Native Hardwood Lumber Auction At Dan High Estate Farm
At the Dan High estate farm northeast of town an auction drew a sizable crowd amid cold, stormy weather. Native lumber including 3,000 ft of oak and hackberry sold for 24.50 per thousand, with other piles and posts fetching 21 to 30 cents each. various stove wood and eveners brought from 15 to 95 cents. Machinery, stoves, and horse stock also changed hands, including a nearly new binder for 139 dollars and horses selling to 127 dollars and up. The High property, known as the sugar farm, previously produced maple sap each spring.
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Janesville
Dan High
Here
Stovewood
Bet Colony
Brandt
Waverly
Baker
Junior Club Agent Assumes Duties in Fayette Co
Fayette Iowa February 22 Harlan Girton of Cerro Gordo county has become junior club agent in Fayette County and will serve until September 1. Directors sought extra help and chose Mr Girton to devote almost all work to boys and girls club programs. He finished a four year animal husbandry course at Iowa State College last spring and has long been interested in livestock. In college he joined the International and Kansas City Royal stock judging teams. He will attend township farm bureau meetings to meet parents and club members.
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Fayette
Harlan Girton
Cerro Gordo County
Payette County
Fayette County
International
Kansas City
Township Farm Bureau
Hesten
Lybarger Orchestra Invited to 1928 State Fair
Reeve Osage reports that the Brure Juy Berger Farm Bureau Orchestra of Mitchell County, twice state rural champions, has been invited to perform daily at the 1928 State Fair in Des Moines.
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Lybarger Orchestra
Reeve Osage
Brure juy+ berger farm bureau
Mitchell County
Dee Moines
Ten Year Soil Fertility Trial On G W Christopher Farm Bremer County
A Waverly, Iowa report details a ten year Bremer County soil fertility study at the George W Christopher farm. Trials test limestone, rock phosphate, acid phosphate and complete commercial fertilizer with manure and crop residues, noting corn and alfalfa yields and the impact of lime and phosphates on Carrington loam soils.
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G. W. Christopher
Bremer County
Christopher Farm
Carrington
Snails Committee
Lima
Holstein Sale At Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds
The Iowa Holstein Breeders Association plans its annual spring sale at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds on Tuesday March 20 starting 10 30 a m. E M Wright Ames Ta former field secretary will be sale manager J E Mack Ft Atkinson Wis will be auctioneer Seventy head including 40 high quality cows and roughly a dozen heifers will be offered all cattle guaranteed free from TB and breeders Bulls calves with strong pedigrees will also be sold The sale aims to boost better cattle and herd improvement for Iowa breeders.
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Iowa Holstein Breeders’ Association, Inc
Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds
E. M. Wright
Ames
J. E. Mack
Ft. Atkinson
Wis
Wright
Towa
Middlewest
T. B
Orin Hatch
Maytag Farms
Newton
Hay Arnold
Norwalk
Earl Weaver
Towa State College
Grundy 4-H Boys Tour Larsen Farm in Grundy County
At their second semi monthly meeting Grundy county 4-H club members practiced judging at the Larsen farm home of Forum Holsteins renowned nationwide for high shooting and production abilities.
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Thearter Special Service Dike
Grundy County
Larsen Farm
Forum Holsteins
Deardore Purchases Farm Near Waverly From Bremer Owner
Waverly Feb 22 Albert Wendt sells his farm three miles northwest of here to John M Dear dorf of Waterloo. Buildings are all modern and up to date.
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Waverly
Albert Wendt
Hits Farm
Here
John M. Deardorf
Waterloo
Strottman Buys Jersey Herd From Sherman Farm
Readlyn Feb 22 John Strottman of Maxfield township bought a carload of Jerseys in Missouri. He added to his high grade Jerseys at home and now has one of Bremer county's largest herds of grade and purebred Jerseys. He purchased a site from Sherman Jersey farm Charles City, whose dam has a production record of 700 rounds of butterfat.
