Dunlap’s 14 Point Prescription for Agriculture Advances
R W Dunlap assistant secretary of agriculture outlines a 14 point program to aid farming. It covers land use limits, increased agricultural research and processing, better fertilizer use, livestock and plant disease control, stricter quarantine, farm machinery focus, marketing assistance, tariff measures, tax adjustments, marginal land buyouts for forestry or grazing, reserve forest lands taxing, and boosting internal water transport to cut marketing costs.
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Washington, D. C
R. W. Dunlap
Eileen Eggert and Simon Snittjer to Receive Grundy Medals
Grundy county farmers earned recognition at an Iowa State College and Great Western railway tour though medals for top 3 year 4 H club records were delayed by blizzard road conditions. Eileen Eggert Mildred Plager Simon J Snittjer Floyd Coulter were named medalists with presentation postponed until travel possible.
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Reinbeck
Indan
Grundy
Iowa, State College and
Great Western Railway
Grant Chapman
Iowa State’ College
Forest Henry
Dover
Minn
Grimdy
L. W. Plager
Eileen Eggert
Grundy Center
Mildred Plager
Simon J. Snittjer
Giladbrook
Floyd Coulter
Conrad
Drifted Roads Stop Corn Delivery Ahead of Market
Snowbound roads delay corn shipments as state and county routes fail to passable while farmers continue to deliver. Bucking ham’s F. H. Hil bert and Floyd Wiseman shelled 1 200 bushels to Farmers elevator company. Z H Haack sold 1 090 bushels. Louis Bohnstenge 700. Emil Chizek 660 bushels.
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Treer
Altho
F. H. Hilbert
Floyd Wiseman
Buckingham
Farmers Levator Company
H. Haack
Clark Commanip
Bat
Louis Bohnstenge
Emil Chizek
Last Home Management Meeting Reported
Harriet Cokingham of the Ames Extension Department visits Auleon for the final home management session of the year. The note mentions multiple kitchen tours and price quotes for Timothy hay and forage blends.
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Auleon
Fight on Avian Tuberculosis Aims at Poultry Menace
Washington reports rising educational interest in avian tuberculosis and progress in eradicating the disease threatening the poultry industry. Federal officer Dr A B E Wight cites testing in 1927 of over 211 thousand flocks comprising about 16.5 million birds with roughly 6 percent infected. tests in 27 states showed 9,300 positives out of 85 thousand. Sanitation and annual disposal of mature birds are urged to reduce losses and prevent transmission to hogs. the disease’s impact prompts calls for eliminating avian TB across supply chains.
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Washington
A. BE. Wight
Belides
United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Wright
Vinton Boy Wins Project Record Book Contest
Charles Birker, vocational agriculture student at Vinton High School, wins the fourth annual Project story contest from the Chicago Drovers Journal among 145 Iowa Hingis and Wisconsin competitors. He raised two Duroc Jersey sows, 20 pigs, earning 517.14 on market, with total project profit 258.61 after expenses.
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Vinton
Charles Birker
Chicago Drovers Journal
Charles
Iowa
Hingis
Wisconsin
Clarence Ring
Lytton
Poland
China
Four Hours Labor Per Acre Seen for Iowa Corn
Professor E Mervine of Iowa State College says modern equipment could cut corn labor to four hours per acre on a 160 acre test farm in Ames Iowa. Tractors and multiple implements were used to harvest and cultivate about 13 acres daily with experiments indicating labor per acre well below ten hours as farmers adapt machinery in advance.
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Ames
Midwest
Mervine
Foot and Mouth Epidemic Suppressed in California
Los Angeles January 28 The swift slaughter and burial of a wine herd near Whittier Los Angeles County followed a foot-and-mouth diagnosis on January 18 The disease appears suppressed with no new infections found The outbreak stemmed from garbage fed hogs slaughtered January 19 The department urges owners to report suspicious cases to veterinarians or officials
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Los Angeles
Cal
Whittier
California
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Farmers Questions and Comments Invited
Readers may address the editor at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa with questions or comments for the Farm Department. Correspondence should include a return address and may be published.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Towa
Phonz
The Rhyming Farmer by J Edward Tufft
A satirical piece recalling countless late nineteenth century patent medicines. It catalogs sham cures like Pecksniff’s Malt and Dr Hiram’s Balm while noting bold claims by advertisers and a cycle of hype that makes a few fat millionaires before the schemes vanish.
