Iowans Oee Beal In English Head On Judging Tour
Iowa State College dairy team from Clayton county, led by Prof. Fordyce Ely, travels in England and Scotland for dairy judging. The squad, including Gertrude Kaiser, Kenneth Walter, and Lloyd Kaiser, placed second to an English team in July and will reach Elkader around Aug. 1. Dispatches describe visits to Sulgrave Manor, Buckinghamshire farms, Clivedon, and royal livestock shows, with notes on breeds and public shows.
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Iowa State Dairy Association
Fordyce Ely
Iowa State College
Elkader
Whiting
Ely
England
Sulgrave Manor
George Washington
Royal
Altho
Congress
Waterloo
Associated Press
Roy Combs
Clayton County
Buckinghamshire
Lord Astor
Clivedon
Prince Henry
Scotland
Ireland
London
Combs
Great Britain
America
Newport
Pigs Thrive On Clean Shed Method Says Local Hog Farmer
Grundy Center July 25 Carl Malander describes a hog raising method using a clean shed for 10 days with pigs then moved to a clean clover field. He reports no runts in 80 head and credits cleanliness with reducing worms and enteritis while boosting profits. Neighbor Pauli Ratliff also advocates clean yards and annual cinder filling. The approach requires more work but yields higher pig survival and efficiency.
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Grundy Center
Carl Malander
Pauli Ratliff
First National Show of Soybeans Sets Cash Prizes
Four classes with twelve cash prizes each plus two classes with five cash premiums will highlight the first national soybean show during the Dairy Cattle Congress from Sept 26 to Oct 2. Manchu Black Eyebrow and Dunfield seeds will feature in prize groups with details on nodules and pods at stake. No entry fee, judging begins Sept 27, with deadline dates for mailed and in-person entries.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
The
Cattle Congress Management
Lvestock
Office of
Z. BR. Mills
Toledo
Farm pays for TB reactors in cattle herd near Jesup Iowa
Will C Bonarden, south of Jesup in Jubilee community, received 1537.21 for 27 cattle culled after TB tests. Payments came from Rath Packing Waterloo state fund and federal government. additional 344.97 due. Some cattle yielded cents per pound, others higher, with one animal posthumously condemned and burned. Bonarden notes cleanup and manure removal before final funds arrive. He regrets not testing earlier.
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Jesup
C. Benarden
Here
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Des Moines
G. C. Stong
Bonarden
Stong
T. B
Benarden
Mr. Bonarden
Sow Produces Car and Half of Pigs for Harmon
Sam Harmon of Orange township recently sold Hampshire hogs in Chicago, including a Chester White sow that had produced 104 pigs across five or six years. The sow’s largest litter was 14, with 13 raised. Harmon, who kept the sow until retirement, noted she weighed about 500 pounds and sold for eight and a half cents per pound, yielding a carload and a half of pigs for his operation.
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Sam Harmon
Orange Township
Chicago
Hampshire
Harmon
Farmers Wives Meet for Mardi Gras Booth and Lessons
New Hampton Iowa July 25 Farmers wives farm bureau groups plan a large booth at the Chickasaw Mardi Gras Aug 17 18 19 with lessons on Marketing for Good Nutrition Canning for Good Nutrition and Food Preparation for Good Nutrition The county program includes July 24 26 28 29 lessons at various township homes plus a July 23 event at Centenary Church Fayette County hosts an achievement day and a Duroc Jersey hog breeders picnic at Hampton with a turnout near 200 and 15 gallons of ice cream
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Bradford
Richland
Chickasawa
Clarence White Nome
Stapleton
Utica
Leo Lynch
Washington
Deerfield
A. Gerhardt
Dresden
Redericksburg
Frank Juscen
Dayton
New Hampton
Jacksonville
FL Schwartzensuan
Arlingtor
Arlington
Centenary Church
Here
Fayette County
Jacob Solberg
Clyde Combs
B. W. Lodwick
Hampton
B. C. Marts
Cedar Meeting at M G C Frost Home
Cedar Township Farm Bureau plans a meeting tonight at the home of M G C Frost. A program and motion pictures will be presented.
