Tama wins first WN campaign for improved herds
Tama county won the $300 first prize in the better sires contest sponsored by Armour & company and Iowa State college extension service. Marshall county took $200 and Buena Vista $100. Tama replaced 48 grades and 38 purebreds with 65 shorthorns, Herefords, and Angus bulls, while local forces reported 176 purebreds bought. Funds go to 4H and club work at the fall fair.
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Toledo
Tama County
Iowa
Armour & Company, Packers
Towa State College Extension Service
Rex Beresford
A. Wideawake Livestock Breeders’ Association
Farm Bureau Board
Mills
Tama
Marshall, Co
Marshall County
Buena Vista County
Armour & Company
Traet
Garden Gossip on Seedbeds and Perennial Raising
Garden advice on keeping seedlings active through summer, using hotbeds and vacated frames as nurseries for perennials. Notes that fine seed should not be sown openly to avoid washout. recommends sowing in spent frames with lath screens to control sun and rain.
Buchanan County Beekeepers Meet Plans in 1927 Series
Independence hosts the opening 1927 meeting April 25 with demonstrations at two apiaries. O M Meyers residence north of Winthrop hosts the forenoon session at 9 30 while the P C Dens farm Homer Township hosts the afternoon session at 2. AL Des Worthington of the apiary extension service will lead. The apiary demonstrations began in spring 1926 to show improved bee handling methods and continue this winter with a county wide meeting voting to persist in 1927 at the same sites or nearbylocates to aid those seeking better beekeeping practices per County Agent L A Walters.
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Independence
Chanan
Will Peain
Meyers
Winthrop
P.C
Thedens- Farm
Homer
L. A. Walters
Soil samples guide farm loan judgments at Iowa course
At Iowa State College a third annual soil and land valuation short course featured F C Waples of Midland Mortgage, showing 30 soil samples and soil survey reports used in loan appraisals. Dr W H Stevenson led the program with Col Fred C Best and bank officials among the attendees. Acting President Herman Knapp invited guests to return next year.
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Ames
Cedar Rapids
F. Cc
Waples
Midland Mort. Eage Company
Iowa
Town State College
W. H. Stevenson
Herman Knapp
Col
Fred C. Best
Milwaukee
Wis
Co. W. Weldon
First Trust Joint Stock & Loan Bank
Chicago
L. O. Burt
Des Moines Joint Stock & Loan Bank
P. E Brown
4-H Girls' Club Organizes in Elden Township
A meeting at Mrs. Will Adams home founded the Kees of Eden 4-H girls club in Elden township Waucoma Iowa with nine members. Officers named Wilda Tesmer president Lorraine Scallan vice president Florence Burks secretary treasurer Johanna Meyers reporter. Leader is Mrs Maude Adams. First regular meeting set for May 7 at Adams home.
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Waucoma
Will Adams
Elden Township
Henning
Rodwick
Fayette
Ray Rowland
Elsin
Kees of Eden
Wilda Tesmer
Lorraine Scallan
Florence Burks
Johanna Meyers
Rustic mailbox becomes art on Blunt farm in Fayette county
Miss Mabel Blunt on the Blunt farm in Fayette county created a decorative rural mailbox setup. She mounted a metal box on a hidden post, added a tiny wooden house on a platform, and surrounded the area with a stone path stepping stones and a rustic seat among trees and shrubs. The display enhances curb appeal and brings local travelers eye catching beauty.
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Fayette, Ta
Mabel’ Blunt
Blunt
Fayette County
Miss Blunt
Parker farms incubators and hens to raise poultry
Mrs. D. B. Parker on Logan Avenue Road feeds baby chicks a corn bread mix to gain weight. She also uses chick mash for 450 six week old chicks with 500 more in incubators soon. Parker dresses and delivers dressed chickens to Waterloo customers by phone, selling surplus birds and produce. Her flock yields about 50 percent production, delivering around 199 dozen cars weekly.
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D. B. Parker
Here
Logan Avenue Road
Parker Farm
Waterloo
Liverpool Cotton Market Report Improves Prices Steady
Cotton trading in Liverpool shows better demand with prices steady amid varied lots. May oats and futures edge higher as Midlands and other grades range from strictly mids to good ordinary, while receipts and figures reflect active demand and price movements.
