Co op leaders urge farmers to unite under farm bureau
Independence Iowa December 16 E M Wilcox elected Buchanan County Farm Bureau president succeeding W J Tiffney who moved to California. William Ferrin Winthrop named vice president Roy Bender and Fay Whitney of Independence chosen secretary and treasurer. Schilling Northfield Minnesota urged co operative marketing arguing co ops must prevent overlap of cream eries and push for a Minnesota Wisconsin joint butter cooperative Market aims include Land O Lakes butter to attract Iowa and Nebraska participation.
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Fina
Geowlowiy
Deva
Mhinesotes
Wisconsin
Land of Lakes
Farm Bureau
Independence
E. M. Wilcox
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
W. J. Tiffney
California
Wilcox
Buchanan County
William Ferrin
Winthrop
Roy Bender
Fay Whitney
J. Charles Robinson
Jesup
J. H. Mosher
Stanley
K. E. Norton
Mosher
W. F. Schilling
Northfield
Minn
Schilling
Twin City Milk Producers’ Association
St. Paul
Minnesota
Mr. Schilling
Twin City Milk Producers Association
Pigitt
Minneapolis
Notable Farm Purchases In East Tama County
Frank Cuda, a well known east Tama farmer, bought the John Froklas Indacre farm at about 160 per acre and will take possession March 1. He will reside on the Stokins farm while continuing to work his own. Ar Stokins bought the Duggan 86 acres east of Toledo at a price around per acre, noting the farm as one of the county’s best improved places.
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Courier Special Service
Frank Cuda
Tama County
John, Froklas Indacre
Myr
Cuda
Wes
Stokins
Ar. Stokins
Duggan
Toledo
Juacre
Dysart Hatchery Opens New Incubator Building
In Dysart on December 16 the Evergreen hatchery began erecting a vent incu lator building to house a 12 000 chick incubator aimed to hatch more chicks this season. The machine will let them meet orders more fully next year as last year’s output was limited. Operators report pullets trap nesting this year and high lay rates in White Leghorn White Rock White Wyandotte pens with 26 eggs in White Leghorn and White Rock and 24 eggs in Wyandotte last month.
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Courier Special Service
Dysart
Evergreen
Farmers Letters to Editor Published in Waterloo Evening Courier
Residents address questions and comments to the Farm Department and submit them to the editor at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Water loo Iowa with the paper’s contact phone.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Traer Poultry Show Entries Shrink Amid Deep Cold
Cold weather sharply reduces entries at the Traer winter fair poultry show. Officials say the 1 043 birds from last year will fall by at least one third to one half this year, with less than 500 on day one and entry extended to Thursday night.
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Fooorter
Traar
Dee W
Tracr
Buf
Orpington
Plymouth Rock
Buchanan
Star
Independence
Buchanan County
Eli Hersey
Parkersburg
Rhole Island
Acid phosphate boosts corn yields and maturity in Waterloo farm test
W O Tanneather of Orange township reports acid phosphate plus lime boosts corn yields by about 10 bushels per acre and accelerates maturity. He notes oats and wheat also respond with heavier, taller plants and better kernel fill, with broadcast application costing around $2.35 per acre.
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W. O. Tanneather
Orange Township
Tanreuther
Tanneather Farm
Tanneather
Tanneniher
Tie
Hawks Eye
Clover and alfalfa fed to brood sows boost pig weight
Iowa State specialists report feeding clover or alfalfa hay to brood sows in winter increases pig weight and strength. Experiments show alfalfa hay plus corn yields heavier pigs and higher percent of strong pigs versus corn alone.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Towa
John M. Dyvard
C. C. Culbertson
Iowa
Mills Invents Mash Hopper for Poultry Feeder
Toledo Ja December 16 County Agent Z R Mills reports a new poultry feeder that reduces feed waste and is water proof and durable. The galvanized iron hopper releases grain when a bird stands on a lever, available in single and double sizes and to be marketed soon.
