Beef cutting and canning tips reach Tama farmers
Geneseo December 20 farm meeting featured Roy Snyder extension animal husbandman explaining economical beef use. He demonstrated canning steak and roasts, preserving flavor, and advised corned beef from cheaper cuts. Hog cutting and pork curing methods were also shown, with notes on dry and brine cures and safe handling in warm weather.
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Geneseo
Roy Snyder
Extension
Animalusbandman
North Tama
Snyder
R. C. McElhinney
Tama Farm Bureau
John Klink
Gladbrook
Tama County
Ames
Farmers Condition Is Improving Says Secretary Jardine
Washington D C Dec 20 AP American agriculture is in better shape than commonly supposed says William Jardine secretary of agriculture This is attested by the advance in purchasing power of its products progress in mechanization improvement of crops and livestock and growing cooperative control over marketing Each season sees overproduction of some crops but agriculture as a whole adjusts supply to demand with increasing skill and has regained more than three fourths of the buying power lost postwar The recovery is due to farmers energy and enterprise and while relief is still needed the postwar low mood had complex causes and the nation must share responsibility in seeking aid
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Washington, D. C
William Jardine
Twelve Boarders Go for Beef in Chickasaw
Nashua Iowa December report on Chickasaw No 1 and No 2 cowtest associations shows J D Harris and Sons Holstein N C R L Beatty leading No 1 with high milk yield and butterfat. Clyde Potter 12 Guernseys average 515 pounds milk 24.5 fat. Nine grade Milking Shorthorns top No 2 with 923 pounds milk 25.9 fat. Jessee Frost herds lead fat with 916 and 31.1 fat. Twelve boarders were shipped to market.
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Courier Special Service
Nashua
N. C. R. L. Beatty
J. D. Harris and Sons
Homer Hadley
Clyde Potter
Chickasaw No. 2
Charles Talcott
Jessee Frost
Lee Denner
Dysart Farm Auction Brings Good Prices
A large crowd attended the Smith-Bonesters closing out farm sale at the O. J. Smith farm north of Dysart Iowa. The sale included 49 head of cattle 40 head of hogs grain and farm machinery. Everything moved at good prices.
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Courier Special Service
Dysart
Smith-Bonesters
O. J. Smith
Iems
Cold Weather Lets Wagons in Fields Finishing Crop
Farmers rush the last of the 1928 corn harvest as frozen ground allows wagon work. Small patches nearly cleared, large acreages remain. Roads slowed receipts. Morrison elevator reports only 11 carloads of new corn shipped so far this month, with prices at 68 cents for No 4 corn.
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Morrison
Iowa State livestock wins big at international expo
Iowa State College earned about 11600 in prize money and sales after the international livestock exposition. Hog exhibitors led with over 6000, steers around 4800, calves returned for class work, Hereford champion Bruce Dominic Fifth sent to Denver, plus 600 from sheep. The college garnered 145 ribbons including two grand championships and many first prizes.
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Chicago
State of Iowa
State Agricultural College
Iowa State
International
Ames
Bruce Dominic
American Hereford Breeders’ Association
Denver
Plans for Boy's Short Course at Ames Next Week
Ames Iowa December 20 Plans for the Boys Short Course at Iowa State College December 25 to 29 have been released by Paul C Tait state club leader The program features livestock and crop judging dairy feeding and management landscaping farmstead planning and new horse hitches Francis Flood associate editor of the Nebraska Farmer will speak with color slides about Africa and world travel Three judging trophies and 20 4 H club medals will be awarded to top teams and individuals L A Wise George M Allee and E C Bishop trophies will honor livestock grain and combined scores The state 4 H club convention will hold its fifth annual meetings with one voting delegate per county and state officers distributing cards
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Ames
Iowa State College
Paul C. Tait
Altho
Francis Flood
Nebraska Farmer
Africa
L. A. Wise
George M. Allee
E. C. Bishop
Bad Roads Cut Down Entry List in West Union Poultry Show
The Fayette County Poultry Association show opened in West Union on Tuesday and runs today. Over 100 birds are exhibited, fewer than usual due to impassable side roads. quality remains high with most leading breeds present. The judges are H A Bittenbender and Frank Whitney presides, H P Schmidt is secretary, and Grant Lavarra Eldorado is superintendent.