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Liverpool
Dales
Age
Chicago
Marsh Consigns 1 70 Big Auction Show Guernseys
A W V Marsh herd consigns three purebred Guernseys a cow a heifer and a bull calf for the national sale in Yrenton New Jersey on Thursday May 12 4 with part of the top stock. Jim Lee will manage fitting at Town Dairy farm near town and plans to depart May 6 for Trenton with the cattle. The cow True May Rose of the Prairie holds multiple 1924 show prizes including second in a two year old division and top herd results with high butterfat. The yearling heifer Golden Blossom of the Prairie 2nd and other lines trace to champions with high butterfat averages. The bull calf Cherub's Buddie of the Prairie and its dam Red Ross of the Prairie promise strong butterfat yields. The sale is run by Herrick Merryman with Marsh on the sales committee. A second combined auction follows May 9 with Emmadine Farm sale, the Guernsey Club’s anniversary banquet May 10 and the pilgrimage to Guernsey Island May 14.
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Yrenton
N. J
Tahoe
Town Dairy Farm
Jim Lee
Marsh Guernseys
Lee
Trenton
True May Rose of
Marsh Consigniment
Cherub
Yank
Emmadine Farm
J. C. Penny
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Guernsey
New York City
Guernsey Island
Day Gives Junior Beef Feeder Hints on Fitting Calves
John Day urges Iowa youth to prepare beef calves for shows in coming months. He advises reducing silage and hay, increasing corn, and minimizing oats to fatten calves. Horn weights may correct upturned horns, calves should be broken to lead, exercised, and trained to stand square and accept visitors for better show performance.
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Day
John Day
Iowa Beef Producer's Association
Pig losses forecast steady pork prices in Iowa
Iowa reports indicate spring pig losses due to weather and influenza will limit sow farrowings, suggesting hog prices may stay near last year’s level. J C Galloway notes 10 percent more pork in storage compared with last March, with Germany’s export demand waning. Production costs vary widely, from 4.28 to 15.50 dollars per 100 pounds across farms in Humboldt county.
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Vinton
Towa
J.C. Gallo Way
Benton County
Germany
Galloway
Humboldt County
Iowa
Humeholdt
Wheat Market Fluctuates On Liverpool Quotations and Ocean Supply
Chicago April 25 Wheat prices rose sharply on unexpected Liverpool quotations and a large drop in ocean wheat carried, then pulled back on profit taking. U.S. visible supply fell 4,035,000 bushels, North American exports 1,000,000 bushels, with better domestic winter wheat weather and spring seeding in Canada offsetting gains. By noon, wheat showed modest gains while corn oats and provisions firmed, with May to July cash shifts and improving weather limiting fieldwork.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Ocean Passage
United States
North America
Canada
Iowa
South Dakota
Grain and Provisions Market Report from St Louis and Chicago
St Louis market notes eggs unmoved at 21 1/2 cents, butter steady to 2 cents lower with creamery extras at 0, standards 48, firsts 41. Poultry grades listed with hens 25 to 44 cents and turkeys around 85 cents, ducks 26 to 28 cents, geese about 14 cents. Cheese unchanged on northern twins at 44 to 46 cents. Chicago futures show butter at 40 to 44 percent for April to December storage, eggs with firsts and refrigerator standards at 29 to 34 cents, varying by month.
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St. Louis
Northern Twins
Chicago
New York
Butler
Midwest
Rio
Santos
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Kansas City
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Idaho
Texas
Wall Street Ends Mixed After Sharp Early Selloff
Stocks swing through a volatile day with many issues dropping 2 to 13 points before midafternoon buyers steadied some. Banks blame floods and world tensions for the break while oils and rail shares retreat amid earnings and flood damage worries. Delaware and Hudson and Lima Locomotive move on varied signals as the market closes weak.
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New York
Quarterly Report of
Marland Co
U. S
Southwestern Rails
Delaware and
Hudson
Treasury
Board of Trade Cash Quotations April 25 highlights
Chicago prices show Wheat at No 1 red 1.3534 to 1.35 percent, No 2 red 1.34 to 1.35, No 4 hard 1.00 to 1.33 percent, plus variations across mixed yellow white and sample grades. Oats, rye, barley, timothy, cloverseed, and provisions list values for futures and spot quotes with lard ribs and bellies noted.
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Chicago
Hog and cattle market report from Chicago sale
Chicago April 25 hog receipts 41 000 with 3 000 left over. prices generally steady to 10 cents lower than Saturday. Top hogs 10 75, many readings 10 30 to 10 60 for 210 to 240 pounds. Cattle receipts 17 000. steady to weak overall. light steers and yearlings around 14 00 to 14 25, bulk 12 50. Sheep receipts 14 000. fat lambs opening slow, best around 15 50, clipped lambs 14 00 to 14 50, ewes 7 50 to 9 00. High grade steers strong, other cattle slow. hogs lower, fat lambs steady. End of report notes 41 900 hogs and 000 left over. prime light hogs to 10 75, good heavy butchers 10 40, packing hogs 9 50 and down. Cattle demand lacked energy. calves arriving. heaviest steers 14 00, few above 13 00. Sheep run 15 000, lambs steady after first round. wool lambs 16 50.
