Cow earns $5659 in three years at Sherman Jersey Farm
Charles City Iowa July 18 A Jersey cow named Mildred on Sherman Jersey farm has net profit of 5659.39 in three years through milk and calf sales. She topped two register of merit tests with 11,558 pounds of milk and 1703.40 pounds butterfat first period and 14,400 pounds milk 807.50 pounds butterfat second period. Calves sold for 1000 and 2000 each, with half interests retained. Meme of Twin Cedar also set junior three year old milk record at 12376 pounds and 668.32 pounds butterfat, earning gold and silver medals from the American Jersey Cattle Club.
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Associated Press
Charles City
Raleigh
Torono
Mildred
Jersey
Sherman Jersey Farm
American Jersey Cattle Club
Sherman
Meme
Twin Cedar
Sophie
Iowa
Meat Butter Egg Storage Stocks Rise in U S July 1
Cold storage holdings show gains from a year earlier across poultry meats butter and eggs. Frozen poultry total 50 058000 pounds up from 36 730000 last year while beef pork lamb and mutton rise to 940 819000 pounds from 705 720000. Lard butter eggs and American cheese figures are listed with increases and decreases.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
World Surplus of Wheat Absorbed
Washington July 18 United States Department of Agriculture reports a favorable wheat market for farmers despite rising July 1 stocks and a larger crop forecast. Export activity from the United States Canada Argentina and Australia absorbed world shipments, with Europe’s demand keeping prices steady and limiting port accumulations.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Europe
Tama Farmer Blasts Ditch to Drain 60 Acres
Tama County farmer John Ames used pyrotol to blast a 2,240 foot ditch 10 feet wide at the top and 3 to 3 1/4 feet wide at the bottom, 43 feet deep, in six days with five men. The 2,650 cubic yards of dirt formed drainage, saving over $1,000 versus contractor bids.
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Tama
Courier Special Service
Toledo
John Ames
Tracy
Ames
Tama County Farm Bureau
Hubert
F. O
Tama County
Wolf Creek
Look For Higher Pride For Hogs
Des Moines reports fair business conditions in Iowa with July crop and weather estimates noting about 60 million bushels of old corn on hand. Hog price prospects show a likely rise in August and September, while late year demand could lower prices for light hogs. Land sales around Missouri Valley are summarized with various farm parcels sold at $100 to $175 per acre in cash.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics T
Logan Observer
Missouri Valley
McEvoy
George Gravert
Iverson
Beebeetown
Morehouse
D. GC. Forde
Emmetsburg Democrat
Rolfe
The Rhyming Farmer by Edward Tufft
A witty vignette about Johnnie Spears, a 40 year old bachelor farmer living alone. He snacks amid a cluttered, dishpan kitchen while the narrator urges marriage, only to hear Spears celebrate freedom and independence. The piece ends with Spears whistling Home Without a Wife.
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Johnnie Spears
Altho
Johnnie
Jove
Jones
Nell
Susie Smith
Kate McGee
Lillian MacDouraibos
Lillian MacDouraibos, Or Someone, Or Anything: ‘Txould
Jing
Belinda Howe
Caroline McGraw
Constantina Blay
Neithor
Rented Iowa Farms Net 2.5 Percent Return on Appraised Value
Des Moines report shows 1100 rented farms yielding 3.50 dollars per acre net, 2.5 percent on appraised value. In 1926 average rent was 6.65 per acre gross with 1.41 taxes, 0.82 repairs, 0.92 depreciation. Appraised value near 141 dollars per acre. land values 1927 down 5 percent from 1916 and 10 percent from 1925.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Tussock Moth Seen as Peril to Trees
Waterloo residents worry over swarming tussock moths threatening houses and shade trees. Moths bear a stripe and horn and seek cocoons to spawn next season, risking a cycle of tree damage. A local resident urges city action and foresters with spraying resources to curb the outbreak.
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Waterloo
W. B. Small
Iowa Street
New England
First Cass county farmer threshes wheat 38 bushels per acre
William Nettz of Noble township east of Griswold claims the honor in Cass county. His No 1 hard wheat yielded 38 bushels per acre with long, good quality straw. Barley from the same threshing ran 30 bushels per acre and was delivered to market after being threshed last Tuesday.
