Capon Growing Advice Shared by Iowa Poultry Expert
Cedar Falls hosts Ames poultry specialist Walter Nussbaum of Iowa State College who explains how caponizing cockerels this summer and fattening them in fall can yield tender eight to ten pound birds next winter. He notes capons grow larger and fetch higher prices, lists suitable breeds, and gives timing for caponizing two to four months old. Contact Ames extension or USDA farmers bulletin No 48 for details.
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Iowa State Coillage
Cedar Valley
Eads
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Ussbaum
United States
Department of Agriculture
Dulietin No
Calf Auctions Set By Buchanan Grundy Clubs In Chicago
Calf clubs in Grundy and Buchanan counties plan auctions in Chicago with 20 and 9 calves respectively, Lucent Jones to officiate. Auctions run Tuesdays at 3 p.m. starting Aug. 5 with delivery and consignment instructions outlined for 4 H members and clubs via the International Livestock Exposition.
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Buchanan
Grundy Counties
Reeves
Chicago
Club
S. Macy
Grundy County
Leonard A. Walters
Buchanan County
Ila
Col. Jones
Carey M. Jones
Jones National School of Auctioneering
Gnd
International Livestock Exposition
M. G. Parkhurat
Exchange ‘Building
International Livestock Joxposition
Clean grain bins key to stopping beetles says entomologist
Ames Iowa Aug 2 Special Farmers urged to empty grain bins and remove old grain to prevent grain beetles. Dr C J Drake state college entomologist advises treating old grain if beetles found and using carbon disulphide in airtight bins for 24 hours to destroy weevils.
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Ames
C. J. Drake
Tower State College
Tall Corn Reaches Nine Feet Six Inches
Town reports extreme corn height as Jack Meharry at 1629 Commercial shows nine feet six inches tall corn. He invites residents to visit his place to verify claims amid a season of cold weather and a reported shortage of tall corn.
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Jack Meharry
Rou
Grundy Center Man Gathers Early Sweet Corn
J. R Mortz, famed for the earliest sweet corn in the neighborhood, collected ears from his gardens in Grundy Center on an early harvest day. Ja ate. Living up to his reputation, Mortz showcased a bumper early crop with several ears.
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Grundy Center
J. Rmortz
Tair
Corn Yield Sells 6000 Bushels at Conrad Ta
Grotz Contes near Conrad Ta reports selling 6000 bushels of corn for 1 per bushel. He earns about 6.90 dollars, a sizable sum for the era.
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Conrad
Grotze Contes
Here
Times
Ames Fexpart Asked to Stage Faits at Benton County Fair
Vinton Iowa August 2 F C Cunningham head of the agricultural department at Iowa State College has been asked to judge fruits at Benton County fair on Tuesday August 19 He will identify apples and other duties of fruit entering the show
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Ames Fexpart
Benton County Fair
Incomplete reader note to editor prompts farm dept contact
A fragmentary letter requests guidance from the editor to the Farm Department and references Waterloo Courier and Waterics Tows with a contact phone number. The text is garbled, unreadable in parts, and presents no clear event or outcome.
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Tows and Commenta
Artfrese Communications
Farm Department
Weterloo
Eventec
WateticsTows
Herefords Sold At Chicago Market For $11 60 Per Cwt
W J Beatty sold two carloads of Herefords on the Chicago market at 11 60 per hundred. Cattle bought as feeders last fall averaged 890 pounds and cost 7 90. Thursday they weighed about 1340 pounds each at sale.
