Farmers urged to raise prices with live stock sales
In Janesville Iowa Aug 16 farmers packed William Murray's park for a joint Linton and Washington township farm bureau picnic where M L Bowman secretary of the Greater Waterloo election urged higher prices and herd marketing reform saying 25 cent oats and 40 cent corn fail to profit farmers, calling for lower interest and cooperative marketing to move grain through live stock and warning the postwar price collapse harms agriculture.
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Janesville
Linton
Washington Township
Black Hawk County
William Murray
Here
M. L. Bowman
Greater Waterloo
Bowman
United States
Floyd George
Bremer County
Canada
England
Eignteen
Federal Reserve Board
Waterloo
Farm Bureau
Ae Cani
Rowman
A. A. Burger
Acont
Burger
Tic
Soma Counnties
Farm Women Department Appears Weekly Page Feature
The department titled For The Farm Women will run on Wednesdays inviting comment and questions from readers. It signals a new weekly feature inviting participation from farming households and women in the community.
Franklin County Farm Women Boost Child Welfare and Rural Activity
Franklin county farm bureau women lead a county wide Child Welfare project aimed at better rural living. They plan a state fair exhibit highlighting nutrition, milk use, hot lunches, cheese making, tuberculosis eradiation and girls clubs. Posters by students illustrate health topics and are judged before county exhibits.
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Prank P. Finn
Geneva
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Franklin County
County Farm Bureau
L. H. Reed
Wallace Plans Independent Home Economics Bureau
Washington Aug 16 Henry C Wallace announced steps to elevate home economics within the Agriculture Department. The plan would create an independent bureau led by a woman with executive and scientific training. The department has long studied food labor saving devices, dressmaking materials, and domestic problems, with cooperation expected from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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Washington, D. C
Kent
Henry C. Walace
Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
The Homie Economics Bureau of the Department of Agriculture
A compact note referencing the Homie Economics Bureau within the Department of Agriculture. Details are sparse, but the phrase implies an internal or colloquial designation for an economics unit linked to agricultural policy or analysis.
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the Homie Economics Bureau
The
Department of Agriculture
Clothing school aids women in Independence and Buchanan
One hundred twenty women attended a weeklong training on sewing shortcuts and decorative stitches at Independence. In Buchanan county work began on costume planning. On August 23 Homer and Jefferson townships will combine for the final session of the two month clothing course.
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Independence
Buchanan
Homer
Jefferson
Buller County Girls At Fair Select Team
In Allison Iowa on August 16 the Buller county girls clubs held a courthouse gathering with eight clubs represented. A two member team Mathilde Tadge and Ruth Haberman from Shell Rock Butter township was chosen by Margaret Harris Bremer county home demonstration agent to go to the state fair.
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Allison
Buller County
Mathilde Tadge
Ruth Haberman
Margaret Harris
Bremer County
Giria
Shell Rock
Butter Township
Threshing Ends As Picnic Day Brightens Farm Work
Five men armed yesterday to test cattle herds. Applications flood Burger’s ofice for eye tests while Stone, federal tester, promises county service within a week. A spontaneous farmer quartet entertained picnickers during a gala day near Murray Grove. Temperatures run high as activities include horseshoe pitching and swimming. Potato prices steady with heavy threshing ahead as shipments and sacks rise across Cedar Talus and nearby districts.
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Burger
Stone
Murray Grove
Farm Bureau
Washington
Union
Reindeer Feed Breakthrough Delights Iowa Forage Mix
A shipment of twelve thousand pounds of alfalfa and other forage was tested on reindeer arriving from Norway to northern Michigan. After quarantine in New York, officials tried red clover and timothy with poor results. Alfalfa finally proved palatable, supporting a healthy 24 day voyage aboard the lergensfjord to the United States.
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Iowa
Mieh- Isan
Norway
Puuge
Chistiania
Lergensfjord
Michigan
David Tt. Jones
Michigan Department of Conservation
New York
Mitchell Co. Boys Prepare at Fairs for State Contest
Four Mitchell County youths in a Junior judging team toured Ray Raub Herman Dieterich and Burton Stacy farms and the farm bureau office to train for the state contest. Winners Emmett Stock Herman Becker Richard Kitdee and Raymond Conger later trained at Mason City and Waverly fairs. Judges evaluated Holstein juniors and calves, Herefords, pyrabred Duroc and Jersey pigs, with seed corn samples from Hart Buttolph. The group aims to place highly at the state event.
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Mitchell County
Ray Raub
Herman Dieterich
Burton Stacy
Farm Bureau
W. J. Ditmer
Emmett Stock
Herman Becker
Richard Kitdee
Raymond Conger
Mason City Fair
All Waverly
Raub Farm
Tieterich
Stacy's Farm
Hart Buttolph
Sie
Wheat Prices Harden In Early New York Chicago Market
Wheat prices firmed in early New York and Chicago markets with modest gains across futures. Reports show improved demand and firm stock levels amid high temperatures, with December wheat at 1.02 and strong close, while corn and oats also rose on favorable weather and renewed exchange activity.