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Atlantic
Cass County
William Nettz
Griswold
Noble Township
Hog sale reports 88 porkers at nine cents a pound
Traer Iowa July 18 John W Young sold 88 head of choice hogs last week averaging 230 pounds each at a price of 9 cents per pound Any buyers or buyers remarks are not listed in the report
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Traer
John W. Young
Young
Record hay prices reflect record crop forecast
Washington July 18. The week ending July 16 shows a record hay crop forecast for the coming season per the USDA weekly hay market review. Output expected at 101 million tons, up from 86 million last year, with 60.0 million acres, and strong north central timothy and clover yields. Pastures abundant with July 16 condition at 92.8 percent of normal. No. 1 Timothy and other hay types priced across major markets with notable regional variations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
North Central States
Timothy
Boston
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
New
Memphis
Alsalfa
Kansas City
Omaha
Los Angeles
Prairie
St Louis
Minneapolis
Farmers Letter to Editor at Waterloo Evening Courier
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Farm Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be addressed to the Editor Farm Department.
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Farm Department
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterlon
Towa
Conditions Favor Growth Of Crop In Market Trade
Chicago reports July 18 sees auspicious growing conditions and no rust damage aiding crop prospects. Wheat prices fall while corn gains on reduced visible supply and mixed crop progress signals. Oats slip and provisions move with hog and corn firmness. July deliveries total 113000 bushels.
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Chicago
United States
Grain prices and receipts at Minneapolis on July 18
Wheat receipts reached 186 cars versus 269 a year ago. No 1 northern graded at 1.3944 to 1.454s with various figures for dark northern spring and hard spring grades. Prices for Montana dark hard on track and futures for July September December noted. Corn No 2 yellow around 98 to 1.00, Oats No 3 white about 41 to 42 cents.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Visible grain supply report from New York
The visible supply of American grain changes totals in bushels with Wheat up 1,931,000. Corn down 1,526,000. Oats down 1,373,000. Rye up 155,000. Barley down 197,000 as of July 18.
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New York
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Trade Session
Potatoes receipts reach 70 cars on track with 582 cars traded in United States shipments. Market dull as prices drift. Virginia barrel Irish Cobblers quoted at 3.30 to 4.15, North Carolina barrels scarce around 3.75, Kansas and Missouri sacked Irish cobblers offered 2.00 to 2.20 per unit.
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Chicago
United States
Virginia
North Carolina
Kansas
Missouri
Receipts of Wheat in Chicago and Northwest
Chicago July 16 INS reports Chicago and northwest wheat receipts. The brief note records incoming wheat quantities from Chicago and surrounding northwest markets, reflecting harvest movement and supply pressure in the regional grain trade.
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Chicago
Northwest
Toledo Seeds Seed Prices and Bids This July
Toledo Seeds Toledo Ohio reports price and bid figures for Cloverseed and Timothy. Imported Cloverseed quotes 13.90 for October and 16.65 bid for December. Domestic December 16.60. Timothy cash new 2.45 for December 2.42 asked.
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Toledo Seeds
Toledo
Timothy
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards
Representative livestock sales in Union Yards Chicago today featured hogs among the offerings. Prices and lots were announced by the auctioneer as buyers gathered for the midsummer market.
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Chicago
INS
Board of Trade Cash Quotations July 18 Chicago
Wheat prices ranged from $1.421 to $1.43 for various grades. Corn mixed grades quoted between 98¢ and $1.03. Oats, rye, timothy seed, cloverseed, and fats listed with specific bid ranges including lard at $12.75, ribs $12.75, bellies $14.25.
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Tees Esige
Seeee
Seeaes Bates
Tare Eere
Pia Berl
Ewe Enews
Lees
HOGS AND CATTLE PRICES MOVE ON MARKET REPORT
Chicago market notes uneven hog gains and mixed cattle shifts. Hog receipts reach 40,000 with prices 10.20 to 10.60 for bulk 160 to 200 pounds while 250 pounds rise slowly. cattle receipts 26,000 with fat cattle, vealers and yearlings showing declines from Friday. hogs higher overall on moderate demand while cattle and lambs face softer bids.
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Receipts at South St. Paul
South St. Paul Minnesota reports cattle receipts 8200 with slow to strong demand, best kinds around 12.50. hogs 9000 with steady to lower trend and some shifts, 220 pound hogs near 9.75 to 10.25, sows 7.75 to 8.00, pigs opening at 10.25. sheep 800 with fat lambs about 0.25 lower, natives at 13.25, best light ewes 6.50.
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South St. Paul
Minn
St Louis grain price roundup July 18 1920s
Wheat prices climb with No 2 red at 1.40 to 1.42 and No 2 hard 1.39 in St Louis. Corn prices show No 4 mixed 9 1 2c. No 2 yellow 1.04. No 1 white 1.032. Oats list No 2 white 49c and No 3 white 46 4c per bushel.
