Reward for chicken thieves voted to dealer
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau approved a $50 reward to B. J. Belgarde of Independence for aiding the capture of thieves who stole poultry from Walter Webberking and Delbert Moore farms. The incident led to the thieves’ imprisonment and a separate $100 reward to Independence poultry dealers for cooperation. Directors also planned programs for the coming year, including exhibits at Cedar Valley fair, Dairy Cattle Congress and a delegation to the national farm bureau convention in Chicago. Bremer County to be officially represented at the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Chicago.
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E. J. Belgarde
Independence
Black Hawk County
Webberking
Moore
Bureau Protective Division
Independence Poultry
Farm Bureau
H. L. Eichling
Wth
Smalling
Chicago
Dairy Gattle Congress
Cedar Falls
Congress
P. OL. Friedley
Women's Work
Ibis
Ruby Kassel
Friediey
Itha
Bremer County
Waverly
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bloomfield buys ram lamb from prize stock
Fayette, Ia Aug 4 L L Bloomfield Union township reports completing negotiations with the animal husbandry department of the state college for a notable Shropshire ram lamb. The lamb derives from an imported ram that won first at the International Livestock Show in Chicago last year. Many offspring from this ram are set to be shown at the International again this winter, and the state college flock is regarded as among the best in the United States and self supporting.
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Fayette
L. L. Bloomfield
Union Township
Animal ‘Husbandry Department
The
State College
Chicago
United States
New Dairy Group Formed in Grundy County
Grundy Center Iowa August 4 Grundy county formed a new dairy call club this year in which junior 4 H members own four purebred Holsteins and seven purebred Guernseys A representative of the state dairy association aided the club in cooperation with County Agent C S Macy Calves owned last year are carried over for this season
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
4-H
State Dairy Association
Dairy Club
C. S. Macy
Grundy Dairy Club
Watersloo Evening Courier Farm Department Notes
Farmers questions and commentary directed to Editor at the Waterloo Iowa newspaper. Readers may address communications to the editor in care of the Farm Department.
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Farm Department
Waterloo
Evening Courier
Watersloo
Iowa
State Holstein Breeders Picnic Draws Leaders
Independence Aug 4 The first annual Holstein breeders picnic attracted state breeders to the state hospital farm near here Governor John Hammill spoke among others Earl J Cooper W B Barney and Prof Earl Weaver The event featured a planned cattle show and a morning barnyard cricket game Threshing delays kept some breeders away to tend fields The new 17500 dairy barn drew attention for its capacity and equipment highlighting labor saving features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
State Hospital
John Hammill
Earl J. Cooper
Holstein-Friesian Breeders’ Association of America
W. B. Barney
National Holstein Association
Earl Weaver
Iowa State College
Iowa Holstein
Iowa
J. P. Eves
Des Moines
Ray Arnold
Norwalk
Tama Go Herds Keep Up Record In Tama County
In Toledo Iowa on August 4 the Tama County Cow Test Association reports 466 cows with 56 dry averaged 24.9 pounds butterfat and 674 pounds milk for July. Top herd Wood Traer averaged 36.1 fat pounds from 26 cows. J E Raudabaugh’s grade Holstein led with 67.4 pounds fat and 1,729 pounds milk. Other high producers include Randabaugh Clough Brown Perry Avery Crawford Hoffer Stoakes Tomlinson and Wood among top 10 with various fat and milk figures.
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Toledo
Tama County
Henry Nieman
R. C. Wood
Traer
J. E. Raudabaugh
Wood
J. EB. Randabaugh
Harry Clough
L. BE. Brown
Roy E. Perry
R. F. Avery
Mrs. J. E. Crawford
Marshall ‘Hoffer
R. G. Stoakes
Harry Tomlinson
L. E. Brown
State
Art Manfull
R. G. Blobess
Outlaw Sow Thistle Found In Three Iowa Sites
Cedar Falls August 4. Dr L H Pammel urged reporting sow thistle beds to curb spread. weed located in three places: near Washington park along Chicago Rock Island tracks, near Standard Manufacturing plant along Chicago Great Western tracks, and near Rock Island freight depot. yellow flower perennial with dandelion like seeds. Anderson says sow thistle ruinous to South Dakota farms.