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West Union
Fayette County Poultry Association
H. A. Bittenbender
Iowa State College
Frank Whitney
Maynard
H. P. Schmidt
Grant Lavarra Eldorado
Minneapolis Grain Shipments and Bran Prices Highlight Trade
In Minneapolis Minnesota Dee 20 474 fronts remained unchanged while shipments totaled 38 76 barrels of bran valued at 31 50422 dollars with zero net change.
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Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Minn
Dee
Purebreds Beat Grades In State Dairy Test
Floyd Johnston of Iowa extension analyzes nearly 10 000 cows showing purebreds average over 1000 pounds more milk and 30 pounds more butterfat yearly, plus $6.23 more net per cow after feed costs. Sixty to seventy seven percent of high producing herds rely on purebreds, with emphasis on superior ancestry and type.
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Floyd Johnston
Ames
Iowa
Johnston
Iowa Contesting Association
Neighbors Help Out by Husking and Plowing
Bristow Iowa December 20 Gus Flanigan a farmer unable to tend his land for three months after a badly fractured leg received neighbor aid. Friends and neighbors plowed his fields earlier and on Tuesday reorganized to husk and harvest his 13 acres of corn with sixteen workers in the morning and twenty two in the afternoon despite poor conditions.
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Courier Special Service
Bristow
Gus Flanigan
Feed Prices Unchanged and Lower Amid Holiday Demand
Week ending December 18 shows weaker feed market with prices holding or dipping. Wheat feeds softened early then firmed in some markets. concentrates steady. gluten feed nominal. homing feed down due to higher offerings. Alfalfa meal firm due to hay quality shortages. various regional bagged feed prices listed for December 19, 1928 across Chicago Minneapolis St Louis Kansas City Omaha.
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Washington, D. C
United States Bureau Agricultural Economics
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Livestock Prices and Receipts From East St Louis Market
Hogs receipts 21,000 with price ranges from 6.50 to 8.50 per cwt and lower bids for packers. Cattle receipts 2,000, varied quotes across steers calves and cows with mixed bidding and declines noted. Sheep receipts 2,000 with no sales reported yet and indications of steady demand for lambs and ewes.
Farmers Questions and Comments Invited
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Address communications to the editor and include relevant details for publication. Phone contact is 5100 for inquiries.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Towa
Bears Benefit as Options Met Bears Benefit as Options Met
Chicago market notes show wheat prices fluctuating within narrow bounds as 178000 bushels were delivered under December contracts. Bearish tone in corn persists amid light cash demand, with oats and provisions easing. forecasts of cold weather influence sentiment and Liverpool wheat prices lag. Chicago cash basis firms while primary corn receipts fall short of prior periods.
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Chicapo Ec
Iowa
West
Chicago
Cotton Prices Slip as Liverpool Market Reports Quiet Day
Liverpool and Chicago cotton markets show quiet trading with mixed price moves. Liverpool spot values ease while futures open higher on the Liverpool and Chicago exchanges, with January figures near 10.35d in Liverpool and around 19.70¢ in Chicago.
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Liverpool
Chicago
Omaha Livestock Market Roundup December 2010
HOGS receipts 14 000 with prices 3.00 to 8.15 per hundredweight. CATTLE receipts 2 300 with steers 10.50 to 13.25, heifers 9.00 to 10.50, cows 7.00 to 8.00, veals up to 12.50. SHEEP receipts 9 000 with market generally steady, tops at 14.00, ewes to 7.00, feeding lambs 3.50.
Potatoes market reports and prices in Chicago
Receipts total 50 cars on track and 250 on the way with 349 cars in U S shipments. Market slow and trading dull. Wisconsin sacked round white 80c to 1.00. Minnesota and North Dakota sacked round whites 10 to 20c. Idaho sacked Russell 1.40 to 1.65. Minnesota and North Dakota sacked Red River ships 95c to 1.00.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Idaho
Russell
Red River
Commodity futures report for dairy and eggs
Chicago grain and commodity markets show Pi Butter futures closing with December at 48.%. January at 46%. Egg futures list Fresh gathered firsts for February at 27.4c and refrigerator standards for December at 36.5c and refrigerator firsts for January at 29.56c.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Chicago December 20
Wheat No 2 hard 1.20 No 4 mixed 81 81 44c No 6 mixed 78 7944c No 3 yellow 83c No 4 yellow 81 814c No 5 yellow 19 7947c No 6 yellow Tie No 4 white 8054 814c No 5 white 78 79c Sample grade 75 76c Oats No 2 white 49c No 3 white 45 12 48c No 4 white 43 42 45c Sample grade 44 44c Barley 55 70 6 Timothyseed 5.65 6.35 Cloverseed 23.35 31.50 Provisions Lard 11.00 Ribs 10.75 Bellies 12.00
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Chicago
Dome
Rye
Mar
Demand Fair as Hog Scale Drops in Chicago Market
Chicago market notes hog receipts about 65 000 with demand weak and prices down 25 to 35 cents from yesterday. Top butchers $8.55, average hogs below $8.00, 170 180 lb range $8.40 to $8.50, packing sows $7.60 to 28.10, calves and cattle show slow demand with steady to lower quotes, lambs steady to lower with fat lambs $14.30 to $14.40, receipts totals for the week and year.
