Franklin County Fair Horseday Draws Big Crowd
Judging of colt and mare classes at the Franklin County fair Holmes Holbert horse day drew hundreds in Hampton IA Aug 29. A new horse barn stood ready as 23 stallion foals, 26 filly foals, and 28 mare entries competed with Julian Nelson winning top honors for both stallion colt and mare and foal events. A 20 horse team thrilled spectators pulling four loaded trucks, while State reps from the Town Horse and Mule Breeders Association noted strong interest revival.
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Courier Springs Service
Hampton
Franklin County
Iowa
the Fair Association
W. J. Kennedy
Kansas City
Julian Nelson
R. W. Hemin
Kennedy
Holbert Horse Importing Company
Greely
H. W. Bathenbental
A. L. Roberts
August Dreyer
Ira Miller
L.D. Schall
Martin Wearda
Bradford Colt Club
Guy Green
Theodore Heinkenig
Ray Eitel
George van Nest
F.C. Reed
Scott Judy
L. Burmester
D. Schall
Julian Nelgon
George V. Nest
Ray McDowell
HW. Kathenbental
Get of
Holbert Special
Floyd Thorp
Chapin Colt Club
Hansell Colt Club
Harry D. Linn
Town Horse & Mule Breeders’ Association
Des Moines
305 Head Holsteins Exhibited at State Fair in Des Moines
Des Moines reports a dairy cattle display surge at the Iowa state fair with 305 Holsteins, 137 Jerseys, 135 Guernseys, 128 Ayrshires, and 10 Brown Swiss. The Holstein-Friesian Association has boosted premiums, totaling $26,000 this year, plus fair-paid awards, reflecting strong organized dairy promotion and rising dairy product use nationwide.
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Des Moines
Courier Special Service
W. B.barney
H. O. Larsen Wins at Large Exhibits With Dairy Cattle
H O Larsen owner of Forum Holstein farm near here has big winnings at the Central States exposition Aurora and Missouri State fair Sedalia. He was premier breeder and exhibitor at both shows with 10 first prizes and junior champion bull at Sedalia and a senior and grand champion cow at Central States. All wins came from animals bred by Larsen.
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Larsen
Farmers Questions and Comments Invited
Reader communications to the Wa terloo Evening Courier editor in Water loo Iowa addressed to the Farm Department are invited via the paper's phone line 6100.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Women Exhibit at Dairy Congress From Eight Counties
Eight county women will display project exhibits at the 1927 Dairy Cattle Congress, up from five last year, with a $240 purse shared among qualifying exhibits. Judging starts Tuesday at 9 a.m. and premium lists include a scorecard. The event also features a Canned Foods Show with prizes for preserved fruits and vegetables, jams, jellies, and related items in the women and children’s building. The building hosts free child welfare clinics supervised by Waterloo Medical Society doctors, with daily 10 a.m. physicals by appointment aided by nurses from local hospitals. Dental clinic cooperation with Waterloo Dental Society brings daily exams and demonstrations, plus educational exhibits on diet and dental health.
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Waterloo Medical Society
J. G. McAlvin
E. Magee
C. A. Waterbury
Social Welfare League
Presbyterian
St. Francis and Allen Memorial
Waterloo Dental Society
McCulloghy
Waterloo Public
Towa
Butler County Fair Items Highlight September Run at Allison
Butler county fair advances announce livestock poultry and crop displays at Allison from September 6 to 9 with a new free act lineup on September 8 and 9. A. H. Werner reports two days of Mississippi Valley league baseball featuring Waterloo, Dubuque, Parkersburg, Dumont and Bristow in a series. West Union notes bigger crowds at Fayette county fair with winner lists for cattle swine and rugs and quilts drawing strong interest from Randalia Monona Decorah and Eldorado exhibitors.
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Waterloo
Parkersburg
Dumont
Bristow
Coster
Courier Special Service
West Union
Fayette County Fair
H. A. Mabon
Randalia
Brown Swiss
Kinsley Brothers
McGregor
Jerseys
Hawkeye
R. M. Miller
William Arens
Dyersville
Poland
Henry Lauer & Sons
Eldorado
Charles “Meythaler
Independence
Berkshires
John Brackin
Elgin
Chester
Angus Favored in Placings of Baby Beef at Sn. Fair
Des Moines August 29 judging 550 head of baby beeves in Iowa state fair boys and girls club shows Marshall and Cherokee counties capturing most championships. Wendell Nordstrom of Aurelia Cherokee county won grand championship with Evictor's Type Angus calf bred March 2 1926. Grand champion group was five Anguses from Marshall county. Reserve champion was a Hereford calf shown by Clifford Johannsen Shelby county. Marshall county took all three breed group prizes. Sac county had best mixed group.
