Farm Bureau Meetings Planned Across Two Counties
Bremer County and Buchanan Independence Iowa Farm Bureau units plan a series of events next week. In Denver Bremer meeting features speaker Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Pella along with free coffee and music from the Denver Community orchestra. Committees on resolutions nominations and annual reports are named. In Independence a Woodman Hall program includes talks by Ray Li Gribben and a national championship demonstration by Buchanan county 4-H members. Farmers and business people urged to attend.
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Denver
Bremer County Farm Bureau
Ellsworth Richardson
Pella
Denver Community Club
Denver Community Orchestra
Ricson
Namied
A. D. Ubagin
Bremer
Faro
Bureso
B. M. Reeves
H. A. McCaffiree
P. A. Coburn
George W. Christopher
Adolph Hoppe
F. C. Gallagher
Buchanan
Independence
Ray ‘Li Gribben
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Fara Bureau
Woodman Hall
Tonao Shrdiu
Ezra McKebvie
Hazleton
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
L. V. T. Francis
Fairbank
Frank I. Bantz
J. Charles Robinson
Vérle Manson
Buchanan County
Indianapolis
Railway Engineer Talks at West Lafayette Meeting
George A. Wheeler, locomotive engineer for the Illinois Central, addressed the West Lafayette township Farm Bureau meeting at Spring Lake schoolhouse. Officers named C. B. Montgomery president, George Voseller vice president, Earl Voseller secretary-treasurer. A milk products talk by Mr Slemmons followed Wheeler’s address. Plans for 1928 included livestock and dairy projects, demonstrations, and club activities with a daytime meeting set for January 6 at George W. Christopher’s home. Women provided lunch.
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George W. Christopher
George A. Wheeler
Slemmons
offQarnation Silk Products 'Company
West Lafayette Township
Christmas Party For Rural Girls Dec 19
County girls club officials met with Miss Elizabeth Hudson at the courthouse and announced a Christmas party for rural girls of Black Hawk county on December 19. The event will replace the annual achievement day with a short business meeting to elect 1926 officers and select four projects.
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Elizabeth Hudson
Black Hawk County
Community Meeting at Sumner Thursday in High School Gym
Dr We Al Ronit of Waverly will speak at a large Sumner county meeting in the Sumner high school gym Thursday evening December 10. An orchestra will provide music and two program numbers will be supplied by Sumner Township Farm Bureau, People of Dayton and LeRoy townships. Brener County will also participate.
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Sumner
We AL Ronit
Waverly
Schol
Millish
Sumner Township Farm Bureau
Dayton
LeRoy Townships
Brener County
Letters to the Editor Invited by Waterloo Evening Courier
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department at Waterloo Evening Courier, Waterloo, Iowa. Include a contact phone number for correspondence.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Tows
Milk Boosts Hen Laying Says Fremont Farm Woman
A Bremer county farm woman reports her flock of under 200 hens averaged 30 eyes per day last week after increased feeding. She notes milk feeding boosts production and expects higher output as winter laying begins.
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M. Horsely
Fremont Lowsship
Bremer County
Farmers Help Doctor Plow Thru Snow Bank After Big Storm
William L D Kepler recalls rural help after a severe snow storm when a doctor needed to reach a patient from Reinbeck. Kepler hitched a wagon and helped through drifts with farmers along the route, aiding the doctor and returning to Reinbeck within an hour. He notes snow doubles farm chores and mentions transporting stock cattle through blizzard conditions.
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William LD. Kepler
Vermont
Hudson
Tama Counly
Reinbeck
Kepler
Grundy Farm Girls Earn 139 From Club Activities
Grundy Center Iowa December reports show eight rural girl clubs in Grundy county raised 135.92 from ice cream socials and bazaars and won 27 from clothing exhibits. They received trips worth 42.50 and produced three dress forms 96 undergarments 151 dresses and six hats. Estimated savings reached 237.92 through club work in clothing and millinery.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Buchanan County Wool Producers Earn 40 Cents a Pound
Wool growers in Buchanan county who pooled crop shipments to the state fleece wool growers association and sold in Chicago received checks this week. The average price reported was about 40 cents per pound, with improved quality credited to better grading and sheep husbandry since pooling began three years ago.
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Independence
Buchanan County
State Fleece
Club member's calf yields 53 pounds milk in heifer form
Waverly Iowa December 9 Selma Kuethe a dairy calf club member joined the junior organization in 1923 and owns a Holstein calf now producing as high as 53 pounds of milk daily after October thinning. Her sister Edna also has a club heifer that is freshened and showing well. Leaders urge members to stay in the program at least three years to gain experience in feeding and handling calves producing in heifer form.
