Farm Outlook Sees Bright Year for Corn Belt
Chicago July 19. A survey by leading rural dailies reports a highly favorable farm outlook for the year. Corn crop projected at 2.755 billion bushels, near last year’s. Iowa expected 452 million, wheat yield Kansas 643.782 million nationally. Cattle and hog markets seen strong then easing. lambs profitable. Legislative debate centers on farm relief and tariff protections. price trends likely to constrain consumer demand. New industries in chemical, cellulose, and gasoline sectors expected to boost farming.
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Gorn Belt Farm
Daily Drovers Journal
The
Daily Journal
Stockman
Omaha
Daily Drovers Telegram
Kansas Buy
Daily Livestock Reporter
St. Laws
Midwest
Iowa
Kansas
United States
Tha
Ames Ag Teachers Hold Conference at Iowa State
Practically all of Iowa's 109 high school agricultural instructors gathered this week at Iowa State College for the annual state conference. Sponsored by the state board for public instruction and the vocational education department, the meeting runs Monday through Friday with talks, demonstrations, field tips, and study focused on practical teaching of agriculture. Speakers include Miss Agnes Sam Huelson, Dr. A Linke, George W. Godfrey, and Dr. H Gane.
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Courler Speeind Sevwieey
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iown State Board
Yotalinnal Education
Vocational Education Department
College
Willontinue
Agnes Sam Huelson
A. Linke
George W. Godfrey
Board of Education
H. Gane
F. Be, Moore
State Board For Vocational Education
Record Leghorn cockerels set new egg performance record
Columbus O July 18 Three hundred Record of Performance White Leghorn cockerels from the flock that produced a 335 egg record have been purchased by the Erlay County Farm company. The birds, bought from Mrs Gladys Dakan Worthington, will be distributed to hatcheries in Ohio and Delaware. The flock is headed by cockerels from hens with official egg records, all pens reporting 200 eggs or more last year.
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FU Emercy Mat Servier T
Columbus O
Solomon Levi
Erlayouitry Farm Company
Opertes Whlo
Delaware
Gladys Dakan
Worthington
Alfalfa prospects eyed in western South Dakota by Bremer agent
Farm Bureau agent D. Offringa travels from Bremer county to Rapid City and Omaha to gauge alfalfa prospects and price expectations for Bremer dairy farmers. He plans to buy seed, address looming feed shortages, and organize seven carloads of limestone for liming projects to boost alfalfa yield ahead of winter.
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Waverly
D. D. Offringa
Bremer County
Rapid City
S. D
Nis
Offringa
South Dakota
Bremer
Famors
Black Hills
Omaha
Nebraska
Uae
Olringa
Oats and Barley Harvest Delays Report Weather
Farmers report oats and barley harvest delays due to two nights of rain with some grain cut Saturday and Monday. Most barley fields in danger of lodging, but much grain expected to be salvageable. corn prospects improve with reports of shoulder high to eight feet tall and some silking.
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West Union
Dike
Aiga
Nashua
Alten
Rowley
Frank Hare
Albert Sloan
Linn Fulton
Delaware 4 Her Girls Hold Rally at County Fair Grounds
Delaware 4-H girls gathered Tuesday at the county fair grounds with 150 attending including leaders, parents, and club members from Honey Creek Goffin's Grove Delaware Oneida Twelve clubs Milo Prairie Adams Hazel Green and South Fork. County Agent Robert W Gambs and Miss Esmer Stetman directed. Edna Ross was named president Betty Runkle vice president Mildred McBride secretary treasurer and Dare J. May Bishop historian. Activities included registrations greetings talks club work at state fair short course echoes music memory contest lunch and an afternoon Health Food Show with all clubs participating.
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Panvier
Manchester
Roland Davey
Delaware ‘County
Fair Grounds
Honey Creek
Goffin's Grove
Delaware
Oneida
Milo
Prairie, Adams
Hazel Green
South Fork
Robert W. Gambs
Esmer Stetman
Fetate
Unl Tege
Amps
Edna Ross
Betty Runkle
Tilldred McBiod
Mins Dare jMhy Bishan
Harry Porter
Paul Munson
Edna Boss
Louise Schepker
Gast ‘Beddow
M. A. Richardson
Kession
Biss
Esther Sichman
Amés
Ets
Butler Boys Dairy Judging Tour Advances in Iowa
Butler county boys travel with local leaders to Cedar Falls and Waterloo area farms to judge Halsteins and Jerseys. Groups visit Pedersen & Sons and Brinkman Jersey farm for morning and afternoon workouts led by Ted Besh of the State Dairy Association. Seven Butler youths participated, with future workouts planned in Fayette and Black Hawk regions as teams prepare for state competition.
