Creameries Seek Premium for Quality Town Brand Butter
Clyde Bechtelheimer outlines a plan to standardize butter from 25 Iowa creameries under the Iowan trademark. Concentration points would collect output from groups of plants, shipments sent east to consumers, with a premium price to support advertising and quality.
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Clyde Bechtelheimer
Iowa Creamery Secretaries’ and Managers’ Association
Mason City
State College
Algona
Fenton
Lost Island
Whittemore
Hull
Graettinger
Mason
Too Much Paid for Low Yielding Seed Corn, Agent Says
New Hampton Iowa Dec 21 County Agent Frank Hunt cites Chickasaw county corn yield tests showing wide variation in seed values under identical conditions. Tracy farm Bradford township produced higher yields than Briggs farm Stapleton, revealing a 27.76 bushel per acre gap and a seed cost difference of 108.30 dollars per acre. Farmers should compare seed quality to avoid paying premium for low yielding stock.
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New Hampton
Frank Hunt
Chickasaw County
Lhat Spring
E_ E. Tracy
Four Hundred Sign Tuberculosis Petition in Floyd County
Farm bureau directors of Floyd County act as a committee designating tuberculosis eradication in cattle as the main project. They aim to secure 61 percent or more of cattle owners to petition for a county testing area and a tax to cover costs. About four hundred signatures obtained with hopes for more.
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Channes City
Farm Bureau
Floyd County
Readers’ Questions to Editor at Waterloo Evening Courier
Letters and comments addressed to the Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa are requested via phone and mail for publication. Readers may submit inquiries and observations about farming topics to the newspaper editor.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Warloo
Iowa
370 Pounds Feed Makes 109 Pounds Pork for Farmer
Hirles City Indiana December 21 Jones Brachler demonstrated on his farm how to raise pigs economically. Those on big place were fed April 28 and weighed six months and 12 days later averaging 220 pounds. The feed requirement besides a small amount depreciation was 3.7 pounds for one pound of gain. That means 270 pounds of feed to make 100 pounds of pork.
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Hirles City
Jones Brachler
Big Place
Double Standard May Rule Butter Plants in Future
In St Paul a conference of national and state dairy groups discussed a proposed federal law for butter moisture and butterfat standards. Clyde Bechtelheimer of Iowa attended. no agreement on state views emerged. A double standard would ban sale of butter over 26 percent moisture or under 80 percent fat, with regulation shifting to the Bureau of Revenues to control intra state trade.
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St. Paul
Clyde Bechtelheimer
Waterloo
Iowa
Wisrached
Bechtelheimer
Iowa Creamery Association
Bureau of Revenues
Department of Agriculture
Cattle Tuberculosis Testing Progress in Benton County
Winton, Ta. Dec 21 report from Dr. G C Stewart, county veterinarian, shows Benton County paid 17,900 for 1,073 reactors to farmers who owned them, with about 1,960 tax dollars from local funds and the rest from government aid. The second test has started in five townships, aiming to accredit the county, while nationwide tests exceed seven million cattle with 3.3 million awaiting inspection and 32 percent higher activity than last year.
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Winton
Benton County
G. CG. Stewart
Farm Bureau
Stewart
Reaetors
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Change date for farmer meeting in Black Hawk County
The annual meeting date for Black Hawk County Fayimbu- Youn was moved from Monday Jan. 12 to Monday Jan. 11 to avoid conflict with the state farm bureau gathering in Des Moines. The event features a corn dinner, county officer reports, a corn pageant by James Hearst, and the election of county farm bureau officers excluding the two agents.
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Black Hawk
State Farm Bureau
Des Moines
EAL
Gatherig
Farm Bureau
K. of P. Ball
Iowa
Ames
James Hearst
Cedar Falls
Grace Heidt elected president of Black Hawk County Girls Clubs
Grace Heidt of Waterloo township was elected president of Black Hawk County Girls Clubs at a Christmas party meeting for rural girls held at W.C.A. parlors. Grithin Fobes became secretary and Lois Walker was named vice president. 13 or 14 girls will attend the junior short course at Ames, funds raised by members funded trips and exhibits. The group approved the Own Your Own Room project and favored a longer camp next year read more at the gathering. About 54 attended with mothers present. refreshments followed.