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Cedar Meeting
Cedar Township Farm Bureau
M. GC. Frost
The Rhyming Farmer Rhetoric on Threshing Stress
Edward Turfft humorously contrasts panic and poise during busy threshing season. Dan McCarty unlocks calm focus, warning against rushing rashly. The tale underscores steadiness over frenzy as a path to greater work with less wear.
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Dan McCarty
Dan
Daniel
Land of Lincoln
Omaha Livestock Market Report July 25
Omaha Nebraska hogs receipts ten thousand early gains to ten dollars and a quarter top ten dollars and thirty five cents on choicest loads. Cattle receipts seven thousand five hundred slow demand steady to slightly lower on many grades. Lambs five thousand five hundred with fat range lambs top around fourteen dollars. Prices listed for various weight classes and feeder activity noted.
Sioux City Livestock Prices Report July 25
Livestock market update shows cattle receipts steady with varied price ranges across classes. Hogs trading mixed around 10.25 to 10.90 top, butchers and sellers noted, sheep receipts at 500 with strong to 2.50 higher gains.
Cotton prices edge lower on active demand in Chicago market
In Chicago on July 25, cotton futures opened down with October and December contracts slipping about 14 points and March around 13 points. Prices for other months fell modestly amid overall steady to softer demand as sales reached 8,6090 bales with receipts near 100 bales. Nearby quotes show varying mids from 0d to 11.02d, while futures months hovered around 10.24d to 18.84c per pound.
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Chicago
Lahore
Liempoeai
Wheat and corn futures fluctuate on Chicago market
Chicago July 25 wheat futures moved unsettled as new winter wheat receipts and a larger U S visible supply trimmed prices while favorable weather and light black rust fears supported, and corn rose sharply on late crop concerns. Oats held steady, and provisions edged up on hog and corn trends.
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Chicago
United States
Ihaine
Buffalo
Kansas City Grain Prices and Receipts Report
Kansas City grain market updates show wheat receipts at 1 228 cars with mixed bids for dark hard and red varieties. No. 2 hard quotes around 1.58 1.59, No. 2 red near 1.38 1.39, No. 2 white corn bids at 0.94 0.96, No. 2 yellow around 1.02 1.04, and oats No. 2 white 47 52 cents per bushel with No. 3 at 46 30 cents.
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Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Ulsa
Grain Prices in Omaha Market Report July Update
Omaha grain market report from July 25 shows wheat prices for various hard grades with No 1 hard at 1.29 to 1.41, No 2 hard 1.28 to 1.56, and No 3 hard 1.27 to 1.35. Corn prices list No 3 white at 96, No 2 yellow around 1.01, No 2 mixed at 5.¢, and No 3 white 44c with some additional figures for white varieties.
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Omaha
Neb
Board of Trade Cash Quotations July 25 Chicago
Commodity quotes list Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, Barley, Timothyseed and Cloverseed prices. Lard ribs bellies provisions shown with bid figures and varying grades and samples for No. 1 to No. 6 in multiple categories.
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Chicago
Anne Tees
Ats
Saeseee
Baewere
Board of Trade
Market Booms as Steel, Auto Stocks Hit Highs
New York July 25 stock market powers higher as call money renewals at four percent support broad gains. United States Steel rises to 217¼, others like Gulf, Bethlehem, Dupont and Timken reach new highs. General Motors hits a record, oil shares rise, and sales total about 1.5 million shares.
