Picnic Highlights Dairy Rally At Bremer County Fair
About 600 residents attended Carnation Milk Products Dairy Day at Bremer county fairgrounds. Speakers A C Oosterhuis and George W Christopher urged dairy progress, soil fertility, and unity among farmers, followed by races and a milk industry friendly raffle.
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Waverly
Bremer County
Carnation ‘Milk Products Company
Bremer County Fair Grounds
A. C. Oosterhuis
Carnation Farms
Oconomowe
Wis
Oosterhus
Qosterhuis
Oosterhuis
George W. Christopher
Bremer
Christopher
Bremer Land
Maxs' Field
Hoverstad
J. A. Hoverstad
Great Western Railroad
J. J. Springer
Horerstad
Stephenson
Iowa State College
Boys Train for Grain Judging Team at County Farm
Eight boys from the county gathered at a farm last week for the first workout of the grain judging team. They will compete at the state fair on August 23, judging five grain classes and identifying 20 grain seed samples. A second workout is planned before the fair.
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Gare
Merrirns
Fayette
Tnrean
Iran
Tts
Questions and Comments to the Farm Department
Readers are invited to address the Waterloo Evening Courier editor with questions and comments for the Farm Department. Correspondence should be sent to Waterloo, Iowa, with the provided phone contact for replies.
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Waterloo Evening Caurier
Waterloo
Towa
Sherman Heifer Earns Register of Merit in Jersey Herd
Sherman Nursery company reports Lucile 621863 a purebred Jersey cow has achieved the official production test for admittance to the American Jersey Cattle Club Register of Merit at two years and ten months. In the following year she produced 506.54 pounds of butterfat and 10,122 pounds of milk with 5.02 percent butterfat, best month 52.06 pounds of butterfat, sire Tormentor 160249 and dam Raleighs Toronos Lucile 497527.
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Charles City
Tonnentor's Fair
Lucile
Jersey
Sherman Nursery Company
American Jersey Cattle Club
Pai Lucile
Lueile
American Jersey Club
Sophia
Tormentor
Raleigh
Torono
Poultry Cullings Record in Black Hawk County
Black Hawk County reports a record culling season with 4 000 boarders to 60 fa soup an increase of 12 000 birds and 48 flucks over last year. I L Uban county agent and William Peck supervised a month long program ending Saturday. About 435 000 chickens were handled, 215 flock owners used the service, and 9 000 birds were discarded as non producers due to feed shortages and undernourished flocks.
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Black Hawk
I. L. Uban
Ubon
William Peck
la Porte City
Oban
Chan
Peck
Uban
Fayette Calf Club Members Make Tour of County Projects
About 25 Fayette Calf Club members and parents toured five county calf projects last week. Guides from the Iowa Beef Producers Association, CG A. Oldson, led talks at Harry Humphry’s West Union farm, Ed Boyles Pleasant Valley, W Rothlisberger, TeRoy’s Hereford calf, and Fred Rothlisberger’s judging of Shorthorns. The tour boosted county fair competition expectations among the small but promising group.
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Courier
Fayette
CG. A. Oldson
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Harry‘ Humphry
West Union
Walter
Robert
Ed Boyles Place
Pleasant Valley Township
Howard
Rothlisberger
TeRoy
Fred Rothlisberger
Taare Thompson
Bremer Farm Women Hold Five Training Meetings
Miss Fan Jnne A. Gannon of Ames extension led a countywide program in Bremer county to promote door yard improvement and kitchen nurture projects. Meetings occurred in Washington Jackson East Lafayette Jefferson Maxfield Franklin Fremont Frederika West Lafayette Polke Day ton Le Roy Sumner and Plainfield. The effort aims to plan and tour kitchens Aug 7 and spread practical farmwoman guidance across the county. Local tours will visit about ten kitchens in Washington Jackson East Lafayette and Warren townships and then continue throughout the week to cover all areas.
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Courier Spenies
Waverly
Fan J
Nne A. Gannon
Ames Extension
Bremer County
Washington
Jackson O
East Lafayette Township
H. W. Wilharm
Jefferson
Maxfield
Franklin Township
BE. H. Berger
Fremont
Frederika Township
Legion Hall
West Lafayette
Polke Township
Plainfield
Dayton
le Roy
Sumner
T. G. Pay
Jackson
East Lafayette
Warren
Average silage cost per ton across 27 Iowa farms
An average cost of 3.34 per ton to produce silage last fall was found from 27 farms in Fayette Van Buren Cedar Palo Alto Pocahontas and Mills counties. Costs ranged from 1.10 to 6.09 per ton driven by yields with 20 tons per acre on the low end and 4 tons on the high end.
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Fayette
van Buren
Cedar
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Mills
Town State College
Altho
Buren County
Fayette County
Poultry Cullers Camp in Chickasaw County Iowa
New Hampton July 18 Tean Carter and W N Larson poultry specialists for Town Poultry Improvement association visit Chickasaw county under Farm Bureau auspices. They offer culling dipping and disease control for three cents per bird. They handle catching culling and dipping in a sodium fluoride solution and give feeding and disease control recommendations. About 10 000 birds have been handled so far with more listed at the Farm Bureau office.