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Pecksniff
Guelf
Blink
East
Hiram
J. Hiram Heath
Yale
Corn Sells at Lawn City Sale Figures High
Public sale of Norma Diggins on J C Corsant estate in Cedar Falls Iowa drew $6640 from 38 head of Holstein and mixed cows at average $80 per head. Corn sold for 76 cents per bushel oats 45 cents and sheep $14.50 per head. Sows fetched $29 to $35 per head. John F Dempster at Cedar Falls National Bank kept a full record.
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Courier Special Service
Cedar Falls
Norma Diggins
J. C. Corsant
First Street
John F. Dempster
Cedar Falls National Bank
Atds
Irregular Yet Slightly Stronger Hay Markets Reported
Washington Jan 28 hay markets showed irregular activity with higher timothy and mixed feeds in weaker middle western districts. Weather and reduced supplies kept prices mostly lower while Great Lakes snow cover and heavier feeding supported western district demand.
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Washington
BD. T
Timothy Emerkers
Y Hay Market
Othe Great Lakes
Tiveflack
Great Western R
Chicago
Atanen
U. B
U. S
U. 8
Kane Easily
U. S. No
Kansas City
Omaha
Pratrie
Milne
Eve N
Wheat and corn trading features dominate Chicago market
Chicago trading posted mixed activity with wheat under pressure as selling against corn stood out. Wheat futures closed lower amid weak U.S. visible supplies, while corn and oats showed firmer or unchanged tones. Provisions fluctuated, with hog activity driving brief price rallies before selling pressures reemerged. Cotton and grain quotes from Peoria also noted, revealing regional price moves and arrivals.
Wheat and corn prices on Chicago Board of Trade session
Chicago Board of Trade cash quotations show No 1 Nera wheat at 1.28 and No 4 hard at 1.22 with samples around 0.99. Northern spring grades quoted to 4.37 and 11.84 for various positions. corn No 4 mixed near .84 and No 5 mixed around .92 to .99. Timothy seeds listed at 3.60 to 6.20, cloverseed at 23.25, provisions Lard 12.00, Aids 12.87, Belllea 23.00.
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Sota
Chicago
Tye
Wales
Timothy Speds
R &T
Louis
Omata
Omehis
Neb
Hog and cattle markets show sharp gains amid steady receipts
Chicago market report cites hog receipts of 30,000 with prices up to 9.80 for top light hogs and 11,000 cattle and 15,000 sheep receipts. Steers and cows mostly steady to higher, with best steers around 15.25 and fat lambs near 16.95 to 17.25, as buyers chased limited supply and a selling surge.
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Chicsgo
Sfie
United States
Friends
Chicago
Best Sterra
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards
Union Yards reportsurchase activity in Chicago on January 28 with Representative Livestock selling and market listings featuring buyer interest and lot details.
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Chicago
Alee Edey
Urs
Stocks Falter After Early Gain Amid Market Nervousness
New York stocks opened with a burst of weekend buying then reversed as traders priced in higher call money fears near month end. Major shares such as New York Central and International Telephone rose briefly but faded. tobacco issues showed strength while many industrials fell. Total volume neared 4.8 million shares with irregular closing and mixed losses across key issues.