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New York
United States Steel
Gulf Kresge
Republic
American Steel
Woolworth
Eastman Kodak
Mack
General Motors
Chrysler, Hudson
Bethlehem
Case
Dupont
Timken Roller Bearing
Otis Elevator
Houston
American Gang
Car & Fdy
An. Sm
Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
Wat
Wks
Atchison
My Coast Line
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Calfornia
de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mil
St. P. Pfd
N. Western
ROI & P
Chile Copper
Chrysler Corp. de Berbeimeer Beeewes
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel
Col. Gas & el
Pants
Consolidated Gas
Crucible Steel
Dodge Bros
Erle Railroad
Freeport-Texas
Elec
N. Tron
Harvester
Tel
Kan
City Southern Ate
Kennecott
Louisville
Nash
Lehigh Valley
Tex
Missouri Pac
Montgomery Ward Pte
Nash Motors
Ata
Earens
New York Central
N. H
Baee
Norfolk de Western
Sane Tee
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor
Pan. Am. Ret. B
Beeeneneteress
Pennsylvania
Phillips Petroleum Ae
Pierce-Arrow M. C
Radio Corp
Tate
Reading
Rep
Ir. & Steel
Reynolds
St. L
San Fran
Seaboard Air Line
Roebuck
Southern Pacific Paeeete
Ryabeenweee
Southern Cal “ Saeaereeeee
Standard Oil
Seeweewanee
Standard Ol
N. J
N.Y. Sana
Eceres
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Tex. Gulf
Texas & Pacific Beeene Wean
Baweaarie Tobacco Products
Union Pacific Steen Ee
United Drug
Wabash Ry. Weed
Western
Maryland
Westinghouse Elec
Willys - Overland Beeen
Prices Higher In Hogs And Cattle
Chicago reports higher hog and cattle prices with receipts around 54,000. Hogs show gains across weights from light to heavy, with top hog prices near 11.00 and bulk at 10.65 to 10.90. packing hogs and sow values also rise. Cattle receipts 14,000 with fed steers and yearlings up 15 to 25 cents. top steers around 14.25, most fed steers 11.00 to 13.00. bulls and vealers steady. Sheep receipts 17,000 with fat lambs active and natives up 15 to 25 cents, best westerns around 14.50 to 14.75. overall market described as good demand and higher prices.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Mills Co
Seraee
Tripoli
Swift & Co
Rath
O. B. Rath
Feneaees
Prom Town Flour & Feed Co
Timothy
Cohn Bros
Woo Teaseane Speeres
Chicago
Pete Tenteyae
Minneapolis Flour Prices Steady in Carload Lots
Minneapolis Minn July 25 Flour markets report unchanged prices in carload lots. Family patents quoted around 37.25 to 39.33 per barrel with sacks. shipments listed at 24.50 to 25.50.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Foreign exchange and Minneapolis grain updates
New York reports daily foreign exchange rates with multiple currencies, including the pound at 4.8516 dollars and the Swiss franc at 19.23 cents. Minneapolis grain notes wheat receipts of 28 cars versus 634 a year ago, with detailed prices for No 1 northern, dark northern spring, hard spring, and Montana varieties, plus July and September futures and corn and oats quotes.
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New York
Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Kansas City Hay Prices Steady to Higher on Receipts
Kansas City Missouri July 25 4 H ay market receipts 80 cars prairie No 1 ranged 11 50 to 13 00 with clover mixed light No 1 at 10 00 to 11 00 alfafa No 1 14 50 to 16 50 and timothy No 1 at 11 00.
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Kansas City Hay
Kansas City
Hay
Prairie
Alfalfz
Timothy
Grain prices from St Louis market report July 25
St Louis grain prices list No 2 red wheat at 1.43 per bushel, No 2 hard 1.38, corn No 2 yellow 1.09, No 3 yellow 1.067, No 2 white 1.0573, oats No 2 white 50 and No 3 white 45, sample S54787.
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ST. Louis
Visible grain supply report from New York
The visible supply of American grain changes on July 25 shows Wheat up 1,304,000 bushels, Corn down 1,278,000, Oats down 2,337,000, Rye down 2,000, Barley up 13,000.
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New York
Butter and egg market notes from New York and Midwest
New York reports July 22 butter receipts at 6 979 packages with steady demand and varied creamery prices. July 25 price ranges include extras 42 to 44 cents and firsts around 39 to 41 cents. Eggs and cheese also listed with receipts and varied quotations across several states and markets. Kansas City and St Louis offer similar dairy price data, with butter extras around 42 cents and eggs at 23 cents for firsts in some listings.
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New York
Long Island
Pacific
Chicago
U. S
Virginia Bbis
Kansas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Livestock Prices Mixed at St Paul Market Receipts Steady
Cattle receipts 11 200 slow market weaker grassy kinds 8.50 to 9.50 for steers and 5.76 to 6.00 for cows stockers weak. Calves 3 300 76c to 1.00 lower, 11.00 to 11.50 to packers. Hogs 8 500 opening very slow bidding steady, top 10.60, 8.50 to 10.00 for 230 to 250 pounds. Pigs 10.60, sows 7.75. Sheep 100 receipts, undertone strong, fat lambs about steady 6.50 for handyweights.