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ST. Louis
Favor Carriers In Rising Market
Buying of railroads continued briskly on today's stock market with new highs for Northern Pacific Great Northern common and Southern Pacific along with several high grade specialties and industrials. Notable gains included R H Macy General Electric Bayuk Cigars and Manhattan Electrical Supply. American Radiator rose 3 and American Woolen preferred gained .342. Market opened with advances.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Common
Southern Pacific
R. H. Macy
General Electric
Bayak Cigars
Manhattan
Atchison and New Haven
Baldwin
Atlantic
Norfolk & Southern
Louisville & Nashville
Erie and
Southern Railway
General Railway
Houston Oil
General Asphalt
A. M. Byers
Chem
Eee
Car & Fdy
Rigaaed Ds
Atchison
Coast Line
Baldwin Loca
Balt
Ohio
Barnsdall A
Bethlehem Steel
California
Canadian Pac
Cerro de Pasco
el Vale
Chesapeake & Olme
St. P. Pfd
Atla Ree
Colorado Fuel
Col. Gas & el
Seaee
Consolidated Gas Sahae
Baking
Dodge Bros. A
du Pont de Nem
Tba
Eenee
Com
Eng
Harvester
Stee
Mer
Mar
Ee Wee Hee
Nickel Bante
Giy
Tel
É& Tel
Kan
City Southern
Kennecott Copper
Va Reas
Lehigh Valley
Louisville & Nash
Bree
Mack Truck Steer
Cpeeneegeres
Marland Oil
Mid-Continent
Tex
Missouri Pac
Montgomery Ward Sas Wen
Nash Motors
New York Central
N. H
Norfolk& Western
Packard Motor Car Pan. Am. Pet. Beren
Phillips Petroleum Bees
Pierce-Arrow
Radio Corp
Foreign exchanges tumble with varied gains and losses
Foreign exchanges in New York show mixed movements with the pound at 4.85 and 3. French francs at 3.91 cents. Belgian francs sit at 13.892 cents and Swiss francs at 19.24 cents. Italian lira 5.424 cents, Swedish krone 26.77 cents, Norwegian krone 25.820, Danish krone 26.72, German marks 23.75, Greek drachma 23.7 cents, Spanish peseta 17.03, Dutch guilder 40.04 cents, Chinese taels 62.69 cents.
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New York
INS
Kansas City Livestock Market Report July 18
Receipts total 30,500 across cattle hogs and sheep with price trends mixed. Cattle show western grassers and feeder prospects steady to weak with notable declines in middle grades. hogs rise about 12 to 25 cents with heavy stock pigs strong. sheep mostly steady to modestly lower with Colorado lambs and Arizona origins fetching around 14 dollars.
HOGS STEADY TO 20C HIGHER AT ST JOSEPH SALES
Receipts 2000 hogs steady to 20 cents higher with top at 10.25 and bulk around 8.78 to 10.25. Cattle receipts 2500 generally steady. steers 11.50 tops, cows and heifers 4.00 to 10.00, calves 6.00 to 11.50, stockers 7.00 to 9.25. Sheep 6000 with lambs 12.00 to 13.78, ewes 5.00 to 6.50. rams not listed.
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St. Joseph
New York and Chicago Poultry and Dairy Prices July 18
New York and Chicago report steady or varying prices across poultry meats dairy and related goods. Dressed turkeys chicks broilers capons fowls and ducks show mixed cents per pound receipts for butter eggs and cheese with regional quotes and spot values across markets in New York Chicago St. Louis and Kansas City.
