowa born April 16 1850 died April 1921 noting his role as an early settler and community builder who helped mold the town. funeral details and family ties listed. Also a brief item on Lincoln Nebraska returning to aldermen rule with Mathias Stolt named mayor and a poultry and market price snapshot from New York and Dunkerton Iowa including prices for hens, broilers, and copper and other metals.
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Dunkerton
Thomas Cames
John Cames
Warne County
Ohio
Inwa
Jo J
Waterloo
Lester Center
Jal
Assoriated Press
Lincoln
Commission
Mathias Stolt
Light Hogs and Cattle Prices Down at Chicago Market
Receipts 21,000 hogs and 11,000 cattle as Chicago market shows mixed tone. Hogs mostly 10 to 15 cents lower with lighter weights followed by 15 to 25 cent declines. best early prices around $9.20. Cattle receipts include steady to strong lighter beef steers while heavy steers lag. Sheep receipts 23,000 with light lambs steady and others about 25 cents lower. top lambs around 11.10, bulk flocks near 9 to 10.60 for various classes.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Omana
Wen
Praeromancest
Invernix
Sioux City
ST. Joseph
Chicago
East St Louis Livestock Market Report
East St Louis strong livestock activity with cattle receipts about 4.8 steers and yearlings mostly unmoved. Hogs show 20,000 head with prices slipping to 8.50 to 8.75, top 8.85. lambs scarce and prices weak with best muttons around 9.50 for feeder lambs and 9.25 for wool lambs, spring lambs slow to move.
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EAST
Fate of Orange Creamery Still in the Balance
Orange Township creamery leaders report ongoing efforts to secure 60 producers to back independent operation. A special stockholders meeting at Orange school next Monday will decide the course, including possible affiliation with Waterloo Co-Operative Dairy. Solicitors will halt signings after the allotted period, while Waterloo boosters press ahead with a broad stock-selling campaign. Board members include W W Blough, A B Zuck, Clyde Bechtelheimer, N J Fike, Werden Miller, Ray Lichty and Al Glessner.
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Orange Co-Operative Creamery
Creamery Board
Orange School
Waterloo Co-Operative Dairy Company
Orange Township
General Assembly
W. W. Blough
Orange Creamery Board
A. B. Zuck
Clyde Bechtelheimer
N. J. Fike
Worden Miller
Ray Lichty
AL Glessner
East Waterloo
Tom
Burger
Miller
Orange Creamery
Messrs. Miller
AQL
Lester Township Farms Show Large Acreage and Yields
Lester Township in the northeast county reports 142 farms with 21,749 acres. Leading holders include W. Cade with 600 acres, George T F McNellis 572, and Henry Siggelkov 400. Grain totals show corn 5,993 and oats 4,367 acres. Livestock includes 5,841 swine, 815 horses and mules, 1,949 milch cows, 3,348 cattle, and 16,283 poultry. Apple output 1,129 bushels. farmers own 100 autos and 37 silos. 14 tractors and 15 homes are modern.
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Charles Q. Meyers
Wansipinicon
W. Cade
George TF. McNellis
Henry Siggelkov
Floyd County Fruit Unharmed by Freeze
Charles City reports that during the recent snow and wind storms little snow fell and none remained. Fruit including apples plums and pears survived without damage at local orchards and the state experimental grounds.
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Floyd County
Charles City
State Experimental Grounds
Potter Nursery
Butler County Farm Trades At Noted Prices
Kesley reports Ben Bruns sold his Kesley area farm to the Voss brothers for 300 dollars per acre. He then purchased another farm north of Kesley for 250 dollars per acre as of April 20.
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Butler County
Kesley
Ben Bruns
Voss Brothers
Ben
Til ing Costs 60 Cents a Rod in Barclay Twp
Gilbertville April 20 Glen Kieckner has a dig tiling job on his farm supervised by Glen Atkins at a cost of 60 cents per rod.
