Butler County lime legume tour highlights benefits
A two day field tour in Butler County Iowa with Farm Bureau and extension staff noted that lime and legume use improves crop yields and swine feeding. Highlights included Henry Harms alfalfa cutting after lime and fertilizer, inoculation of red clover seeds, and sustained lime effects lasting six to fifteen years across tested plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
McLean County
Butler County
Farm Bureau
John Mullins
J. L. Boatman
Iowa Extension Service
Rex ‘Beresford
Hay
Henry Harms
Grimm
Boatman
Harms
Nua
Tyden's& Anderson Brothers
Greene
Anderson Broth
George Weinberg
Lome
Herman Hunt
Clarksville
Strange new insect damages Fayette melon crop
A strange insect infestation on Artus Stepp farm near Fayette Iowa prompts a call to state entomologist Carl J Drake. The pest, new to Iowa, resembles a small maggot and feeds under soil from the roots to the plant fiber. Half the Stepp acreage is infested with extensive losses, and current remedies could kill the vines. Stepp tries various potions and soil disinfectants asDrake studies the pest at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
Fayette
Artus
Stepp
Here
Cali
Carl. J. Drake
Iowa ‘State College
Stepps
Stevo
Farm in Floyd County Sells for 182.50 per Acre
Charles Staudt of Marble Rock buys the Otto Ziebell farm seven miles west of Charles City for 182.50 dollars an acre in cash. The land is well improved and possession is set for March 11, 1928. Sale arranged through Charles City Land & Loan Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
Charles City
Charles Staudt
Marble Rock
Otto Ziebell
Staudt
Charles City Land & Loan Company
Farmers Questions and Comments Invited
Readers invited to send questions and comments to the Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be addressed to the editor. Phone number provided as 6100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Department
Waterloo Evening
Courier
Waterlon
Towa
Hay Mow Heat Studies At Iowa State College
Ames Indiana June 30 a reporter notes hay mows run hot but workers ignore the exact degree. Iowa State College begins experiments to measure hay temperatures and curing methods for alfalfa and clover. Researchers test cutting times curing methods barn storage and compaction to guide farmers on best practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Towa State College
Iowans Shouldn't Reduce Flocks Too Much Expert Says
Ames Iowa June 30 Head of poultry husbandry H A Bittenbender of Iowa State College told farmers in Delaware Buchanan Dubuque and Clay counties that poultry can be produced most economically in the cornbelt while prices are down he advised limiting flock size but warned against cutting too much The western producer must buy seeds and California farmers face higher grain costs causing quits Bittenbender notes poultry can readjust quickly with on farm grains minerals and skim milk feeding hens laid more than a dozen eggs per batch when milk is included
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
H. A. Bittenbender
Iowa State College
Delaware
Buchanan
Dubuque
Clay Counties
Bittenbender
California
College
Sioux City Livestock Market Report June 30
Cattle receipts around 200 show market active with killers and stockers steady. Fat steers and yearlings trade in the 8.00 to 11.00 range, fat cows 6.00 to 11.50, veals 6.00 to 12.00, bulls 5.50 to 8.50, stockers 7.00 to 9.50, heifers and feeding cattle 4.75 to 8.00. Hogs receipts about 12,500 with markets 10 to 15 cents higher. top 9.00, bulk 7.35 to 8.90, lights and butchers mixed near 8.25 to 8.90. Sheep receipts 1,000 steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Peer Aera Gee
Aoa Ee
Eee Boa Aba Giley O
Ae Rene
Ilao
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
St Louis
St. Joseph
Settee
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Waegaeres
Buffalo
Peer Eneen
Futures close for dairy butter and storage standards
Chicago June 30 futures close for dairy items show butter fresh standards July at 39 13e with August at 30 percent acc. Storage standards December 42 4ac and refrigerator standards November 1400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dairy Cattle Congress Reorganizes Barns For Horses And Cattle
