Farmers Warned to Mend Hog Pasture Fences
Fayette Iowa June 8 residents within miles of Fayette warned to repair hog pasture fences by June 23 for the Fayette County Farm Bureau picnic. A countywide hog calling contest will crown township champions. Prizes total $10 $7.50 and $5 plus $3 for additional floats across three classes and $5 $3 and $2 for a fourth class. A silver trophy awaits the top township. Roy P Chase St Paul Minnesota state auditor will be principal speaker.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Bureau
Roy P. Chase
St. Paul
Minnesota
W B Barney to speak to Holstein breeders Thursday
Winton Iowa June 8 Holstein breeders in Benton county will hear W B Barney from the Holstein Friesian Breeders Association extension service at a meeting tomorrow evening E M Wright field secretary of the state Holstein association will attend The Benton county drive aims to add members following two days of outreach in Black Hawk county led by Wright Local breeders assisted in the campaigns
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Delaware
Manchester
Milo
Oneida
Elk
Coffin's Grove
Delaware Townships
Floyd Johnston
Town State Dairy Association
Winton
Benton County
W. B. Barney
Extension Service of
Holstein-Friesian Breeders’ Association of America
E. M. Wright
State Holstein Association
Black Hawk County
EB. M. Wright
Farm Department seeks comments in Ve terion Evening Courier notice
Readers invited to address the Farm Department with questions and comments. Communications should be sent to the Veterinary section of the Ve terion Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Phone contact provided as 6166.
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Farm Department
Veterion Evening Courier
Waterloo
Towa
Oklahoma Professor to Judge Territorial Livestock Show
Prof W L Blizzard head of Oklahoma A&M animal husbandry will judge the Territorial Livestock Show in Honolulu Hawaii from August 26 to 30. He received the invitation from H K Castle, expo manager, after meeting at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. Blizzard's judging team won first honors there and the grand champion steer was bred and fed by his department.
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W. L. Blizzard
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Okla
Honolulu
Hawaii
H. K. Castle
Blizzard
Chicago
Bremer County Farm People Broadcast Tonight
Bremer County Farm Bureau program on WOI Ames airs 6 to 7 PM featuring John F Baskins winner of two old time fiddlers contests at Waterloo. Tonight marks the final Bremer county tour event with Waylord Ambrose speaking, W M George and Mrs D D Offringa singing, and a Bremer county orchestra playing. Tourists left Waverly at 6 30 AM traveling Cedar Falls Grundy Center and Marshalltown for Ames.
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W. M. George
D. D. Offringa
Bremer County
Ames
Waverly
Cedar Falls
Grundy Center
Marshalltown
Testing Groups Expanding in Iowa Dairy Herds
June 8 report notes 52 more cows will join two new Iowa associations in Washington county and Osceola, boosting state testing to over 2,000 dairy farmers. Iowa ranks third nationwide with 30,000 cows in testing programs, which may grow by 600 cows, totaling about 5 associations. Burt Oderkirk of Iowa State College discusses sire influence on herd production.
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Amesia
Iowa
Washington County
Osceola
Towa
United States
Burt Oderkirk
Iowa State College
Mrs. Mosher Named Buchanan County Girls Club Chair
Independence Iowa June 8 Mrs H M Mosher former Buchanan county women’s project work chairman has been appointed chairman of the county girls club committee. She succeeds Mrs Charles Robinson Jesup who resigned to devote time to duties as women’s chairman.
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Independence, In
H. Mosher
Buchanan County
Girls’ Club
Charles Robinson
Jesup
Black Hawk County Farmers Union to Convene Thursday
Local farmers unions of Black Hawk county will meet in county convention here Thursday evening June 9. Several speakers will be present. The Raymond local is arranging for a large crowd and a general good time.
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Courier
Raymond
Black Hawk County
The Rhyming Farmer by Edward Tuitt
A light agricultural humor piece by Edward Tuitt distributed by the Associated Press. It presents playful verse about farm life and farming routines with a humorous twist.