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South St. Paul
Mion
Peoria Livestock Hogs Prices Rise at Peoria Sale
Peoria Ill July 25 hogs receipts about 2000 with bid ranges up to 25 cents higher. Classes shown as lights lights to mediums and heavies traded mixed from 8.80 to 10.65 with packers 7.25 to 8.50. Pigs and light weights moved 7.00 to 10.50. Cattle receipts fair with steady to stronger tone.
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Peoria
Ill
Catile
Hay Prices Near Lowest Point In Years In 1927 Review
Washington July 25 Hay markets showed some improvement in inquiry for the week ending July 33, receipts remained light and producers were not pressing offers. Prices for top timothy and alfalfa grades were below levels of recent years with demand soft in Prairie markets and drought impact in southern Rocky Mountain states. Local supplies up in principal consuming areas while northeast crops tame hay up over 10 percent, acreages shift with shifts in production across regions.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Rocky Mountain States
Timothy
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
New
Kansas City
Omaha
Prairie
Chicago View
Mew
Foul or Fair Debate Over Dempsey Sharkey Fight Blow
Motion pictures of the Dempsey Sharkey bout fail to settle the disputed blow from the penultimate sequence. Ex-champion Dempsey shown delivering the controversial strike. inference on legality remains unresolved as experts weigh footage.
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Fere
Dempsey
Market Report: Timothy and Clover Prices in St Louis
ST LOUIS HAY. St Louis Mo July 25 Har Steady No 2 old timothy 16.00 18.00 new timothy 11.00 35.00 No 2 old light clover mixed 15.00 17.00 new light clover mixed 11.00 13.00 new heavy clover mixed 11.00 13.00 choice alfalfa 21.00 22.00
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ST. Louis Hay
St. Louis
Timothy
Peoria Grain Prices Report July 25
Peoria Ill July 25 corn receipts 78 cars higher bids No 2 white 740 No 4 yellow 101 No 5 yellow 99c No 6 yellow 97 89c No 6 mixed 92 12c sample 94 42 98c cats receipts 7 cars lower No 4 white 40 4lisc
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Peoria
Ill
Tae
Toledo Seed Market Figures for July 25
Toledo seeds market notes indicate Clover and Timothy futures with cash bids and December and October quotations. Clover imported cash $14.00, October $17.05, December $17.00. Timothy cash $27.45, December $2.40. domestic Timothy details.
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Toledo
Eimothy
Kansas City Livestock Market Report July 25
Kansas City livestock receipts total 20 000 cattle with calves around 3 500 and grain fed cattle steady to weak bids. westerns down. yearlings scarce. heifers and cows off modestly. veals and weighty calves weak. Hogs receipts 7 000 with prices mostly 10 20 cents higher. top 10 60 for 160 215 lb pigs. sow and stock pig ranges. Sheep receipts 7 000 with lambs 15 25 cents lower. Colorado and Idaho lambs around 13 14 dollars. natives about 13 25. Colorado ewes around 6 50.
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Kansas City
Colorado
East St Louis Livestock Market Report July 25
Hogs receipts 10,500 with gains to 25c. top $11.25, 190-220 lb $10.90-11.15, 250-280 lb $9.74-10.25, sows $8.25. Cattle receipts 6,500. calves 2,500. native steers up 25c, westerns and cutters firm. best dealers $13.00. most cows $6.25-7.25. Sheep receipts 3,500. lambs $13.00-13.25, ewes $4.50-5.50.
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E. ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
St Louis Livestock market report fills midweek pages
Hog receipts total 3000 with top hogs at 10.60 and butchers 9.0 to 10.50. Cattle receipts 4500 plus calves. grass steers slow, grain fed steers and yearlings around 20.25 to 20.35, bulk cows 5.75 to 6.25, bulk heifers 8.50 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 4000 with lambs up to 14.00 plus, natives 19.25, best above 14.00, medium grades 6.00 to 6.50, stockers little changed.
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ST. Louis
St. Joseph
Plant remnants reveal Spaniard introductions in California adobe bricks
Remains of seeds and plants in historic California adobe bricks show species introduced by Spaniards. The discovery highlights early colonial plant exchange and agricultural impact in the region.
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Histori
California
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Treasury
Terse Nee
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ST. Paul Livestock
Peoria Livestock
E. St. Louis
Sioux City
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Pittsburgh
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