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Cedar Falls
L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
Iowa
Nicholas Anderson
South Dakota
Chicago Rock Island Railway
Washington Park
Chicago Great Western
Standard Manufacturing Company
Cow Tester Takes College Position in Michigan Dairy Dept
L. A. Moore, last year tester for Fayette County Cow Dairy association No. 4, resigns to join Michigan Agricultural College in Lansing. He will split time between the dairy husbandry department and pursuing a higher degree. Moore completed a successful year and one month into the new year with full association membership.
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Fayette. In
L. A. Moore
Fayette County
Michigan Agricultural College
Lansing
Mich
Moore
Dr Stong to Test at La Porte City
Dr G C Stong, veterinarian in charge of bovine tuberculosis eradication in Black Hawk county, will be in La Porte City Wednesday Aug 10 to test cattle in the area. People wishing testing may leave word with Dr H L James in La Porte City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Stong
Black Hawk County
la Porte City
H. Ls. James
Stong
Oat Field Yields 72 Bushels Per Acre At Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls Aug 4 One of the heaviest oat yields in the state is reported by L P Christensen east of Cedar Falls an average of 72 bushels to the acre and barley at 67 bushels per acre Both fields were well fertilized Corn nearby shows delays with some tasseling and others not knee high due to lateness
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Cedar Falls
L. P. Christensen
Here
Christensen
County Holstein Show Herd Heads for Circuit Dates
Fayette Aug 4 plan outlines a 15 head Holstein herd led by Fred Pieplow with W H Turner, and lists owners and classes for three-year-old bulls aged cows and senior yearlings. The herd will visit Winneshiek Decorah Cresco West Union and Des Moines for fairs with pooled premium receipts and shared expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Farm Bureau
Fred Pieplow
Aurora
W.H. Turner
Winneshiek County Fair
Decorah
Cresco
Fayette County
West Union
Des Moines
W. H. Turner
E. A. Farr
Waucoma
Charles Rulifson
A. J. Meyer
Westgate
Albert Benter
Randalia
Iowa Stands Third in List of Proved Dairy Sires Owned
Wisconsin leads with 76 proved dairy bulls, Michigan has 35, and Iowa stands third with 14. Iowa daughters of these bulls average higher butterfat and milk than their dams, boosting value at 40 cent butter with about $30 yearly per daughter. Experts note age and testing delays impact a bull’s proven status and warn buyers against early sales.
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Ames
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Town State College
Grains Upgrading as Black Rust Presses Wheat Prices
Chicago reports higher temperatures and persistent black rust boosting wheat after early declines. Corn also rose due to buying for crop concerns, while oats gained modestly and provisions held firm. Eastern buyers supported corn, and forecasts noted frost risks unlikely before October 1. Provisions strengthened with cotton market strength.
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Chicago
Iowa
Grain and Produce Prices Across Markets August 4
St Louis reports wheat prices with No 2 red winter around 1.37 to 1.41, No 2 hard about 1.35 to 1.37, corn mixed quotes near 1.00 to 1.07, oats around 47 to 48 cents for No 2 white. Chicago notes potato receipts and steady market. Virginia barrels at 4.00 to 4.25, Kansas and Missouri Cobblers around 1.90 to 2.10. Peoria lists corn prices across yellow and mixed grades. Minneapolis reports unchanged flour and higher bran. Kansas City notes hay prices steady to 50 cents higher with prairie No 1 at 10.50 to 11.00.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
United States
Virginia Barrel
Kansas
Missour
Trish
Kansas City Bay
Bangas City
Hay
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Ieee
Neapolis
It. Louis
Board of Trade cash quotations for wheat corn and more
Chicago Aug 4 price list shows wheat quotations across grades from No 1 red to No 4 hard with values around 1.36 to 1.44 and northern spring and mixed grades also cited. Corn prices span No 2 mixed to No 6 yellow with figures near 1.00 to 1.08, rye oats barley and seeds listed with small varied amounts. Provisions quote lard ribs and bellies with prices in dollars per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Hogs Slow and Erratic Down in Chicago Market
Chicago market notes hog receipts at 28,000 with 12,000 slow and erratic. Average weight about 210 pounds down 10 15c. Prices for packing hogs, sows, pigs vary from 7.60 to 10.75, with heavy hogs 8.60 to 9.75 and light hogs around 9.00. Cattle receipts 9,500 with steers uneven, vealers up 25c, cows steady, bulls strong. top steer price around 14.25 with some up to 15.00. Sheep receipts 11,000 fat lambs up around 25c, natives 13.00 to 13.50, best range lambs 14.00. Overall hogs down, steers steady, lambs strong. fresh supply 24,000 with 800 directs and 12,000 held over.