Cleveland area seed prices reflect December imports
Toledo seed market notes Cloverseed: cash imported old priced 12.75, January imported new 12.90 bid, February imported new 13.10 bid with Toledo as the reporting point.
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Toledo Seeds
Toledo
Steel Shares Rally On Exchange Close In Irregular Session
Independent steel issues led gains in the final hour on the New York Stock Exchange. Bethlehem reached 84, with other strong movers including Beech Nut Packing and Warner Brothers Pictures as oil, motor and copper shares showed rally tendencies. Early heavy selling faded into an irregular recovery, with 3.2 million shares traded. Strong gains across American Can General Motors Nash Radio Russia Insurance and Adams Express followed by renewed call money at 7 percent. Foreign exchange opened steady with various rates listed. Wheat prices in St. Louis noted no. 1 winter at 1.35 and no. 2 hard at 1.16.
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New York
Bethlehem, Central Alloy
Midland Steel Products
Stock Exchange
Bethlehem
Beechnut Packing
Warner Brothers Pictures
American
General Motors
Nash
Russia Insurance
Adams Express
Central Alloy Steel
Sinclair Oil
Montgomery~Ward
Wright Aeronautical
Magma Copper
General Electric
Vick Chemical
Montgomery-Ward
Radio and
Calumet & Arizona
International Nickel
Greene Gananea Copper
Briggs Manufacturing
Victor Talking Machine
U. S. Steel
American Can
National Cash Register
Gillette Safety Razor
Abitibi
Allied Chemical & Dye A
Allis Chalmers Mfg
Chemical Ae
American Car & Foundry
American & Foreign Power
American Locomotive
Presenee
American Smelt
American Telephone & Teleegraph
Atchison
Chicago & North Western
Chicago
Chile
Chrysler Motors
Colorado
Iron Oe
Continental Can
Ae ‘Crucible Steel
du Pont de
Inland Steel
International Harvester Bean
International Nickelees
International Paper
Jordan Motors - Neeteee
Kansas City Southern
Keith Albee Orpheumene
Kelly Springfield
Kennecott Copper
Kresge S. S. Banee Oeipeg
Yenteheeh
Lambert , Or
Lehigh Valley Saeee Beer Waves Seve
Mack Trucks
Hacklebee I
Marland Oil
Miami Copper
Missouri, Kansas
Twee
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
Nevada
New York Central
Tee
Northern Pacific
Packard Motors
Wa Pacific Gas & Electric
Pan American B
Famous Lasky
Paramount
Pennsylvania Railroa
Pere Marquette
Radio Corporation America Sane One
Reading
Rep
Iron & Steel
Reynolds
Sears Roebuck
Sheil Union Oil
Simmons Co
Vanadium
Wabash Sas Caneee
Mt Ceeere
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Auroratese Tee de Willys Overland
Woolworth
Dorn Wright Aero
Market roundup of dairy and poultry prices across cities
New York and Chicago markets show butter receipts and varied creamery grades with up to 50c for extra and 45c for firsts while cheese receipts stay strong. Eggs in Chicago list ordinary firsts to extra at 30 to 42c, with checks and dirties noted. poultry prices shift modestly. St Louis reports eyes at 38c and poultry largely unchanged, while Kansas City notes overall produce steady.
