Mitchell County Man New Officer Of Dairy Council
Mitchell County native Dr W L Larson, long chief of the U S Dairy Bureau, resigns to lead the National Dairy Council starting Jan 1. Born in 1880s in Mitchell County Iowa, he studied at Iowa State, Columbia, and served in WWI dairy relief efforts in Europe. He joined Agriculture in 1917 and led the Bureau of Dairy Industry since 1924.
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W. Larson
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Larson
National Dairy Council
Dr.Larson
Mitchell County
Iowa State College
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Columbia University
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Official
Dairy Instructors’ Association
Pennsylvania Dairy Union
International Dairy Congress
Stockholm
Largon
Kellys Holsteins Lead First Month of New Year Test
Pioneer Cow Testing association in its first month after reorganiza tion reports an average of 20.9 pounds of butterfat and 622 pounds of milk for 408 cows with 93 dry. Honors go to J. J. Kelly for 32.9 pounds butterfat and 984 pounds milk per head. Nine purebred and grade Holsteins, 2 dry. 22 members feed hay including alfalfa. four feed soybean hay. List of pioneer group officers and members follows. Records for 10 high herds in November show top milk and butterfat figures and participating farms.
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Pioneer Cow Testing Association
Reat
J. J. Kelly
Arthur Porter
W A. Bridge
William Mumper
BE. Entz
Lloyd Loonan
J. W. Miller
A. L. Forney
H. OE
Walters
N. J. Pike & Son
J. J. Kellex
A. van Burn
G.g.w. J. Fike & Son
PBGG
HL Miler
PBGH
E G. Bauer
P-B
4-H Guts Club Raises Money Through School Program
Rainbow club of Washington township Butler county organized a school program in Austinville. Under Mrs C W Austin the girls sold homemade candy popcorn balls and eskimo pies after the program plus admission totaling 47 dollars. County Agent Mullins and Mrs R A Smith spoke. The 4 H group has 100 percent meeting attendance for two years and plans to attend the Ames short course in June.
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Austinville
Rainbow Club
Washington Township
Butler County
C. W. Austin
John ©. Mullins
Ames
FARMERS NOTES AND CONTACT INFO IN WAUK TON AREA
Reader inquiries and comments invited regarding farm topics. Send communications to the Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Phone 6100.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Sloud
Waterloo Evening Courier
Éiter Farm Department
Watartoo Evening Courier
Towa
Prince Albert of Belgium invited to National Belgian Horse Show
Prince Albert De Ligne, Belgian ambassador to the United States, was invited to be a guest of the National Belgian Horse show in Waterloo during the Dairy Cattle Congress. The invitation came during a visit to the Chicago livestock exposition, with timing depending on duties in Washington. Prince Albert showed interest in attending the 1928 exposition if possible and noted Belgian horses’ prominence.
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Prince Albert de Ligne
United States
Fred Holbert, Greeley
Holbert Horse Importing Company
American Association of Belgian Importers and Breeders
E. &. Estel
Prince Albert
Princess de Ligne
Chicago
Estes
Waterloo
Washington
National Belgian Association
Albert
Belgium
Pedersens Start New Testing Year With Best Record
Cedar Falls December reports show William Shannon new tester for Cedar Pelts Cow Testing assoc. noting November herd average 503 pounds milk and 19.8 pounds fat. Twenty-five herds with 384 cows tested. 87 head were were tested. Pedersen & Son had both high herd and high individual cow with top figures for the 10 high herds and 10 high cows amid listed owners breeds and production data.
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Cedar Falls
William Shannon
Cedar Pelts Cow Testing Association
Peder Pedersen & Son
Jessen & Christiansen
TEI
Hisck Hark Co. Panu
H. R. Knowles
P.B.G.H. Hansen & Mercer
H. F. G. Wesstl
Holstein
Leahy Brothers
Jacob Winter
Annual Farm Bureau Meeting Set at K of P Hall
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau plans its annual meeting at the K of P Hall Monday December 15 starting 10 a m The agenda includes articles of incorporation amendments reports from officers leaders and the county agent A E Mattingly will discuss the recent American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago Four-H club participants are slated to appear A noon picnic dinner is planned Committee members for dinner are Minns Harry Adolphsen W A Eyestone and Thomas Hansen Beef Club notes from Washington Township Butler County mention calf showing preparations for Ackley fair and calf inspections by members at Vincent and Vernon Gronnings home
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Black Bank County Farm Bureau
K. of P. Hall
Burea
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau
E. E. Mattingly
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Four-H Club
Minns
Harry Adolphsen
W. A. Eyestone
Thomas Hansen
Beef Club
Austinville
Mee
Washington Township
Butler County
Vincent and
Vernon Gronnings
Ackley
Heavy Winnings of District No 11 at Show
F W Stephenson of Delvein, a veteran creamer and former state ag inspector, reported jubilation over Iowa butter makers at the National Butter Makers Association convention in Minneapolis. He noted six of the top ten national winners came from district No 11, with five medals earned by its operators. He recalled predicting the district could bring the banner back with modest help and praised their cooperation and workmanship.
