Good Corn Outlook Boosts Iowa Farmers This Year
Iowa's 1929 corn crop may be worth more as wheat and grain prices rise. Improved demand for corn for feeding and larger cattle shipments suggest favorable market momentum, though weather irregularities threaten belt yields. Past price history shows corn values fluctuating from 14 to 50 cents per bushel since 1896, with hopes for around 1 dollar if profits stay balanced.
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Courier Special Services
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
State Department of Agriculture
Towa
Winois
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Weather and Crop Bureau
Lea's Hair Tonic Promises Youthful Color Return
An advertisement touts Lea's Hair Tonic as a safe remedy to restore natural hair color without dyes. It claims gradual reversion from gray to the original shade, urging trial via mail order from Tonie Co. in Brentwood, Maryland, with a prepaid parcel option for one dollar.
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Lea
Mia
Tonie Co
Brentwood
Maryend
Alfalfa Boom on Tyden and Anderson Farm in Butler
In Butler Greens Iowa, the Tyden and Anderson brothers manage 140 acres of alfalfa on a 1000 acre farm. First cutting yielded about two tons per acre and 40 acres were sold for ten dollars an acre. The balance will likely be stacked or baled for sale as the second cutting approaches. Alfalfa feeds 500 cattle and 600 to 1000 hogs annually, with third cutting fed to sows during winter. The brothers expanded from a five acre start nine years ago and plan further reseeding and lime applications. They pioneered alfalfa here after homesteading in Saskatchewan and own a 1750 acre Canadian ranch. They also raise 300 to 400 acres of corn yearly and purchase up to 15,000 bushels to finish cattle and hogs.
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Greens
Anderson Brothers
Tyden& Anderson
Oscar Anderson
Anderton
Tyden & Anderson
Andersons
Butler County
Saskatchewan
Iown
Canada
Agricultural yield and farm price trends from 1911 to 1918
The article reviews U S crop yields in bushels from 1911 through 1918, noting peaks and declines tied to wartime markets and weather. It details Dec 1 farm prices, varying by year, and cites USDA figures on supply, demand, and wage levels, with regional wage ranges and per-day earnings.
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Europe
Slo
United States Department of Agriculture
Altha
South Atlantic
Far Western
North Atlantic
Adequate Farm Labor Supply This Year
The supply of farm labor this season is sufficient to meet demand in practically all parts of the country, according to the bureau of agricultural.
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Bureau of Agricultural
Creston man to teach at Jesup replaces Balck
Dallas Wester of Creston will teach at the Jesup consolidated school as Smith Hughes Instructor replacing Lewis Falck who headed resup vocational agriculture. Wester chosen for 4-H leadership and farm education potential though with no prior agriculture teaching experience. Falck’s tenure included poultry club work corn yield tests and dairy projects and the popular farm school that drew farmers despite bad roads.
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Jesup
Western
Falck
Proper Breakfast Club Hosts Wholesome Meal
The Milo Happy Helpers club led by Mrs. Lester Hugh met with ten members and one visitor. Miss Virginia Schneider and Miss Velma Hugh hosted a talk on table service and wholesome breakfast followed by a two course luncheon. Roles were assigned for a mock family as part of the meeting. The next gathering with Margaret Logan is set for July 23.
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Courier
Manchester
Milo Happy Helpers Club
Lester Hugh
Virginia Schneider
Velma Hugh
Wames
Maysel Porter
Ovilla Moody
Velva Hugh
Harabina Orr
Montana Plants Million Parasites to Fight Ticks
Mules City Montana July 18 the state board of entomology plants upward of 1 000 000 parasitized ticks to combat the wood tick. The program began a year ago with the first colony released in this region and the final planting occurred in September. Dr A F Baldwin Miles City reports parasites emerged by boring into tick bodies and seeking new hosts. Montana aims to permanently establish the enemy of the tick to reduce tick borne fever risks.
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Mules City
Mont
Montana
State Board of Entomology
A. F. Baldwin
Miles City
Baldwin
Union
East Waterloo Club Plans Achievement Day
Eight members of the East Waterloo Friendship club met at Hazel Knowles home to plan next month’s Achievement day. Mrs. T R Gilley demonstrated posture, members updated the clothing record book, and Marie Delagardelle read from the Health Primer. They practiced the Health Song and enjoyed refreshments. The program will be at Evelyn Mohlis home.
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East Waterloo Friendship Club
Hazel Knowles
T. R. Gilley
Marie Delagardelle
Evelyn Mohlis
Direct Shipments of Livestock Jump for Year
Union Stockyards Chicago reports year ending July 1 shows an 8.75 percent drop in total live stock receipts from the previous year. Direct shipments rose 75 percent while open market receipts fell 14 percent. Farm co operatives hauled 13 percent fewer loads. The Chicago Producers' commission association says farmer owned business handled 14.9 percent of hogs, 3.8 percent of cattle, and 10 percent of sheep. There was a 64 percent rise in livestock trucked in by producers.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Chicago Producers’ Commission Association
Fayette breeder pays $750 for sire at Minnesota sale
Fayette dairymen attended the national Holstein type sale at Minneapolis. A R Mel Laury paid $750 for a five year old bull, King Ormsby of Cold Spring, consigned by Carnation farms and H A Brace. The bull, grand champion at the 1928 Indiana State fair, placed second at Portland and third nationally, carries four crosses to Sir Pieterje Ormsby Mercedes. Dam on test has 565 pounds butter in 159 days. Paul Stewart sold a 2-year-old heifer for $200 and Fred Pieplow sold a junior yearling bull for $275.
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Oelwein
Fayette
National Holstein Tyne
Minneapolis
A. R. Mel Laury
King Ormsby
Cold Spring
Carnation Farms
H. A. Brace
Wisconsin
Portland
Pieterije Ormsby
Mercedes
Pieter Tje Ormsby
Spring Brook Bess Burke
Paul Stewart
Maynard
Fred Pieplow
Aurora
Six Clydesdales at Iowa State Fair diamond jubilee
Des Moines reports the Union Stockyards Chicago owns a famed six-horse Clydesdale team to be shown daily and performed Aug 26 to 28 at the Iowa fair. The exhibition will feature a swinging figure eight and rapid trots. Officials expect over 6,000 head of livestock to be exhibited, including horses, cattle, swine and sheep.
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Des Moines
Union Stockyards Company of
Chicago
Ames Demonstration Shows Early Harvesting Methods
Ames, July 18. H. G. Murphy, plant pathologist with the United States Department of Agriculture, demonstrates cradle and awing a flail harvesting methods as part of a large combine workout. Murphy, a Virginia native, will show how these old implements harvest and thresh grain, followed by demonstrations of different machines used in 1920.
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Ames
Agricultural Engineering Department
H. G. Murphy
States Department of Agriculture
Murphy
Virginia
Murhpy
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