New Officers of Bureau Named in Annual Meeting
Black Hawk County Farm bureau officers were elected yesterday at the annual meeting held in the K of P hall. E E Mattingly will become president succeeding S Smalling who asked to be relieved of duties. Ora Howard will lead the women’s division, with Mrs. Albert Nielsen as secretary, A L Kreger re elected secretary, and Larsen named vice president. County directors and girls club committee were announced, with a picnic noted and speeches by local leaders.
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Black Hawk County Farm Bureau
PB. Hall
E. E. Mattingly
Black Hawk Township
S. ©. Smalling
Ora Howard
Cedar Falls Township
P. L. Fredley
Bennington Township
Farm Bureau
Smalling
Larsen
A. G. Larsen
Cedar Falls
Pioneer Farm Bureau
Roy Porter
Mattingly
A. L. Kreger
Friedley
Albert Nielsen
County Farmy Bureau Board
W. H. Watson
Fred Mark
Union Township
W. A. Eyestone
Mt. Vernon
A. H. Ede
Gast Waterloo
Harry Gratt
Spring Creek
Dan Conry
Congress
Roy Mitchell
Earl Johnson
Barclay Township
Grace Heidt
Waterloo Township
Howard
Poultry Protective Association
John Briden
Isla Bureau Automobile and Life Insurance
Holdem
Tate Me
Grundy County Farm Bureau elects officers at yearend meet
In Grundy Center Iowa on December 20 two hundred farmers attended the Grundy County Farm Bureau meeting. E. W. Steffer was elected president, John Price vice president, Walter Lyrin secretary, George Stumbaugh treasurer. Mrs H C Schwyhart was named leader for county home project work with Mrs N C Syndergard as assistant leader and Mrs B Wilhelm as home project secretary. The report notes Day C Warneke from Maxfield township and William Wendt longtime treasurer, plus Art Chapin an officer with ten years service did not seek re election. A resolution urged farmers to tattoo hogs and poultry for identification.
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Payette County Farm Bureau
B. Hollarman
Jefferson Township
P. PF. Stewart
Harlan
Irving Partridge
Lea Coleman
Freeport
G. EB. Sauerby
Jefferson
W.H. Turner
Westfield
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Poultry Protective Association
J. F. Wilkinson
Scott
Phillip Woll
Grover
Irving Patridge
Frank Whitney
H. P. Schmit
Uoion
Toledo
Dee
Rascoe McFlhinney
Dysart
Tama County Farm Buresse
W. B. Ebersole
Frank Early
Traer
Frank Cold
Gladbrook
Farm Bureau
Charles Gary
Moulour
DO. J. Eagward
Andrew Addison
Truer
H. P. Dau Schmidt
John Hansen
Isadar Stwhert
D. A. Garretson
Lester Merlele
J. D. Hayes
F. EB. Wilcox
Tama
Thomas Lovig
Gilman
C. B. Jessen
Gatwinters
George Ebrisole
Fern Bureau
Jayeux
Eerie Speed
Day C. Warneke
Maxfield Township
William Wendt
Albert Wendt
Wendt
Art Chapin
Grundy Center
Grundy County Farm Bureau
E. W. Steffer
John Price
Walter Lyrin
George Stumbaugh
H. C. Schwyhart
N. C. Syndergard
Offer Made for Co op Creamery
Valerico Co Operative Dairy stockholders are called to a meeting at the plant on Tuesday December 27 at 10 a m to vote on an offer received by three directors to sell the plant An individual buyer rather than a company made the offer Farmers earlier asked about selling indicated they would not. The dairy plant was established years ago by local dairymen and has been run by a board of directors and a manager.
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Valerico Co-Operative Dairy Company
Cattle TB Testing Reaches Ten Million National Total
Washington December 29. Secretary Jardine’s office released a 50 page bureau report by Dr. John R. Mohler on TB efforts in livestock. Nearly 10 million cattle tested. 347 counties completed testing with infection under 0.5 percent. Public appeal for more veterinary students accompanies progress and continued quarantine policy.
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Washington, D. C
United States
John R. Mohier
Bureau of Animal Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Mohler
Sow Thistle Invades Iowa Farms Warns Purdue Expert
Prof L H Pammel of Iowa State College cautions Pi Town area counties to act on eradicating sow thistle a noxious weed spreading from Minnesota and the Dakotas rail lines. Ada Hayden studies show several infestations in northern counties as the weed advances about 20 miles yearly. He warns eradication now saves farmers money and notes Canada and prairie regions also battle this weed.
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Dakotas
L. H. Pammel
Towa State College Department of Botany
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Ada Hayden
Towa
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Holstein officer selection eyed after Iowa sale
The Black Hawk County Holstein breeders plan a meeting soon after a consignment sale at Dairy Cattle Congress grounds. A full time field representative for several Midwest states is to be chosen today, with nine candidates reportedly in contention and leaders Culver and Hanson among applicants. E M Wright notes fitting and care boost sale prices, citing two heifers where training raised one by about 150 dollars.
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Iowa
Dairy Cattle Congress
Middlewest
Kansas City
Man. V. Culver
Minnesota Holstein Company
Axel Hanson
E. M. Wright
Exports Help In Rally At Close In Corn Market
A wave of selling by holders of future delivery contracts pushed prices lower in the corn market today but the decline trimmed as export buyers along the Atlantic seaboard stepped in. Wheat and oats also weakened with a bearish government crop report weighing on sentiment. Provisions edged up on scattered buying as traders digested official and private estimates of 1927 corn production.