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Toledo
Z. R. Mills
Mr. Mills
Wheat and cotton market summaries and local sheep club
A mixed commodity report covers wheat price slips in Chicago with futures steadying, cotton prices easing in Liverpool and Chicago, and Minneapolis grain and flour quotes. The piece notes a Bennington Iowa flock joining Fayette County boys and girls in a 1927 sheep club to promote pure Shropshire breeding and shared management education.
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Peoria
Volga City
Dee
Bennington Flock
Here
Fayette County
Bennington
Sheen Club
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Report
Chicago dates and prices for grains and provisions list multiple No. 2 to No. 6 grades across corn rye oats and timothy with prices for lard ribs and fellies noted. The mixed yellow and white categories show bid offers and market movements in late trading.
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Chicago
North America
Ike
Ilize
Witte
Lasley
Livestock Market Slumps Amid Mixed Cattle and Hog Prices
Chicago market reports show hogs steady to firm with a wide range of weights selling around 10.75 to 11.60. Cattle receipts near 16 000 feature limited trading on steers while yearlings and heavy weights hold around 10.00 to 14.00, with cows and bulls unevenly weaker. Sheep demand remains slow as fat lambs drop about a quarter, while feeding lambs stay weak and lamb prices hover near 12 to 13 dollars. Total daily supply eases to about 94 500 head across principal markets, with 10 000 cattle arrivals and hundreds held over from the prior day.
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Chicago
Waterloo
Switt & Co
Farmer‘s
Waterloot Ny
Marsh-Place
Lamson Bros. & Co
H. A Springs
Lesterns
Turke J
Daeereres
Ork
Ik Rave
Rash Cocking Co
West Lambs
Barclay & Sana
Timothy
Prairia
Senn Bros
Fredid Amrs
Ptaittte
Ou Tdups
Sa Dubhoon
St Paul Livestock Market Report December Prices Slips Amid Mixed Receipts
Cattle receipts 3 500 slow and weak with most classes toward lower bids. Calves vealers show early steady hints. Hogs 16 000 very slow with steady mid day pork prices around 11 75 and 11 06 average. Sheep 2 600 trade around lower fat lambs with ewes from 5 00 to 6 25. Cattle top around 11 50 for steers with bulk 7 75 to 10 25.continues with additional hog and sheep figures and mixed lots.
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South St. Paul
Dlinn
Blowvsepa
Duc LE T
Nogs
Ste
Ikansas City
Kansas City
Anary
New York Stock and Commodity Shifts on Dec 16
Reports show United States Steel and key oils falling on the day’s trading while strong gains in some motor and chemical stocks offset blue chips. U.S. Steel rose to 1671 amid large volume. Nash Motors climbs on merger chatter. many by products and baking shares slip with volume around 2.2 million.
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New York
States Steel
Soma
Ue Motor
Railroad Camipmient
Porto Rico Sugar
Pullyam
International Harvester Ink Foundation Co
Advance Jrumley
Shires
Motor Group
Continentl Baking A
McCrory
Air
Stromberg
United States Steel
AIL Chem. & Dyes
Americas
Can Am
Car & Pay
American Ko F Am
American Sugar Am
Tel
Anaconda Coppar Armour of
JLB
Aranigan Veyessatl
Baldwin Lou
Batt. & Ghig
Bethlehem Steel
California
Canadian Pac Cent
Leath, Pfd
Cerm de Paseo
Chesapeake & CO
Mil & St. P, Ptt
Chic
Northyestern.Co
BLL & B
Chile Copper
Chrysler Colm
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel - Consolifatel
Crucible Steel
Daxison Chemtleal
Dodge Bros. A
du Pont de Nem
Electric
Erie Railroad
Famous Players Fish Rubber Foundation
General Elretric
New General Motors Gt
Iron
Northern
Gulf Staters Steel Houston Oil
Hudson Motora - Ilinois Central
Combustion Engine
Harvester
Mar
Vane & Tet & Tele
Pacific Oil
Packard Mearor Pan, Am
Pet
Pennsylvania
Pierce-Arrow
Southern
Sinclair OW. Cal
Standard Oil
N. Studebaker
Texas Co
Texas Gulf Sulp
Texas & Pacific
Union Pacific
U. S. Ing. Alcohol
U. S. Rapher
U. & Stealey Wabash Railway
Ward
Fayette County Farm Bureau Sees Member Gains by Township
Oscar Gilley reports to the farm bureau boat that ten townships in Fayette county completed membership work with a total gain of 246 members. Townships listed include Orange, Bethel, Auburn, Union, Varian, Highn VT Banks, Center, Westfield and Smithfield with gains ranging from four to forty eight members.
