Winnebago County Leads in Tuberculosis Cattle Testing
Dr G C Strong returns to Black Hawk County to test cattle after three weeks assisting Winnebago County where 35 000 head were tested. Officials expect reaccreditation with less than 0 5 percent infected and note 847 counties have completed nationwide tuberculin testing to date.
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G. C. Strong
Black Haw
Winnebago
State Department
Altho
Pioneer County
Iowa
Stong
Black Hawk
Waterigo
Jowa
United States
Department of ‘Agriculture
North’ Carolina
Michigan
Club Boys Ready for Fall Livestock Judging Contests
G W McDonald extension Animal Husbandry Specialist visits Black Hawk county Friday to train baby beef and pig club boys for livestock judging contests at fairs. Black Hawk led the state in this work last year and aims for another strong showing. On Saturday August 6 Floyd Johnston Town State Dairy Association field secretary assists dairy calf club members in practice judging dairy cattle for the Dairy Cattle Congress state contest.
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Laws
Black Hawk County
Pig Club
Black ‘Hawk
Floyd Johnston
Town State Dairy Association
Dairy Calf Club
Dairy Cattle Congress
CUNNINGHAM TO SPEAK FOR FARM BUREAU AT STATE FAIR
E H Cunningham, federal reserve board member, invited to address Iowa Farm Bureau Federation at the Iowa State fair on Farm Bureau Day August 3. He vacationing on his Howard county farm. Former state Farm Bureau secretary. Congressman Charles Brand of Ohio also to speak. Program includes women speakers, 4 H demonstrations and music.
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Cresco
Cunningham
Federal Reserve Board
Washington, D. C
Towa Farm Bureau Federation
Howard County
State Farm Bureau Federation
Charles Brand
Ohio
Pes Moines
Welcome welcome plan for Clayton and Elkader team
The United States junior cattle judges return from England where they placed second to an English team in an international contest. A farm festival day on Aug. 17 will honor them with a rousing welcome. The team is expected to arrive the first part of the week and national reporters may join the celebration.
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Elkader
United States
England
Farmers Questions and Community Invitations
Community notice inviting readers to address the Editor Farm Department at Waterloo Evening Courses in Waterloo Iowa. Provides a contact phone 6100 for communications.
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Waterloo
Towa
Codling Moth Plan Outlined for Black Hawk County Orchards
Agricultural extension service advised Black Hawk County to apply the first cover spray for the second brood of codling moth by August 5. Some growers may need a second spray for better worm control. others may rely on a single spray. The forecast notes scattered infestations due to a backward spring and mentions weather conditions, apple quality concerns, and a recommended spray mix of four quarts liquid mine sulfur or three pounds dry lime sulfur, one pound lead arsenate, to make 50 gallons, with thorough coverage from two directions.
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Farm Bureau
State Agricultural Extension Service
Black Hawk County
H. E. Nichols
Extension Service
Iowa
Nichols
Debaters T B Eradication Plan In Iowa Tonight
John Thompson editor of The Iowa Homestead Des Moines will debate for TB testing and A F Bloss of Ottumwa will oppose representing the farmers union in La Porte City High School auditorium at 8 pm Likely crowd may move to the city park if needed. Ballots may be taken for audience opinion. The debate grows from La Porte City discussions with Dr H L Lames and local organizers arranging the event.
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John Thompson
Iowa Homestead
Des Moines
Black Hawk County
A. F. Bloss
Ottumwa
Farmers’ Union
la Porte
City
T. B
la Porte City
H. L. Lames
Lames
J. L. Uban
H. G. Peverill
John Reiter
State Supreme Court
Five Cows Earn Honorary Jersey Club Status in Charles City
Five Sherman Jersey farm cows in Charles City qualify for the American Jersey Cattle Club honorary cow society. Torono's Success MaGrow posted 8,601 pounds of milk and 403.90 pounds butterfat in 257 days. Olga's Lad Cupid led with 16,934 pounds milk and 790.69 butterfat in 365 days.