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Buller County
Tt U
Harken
New Hartford
John Mullen
Hawk
Butler
Peder Pedersen & Sons
Cedar Falls
Pedersen
Forum Royal
Larsen
Brinkman
Kenneth Hythe
Allison
Clair Chapman
New Hampton
Elmer Harken
Walter Rodden
Orla van Tallen
Shell Rock
Russell Hill
James Echorn
Vayette
Fayette
Fayette County
Fred Picplow
Aurora
Harlan Girton
Ernest Wright
Ted Besh
State Dairy Association
Sudge
Golingaun
Black Hawk
Golinvaux Farm
Waterloo
Guernsey
J. L. Uban
One 500-Pound Cow Beats Dozen 100-Pound Producers
An analysis of over 100000 yearly records from dairy herd improvement shows 500 pound cows yield higher profit per year than groups of smaller cows. A single 500 pound cow outperforms a dozen 100 pound cows in net return, even before labor and housing costs.
Farmers Questions and Comments Address Waterloo Evening Courier
Inyit td editor invites readers to send questions and comments to the Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Correspondence can be addressed via the paper’s postal or phone contact listed for reader input.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo Iowa
Sharp drop in wheat supply sparks market wobble
Chicago wheat outlook shows unusual dearth of speculative buying as spring harvest nears. Officials estimate 280 to 400 million bushels of domestic spring wheat may be produced. Receipts of newly harvested grain rise in the Midwest while demand remains uncertain. Corn gains modestly with weakness in wheat, oats easy, and cotton futures barely steady amid trading volatility. Provisions weaken on profit-taking and selling pressure.
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Chicago
North America
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Chicago July 19
Daily commodity prices with grain and seed quotes across multiple grades. Wheat prices range from No 1 hard at 1.28 to No 6 mixed near 1.01, corn varied by grade from No 2 mixed at 2.05 to No 6 at 1.03, oats No 2 white 64-66 cents, and timothyseed at 40 to 47 dollars per unit. Provisions show lard 12.32, ribs 14.50, heels 16.00, with cloverseed at 29.50 to 25.00 and no immediate sales in rees.
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Chicago
A - Arms Ag
Ag Vida
Ottone
Andy Totat
Omaha
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Grain
Vodark
Montana
HOG PRICES AND LIVESTOCK MARKETS TUMBLE AT CHICAGO
Chicago July 19 hogs receipts 24,000 with 11,000 unsold, market slow and uneven. Top hogs 11.60 for 165-239 lb, other weights $9.50 to $11.60. Cattle receipts 8,000. calves 2,500. steers uneven, best yearlings 16.40, heavy weights 26.00. cows 7.40 to 12.50. Sheep 9,000 receipts, natives strongest. lambs firm to 25 cents higher. total week hogs 108,659 to date. Potatoes receipts 87 cars, market weak. Irish Gobblers 70-85 cents.
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Choice
INS
Lvestock Atles
Ngs. Liga
YG Ave
Wea Tso
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Lan
Thees
Ilao New Patntnes
Polataor
Setehe
Watterloo
Farmer's Rimor
Sloan
Airinthy Bruisreer AG
Easy Packing Co
Storrs Couy
Mao Cis
Ganners
Eutiera
Snoths
Witte Prairie Ney
Walod
Wise
Delta Tae
Sioux City
Stock gains and mixed closes on New York market
New York stocks closed higher with Colorado Fuel leading gains and shares in Warren Bros Union Carbide American Radiator and steel makers advancing. Midday wavering turned to uneven evening action as aviation stocks fell while Texas Pacific and Warren Bros rose to new highs. Foreign exchange steady with Liberty bonds quotes and various futures and commodities showing mixed activity.