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Readlyn
John Strottman
Maxfield Township
Missouri
Bremer County
Sherman Jersey Farm
Charles City
In & Fear
Garden Gardeners Learn Long Row Method To Cut Labor
A new University of Illinois circular titled The Long-Row Farm Garden argues larger gardens reduce work with field tillage. It details planting through storage, includes a labor-saving long-row plan, and notes a half to two-thirds acre can yield more than similar land elsewhere. The circular No 325 is available on request. Also reports Albert Loveland succeeds his father on a dairy farm near Janesville, plans to keep breeding Holsteins. Frank West rents the Butters farm near Mitchell. Wheat and corn futures in Liverpool show steady open with March and May bids.
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College of Agriculture
University of Ilinois
Farmers Questions and Comments Invited
Public comment on farming topics is invited by the Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Readers may address questions and opinions to the editor via the newspaper’s contact channels.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Towa
Decline in Hog Prices Hits Tuesday Markets
In Chicago stockyards on Tuesday hog receipts reached 44 000 with 18 000 on hand, prices down 20 35 to 40 cents from Monday. Pigs, light weights, and packing sows dropped sharply. bulk sales hovered around 7 60 to 8 10, with heavy weights at 7 50 to 7 95. Cattle receipts 9 500 show steadier but softer demand on steers and vealers. sheep receipts 17 000 see lambs 15 50 to 16 00 and ewes 9 00 to 9 25, overall market dull with continued declines.
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Chicago
Ucbt
Studl
INS
Guathle
Hiss
St. Paul Livestock Market Report February 22
Cattle receipts 2600 with dull to weak indications. Fed steers and fat cows steady to lower. top loads $13.00 heavy steers. Calves steady with good light offerings $13.50 to $14.50. Hogs receipts 16000, slow start. bids around 7.50 to 7.60 for mediums, up to 7.70 for sorted lights, sows and pigs cheaper. Sheep 600. fat lambs 15 to 35 cents lower, best bids around 15.00, ewes steady.
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Paul
Guth St. Paul
Ming
St Joseph Livestock Market Reports Weak Tone
At St Joseph Missouri on February 22 hogs receipts 14 000 with prices 7.90 to 7.60 per cwt for 180 to 210 pounds. Cattle receipts 2 800 with slow sales for steers yearlings and fat cows 7.25 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 8 500 with demand weak for fat lambs and few fat ewes around 9.00.
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ST. Joseph
Waterlo o Markets Prices Feb 22 Collins Iowa
Waterloo markets list prices across commodities including flour butter eggs poultry cattle hogs hay and hides. Entries show varying weights grades and weights from farmers door to Waterloo delivery with items like leghorn springs potatos and farm produce priced under a date stamp of February 22.
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Waterloo
Watson
Orange Creatiery
Butler
Fermers
Etereey- CH
Owslou & Feed Co
Timothy Hay
Baind
Wild Prairie Bay
Livestock Markets Report From Kansas City Big Markets
Receipts at Kansas City reach about 18 000 hogs with slow trade and prices modestly lower than Tuesday. Cattle numbers around 5 500 with mixed moves. top steer price near 23 78 for 1 151 pounds, calves and feeders weaker. Sheep receipts about 9 500 with lambs down slightly. top lambs around 15 40 and mixed ranges across units.
St Louis Livestock Market Report February 22
Hog receipts 25,000 with slow demand. Early trading $0.25-$0.30 lower. top $8.25, most 200 lb Downs to $8.10-$8.15. Cattle receipts 3,500 including 1,800 calves. dealers mainly good and choice off $0.96. top around $16.00, cows weak to lower, other killing classes barely steady. Sheep receipts 1,800. no early trade, indications steady to lower.