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Edward Tuitt
The
Associated Press
The Canning Crusade of Mountain Women
A narrator recalls women storing fruit from mountain to sea during autumn. They peel plums and pears while sealing jars, stacking rhubarb cherries apricots and berries. The fruit piles grow unchecked yet vanish quickly, leaving the basement shelves bare before winter.
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Acre
Soil drainage changes spring farm work in Black Hawk County
Farm editor reports reevaluation of soil conditions as tiled land dries faster and yields better crops. John A. Schmidt of Bennington explains tiles improve workability, but higher ground remains seepy. L. A. Walters notes heavier soils delay planting while lighter soils progress. some corn replanted by Lewis Nelson after poor stand.
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John A. Schmidt
Bennington Township
Schmidt
Black Hawk County
Mr. Schmidt
Lewis Nelson
Butter Contest at Arlington Sets June Judging
The monthly educational butter scoring contest will be at the Arlington creamery. Butter is to be judged Wednesday June 22 with a meeting of buttermakers and creamerymen the next day to hear results. F W Stephenson state inspector will supervise. Elmer J Primus, creamery butter maker and past champion, leads the June 23 program. Entries should be shipped by June 16.
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Arlington
F. W. Stephenson
Elmer J. Primus
Co-Operative Creamery
Garden Gossip on Iowa strawberry slug damage
Iowa State College entomology reports strawberry patches across Iowa harmed by the pale green strawberry slug. It creates small holes in leaves and defoliates plants. control lines are lead arsenate spray after bloom or two weeks before picking, or white hellebore dust if berries near ripening. The slug differs from the more active strawberry leaf roller, which is harder to manage.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
B. B. Fulton
Ames
Iowans consign to national Ormsby sale headline
Town Holstein breeders consigning to the national Ormsby auction in Minneapolis June 15 and 16 are H. O. Larsen of Dike Peder Pedersen and Sons of Cedar Falls Paul P. Stewart of Maynard F W Seeley of Arlington Maytag farms of Newton Har Stove and Arnold of Norwalk and Corwin farms of Rock Valley.
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Ormsby
Minneapolis
H. O. Larsen
Dike
Peder Pedersen & Sons
Cedar Falls
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
F. W. Seeley
Arlington
Maytag Farms
Newton
Har- Stove & Arnold
Norwalk
Corwin Farms
Rock Valley
Regulation bill outcome awaited in Springfield
Chicago June 8 Wheat prices rose late on misgivings about the Kes singer bill due in the state legislature at Springfield this afternoon. The government crop report due tomorrow also weighed, with 15 percent cut in Argentine wheat area cited. Closing quotes showed wheat weak, corn and oats mixed, rye tight, and provisions largely dull but firmer as traders awaited the Kessinger bill and upcoming reports.
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Chicago
Kessinger
Springfield
Cotton market steady as Liverpool shows fair demand
Spot cotton in Liverpool today meets fair demand with prices steady. Sales reach 12,000 bales with receipts of 12,000. Midlands fair quotes range across several grade levels from 10.49d to 7.34d. Futures open steady with July near 8.69d and later months climbing to 8.98d.
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Liverpool
Midlands
Chicago
Futures wrap: butter and egg prices for June and beyond
Futures closed with butter notes for June at 40 5/8 cents, August 40 3/4, July 49 1/2 cents, and December 43 cents for storage standards. Eggs show June storage packed firsts at 7 cents.
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Chicago
Minneapolis Flour Prices in Carload Shipments
Minneapolis flour prices eased in carload deals with family patents quoted at 8.25 to 8.35 per barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments totaled 26,801 barrels, while bran trading ranged from 27.50 to 28.00 per unit.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards
Representative livestock sales in Union yards report hogs and other animals listed for sale on June 8. The brief notes hog prices and buyers present as buyers bid on multiple lots.
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Union
INS
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Chicago June 8
Commodity prices listed for Wheat Corn Qats Rye Barley Timothy seed and Cloverseed with varying grades and bid values. Provisions show Lard Ribs and Bellies prices. Price ranges reflect No 1 hard through No 6 mixed and yellow corn and white oats also include sample grades.