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Des Moines
Marshall
Cherokee Counties
Wendell Nordstrom
Cherokee County
Nordstrom
Aurelia
Marshall County
Clifford Johannsen
Shelby County
Sac
Benton Co Club Calf Auction Tops at $14 50
In Chicago a Benton county calf club auction sold 134 calves from Iowa counties. The top Benton consignment brought $14.50 per hundred weight, owned by Wilbert Heitman. About 24 Benton calves headed to the state fair this week.
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Vinton
Chicago
Benton County
Wilbert Heitman
Iowa
Industrious Hen Lays 126 Eggs in Year Near Marble Rock
Marble Rock Iowa Aug 29 Leslie Eichmeier living three miles north reports a remarkably industrious hen. Up to Aug 25 the bird had laid 126 eggs in the year and shows steady production, reflecting local poultry success in the area.
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Marble Rock
Leslie Eichmeier
Here
The Rhyming Farmer Exults In Abundant Harvests
Edward Tufft writes in humorous verse about a bountiful agrarian country with crops barley rye wheat corn potatoes oats and fruit, fibers and fuels abundant from coal to brick and cloth. Yet the speaker asks why discontent persists and wonders what troubles the nation.
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John Frost
Sac
Barley Weighs Heavily For Minish In Hudson Area
A. J. Minish raised unusually good barley on 22 acres southwest of Hudson. The field yielded 40 bushels per acre with grain testing 12 pounds to the bushel, per Hudson elevator records. One load of barley totaling 75 bushels measured 92.5 bushels by machine.
Women prepare fair booth showcasing home equipment
Washington Township Farm Bureau women in Waverly Iowa are assembling theirBremer county fair display for the third year running. They won first honors two years running and this season focus on household equipment, demonstrating ideal home gear and scoring points on the fair’s evaluation card.
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Courier Special Service
Waverly
Washington Township Farm Bureau
Bremer County Fair
Mason City Fair Prize Boar Sold For 570 Dollars
Gedar Falls reports that Super Col.'s Trademark, a Duroc Jersey boar once owned by John Thompson, won first prize at Mason City fair. Now owned by B. C. Marts of Hampton, who paid 570 dollars to Thompson. The boar was being prepared for larger fairs after Mason City.
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Gedar Falls
Super Col
John Thompson
Mason City
B. C. Marts
Hampton
Thompson
Nashua Big Four Fair Duroc Jerseys win all first prizes
Conner and Hull display Duroc Jerseys at Nashua Iowa August 29 fair winning all first prizes and securing the championships. One competing herd challenged their dominance in the judges’ ring.
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Nashua
Conner & Hull
Duroc
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices at East St. Louis Market
Hogs receipts 13,500 slow market with top 11.15 for 190 lb pigs and scattered sales 240 to 260 lb at 10.50. Packing sows 8.25 to 8.40, good pigs 9.00 to 10.00. Cattle receipts 9,500 with fat steers around 16.00 declined 0.50 to 1.00, cows 6.00 to 7.00, bulls 5.75 to 6.00. Calves 3,500 including light steers slow. fat lambs strong with Missouri lambs to 12.75, fat ewes 4.50 to 5.50.
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ST. Louis
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Trading Totals
Liverpool August 29. A steady market with prices firm on sales totaling 8,000 bales and receipts 5,000 bales. Midland fair values quoted from 12.74d to 11.38d for varying middling grades. Futures opened quiet with October at 11.68d, December 11.24d, January 11.76d, March 11.66d, May 31.80d.
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Liverpool
Midlands
Grain futures slump as Canadian crop hopes weigh on markets
Chicago aug 29 heavy selling hit futures across all grain with wheat leading losses after raised Canadian harvest estimates. North American export demand waned while Minneapolis arrivals rose. Wheat closed 3 4c lower, corn down 25 to 3 4c, oats 14 2t1c to 2c. Provisions varied amid hedging and short covering.