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Vinton
Judges Selected for Black Hawk Cattle Show Squad
Black Hawk county junior judging team to represent the calf club at the Dairy Cattle Congress September 22 to 28. Top four from Wednesday’s Cedar Valley Pair and Exposition judging contest named as Ruth Cunningham Louis Frost Harold Bauer and Gerten Golinvaux. Remaining details hinge on breed familiarization practice and local demonstrations plus a future tryout and study outlines for those not chosen.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
R. C. Munkwitz
Black Hawk
Cedar Valley
Exposition
Ruth Cunningham
Louis Frost
Harold Bauer
Gerten Golin- Vaux
Tt Iz
Kelly Cow Testing Association
Pioneer Cow Test Ing Association
Fayette Holstein herd to start season at Waverly fair
Fayette County Holstein Breeders Association opens the 1924 tour at the Lives Fair in Waverly August 12 to 15 with a display at Fayette County Fair in West Union August 20. The herd may visit Iowa State Fair then Nebraska State Fair, Topeka and Hutchinson Kansas fairs, and Dairy Cattle Congress Water-Jo. Frad Piepion of Aurora is in charge of the Fayette cattle.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Holstein Breeders’ Association
Waverly
West Union
Iowa
Nebraska
Lincoln
Kansas
Topeka
Hutchinson
Dairy Cattle Congress
Water- Jo
Frad Piepion
Aurora
Charzer
Fayette Cattia
Pioneer Test Members Plan Buchanan County Dairy Tour
Pioneer Cow Test association members meet at Waterloo Co operative Dairy Tuesday morning August 5 at 9 o m to join the Buchanan county tour starting from Independence State hospital. The state institution herd inspections and visits to prominent breeders precede a noon dinner. Speakers include W F Parrott Paul P Stewart J Allen Wailfis Durango and C B Finley. Delaware county dairymen invited.
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Pioneer Cow Test Association
Waterloo Co-operative Dairy Company
Buchanan County
Independence State Hospital
State Institution
W. F. Parrott
Waterloo
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Paul P. Stewart
Fayette County Holstein Breeders’ Association
J. Allen Wailfis Durango
Iowa State Dairy Association
C. B. Finley
Iowa
Delaware County
Buchanan Test Association
1924 Dairy Cattle Congress Butter Contest At Waterloo
The 1924 Dairy Cattle Congress will feature a major butter exhibit from Sept 22 to 28 with a $260 prize fund for top scores. Entries must arrive in Waterloo by Sept 16 and judging runs Sept 18 and 19. States Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa compete keenly for honors in the butter class.
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Mississippi Valley
F. W. Stephenson
Delweth
Canada
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Buttermekers
Waterloo
Stephenson
Floyd County North Iowa Fair Youth Demo Day
Floyd County boys and girls join the North Iowa fair in Mason City on August 11. Demonstrations begin at 10 a.m. with canning club displays and teams from Floyd and Charles City. Floyd entrants Vera McNally and Stanley Crook. Charles City reps Howard Kilinetop and Melvin Melcher. Free tickets issued for all club members.
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Mason City
North Iowa Fair
Education Hall
Floyd County
Floyd and
Charles City
Floyd
Vera McNally
Stanley Crook
Howard Kilinetop
Melvin Melcher
50 Bushels an Acre Early Oat Yield Report
Grundy Center Iowa August 2 Peter Brower north of Holland threshes oats early and reports 50 bushels per acre. Many oats fields in shock suffer from heavy rains. John Pabst north of the city advises spreading handles to prevent rot after rain, noting sun and wind cure better than leaving grain in the shock.
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Grundy Center
Peter Brower
Holland
John Pabst
Altho
Waterloo Jerseys Sweep Blue and Purple Ribbons at Week
Waterloo Jersey farm shows win all blue and purple ribbons at Rockwell City Iowa with other breeders competing. Plans call for exhibits at Sac City Port Dodge and next to travel to Waverly and Minnesota and North Dakota fairs. Grand Champion bids include Financial Mantar once Fargo winner and Fashionable Ferm Lad from Meredith Jersey Farm taking Grand Champion at Grand Forks.
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Waterloo
Rockwell City
Sac City
Waverly
Bremer County
Port Dodge
Towa
Weekly Grain and Provisions Review from Chicago
The report notes corn and hog markets rising while wheat lags due to rains in Canada and heavy profit-taking. May corn delivery surged above 100 per bushel as general commodity gains spread to feeds and hogs, with hog prices climbing to 11.76 and provisions fluctuating with market swings.
