Iowa Horse Breeders Eye State Field Secretary Post
Des Moines experts from the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association met to appoint a field representative to boost draft horse production. Four applicants were considered, with decisions pending further information. The field secretary will be housed in the state capitol under Secretary Mark Thornburg, with a $3,000 salary cap and a potential higher limit if a strong organizer is found.
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Courier Special Service
Hudson
Iowa Horse & Mule, Breeders’ Association
Des Moines
William Crownover
Horse Association
J. C. Holbert
Ames
A. L. McIlirath
Grinnell
Brandt
Linn
Wyoming
Horse and Mule Association
Crownover
State Capitol
Department of Agriculture
Mark G. Thornburg
Iowa Horse & Mule Breeders’ Association
Statehouse
Iowa Horse &Mule Breeders Association
F. A. Huddleston
Webster City
Chas
Irvine
Ankeny
J. O. Singmaster
Ke‘Ota
A.’L. Champlin
George Thompson
Sioux City
A. B. Caine
Thomas R. Holbert
Greeley
Emery Hemingway
West Branch
Cambridge
W. M. Hart
Osceola
F.A. Anderson
Ross
C.G. Good
Ogden
Dean C. F. Curtis
Secretary of
Agriculture
Carl C. Kennedy
The Cellar Reserve Yet Full for Winter
A farmer writes of a full cellar stocked with turnips red cabbages persimmons and pumpkins plus potatoes beets carrots apples cauliflower and more. He boasts self sufficiency, criticizing town purchases and noting sturdy, fertile land supports long winters.
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Smith
Dickinson to Speak at Black Hawk County Farm Bureau Picnic
Congressman L. J. Dickinson of Algona will address the annual Black Hawk County Farm Bureau picnic at Electric Park on Thursday. The program includes an old fiddlers contest, a 2 p.m. talk, a barbecue dinner by township chairs, and a sport program with a baseball game and races supervised by Victor A. Read.
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L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Black Hawk
One Patron Receives $556 For Month's Milk At Creamery
Strawberry Point creamery, claimed as the world's largest whole milk plant, poured 1 652 292 pounds of milk in April. Butter output reached 77 038 pounds. The top patron check went to Max Opitz & Sons for 556.10 dollars on Buckley farm. Otto Weger won a state butter scoring title with a 95. Creamery officials include O Hebson president A E Olinger secretary M F Harwood treasurer and directors Karl Haut et al.
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Courier
Strawberry Point
Max Opitz & Sons
Buckley Farm
Otto Weger
Clear Lake
O. Hebson
A. E. Olinger
M. F. Harwood
Iar
Haute
Carl Zwansiger
Albert Kash
Harley Everts
Fred Talcott
75 Girls Attend 4-H Camp in Franklin County
About seven 4 H club girls are to attend the annual camp at the Franklin County fairgrounds June 7 to 9 with Miss Laura Waite supervising. An instruction and recreation program is planned in floral hall dormitory space while dining and recreation facilities are arranged.
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Courier
Hampton
Franklin County Fair Grounds
Laura Waite
Floral Hall
Fairgrounds
Grace Shrover
Toney Thompson
Marion Hicks
Gertrude Dohrman
Alfalfa Returns $100 Per Acre in Iowa Field
Walker Iowa June 4 Jacob Arnold farming north of town counted four tons per acre and valued last year s crop at 100 dollars per acre. Much alfalfa shipped to Buchanan County at 25 dollars a ton set a local market price. An ice sheet killed the field last winter and it was plowed for corn but Arnold plans to resow alfalfa next spring for dairy cow hay.
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Walker
Jacob Arnold
Here
Buchanan County
Garden Gossip On Asparagus Growth In Iowa Beds
Garden columnist cites C V Holsinger of Iowa State College advising that Martha Washington asparagus is best for Iowa and that cutting should occur between early and mid June. After cutting, keep beds clean and cultivate until summer end. a dressing of poultry manure or well rotted barnyard manure boosts crown growth and next year’s crop prospects.
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C. V. Holsinger
Iowa State College
Martha Washington
Iowa
Mr. Holsinger
High May Milk Records for Tama Co Assn Cows
Tama County Cow Test association reports an exceptionally high May record. The 471 cows averaged 33.2 pounds of butterfat with 33 dry, over a pound per cow per day. Top herd averages came from Roy Perry’s 15 grade Holsteins at 1,321 pounds milk and 47.2 fat.
