Wheat Prices Falter on Mixed Trade Across Markets
Chicago wheat opened firm on local buying but failed to hold gains as offerings rose and a late rally faded. September and December futures slipped to near prior close, with July speculative pressure waning. Corn and oats showed mixed moves, with corn under pressure and oats showing independent strength. overall prices ended weak across the board in regional grain reports.
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Com
Prices and exchange rates from New York and Chicago markets
New York reports butter and eggs prices with receipts and grade details, creamery futures and packing stock notes. Exchange and money markets show irregular government bonds and various foreign currency demands across several cities, with rates in Sterling Francs Guilders Drachmas and others.
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Money and Exchange
Crime Mercantile Paper
Littec
Sweden
Norway
Atcentine
Bite
Montreal
Aplington Neighb ors Among Local News and Traffic
Aug 20 notices from Aplington Iowa report Rev. Aukerman visiting area, Glen Stockdale recovering from appendicitis, local travels by Willeke family and others, a church social, and a minor auto collision in town. Also listings on clearing house reserves and market reports for bonds potatoes and cotton futures.
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Aplington
Aukerman
Malcom
Prime Cattle and Hogs Market Snapshot
Chicago the market reports prime cattle up to 10 cents higher for the week with receipts around 1,000 compared with a week ago while hogs are off today with about 4,000 receipts and prices lower on most grades. Cattle steady to higher in prime and choice grades. hogs show weaker bids with top slaughter figures down and sows and butchers mixed.
East St. Louis Livestock Market Report
Receipts: cattle 450 with mixed changes across classes. Best steers 25c higher. beef cows 50-07 lower. Southwestern steers 75c lower. good heifers 25c higher. grassers steady. bulls 25-50c lower. stockers and feeders shaded lower. calves 0e higher. Hogs receipts 1,000. closing steady top at 10.50. light weights and lights 10.25. medium/heavy 9.25-9.75. 230-240 lb average 16.09. packer sows steady. pigs higher to 10.40 for 130 lb. Kinds bulk 110 lb avg 29.00. Sheep receipts 310. market weak with best ends 9.35 and 9.00 bids on 70 lb load. week-ago gains fade as only a few lots offered.
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Kansas
Lily
Ile
Omana
Neb
Kansas City Livestock Report From Lily Kansas Lily Mo
Receipts for the week show 375 cattle with steer prices down about 31.00 to 31.25, varying by grade. Hog sales average 8.20 to 9.30 per hundredweight, slight declines from yesterday. Sheep receipts none, with prices steady to modestly higher on lighter offerings.
Omaha and Sioux City Livestock Market Snapshots
Livestock receipts and prices from Omaha Nebraska and Sioux City Iowa show cattle and hog markets trending lower with receipts around 3,060 in Omaha and 2,500 hogs in Sioux City. Cattle include good and choice yearlings and feeder steers weaker, tops near 28.60 in Omaha. Sioux City reports heavy and light steer ranges from 5.00 to 10.25, hogs mostly 7.50 to 9.00, and sheep mixed with lambs down slightly.
New York Stocks Open With Broad Liquidation Losses
Daily market action opened with widespread declines across ships oils and equipment shares. Major fallers included Atlantic Gulf Mexican Petroleum Royal Dutch General Electric Studebaker and American Cement. Rail and steel names showed weakness while Famous Players and Studebaker lost ground. volume reached about 135 000 shares.
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Weekly Grain and Provision Review from Chicago Aug 20
Prices for all grain and provisions fell this week due to adverse economic conditions. Wheat down about 6 percent, corn and oats also lower, and provisions drop tied to weak hog markets. Export demand broadened on declines while futures faced selling pressure and Bear activity persisted. Toledo seeds report varied cash and futures prices across cloverseed and other grains.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Grundy Co Junior Farmers Exhibit at State Fair
Grundy center Iowa August 20 junior farmers and stock growers of Grundy County will compete with breeders in livestock exhibits at the state fair this year. Also items from court notes include divorce petitions and alimony, with various names and ages.