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Colorado
Warren Bros
Union - Carbida
American Radiator
Stoss-Sheffield
Steel
Midland Steel Products ‘Preferred
Ludlum
Steel 244
U. S. Steel
Basalehent Steel
Republic Tron & Steel Oli Steel
Prior
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Wright
Curtis Aero
Grand
Pw New High
Tay
Texas
Pacific
American Linseed
American International
Hudson Motors
Sears Roebuck
U.S. Steel
Common
General Motors
Anaconda
Radlo
Curtiss
Westinghouse
Electric
Greene Cananen Copper
International ‘Telephone
American, Express
Texas& Pacific
Can
Ssies Armour
Atchison
Atlantic
Galt
Ohio Beth
M. St
Chrysler Colorado
Fort Col. Gas& EL
Dorge Bros
Hudson — Motors
Ul. Central
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Harvester Int
Nickel
Inter. Vel
Tel
Gennecott
Mack
Truck Marland
Kan
Missouri Pac
Monty
Nash Motors
N.Y. Central
N. Yo
Nor
Amerigan
Northern Pac
Packard
Pan
Pennsylvania
Phillips Pet
Postum
Pullman Radio
Reading
Rem-Rand Rep
St. Reynolds
St. B
San Fran
Seaboard Aly Line
Sears Roebuck Shell Union
Southern Enc
Southern Ry
St. Ot
Cat
St. ON
N. A
Sete
St. Ol
N.Y
Studebaker
Learreverenrens
Texas Camps
AGN
Tex. Gulf
U. S. Steed Vanadiam
Maryland Westingh
Eric Willys
Woolworth
Bonda
Liberty
Provisions Market and Grain Prices Across Cities
A fragmented market report lists butter receipts in New York and Chicago with varied grades and scores, cheese, eggs, and poultry prices, plus Omaha grain quotes for wheat corn and oats. Raw sugar unsettled in New York with unconfirmed recent sales and refined sugar steady.
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Strewe
New York
Livestock prices from St. Paul market report
St Paul livestock market notes receipts cattle hogs calves and sheep with price ranges. Cattle steady with heavy weights around 16.00 and various classes selling in the 7 to 15 dollar ranges. Hogs mostly 10.25 to 10.75 for lights and butchers, packers bidding. pigs scarce. Calves mixed bids near 13.40 to 14.00. sheep receipts 300 steady with fat lambs around 9.50 to 10.00 and yearlings near 9.00 to 11.00.
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ST. Paul
Bond Market Shows Firm Demand and Mixed Rates
New York July 19 bond market opened firmer with time money near 6 percent. Railroads led gains including Green Bay & Wisconsin debentures, St Paul 4s, Lehigh Valley 4s, Norfolk Western 4s, and others. Some issues like Canadian National Railway 4s and National Railway of Mexico 4s declined or held. Industry issues were generally inactive though Andes Copper 7s and Willys-Overland 6s rose. Foreign bonds firm with Mexican issues improving while others eased.
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New York
Green -Bay & Wisconsin
Point
St. Paul
Lehigh Valley
Norfolk
Western
Canadian National Railway
Natonal Railway of
Mexico
Prisco
Irnc
Wilt and eastern R disease found in Iowa corn fields
Bacterial wilt or Stewart's disease of sweetcorn detected for the first time in Iowa this season. Specimens from Lee and Wayne counties were studied by Iowa State College plant pathologists. The outbreak likely came via sweetcorn seeds. symptoms include early tassel death, plant wilting, and yellow brown internal stem bundles with kernel spots.
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Iowa
States College
Lee and
Wayne
United States
Atlantic
Seaboard
Long Island
Illinois
R. H. Porter
Butterfat yield in June higher than May in state herds
June milk production rose as fewer dry cows and pasture acclimation boosted yield in 94 dairy testing associations. Floyd Johnston of the dairy extension service cites increased production after cattle adjust to pasture and higher quality forage. Liberal feed offerings kept meat and grain prices weak across markets in mid July.
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Amos
Floyd Johnston
Dairy ‘Extension Service
Washington, D. C
Weekly & Market Review
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi River
Great Plains
Rockies
Bank Debits and Mortgages Weekly Totals 1928
Waterton Clearing House report lists bank debits for the week ending July 18, 1928 with daily totals and weekly merit. Totals include 1,015,838.00 on Thursday, 1,140.00 on Friday, 140,697.00 Tuesday, 837,483.00 Wednesday, and the weekly sum 8058,468.00. Mortgage and chattel mortgage figures appear for the same period, with prior-week comparisons and year figures, plus counts of instruments filed to date.
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Waterton Bank
Waterton Clearing House Association
Thea Andos
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