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F. W. Stephenson
State Department of Agriculture
Waterloo
Iowa
Iowa Buttermakers’ Association
Minneapolis
National Buttermakers’ Association
District No. 11
Stephenson
Women Continue Study of Clothing in Black Hawk County
The Black Hawk county farm bureau women began the fourth lesson of their clothing course with a Cedar Falls meeting at Mrs. Ora Howard’s home. Miss Ruby Kassel led instruction for readers from Cedar Falls Mt. Vernon Washington Union townships. Leaders from Lincoln Orange Black Hawk and Eagle townships met at Eagle Center parochial schools. Tomorrow volunteers from Lester Barcak and Poyner townships join at Dewar hall. A December 8 meeting at Mrs. Mahlon Williams’s Spring Creek home will include Fox and Spring Creek women. The week concludes December 9 at the Y W C A building with East Waterloo Waterloo cats and Bennington participants.
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Farm Bureau
Black Hawk County
Ora Howard
Cedar Falls
Ruby Kassel
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Union Townships
Lincoln
Orange
Black Hawk
Eagle Township
Eagle Center
Lester
Barclay
Poyner
Dewar Hall
Mahlon Williams
Spring Creek Township
Fox and
Spring Creek
Bot fly project in Bradford township stalled in New Hampton
New Hampton Iowa December 1 a check on petitions shows not enough horse owners signed to profit from treating horses for bot fly control. The fly bothers horses in summer by laying eggs on the lip hairs causing eye pain and unruly behavior, with control measures needing winter action.
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New Hampton
Bradford
Women Take Second Lesson Of Project Home Furnishings
Miss Wurdeman from Ames will visit Delaware county this week to conduct the second lesson in the farm bureau home furnishing project. Training schools will be held in five county sections with 31 participants allowed, seven from each township plus the chairman. The current lesson covers home dyeing and achieving exact results.
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Manchester
Wurdeman
Ames
Delaware County
Farm Bureau
Delaware County Farm Bureau Selects Officers for Meeting
The annual Delaware County Farm Bureau meeting is set for December 18 at the courthouse. The nominating committee, Albert Retz, F. J. Gestel, and C. A. Swindell, proposed officers to be elected at the meeting: President Benjamin Jaycux and Fred L. Darey. Vice Presidents E. B. Porter and K. Greer. Secretary Car French and Joe Hermann. Treasurer C. G. Cole and Paul Munson.
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Smarter Suecind
Manchester
Farm Bureau
Delaware County
Montiny
Albert Retz
F. J. Gestel
C. A. Swindell
Benjamin Jaycux
Fred L. Darey
E. B. Porter
K. Greer
Car French
Farmers attend American Farm Bureau convention in Chicago
E. E. Mattingly treasurer of Black Hawk County Form bureau and J. L. Uban county agent attend the annual American Farm Bureau federation convention in Chicago this week. The convention opened yesterday and closes tomorrow evening. Rabe's Corn Wins in New Hampton contest with W. F. A. Raho winning seventeenth place in a large class of corn samples linked to the International Grain and Hay shows and the International Livestock exposition in Chicago last week.
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E. E. Mattingly
Black Hawk
Rabe
New Hampton
Dee
New Hampton Farmer
Chicago
Demand broader as storm looms over corn belt
Chicago dispatch reports broader buying of corn as rain or snow prospects unfold across the corn belt. Export talk fuels demand with corn selling at Gulf of Mexico levels, while wheat oats and rye hold firm. Provisions vary as hog values ease. Market shows active corn trading with a shift to buying amid favorable weather forecasts and European demand signals.
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Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Dersted Wats
Hog price ranges and cattle and sheep market summary
Chicago and regional reports show hog receipts around 50,000 with 7,000 active bids and prices down to 8.60 for midweights, culls under 9.00 for heavy weights, and sow and pig ranges mostly steady to lower. Cattle receipts near 15,000 with trade slow and steady values, steers mostly 14.50 and down, cows steady, calves weak. Sheep receipts 15,000 with slow demand and lamb bids around 14.00–14.25, others near 12.75 and lower. Futures for butter eggs and grain largely unchanged. poultry broilers and turkeys higher in St Louis region. corn and oats mixed with no dramatic shifts.
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Chicago
Securaey
ILB Tees
Pry
ST. Louis Grain
St Louis
Waterloo
Swift & Co
Wahterion
iFromn Rath
B. Rath
Ander
Bnws
Tarrom
Ery, && Fred Co
Timothy Hay
Alec
Cohn Bros
Liverpool
Midlands
Downs
Paul Livestock
St. Paul
Mion
Irregular Trade Highlights Shifting Stocks Across Leaders
New York, Dec. 6. Irregular market action shows speculative shifts from old favorites to new leaders amid bullish sentiment. early gains seen in Lambert, Muck Trucks, Nash Motors with heavy buying in Goodyear and Ajax. Food chemicals and rubber shares rise while several large names retreat, with foreign exchange steady and Liberty bonds noted in closing.