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Des Moines
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Willie Cell
Stoehr
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Fred Katzer
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Charles Baldwin
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Kenneth Messer
Marble Rock News Briefs and Local Visits
Marble Rock notes illness of Ari Reis with inflammatory rheumatism. W G Bower auto trip to Duluth. Local word of Scott Asper’s death in New York. Mills and family returns from Faribault and Hibbing visitors. Mrs Paxson Shultz dies at Rockford home aged 45. Various locals visiting, trips to Chicago and Canada mentioned. Ladies Aid set for Wednesday at W H Seamans home. Hobos and cattle shipment report from Irvington with three cattle cars and hogs sent to Chicago market. Nubian crocodile remark included.
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Farmers’ Co-op
Industrials and Rails Neglected on Dull Market Session
United Press reports a restrained stock market in New York with a short session. Most of the industrial list fell fractionally below Friday, and trading was slim with little buying interest outside the motor group. The rally scarcely advanced, leaving rails and industrials largely neglected.
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Madera
China
Poultry Prices Decline Amid Heavy Movement
Chicago August 20 heavy movement pushes poultry prices down with continued large shipments expected. Hens in the melting period affect general quality and lower dressed markets. Cream production rises with pasture. markets fall with other commodities. Bee production is light and traders shift to storage eggs to meet demand.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
R I Workers Attend Annual Picnic at Electric Park
The Iowa Minnesota division of the Rock Island railroad hosts a company picnic at Electric Park. Cedar Rapids delegation arrives on a special train with 39 piece Hack Island band. Mayor Frisbie and railroad officers attend as entertainment runs to midnight with games boxing and wrestling billed.
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Farmers Column Invites Questions to Editor Waterloo
The Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo invites readers to address the Farm Department with questions and comments. Communications should be sent to the Editor Farm Department, Waterloo, Iowa, 2330.
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Waterloo
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Middleton urges farmers to back co op marketing plan
A. J. Middleton spoke at Cedar Valley fair grounds urging farmers to unite with cooperative societies as Denmark and Ireland show success. He cited California Fruit Growers and Wisconsin Cheese Producers as exemplars and noted plans for a nationwide membership drive through U S Grain Growers Inc. The talk urged support for local co operatives and warned against Board of Trade options. About 250 attended with musical and literary extras before sports.
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Kossuth County Farm Bureau Posts Reward for Thieves
Algona Aug. 20 The Kossuth County Farm Bureau offers a 25 dollar reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone stealing farm products in the county Complaints about chicken thefts have spread through the area and more thefts are reported If successful the plan may prompt other counties to follow suit and a Vigilance committee of farmers could form meanwhile the executive committee hopes the reward will curb the menace This is the first such reward in Iowa for apprehending farm thieves.
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Prize Hog Unearths Bonded Whisky in Pen
A Duroc Jerse y boar at Moscow Iowa dug up 20 bottles of bonded whisky from his pen after a relay win for Great Tealy. Authorities seized the loot as Healy refused offers for the booze detector, with late reports stating the incident.
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Once a Farmer Always a Farmer from Western Iowan
Walter E. Gillette of Orson, Iowa, defends the old adage by recounting his shift back to farming after a city stint. He raised potatoes and grain, fed cattle, and found success selling Angus steers, crediting a strong potato crop and cattle feeding as lifelines amid market drops. He notes bankers’ caution, predicts lower feeder prices, and urges prudent stock purchases while keeping farming roots.
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Towa
Wheat Production Higher This Year Than 1920
Washington reports from 16 countries including the United States indicate an estimated world wheat production of about 1.953 billion bushels, roughly 7 million more than last year, based on data through August 15, with no definite final figure until further country returns.
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Washington, D. C
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Shell Rock Girls Club names two for county contest
In Shell Rock Iowa on August 20 Busy Bees club held a farm girls demonstration at Evelyn and Irma Kimball home. Mrs Frank R Winegar and Miss Ruth Hill judged. After final contests the two Kimball girls were chosen to represent the club in the county contests in Shell Rock today.
