Alfalfa quality disputes prompt federal grade system
Dairymen report mixed alfalfa quality this winter with some shipments arriving wet or as pigeon grass. Buyers reject damaged lots while others sell first class hay from Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado to Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa under U S standards. Federal inspectors may settle disputes and certify invoices to assure delivery of better alfalfa for dairy feeding.
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Avas
Colorado
Ivery
Miller
Orange
Nebraska
Kansas
Department Agriculture
Washington, D
Cuianta
Chicago
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Platte River
Iowa
Farm department editor invites reader questions
The Waterloo Evening Courier invites readers to send questions and comments to the Farm Department. Communications should be addressed to the Editor Farm Department at Waterloo Iowa.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
James R Howard Returns to Farm in Marshall County
James R Howard, once head of the American Farm Bureau Federation, returns to 600 acres in Marshall County with his three young sons. He bought 120 more acres recently and plans to develop sweet clover and soybeans, showing renewed faith in agriculture. Federal hay inspection details available from EO Pollock in Kansas City and other county agents in Lexington Nebraska and Cody Wyoming.
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Marshall County
American Farm Bureau Federation
Howard
Daily News
Wheeler McMillen
Farm & Fireside
McMilen
Pan
EO. Pollock
Genesee Street
Kansas City
H. FR Whiteside
North Clark Street
Chicago
A. R. Hecht
Lexington
Ruling Limited to Cream Says Secretary
Dunkerton Iowa March 8 The notes received here by Secretary J A Fisher of the farmers creamery clarify that the tuberculosis ruling applies only to cream and not to all dairy products including butter He noted that extending it to butter would raise supply concerns and pointed out that cities Boston Detroit Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are serving notices about the cream infection situation
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Dunkerton
Te c. Fisher
T.B
Fisher
United States
Boston
Detroit
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
State Income Tax Discussed In Thursday Evening Debate
Six farmers from Polk and Muscatine counties prepare for a state debate on income versus property tax as a basis for state revenue. The program, broadcast from Station War 7330, features Cloyce Letts and Marion Steddomt from Muscatine with Ray Downer as a Muscatine member, arguing the opposing side.
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Polk
Muscatine
Chami- P
Teor Rand
Cloyce "Letts
Ray Downer
Horses or Tractor Opening on Farm Sparks Question
A county farmer, Mattingly, explains at an employment office that he prefers horses and questions whether a hired man should handle machinery. He notes tractors are a grind in hot still weather with motor fumes, while horses offer relief on windy days.
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Hudson
Mattingly
Grundy Co Farmer Becomes Professor in Virginia School
Dike Iowa March R W Crouse and his family have moved from a Grundy county farm to Hampton Virginia where Crouse accepts a teaching post at Virginia Agricultural College. He was Grundy County Farm Bureau president last year and studied at Iowa State College Ames. He arranged for the farm to be taken over prior to leaving.
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Dike
R. W. Crouse
Here
Hampton
Crouse
Virginia Agricultural College
Grundy
Fayette County Entries in Beef and Pork Feeding Tests
Fayette, Ta March Grimes Brothers West Union are among Fayette county farmers who entered the 1927 state pork producing contest feeding a carload or more of pork. The county is listed among those entering the state beef cattle feeding contest with entries received from Grundy, Dubuque, Cass, Chay, Hamilton, Humboldt, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Wossyth, O'Brien and Wright counties.
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March
Grimes Brothers
West Union
Fayette County
Servila
Grundy
Dubuque
Cass
Chay, Hamilton, Humboldt, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Wossyth, O'Brien and
Wright Counties
Clean grounds cut pig losses and raise yields in 1926
Cedar Falls, March 8. Art Hansen, a young renter on a 400 acre farm, reports a profitable shift to clean grounds pig raising. In 1926 his herd from 21 sows produced 164 pigs at weaning, up from 127 the year before, with far fewer runts. Pigs averaged 198 pounds at six months and sold for over $4,000. Losses dropped to two pigs from weaning to sale, a marked improvement over previous years. Hansen replaced the old hog house with seven new three-sow huts moved to alfalfa fields, added piped water and self feeders, and credited the McLean clean grounds system for the better results.