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Chicago
Hogs and cattle prices steady to mixed in Chicago yard report
Receipts total about 23 000 hogs and 10 000 cattle with hogs weak and mostly steady to 10 c lower on Tuesday’s averages. Light hogs and pigs softened while 190 to 275 pound butchers topped near $9.00. cattle strong to 25 c higher with fat cows steady, best yearlings to 12.85. sheep bids steady with natives 17.5 to 18.0 and fat lambs scarce.
Change Erratic Ad Favor Shifts New York Market
New York stocks opened firm then plunged midday before recovering as oil and auto shares rose on rumored big oil purchases. Call money rate cut from 4 to 4 per cent aided the recovery. Oil stocks led gains with Tranhandle Producers and Refiners up 3 4%, Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil 2 5%, Atlantic Refining 5 4% reaching 119% for the year. Market showed mixed results as traders rotated between groups. Pittsburgh Coal rose 1 3 4 points and International Combustion and Engineering gained 1 and Baldwin 11s. Final sales were firm.
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New York
Texas & Pacific Land Trust
Tranhandle
Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil
Atlantic Refining
Pittsburgh
International Combustion and Engineering
Foreign exchanges. brief market rates in cents
New York June foreign exchanges show varied demand with most nations quoting mid to high percentage figures. Major currencies include Great Britain at 4.85 percent and France at 8.91430, along with Germany 23.684 cents and Shanghai 63.12 4 cents.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Austria
Roumania
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Brazil
Tokin
Shanghai
Montreal
Kansas City Grain Report June 8 1924 Prices
Kansas City grain notes receipts of 43 cars with mixed price changes. Wheat values include No 2 dark hard 1.41 to 1.55, No 3 1.41 to 1.55, No 2 red 1.42 to 1.44, No 3 1.41 to 1.44. Corn shows No 2 white 77 to 79c, No 3 96 to 98c, No 2 yellow 97 to 1.00 1/2, No 3 94 to 98e, No 2 mixed 98 to 99e. Oats and oats prices vary with No 2 white 52 to 55c, No 3 50 to 54c.
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Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
ST PAUL LIVESTOCK REPORTS SLUGGISH HOGS AND STEADY CATTLE
South St Paul Minnesota cattle receipts reach 3000 with steady prices on most lines and cows around 5.75 to 6.00 while stockers hold near 6.50. Calves at 11.00 rising. hogs at 8.40 to 8.10 for 140 to 225 pounds and 7.25 for heavy weights. sheep and lambs show early strength with best lambs around 10.75 and steady sheep.
New York Market Totals for Butter and Poultry Prices
New York and Chicago wholesale notes show butter receipts and varied prime poultry prices. Butter totals include 22 101 tubs with creamery extras and 32 884 cases for Jiggs. poultry lists cover dressed turkeys, chickens, broilers, capons, and fowls with multiple regional price points, while pork and lard hold steady and sugar and coffee show minor shifts. Kansas City and Chicago also record duck and poultry pricing under new classifications.
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New York
Pacific
Long Island
Mdiwest
Rio No
Santos
Chicago
Young Americas
Kansas City
Minneapolis Grain Market Roundup June Wheat Outlook
Minneapolis grain notes June 8 reports wheat receipts 76 cars vs 132 year ago. Prices for No 1 northern and dark northern spring range from about 1.44 to 1.58 dollars with on track and to arrive bids at 1.46 to 1.57. Corn No 3 yellow near 6.97, oats No 3 white around 46 to 47 cents.
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Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Toledo Seeds Prices for Clover and Timothy
Toledo Ohio June 8. Clover imported bids $16.75 for December and $13.00 asked for October. Domestic $16.65. Timothy old $2.50, new $2.60.
