Use of Soybeans in Swine Feeding Causes Softening
Washington report on five years of U.S. Agriculture tests shows soybeans and related feeds produce softer pork carcasses. Studies across Alabama, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Texas, and other states in cooperation with the USDA detail how feeding soybeans, peanuts, rice polish, and tankage to pigs starting around 100 pounds affects carcass firmness, with softness increasing as weight gain grows and maturity reduces softening over time.
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Knoxville
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South Carolina
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Farmers Questions and Comments Invited In Waterloo Courier
Editor of the Farm Department invites readers to send questions and comments. The Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo, Iowa, asks for engagement from farmers and agricultural readers, with contact details provided for submissions.
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Iowa
Athetes Communications
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Towa
New Grain King of America Artur W W Cutten Portrait
The Arst photograph shows Artur W. W. Cutten of the Chicago Guard of Frude, born in Canada, hailed as the new Grain King of America for foresight in buying large quantities of corn and wheat months ago. He reportedly profited nearly $2,000,000 as prices climbed. He bought corn under 60 cents a bushel and began unloading near $1.19, with wheat profits described as substantial.
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Chicago
Frude
America
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Greatest Jersey Cow Placed in National Museum
Sophie 19th, famed Jersey cow admired for 17,557 pounds of milk and 289 pounds of butterfat in eight years, will join Smithsonian exhibit after her herd dispersed and an auction was halted. Donated by the United States Department of Agriculture, her career as a producer ended and she was used for scientific purposes before chloroformed on June 14, 1918.
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Washington, D. C
Sophie
Jersey
Smithsonian Institution
Toad
Lowell
Nass
United States Department of Agriculture
Dairy farmer feeds cattle all year in Butler County
Clarksville Tenn July 26 One of the few dairymen in this section who believes cows should be fed all year is F I Schmadelke near Clarksville He asserts that dairy cows require the best ration and care to perform their best Feeding and breeding are key to the industry He also notes that proper feed helps reduce abortion and that a strong cow resists disease We raise purebred Holsteins
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Clarksvilln
F. i. Sehmadeke
Clarksville
Sehmadelke
Win
One Milking Herd In 28 Is Herded by Purebred Sire
A discussion notes that most dairy herds lack purebred sires. Only one in 25 milking herds is headed by a purebred dairy sire while 27 rely on undesirable bulls. Emphasis is on selecting well proven sires to ensure productive daughters and dairy traits.
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Daushiers
State Hospital Holsteins to Show at Town Fair
Cherokee Iowa July 16 J Hatch manager of the state hospital dairy herd here is preparing for Holstein entries at the Town State fair. A 1 year old heifer and several heifers calves will be shown. One two year old cow has produced 18 080 pounds of milk since November and is now yielding 50 pounds a day despite the hot weather.
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J. J. Hatch
State
Hatch
Heepstad
Township Bureau Yearbook Prompts Countywide Farm Bureau Push
Shelby County towns publish yearbooks with slogans and lists of township farm bureau officers project leaders and cooperators. The cover features Polk Township and Douglas Township yearbooks as models for broader county adoption under a proposed bill creating many county farm bureaus.
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Buchanan Farmers Test Commercial Soil Preparation
Independence Iowa July 26 A number of farms in Buchanan county aim to complete commercial fertilizer on a small acreage of corn using acid phosphate potash and complete fertilizer and have observed excellent results. The acid phosphate is showing well with complete fertilizer. Flotash plots were replanted with little uncertainty this year the core planted in see beds treated with fertilizers are yielding well on lighter soils. Henry Allenstein Madison township reports an excellent stand for alfalfa started last spring.
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Buchanan County
Hiame
Casey
Henry Allenstein
Madison Township
LCOUNEY AGENTS IN TWO-DAY MEETING
North County agents gathered in Clear Lake for a two day meeting. The discussions were led at round tables by Merle Meg Donald, the agents’ leader.
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Clear Lake
North Laws
Merle Meg- Donald
Weekly Grain and Provision Review Assorted Market Update
Traders report volatile grain and provision prices with gains in some meals and declines in others. Export activity from Canada and the United States, coupled with weather factors, influenced futures while large hands show profit taking and ongoing demand for U S wheat.
Chicago Buying 5 On Bg Scale In Wheat Rally
Chicago grain prices surged to new highs amid firmer Winnipeg and Liverpool quotes. Wheat led gains with May and December futures up sharply before profit taking and hedging reduced some advances. Corn and oats followed the rally amid favorable weather for crops and strong demand, while barley and hogs influenced provisions to rise.
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OLY
Chicago and New York Grain Quotations From Markets
A compiled report of Chicago and New York grain prices and futures, including Wheat No. 2 hard at $2.65 and various No. 2 and No. 3 grade quotations for corn and oats. Prices from Minneapolis and Peoria also listed, with figures for rye barley cloverseed and timothy as reported by regional grain exchanges.
Market declines across rural commodity centers report
The week ending today saw muted declines with little confidence in trade as the Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes light advances midweek. By the close, most markets weakened again, reflecting overall cautious sentiment in rural markets.
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United States Department of Agricultre
Hogs and cattle price report from Chicago market
Chicago market report shows hog bids mostly 10 to 50 cents higher with strong demand and mixed lots at 9.80 to 9.65. weights vary from 150 to over 260 pounds. Cattle receipts around 500 with grain fed stock rising 25 to 50 cents. fat cows and veal calves lower. Sheep receipts about 1,000. fat lambs and yearlings mostly 1.25 lower, feeding lambs steady.
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Stock Exchange Trend and Livestock Markets Mixed
Market notes show upticks in hog and cattle quotes across several regional markets including Omaha and East St. Louis. Hogs strongest in the 170 to 260 pound range with top bids near 10.15, while cattle sees varied moves with feeders and fat cows firming or steady. In New York trading, a broad upswing in many equities and utilities posts final gains as investors push industrials and sugar shares higher.
Prices at Chicago and New York Marts July 26
Produce price report from Chicago and New York on July 26 shows creamery butter at extras 39 1 4 to 38 1 8 cents, firsts 37 1 2 to 37 1 2 cents, and standards around 24 to 26 cents. Eggs steady with storage firsts and extras in the 25 to 26 cent range. poultry steady with no demand shifts. Hogs at St Louis breach $10 per cwt, eyeing highest in two years. potatoes traded moderate with a very steady market. clearings show bank revenues up by 29.9 million.
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