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Shell Rock
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Irma Kimball
Frank R. Winegar
Ruth Hill
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Kossuth County Livestock Judging Team Selected
Kossuth County selects the boys livestock judging team for the state fair. Hubert Schoby Union Township Harry Wingsard and Leonard Koestler Burt Poland neighborhood will compete after a recent win over 42 rivals. County Agent Maakestead and County Club Leader Fish coach the team.
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Kossuth Taunty
Hubert Schoby
Union Township
Harry Wnisgsard
Leonard Koestler
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Fish
Bremer County Birds to Compete at State Fair
Waverly poultrymen prepare for Des Moines state fair with birds entered by Fred Feldman WJ Coffin and S H Page including Rhode Island Reds Buff Wyandottes Single Comb Anconas Plymouth Rocks and other breeds all set to exhibit.
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Dike Farmers Set Annual Ansel Dinner for Aug 23
Dike Farmers Co op of Tike announces its third annual luncheon for stockholders customers and friends to be held Thursday evening August 23 at the Tike Consolidated school venue.
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Rain Brightens Crop Prospects Across Midwest Territory
Weather over the past week in Illinois Central region and western Iowa shows near normal conditions with general rain yet some local droughts. Corn progress slow but advancing to hard dough stage. some ears undersized due to husk development. Delays in threshing from rain. 5 percent of crop sprouting in shocks. Plowing progressing well. cabbage and potatoes benefiting from moist spell. potato crop outlook reduced to about half normal.
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Williams
Iowa
Towa
Illinois Central
Orange farmer tapped for national dairy committee
Black Hawk county will gain a representative on the national dairy marketing committee meeting soon to direct cooperative creameries nationwide. Clyde Bechtelheimer of Orange township creamery was appointed by James R. Howard of the American Farm Bureau. The panel includes ten chairs from across the United States to develop a marketing plan for dairy products through wider cooperation. Bechtelheimer, longtime manager of Orange township creamery and former president of the Iowa Creamery Association, expressed surprise at the honor. The committee, named May 4 in Chicago, will meet soon to organize and begin its work.
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National Dairy Marketing Committee
United States
Clyde Bechichheimer
Orange Township
James KR. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
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Bechstelheimer
Chicago
Oranges Township
Hit
Waterloo Cooperative Dairy Company
Iowa Creamerr
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National Milk Producers’ Association
Clvde Beachtelhrimer
Waterloo
Jows Creamery Association
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Coldwater
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National Milk Producers
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Galt
Cal
California Milk Producers’ Associationr
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Brauser
Queen Citr Milk Producers’ Association
C. L. Hawley
Salem
Ore
Dairy Land Food
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Wheaton
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Plymouth
Wisconsin
Cheexe Federa
Four Farm Bureau Meetings Planned for Black Hawk
The Black Hawk county Farm Bureau organizes four evening meetings next week to explain aims and methods of work. Cedar Falls speaker Charles L. Hearst is slated to address attendees. The schedule includes Nonda Washbure Hudson, Kenesi N. Bit Creek township, and Fr iliacoin township on different nights.
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Hearst
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Iowa State Fair to Feature Large New Barn for Cattle
Officials say the new barn completed last year will house the cattle exhibits at the 1921 Iowa State Fair from August 24 to September 2. They expect the cattle exposition to be one of the largest in America with top herds from leading breeding farms competing with Iowa stock already entered.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hog makes escape in Irvington report
Irvington Aug 20 RK. Jn. Skilling delivered hogs to the Farmers' Co op Wednesday of last week when a 496 pounder escaped. He is still searching for the hog.
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Irvington
Agriculture Based Industry Drives Farm Efficiency
The piece argues agriculture mirrors industry, stressing farm machinery as essential to profitable crop production. It highlights Waterloo Bay Gasoline Engine Company products and Waterloo Bay Kerosene Tractors as labor savers on US farms, noting the sector’s future resilience despite foreign competition.
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