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Charles City
Sherman Jersey
Register of Merit
American Jersey Cattle Club
Torono
MaGrow
Raleigh
Jacoba
Poppy
Brown Lady
Olga
Cupid
Towa Leading as Livestock Center Des Moines
That Iowa is looked to more and more as a center for purebred livestock is shown by breeder reports and sales to foreign countries with imports from lands beyond the sea. William Low, living north of Sac City, shipped 73 mules to the Spanish government in three carloads, averaging $117.50 per mule on two cars and $126 on the third.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Misssouri
William Low
Sac City
Sweitzer reports 33 bushels per acre wheat yield
Hubert Sweitzer of Waterloo township threshing this week found his eight acres yielded 33 bushels per acre of very good quality wheat though lodging during harvest prevented collecting all grain which would have raised the total.
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Hubert. Sweitzer
Waterloo Township
Minnesota Holstein sale in Austin totals $61,000
New details from the dispersion sale show 68 cows and offspring averaging 1000.33 dollars at Austin last Friday. May Walker Ollie Homestead, a 12 year old cow and butter champion, and her descendants sold for 21 800 dollars while earlier stock sales reached 40 000 dollars. Her butter record stands at 1 523 pounds.
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Minnesota Holstein Company
Austin
Lime shipped to Black Hawk farms boosts July supply
Twenty carloads of agricultural limestone were shipped into Black Hawk county in July, 60 carloads have been ordered since January. Quarries offered discounts to clear space before bad weather while farmers like Tanreuther report higher yields on limed soil. Local names include J L Uban and W Tanneather with several men listed as lime recipients. Trucks were hired to haul the lime to farms due to summer workloads.
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Black Hawk County
Farm Bureau
Black Hawk Farms
J. L. Uban
W. ©. Tanneather
Uban
Tanreuther
L. H. Miller
C. O. Lamson
Fred Rckers
I. Fogdall
Fred Campbell
T. S. Weber
John Holbach
Nick Frost
George Burkhardt
Paul Johnson
A. R. Cornelius
Elmer Blough
Robert Shaukis
A. L. Miller
R. L. White
W. A. Eyestone
A. M. Place
Jacob Winter
Frank Schmitz
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed as Receipts Rise
Kansas City market reports 7 000 cattle and 6 900 hogs receipts with calves and light yearlings selling up to 25 cents higher on the better grades. Heavy beef steers scarce while stockers and feeders hold steady. top veals to 12 50. Lambs and sheep ease 25 to 35 cents with Colorado ewes around 8 56.
Sluggish Livestock Trades Report From East St. Louis Market
Receipts include 1000 hogs with prices down 10 to 15 cents. top hogs at 11.15, weights 200 to 240 pounds around 10.50 to 11.00. packing hogs 7.75. Cattle receipts 6500 with 2000 calves. steers and heifers mostly steady to lower. sales noted at 13.25 for certain native steers and 12.75 to 13.09 for fat lambs. Sheep receipts 4500 with fat lambs 12.75 to 12.09. cull lambs 8.50. fat ewes 4.50 to 5.50.
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Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Peoria Market Receipts Mixed Amid Flat Cattle Trade
Avr hog receipts show slight declines across weights with top lights around $10.65 and mediums near $10.40. Packers and heavies range from $7 to $9.80, while cattle receipts hold steady at the fair.
Hedging Sales Not Absorbed In Chicago Wheat
Persistent hedging sales and weak demand sparked late downward moves in wheat in Chicago. Bulls were buoyed briefly by black rust reports from the American and Canadian northwest, while Liverpool quotes failed to spark buying as ocean wheat stocks increased. Corn showed a firm undertone early, then eased on weather and selling. oats fluctuated with narrow ranges. Provisions fell on weaker hog and cotton oil futures.
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Chicago
American
Canadian Northwest
Liverpool
Ocean Passage
Cotton futures ledger and Liverpool spot quotes
In Chicago, cotton futures moved to gains and losses with October at 18.30c, December 18.53c, March 18.74c, May 18.97c, and January 18.58c. In Liverpool, spot cotton sold steadily with 8,000 bales traded. Midlands 11.32d for fair, prices for various grades listed and futures opened steady with October 9.68d, December 9.?, January 9.83d, March 9.93d, May 9.98d.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Midlands
Wheat and potato market notes from Chicago and Midwest
Northwestern wheat receipts and totals for August 2 report modest activity across Minneapolis Chicago and Duluth with mixed year to date figures for suggested demand. Potatoes on track receipts stand at 18 cars and 124 total United States shipments with Virginia Irish Cobblers Kansas and Missouri Trish Cobblers priced around 3.85 to 4.13 dollars per barrel. Omaha grain lists No 1 hard wheat around 1.26 to 1.41 dollars and corn at 9 to 10 cents for various grades. Minneapolis flour shipments reach 42 257 barrels with bran priced at 24 50 to 24 40 per hundred.