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Grace Heidt
Waterloo Township
Black Hawk County
W.C
Grithin Fobes
Cedar Falls
Lois Walker
Barclay Township
Ames
S. Roy Middlekauff
Wheat and corn swing as US visible supply rises
Chicago and New York grain markets reacted to a 1 987 000 bushel rise in the U S visible wheat supply with mixed prices. Wheat futures opened higher then eased, with December and May contracts showing modest gains before retreating. Corn and oats followed wheat trends, later pressured by the larger visible supply, while hogs cattle and other reports from Waterloo and Minneapolis markets show varied activity and price ranges.
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Jowar
Corm
National Belgian Assn to Back Waterloo Exhibit Again
The National Belgian Draft Horse Breeders Association will support the National Belgian Horse Show at the Dairy Cattle Congress with a $1,000 premiums fund. It will again present special trophies for champion stand stallions, best three stallions, and best three mares owned by exhibitors. An annual trophy from Belgium may be awarded to the best mare or stallion at the Waterloo display, following positive talks in Chicago with John Ashton and Estel, manager of the show.
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National Association of Belgian Draft Horse Breeders
Dairy Cattle Congress
Chicago
John Ashton
BLS
Estel
Belgian Horse Society of Belgium
Atlantic
Riven Clg
Gap & Son
Mr. Ashton
Des
Bowman Will Talk to Floyd Farmers Meeting Talk Date Set
The annual county farm bureau meeting will be held Tuesday January 4 at 10 a.m. in Floyd Farmers Hall. M J Rowman of Des Moines and Waterloo will discuss Agriculture and Guaranteeing Bank Captits. The program aims to promote farm support and local banking cooperation.
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Bowman
Floyd Farmers
Board of Trade Cash Quotations and Seeds
Chicago prices for grains and seeds list wheat and corn bids with various No. 2 mixed and yellow types, No. 1 Ward oats, and white seed categories. Timothy seed at 36.7, cloverseed around 24.00, with provisional figures for evoking year’s quotations and futures.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
Deva
Harl
Ollie
Wwe
Bamut LG
Naas Ae
Capt Ma
Vamey
Su Bile
Nou
Wille
Fair Activity as Hogs Ease Down at Chicago Market
Chicago market reports show hog receipts around 64,000 with moderate activity and declines in closing quotes for various weight classes. Cattle receipts near 17,009 with feeders steady, steers trading from 8.80 to 11.75, calves and bulls mixed, and sheep around 18,000 with slow fat lamb demand and steady sheep values.
Market roundup shows mixed gains and losses on call money day
New York stocks opened with uneven activity as call money held at 54 percent. Chesapeke & Ohio and several railroads weakened while Woolworth and Postum Cereal led gains. Chrysler rose but faltered amid broader market weakness, with notable gains for Hudson Motors and St. Paul in blocks as 1925 earnings outlook eyes over a billion dollars.
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New York
Chesapeste & Ohio
St. Louis
San Francisco
iLinois
Pacific OL
St. Paul
Hudson Motors
Wul
Chrysler
United States Rubber
American Can
American Smelting
California Petroleum
Stewart Warner
Atchison
New York Central
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Postum Cereal
Woolworth
General Cit
Consolidated Cigar
May Department Stores
Allied Chemical & Dys
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin Locomotive
Bethlahem Steel
California Petrotem Madian Pacific
Central Leather Ptd
Ceddo de Pasco Chandler Motor
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago
Northwestern
St Paul Pfc
FT. & Pacific
Chile Copper Chrysler Corp
Coca Col
Colorado
Consolidated Gas Corn Products
St Nemour Electric
Ctyeric Railroad
Mous
Poundaction Co
General Asphalt
General Electric
General Motors
Great Northern Pfd
Gulf States Steel
American Qar & Foundry
Americin Locomotive
Inieat Aimerican Smelt
American
Hutchison
Combustion Ny
International Harvester
Nickel
Wennecott Copper
Lehigh Valley Louisville & No Mack Truck
Marland
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Kan
Texas
Omaha Livestock Receipts and Prices Mixed Across Classes
Receipts around 6000 head with market active and steady to 10 cents higher for various cattle and hogs. Feeder and slaughter categories show proscribed ranges with top hog prices near 10.80 and fed steers plus yearlings steady to higher, while cows and bulls adjust modestly.