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Toledo
Tama County
Henry Nieman
Roy Perry
Don Bragonier
J. A. Crawford
J. K. Randabaugh
Harry Clough
Ames & McBride
Harry Tomlinson
Robert Mitchell
Art Mansul
State Juvenile Home
Bragonier
Mrs. Crawford
Perry
Raudabaugh
Women in Orange Plan Exhibit for Achievement Day
At a meeting of the women of Orange township yesterday afternoon in the schoolhouse plans were discussed for their part in the achievement day program at Cedar Valley Fair and exposition in Cedar Falls the latter part of August. Black Hawk Lincoln Eagle and Orange women will have an exhibit on canning for good nutrition.
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Orange Township
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk
Lincoln
Eagle
Orange
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau
Electric Park
Lulu Moser
Clark Lichty
Stuart Hamer
H. W. Miller
W. O. Tanneather
Buttermakers to Meet in Greene Iowa June 8
Greene Iowa June 4 district No 8 of Iowa Buttermakers Association will convene here Wednesday June 8 at 1 30 pm Ed Gaumnitz creamery accounting specialist state extension service Clyde Bechtel heimer Waterloo secretary of Iowa Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association and A L Landis Waterloo state dairy and food department inspector will speak Butter will be on display John Lorenzen Cedar Falls is president of District No 1
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Greene
Iowa Buttermakers’ Association
Ed Gaumnitz
State Extension Service
Clyde Bechtelheimer
Waterloo
Iowa Creamery Secretaries’ and Managers’ Association
A. L. Landis
Dairy and Food Department
John Lorenzen
Cedar Falls
Farmers Not Yet Discouraged in Franklin County
Franklin County agents report the farm season is late but not discouraging. May rainfall reached 7.45 inches, above the 5 inch normal, delaying corn planting. By June 1 about 80 percent of corn had been planted as wet ground persisted.
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Hampton, Ja
Franklin County
W. B. Hamilton
Two Dairy Associations Plan Joint Picnic in Maynard
DAIRY PICNICS Maynard Iowa June 4 Two contesting associations No 3 and No 5 will hold a joint picnic at the twin bridges between Maynard and Randalia on Tuesday June 7 starting at 11 am A large picnic dinner will be part of the program.
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Maynard, Ja
No. 3
Twin Bridges
Here
Randalia
Omaha Livestock Journal Report June 4
Hogs receipts 7000 slow and $0.10 lower. prices 160 to 210 lb mostly 8.80 to 9.00 top, 210 to 280 lb 8.65 to 8.80, 280 to 400 lb 8.35 to 8.65. Cattle receipts 50. fed steers and yearlings generally 15 to 25c lower, plain yearlings 25 to 50c lower, heifers 19 to 25c lower, cows and bulls steady to weak, years up $1.00, stockers and feeders about steady. Sheep receipts 2000. all classes strong, California lambs 16.75, shorn fed lambs 16.00, fed yearlings 15.00.
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Omaha
Neb
California
Sioux City Livestock Market Report June 4
Sioux City Iowa cattle receipts 500. Fat cattle 25 to 30 cents lower. Cows and heifers 25 cents lower. Vealers and calves steady. Hogs receipts 9,500. Top 8.90, bulk 8.40 to 8.90. Sheep receipts 100. Lambs steady at 16.50, yearlings 6.00 top for ewes down 25 cents.
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Sioux City
Livestock Prices Report From St Joseph Auction
HOGS receipts 4000 10 cents lower with top at 9.05 and bulk around 8.60 to 9.00. CATTLE receipts 100 with steers week bulk 9.25 to 11.09, top 11.25. cows and heifers 4.00 to 10.90. calves 5.00 to 9.50. stocker and traders 7.50 to 9.00. SHEEP receipts 100 steady. spring lambs 15.25 to 16.00.
Corn Market Rises as Rapid Trading Boosts Prices
Heavy trading and rapid price movements lifted the corn market in Chicago on June 4. Weather woes from heavy rains in Iowa Illinois Indiana and Ohio pressured plowing. Corn closed higher about 1 1/2 to 7 cents, wheat steady to down, oats flat, and provisions down as hog values slipped. Aggressive buying by commission houses supported corn with light supply on the move.
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Chicago
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Springfield
Potatoes Market Strong with New and Old Stocks
Chicago reports strong potato markets with new stock prices for Bliss Triumphs and Irish Cobblers at 7.00 to 7.25, occasional 7.50, and barreled Irish Cobblers at 11.25 to 11.50. Old stock shows firm prices for Wisconsin and Minnesota sacked round whites from 4.75 to 5.00, poor stock around 4.50.