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Chicago
United States
Virginia Barrel
Kansas
Missouri
Trish
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn
Grain and seed prices from Chicago board of trade quotings
Chicago August 2 reports Board of Trade cash quotations across grains and provisions. Wheat and corn levels shown for No 1 to No 6 grades plus samples, oats and rye values, barley seed, timothy seed, cloverseed, and provisions including lard ribs and bellies with specific dollar figures.
Hog Market Mixed Receipts and Hogs Top at $11.00
Chicago reports receipts of 28 000 hogs with 10 000 leftovers. Top hogs at 11.00 with bulk 160 to 200 pounds at 10.65 to 10.90. 220 to 250 pounds at 9.50 to 10.50. Slaughter sows 7.00 to 8.25. Light weights around 8.00 to 8.25. Monday average hog price 9.35. Cattle receipts 10 000 with steady to strong killers and bulls. Sheep receipts 13 000 with fat lambs 25 to 30 cents lower. Prices quoted for various classes of hogs, cattle and sheep.
Livestock Prices From St Paul Auction Amid Slow Demand
Cattle receipts 1500 with slow demand and steady trend. Dry fed steers and yearlings scarce. most grassy stock $7.50 to $9.00. Calves steady around $12.00 to $13.00. Hogs 4500 with steady packing and butcher values. top $10.60, sows $7.25 to $10.60, average $8.21. Sheep 709 with lambs $11.75 to $12.75 and ewes unchanged at $6.50 to $9.00.
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South St. Paul
Minn
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards
Union Yards Chicago on August 2 reports representative livestock sales with hogs among the offerings. The brief item notes the presence of hogs in today’s sale lineup.
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Chicago
Markets Rally On Broad Stock Advances Amid Higher Opens
New York traders pushed many names to new peaks as stocks opened stronger with gains led by motors and rails. General Motors Chesapeake & Ohio and Reading posted notable climbs while utilities like Brooklyn Union Gas and Pan American Gas held gains. foreign exchange markets showed a steadier tone with the dollar at key levels.
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New York
General Motors and
Hudson
Chesapeake & Ohio
Frisco
Norfolk& Western and Southern Railway
May Department Store
American Can
General Electric
American Tobacco
Lehigh Valley
Reading
Chicago & Eastern
Illinois
Ontario & Western
Brooklyn Union Gas
Midland Steel Products
Timken
General Railway
Manhattan
Greene Cananes
Shattuck, DuPont
United
American Woolen
Feereeres
Anaconda
Atchison
Cciniassaavsene Deoen Aeue
Coast Line
Ltda State
Baldwin Loco
Deere
Balt
Ohio
Ceccas Esc
Freeport-Texas
Neeseseenees
General Motors
Wees
Eees
Northern Pacific
Afepecetkes
Packard Motor Car
Vy Pan
Am. Pet
Bowweeeereet
Fanatic
Pennsylvania
Phillips Petroleum
Enya Reynolds Tob
Col. Gas & el. Consolidated Gas
Baking A
Northern
Twinels Central Int
Harvester
Nickel
Cssp
Asee
Ceee
Reese Ns Otm
Inter
Tel
Kan
City Southern
Kennecott
Louisville & Nash
Tex
Missouri Pac
Montgomery .Ward
Wash Motors
New York Central
N.Y. ON
Standard
N.Y
Seeaseeaees
Studebaker
Svesewecaeses
Texas. Corp
GEM Texas & Pacific
Cnceesareneeeees
C-Sveeeeer
Union Pacific
United Drug
U.S. Steel W
C.e.eee Univ. Pipe & Rad
Wabash Ry
Western Maryland
Willys-Overland
Woolworth Oo
Yellow Tri
Coach
California
Hudson Motors
Worfolk & Western
U. S. Ind
Westinghouse Electric
Omaha Hog And Cattle Market Receipts And Prices
Receipts show 11 500 hogs with prices mostly steady to 10c lower for light hogs and uneven to 25c lower for butcher grades. 200 to 220 pound hogs about 9 75 to 10 25. 270 to 346-pound hogs 8 50 to 9 00. packing sows 7 50 to 7 85. Cattle receipts 5 500 with fed steers steady to higher for shipping grades. slaughter steers 10 40 to 13 00. weighty and heavy steers up to 14 10. fed heifers 10 00 to 11 50. grass cows 5 75 to 7 00. stockers and feeders 7 07 to 8 50. Sheep receipts 11 000 with fat lambs 25c lower. natives 13 25. fat range lambs 13 25 to 13 60. early top 60-pound feeding lambs 19 75.