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Cedar Falls
Art Hansen
Hansen
McLean
Diversification Is Defied in Heart of Iowa Dairy
March 8 report from Sumner Bremer County notes H Dickman and Decker plan a grain farming system on 120 acres six miles southeast of Sumner. The farm will have a house barn granary and may include tilled acres. Only two cows and a 200 head chicken flock are planned with no hogs. Rotation of corn small grain and clover expected, with second clover crop to be turned under after hay harvest. Dickman cites reduced labor and buildings as reasons to avoid live stock, milk and hogs not increasing income enough.
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H. Dickman
Bremer
Lana
Dickman
Waverly Girl Wins National Meat Story Contest Entry
Miss Ithel Baker a Waverly high school freshman led entries in the National Live Stock and Meat Board meat story contest. The event invites town high school girls to submit essays on meat with the first submission titled Curley. Details note contest rules bar contents disclosure and praise student home economics training shaping thoughtful approaches across states.
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Ithel Baker
Waverly
National Live. Stock & Meat Board
Herdsmen's Dairy Show Opens at Ames Iowa State College
Ames Tas Mareh The annual Herdsmen's Dairy show took place today at Iowa State college. Exhibitors were first and second-year new in the herdsmen's course. College animals were fitted and shown. Judges were J. P. Eves and George Tiemming. About 40 head of calves and cows were shown across Ayrshire Jersey Guernsey Holstein classes and a bull calf class.
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Tas Mareh
Iowa State College
J. P. Eves
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
George Tiemming
Meredith Jersey Farm
Ayrshire
Jersey
Guernsey
All Day Orange Farm Bureau Meeting Friday
Orange Township Farm bureau will meet Friday March 11 at the consolidated school at 10 30 a m. A dairy cattle judging contest in the morning is conducted by Burt Oderkirk Ames. In the afternoon he discusses dairy feeding and management. The women’s program includes a two act comedy Mrs Oakley’s Telephone a reading by Mrs Will Mumper a nutrition lesson. Women are asked to bring two covered dishes sandwiches and silverware and dishes.
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Orange Township Farm Bureau
Consolidated School
Burt Oderkirk
Ames
Oakley
Will Mumper
BUYS SHORTHORN SIRE AT CART FL WALTER SALE
La Vorte City Iowa March 8 T Buck bought a Milking Shorthorn bull for 106 dollars at the recent Cart FL Walter sale near Quasqueton. At the same sale 321 Duroc Jersey sows averaged 51.60 dollars, top 84 dollars. Over 2000 bushels of corn sold from 55 to 70 cents a bushel and oats at 48 1-2 cents.
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la Vorte City
T. Buck
Cart FL
Bearish Reserve Report Drops Wheat Prices
Chicago March 8 an unexpected bearish report on government reserve stocks of grain pushed the wheat market down sharply. Corn showed activity with prices rising on fair buying while oats and provisions fell or fluctuated. Weather conditions were unfavorable and hog values influenced provisions.
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Chicago
Cotton price and futures move in steady trading
Liverpool spot market saw steady prices with total receipts 14 000 bales and 21 000 bales traded. Midlands quote lists good mids at 8.14c and 7.89c for strictly mids to low mids, with ordinary at 6.59c and good ordinary at 46 ke. Futures opened steady with March at 75 600, May 73e, July 78 507, October 7.91c, December 7.96c. Chicago March at 24.39c, May 14.47c, July 14.56c, October 14.66c, January 14.82c.
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Bates
Midlands
Chicago
Potatoes Market Report Shows Mixed Midwest Prices
Chicago reports March receipts indicate 69 cars on track with 192 total U.S. shipments and moderate supplies. Demand and trading goods slightly stronger. Wisconsin sacked whites around 1.90 to 2.10, Idaho sacked 2.80 to 3.00, mostly 2.90 to 2.95. Fancy shade higher.
