Stoddard's Birds First in January Production Record
Ames Iowa February 26 Guy C Stoddard Jesup owner of the poultry flock leading Iowa in January egg production per hen with 291 single comb white Leghorns averaging just over 17 eggs. Other top flocks include Mrs June Haker Belmond 15.6 eggs per hen andFlocks of G Grunewald Blairstown C Wilhelm Argyle H Cleveland Tama C Christie Belmond and Mrs Ira Christie Belmond. Total 477 record flocks produced 5.9 eggs per hen. total receipts $25 141 with feed costs $10 598 leaving a gross margin about 14 552 50 or 30 80 per flock. Highest gross flock return was Mrs Roy Fanning Storm Lake 491 74 from 190 Barred Rocks. J T Thompson Ringsted 357 89. Clarence R Frey Madrid 354 35 with Rhode Island Reds.
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Ames
Guy c. Stgddard
Jesup
Buchanan County
Iowa State College
Stoddart
June Haker
Belmond
Cleveland
G. ©. Grunewald
Blairstown
Rhode Island
C. J. Wilhelm
Argyle
H. E. Cleveland
Tama
Ira Christie
Bel
Irs
Roy Fanning
Storm Lake
J. T. Thompson
Ringsted
Thompson
Clarence R. Frey
Madrid
Mr. Frey
Lowans Buy Shorthorn Stock in Congress Sale
George A. Ball of Muncie Ind a Ball Brothers member led the first day at the Shorthorn congress in Chicago purchasing Collynie Lord Vietor a junior yearling bull from Huston Ward consigned from California for 1475 dollars. He also bought a heifer grand champion for 710 dollars. Iowa buyers included G S Roberts Son Masonville who paid 250 for Village Royal and Putney Brothers Gladbrook who bought Red Tosatie an October 1916 cow.
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Chicago
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
Ball Brothers
Pati
Ball
Collynie Lord Vietor
Huston & Ward
California
Sha
Bruce
Adam Schmidt
Floyd
Putney
Gladbrook
J. W. Harper & Son
Cow That Made 150 Profit in Year Dies at Raudabaugh Farm
Buckingham Indiana February 26 Grade Holstein cows like the one that died at J E Raudabaugh's Geneseo township farm are scarce. The animal produced 609 pounds of butterfat last year and earned a profit above food costs of 150 dollars according to Tama County Cow Test association records. Raudabaugh owns nine horses and sells butterfat to Hudson Co-operative creamery in Black Hawk county. He says dairying is successful and butterfat production is more popular now than three to four years ago.
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Buckingham
J. EE
Hudson Co-operative Creamery
Black Hawk County
Iowa Poultry Worth Several Million in 1925 Report Shows
Des Moines reports from the Iowa department of census show poultry as a major industry. In 1924 Iowa hens produced 150. dozen eggs valued at 24,402,085 and 17,324,024 fowls sold off farms valued at 15,299,000. The state total fowls Jan 1 1928 stood at 28,841, is valued at 23,106,245. Bees sold in 1924 amounted to 97,461,660 dozen valued at 21,934,948. THIRD PRACTORS MOVE TO Paul Davis Building Ins Harvey and Moodie chiropractors moved offices and will hold a formal opening tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
Paul Davis
Harvey and Moodie
Chiroactors
Lack
Winthrop Shipping Assn Seeks Contract Reorg Aid
Members at Rowley Iowa and Wintheap Illinois discuss reorganizing the cooperative livestock shipping association and pursuing a contract plan. Manager E A Johnson reports $460000 in business last year, most livestock moved to Waterloo by motor truck, with supplementary shipments of flour feed salt tile coal and other goods.
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Wintheap
Ila
Co-Operative Livestock Slipping Association
H. A. Smucker
Waterloo
Rowley
Co-Operative Livestock Shipping Association
E. A. Johnson
Johnston
Rural auctions close as farmers prep for spring
A heavy sale week near Orange township and Hudson on the Bravel highway saw good prices for live stock and farm implements before March 1. Ewes, lambs, sows, horses, and cows sold well, with prices ranging from $10.50 for a buck to $162.50 for horses, and grain modest at 40 cents oats. A. H. Replogle later rented his farm and will move to Waterloo.