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Waverly
Selma Kuethe
Selma
Edna
Record Cow Test Yields Hit New High in Wapsie Valley
Independence reports 352 cows in the Wapsiuv Valley Cow Test Association last month. 274 cows averaged 422 pounds of milk and 17.3 pounds of butterfat with Henry Allenstein's Guernsey herd at Lamont posting 27.6 pounds butterfat for 13 head. The top cow, a purebred Jersey owned by H A Slater, yielded 104 pounds of milk and 52 pounds butterfat.
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Independence
Wapsiuv
Wapsie Valley Association
Ure
Jowa-Bred Angus World Champion Crowned at Expo
The international livestock exposition honored an Angus female bred in Johnson County by Milton Tudor of Jowa City. The champion, proven in competition and sold two years earlier, marks a notable achievement for Iowa breeders and the local herd.
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Jowa City
Johnson
County
Milton Tudor
al Am Lowa City
O.flarrison
California
Towa
Beder
Maynard juniors win judging test at Fayette county event
Maynard Iowa reports the Maynard juniors won the silver cup in the 4 county grain judging contest at Postville with 1241 points. Teammates from Fayette county placed high, while Randalia and Wadena also performed well. The program featured poultry and corn exhibits, with a notable playset from Harlan township poultry club and coaching by Mrs. Frank Cummings.
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Maynard
Fayette County
Postville
Farmers’ Institute
Joel
Johuson
Payette
Claire Putz
Waucoma
Ray van Slykle
Tandalia
Thomas Bower
West Union
Kenneth Mitchell
Wadena
Pustville
Wilreitin
Maynardtesan
Warcoima
Randalia
Fayette
Hawkreve
Maynard Jirs
John
Caurven
Fayette Institute
D.C. Carvey & Son
Westfield Township
Robert Reinhart
Dover Township
Henry George
Union Township
Harlan Township
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City market notes mixed demand for cattle and calves. Receipts and prices show some steers and yearlings trading higher, with bulk cows steady and bull activity moderate. Shipments mixed at staged weights, with top lots around 17 235 dollars and various lots at 40 dollars per hundredweight, reflecting fluctuating buyer activity.
Horse Sells for 130 Dollars at Dike Farm Auction
On a farm near Dike Iowa John Colville held a closing out sale as he quits farming and moves to town. Six horses sold with the top horse bringing about 1230 dollars. A ton of cattle brought around 16 dollars. No pigs or oats sold due to winter conditions and road drift.
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Dike
John Colville
Colville
Golville
Water molds corn at dike husking nearly done
Corn delivered at the two elevators shows high moisture causing mold. Four shellers shelled corn Monday as farmers piled crop outside cribs. Husking nears completion in muddy fields with snow pending grading. most deliveries were contracted at 70 cents a bushel but moisture and grading issues lower the price.
Farmer Louis Warneke Ships Extra Feed for Winter Cows
Readlyn Iowa notes farmer Louis Warneke harvested several tons of alfalfa this season from his field and ordered an additional carload of tegumery to feed his dairy cows during the coming winter.
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Readlyn. Ja. Dee
Louis Warneke
Per Bushel Cost Of Sealing Grains In Independence Ia
Farmers may seal corn to meet financial obligations by warehousing receive. Norval Muherman is the new sealer in Independence with warehousing board members P. M. Freeman F J Copenhaver Clarence Cline C E Miller and P C Thedens. The board does not lend money on sealed grain. Farms seeking sealing must insure against windstorm and notify a sealer who will inspect the crib and place the government seal on doors. Sealing charges are one cent per bushel.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Norval Uwerman
Sealer
P. M. Freeman
Hazleton
F. J. Copenhaver
Jesup
iClarence Cline
C. EL Miller
Aurora
P. C. Thedens
Joan
Farmers to Meet at Seeman Home in Jesup Iowa
In Jesup Iowa on December 1, a Westmire township meeting will be hosted at Mr and Mrs HL Seeman’s home. A minister and district water project speaker are scheduled, with motion pictures by County Agent AY Walters. A meal will be served.
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Seeman
Jesup
Westmire Township
Techunant
Pthete Qlsa
AY Walters
Waynes
Board of Trade Cash Quotations and Prices
The Board of Trade quotes for Wheat and Corn show No 1 hard at 1.79, No 2 hard around 1.77, No 4 mixed 0.76, and No 5 mixed near 0.71. Yellow and white varieties list multiple prices, with Barley at 9.7, Timothy seed 6.50 to 7.25, Clover seed 15.00 to 30.60. Provisions read Lard 14.27, Ribs 18.00, Bellies 14.50.
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Minn
Montana
Chicago
Hog Range Market Slows Amid Mixed Hog Receipts
Chicago morning hog and cattle market report shows hog receipts at 26 000 with uneven demand. Larger lots bid up to 10 85 for medium weights, 11 68 top for bulk 140 to 180 pounds. Cattle receipts 20 000 with few steer sales and mixed bids, vealers up to 10 40 1 50, cows steady. Sheep receipts 12 000 with better grades steady to lower, bulk 1 50 17 00, several fats around 17 25.
