Iowa experts predict slower 1928 farming year
C L Holmes and L G Allbaugh of Iowa State College report in a new bulletin that pork production will be restrained, beef supplies fall, and prices stay strong for marketable beef. Dairying remains robust while oats and corn have weak outlooks. The study cites 1927 declines in grass cash receipts and farm income, with shifts toward feed crops and renewed activity in steel and autos as signs for 1928.
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Onquiier Special Aervice
Ames
Iowa
C. L. Holmes
L. G. Allbaugh
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Stlor New Ventures
the Bulletin
Bars
Osborne Brown Swiss Herd to Be Dispersed at Auction
The Iowa Brown Swiss cattle herd owned by the estate of Dr. G C Osborne will be sold at auction in Hampton on April 2. The herd has dominated dairy shows and state fairs in the Midwest for the past three years, with three remaining world champion animals among its ranks.
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Courier Special Service
Hampton
Iowa Brown Swiss Company
Osborne
Mid-Sevest
Cattle and Hogs Boost Warren Bissell Farm Income in Manchester
Warren S Bissell farms eight miles northeast of Manchester New Hampshire. A purebred herd sire purchased from Thomas Hansen & Son Cedar Paris heads Honeymede Holstein stock. The dam records include butterfat 6507.6 pounds and 15 500 pounds milk. dam sold to a state institution for 400 dollars and on semi official test. The herd of 22 Holsteins averages 37.6 pounds butterfat and 1312 pounds milk for March in Greeley Cow Testing. Hogs purebred Shropshire sheep and bees are also raised. Ten lambs born to five ewes recently. Farm covers 240 acres with 180 cultivated. Crops include alfalfa sweet clover pasture corn and barley. Two men operate the farm with tractor power for all work except corn planting. Limestone used with a crusher on site.
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Courier Special Service
Manchester
Thomas Hansen & Son
Cedar Paris
Warren 5S
Bissell
State Test Association
Pieterje Ormsby Plebe
Hargrove
É& Arnold
Norwalk
Greeley
Iowa
Wisconsin
Shropshire
Nasturtium Garden Favorite for Color and Ease
Garden note praises nasturtium as a versatile border plant and cut flower. It highlights bold flame colors, long bloom, suitability for bowls and shows, and ease of growth in poor soils with regular moisture, warning against overfertilization in tarled soils.
Boy Reaps Profit from Home Grown Corn Project
New Providence Ta March 24 John Carter used a five and one fourth acre plot on his father's farm to grow Krug's yellow dent corn as a vocational agriculture project. Costs totaled 104.18 with a yield of 450 bushels, valued at 397.50, leaving a profit of 233.92. Seed from 42 bushels was saved before frost, with more seed income anticipated from the five acre crop. The corn, though not showy, fills the crib and feeds well.
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New Providence
John Carter
Consolidated School
Spring Field Work Begins Across County
Spring field work has started with raking and burning of cornstalks to prepare for the 1928 crops. J. J. Shirk and others haul limestone onto fields between Gedar FPalts and Waterloo. Frost remained in the ground yesterday and many fields were too wet to work.
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J. J. Shirk
Gedar Fpalts
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Benton County baby beef calves on feed tally
Benton County Iowa on March 24 reports 64 calves on feed for the Benton County Baby Beef Club with 12 Angus 18 Shorthorn and 33 Herefords. First weighing certificates were filed with the farm bureau and Iowa Beef Producers Association before entry into state fair classes.
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Vinton
Benton County Baby Beef Club
Farm Bureau
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Beaf
Benton County
Harold Buckholt
Howard Franzenburg
Arthur Franzenburg
George Yranzenburg
Johnnie Hansen
Donald Heitrman
William Hansen
Alfred Hansen
Edwin Hansen
Wilbert Kellman
Robert Oerhlerich
Ray Oehlerich
Eleanor Gellerich
Frank Burgell
James Downing
Robert Downing
Milford Melcher
Keith Tow
Julian Tow
Stanley Keep
Fred Schild
Frances Schild
Arnold Olson
Walter Olson
Frank Lb. Beresford, Jr
Mark Hinsel
Howard
Harper to Replace McMillan on Benton Co Debating Team
In Benton county Vinton Iowa March 24, the Benton county farmers debating team will meet Madison county next Wednesday night March 28 in Ames for the state championship. J E Harper will replace J E McMillan to present the local debaters side while Hon A B R Kline joins as fellow speaker. The team will argue the affirmative: Resolved that at least one third of the expense of running local public schools should be borne by the state. Madison county debates the negative.
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Kline
McMillan
Harper
Madison County
Benton
Honor Certificates Awarded to 21 Dairymen in Virginia
National Dairy association awarded honor certificates to 21 cow testing association members in Winton Virginia for herds averaging 300 pounds or more of butterfat in the last year. Awards come from National Dairy association based on testing records. questions go to the Memphis Tennessee manager. Some associations had no awards due to incomplete records.
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Winton
National Dairy Association
Cow
Extension Service
Farm Bureau
National Dairy Exposition
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn
Benton County
Washington TWP to Hayf Meeting
Washington Township Farm Bureau will hold its regular monthly meeting in the home of B. T. George on Tuesday evening March 27. County agent J. Urbain will discuss poultry management. Sandwiches and pie will be served. families should bring dishes and silver.