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Kansas City
Caolorao
Colorado
Chicago
Seles
Sean Aewes Ewes
Eee Mulls Co
Bob
Swift & Ag
Waterloo
Setibte
Rath Packing Co
Bae Res
B.S
Saeed
Town Flour & Feed Co
Sheen
Omaha
Neb
Market Notes From New York and Chicago August 2 Trading
New York reports unsettled butter receipts 15,566 packages with active fresh goods trading. eggs firm with 30,509 cases, white and brown varieties priced by region. poultry dull with varied live and dressed items. cheese firmer with state milks and specials. Chicago shows butter 36-42c creamery, eggs 21-25c, cheese Twins 23-24c, poultry prices mixed, roosters and broilers listed. St Louis lists eggs 22-23c, butter 39-41c, poultry shifts with turkeys and ducks priced.
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New York
Pacific
Long Island
Young Americas
Jersey
Southern
Midwest
Rio
Santos
Chicago
St. Louis
Sioux City Livestock Market Report Aug 2
CATTLE receipts 2,500 market fairly active with steady kill ers and stockers fat steers and yearlings to 14.00 bulk 11.00 12.50 fat cows 7.50 12.00 canners 3.75 5.25 grass cows 5.50 9.00 veals 6.00 11.50 bulls 6.75 7.00 feeders 7.50 10.00 stockers 7.00 9.50 stock yearlings 6.00 9.50. HOGS receipts 10,000 market steady to 10c lower top 10.40 bulk 7.65 10.35 lights 9.00 10.40 butchers 8.50 10.00 packers 7.50 8.00 stags 7.25 7.75 pigs 7.00 9.00. SHEEP receipts 1,500 market steady.
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Sioux City
St Louis Grain Prices Reported in Aug 2 Notice
Wheat prices show 2 red at 1.38 1.4049 and No 2 hard at 1.33 Lag. Corn bids call No 2 yellow at 1.05 1.054 and No 3 yellow at 1.03 1.0342 while No 3 white sits at 1.00. Oats show No 2 white 46 47 cents and No 3 white 44 44 1/4 cents.
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Chicago
ST. Louis
Market prices for hay in St. Louis on August 2
St. Louis hay market reports No. 2 old timothy 16 to 18 dollars per hundredweight No. 2 new timothy 12 to 13 dollars No. 2 new light clover mixed 14 dollars No. 2 new heavy clover mixed 12 to 13 dollars Choice alfalfa 21 to 22 dollars per hundredweight reported in St. Louis, Missouri.
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ST. Louis
Timothy
Washington inventor Jenkins perfects landing altimeter
Washington inventor C Francis Jenkins says he perfected a landing altimeter to help aviators gauge distance to the ground in fog. The device uses sound velocity to measure travel time and could prevent crashes and delays for air mail missions. Jenkins also notes related devices: a propeller reversing brake and a launching runway.
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Washington, D. C
C. Francis Jenkins
Washington
Richmond
Ind
Jenkins
Air Mail Service
Earth
Richard E. Byrd
America
Clarence Chamberlin
Columbia
Grain prices and receipts for Kansas City market
Kansas City market report shows receipts at 544 cars with mixed prices for corn oats and other grains. No. 2 dark hard soybeans and No. 2 red corn listed with respective price ranges. Sóya Weather?
Toledo Seeds and Grain Prices Mixed Across Contracts
Toledo reports varied seed and grain quotations with imported cash prices at 14.00 for October and 15.00 for December, domestic at 17.40 for December, plus Timothy cash for men at 2.45 and 22.35 for December.
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Toledo
Oioveraned
Timothy
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