Receipts and prices at Sioux City Livestock market
Receipts total 8,300 with steady to higher values. Stockers and fat steers, yearlings, cows and heifers, bulls, and feeders traded with top around 10.70 and typical ranges from 8.00 to 10.75. Pigs and sheep also listed with steady demand. sheep receipts about 2,500 with ewes around 8.50 and tanths noted at 15.85.
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Amosthy
East St Louis Livestock and Market News Brief
Receipts at East St Louis show hogs 17,000 with prices mostly lower across weights. pigs 130 pounds and down up to 11.75. packer sows 15.25. sheep 3,000 with limited demand. Foreign exchange figures list several global rates. cotton and sugar futures move on opening with mixed shifts and wholesale prices mixed for Cubs and refined options.
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Chicago
Focal Exchange
Jaanuary
New York
Prices at Chicago and New York Marts
Chicago and New York market prices show butter mostly steady to firmer with creamery receipts reaching over 10 thousand tubs in New York fingers of 44 to 47 cents for extras and firsts. Cheese steady with Young Americas and Longhorns quoted. poultry mostly steady with turkeys at 43 cents and hens at 22 cents.Kansas City notes unchanged butter at 14.90 to 15.0 cents per pound and potatoes Red River Cobblers around 3.60 to 3.70 per cwt.
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Waterloo
Wwatelos Mills Co
Poyators
Chicago
Dee
Sun
Wisconsin-Minneota
Steels
Fram Barclay & Sons Timothy
Brite
New York
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Ditte
Isuz
Hennery
Western Springs
Ditve
Southern
Aawest
Kansas City
Red River
Christmas plans and local notes in Brandon area
Mrs Ed McKinley returned from the hospital to Winton and Mount Hollins with family plans for Coal Valley residence. Mrs L X Frink suffers gall trouble. The Girls Glee Club will stage an operetta The east of the Red Corn at American Legion hall. Churches plan Christmas Eve programs and a Malin street community tree. Kate Jenks leaves Tipton for winter with her son. Rhoda Albert ill at son P J Albert’s home north of town.
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Brandon
Ed McKinley
Winton
Mount
Hollins
Coal Valley
L. X. Frink
Red Corn
American Legion
Malin
Kate Jenks
James Bearbower
Tipton
Rhoda Albert
P.J
Albert
Sumner Chorus Performs Messiah at High School
Waverly community chorus of about men and women presented Handel's Messiah at the Sumner High School gymnasium on Monday evening. Santa Claus appeared on Main Street Saturday, handing out popcorn balls to children. Remains of Elsie Spears were brought from Waterloo for burial in Union Mound cemetery beside her husband. The Spears family had long lived in Sumner area before moving to Waterloo.
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Sumner
Xanthan
Spears
Vicinity
Waterloo
Ss. J. HE. D. Light
Helen
Pennsylvania
Evelyn
GC. Carpenter
Olive Wescott
Kansas City Livestock Prices Bullish on Mixed Receipts
Kansas City stockyards report cattle receipts around 13,006 with steady to strong early sales on steers and yearlings. Heifers and cows show moderate activity, bulls and calves higher, while sheep and lambs trend generally steady. vealers up to around 10.00, packer top near 11.16 for certain classes, and lighter weights showing varied demand across grades.
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Kansas City
Colorado
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