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Waterloo Mills
Barney Watts
Reeves
Tripoli
Ted
Swift & Co
Waterloo St
Yowa Flour & Feed Co
Fram Cohn Bros
Eneweneewegers
Evaben
Syerian
Chicago
ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Gattle
Buying Wave On Stock Exchange Prompts Broad Market Activity
New York stock markets saw renewed broad buying across industrials and specialties with railroads lagging. Public utilities motor oil copper and merchandise issues led gains while some declines appeared in Atchison Union Pacific Coast Line Canadian Pacific and Great Northern. Call loans held at 4 percent as investors eyed potential rate cuts and new year highs were touched by several names including Eric Nash Nash Motors and Brooklyn Union Gas.
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New York
Atchison
Union Pacific
Coast Line
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Stock Exchange
New York Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis
Kansas City
Eric Common
First Preferred
Chesapeake & Ohio
Nash Motors
Brooklyn Union Gas
Coolidge
General Motors
Yellow Trick
United Drug
Houston OU
Timken
Loose Wiles Biscuit
United States Steel
Baldwin
American
All
Chem
Car & Fdy
ORM Am
Wat
Wks
LOGY
Goast Line
Eeeieeseesedeeld Baldwin Loco
Pwe
Balt
Ohio
Aesaees
Barnsdall
Aigen
Bes Oak
Bethlehem Steel
California
Pet
Oana
Avesees
Canadian Pac
Cannonmenas
Cerro de Pasco
Chesapeaké & Chi
Colorado
Col. Gas & Bl
Tieseseseeeenseerees
Consolidated
Baking
Sererssseaeesasenme
Ys Colt
Crucible Steel
Hudson Motors
Ulinois Central
Annessee
Harvester
Mer
Mar
E Inter
Tel
Tel Kan
City Southern
Peasesaccentes
Ennecott
Lehigh Valley
Louisville És Nash
Marland
Econaoer
Nash Motors Ab
SVS
Pan. Am. Pet
Pennsylvania
Wees Phillips Petroleum
Pierce-Atron M
Radio Corp
Weemrenseeeenwsenens
Reynolds Tob
St. LD
San Fran
Seaboard Air Line
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair
Reeseeere Snsese
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Cal
Standard Oil
N. Y
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Tex
Gulf
Naka Canes Geen
LBOM
United Drug Pases
U. S. Ind
U. S. Rubber Vytmaneeccess
U. S. Steel
Univ. Pipe & Rad
Wabash Railway
Maryland
Westinghouse
Minneapolis Grain Receipts and Wheat Prices Aug 4
Minneapolis grain report shows 172 car Wheat receipts, down from 178 last year. No 1 northern priced around 1.40 to 1.47 per bushel, No 1 dark northern spring from 1.58 to 1.69, No 1 hard spring near 1.44 to 1.60, Montana on track at 1.41 to 1.58. Futures for September near 1.99 and December near 1.41 to 1.54.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Omaha Grain Market Report Update
Omaha Neb August 4 Wheat prices for No 1 hard at 1 280 144 percent No 2 hard at 1 2735 642 No 2 mined at 91 9624 Corn buys No 2 white 9er No 2 yellow 88c No a mixed 86e a7e
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Omaha
Neb
New York Market Prices for Butter Eggs Poultry and More
New York price report lists butter receipts 12 370 packages creamery ex tras 40 41 42 c. eggs firm receipts 22 596 cases whites and browns with multiple price points. poultry dressed and live prices for turkeys chickens roosters fowls ducks and geese across markets. cheese and potatoes price ranges. lard sugar coffee and tallow figures. similar notes from Chicago with additional butter eggs cheese poultry prices.