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Chicago
United States
Alabama
Texas
Bliss
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas City Grain Prices and Receipts Report
Kansas City grain market report dated June 4 shows wheat receipts at 92 cars with prices mixed across grades. No. 2 dark hard ranges from 1.43 to 1.53, No. 3 from 1.42 to 1.52, No. 2 red around 1.42, No. 3 near 1.41. Corn and oats prices listed by grade and color with minor changes.
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Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Chicago
INS
Babes
St. Louis
Cotton futures edge mixed on Thursday bids
Cotton prices showed a mixed session in Chicago with July at 16.60 cents down 6, October near 16.97 to 16.98 cents down 8, December 17.20 cents down 1, January 17.28 cents up 2, and March 17.38 cents down 5. The day’s turnover reflected modest declines and gains across the forward curve.
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Chicago
Omaha Grain Prices and Quotations
Omaha Neb June 4 Wheat No 1 hard 1.29 1.41 No 2 hard 1.44 No 5 hard 1.40 Corn No 2 white .94 0 No 4 white .93 Oats No 4 white .80 sample wheat .45 cents
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Omaha Graix
Omaha
Neb
Hay Receipts Irregular in Kansas City Market
Kansas City June 4 hay market reports irregular receipts at 45 cargoes.
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Kansas City
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Chicago June 4
Wheat prices listed for No 1 red No 5 red No 2 mixed No 4 mixed and other grades. Corn prices shown for No 2 mixed No 4 mixed No 6 mixed No 2 yellow No 8 yellow No 4 yellow No 8 yellow No 6 yellow No 2 white No 5 white No 6 white and samples. Oats values for multiple white grades and sample grades. Rye not quoted. Barley rates 85 to 97 cents. Timothy seed 4 to 5.25 dollars. Cloverseed 25 to 34 dollars. Lard ribs bellies quoted at 12.65 12.62 14.12 respectively.
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Chicago
Hogs and cattle prices ease in Chicago market report
Chicago market notes hog receipts about 7,000 with 9,000 rest to be sold and hogs steady to 10 cents lower. Top hog price near 9.55 for 150 to 260 pounds. Cattle receipts about 200 with steers mostly steady to lower, yearlings and feeders soft, tops around 13.00 though heavy cattle weak. Sheep and lambs about 4,000 with fat lambs up to 6.50 and yearlings up 50 cents. Overall cattle and sheep steady. hog trade slow but steady compared with the prior day.
Toledo Seeds Trade Report in Clover and Cash Prices
Toledo seed market notes Clover, Cash imported priced at 13 25 with October term bid 16 50 and December domestic at 16 65. Indicates activity in grain futures and seed imports with precise price points.
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Toledo
Irregular Gain in Stock Dealing Surges in New York
Stocks recovered from an early heaviness with broad support after yesterday’s shake-out. Public Utilities led gains with American Waterworks Commonwealth Power and Standard Gas & Electric hitting new highs. Laclede Gas jumped four points as Pittsburgh Coal drew fresh buying. National Distillers rallied on whisky production hopes and Vick Chemical drew demand on dividend talks. Houston Oil rose on short-covering and the market closed firm with about 1,000,000 shares traded.
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New York
American Waterworks
Commonwealth Power
Standard Gas & Electric
Laclede Gas
Pittsburgh
Vick Chemical
Foreign exchange rates in major markets June data
New York reports steady foreign exchanges with Britain at 4.85 percent, France 3.917-16c, Italy 5.5544c, Belgium 13.88c, Germany 25.6812c, Holland 40.01c, Norway 26.96c, Sweden 26.75c, Denmark 26.71c, Switzerland 19.23c, Spain 17.51c, Greece 1.82c, Poland 11.40c, Czecho Slova kia 29.56c, Jugoslavia 1.76c, Austria 14.121%4c, Roumania .61c, Argentina 42.371c, Brazil 11.81c, Tokio 4.25c, Shanghai 63.50c, Montreal 100 19-16c.
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Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Austria
Roumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokio
Shanghai
Montreal
East St Louis hog and cattle market totals June 4
Hogs receipts 1000 with lower prices across weights. Top hogs at 9.40, 210 to 250 pounds 9.10 to 9.25, heavier weights 9.00 to 9.10, sows 7.96 down, pigs 7.90 to 8.75. Cattle receipts 300 with natives steady to 25c lower, bulls 25c lower, heifers and low cutters 25 to 50c lower, top heifers 10.75. Sheep receipts 50 with week’s trade 25c higher. lambs 16.00, bulk 10.60 to 10.75, yearlings 10.00 to 13.50.
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Chicago
Tsse
E. ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Paul Livestock Market Report at South St Paul
Cattle receipts 200 vs prior week. fed steers steady to lower, grass stock and feeders 25 to 50 cents lower. Hogs receipts 1,200 about steady. better grade 220 lb down to 9.03. Sheep 500 receipts steady to strong. week’s top lambs 16.00, yearlings 14.00, clipped ewes around 0.