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Atlantic Seaboard
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Rural Women To Be Recognized For Family Management
Ames reports the annual farm and home week banquet will name five master homemakers from 74 nominees. Across 24 states the contest, run by a national farm magazine, requires petitions signed by five friends and a 60 page questionnaire on farm home life health living habits recreation family relations and community work. Scoring totals 1000 points across home management, recreation, social development, family relations, health, living habits, community work and farm home plant. States including Iowa Illinois Kansas Kentucky Indiana Minnesota Missouri North Dakota Tennessee South Dakota Ohio and West Virginia recognize homemakers in early year with others in summer. A nationwide total of 706 nominations.
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West Virginia
United States
Butler County Cow Test Association Elects New Officers
Alison Dec 20 Butler County Cow Test Association held no banquet at Aaron Hardiman home Dec 16. New officers elected: President Herman Hunt, Vice President F H Schmedtke, Secretary Treasurer Agron Hardman, Directors Henry Van Halen O Sutcliffe Day fan Mather. Esarl Schulz dairy specialist from Ames spoke on data guiding breeding and feeding programs. The association aims to help all farmers and expects success next year with tester Einar Anderson starting Jan 1.
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Esarl Schulz
Ames
Buller County Association
Einar Anderson
Butter Thieves Strike Iowa Plants In Christmas Heist
Aowarning to creamery managers reports thieves entered the Garner Iowa farmers’ creamery and carried off 525 pounds of butter in Christmas wrappers. The Britt Iowa plant was also robbed, suggesting a Minnesota gang may be widening its raids into Iowa. Clyde Bechtelheimer, secretary of the Town Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association, notes ongoing butter theft activity and warns managers to heighten security.
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Clyde Bechtrlheimer
Bechtelheimer
Towa Planta
Cotton futures market closes with mixed gains and losses
Fragmented OCR reports cotton futures trading with prices and quotes for several contracts. Includes references to December March May and October positions, with gains and drops across different months, and notes of price levels around 10.69 to 19.04 percent changes. Mentions Chicago and Market activity in the day’s session.
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Chicago
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Board of Trade Cash Quotations December Chicago Market
Wheat quotations and a range of grain prices are listed with No. 3 red at 1452, No. 2 bard at 1.32, No. 1 northern spring at 1.30, and various yellow and white sample grades. Sesame seeds, barley, and oilseed prices appear with oats and livestock values, including linseed, cloverseed, lard, ribs, and bellies.
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Packers Wait 10c Lower Hog Prices
Packers wait 10c lower hog prices as Cutcage reports receipts around 40,000 hogs with top prices near 8.80 for 210-200 lb weights and 8.45 for 180-210 lb. Cattle receipts about 7,000 with varied demand and steady to higher prices for some steers, cows, and stockers. Sheep receipts 17,000 with slow trade. top lamb markets around 13.35 for choice weights. overall market steady to firmer in spots. Sioux City market notes show mixed cattle and hog activity with steady to firm trends and varied weights and prices.
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Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards
Union Yards reports varied livestock lots with grain market notes from Peoria and Omaha regions. Entries include wheat and corn futures, mixed grain prices, and assorted white and yellow corn grades, with several bulk lots labeled No. 2 or No. 4 and remixed categories.
Market declines as Pan American Petroleum dividend omitted
New York trading opened with broad weakness led by Pan American Petroleum shares dropping after dividend omission. Utilities and industrials fluctuated with General Motors and Chrysler among early leaders, while Continental Insurance slid on the session’s opening. Foreign exchange opened lower as demand sustained around 4.87 and 3.924 for francs. Closing quotes showed strength in several issues, including American Can, IBM, and Anaconda, with several issues reaching new highs before slight pullbacks.
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New York Market Receipts and Poultry Prices Reported
New York Christmas market notes report varied receipts across meats and dairy. Poultry listings show live fowl and turkey prices, with figures for dairy products and processed goods, including cheese types and ratios.
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Bond Market Shows Small Changes in Quiet Session
New York trading on December 20 reflected a largely quiet bond market with limited activity and minor price moves. Convertible issues edged higher on select titles while rail and utility issues showed modest demand or ease, and US government bonds held near yesterday’s levels amid few transactions.
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Value of Minerals in Lamb Fattening Ration Given Test
Iowa Experiment Station starts a 60 day lamb feeding trial with 289 lambs averaging 70 pounds to compare mineral supplements. A separate cattle aging study is underway. Regional livestock market notes from St Paul and East St Louis report receipts and price ranges for cattle calves hogs sheep with mixed trends and several highlighted lots.
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Omaha
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
St Joseph Livestock Market Report and Grain Prices
In St Joseph Missouri on December 20 hogs receipts reached 4 000 with prices steady to higher top 8 65 for 190 to 320 pounds. Cattle receipts 1 500 calves and yearlings steady with top near 12 40. bid weights and feeders mixed. Minneapolis grain shows No 1 northern at 1 241 4 per bushel and corn No 3 yellow around 5 3 4 to 5 6 0 per bushel. Kansas City grain reports mixed prices across corn and oats with several No 2 and No 3 grades listed and per bushel values varying by grade.
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