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Chicago
Drouth
Cannada
Butter Market Markets Again Mixed in unsettled Week
Butter markets show unsettled tone with receivers pushing stock movement while producers hold back. July receipts across four markets total 216 397 tubs, with wholesale prices mixed from Chicago to New York and Philadelphia. Livestock and other commodity notes follow from St Joseph Peoria and Waterloo reports, including hogs and cattle trends and local price quotes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Grains Rally as Blackrust Hits Canadian Fields
Canada reports widespread blackrust damage to wheat prompting a bullish grain market. Opening prices rose with strong buying by commission houses, while Dawes plan news added support. Corn and oats futures set new highs before a cautious close amid cooler weather and export shifts. Chicago cash quotes show varied gains across wheat corn and oats with provisions lifted by grain and hog markets.
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Prems
Chicarco
Blackrust
Canada
MelMa
Dawes
Hera
Montreal
Market and commodity notes from New York and other cities
Reports show wheat and corn futures with mixed prices and firmer oats. Exports and domestic bars price quotes from Toledo St Louis and Peoria with diverse grain bids. Foreign exchange and Liberty bond movements noted alongside Minneapolis and Omaha flour prices and New York spot quotes.
Hogs and Cattle Prices Rise in Chicago Market Report
Hog receipts around 25 360 head with top at 39.30 and prices generally higher across weights. Cattle receipts about 500 with varied moves: fat cattle and yearlings up to 25 40 cents, veal calves mixed, feeding animals 2 50 lower, top steers and yearlings near 8.50 to 11.00, veal calves 9.40. Sheep and lambs see gains with fat lambs 25 cents higher and top around 14.00. Week totals show mixed gains across major categories.
Omaha Livestock Market Notes and Prices Across Reports
Livestock trades show mixed demand with slow early sales and higher packer interest in Omaha. Cattle pricing ranges with feeders and mixed loads up to 7.50 per hundred weight. hogs steady to higher. sheep light receipts with higher lambs and sheep noted in multiple markets including Paul, East St. Louis and Sioux City.
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed as Receipts Hit Records
Cattle receipts about 800 with steers and yearlings mostly higher and grassers up to 26 cents. Best mature steers 14.25, beef cows 3.50 to 6.00, bulls steady to higher. Hogs 1,500 with top around 9.40, prime weights 9.25 to 9.50. Sheep 200 sees lambs up to 13.35 and mutton strong, westerns and natives varied.
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Garris
Calvon
Peoria Livestock
Peoria
Onmans
Iven
MoNs
Steckers and Foellers
Los Lots
Onos
Fiei Sae
Calle Sptces
Caka
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Market closes firm as Dawes plan boosts stocks and profits
Theater of gains seen in eight week market with buying in oils, rails, copper. Atlantic Refining and West Pennsylvania Power rise as General Electric hits new high. profit taking dims some gains but broad support keeps standards up.
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Dawes
Raila
Magra Copper
Schulte
Kreage
2 Pointe
Willys Overland
Maxkret
Altho
Atlantic Refining
West Pennsylvania
Congoleum
General Electric
Pera Maruette
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Erie
United States
Hotman Machinery
Man Machinery
Public Service of
New Jersey
Cuba
Nickal Plate
Chesapeake & Ohio
Schulta Storey
Prices at Chicago and New York Marts
Chicago and New York markets report varied produce prices with butter eggs cheese and poultry values. Fresh table and fancy cheeses show mixed rates while butter remains steady and eggs hold at current levels across markets. Exact price lists include creamery and dairy items, with regional differences noted for Wisconsin and Prairie products.
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Chicago
New York
Pertter
Bastar
Yeomery
Nigher
Gales Gian
Wisconsin
Fireman Tom Delaney Seeks Honeymoon After Wedding
Forbes notes Mr. Smith, soon to be New York Central president, rode a Buffalo to Albany train. A fireman, Tom Delaney, sat near him with rice on his hat and coat. The conductor teased him about his wedding as Delaney headed to Albany and New York for his honeymoon, wife waiting at home.
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Forbes Magazine
Mr. Smith
New York Central
N.Y. C
Buffalo
WHS & Young Man
Tom Delaney
Albany
New York
Fr. Smith
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