Plans altered for Dairy Cattle Congress buildings this summer reduce two barns to one 36 by 240 feet for horses and add a 36 by 300 feet barn for cattle. Barn No 3 will become cattle only while horse stalls move to the new horse barn. Six barns will house 800 cattle and 275 horses, with a calf club pavilion for 200 calves and total facilities for 1,000 cattle and 275 horses. Construction now under way on horse barn walls and barn foundations. concrete floor work to begin in the new hall of exhibition Sali No 2 formerly used by the calf club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Cattle Congress
Horse Department
Cattle Department
Congress
Exhibition Sali No. 2
Salf Club
Guernsey Cattle Breeders Gather Near Here Today
Guernsey cattle interests centered in Black Hawk county for the annual picnic and show at Prairie View farm owned by W. W. Marsh. C B Finley spoke after returning from Guernsey, Alderney and Sark and England studying the breed. A Centerville meeting featured a boys judging contest won by a 13 year old with gold medal and heifer calf. Bradley and Marple Mountain won herd and dairy prizes in the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Prairie View Farm
W. W. Marsh
C. B. Finley
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Finley
Guernsey
Alderny
Sark
England
Guernsey Cattle Club
Will Bradley
Centerville
Bradley
Marple Mountain
Des Moines
Dairy Club
Compton Brothers
Burt Oderkirk
Ames
Hopkinton couple hatches 1110 chicks from 1460 eggs
J C Edgar explains poultry success citing healthy parent stock proper temperature and twice daily egg turning. The Edgars, three years on a Hopkinton farm, incubated 1460 Tancred strain white Leghorn eggs March 4 and homed about 1100 chicks, with over 1000 raised, while also growing vegetables for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
J. C. Edgar
Edgars
Wheat Prices Rise on Rust Reports in South Dakota
Chicago June 30. Wheat futures climbed at times on reports of black rust in South Dakota spring wheat. Ahead of a holiday and a Springfield legislative session, traders took quick profits, leaving top quotations unsettled. Close showed wheat up 23 3/4 cents, corn down to 13 4 cents, oats up 2 1/4 cents, and provisions at 12 40 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Dakota
Springfield
Kansas City Grain Report Wheat Prices and Corn Oats
Kansas City market shows receipts of 305 grain cars with wheat quotes ranging from 1.34 to 1.60 for various grades and red No 3 at 1.36 to 1.40. Corn and oats futures vary with No 2 white at around 98 2 to 101 2 and No 2 white oats near 47 to 0. Baise. Minneapolis wheat receipts total 105 cars with No 1 northern at 1.45 to 1.47 and No 1 dark northern spring from 1.54 to 1.59. No 1 hard spring listed at 1.45 to 1.60. July and September futures cited. No 3 yellow corn at 95 12 to 97 4 cents. No 3 white oats at 45 4 to 46 4 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Chicago
Erie
St. Louis
Parana
Grain prices from St. Louis report June 30
Wheat No. 2 red 1.48 dollars. Corn No. 4 mixed 96 cents. No. 2 yellow 1.034 dollars. No. 3 yellow 1.00 to 1.01 dollars. No. 2 white 1.02 dollars. Oats No. 2 white 50 to 54 cents. No. 3 white 47 to 48 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Omaha Grain Prices Report From June 30
Omaha Neb June 30 Wheat No 1 hard 1.35 1.45 No 2 hard 1.36 1.47 No 1 mixed 1.33 1.37 1.59 Corn No 3 white 96 97 2c No 2 yellow 95 97 2c No 4 mixed 3c Oats No white 43c
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Toledo Seeds Market Update June 30 Toled o Ohio
Clover prices show imported at 13.90 bid for October and 16.63 bid for December. Domestic clover 16.60 asked. Timothy prices for old seed 2.45 new 2.55 December 2.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Timothy
Board of Trade Cash Quotations June 30
Chicago market notes show Pi Wheat prices with No 2 red at 1.4444 and No 1 hard at 1.494. corn and oats listings feature multiple grades with cents per bushel, rye unmapped, barley at 0.73–0.85, and Timothyseed at 4.75 to 5.00. provisions list Lard 12.77, Ribs 12.00, Bellies 14.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Light hogs lead gains as market steadies in Chicago
Hog receipts reach 31,000 with light hogs rising about 10 cents. Top price hits 9.35 for 180 to 190 pound lines, best pigs at 9.25, packing sows 7.40 to 7.90, light weights often 8.00, overall hogs up amid thinner supply. Cattle show strength on light arrivals, vealers firm, but sheep remain weak with 15,000 head sold.