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Fayette
Oscar Gilley
Farm Bureau
Schmadeke Succeeds With McLean System in Indiana
Clarksville Indiana reports H Schmadeke a Butler county farmer achieves four year success with the McLean swing-raising system. A prior corn crop pastured hogs last season highlighted fertility of the meld when applied to corn. Potatoes in Chicara see 26 car receipts and light trading with firm market and mixed regional prices.
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Clarksville
H. Schmadeke
Butler County
McLean
Schmadeke
Frozen Dirt Clods Winter Roads Fragment Cass County Travel
Extreme cold in Cass County turns dirt on highways into stone like clods that rupture tires when struck. Motorists report tires crack and shatter after contact with frozen clods. A road grader was dispatched to plane clods from the surface.
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Atlantic
Cass County
Bank Debits and Sioux City Livestock Markets Summary
Water utility and bank debit figures show weekly totals with mixed precision and occasional dates. Sioux City livestock reports listReceipts for cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges and daily totals for December in a historic market column.
Provisions and dairy prices across markets report
New York and Chicago market notes list butter receipts and prices for creamery and near white varieties, with firm tones and specific cents per pound. Poultry, cheese, tallow, and hay also show steady or firm trends, plus regional marks from Kansas City and others.
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New York
Pacific
Midwest
Rio
Santos No
Chicago
Chisago
Young Americas
Science Reclassifies Glozel Inscriptions as Modern
Archaeologist Camillo Julian reports that the Glozel relics once thought to prove Neolithic writing are actually from a late antique or Carlo-Roman period. The inscriptions reveal Latin words written backward as magic incantations and include reindeer carvings tied to peasant relics.
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Paris
Der
Glozel
Camillo Julian
Oman
M. Julian
Town subsidizes physician to keep him as resident
Charlemont Massachusetts votes to provide $200 retroactive to September to January 2 1927 to retain Dr F C Matthews the area’s only doctor serving roughly 3000 people over 70 square miles. Townspeople fear loss of medical access if he leaves. A future meeting may discuss a $500 salary for the coming year.
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Charlemont
Mass
Rowe, Heath
Hawley
F. C. Matthews
Shelburne Falls
Naval Town
Matthews
Dwarfs Fate Said to Surpass Giants in Modern Life
London report notes Alfred Bunford the Midland midget died recently at 41 inches tall yet life suggests dwarfs may cope better under civilized conditions. Anecdote recalls 17th century Empress of Austria gathering dwarfs and giants to Vienna, where dwarfs teased giants, drives guards to shield the larger beings from pygmy torment. Grain prices listed follow in Omaha and St. Louis ledgers.
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London
Alfred Bunford
Austria
Vienna
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Dysart Hatchery
Traer Poultry Display
Culbertson
Evvard
Mills
Colton
Liverpool
Midlands
Asvnn
Associated Press
Esas i
Osas
Flogk
Board of Trade
ST. Paul Livestock
St. Joseph Livestock
Uui
Geb
St Hope of Rap
Norwoghterie
Kansas
U.S
Idaho
Russell
Waterloo Bank
Tpee
Witerios Clearing House Association
Sioux City
Erie
Omaha
Neb
ST. Lous Grain
St. Louis
Wotel Russell-Lamson
Wilbert Shallenberger
Oakwood Boulevard
Cedar Falls
Hemenway Farm
Benson Station
New Hertford
Helfers
Jersey
Hostetler & Roberts
Oscar Tastlehe
Anet. Security Trust & Sayings Bank
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