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Barclay
Gilbertville, Ja
Glen Kieckner
Glen Atkins
Kieckner
Delaware County Pioneer Dies at Earlville
In Manchester on April 20, Mrs. Cloud of Earlville died Tuesday morning. She mothered 10 children, four of whom J AL WE P M and A JM Cloud are noted Manchester business figures. Born in New Jersey on July 38, 1823, she is mourned as a Delaware County pioneer. The Delaware County Bar Association met to form resolutions and plan the funeral, with Georges W. Dunham Calvin Yoran and W. T. Millen serving on the committee. In other news, Manchester Public Schools named W Weems principal of the high school and Mrs Weems to teach in the grades, following two years in Sigourney. Weems, 29, served 22 months in World War I including Aisne offensive and Chateau Thierry. Mrs Weems has led a Wand School at Sigourney with a solid teaching record. Miss Florence Riddell, long-time high school principal, plans to retire at year’s end, with Boy Scout contract discussions upcoming.
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Calvin Yoran
W. T. Millen
Board of Education
Manchester Public Schools
W. Weems
Weems
Active farmer argues for new co op creamer
A Waterloo dairyman urges farmers landowners business owners and consumers to back a proposed Waterloo Cooperative Dairy company. He argues consolidating dairy operations will stabilize markets improve roads and provide steady affordable milk butter and dairy products year round. He notes postwar market instability and calls for immediate public support and investment.
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Waterloo
Land Trade Sets Parmer Rate At Four Hundred Fifty Per Acre
John McCartney of Blairsburg traded his 320 acre Blairsburg area farm for the Syndicate building with A J McCoy in Webster City on April 26. He received 450 dollars an acre totaling 144000 dollars. The Syndicate building value was listed at 160009 dollars in a parallel trade with Aud McCoy.
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Webster City
John McCartney
Blairsburg
A. J. McCoy
Aud McCoy
Creamery Runs at Full Speed in Dunkerton
In April 20,- Dunkerton creamery operates at full speed every day except Sunday. Farmers tributary to this market praise the steady work and expect it to continue indefinitely.
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Dunkerton
Exchange rates and living costs in a corn based economy
A discussion notes that 140 bushels of corn could purchase a suit and other goods. It compares corn to oats and butter, estimating bread, fruit, beef, and flour costs. It also contrasts wages for bricklayers, house painters, and carpenters with prices for groceries to illustrate purchasing power.
Wisconsin Holstein Sadie Gerben Hengerveld de Koll Dies
Appleton Wisconsin April 21 Wisconsins only Holstein cow with a seven day 40 pound butterfat production record died after milk fever. Sadie Gerben Hengerveld de Koll was one of the most advertised Holsteins in the United States and Canada. Sons and daughters of hers fetch high prices. one son sold for 2700 at a recent National Brentwood sale in Pennsylvania. She was nine years old and valued at 35000.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Sadie Gerben
Dairy Cattle Rations Proposed by County Farm Bureau
April 20 report from Chickasaw County Iowa outlines dairy cattle rations intended to raise production while lowering costs. Two plans use hay silage and mixed feeds centered on protein to carbohydrate balance, with adjustments for protein content in timothy versus clover hay and substitutions if silage is not fed.
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Mekia
Chickasaw County
New Hampton
Iowa
Cedar Falls
C. ©. Griffith
Elmview Farm
Hudson
Gartin
Hull and
Tostlebe
Amos Burhans
Waterloo
Towa
Dr Spry Returns to Geneva Acres After Waterloo Winter
Dr Spry, Waterloo's milkman and son of Rev W F Spry, returns to his Geneva County country place west of Geneva with his family. He surveys his Jersey herd and plans farm work while continuing church duties as superintendent of the Waterloo district for the Methodist church.