Realizing Sales Weaken Change Realizing Sales Weaken Change
New York stock market ends with lower prices as investors cut commitments. Baldwin drops 5/42 from yesterday, while Sulphur and Collins and Aikman lead a midday rally to 1102 a record. Standing loan rates stay at 5 percent despite late rate concessions. GM falls further while motor shares swing and Baldwin reacts to selling pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baldwin
Collins
Aikman
General Motors
Cotton market slides in Liverpool and Chicago futures rise
Liverpool reports a steady cotton market with 10,000 bales sold and 1,000 bales received, including 500 American. Middling prices ranged from 7.54d to 10.59d, with various mid to high mids quoted. Futures opened quiet, July at 8.83d, July figures in Chicago show October at 17.00c and December at 17.21c with modest gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Chicago
Foreign exchange rates in irregular market demand
New York June 30 foreign exchanges show irregular demand with quoted rates for nations and cities including Great Britain 4.853 16, France 3.91 16, Italy 5.51, Belgium 13.88, Germany 23.69, Holland 40.02 12, Norway 25.85, Sweden 26.78, Denmark 26.70, Switzerland 19.2444, Spain 17.09, Greece 1.34 4, Poland 11.20, Czecho Slovakia 2.96430, Jugoslav 1.76, Austria 14.08, Argentina 42.564, Brazil 11.75, Tokio 47.184, Shanghai 62.6753, Montreal 99.81 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Britain
France
Poland
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices From St Joseph Report
St Joseph Missouri June 30 hogs receipts 7000 mostly 10 to 20 cents higher top 9.18 bulk 8.60 to 9.10 cattle receipts 1500 steady bulk steers 9.50 to 11.75 top 18.00 cows and heifers 4.00 to 10.00 calves 5.50 to 11.00 stockers and feeders 7.00 to 7.75 sheep receipts 1400 steady to 2 cents higher lambs 12.25 to 13.75 ewes 5.00 to 6.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
James
Market Summary of Dairy Produce and Poultry Prices
New York and Chicago market notices report butter receipts and prices across creamery grades, eggs by class, cheese varieties, flour, pork, lard, sugar, coffee, tallow, hay, and poultry values. Regional listings include Long Island, Western, and nearby coast price ranges, with notes on demand and street quotes for turkeys chickens and ducks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pacific
Long Island
Midwest
Rio No
Santos
Chicago
Omaha cattle and hog market notes from June 30
Receipts total about 15 000 hogs with full advance on lighting grades and upturns in heavier weights. Cattle receipts around 3 500 with steady to higher prices for choice offerings. sheep receipts 6 000 with lambs steady after late advance and feeding lambs mostly 12 50 to 12 75.
Hogs and cattle mixed market results at St Louis market
East St Louis ledger shows hog receipts at 12 500 with top $9.65 and bulk sales near $9.50 to $9.60 for 200 pounds. Cattle receipts 2 500 with native steers mostly $11.75 for good and choice. western steers $7.25 to $9.50. cows $5.50 to $6.50. calves abundant. Sheep receipts 2 300 with top lambs $13.75 and fat ewes $4.50 to $7.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Ill
Potatoes Market Weak As Receipts Grow In Chicago
Potatoes receipts reach 33 cars on track and 144 total shipments from the United States, with 699 cars trading very slow and a weak market. North Carolina Irish Cobblers at mostly 5 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
North Carolina
Minneapolis Flour Prices Rise in June Carload Sales
Minneapolis market report June 30 notes flour up 10 cents in carload lots with family patents at 8.20 to 8.30 per barrel in 9 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 23,639 barrels. Bran quoted at 24.00 to 24.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Fort Madison prépares for Legion Auxiliary visit
Fort Madison Iowa gears up for the American Legion auxiliary state convention to be held July 27 28 and 29. Fort Madison plans to welcome delegates with special preparations and a right royal reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Legion
Parson's College Publishes Its Own Summer Newspaper
Fairfield Iowa June 30 Par sons college prints a summer newspaper for the first time in over fifty years. The Portfolio staff led by Leonard Prince editor and Robert L Bartlett business manager publish the weekly纸 paper on their own responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Parsons College
Leonard Prince
Robert L. Bartlett
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report June Trading
Kansas City market today shows receipts of 2590 calves and 4000 hogs with mixed shifts across groups. Cattle demand steady to higher in better grades, bulls steady, heifers and cows varied. top heavy steers around 12.30, yearlings 12.00, beef cows 5.75 to 7.25, cutters 4.25 to 5.00, dealers 10.00 to 11.00. Hogs mostly 10 to 15 cents higher with light weights up to 9.25 and 9.10 ranges for 140 to 160 and 210 to 240 pounds. Sheep receipts 3000 with lambs 35 cents higher, wethers around 7.50 to 10.15 and yearling reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom Waterloo Malls Co
Swift & Co
Waterloo
Rath Packing Co
Rath
Tbs
Ulate Tenga Tba
Iowa
Cohn Bros
Chicago
Choice Butchers
Kansas City
Colorado
Livestock Prices Send Mixed Signals at St Paul Market
At St Paul livestock market on June 30 receipts reached 2200 cattle and 1800 calves with varied demand. Cattle ranged from 5.30 to 11.60 for stockers and steers, hogs showed slight strength with steady to weak bidding, and sheep were generally steady with native lambs around 12.50 and fat ewes scarce under 6.00.