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New York
Pacific Coasts
Long Island
Jersey
Southern
Midwest
Rio
Santos
Sac
Chicago
Cotton market steadies as Liverpool prices ease
Liverpool in early trading quotes 6 000 bales sold, Midlands fair at 10.73d and 9.53d for mids to strict low mids, with receipts at 4 000 bales. Futures open steady with October at 8.90d and December at 9.00d. Chicago cotton futures rise 22 to 33 points led by October at 17.20c.
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Liverpool
Midlands
Chicago
Hogs and cattle market reports from St Louis market
East St Louis stockyard reports receipts for hogs, cattle, and sheep with price ranges. Hogs sold strong to 10 cents higher with tops near 11.00 and heavy weights near 10.25 to 10.90. cattle steady to higher with vealers up to 14.50 and fat cows to 11.00. sheep generally steady with top lambs around 13.00 and bulk 12.75 to 13.00.
Hogs and cattle receipts reported at Peoria market
Peoria Illinois August 4 Hog receipts total 1 500 with top price 10 40 and ranges 8 50 to 10 40. Heavies to mediums and lights show declines and steady terms for other classes. Cattle receipts described as fair and steady.
Merner Hansen Farm Wheat Yields over 30 Bushels
Cedar Falls Aug 4 The Robert Thierman threshing outfit has completed threshing 33 acres on the Merndale farm southwest of Cedar Falls. Arthur Hansen operates the farm. The yield was slightly over 30 bushels per acre and locals predict it may test No 2. It is the first wheat crop Hansen has grown and the result pleases tenant W Memer and owner W H Memer.
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Cedar’ Falls
Robert Thierman
Merndale
Cedar Falls
Arthur ‘Hansen
Hansen
H’ Memer
Conference of Third District At Dubuque Ends
A two day conference of county agents and extension staff for Iowa’s third district closed in Dubuque. Speakers included Miss Neale S. Knowles and Paul Taff from Iowa State College with remarks from Murl McDonald W. H. Stacy and R. K Bliss. The event was part of a four series statewide effort.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Neale S. Knowles
Iowa State College
Paul Taff
Murl McDonald
W. H. Stacy
R. K Bliss
Bank Debits and Real Estate Filings Reported for Week
Waterloo Clearing House shows weekly bank debits totaling 4,684,500 for Aug 3 1927 with per day figures from July 28 to Aug 3. Corresponding weeks in 1926 and 1925 listed. Instruments filed include deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages with weekly totals and year‑to‑date increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Clearing House Association
Esses Econ Este
Hogs and cattle market report from Omaha Neb
Receipts total 9 500 hogs with light hogs steady and cuts 10c higher for butcher and packing grades. 170 to 200 pound lights at 10.00 to 10.25, 200 to 240 pound butchers 8.60 to 10.00, 240 to 280 pounds 9.00 to 9.60, 380 to 300 pounds 8.75 to 9.00, sows 7.50 to 7.75. Cattle receipts 2 000 with fed steers and yearlings steady to weak, stockers and feeders scarce to steady. Slaughter steers 10.75 to 12.85, grass cattle 5.75 to 8.75, bulls 6.00 to 6.50. Sheep receipts 7 000 with fat lambs 25c higher, natives 13.23, range lambs 13.50 to 13.75, yearlings 10.50, feeding lambs steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Paul Livestock Report From South St. Paul Aug 4
Cattle receipts 1200 with slow market and varied prices for steers yearlings and bulls. Hogs receipts 4000 with steady to higher packer hogs and lighter weights around 10.65 top, sows and pigs mixed. Sheep receipts 700 with fat lambs opening higher and bulk prices around 12.60 to 13.00.
Sioux City Livestock Market Report Aug 4
Receipts about 1500 with active market. Prices range for fat steers and yearlings from 8.50 to 14.00, bulk around 11.00 to 12.60. Fat cows and heifers 7.50 to 12.00. canners 4.00 to 5.50. grass cows 5.50 to 9.50. Veals 6.00 to 11.50. bulls 6.00 to 9.50. feeders 7.50 to 10.50. stockers 7.00 to 10.00. stock yearlings and calves 6.00 to 9.50. feeding cows 5.00 to 8.00.
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Sioux City
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