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New York
Land Island
Midwest
Rio
Santos
Chicago
Young Americas
St. Louis
Kansas City
Sioux City Livestock Market Report July 16
Sioux City Iowa cattle receipts 6000 slow market killers steady to 25c lower stockers steady to 25c lower fat steers and yearlings 8.75 to 14.00 bulk 9.50 to 12.50 fat cows and heifers 7.50 to 12.50 canners 3.75 to 5.75 grass cows 6.00 to 8.50 veals 6.00 to 12.50 bulls 5.50 to 9.00 feeders 7.00 to 9.50 stockers 7.00 to 9.50 stock yearlings and calves 6.00 to 9.50 feeding cows and heifers 4.50 to 8.00 hogs receipts 7500 market 20c higher top 9.90 bulk 7.50 to 9.74 lights 9.50 to 9.90 butchers 5.00 to 9.50 packers 7.25 to 8.00 stags 7.00 to 7.50 pigs 7.00 to 8.50 sheep receipts 500 market steady.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Colorado
Sioux City
East St Louis hogs and cattle market report
Livestock prices in East St Louis on July 18 show hog receipts of 12 000 with top at 10.25 and early sales at 8.65 to 10. Remaining hogs bid 7.90 to 8.00 with limited pig trading. Cattle receipts 9 000 including calves 2 000 with steers around 12.75 at 1 137 pounds, yearlings up to 12.00, bulls to 7.00. Sheep receipts 4 500 with fat lambs at 13.00, cull lambs 8.56 and fat ewes 4.50 to 5.50.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Mills Co
Swift& Go
Swift& Go. | First Price—Picked Up At Farmer's
Prom Bath Packing Co
Bath
Bai Neube
Iowa
Fiour & =p Co
Timothy Hay
Weres Lea
Colin Bros In
Ewerd Stere
Renee Rene
Bae Gt Pe Trees
Bowen Bens
Chicago
Sk.ify
Cattie
Hoga
Kansas City
Omaha
Indianapolis A
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Dean Tee Nee Ee
Olathe
E. ST. Louis
St. Louis
Cotton Market in Liverpool Declines on Limited Demand
Liverpool cotton market shows limited demand with prices easing. Sales reach 10,000 bales amid 6,000 bales received, including 4,300 American. Middling fair around 11.23d, futures week opens softer with July 9.62d and October 9.79d. Chicago futures also open lower across major contracts.
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Liverpool
Chicago
Wor ses and mules sale figures in East St Louis UK
Horses and mules market notes list steady prices for draft horses and draft mules. Tops include good to choice draft horses at 1350 to 17165 dollars and cotton mules around 125 to 150 dollars with farm mules priced 110 to 135 dollars.
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East St. Louis
Kansas City Way Hay Prices Report
Kansas City July 18 reports hay market: receipts 117 cars with steady tone. Alfalfa No 1 brings 14.50 to 16.50, timothy No 1 11.00, prairie No 2 10.50 to 11.50, clover mixed light No 1 11.00 to 11.50.
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Kansas City Way
Kansas City
Hay
Peoria Grain Market Reports Mixed U.S. Corn Prices
Peoria Illinois July 18 report shows corn receipts at 43 cars with market unchanged to higher. No 4 yellow quoted at 98 1/2 cents, No 3 white oats at 4342 9745?c and sample 46c. Grain bids include No 6 mixed at 95 3/4 cents and sample rates around 95 cents.
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Peoria
Pothier’s Rhode Island comeback as aging governor
Gov. Aram J. Pothier, who returned to the Rhode Island governorship after turning seventy, is likened to Dick Whittington by Bow Bells in Providence. The veteran Republican has served seven terms, with five early in life, and a Democratic filibuster briefly interrupted his tenure in 1924. He has not missed a legislative session since.
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Providence
R. IL
Aram J. Pothier
Dick Whittington
Bow Bells
Young Whittington
London
Young Pothier
Rhode Island
Quebec
Pothier
State Senate
State House
Iowa Farmland Advantage Promises Growth in Agriculture
An advertising passage notes Iowa sits near multiple farm centers while Des Moines sits between regional production hubs. It argues Iowa farmers should leverage wealth and location to expand agriculture as a business, despite cotton’s distant center.
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Des Moines
United States
Indiana
Jefferson City
Iowa
Mississippi
Peoria Livestock Prices July 18 Hog Receipts Rise
In Peoria Illinois hog receipts reach 2000 with top at 10.25 for lights and mediums at 9.25 to 10.00, heavies about 9.40 to 12. Packers and pigs fetch 7.00 to 8.00, light lights 7.00 to 10.10. Cattle receipts remain fairly liberal with gains around 50 cents.
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Peoria
Grain quotes from Kansas City market report
Kansas City grain market notes keel the wheat receipts at 740 cars with slight declines across grades. Prices show No 2 dark hard at 1.31 to 1.54, No 2 yellow corn at 1.00 to 1.03, No 2 white oats at 46 to 50 cents, and various No 3 levels for corn and oats.
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Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Omaha Grain Prices July 18 1947
Grain prices in Omaha Nebraska list wheat and corn values for various grades. Wheat No 1 hard ranges 1.30 to 1.39 per bushel, No 2 hard 1.29 to 1.36, No 3 hard 1.29 to 1.31. Corn shows No 3 white 94 cents, No 3 yellow 96 to 98 cents, No 2 mixed 94 cents. Oats No 3 white 42 to 44 cents.
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Omaha
Neb
Minneapolis Flour Prices and Shipments Report
Minneapolis Minnesota July 18 Ploux 20c lower carload lots family patents quoted at 8.05 8.15 barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks Shipments 38884 Bran 25.00 25.50
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ploux
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