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U.S
Wisconsin
Idaho
Russell
Grain Receipts and Omaha Market Prices
Grain receipts estimated in cars on routes and markets show No 1 hard and No 2 hard prices around 1.35 and 1.32 per unit. No 4 yellow corn bids about 67 1/4, No 3 mixed oats around 46 cents. Market notes from Chicago and Omaha report mixed values across wheat corn and oats with Winnipeg and Minneapolis figures included.
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St. Louis
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Representative Sales Report From Chicago in March
Representative areas sales today in Chicago report sparse details with partial terms Maxs and unsettled figures. The fragment hints at regional sales activity but provides limited names or amounts to verify.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Update
Wheat prices show No 2 red near 1.30 with variations across hard and mixed lots. Corn futures mark No 2 yellow around 62 cents, oats No 2 white near 48 cents, rye No 2 at about 83 cents, barley around 64 to 82 cents, and crops like timothy and cloverseed quoted at 4.75 to 5.00 and 28.00 to 35.00 respectively. Board figures list live cattle quotes: cash bar, ribs, and bellies at 12.35, 16.50, and 17.25 respectively.
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Ares
Bae
Hog Market Text Describes Rising Demand and Prices
Chicago market notes receipts at 21 000 hogs with 5 000 left unsold and prices 10 to 16 cents higher. Hog groups show gains across light, medium, and heavy grades with top early around 12 dollars. Cattle, sheep also described with stronger demand and higher prices led by fat lambs and fed steers. Total hogs 77 700 across principal markets, week’s cattle run steady to higher.
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Chicago
HOGS RECEIPTS AND PRICES LISTED IN PEORIA REPORT
A Peoria market summary shows hog receipts around 1,000 head with higher top prices noted. Quotes include medium weights near $11.86 and $9.75 to $10.50 for packers and stag hogs, with other figures showing varied bids and totals.
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Peoria
Minneapolis Flour Prices Hold Steady in March
MinneapolisMinn market report lists flour shipments at 34,945 barrels with unchanged status. Bran prices are quoted at 27.50 to 28.00 per unit, reflecting stable levels for the period.
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Minn
March
Market dips as professional selling widens
New York stocks opened weak as professional selling broadens across rails and motors. General Motors and White Motors led declines, while Baldwin and United States Rubber posted losses. Fed financing news failed to lift sentiment as early losses extended in the first hour.
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Haven
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Hudson, Timken
United States
Dupont
Foreign exchange rates from major markets listed
New York reports irregular foreign exchange figures with rates for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Spain Switzerland Greece Poland Czecho Slovakia Jugoslavia Austria Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Montreal and others expressed in various currencies per unit.
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Wwe
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Tienmark
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Switzerland
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Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Austria
Roumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokio
Shanghai
Montreal
Grain and oat prices from St Louis market report
The report lists wheat prices for various grades including No 1 red at 1.97 and No 2 red at 1.39 1/2. It notes mixed corn prices around 2 cents and several yellow and white corn and oats price points such as No 2 white at 47 to 50 cents and No 3 white at 45 to 47 cents.
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ST. Louis
Lee
Chicago Clearings Report Shows Large Balances
Chicago clearsings show a total clearings figure of 8173,900,000 and year balances around 11,190,000 as of March 8 according to an INS release. The statement indicates a steady level of activity and sizable balances carried over.
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Chicago
Toledo Seed Prices Reported For Clover Seed
Toledo dispatch notes Clover seed pricing with imported seeds at 17.00 cash domestic at 25 955 for March 17 00 and October 1715, reflecting market quotations and asking prices in the Toledo area.
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Toledo Seeds
Toledo
Provisions market report shows mixed dairy and poultry prices
New York and St Louis market notes list butter receipts and creamery grades, cheese and eggs pricing, poultry by product type, and various regional quotations. Figures include butter receipts around 11 532 and 14 485 tabs, lard and sugar values, turkeys and fowls prices, and cheese brands like Young Americans and Daisies with regional parity and seasonal shifts.