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New Hampton
Tean Carter
W. N. Larson
Town Poultry Improvement Association
Chickasaw County
Farm Bureau
Two Home Project Meetings For Black Hawk County Women
Under Mrs P L Friedley two project meetings are set this week in Black Hawk county. On Thursday in Barclay township at Mrs Albert Hauser home the fourth lesson will be given. On Friday in Cedar township at Mrs Ed Wheeler home an all day session will feature a home dyeing demonstration and a floor coverings lesson. Attendees should bring a piece of linoleum to use in the demonstrations.
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Black Hawk County
P. L. Friedley
Barclay Township
Albert
Hauser
Cedar Township
Ed Wheeler
Grun dy Farm Rents Around Eight Fifty an Acre
July 16 report notes several farm rent prices around Grundy Center Iowa with figures near 8.50 per acre for next year. John Rand of Dike rents a 240 acre Krenz farm at 58 75 per acre. Will Kruse buys 15 acres from Kamoos for 3800 and plans a house this summer before retirement from farming. Betrothal details and related family notes appear beside rental updates.
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pPourier
Grundy Center
Bere
Fred Kock
Eilert Knock
John Rabenber
Jonn Rand
Dike
Krenz
Kamoos
Will Kruse
Kruse
Eom Toe Farm
Henry Engelkes
Early harvest underway in Clarksville with good yields expected
Clarksville Iowa reports the early harvest underway with several fields cut and shocked. Crops show good vigor, low rust, and heavy expectations for barley oats and corn with recent rains boosting orchards and berry patches. Potatoes described as large and plentiful. Cotton market notes steady prices and trading activity with mixed quotes for various grades. Local farm reports highlight favorable conditions and forthcoming heavy harvesting.
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Clarksville
Birmers
Winnipeg weak and U S grain drop 6000
Weakness in the Winnipeg market and estimates of western Canada producing 890 million bushels this season sparked selling across wheat. Reports from the Midwest noted large arrivals and limited New American purchases. Chicago wheat opened firmer then fell. corn rose while oats and futures showed mixed moves. Minneapolis and Omaha grain quotes listed varied prices for wheat, corn, and oats with July through December futures noted. Sugar prices in New York remained steady for refined grades.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Canada
Harthwest
Synglines
Lac
Sno Basher
Ade Vance
Board of Trade Cash Quotations for Wheat Corn and Seeds
Chicago July quotations list prices for wheat varieties, corn grades and mixeds, white and yellow corn, rye, burley, timothy seed, cloverseed, dan dalah, rib stocks and freight-like values among multiple grades and sample figures, reflecting a historic exchange board.
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Chicago
Burley
Mixed market: hogs cattle and sheep steady to higher
The Chicago hog market shows gains with heavier butchers strong, sows steady to higher, and 160 to 230 pound categories around 10.60 to 11.70. Cattle receipts are up with heavy steers off, yearlings at 10.80, and fat cattle varying from 14.25 to 16.60 for 1190 to 1900 pounds. Sheep and lamb values improve slightly with fat lambs and feeders holding firm. Overall weekly livestock receipts total 32,192 cattle 31,828 hogs 41,242 sheep, marking a mixed but steadier slaughter market.
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Chicago
Ivy
Washington
Principse
Radio Gains Most Ky Stocks Amid Broad Market Rise
New York July 18 Radio led a broad stock advance with gains in Case Threshing, Wright Area, and Burroughs Adding Machine as market sentiment firmed on favorable second quarter earnings. Turbulent action in several industrials and a firm foreign exchange scene accompanied a session of rising prices and higher bond activity.
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New York
Wright
Bur
Texas & Pacific
Macy & Co
Radio & Wright Airplane
McCrory
Deoland
General Motors
General Electric
U. 8
Steel Common
Sears Roebuck
International Telephone
R. HS Macy
Burroughs
International “Harvester
Wright Aeronautical
Montgomery’ Ward
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
Curtiss
Atlantic Refining
Radio
U. & Leather
Ilinois Central
Sterling Gables
Ghem. & Dyt
Ams
Linseed
Hadcriss Am. Sm
Re Am
Sugar Am T. & Ty An. Tob
Anacorda Atmoni Bi Atchison Leese Atlantic
Bia
A. Ches. & Ohio
Weveeeney
St. PF
Pat
N. Wert
Gtrysler
Colorado Fu
EL Secon Torr
Dodge Bros
Gees du Pont de Nem
Figischmann Freeport
Tex
Harvester Int
Nickel
Inver
Tel
City Synth
Kennecott
Louis
Nash
Mack
Mariani
Gil Ma
Ken
Tex Mid
Missouri Pac
Motty
N.Y
HO & Hud
Norfolk & West
American
Las Pennsylvania
Phillips Pet
Postumes
Reading
Rem-Rand
In & Bt
Reynolds
Sears Roebuck Shell Union
Sinclair Con
Cit
Southern Fac
Southern By
Cel
OWL
J. Keee
Feey Studebaker Isresses Texas CO
Sire
Tex, Gulf
Texas & Fats
Union Carbide Union Pate Eyes
U. S. Ind
Maryland
Westingh
Elec
Willys-Overland Woodworthy
Liberty Bonds
Madupshadlups
Liberty
Dss Bey
LDF
Provisions Prices and Butter Receipts Across Markets
Across New York Chicago and St Louis markets, butter receipts rise with creamery extra prices and varied packing standards. Poultry and eggs show steady to irregular trends with live hens, broilers, turkeys, and ducks noted alongside fresh and old stock adjustments.