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New York
Hennery Brown
Chicago
St. Louis
Springs
Kansas City
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Rates for South St Paul Market
Receipts at South St Paul on December 20 show cattle weak with steers around 10.56, calves up 50 cents to 12.50 13.00, hogs down 20 to 25 cents with top 8.10, sows 7.50 7.75, pigs steady near 3.00, and sheep little activity steady with bids down to 11.00 for heavy lambs and fat ewes 6.50 7.50.
Bond Market Shows Mixed Activity In Early Trading
New York December 20 The bond market opened with modest activity and irregular price trends Most utilities gained while industrial and railroad issues declined International Telephone and Telegraph 4 14s hit a new top at 112 Anaconda Copper 7s rose about 2 points and Andes Copper fell Barnsdall 65 Humble Oil 5s Sinclair Crude 4 45 and National Dairy Products 4445 declined Frisco 44s were notably heavy among rail issues German and Belgian government issues strengthened on the dull foreign list.
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New York
International Telephone &Telegraph
Anaconda Copper
Andes Copper
Barnsdall
Humble Oil
Sinclair Crude
National Dairy Products
Frisco
Waterloo bank debits and recorded instruments week to Dec 19 1928
Bank debits for Waterloo week ending Dec 19 1928 total 5 957 410 with daily sums from Dec 19 20 21 22 25 29 and a year over year comparison to 1927 1926. Instruments include deeds mortgages chattel mortgages and numbers of filings to date 15223 vs 19898 last year.
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Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Clearing House Association
Desacee Naweain
Rey Sia Atalabd Bane
Wrenetenensee
Kansas City Livestock Market Receipts and Prices Recap
Kansas City stockyards report for December 20 shows hogs at 12,000 receipts with prices mostly 25 cents lower. top hogs at 8.30 on 225-240 pounds. Butchers 130-350 lbs range 7.50 to 8.30. sows 7.00 to 7.85. stock pigs 7.00 to 8.00. Cattle receipts 1,500 with calves weak. steers 950-1,500 lbs 11.50 to 16.75. fed yearlings 11.50 to 16.25. heifers 7.25 to 14.00. cows 6.75 to 10.25. stockers 7.25 to 12.25. Sheep receipts 4,000 with lambs generally 10 to 15 cents lower. top fed lambs 13.90. lambs 8.25 to 13.90. ewes 5.50 to 7.65.
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East St. Louis
Omata
Omaha
Neb
Waterloo
Waterloo Mills Co
Arlington
Swift & Co
Rath Packing Co
B. Rath
Gavinrest
Good
Los Bas
Fair Packers
Jowa Flour & Feed Co
Cohn Bros
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Joseph Wee
Sioux City
Sae
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Tbs
Sioux City Livestock Market Report December Stock Prices
Sioux City livestock receipts reach 1,500 cattle and 10,000 hogs. Cattle markets show varied moves with calves steady to higher for vealers, but fat cows and bulls mixed, values largely unchanged to lower. Hog prices slip about 15 cents with top at 8.10 as packing sows rise to 7.85 amid weak demand.
Peoria Grain Prices Reported for Corn and Oats
Peoria grain prices show corn mixed with declines for several grades and unchanged oats. No. 5 white at 78 cents, No. 4 yellow 79 79.5 cents, No. 5 yellow around 77.4 cents, No. 6 yellow 6.44 cents, No. 4 mixed 79 cents, sample grade 75 cents. Oats hold at No. 3 white about 44.5 cents.
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Peoria
Omaha Grain Prices Reported in Omaha Nebraska
Omaha grain prices for December 20 list No 1 hard wheat at 1.093 half to 1.16, No 2 hard 1.0845 to 1.18, No 1 dark northern spring 1.12, No 1 northern spring 1.0912 to 1.11, No 2 mixed durum 94 1/4 cent, No 1 mixed 94 cents, corn prices include No 3 white 10 3/4? No 3 yellow 11? No 4 yellow 7 54 40, oats No 3 white 43 4 cents, No 4 white 42.
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Omaha
Neb
Liberty bonds closing prices reported in New York
On December 20 the market for liberty bonds closed with notes showing 34s 2. First 4s at 4-45 and Treasury prices around 4 445. Treasury 3434S and 334s traded near 4 3s and 4 4s respectively.
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Liberty
New York
U.P
Treasury
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Gollege
West Union Poultry Show
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Montreal
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Kansas City Livestock
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State Loan Co
Riviera Theatre
Cities Service Company
Henry L. Doherty
Wall Street
Downing
Marsh-Place Building
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