Peoria Livestock Hogs and Cattle Report
Peoria Alabama June 30 hog receipts 2500 steady to 25c higher top 9.10 lights 9.00 9.10 mediums 8.80 9.10 heavies 8.75 8.95 cattle receipts steady to unevenly higher with similar rough tone preserved for market summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Bank Debits and Deeds in Waterloo Week Ending June 29 1927
Bank debits for the week ending June 29 1927 totaled 4 367 753.00 with daily figures from Thursday to Wednesday. Deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages listings show weekly totals and prior-week comparisons, including instrument counts and value shifts. The data come from the Waterloo Clearing House association reported by Black Hawk County Abstract Co. and cover 1927 weekly financial activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Clearing House Association
TBA
Adora Welegte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butler
Floyd Co
John Riley
Riley
E. E. McCloud
McCloud
Ryan
Agricultural Experiment Station
Delaware County
Rileys
Town
Sioux City Livestock
Diay Exposition
Esterday
Northwestern
Duluth
Board of Trade
Nooa
American Car and Foundry
Collins and Aikman
Baldwin and Motors
Hudson Motors
Mack Trucks
Willys-Overland
Dupont
Mullins
Ali. Chem. & Dye Cea Ee Breen
Car & Foundry
Woie Oalstohl
Fagieg Bene
É& Tel
Wat
Wks
Atchison Aos
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore de Ohio
Aeepecavens Ada
Barnsdale
Bethlehem Steevee
California Petroleum
Canadian Pacific
Cerro de Pasco BR
Ghesapeake
Ohio Pee Alent
Chic
Mil
St. P. Pfd. Rey
North Western Tee
Vesighens Vreretrene
Crucibie Steel
Dodge Bros. A du Pont de Nem
Erie Railroad
Ededersts
Freeport-Texas
Ares
Illinois Central
Crees Wett
Nickel
Inter
Tel
Kan
City Southern Shed
Kennecott
Lehigh Valley
Louisville & Nashville
Marland Oilees
Mid-Continent
Petroleum
É& Tex
Missouri Pac
Montgomery Ward
Nash Motors
New York Central
N.Y
N. H. & Hartford
Norfolk & Western
Ae Nor
American Obote
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Car
Prebtentre Ee Wi
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Bape Weer
Standard Oil
Cal Waren
Texas & Pacific
Union Pacific
United Drug Scan
U. S. Ind
Wabash Ry
Maryland
Westinghouse Elec
Wetting & L. Erie Pe
Abe
Wa ‘Woolworth
Liberty Bonds
Liberty
Treasury
TORO
ST. Joseph Livestock
INS
Omaha Livestock
Texas
Legion Auxiliary
Parsons
Kansas City Livestock
South St. Paul
T&b
Peoria Livestock
Ceee Eee
Eas Instruments Aesopica
Canadian National Res
Gov't
Dominion of Canada
Illinois Central Railroad Company Joint
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Texas & Pacific Railroad Company General
Erie Railroad Company
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Cuba Northern Railroad Company
First
New York Stock Exchange
Impany Investment Securities
Commercial National Bank
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!