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Chicago
Canada
North America
Minneapolis
Europe
Potato market and seed prices across regions
Chicago reports 14 potatoes receipts 220 on track 290 total U S shipments 708 cars fair market with slight weakness Minnesota Early Ohios 1 40 1 45 Wisconsin Trish Cobblers 1 65 1 75 Nebraska Irish Cobblers 1 60 1 65 Colorado Bills Triumphs 1 75 Toledo seeds Clover cash 14 50 October 17 25 December 17 35 December imported 14 50 Timothy cash 1 70 December 1 80 March 1 95
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Chicago
U. 8 S
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Trish
Nebraska
Colorado
Toledo
Timothy
Minneapolis Flour Prices and Shipments Report
Minneapolis flour remained unchanged in carload lots with family patents priced at 7.85 to 7.95 per barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments totaled 33 737 barrels, bran priced at 28.00 to 28.50.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Cotton futures fall on Chicago market report
Chicago on August 29 reported cotton futures sliding across contract months with declines from 22.34 cents for October to 22.75 cents for May. Prices dropped between 22 and 34 points as traders priced in lower demand and market softness.
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Chicago
Futures closes for butter and eggs in Chicago
Chicago August 29 features close with butter fresh standards August 40c storage standards December 4114c fresh standard September 39 4c. Eggs refrigerator standards November 3034c ditto first November 26c.
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Chicago
Grain and commodity quotations from Chicago Board of Trade
Aug 29 price listings show Wheat Corn Rye Barley and timothy futures and spot quotes. Specifics include No 3 red Wheat at 1.34 to 1.30, No 1 hard 1.36 to 1.38, mixed and sample grades varied, Corn No 3 1.06 to 1.074, yellow and white varieties listed, Rye 98 3/4 cents, Barley 75 to 82 cents, Timothy 2.85 to 3.80, Clover 18.75 to 26.75, Lard 12.75, Ribs 12.00, Beilles 13.25.
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Chicago
Wemeeretes
Seerese
Kansas City Grasn
Kansas City
Light Hogs Weak To Dime Decline In Chicago Stockyards
Chicago market report notes hogs receipts 42,000 with 5,000 left over. Light hogs weak to a dime lower. heavy butchers steady with some gains to 10e higher. Top hogs at 10.75, various weights and packs shown. Cattle receipts 20,000 with slow to steady trade. vealers weak. yearlings strong. Sheep receipts 13,000 with fat lambs opening up 25c higher. price ranges and distribution noted. Packer support fair. light hogs soft, heavy butchers firmer. best hogs $10.75, early $10.80. Also St Louis grain wheat prices listed.
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards
Representative livestock sales in Union Yards Chicago on August 29 included hogs among the items sold today. The report lists hogs as a primary category in the ongoing livestock market activity.
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Chicago
INS
Recovery Sends Stocks Skyward
New York stock market recovered from a morning dip to end high, led by General Motors rebounding from a 5 point drop to 2444 and reaching a new peak at 251, with U S Steel and General Electric also at fresh highs. Banks called about $15 million in loans as call money stayed near 3 percent. oil shares declined early, and overall trading was subdued by weekend silence and cautious earnings news.
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New York
General Motors
Steel Common
General Electric
Altho
Liberty Bonds and Foreign Exchange Rates Report
U S bonds closing prices listed for Liberty First through Liberty Fourth and Treasury 4s with values. Foreign exchange rates shown for major currencies including pound sterling, French francs, Belgian francs, Swiss francs, Italian lira, Swedish krone, Norwegian krone, Danish krone, German marks, Greek drachma, Spanish peseta, Dutch florin, Chinese taels. Peoria grain market updates corn and oats with bids, receipts, and price ranges across several yellow corn grades and white oats bids.
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New York
Cattle and hog market report from St Paul stockyards
Cattle receipts 13,000. quality very ordinary and weak to 25 cents lower for killing steers. Montana and Dakotas loads at $8.25 to $9.75. cows $5.50 to $6.50. calves $12.00 to $12.50 for good lights. Hogs receipts 2,000. opening steady to 18 cents lower on lights. heavy butchers steady. top around $10.25. Pigs further back than Friday. bulk $8.50 with average cost $9.01 for 315-pound weights.