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York
Chicago
Bulls Rampant on New York Grain and Market Buzz
A chaotic New York market day shows bulls overpowering grain and commodity futures. Key players include Columbia University, North American, and Alfred Cheralead as stocks and dairy prices surge, with reactions seen across Union Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern, and New York Central. The report ties dairy gains, milk receipts, and bond movements to broader price spikes and market optimism.
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Ansecdaledt Press
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Ona
Thamd
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Soadier
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Daette
Vaenile
New York Central
Kent
Teadersdty
Gertie States Steel and Crucible
Yeak Yeidat
Afoatenn
Dettelaam Opie
Elghtly Nirber
Tim Enki
Columbia Unedict Nort Aamerican
Alfred Cheralead
Bisidabaker Waen
Chicago Grain Quotations From Aug 18
Chicago market notes show wheat bids across grades from No 2 red at 1.02 to No 4 red around 1.00. Corn prices include No 2 mixed near 0.69, oats No 2 white about 11.11, rye No 2 at 0. Tables list timothy, cloverseed at 34.15 and 14.00 respectively with park and gard prices noted. Provisions include ribs at 9.75 to 11.00 and park nominal sales.
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Chicago
Three Big Days for Floyd and Mitchell Counties This Week
Charles City Iowa hosts two gatherings this week for Floyd county residents the state conference of beekeepers at Little Cedar and a visit by Great Plains horticultural science members touring the state. They will tour the state fruit breeding farm Towai nursery and other sites before a Woodward park picnic. Mitchell County will also welcome the tour with stops in the Gardner greenhouses and Garfield sugar beet holdings, visiting St Ansgar and local truck growers.
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Floyd Counry
Little Cedar
Murrey
Great Plains
American Socie of Horticultural Science
W. OA. Dickinson
Dickenson
Charles G. Patten
Towai
Apie
Sherman Nursery
Wodwood Park
Floyd County
Mitchell County
Osare
Farm Bureau
T Fler Saya
St. Ansgar
Gardner
Garfield
Moods
Tom Hung
Clarence Harsfall
Prank
Sudlacek
New York Market Reports Mixed Prices and Cotton Figures
The dispatch reviews wheat futures from New York with December at 102, September grain prices, and corn values for No 2 yellow and white loads. It cites U S cotton consumption and July totals, notes wool and hides firmness, and lists Toledo seed prices and Timothy hay values for August.
Hogs Slower Market Mixed With Feed Price Shifts
The report details hogs trading mostly ten cents lower while cattle rise about fifteen cents. It notes inconsistent prices across regions with mixed futures and inputs, including feed costs and producer terms. Market activity shows varied demand and occasional price rebounds amid fluctuating weights and shipments.
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City reports steady to higher cattle prices with steers and cows carrying gains, top quality lots around 6.60 to 6.80 per hundredweight and heifers strong. Hogs seen lower to steady with packers bidding near 10.50 for some weights, sows weaker. St. Louis market notes lighter receipts and mixed results across cattle, hogs, and sheep with yearlings and grass cattle showing gains, veal calves firm.
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Kansas City
Cransers
Hart ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Texas
Cattle Market Mixed Movements At St Joseph Sale
St Joseph Missouri August 16 cattle receipts mixed but mostly higher. Beef steers and butcher stock advanced with top yearlings around 10.40 and desirable cows near 5.10. Hogs and calves showed slow to weak trading with limited early activity and softer prices.
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Joseph
St. Joseph
Oklahoma
Sterdy
Lawibs
Omaha Livestock Market Report Summary
Receipts show cattle and sheep activity with mixed changes. Cattle with 3,500 in feedlot, heifers and heavy steers firm to higher, light weights/slightly higher. wholesale prices range from around 10.50 to 12.75 for select lambs and 7.00 to 8.50 for sheep. Bulls weak, other classes steady amid broad market shifts.
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Oman Nui
Ulock
Sioux City Livestock Market Report Sees Mixed Cattle Prices
Sioux City livestock data shows feeders and yearlings trading mostly between 5.00 and 8.00 dollars, cows and heifers around 3.00 to 6.40, several classes listed with varied prices. Hog receipts near 10,000 head noted, market described as steady with packers bidding around 7.25 to 8.25 per hundredweight and total receipts about 200.
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Stacy
Peoria Livestock and Foreign Exchange Report Summary
The Peoria market shows cattle receipts at 200 with best cattle selling strong across grades. extraneous quotes indicate calves around $10 and higher feeds. Foreign exchange rates from New York show irregulars with Britain and Belgium demanding higher prices. metals markets note steady electrolytic prices and tin futures around 42.87.
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New York
East St. Lonig Gat
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