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W.F. Spry
Waterloo
Jersey
Spry
Methodist Church
Grow Iowar Oats for Seed in Buchanan Co
Several farmers in Buchanan County will grow Jowar oats for seed this year. Iowa State College via the Farm Bureau will inspect fields during the season and, if clean, certify them for seed. Towar oats demand is rising and limestone shipments are encouraged for July and August to aid seedbeds before cold weather.
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Buchanan County
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
Towa
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
Kossuth County Bogs Sent to West Coast
Kossuth county purebred stock gains fame on the west coast as Lloyd Wellendorf ships a boar to J. Kroughton in Dayton Washington and a son to J C Craiz in Owensmouth.
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Kossuth County
West Coast
Algona
Lloyd Wellendorf
J. Kroughton
Dayton
Wash
J.C. Craiz
Owensmouth
Former County Agent Turns to Rock Crushing Work
Allison, Iowa, April 20. Victor W Flint, formerly Butler County agent, operates a rock crusher at Shell Rock. His company projects strong demand for crushed limestone fertilizer across the county.
Hen Sets Laying Record With Seven Double Yolks
April 20 report from Tra Allison says George Buerkle owns a Rhode Island Red hen with no peers for egg production. The hen completed a seven day laying record by producing seven double yolked eggs.
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Tra
George Buerkle
Rhode Island
National Union Formed by Farm Loan Delegates
Delegates from farm loan groups across the United States gathered in Washington to form the National Union of Farm Loan Associations. Seventeen million of the total 24 million dollar capital stock of the 12 federal farm loan banks is owned by former unions members. The convention seeks raising the federal land bank loan limit to 25 000 for individual borrowers and features talks by former Treasury Secretary McAdoo and senators Capper Fletcher and Hallis.
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Capper
Kansas
Fletcher
Florida
Hallis
New Hampshire
Farmer with unusual field preparation draws attention
Barclay township farmers praise a man who aggressively crops and prepares seedbeds. He tills corn stalks before seeding and twice after, drags the field three times, making the plot look like a backyard garden, prompting John Oviner to say he deserves a medal for his unusual diligence.
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Barclay Township
Jdiield
Hig Field
John Ovtner
Fifteen Cars Stock Shipped From Newhall
Newhall Iowa April 20 Fifteen cars of stock were shipped to market from Newhall last Sunday. Joule Weichman had five cars of cattle Adolph Bracke and August Seeman one car each Victor Weichman one car cattle and one hogs Satuvel Railsback one car cattle Albert Fish Boddicker three cars cattle and Boddicker G Sein two cars cattle.
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Newhall
Joule Weichman
Adolph Bracke
August Seeman
Victor Weichman
Satuvel Railsback
Albert Fish
Boddicker
Sein
Grows Potatoes All Year Around in Iowa
Clarksville reports a farmer found winter-tough potato hills still in soil on April 10 and asked if Iowa could grow potatoes year round. A LUCKY ACCIDENT describes Leo Hanig's field discing when three horses and a mule bolted, tossing him off but leaving him uninjured while the mule nearly lost a foot. Barelay notes John Fetkether, a large milk producer, installed a milking machine.
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Clarksville
Iowa
Wesley, Jr
Leo Hanig
Ruan
Leo
Barelay
John Fetkether
Death notices and community updates from Nashua and Orchard
Nashua and nearby communities report obituaries, family visits, and local events. Notables include funeral for Mow Bla sier, W. W. Bla sier Jesup attending. birthday observance for Kathryn Paschke. Lieut C. Lo Strike promoted to captain at Long Branch. Anna Dewey returns from abroad. Awanziger family escaped a car fire. A P Granger dies after illness, survived by three daughters. Dr G G Ogbin improving. Leuthald funeral. Orchard news notes plan to replace the Nashua creamery with a modern home, local travel, land purchases, road work, and cemetery lot tax reminders. Dunkerton reports hog shipments to Chicago.
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Imma Moxon
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Hee
Crapser
M.A. Kepple
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G. G. Ogbin
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Letthald
Baumbachs Clothing
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