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South St. Paul Minn
Montana
Market Notes from New York and Chicago Dairy Prices
New York market reports show butter, eggs, and cheese prices with mixed tones across creamery and packing stock. Chicago lists butter receipts and varied egg checks, while Kansas City notes butter, butterfat, and poultry prices amid wholesale movement.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Peoria Livestock Market Report from Peoria Ill
Peoria Ill August 28 hogs receipts 2500 steady to 10c lower top 10.50 lights 10.30 10.50 medium 9.25 10.35 heavies 8.75 9.65 packers 87.00 0.25 stags 6.25 7.25 pigs and light s 7.00 10.00. Cattle receipts liberal steady.
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Peoria
Ill
Kansas City Livestock Market Report August sale data
Hogs receipts 5000 uneven prices with 210 lb hogs near steady from Friday. Medium heavy cutters 10 to 15 cents higher. Top hogs 190-200 lb at 10.80. 170-230 lb bulk 13.60-13.80. 240-270 lb 9.85-10.60. 280-350 lb 9.00-9.75. lightweights 10.40-10.65. sows 7.75-8.40. stock pigs 9.50-10.50. Cattle receipts 25000Calves 5000, killing quality mostly medium. steady to slightly higher for stockers. bulls weak. Good to choice native fed steers and yearlings 12.75-13.40. western grassers opening slow, steady. Sheep receipts 14006 lambs generally steady. top western lambs 13.25. natives 12.00-12.50. Louisiana wethers 6.50.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Kansas
Sioux City
Omaha Livestock Market Report Summary Aug 29
Receipts tally hogs 8000 with uneven trade and modest declines to 25 cents. Heaviest butchers and sows steady. 160 to 200 lb lights at 10.00 to 10.25, top 10.21. 200 to 240 lb bulk 9.75 to 10.00. 300 to 400 lb averages 8.85 to 9.00. sows 8.25 to 8.65. Cattle receipts 11000 with fed steers and yearlings weak. veals and heavy calves down up to 1.00. stockers steady. early fed steers 10.75 to 13.15. long-term grass cattle 6.00 to 9.00. cows 4.50 to 8.00. Sheep receipts 25000 with most classes weak. range lambs 12.75 to 13.00 top. natives 12.25 to 12.50. yearlings 9.50. ewes 6.00. feeding lambs 12.85 to 13.23. breeding ewes 6.50 to 7.00.
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Casees Waterloo Mills Co
Swift & Co
Waterloo
Rath Packing Co
Jaco B. Rath
Town Flour & Feed Co
Timothy Hey
Dale
Ss.s
Cohn Bros
Omaha
HOGE
Sioux City Livestock Prices August Beef and Hogs Slide
Sioux City stock market notes receipts 6000 cattle steady to 25 cents lower. steers and yearlings 9.00 to 14.00, cows 5.25 to 7.50, veals 7.00 to 14.00, feeders 7.50 to 10.00. Hogs 6500 receipts mostly steady, tops 10.50, 170–225 lb 10.25 to 10.50, 225–275 lb 9.25 to 10.23, sows 8.25 to 8.75, pigs 9.50. Sheep receipts 800 bid 25 cents lower, native lambs 12.50.
Minneapolis Grain Prices and Receipts Report
Minneapolis Minn August 29 Wheat receipts 1 177 cars up from 642 last year. No 1 northern 1 34 1 39 34. No 1 dark northern spring choice to fancy 1 44 1 49 34. Good to choice 1 39 1 42 44. Ordinary to good 1 35 4 4 his. No 1 hard spring 1 13 7 34 1 51 34. No 1 dark hard Montana on track 1 35 9 4 1 51 34 on arrive September 1 33 24 December 1 36 44 March 1 39 7 4. Corn No 2 yellow 1 07 4 2 1 08 4 oats No 3 white 43 % 745 tec.
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Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Ditto
Wheat and grain receipts at Kansas City market report
Kansas City market notes show wheat receipts at 457 cars with mixed bids and several classes priced from about 1.24 to 1.59 per bushel. Corn and oats also price varied, with No. 2 white near 1.00 to 1.03 and oats around 0.45 to 0.47, reflecting typical summer trading activity.
Visible grain supply report shows mixed changes
New York on August 29 reports the visible supply of American grain with increases in wheat oats rye and barley and a decrease in corn. Wheat up 2 717 000 bushels oats up 2 879 000 rye up 461 000 and barley up 1 183 000 while corn falls by 545 000 bushels.
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