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York
New York
Chicago
St. Lowes
St. Louis
Kansas City Livestock Receipts Reflect Varied Market Action
Receipts at Kansas City market show 6400 cattle and 6000 hogs and sheep with mixed currents. Cattle ranges note calves and yearlings steady to 25 cents higher, with hogs and sows and lambs showing uneven prices and notable weights from 120 to 259 pounds.
Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Omaha market notes show cattle and hog receipts with bids and price ranges. Hogs top at about 11.13 with several lots around 10.40 to 11.10. feeders 8.25 to 8.50. sows near 9.85 to 9.79. average cost around 10.29. Cattle include fed steers and yearlings mostly steady to strong with some drop. top weighty steers around 16.20 to 16.48, heifers near 13.90 to 15.25, cows 12.00 to 13.50. Sheep and lambs steady to slightly lower. lambs 14.25 to 14.50, feeding types 13.60.
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Waterloo
Butler
Switch & Co
Farmer's
Wateriae
Strietty
Meijers Sheeenere Wees
Sani
Sekar Sveresrerer
Conners & A
Cittaré
Gand Packerk
Muir Paeke
Prom Town
Flaur Ford Day
Sipeertone
Elan Timothy Hay Pated
Hann Wittal
Pere Cekenes
Van
Trom
Sioux City
Kansas City
Walsas City
Gattle
Omaha
Bae Obama
Arly
Naboud Steagy
ST. Paul
Sir Paul
St Louis Livestock Market Hogs and Cattle Prices Reported
Receipts at St Louis livestock market show hogs steady to higher with mixed quotes. Hogs ranged from 9.50 to 12.25 with various weights and prices noted, while cattle auction activity remained slow with steady to lower tones on different classes. Calves and fat cattle softer in spots, native steers and select cows listed with price ranges. sheep receipts steady with lambs and feeding sheep shown.
Bond Market Falls After Obregon Assassination
New York July 18 The bond market edged lower on heavy selling tied to the assassination of Mexican President Obregon. American sponsors disputed any change in Mexico’s government status, but trading showed notable weakness across Mexican government bonds and rail issues. Some mild gains appeared for Detroit and Mackinac, Pennsylvania Railroad, Rock Island, Inland Steel, and U.S. government obligations remained firm.
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New York
Erect Obregan
National Railway of Mexico
Soltnesa
Detroit & Mackinac 4A
Pennsylvania
Rock Island Alge
Inland Spectates
Ots Steel
U. S
Crow nests used as graveside flag snatchers
In Upper Sandusky Ohio on Memorial Day over 100 flags placed on veterans' graves were torn from staffs. Nathan Frederick, a local boy, found a crow nest high in a tree with more than three dozen American flags attached. A crow settled on the nest casting doubt on the prank theory and solving the unusual thefts.
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Upper Sandusky
Nathan Frederick
Quakes Undermine Mexican Cathedral in Mexico City
Mexico City faces a prolonged closure of its famed cathedral as engineers warn walls and foundations are dangerously weakened by earthquakes and the two year political dispute between church and government. The government has ordered the cathedral closed indefinitely to protect the public. If reinforcements stabilize the structure, the closure could be lifted.
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Mexico City
Dead Circus Animals Donated to Yale Museum
International News Service reports that deceased circus animals are donated to Yale University Peabody Museum. A rhino from Houston, two giraffes from Philadelphia, and an elephant from New Haven were processed by Yale taxidermists after death, with the bull elephant shot following a rampage in New England.
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International News Service
New Haven
Conn
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale
Houston
Philadelphia
Peabody
Providence
Port Chester
Peabody Museum
St Joseph Livestock Market Mixed, Steady Prices Reported
Receipts around 7,000 with limited sales and packers inactive. Cattle mainly steady to 2c lower. 1,400 cattle with 1,300 fed steers and yearlings holding at or near best quotes. Sheep and hogs uneven. choicest yearlings and cattle show modest gains, hogs open higher, lambs steady to firm. regional markets show notable price dispersion.
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D. D. Offrings
Bernard Graeser
Courtney Gillette
Raymond Meyers
Clark Waite
Frances Cretzmeyer
Ethel Baker
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Hlrtha Ross
Howard Punker
Carl Huser
Leon Waite
John Krogmap
Gils
Lois Huser
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Clarence Milder
Frances Creizmeter
Harald Haman
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Littleton
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Waterloo Cyernary
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