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New York
Todey
Cwil Jorms
Lambert
Muck Trucks
Nash Motors
Mathieson
Goodrich
Goodyear
Ajax
National Biscarch
Midland Step Products
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Can
American Car & Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelt
American Gugat
American T. & T
American Tobacco
American Water Works
American Woolen Anaconda
Auchibon Ieee
Pad
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantis Refining
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Qhiv Barnsdall A
Bethlehem Steel
California Petroleum
Canadian Pacific
Cerro de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chis
Mil & St
Pfd
Chicago
North Western
I. & Pacific
Chrysler -Beet
Colorado
Fool
Gas
Gas & el
Crucible Steel
Dodge Bros
du Pont de Nem
Eric Fleischmann
Freeport-Texas General Electric
General Motors
General Halfway Signal
Great N. Tron
Orr Cluts
Great
Herpenter Radio
In & St
Standard Oil
Studebaker
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Texas & Pacific
Texas Pac
Timkes Roller
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Ind
Alcanst
United States Rubber
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Maryland
Pee Westinghouse Electric Willys Overland
Woolworth
Sersees American
Liberty
Liberty Liberty
Treasury
Great Britain
France
Italy
Sci Belghim
Germany
Holland
Norway
Swedes
Denmark
Skilaarie
Spain
Grevce
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Argentina
Brazil
Japan
Shanghai
Montreal
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Chicago Dec 6
Daily commodity quotes for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Timoth y seed Cloverseed and Provisions led by No 5 feed wheat at 1 4 but with many grades listed. Lard at 11 07 Fibs 11 00 Bellies 12 00.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
Batley
Omaha Livestock Market Report from Omaha Neb
Omaha Livestock market notes cattle receipts about 900 with prices range for nearbys from 10.00 to 17.75 for steers and heifers and cows and bulls priced around 5.75 to 12.75. Hogs receipts about 9,000 with hogs trading near 8.50 to 9.50. Sheep receipts about 9,500 with feeders around 9.00 to 14.20 and lambs near 13.78 to 20.95.
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Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Neb
SAAN
Selowers Bull
Sioux City
Marat
Provisions and Poultry Prices Across Markets
New York market reports show butter receipts at 7 755 tubs and varied cheese stock with 160 527 pounds on hand. Poultry supply includes live chickens by freight and dressed turkeys with mixed demand, while Chicago notes creamery butter prices and egg receipts at 2 460 cases. Kansas City reports geese and other produce prices with shifting trade.
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New York
Des. C
Dutta
Express
Southern
Chicago
Kansas City
Livestock Markets Report From Big Markets and St Louis
Livestock receipts at Joseph Me and East St Louis Il show hogs mostly 10c lower with top $8.50 and 210 to 320 pounds. Cattle receipts total 3,800 with steady demand for better steers and yearlings, vealers around $14 to $16, cows and bulls weaker. Sheep receipts at both markets steady with best lambs holding value around $13.50.
Sioux City Livestock and Cotton Prices Across Markets
Sioux City reports cattle receipts of 2,500 with mixed prices for fed steers, yearlings, and cows. hogs at 5,500 with top around 8.85. sheep prospects steady. Cotton prices in Liverpool and Chicago show futures lower. potatoes on track amid slow movement and scattered sales.
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Chicago
Bonds Recede On Sales For Profit
New York traders pulled profits after a recent rally with most bond moves limited to small fractions. Poland 75 eased about four points near 98, with other foreign issues reacting. U S government bonds were dull and steady. In prizes for pulling, Alison Iowa, Dec. 1, offers $10 and $5 for first and second in two classes for teams over and under 2000 pounds, with Harry D. Linn assisting.
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New York
Polanid
Dodge Brothers
United States
Alison
Harry D. Linn
Iowa Horse & Mule Breeder
Peoria Livestock Market Report and Grain Prices
Hog and cattle receipts and prices across Peoria Des Moines Kansas City and South St Paul markets show hogs mostly steady to 10 cents lower with top around 8 50 and 260 pounds. cattle receipts about 12 000 with bids lower for welter and vealers. sheep and lambs steady to higher in spots. grain quotes for Omaha grain mixed with wheat corn oats and barley listed.
Unchanged Wheat Receipts Across Markets and Prices
Kansas City reports Unchanged receipts of 21 cars with No 2 dark hard wheat at 1.41 and No 3 around 1.40 to 1.41. St Louis grain shows cash and future prices for hard red spring and winter wheat, oats and timothy at near steady levels, with December and January bids. Minneapolis flour shipments and byproduct prices noted.
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Minneapolis Gratn
Mirnneapolis
Minm
Dee
Oormiern
Oraaig
Kansas OY Bay
Kansas City
Kansas
Pommally Ag
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Shearer
Ted Besh
William Darbyshire
Clarence Thompson
Hampton
Clarence Turner
Louis Thompson
Wayne Lacock
Pedersens
Denviehne
Peoria
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Dec
Joseph
E. ST. Louis
St. Louis
Til
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Loop
Cleveland
Sioux City Livestock
Fredericks
Mss
Mack Blix
Peoria Livestock Proria
Kansas City Livestock
Manens Guy
ST. Louis Serds
Toledo
Timothy
It. Louis Grain
Mayers
State Loan Co. 1B
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