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Nebraska
Yeaters
Ikinds
Louis
United States Leads World Petroleum Output in 1927
Preliminary Commerce Department estimates show the United States produced 903.8 million barrels in 1927, about 72 percent of world output. Russia rose to second, pushing Mexico to fourth. Venezuela held third, Persia fifth, Romania sixth, and the Netherlands East Indies seventh.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce
Russia
Mexico
Verezuela
Persia
Roumania
Netherlands East Indies
Reed Blames Tariff for Farmer Hardships in Tulsa Talk
Missouri Senator James A. Reed urged that the Republican protective tariff causes farm prices to misalign, blaming manufacturers in the last election for denying farmers fair buying power. This marked his second speech in a southwest swing for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Tulsa
Oklo
James A. Reed
Missouri
Harding
Coolidge
Reed
Southwest
Evang Assembly Program Talent Discussed by Committee
Preliminary talks for the annual Evangelical assembly set for Riverview Park next August took place in Cedar Feils. Clergymen from Fort Dodge Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque Waterloo and Cedar Falls attended the committee meeting presided by A. B. Coliser and others with names including F. L. Blake ly J. H. Engle J. A. Haehlen Clarence Faust M. Yaggy H. J. Faust and G. Lb. Bergeman.
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Courier
Cedar Feils
Evangelical Assembly
Riverview Park
A. &. Coliser
Fort Dodge
F. L. Blakely
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Engle
Des Moines
J. A. Haehlen
Cedar Falls
Clarence Faust
Dubuque
American Grain and Securities Markets Close for Washington Birthday
American grain exchanges were closed today in observance of Washingtons birthday. Winnipeg and Liverpool opened as usual while New York stock bond and curb markets stayed shut.
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Chicago
Washington
Winnipeg
Liverpool
New York
Sioux City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Sioux City market notes show receipts: cattle 3,500 with varying steer and yearling bids. hogs 10,000 with range 6.00 to 7.75 per hundredweight for feeders and barrows. sheep 2.60 with prospects steady to 25 cents lower. Specific figures include cows around 7.00, bulls and heifers near 8.00 to 9.50. hogs top near 7.75. Market activity: slow to steady demand across categories.
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Sioux City
Peoria Livestock Market Report February 23 1944
Hogs market weakened with about 6 000 head traded at 5 and under. Bulk hog prices around 8.00 with top bids near 7 757.80. Cattle receipts listed at around 20 heads. Grain futures show May and July positions for corn, oats, barley and flax with price quotes across May July contracts including 1.38 1/4 for Arm July and 1.90 3/4 for flax May.
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Peoria Livestock Peoria
Wixniteg Gratn
Winnipex
Satie
Barber Memories and a Brass Five Cent Check in Waterloo
Former barber Rhodes recalls 1880s Waterloo shop days as Police Chief Mohlis mimics a nickel trade with a 26 year old brass check reading Good for 5¢ in Cigars. Rhodes describes long hours, early starts, and local officials aiding his first shop in the fire limits, later moving to the Century Building with nine chairs.
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Waterloo
Will
Mohlis
James M. Groat
Roberts Drug Store
Ainger
Herald
Buick Dealers Meet Tomorrow In Hotel Russell-Lamson
Buick dealers from Cedar Falls Waverly Reinbeck Grundy Center La Porte City and Gladbrook gather at Hotel Russell Lamson for a sales and service meeting led by Fay Wilson factory rep from Flint Mich and R E Harrison and E Schilckdentz Chicago branch reps. They plan luncheon at noon and continue a four state meeting series following a Mason City arrival yesterday.
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Buick
Cedar Falls
Waverly
Reinbeck
Grundy Center
la Porte City
Gladbrook
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
Fay Wilson
Flint
Mich
R. E. Harrison
Chicago
E. Schilckdentz
Waterloo chemist does important research at Maywood and Cornell
Waterloo graduate student Lynn Carpenter of 447 Florence street is pursuing senior chemistry research at Cornell College on an industrial fellowship from Maywood Chemical. He studies sodium methyl sulfate, with reports to be presented to the Maywood company and read at the American Chemical Society meeting in Minneapolis in June. A paper on the work will be read at the Town Academy of Science in Grinnell and printed in two society journals.
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Mount Vernon
Lynnvile Carpenter
Florence Street
Waterloo
Cornell College
Maywood Chemical Company
New York
Carpenter
Maywood
Massion
American Chemical Society
Minneapoli
Town Academy of Science
Grinnell
Socielies
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Deardore
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Sherman
Albert Loveland
W. B. Loveland
Loveland
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Mitchell
Frank West
Butters Farm
W. P. Bennett
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Kansas City Livestock
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Pittsburgh
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