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Toledo
Timothy
Mrs Turner Appointed Demonstrator For Fayette County Exhibit
In Fayette Indiana on June 8 Mrs R F Turner of Smithfield township was chosen to represent Fayette county farm bureau women at the state fair exhibit. She will demonstrate home dyeing at Des Moines and demonstration day for bureau women is set for July 20 at Centenary church Smithfield township. Each township group will provide a five minute feature, talk stunt or song.
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Johnston
Fayette
R. F. Turner
Smithfield Township
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Turner Sis
Des Moines
Bureau
Centenary Church
Smithfield
Orville Hamer Sells Miller 5 Purebred Cattle
Orville Hamer of Orange township sold four purebred Holstein cows and one Holstein bull to Walter Miller of Dysart for use as foundation stock in a purebred herd.
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Orville Hamer
Orange Township
Walter Miller
Dysart
Creamery Pays Out Two-Week Checks in Osage
Osage Iowa June 8 Ralph Dodge received the largest check for 116.04 from the creamery covering a two week period. H L Andrews garnered 104.25 and the next check was 100.32.
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Osage
Ralph Dodge
H. L. Andrews
Kansas City Livestock Market Report June 8
Cattle receipts 5000 calves 800 native fed steers and stockers strong to 25c higher bulls 10 15c higher stockers scarce good to choice 276 lb steers 12.00 top 11.75 heavies 11.40 ball. Hogs receipts 12500 fairly active mostly steady to 50c lower stock pigs weak 25c lower top 8.60 225 lb, 179 258 lb 8.50 8.60 240 325 lb butchers 8.15 8.60 packing sows 15 25c lower 6.00 6.50. Sheep receipts 3000 lambs/ yearlings generally steady to strong best native lambs 17.00 others 16.25 16.75.
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Chicago
Arizona
South St. Paul
Minn
Kansas City
Sioux City
Sioux City Livestock Prices Heat Up at Market
Sioux City market receipts total 2 500 cattle and 10 500 hogs with steady to mixed trends. Cattle show strong fat prices from 6.00 to 10.50 with feeders and calves noted. hogs broadly steady to 10 cents lower with tops near 8.40 and bulk around 8.00 to 8.40. sheep light with lambs about 17.50 and ewes 6.25.
Hogs receipts and prices at East St Louis market
Receipts at East St Louis totaled 17 500 hogs with a weak to 102 lower trend. Top bid reached $8.85 with bulk hogs 160 to 229 pounds at $8.74 to $8.80. Heavier hogs not traded. Packing sows quoted at $47.60 and down. Good pigs sold from $7.20 to $7.50.
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ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Potatoes Market Report With Prices and Stocks
Chicago June potato receipts show 69 old cars and 22 on track plus 148 old and 440 new in U S shipments and 105 old Canada 59 new. Prices move slowly with trading weak. Texas Alabama Louisiana sacked Bliss Triumphs and Irish Cob blers at 5.75 to 6.25, Oklahoma 4.75 to 6.90. North and South Carolina barrel Irish Cobblers 8.50 to 9.00. Old stock trading very slow.
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Chicago
U. S
Canada
Texas
Alabama
Louisiana
Bliss
Oklahoma
North
South Carolina
Grain prices in St. Louis market report
St. Louis market notes show wheat at No. 2 red around 1.51 per bushel, corn prices with No. 2 mixed at 1.91 and No. 3 mixed at .99, No. 2 yellow at .04, No. 3 yellow at 1.02, No. 2 white at 1.02 to 1.03. Oats list No. 2 white at 52 to 46 cents, No. 4 white at 46 to 47 cents.
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ST. Louis
Receipts of Wheat Chicago and Northwest Wheat Receipts
Chicago and northwest wheat receipts are noted, detailing shipment volumes and market activity. The brief item records loading progress and trading emphasis, reflecting supply movement through regional markets.
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Chicago and Northwest
Prairie hay prices steady in Kansas City market
Kansas City Missouri receipts reach 27 cars for prairie hay No 1 priced around 13.00 to 14.00 dollars. other hay shows a five cent drop while overall tone remains steady.
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Kansas City
Prairie
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