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South St. Paul
Minn
Jane
Peoria Livestock Hog and Cattle Market Update
Hogs receipts 5000 head, prices 5c lower. Top $9.10, high $9.10, mediums $8 to 9, heavies steady near mid $9s. Packers and grade remarks mixed. Cattle demand light to steady, light stock market.
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Peoria
Alimony Martyr to Enter Third Prison Year
Sacramento reports Samuel W. Reid, called an alimony martyr, prepares to mark the second anniversary of his county jail confinement at Willows Jons Glenn County for contempt of court. He vows to remain jailed until he complies with court alimony payments, claiming the law unfair to men. Reid was confined July 27, 1925, after refusing to obey an order to support his wife and child. He later underwent a sanity hearing, which he says found him saner than many jurors.
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Reid
WH. Jons
Glenn County
Sam Reid
G. F. Purkitt
Altho
Paris Dog Paradise Soon to Be Fashionable
Paris fashion trends extend to pets as dog care rivals human grooming. Elite salons offer dog coiffeur services with shampoos, cuts, and polished nails. Owners dress animals in monogrammed collars and luxury materials, signaling Paris as a forthcoming dog paradise.
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Paris
Market Report on Butter Cheese Poultry and More
New York and Chicago market notes from June 4 show butter steady to firm with creamery and export grades. Cheese steady with new varieties listed. flour weak. pork steady with a brisk midwest spot. sugar and coffee quoted. poultry prices range across turkeys chickens broilers and ducks. long island ducks and geese noted. Kansas City reports minor price moves on figs and other produce.
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New York
Pacific Coast
Long Island
Midwest
Rio
Santos
Futures report from Chicago markets June fourth
Futures closing notes reference butter prices with fresh standard grades and storage standards across several months. Mentions August July and December dates with percentages accompanying each standard, but lacks complete clarity on exact contracts or totals.
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Chicago
Grain prices from St. Louis market report
St. Louis grain prices listed for June 4 show Wheat No 2 red at 1.594 dollars and Corn values with No 2 yellow at 1.92 dollars, No A yellow 0.93 dollars, and No 2 white 1.08 dollars per bushel.
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ST. Louis
Notice of Sale of Canadian Land in Regina Saskatchewan
A legal notice announces public bids for Sections 7 and 8 in Township 15 Range 16 West of the Second Meridian Saskatchewan at the King's Hotel Regina. Bids close by 4 pm on June 9 1927 with 10 percent certified funds or equivalent security. Section 7 is under Hanson contract with $32 000 price and $8 222 74 paid. balance due with crop delivery through December 31 1933. Section 8 leased to Malcolm Campbell until March 1 1929. Taxes 1927 due by purchaser. leases assigned without recourse. Contact Waterloo Iowa through June 1 1927, then Regina. Right to reject bids reserved.
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King’s Hotel
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
New York
Chicago
Ellert C
Ellery H. Hanson
Hansons
Malcolm Campbell
Hanson
Waterloo
Iowa
King's Hotel
Weekly Grain and Provision Review
Grain and provision market notes from Chicago on June 4 describe wheat slipping as new winter supply nears terminals, corn rising due to delayed planting, and mixed movements in oats and provisions. The piece cites expectations of broader cutting of winter wheat, large carryover prospects, and uncertain corn acreage amid imports and policy factors.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Kansas
United States
Canada
Butter prices fall as demand shuns storage lines
Chicago June 4. Receipts of butter are liberal and stocks show accumulation but long line purchases for storage push prices down. Butter remains in good demand with brisk trading while some dealers push a free selling policy, notably in Chicago where prices fell a full cent since week's start. Storage shortages shrink as June 1 national holdings are 22 to 24 million pounds, easing a 14 million pound May 1 deficit by about 59 percent.
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Chicago
Minneapolis grain market report June weather
Minneapolis grain notes wheat receipts 119 cars vs 120 last year. Prices for No 1 northern ranges from 1.44 to 1.48 per bushel with various grades listed. No 1 hard spring at 1.46 to 1.69, dark northern and Montana figures shown. Corn values No 3 yellow around 98 to 99 cents, No 3 white about 47 to 49 cents.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Clearing House Reserve Deficit Shrinks to 3.5 Million
New York reports for the week ending June 4 a deficit in reserve of 3,511,080 among clearing house banks and trust companies. This follows a prior excess reserve of 70,404,030, a drop of 73,915,110 compared with the previous week.
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Clearing House
New York
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