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Greerall
Frank Peterson
Miller Farm
Orange Township
A. Th. Mastin
Hudson
Bravel Highway
Poland Ching Sons
Beatty and
Cassady
Finchford
A. H
A. H. Replogle
Town Buffalo Cow Is Chicago Mascot
A buffalo cow owned for three years by O. Kaberic, elevator manager, becomes the Chicago stockyard post of the American Legion mascot. Sold Monday for 18 a hundred to Stein & Freeman, shipped from Benton county Iowa. not to be butchered. The cow, seven years old and 1139 pounds, was once from Cyrus Tow of Norway area.
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Cyrus Tow
Norway
Tow
Denver
Colo
Two Mules Sell at Almost 8400 Yraer
At the Hans Westegaard sale near Reinbeck horses sold for 60 dollars and a team of mules brought 360.50. Cows sold for 66 and 70 dollars and seed corn topped 10.80 per bushel ear tested. Mr. Westegaard plans to move to Reinbeck this month after renting the Herman Obert residence. HagIe Women Meet. Eagles Township Farm Bureau held a meeting at A. L. Peek home with a radio program from Ames facilitated by Mrs. George Cook and county chairwoman Mrs. Friedley. A window curtain and drapery item was reviewed.
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Yraer
Bebo
Hans Westegaard
Hagle
Eagles Township Farm Bureau
A. L. Peek
George Cook
Ames
Sp. i. Friedley
Tesson
Creamerymen Fight Pasteurizing Law in Bremer Co
About 100 creamery workers and representatives from 30 co operatives in Bremer and nearby counties hired attorneys to seek interpretation of the state pasteurization law. They argue the requirement to attach recording thermometers to all pasteurizing vats would threaten their operations, while the Department of Agriculture says the devices ensure full temperature records for state inspectors.
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Waverly
Bremer
State Department of Agriculture
Bremer County
Department of Agriculture
Milking Shorthorn Breeders Organize in Buchanan Meet
Milking Shorthorn breeders from Buchanan and surrounding counties met at Woodmannall for a banquet and business session. Officers elected were President BE Sullivan Vice President Leo Jamason Secretary Treasurer H Haines. First association meeting set for March 20 at 8 p.m. in the city hall.
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Independence
Buchanan
Counhies
Woodmannall
Roy A. Cook
Europe
Cook
American Milking Shorthorn Society
England
Milking Shorthorn Journal
BE. Sullivan
Leo Jamason
H ©. Haines
Walker
Geneseo Farm Buys 166 Acres At $125 An Acre
Dysart Iowa February 26 John Irvine buys 166 acres of unimproved land from Harry Harrington at 125 an acre near his 240 acre Geneseo township farm. He assumes the mortgage and pays 6000 cash, the previous 240 acre purchase had a 110 per acre price. Harrington has about 400 acres left in the area after selling 160 two years ago. Nearby Toledo reports mortgage and costs on Henry Johns estate sale raising about 8500 dollars on a 107 acre tract south of Gladbrook. Cattle receipts are listed with hogs and calves, market activity described overall as strong.
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Irvine
Harrington
Toledo. In
Court House
Harrison
Henry Johns
Gladbrook
Hogs Receipts Mixed. Prices Steady to Weak in St Joseph Market
HOGS receipts about 400 head in St Joseph Missouri. Prices steady to lower with top around 11. Receipts and bids show week demand with mixed cattle and hog trades noted. Small lots and feeders reported, no major price swings despite regional activity.
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ST. Joseph
St. Joseph Me
FEZ Sniwik
WIM
Alee
OOO
Ostuckers Ath
Fredersy FE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
ST. Paul
Minn
Wheat futures slip to new lows amid weak demand
Chicago and Kansas City grain markets opened with prices dropping to fresh lows as buying power waned and seller pressure persisted. May delivery led declines while export strength hinted for May, though new crops lagged amid favorable winter wheat conditions. corn and oats showed mixed moves with slight gains in some contracts.
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Chicago
Med
Liverpool
Buenosea
Dirse
Use Board of ‘Trade Seasion
KANSAS_CITY GRAIN
Kansas City
PUIU
Eplit
Tom
Iliger
Stocks Forge New Year Lows Amid Market Slump
Stocks fell to fresh yearly lows on February 26 as broad selling hit many issues. American Brake Shoe and Foundry and Coca Cola dragged indices lower while General Electric and American Can retreated after earlier gains. Hogs cattle and other commodities traded unevenly across major exchanges with scattered gains and losses.