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New York
Dan
New York Central
Radio
International Telephone
Nike
American Tobacco
Liggett & Myers
International Harvester
American ‘Telephone
U. G. Steel
Johns- Mannville
International Nickel
Arontgomery Word
Seers Berbuck
Simmons
National Cash Register
Nash Motors
New
Westinghouse Electric
Colorado Fuel
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Aidland Steel Products
Jan
Allied Chem. & Dye Wa
TB Alls
Chalmers Mfg
American Agr. Chem
American Beet Sugar
American Can
American Gar
American & Foreign’ Power
American Locomotive
American Smelb
American T. & T
American Tobacco B
American Woolen
American Zinc Lead & Smelting
Anetonda Copper Mining Atch
Top
St. Be
Baltimore
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Californis
Calumet & Arizona Consolidated Gusvee
LE Conti
Cacecey
J. I. Thresh
Mach
Certo de Pasco Copper
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago Great Western
St. FP
Parc
Chicago & Northwestern
RT & BP Chile
Chrysler Motors
Cities Service
Curb
Colo
Fuel & Iron
Crucible Steel
Ou Pont de Nemours
Fectriz Power & Light Dee Brie
Ceseeeenserere
General American
General Asphalt
General Cigar
General Electric
General Motors
Sever
General Outdoor
Gimbel Bros
AB Goodrich B
Ysseee
Graham Psige Motors
Great Northern
Otis
Greene Cananea Copper
Howe Sound
Hudson Motors
Winels Central
Breesea Eseevee
Trspiration Consolidated “Goppee
Harvester
Sheen Tidnr International Nickel
Jordan Motors
Kansas City
Keith Albee
Orphelim
Kelly Springfeld
Kennecott Copper
Kresge
Lehigh Valley
Louisville & Nashville
Mack Trucks
Marlang
Miami Copper
Han
Texas Missouri Pyelfe
Montgomery Ward
Nash Motors National
Eisen National Departmeathanal Lead Siveersererreverene
Eey
Vanadium
Weminghouse
White Motors
Vevererens
Willys
Overland Woolworth
W. Wright Aero
Olow
Livestock Report From Omaha Markets January Readout
Hogs receipts 8000 with prices mostly up to 9.40 top and around 9.35 for bulk. Cattle receipts 9000 with cattle market uneven but firm on better grades. fed steers and yearlings reported up to 11 to 13 dollars per cwt, stockers and feeders strong. Sheep receipts 19000 as lambs lift to around 16.50 to 16.80, feeding lambs 15.60 with fat ewes down near 3.50.
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Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Neb
New York and Chicago Dairy Poultry Prices Fluctuate Across Markets
Market reports show varied receipts and prices for eggs butter and poultry across New York Chicago and St Louis with fresh eggs at high cents per dozen in New York receipts near 6 107 cases and butters around 49 cents per pound. Poultry meat prices range from 28 to 38 cents for fresh dressed fowls and 25 to 32 cents for live chickens while turkeys ducks and geese show mixed freight quotes and regional differences.
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Express
Chicago
Bond market reacts to New York Central unification plan
In early trading, rail securities moved within narrow ranges while bulls led the session. Ulster & Delaware rose to 48 from 24, Peoria & Eastern climbed to 43, and Public Service of New Jersey and International Telephone saw modest gains.
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New York
Inn
New York Central
Bull
Ulster & Delaware
Fonda, Johnstown
Town Central
Public Service of New Jersey Dias
International Telephone
Enarty
Pirolll
Livestock Market Report From St Louis Trade? January
Receipts include hogs 1 800 to 2 350 pounds and cattle 1 100 to 1 200 pounds with bids ranging for slaughter, feeder and butcher categories. Hog prices 7.25 to 12.25 per hundred weight. cattle and calves show varied quotes from 6.75 to 16.00 with yearlings and cutters noted. Lambs and sheep also listed with prices and weights, Liberty bond quotes included.
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Louis
Frear burial set for Rock Rapids Tuesday
The body of Wilbur M. Frear, who died in the city jail earlier in the week from unknown causes, will be buried Tuesday in Rock Rapids Iowa. Frear’s mother resides there and funeral services will be at 2 p.m. under the direction of the American Legion post. Frear was a son of Mrs. Alice Frear of Rock Rapids.
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Wilbur M. Frear
Hera
Rock Rapids
Frear
American Legion
Prear
Alice Prear
Livestock Prices Edge Higher in Multiple Markets
Kansas City hogs receipts 11 000 with bids up to 9.65. cattle receipts 10 000 with mixed gains across steer and heifer classes. sheep steady to higher. St Paul reports hogs 12 000 up 25 cents, cattle mixed, lambs strong with top around 16.50.
Sioux City Livestock Prices Rise Amid Strong Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Sioux City Iowa January 28 cattle receipts 300 calves 150 beef steers and yearlings strong to 25 cents higher with feeders and stockers showing gains. Hogs 4500 receipts mostly 25 cents higher top 9.40. sheep 1000 receipts fat lambs up about 25 cents with top 16.75. Also reports from St Joseph Missouri Peoria Kansas City Minneapolis and Omaha livestock markets with mixed trends across cattle hogs and grain.
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Chicago
Kansta City
Omaha
E. St. Loui
Joseph Kes
Sioux City
Bee
Cleveland
Pittsbury
Peoria Livestock
Grain and Flour Markets Report From St Louis and Minneapolis
St Louis market notes show wheat prices with various grades quoted for futures and cash across categories. Minneapolis flour prices remain unchanged with patents and bagged cotton sacks values noted for market context.
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Minneapolis
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