Veterinary expert Earl Elijah calls Hoss Doctor obsolete
The Cedar County Master Farmer Earl Elijah spoke at the Eastem wa Veterinary association picnic in Vinton. He urged modern veterinary science over old remedies and urged fair taxation based on income rather than property. He noted farm price volatility and cited industry incomes and tariffs as impacting farmers and veterinarians alike amid a 400-strong crowd.
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Winton
Witer
Harlem
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Cedar County
Elijah
United States Chamber of Commerce
Eastem Wa Veterinary Association
Eliah
Malcolm Om
D. M. Campbell
The
Veterinary Journal
Chicago
Peter Malcolm
North
Don Spery
Fayette
J. B
Blue
Maynard
Pig crop outlook from Shepherd boosts hog prices
Ames, Indiana July 10 Farmers expect strong hog prices through next year if spring and fall pig crops stay small. Agricultural economist H 6 Shepherd says June pig survey shows crops 8 percent under 1928, with sows bred for farrow suggesting fall crop will match last year. Prices should stay good as the hog price cycle nears a crest, with declines likely after this fall.
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Ames
Shepherd
Chickasaw Cow Averages 100 Pounds Fat Last 12 Months
New Hampton July 10 Two hundred pounds of butterfat in two months is the record of N C O K L Alice six year old cow in the pure bred Holstein herd of J D Herdlek Sons Federicksburg. The last month her record was 92 5 pounds of fat from 1960 pounds of milk. Homer Hadley tester in Chickasaw No 1 cow test association reports Alice is a 1800 pound cow and was dry six months before freshening. During this period she was fed grain as high as 14 pounds a day and received alfalfa daily. She is being milked but twice daily however.
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New Hampton
Alice
J. D. Herdlek & Son
Federicksburg
Homer Hadley
Albert Icineau
Harold Adam
Association
New Co-Op Handles Nice Business for First Months
Morrison Co operative Live stock Shipping association in Morrison Indiana has shipped 15 loads of hogs and three loads of cattle in under three months. All consignments went to Chicago with the last two hog loads sold directly to a Chicago packing house. Direct shipping shrinkage nearly doubled but net price for members compares to usual commission channels. Dairying grows in Grundy while cattle and hog feeding remains important.
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Morrison, In
Morrison Co-operative Livestock Shipping Association
Chicago
Cliff Buffington
Altho Dairying
Grundy
Tractor power boosts hay and corn farming at Griffith farm
Cattle feeding dominates the Griffith operation on 600 acres near Hudson. Griffith uses two general purpose tractors and six horses to harvest 40 acres of hay and plow corn across 240 acres, aided by son Jim and Warren Kelsey. He reports high efficiency with field baling and a 19 acre half day corn record, while noting gasoline dependence remains a drawback.
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Hudson
C. G. Griffith
Griffith
A. E. Glenny
Warren Kelsey
Jim Kelsey
Tne Griffith
Griffith Farm
Summer loss of crated poultry in Iowa farms
A 1920s Iowa report cites W D Termohlen on summer deaths from overcrowded two section coops. It lists coop sizes, bird loads by class, and a formula to compute capacity. The study cites about 120 million pounds of poultry sold from Iowa farms yearly and links overcrowding to increased mortality and injuries.
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Ames
W. D. ‘Termoh Jen
Towa
Termohlen
Attributed Critique on Poultry Overcrowding Costs
Mr Termonsen cites losses from overcrowded coops costing at least 1 cent per pound, totaling no less than $1,200,000 annually. He calls overcrowding uneconomical and preventable, arguing it worsens waste and reduces poultry quality.
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Termonsen
Four Herds Close in Grundy County for Output Honors
In Grundy County July output race the top four herds averaged 36 pounds of fat per cow. Lyle Hawn and Ed Slight tied at 36.6 pounds, Mary Ann King’s Holsteins averaged 36.3, and Harry Bueghly’s grade Guernseys 36.0. The association average was 30.1 pounds with 364 cows milking. Top individuals noted include Fred Bruene’s High Cow at 73 pounds and several other farmers with notable fat yields. Twenty three members fed grain and ten fed oil meal. ten sows were beefed and one sold for milk.
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Grundy Center
Grundy
Lyle Hawn
Ed Slight
Mary Ann King
Harry Bueghly
Guy Coulter
Oscar Ahrenholtz
Stubbs & Wheelock
Bockes
C. W. Wilhelm
J. D. Dieken
Baughman & Caldenwood
Ernnest Deill
P. A. Johnson
Ralph Phillips
E W. Hasbrouck
Stightt
Harry Haling
Mare born in mine never saw daylight sparks health debate
A two year old mare born deep in a coal mine near Klein Montana has never seen sunlight or daylight. The horse is healthy and energetic but experts question how she will adapt to surface life when owner Charles Fletcher brings her up. Traveling auditors for farmers are suggested by W G Murray of Tawa State College.
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W. G. Murray
Tawa State College
Winter’s Studio Above Grand Central Station Draws Bohemian Artists
Ezra Winter, famed mural painter, lives and works on the top floor of Grand Central Terminal, a former camouflage lab during the war. His gatherings include George Chamberlain, Will Beebe, and William Chadbourne, with red caps patrolling the concourse. An unseen gallery of New York studios climbs above busy train traffic in a Bohemian milieu.
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Ezra
Winter
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Art Gallery
Macdougall Alley
George Chamberlain
Will Beebe
Wiliam Chadbourne
Fone
Michigan
Detroit
Birmingham, Ale
Living Veteran Objects to Death Rumor in Paducah
Paducah Kr July 10 Mark Twain accused of death as world war veteran Van Dorn Bowling visits his hometown and jokes about a white cross planted on the American Legion lot in a cemetery. He remarks Deadl-Not I and leaves with the memorial cross on his back.
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Paducah
Mark Twain
van Dorn Bowling
American Legion
Bowling
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