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Cedar Falls
Washington Township Farm Bureau
B. T. George
J. &. Uban
Wheat and corn fall on rain and demand lull
Chicago prices for wheat dipped as weather forecasts point to improved moisture before Monday and export demand softened. Corn and oats followed lower on weak buying and pressure from commissions, with May futures slipping before a late rally as shorts covered. plantings in the south are expected to rise.
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Chicago
Copenhagen
Corm
General Commission House
General Motors Leads Stock Rally Amid Broad Market Gains
New York March 24 General Motors rose to a new high as stocks rallied with heavy trading over 3,000,000 shares. The gain followed expectations of strong first quarter earnings and included notable advances by Dupont, International Harvester, American Smelting and Nash Motors. several issues retreated while some slipped on profit-taking.
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Dupontech
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Packard
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Rock Island
Scara Rochuck
Nash Motors
Sears Roebuck
Calumet & Arizona
Possum
Norer Than & Store
Yoints
Christie Brown
Sterling
Allied Chemical
D& Dye
Americanm Gray Oil
American Car & Foundry
American Loconotive
American Smelt
Americai
American
American Tobacco My American Water Works
American Woolen
Anacondna Copper Atchison
Atlantic
Baldwin Loconollys Baltimore & Chic
Darnsdall A
Bethlenem Steel - Californian Petroleum
Canadian Pacific
Cerro de Pasta
Chesaneake & Ohia
Chic
St. PL
Chicago & North Western
Chicago, Rot & Prcife
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel Col. Gas & EL Consolidated Gas Corn Products
Crucible &Tend
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Houston
Ilinois Central
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Harvester Int
Nickel
Tel & Tel
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Kennecott Copper
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Kat & Tex
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Eye
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Rainford
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Pan
Las
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New Jersey Standard Ll
Studebaker
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Timken Toller Bedeng Union Carbide Hae Union Pacihe
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United States Rubber
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Wabasly
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Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland
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Standard Gas & Electric
Board of Trade cash quotations report Chicago March 24 41
Wheat prices for No 2 hard at 140 corn bids listed for No 2 mixed No 4 mixed and yellow varieties with varying cents per bushel. Oats No 1 white and No 7 white quoted with several decimals. Barley Timothy seed and clover seeding values given. Provisions include Lard ribs and bellies with specified dollars per hundredweight.
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Minneapolis Graln
Minneapolis
Minn
Dark Lord Blontang
Plti AG
Bassi
Hogs Steady At Peak Of Friday
Chicago notes hog prices holding near Friday highs with many weights and loads in demand. Cattle and sheep receipts mix with strong to higher trends for fed steers yearlings and heavy lambs amid active trading and varied packer bids.
Hogs Calves Sheep Prices At St Paul Livestock Market
Receipts for hogs total about 600 with steady to lower prices. Best steers and yearlings firm to higher, cows and stockers mixed. Calves at 11.50 to 12.00, hogs 7.00 to 7.80 for various weights, sows 6.50 to 7.60, sheep unavailable. fat lambs 16.00 to 18.25, ewes 9.00 to 9.15, feeding lambs 13.00 to 14.00.
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St's
Tees Ees
St. Louis
Waterloo
Prom Waterloo Mills Co
Saee AG
Orange Creamery
Vesvere
Tripoli
Bwitt & Co
Aterioa
Hennery Tage Pets
Rath Packing Co
B. Rath
Prom Towe Flour & Feed Co
Timothy Arises
Colin Bros
Hull
ORS
Peter Ana
Marcie
Bodo
Paul Livestock South
J. Paul
Minn
Shestack
Yridas
Provisions and stock figures from Chirara market report
A fragmented market update lists butter receipts and refinery standards with percentages, packing stock figures for ordinary firsts and other goods. It includes counts for turkeys, fowls, poultry offspring, roosters and ducks, plus various prices and inventory terms, reflecting a historical wholesale listing.
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C. Brick
Ospringe
Reese
Oversold March Butter Contracts Stiffen Prices
Chicago reports March butter delivery oversold as shorts struggle to make deliveries. Prices firm on renewed buying in Chicago and New York amid tighter freight differentials, with conventional futures showing gains in butter and related dairy items.
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Chicago
I/P
Shorts
New York
Bond Market Holds Steady Amid Fresh Offerings in New York
The bond market in New York on March 24 showed steady activity as about $114 million in new offerings entered the week. American Telephone & Telegraph traded up to 107.44 with gains and Feico Adjustment is Youngstown Sheet & Tube priced around parity to the prior close. Some industrials advanced slightly while government issues remained sluggish at the open.
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New York
Amercat Telephone &8
Feiaco
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Oia
Dinclair
Hudson Bank Dividend Not Last One
The examiner in charge said the 10 percent dividend declared Wednesday for Hudson Savings Bank depositors will not be the final payout. A total of 45 percent has been paid so far, with further assets to be distributed as they are realized.
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Hudson Bank
Hudson Savings Bank
Paul Wilson
L. A
Wheat and grain outlook across states and markets
Weekly Grain and Provisions Review reports current estimates of winter wheat planting, weather effects in Indiana Ohio Kansas and Oklahoma, and price trends for corn oats and lard. It notes rainfall needs for wheat, demand shifts, port clearance expectations, and divergent regional crop prospects with several price quotes for potatoes and Minneapolis grain trade data.
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Ohio
Cory
Kansas
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Sitha
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Standard Oi Company of
New Yorks
Petrolemm
Socony
Thruout
New York
New England
Magnolia Petroleum Company
General Petroleum Company of
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Pacific Coast
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