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Chirag
Chicago
S’riday
California
South St. Paul
Minn
Provisions and Market Results Across New York and Chicago
Market notes from New York and Chicago show varied commodity movements. Butter and eggs steady with multiple quality grades. cheese and meat prices mixed, poultry values fluctuating with live stock softer in places. Regional readings include Chicago prices for butter eggs cheese and poultry. Kansas City reports reflect similar dairy and poultry ranges on April 25.
Kansas City Livestock Market Report April 25
Kansas City stockyard receipts total 11 000 cattle hogs and sheep with mixed demand. Cattle show sharp lowers on red steers and steady to weak on light yearlings and bulls while weighty calves remain steady to weak. Hogs ease 10 to 15 cents from Saturday and sheep killinga class about 50 cents lower with top Arizona spring lambs around 11.10 and Texas wethers near 9.25, sales uneven across categories. One goat item listed at 4.00 browsing purposes.
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Kansas City
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Buffalo
Livestock markets at St Paul tackle mixed receipts
Receipts at South St Paul include 3700 cattle and 3100 calves with traders noting slow to lower demand for killing stock and weak to lower prices, hogs down 25 cents with 140 to 200 pound averages at 10.10 to 10.25, sheep light supply with fat lambs steady and fat ewes a half to one dollar lower.
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Trade
Chicago April 25 potatoes receipts show 1 car new and 79 old on track with total US 661 cars. Market firmer with liberal supplies and improving demand. Wisconsin sacked round whites around 2.08 dollars per 100 pounds and Idaho russets near 3.00. Florida Morida barrel Spaulding and superior prices noted. Texas sacked Bliss Triumphs mostly 4.00.
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Wisconsin
Idaho
Morida
Texas
Bliss Triumphs
Minneapolis Grain Market Report April 25
Minneapolis grain prices and arrivals show Wheat receipts at 142 cars, down from 249 a year prior. No 1 dark northern spring and other classes quoted on track and to arrive with May and July futures noted. Oats and other grain prices listed with different quality grades and bids.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Toledo Sheds Ad Offers Prices on Various Goods
An archival listing from Toledo Ohio dated April 25 shows Clover imported at 1685 dollars asked, domestic at 26.50, and prices for Timothy in May and April at 2.70 dollars. The fragment notes April May price points and a Timothy entry.
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Toledo
Timothy
Waverly buttermaker wins national gold medal
Will Behrens of Siegel farmers creamery Bremer county earned a national gold medal with a 96 percent butter score. He followed with a strong show in the state educational contest at Estherville winning with 98 percent. Behrens trained at Oelwein with Fred Harms, who has many medals.
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Oelwein
Fred
Harms
Prices of hay quoted practically steady
Washington April 25 Hay markets were generally firm with receipts offsetting slack demand for the week ending April 23. Weather slowed baling and loading, floods disrupted movement, and cars were held in transit while pastures improved in the east and plains. Prices for No 1 timothy and No 1 alfalfa varied by city, with regional demand influencing gains.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Prairie
Timothy
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Omaha
Los Angeles
prairie—Kansas City
Minneapolis
Horses and mules sale notes East St Louis April 25 1940
Horses and mules auction in East St Louis lists steady to good draft horses 16 to 17 hands priced 175 to 250 for top cotton mules 16 to 16.2 hands 160 to 180. Draft mules 16 to 17 hands 175 to 250. Rough cotton mules 14.2 to 15 hands 80 to 100. Farm broke mules 15.3 to 16.2 hands 110 to 195. Pane mules 15 to 16.2 hands 125 to 60.
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East St. Louis
Visible grain supply report shows declines in April
New York on April 25 reports the visible supply of American grain fell across all major commodities. Wheat decreased by 4,035,000 bushels, corn down 3,592,000, oats 1,407,000, rye 2,589,000, and barley 729,000 as stock levels tightened.
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New York
Minneapolis Flour Prices and Shipments Report
Minneapolis April 25 flour prices for carload lots and various bran figures. Unchanged market with family patents at 7.80 per barrel in 88-pound sacks. Shipments total 24 599 barrels, bran priced at 28.00.
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Minneapolis
Minn
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