Iowa onion crop yields and inspections reach 1500 carloads
Des Moines reports Iowa grown and shipped 1500 carloads of onions this year led by 768 inspected by the Town State Vegetable Growers Association with the federal inspection service. Counties Pleasant Valley Scott Mitchell and Hancock accounted for most loads. Iowa potato production ranks 13th nationally with farm value around 5.58 million dollars. The association also certified 228 acres of seed potatoes on peat and muck soils, mostly the Irish Cobbler variety, rejecting some due to quality issues.
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Onion Growers
Iowa
Mark G. Thornburg
State Secretary of Agriculture
Thornburg
Pleasant Valley
Scott County
St. Ansgar
Mitchell County
Crystal Lake
Hancock County
Town State Vegetable Growers Association
Federal Inspection Service
Towa
United States
Mexico
Cuba
South America
Iowa State Vegetable Growers’ Association
Minnesota
Petoskeys
Will Again Put on Shelterbelt Drive in Grundy Center
Grundy County agents announce a 1929 shelterbelt contest led by K W Plager. Ben H DeVries won county honors and his shelterbelt team placed fifth statewide, with benefits including lower nursery stock costs and a $500 farm value increase plus fuel savings and livestock gains from winter protection.
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Grundy
Center
K. W. Plager
Ben H DeVries
Shelee
Plager
Iowa
The Rhyming Farmer by J Edward Tufft
A nostalgic verse by J Edward Tufft recounts a feather tick memory. The speaker narrates childhood games in warm bedding and admits later dislike of the tick’s heat while acknowledging its comfort today. The poem blends humor with enduring affection and caution about discomfort.
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Rivers
Farmers Questions and Answers Invited
Waterloo Evening Courier invites readers to send questions and answers to the editor at Farm Deyin Waterloo Iowa. Readers may address inquiries to the editor for publication and contact via phone 5100.
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Ems
Coy Ving
Farm Deyin
Waterloo
Potash Boosts Corn Yields on Wet Bremer County Land
A George W. Christophel farm trial in Waverly shows 25 pounds of potash raised corn yield by about 10 bushels per acre on wet, low muck soil. Plots with lime, manure, and phosphates varied, with potash yielding 62.29 to 78.77 bushels in nearby comparisons, while phosphate generally offered higher returns.
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Bremer County
George W. Christophel
Town
Christophel
Iowa Experiment Station
Roy 5. Bennett
Farm Crops Department
Iowa
State College
Christopher
Grundy County Farm Institute at Ivester January
Plans outline two day program on January 9 and 10 featuring corn poultry and dairy heifer shows. Morning demonstrations include meat canning with tin can method and cookers. Afternoon judging covers juniors corn and potato samples and dairy heifers with a dairy heifer contest. Evening events include an old fashioned spelling contest, a poultry show, talks by Rev Oswald Sandbach, a play from German township and a movie.
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Ivester
Grundy County Farm Institute
County Club
Erga
Melrose
Oswald Sandbach
Conrad
Farm Bureau Orders Carload of Feed and Minerals
In a cooperative buying effort, 42 Black Hawk county farmers ordered a carload of commercial live stock feed and minerals. The shipment was unloaded Monday and Wednesday, with 15 buyers receiving delivery from the October order. Big Ten pig meal dominated the load, alongside two tons of laying mash, a ton of complex mineral and 500 pounds of simple mineral. E. E. Slough of Orange township oversaw the shipment. October also saw a carload of salt and a carload of feed and mineral shipped.
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Black Hawk County
Farm Bureau Service Department
E. E. Slough
Orange Township
Strange plant sheds leaves in summer in Florida
A plant near Lake Miccosukee confounds seasonality. Dr Herman Kurz of Florida State College for Women calls it a wild gooseberry from a northern family that sheds its leaves in summer and grows green in winter, likely due to cooler-period reproduction.
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Tallahassee
Micconsukee
Herman Kurz
Florida State College For Women
Kurz
Farm Bureau to Meet in Des Moines for Legislature Week
The Iowa Farm Bureau federation will hold its annual meeting January 15 to 17 in Des Moines, aligning with the opening week of the state legislature. Speakers include Dean Carl C. Taylor and M. S. Winder. The session begins January 14 with inaugural events and committee assignments unfolding in the second week.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Altho
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Carl C. Taylor
North Carolina Agricultural College
Ralaigh
M. S. Winder
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Winder
Utah
St Louis Livestock Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Receipts at St Louis show hogs down 10 to 15 cents with various weight brackets listed for 130 to 350 pounds. Cattle receipts about 2,300 with ranges for steers cows heifers and vealers. buyers note steady to firm support on higher grades and lighter cutters. Sheep receipts 1,000 with opening sales steady. lambs 92 pounds and up priced around 13.75 to 14.75, ewes and culled stock lower etc.
Sioux City Livestock Prices End Year With Mixed Feeds and Hogs
Sioux City IA December 27 cattle receipts 1500 steady to higher yearling and shear cattle mixed. Feeder cattle strong with choice yearlings above 16 dollars. Cows top 12 dollars. Hogs receipts 15000 slow and lower with tops around 8.50. 180 to 280 lbs pigs 8.25 to 8.40, sows 7.60 to 7.75. Sheep receipts 4500 slow. best fed lambs 14.50 and up.