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Pelea
American Brake Shoe and Foundry
Foundation
Coca Cola
General Electric
American Can
Pee York Canners
North American
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Pennsylvania Railway
General Railway
Consolidated Gas
Cocaola
DuFont, Madson and
Van-American B
New
Board of Trade cash quotations report
Wheat prices listed by class and quality with No. 3 hard and No. 4 yellow figures. No. 4 white and No. 5 yellow entries appear with varying bids. Lard and hog futures or cash prices noted at about 14.47 and 15.37 respectively with a reported 215.25 for another item.
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Chicago
Jow
Produce Prices at Chicago and New York Marts New Yorks
Chicago and New York markets show varied produce prices with receipts, fresh gathered and storage items, eggs and cheese notes, plus poultry and butter figures. An incident describes prohibition agents meeting Gelb and discovering liquor in an adjoining house after a raid, with friendly reception.
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Chicago
New York
New
New Yorks
Hennery
Athens
Express
Ular
Bute
Cicago
Weatora
Jersey
Museetoe
Paes
Eerie
Brey Recese
Zoe
St. Louis
Guinea Pigs Used to Test Whisky By Bootlegger
New York officials seized ten guinea pigs said to be used to test alleged bootleg liquor. Prohibition Agents served a summons on Rudolph Geib, who ran a grocery at 52 Second Avenue, finding eight five gallon cans of alleged alcohol on a nearby five story building. A tenant’s complaint about squealing pigs led to the discovery and raid.
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Prohibition
Gelb
New York
Brierton, Meenhan
Curtin
Rudolph Geib
Second Avenue
Gels
Waterloo Markets Prices at L p.m. Kol. 26
Waterloo markets show prices for wheat corn oats rye flour and produce. Listings include butter lard potatoes poultry hogs hay and grain with varying weights and conditions from local sellers and buyers.
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Waterloo
Priges
L P.m. Kol
QNALN
Waterloo Mts
Hath Dackine Co
O. B. Rath
Larclay & Sons
Cotta Broz
Iso
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Stoddard's Birds
Production Rage
Lowans
Congress
Raudabaugh Farm
Winthrop Shipping Asa’n
Seaoon OF Rural Auctions
Bremer CO
Buchanan Meet
Geneseo Two
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux
Ren
Ana
Ali
Degline
Minneapolis
Atlan
Reorita Gt
AI Peoria
I. Reh
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Ipwe Co
Mme
Toledo Serds
Toledo. O
Crovetserd
Atsike
Othy
Tee
Gorrin
Ake
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Lamson Bros. & Co
Marsh-Place
HH. A. Moray
Suien
American Car & Foundr
American
American Smelt
American Sugar
American Tel
American ‘Tobacco
Anaconda
Auchison 2
Baldwin Locomotive
Ultimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
California ‘Petroleum - Canadian Pauline
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Cerro de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Northw le
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Su. Paul Pid. Co
Mid-Continent Petroleum
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Texas - Missouri Pacific
Montgomery
York Central
Hanford Jar
Pacific
Ybalti
Packard Motor
RT Pan. Am
Pennsylvania
Phillips Pet
Pierce-Arrow
Car
Radio Corporation Reading
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Ir. & Steel
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Seaboard Air Line
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Con
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Standard OU
S. J. Stewart Warmer
Studebaker
Texas Con
Texas & Pacific
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U. S
U.S. Rubber
Ls, Steel
Wabash Ry
Ward Bakinginghouse FE Lee, E Motor
Eaye Willys-Overland
Woolworth
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Sweden
Denmark
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Seatence Cote Ady
Onen
Mars
Belrrey
Anticiat
Board of Trade
Junnealpolis Zoe RR
James E. Bennett & CO
Canon
New York Stockweiner
South la Salle Street
BT. Louis
Peorla
Merchants Exchange
Lake Ave
Kansan City
Miter of Commerce
Milwaukee
Chamber of Commerce
Sioux City
Grain Exchange
Hort Dodge
Snell Ubi
Cedar Rapids
YEELD
Pacific Coast Land Bank
Government of the
Dominion of Canada
Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania
Oakland County
Michigan
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Gas & Electric Co
Danish Consolidated Municipal Sig
Central Iowa Power & Light Co
Manufacturers’ Finance Company
Otis Steel Company
Pacific Mills
United Masonic Temple
Ofso “North American Cement Company
Gig
Rheinelde Union Sinking Fund
Mts. Goll
The
Gmmercial National Company
Investment Securities Terminal
Conmereal National Bank
Waterline
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