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Laney
Pacific
Midwest
Bones Co
Rio
Santos
Chicago
Minneapolis Wheat and Corn Prices and Receipts
Minneapolis market update reports Wheat receipts at 219 cars versus 195 last year. Prices ranged for Northern and No 1 grades around 1.39 to 1.47 per bushel. Montana and track deliveries noted with May and July futures at 1.40s. Corn and oats prices and grades listed with various quality descriptors.
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Minneapolis
GREEN
Minn
ABC
Montana
Kansas City Grain Prices and Receipts Report
Market notes from Kansas City Mo on March 1 show wheat receipts and futures with bids ranging across No 2 dark hard and red varieties. Corn futures listed with white and yellow grades and mixed lots, while oats hold near steady levels with No 2 white quotes and small changes reflected across grades.
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Kansas ‘'City
St Paul Livestock Market Reports Strong Gains
Livestock receipts at St Paul Minnesota totalled 8003 steers yearlings and stockers with firm to higher bids. Calves at 12.00 to 13.50 bulk 12.50 to 13.00. Hogs about 7000 head with top around 11.60 and 200 lb pigs around 11.50 to 11.60. Sheep receipts 800 with fed lambs higher and ewes around 8.75.
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St.' Paul
Minn
P—Cattee
Executrix Named for J Langfeldt Estate in Black Hawk County
Notice in Black Hawk County Iowa appoints Lillian Scott Langfeldy executrix of the J Langfeldt estate. Creditors must present claims for allowance and file in district court. Also notices sealed bids for a new jail building in Waterloo including heating, plumbing, electrical work, and demolition with specifications at the county auditor’s office after March 1 1927.
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Black Hawk
Romediarg
Agatnet
Rang
District Cour
Black v Haverity
Iowa
Sugadnss Maron
Zplans
Sohn S. Bartley
Pioneer” Bank
Waterloo
Towa
Board of Superisors
Ina ’ Ic
Board of Supervisors
Man who sold farm moves cash to another tract
Keystone Ta March John Meyers sold his 240 acre farm at the town edge for 300 per acre in cash a portion of the money is now invested in another farm the Elbert Krueger property north of here nearly all cash was paid with gravel roads nearby and improvements rated good
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Keystone
John Meyers
Krueger
Grange Convenes in Jones Mills Grange Hall Meeting
March meeting at Jones Mills Grange hall featured a dinner followed by a program. Superintendent of schools W Ay Ottilie delivered an address, and Spokane, Washington’s Mr Waters participated. Mr and Mrs Te Jary led the program.
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Jones Millsrange
Ay Ottilie
Waters
Spokane
Wash
Te Jary
Hogs Steady to Higher as Receipts Reach Four Thousand
St Joseph Missouri livestock report shows hog receipts around 4,000 with prices up to 11.78 per hundredweight. Steers bring 9.60 to 10.75, calves and stockers noted, while sheep receipts near 6,500 show lambs around 14 to 18 and ewes at about 8.25 to 9.50.
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Ane
Paneer Eeeras
Voss
Eaves
Ieee
Goa
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Tcarree
Peoria Grain Market Report March 8
Peoria March 8 corn receipts 54 ears steady with No 6 white and No 5 yellow trading around 4.50 to 4.75 per bushel. No 6 yellow and mixed entries mixed with bids near 4.40 to 4.50. Oats receipts 5 ears steady with No 2 white around 4.74 to 4.82. White oats and other white varieties noted but exact prices unclear.
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Peoria
ADISC
New York Money Market Steady as Loans Renew
In New York the money market remains steady with call loans renewing and ending around 4 1/2 percent. Time money is dull with rates at 4 3/4 percent bid. Commercial paper is quiet with prime names around 4 percent and other high quality issues near 4 1/4 percent.
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