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Sioux City
Yeals
Peoria Livestock Hogs dull. cattle receipts light
Peoria Illinois December 27 hog receipts 3000 with prices 50 to 60 cents lower top hogs at 58.80 per hundredweight and a sale lump around 58.90. Cattle receipts 100 with limited details following the hog report.
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Peoria
Ill
Holiday session limits demand for feedstuffs
Washington, D. C., Dec. 27. The weekly feed market review shows inactivity through Dec. 26 due to year end and holidays. Demand was quiet and prices largely unchanged with a range of per ton quotations across cities for bran, middlings, flour middlings, cottonseed meal, linseed meal, gluten feed, white hominy feed, and alfalfa meal.
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Washington, D. C
United States Bureau Agricultural Economics
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Grain Exports Decline From Week To Week
Washington reports last week grain exports at 2,289,000 bushels, down from 4,161,000. Wheat led declines with 599,000 vs 1,075,000. rye 70,000 vs 106,000. oats 101,000 vs 340,000. corn 1,218,000 vs 1,443,000. barley 301,000 vs 588,000.
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Washington, D. C
Commerce Department
Corn market ends mixed as gains fade amid profit taking
Chicago trade reports profit taking in corn as prices briefly hit new highs. December corn strengthened against distant contracts yet closed mixed with modest declines across most futures. oats firmed and wheat eased slightly while provisions held steady amid light receipts and seller reluctance.
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Chicago
Cotton prices ease as Liverpool sales reach 4000 bales
Liverpool reports quiet cotton trading with prices easing. Total sales 4,000 bales and receipts 55,000, including 44,800 American bales. Mids to strictly good upper grades listed between 11.88d and 10.83d. futures show a quiet start with January around 10.35d to October near 10.10d. Chicago opening mixed with December futures at about 19.58¢ to 19.69¢ for March.
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Liverpool
Chicago
Grain Prices Reported in Kansas City Market
Kansas City grain notes show wheat and corn bids by grade with receipts of about five carloads of wheat and 87 cars of corn. Prices range for No 2 dark hard and others in wheat, plus No 2 white and yellow corn varieties, with small changes from previous levels and fractional cents listed for each grade.
Futures Close Report From Chicago Markets
Futures close notes Butter storage standards December 4674c January 45c Eggs Fresh gathered firsts February 264c Refrigerator standards December 28c Refrigerator firsts January 25440.
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Chicago
Jaanuary
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Chicago Dec 27
Wheat prices listed for No 1 hard No 4 hard sample grade hard 90c. Corn across multiple grades from No 4 to No 6 mixed and white and yellow varieties with prices. Oats No 2 to No 4 white quoted from 44 to 49c. Barley 55 72c. Timothy seed 5.85 6.45. Cloverseed 23.00 31.00. Provisions Lard 11.17 ribs 11.25 bellies 12.25. No rye sales.
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Chicago
U.R
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Prices Lower in Late Hog Trade and Cattle Market
Chicago reports a late hog trading downturn with prices 25 to 35 cents lower from opening and top hogs at 39.00 for 200 pounds. Cattle receipts totaled 7,000 with fat steers up to 16.75 and 1,300-1,500 pound steers at 13.25 to 16.00, while sheep and lambs showed steady to strong gains and bids for fat lambs reaching 15.50. Week totals show 29,165 cattle, 103,473 hogs, and 36,654 sheep, versus a year-ago mix.
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Omaha
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
GE Leads When Stocks Recover On Market Upswing
New York stock trading ended firm as call money rose to 12 percent and banks loaned 25 million. General Electric soared to 212 a new high, countering earlier losses. National Tea jumped 15 points and Safeway opened at 171 rising to 179. Oil and rubber shares attracted buying, while Radio and several big names slipped. About 3.5 million shares changed hands. bonds closed mixed with Liberty issues varying in price.
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Johns-Manvilis
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Wright Aeronautical
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New York and Chicago market summaries cracking eggs and butter
Butter receipts list 17 848 tubs in New York with creamery extra 49 4c and 92 score packing stock. Eggs receipts 16 547 cases with various grades. cheese steady. Chicago reports butter 47 47c, eggs 29 34c, cheese varied. St Louis notes lower eggs and unchanged cheese and butter. Kansas City shows eggs 29c and poultry geese 18c.
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Hennery
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Potatoes market report from Chicago trade today
Potatoes trading slow as 39 carloads moved locally and 325 cars shipped nationwide. Wisconsin sacked round whites sold 80 cents to $1.00, fancy higher. Minnesota-North Dakota round whites 80 to 90 cents. Idaho sacked Russets 1.45 to 1.80 dollars, fancy 1.70 to 1.80.