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Chicago
Law
Regional Livestock Markets Reported Mixed Prices
Receipts were heavy across cattle calves hogs and sheep with uneven demand. Packers showed low interest on cattle and light cankers, hogs mostly steady to lower, fat lambs firm to higher, and regional quotes from East St. Louis Peoria and St. Paul noting lighter trade than Tuesday.
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EAST
Market swings as prices rise boost trades and lift some shares
Stocks advanced and then slumped as prices moved to tempting levels. Chrysler fell earlier but later surged, while Republic Steel and several industrials showed strength. Rails were sluggish except Atlantic Coast Line, and outside buyers pressed numerous issues amid dividend announcements.
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Chrysler
Ward
Postum
United States Cast Iron
General Eiectric
Republic
Algo
U. S
Fisher Body
Altho
Marland Oil
Beechnut Packing
Pacific Coast First Preferred
Market Street Railways
Preferred
Republic Steel, Foundation Company
Hudson ‘Motors
United Frust
Remington Typewriter
Atlantic
Produce prices at Chicago and New York markets
New York and Chicago reports show mixed price shifts across staples. Flour, pork, lard, sugar and dairy items move within narrow ranges while poultry and eggs hold firm or edges vary. receipts and market tone described as steady to easier in several categories.
Sugar Market Drifts With Easier Tone as Prices Slip
New York AP reports a softer undertone in the sugar market with offerings up at last paid prices around 4.08 per 100 pounds for Cuban refined. December futures lead the decline amid 1% notices triggering fund repositioning. Midday quotes show minor losses while refined sugar holds around 5.00 to 5.50 per hundredweight as bearish crop expectations weigh. Potatoes in Chicago see receipts of 42 cars and total shipments 429 with steady trade. Wisconsin and Minnesota white sacks around 3.85 and Russet at 3.50 to 2.60 per cwt.
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Chicago
Board of ‘Trade
Avc
Argentina
Der
New York
Dee
United States
Wisconsin
Min- Nest
Cound White
Waterloo Market Prices and Goods Listing
The Waterloo market page lists grain flour eggs and dairy items with prices, including wheat flour, patent flour, butter, lard, potatoes, various hens ducks geese and turkeys, along with cattle hogs and veal prices from Rath Packing. It also itemizes forage hay straw hides wool sheep pelts and other seller goods from Barclay and Sons with multiple grade specs.
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Waterloo
Prom Barclay & Sons
Omaha Livestock Receipts and Prices Fall Across Markets
In Omaha and St. Joseph receipts include cattle, hogs, and sheep with prices mostly down. Omaha reports mixed bids on cattle and softer hogs with top veal at $9.50 and bulk sales near $10.00 to $10.75. Sheep show lighter lamb demand with rounds around $16.50 and ewes up to $9.25. St Joseph hogs weaken to about $20.50 to $11.00, steers $8.50 to $10.00, calves $7.00 to $11.00, and lambs around $75.75 for primals.
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Seb. Oe. Paul
Miu
ST. Joseph
Dee
Birthday Dinner for Paul Adler Highlights Orange Township Notes
The Orange Township community gathers at Paul Adler's 12th birthday dinner with his Sunday school class as guests. Neighbors Miss Adlida Wood and Grainger Buck visit Blairstown, while Miss Linda Jansen and others attend Teachers College Cedar Point. Roads blockades and stormy weather affect events, with school closings and fire losses noted alongside regional fruit export remarks.
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Paul Adler
Paul
Adlida Wood
Grainger Buck
Blairstown
Tls
Merle Rough
Bist Wood
tKough
Noan Fike
Linda Jansen
Stanley Milley
Jack Iiraham
Kenneth Alause
Teashars College
Cedar Pali
Delta West
Toto
Lois Liehty
Morris
Finchfford
Ruth Meyers
Milledgeville, IN
Fler
Hen Housing Plan to Raise Eggs for Profit
A fragmented notice suggests a poultry operation promising 72 hens per year under proper housing and feeding. The text mentions BASkET and BALENSIEPER PEED CO with a phone number 5012, in a garbled line of advertising copy.
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Inc
Boacurcore
Balensieper Peed CO
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Minette County
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Westville
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Sewett
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St Louis
Hasier Ulisdertone
Pratts Poultry Regulator
Ratis Regulator
Pratt
Regulator
Ues Endinonally
Wangiler Bros. Co
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Neb
Orange Township
Eva Whistler
Aretend
Ilinois
Lee Fisher
Slifer
Toe Guagy
Canada
Logan Service
Sea Black Hawk Loan Company
Sul Floor Lafayette Buly
Insurance Loan & Investment Company
Lafayette
Brig. Waterloo
Iowa
State Banking Department
State Loan CO
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