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U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota-North Dakota
Idaho
Cattle and hog prices ease at St Paul Livestock market
Receipts: cattle 1500, calves 1200, hogs 7000, sheep 1200. Cattle steady to firmer at 10.00 to 12.00 for steers, cows 6.75 to 9.00, stockers around 10. Calves widely 13.00 to 14.00. Hogs 15 to 20 cents lower, top 8.50, bulk to packers 8.25 to 8.40. Sheep fed lambs steady around 14.50, native lambs weaker to 14.25, fat ewes 7.75.
Bond Market Opens With Small Moves in New York
Early trading shows small price changes with many issues slipping about a point. Cuba Cane Juglar 7s, Murray Body 644s, Remington Rand 634s, and Transcontinental Ol 64s led declines while utilities eased and rails were dull. U S government obligations edged higher on modest strength.
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New York
Cuba
U. S
Bank Debits and Deeds and Mortgages Report
Bank debits and deeds show week ending December 26 1928 at 8.8 and 165.00 with prior week 31 097.00. Week ending December 28 1947 records 39.03 and 930.08 including mortgages for 1938 at 19 961 351.460 and prior week 37 eeesae 00 175.00. Chattel mortgages for December 28 1938 total 131 Sage 38 235.92 with prior week 162 wyesae 39 818 392. Week ending December 28 1927 lists 123 $3 689.56. Number of instruments filed to date 15 430, vs last year 12 165, an increase of 2 265.
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Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed as Slaughter Hogs Lead
Kansas City reports 10 000 hogs slow and uneven with top 8 65 on 190 to 230 pounds. Cattle receipts 3 000 with fat stock higher, steers 11 75 to 16 50, cows 6 75 to 10 50, vealers 6 00 to 14 00. Sheep receipts 5 000 with lambs 9 00 to 14 85 and ewes 5 75 to 8 00.
St Joseph Livestock Market Ledger Shows Mixed Hogs Cattle and Sheep
In St Joseph Missouri on December 27 receipts totaled 8000 hogs with barrows and gilts 25 to 35 cents lower and top at 8.40 per hundredweight and 375 pounds noted at 8.40. cattle receipts 1600 with calves 200 and steer stock steady to strong and vealers steady with fed steers around 10.75 to 13.00. beef cows 7.00 to 8.25 up to 9.50 for the best, veal top 13.00. Sheep receipts 2500 fat lambs 15 to 25 cents higher with top at 14.85 and best natives 14.50 to 14.60. aging sheep strong with top mutton ewes at 8.00 and feeding lambs 13.75 to 14.00.
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St Louis
Chicago
St. Joseph
Ughtights
Igs
Hay and straw price report from Chicago market
Chicago market report lists prices for Timothy hay and various straw and clover mixes. Values include No 2 and No 3 grades with ranges from 14 to 30 dollars per unit, covering alfalfa upland midland and mixed grasses with light to heavy qualities.
Minneapolis grain market report hints at softer wheat receipts
Minneapolis December grain summary shows 140 carloads of wheat receipts versus 182 a year ago. Prices listed for No 1 northern around 1.0955 to 1.1854, with several protein variants and futures for December May and July. Corn bids for No 2 yellow near 6 to 7 cents, with No 3 white in the mid 40s.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Grain Prices in St Louis Market Report
St Louis grain prices list wheat and corn quotes from December 27. Wheat mostly steady with No 2 hard around 116 to 137 cents. Corn prices feature No 3 mixed about 84 to 84 1/2 cents and No 4 yellow 82 1/2 to 83 1/4 cents, No 4 white 82 3/4 to 83 1/4 cents.
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ST. Louis
Foreign Exchange Rates in New York Dec 27
Foreign exchange markets show steady demand with rates across major currencies. Britain at 4.8434, France 3.913gc, Italy 5.2344, Belgium 13.926, Germany 23.784c, Holland 40.136, Norway 26.6844c, Sweden 26.82c, Denmark 26.70c, Switzerland 19.28c, Spain 16.31c, Poland 11.25, Czecho-Slovakia 2.96440, Jugoslavia 1.76c, Austria 14.08, Romania 60%c, Argentina 42.18%, Brazil 1.50c, Tokio 45.780, Shanghai 63.90c, Montreal 99.7 Tlisc.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Omaha Grain Prices Report from Omaha Neb Deco 27
Grain market round up from Omaha Nebraska lists wheat and corn bids. No. 1 hard wheat at 1.09 to 1.14 dollars, No. 2 hard 1.08 to 1.10, No. 1 dark northern spring 1.10, mixed durum 91c, red durum 94c, mixed 1.06, corn No. 3 white 79c, No. 4 white 46c.
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Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Toledo Seed Prices for January to March and January Imported
Toledo seed market reports Cash and ask prices for domestic seed January at 18.15, February 18.25, March 18.35, with January imported seed at 12.90 bid. Prices reflect December 27 filing from Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo Seeds
Toledo
Minneapolis Flour Shipments Recorded at 35905 Barrels
Minneapolis Minn December report notes flour shipments totaling 35,905 barrels with no change in price or supply patterns. The brief item records unchanged flour stock levels and emphasizes stable distribution for the period.
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Minneapolis
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