Orange dairymen decide to join new association
Orange township dairymen voted to abandon its home cooperative creamery and merge with the Waterloo Cooperative Dairy Company. After hours of debate the decision favored joining, highlighting declining local production and strong figures from the investigating committee and speaker R C King about centralized co operatives. The move aims to stabilize milk and butter output with a special meeting of directors planned for Saturday.
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Orange Township
Black Hawk County Dairyen
Waterloo Cooperative Dairy Company
Orange School
Waterloo
Orange
Orange, Township
Clyde Bechtelheimer
Orange Creamery
Bechtelheimer
A. A. Burgers County
Mr. Burger
W. Tannreuther
R. C. King
Huron
S. D
Mr. King
F. Jenness
Aberdeen
S Roly
New York
Asj
Orange Metu
U S Fish Culturists to Confer at Fairport Iowa
Fish culturists from 21 states will meet at the Fairport Iowa government biological station in June to discuss conservation of interior waters and applying science to preservation and increase. A Hoover committee will draft the program and outline the scope of the inquiry. Iowa honorees include Coker, Krouwe, Stromsten, Barner, Shelford, Pearse and others.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Government Biological Station
Fairport
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Fairport Fisheries Station
Hoover
Roe, Coker
Division of Scientific Inquiry
Bureau of Fisheries
Fairport Station
J. E. Krouwe
Davenport Rotary Club
F. A. Stromsten
University of Town
United States Bureau of Isher ‘Es
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Barner
Marine Biological Station
Beaufort
N.C
Waterloo Boy Elected Manager of School Paper
L. B. Johnson of Waterloo, a junior in Iowa State College animal husbandry, was elected business manager of the Iowa State Student tri weekly newspaper. Manly J. Storm of Adel, a farm journalism student, was chosen editor. Walter J. Bunt of Logan, junior in agricultural journalism, appointed editor of the Iowa Agriculturist. G. Lundblad of Laurens, and W. Drennan of Corning, hold ownership roles in the farm press group.
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Ames
L. B. Johnson
Waterloo
Iowa State College
Iowa State Student
Manly J. Storm
Adel
Young Johnson
Louis B. Johnson
Steeltown
Emmons Johnson
Johnson
Storm
Iowa Agriculturist
Walter J. Bunt
C. W. Hunt
Logan
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
School of Agricultural Journalism
W. ©. Drennan
Corning
Department of
Animal Husbandry
G. Lundblad
Laurens
Hardin County Man Entitled to Medal for Tax Honesty
Eldora IA March 25 A Providence township farmer went to the county attorney to report a 1918 land contract taxed as 21 000 in 1919 and paid the due amount after realizing it was not listed. He said he would pay the honest assessment rather than evade taxes, praising honest conduct amid frequent evasive notes and contracts.
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Eldora, Ja
Providence Township
Eldora
Sone
Ray
Two-Day Hampshire Sale a Great Success
Cantril Iowa March 25 The Van Buren County Hampshire Breeders Association two-day sale at Cantril and Stockport drew a strong turnout of foreign buyers. At Cantril 33 head sold for an average of 22 dollars with a top of 265 going to Bert Eccleston. Stockport offerings totaled 32 head at an average of 84.68 dollars and a top of 215 paid to L. V. Dagis. Holsteins for Mexico Juneau Wis March 25 Antonio Lopez Manuel Bello Mexico City dairy owners bought several carloads of Holsteins, noting Mexico milk sells for 20 cents a quart.
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Cantril
van Buren County
Hampshire
Holstrins
Mexico
Juneau
Wis
Antonio Lopez
Manuel Bello
Mexico City
Dodge County Holsteins
Orange Township Judging Team Wins Honors in Contest
Ames Iowa March 21. Special. Orange township school judging team placed first in oats second in clovers and third in other categories amid 34 teams entered.
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Orange Township
Ames, In
Clover
Iowa Congressman Seeks Arsenal Use For Government Needs
Washington dispatch reports Representative Harry Hull aims to boost Rock Island and other arsenals to full capacity. He plans a conference with Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright to ensure arsenals first supply army and government needs before private firms. Hull urges restoring peace time work to government plants.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Rock Island
Harry Hull
Second Town
House Committee On
Wainwright
Hull
Army
Avy
Federal Aid Planned for Drouth Stricken Farmers
Washington March 25 One of Secretary Wallace’s first acts was to pursue federal loans for drouth struck farmers in the west Congress allotted funds for 1921 loan programs The money will help purchase seed wheat oats barley and flaxseed for planting Western North Dakota and parts of Montana bore the brunt of last summer’s drouth Efforts are underway to organize and staff the loan program to be ready before the planting season
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Washington
DB. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
West
North Dakota
Montana
Sioux City Stockman Offered Field Secretary Post
Sioux City, Ia, March 25. I. G. Kellerman is offered the field secretaryship of the northern district by Henry G. Wallace. The district covers Kansas City, Omaha, Stony City, St. Joseph and St. Paul. Kellerman’s selection reflects his familiarity with middlewestern livestock markets and twenty five years at the local stock yards plus rancher and farmer experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
I. G. Kellerman
Henry G. Wallace
Kansas City
Omehes Stony
City
St. Joseph
Staul
Trauerman
Farm Poultry Flock Pays Big Dividends in Nashua
Nashua Iowa March 25 Mrs W A Brown proves backyard poultry can be a money maker. Last season she earned 525 from eggs from 175 hens and 200 from cull birds for a total of over 725 dollars, illustrating profitable small flock farming.
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Nashua
W. A. Brown
How to Fail in a Dairy in West Virginia
A humorous West Virginia dairyman posts barn placards outlining how not to run a dairy. Advice includes avoiding purebred sires, skipping milk weighing, feeding cows Timothy, dismissing cow-testing, keeping barns hot, limiting windows, cooling water to induce shivering, and avoiding heavy milkers.
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West Virginia
Farmers in Iowa to switch from corn to oats to protect soil
Across Black Hawk to Marshall counties farmers plan reduced corn acreage and expanded oat plantings. Agents say high labor costs keep corn unprofitable, soil needs rest, and oats offer good feed value. Seeding already underway on higher ground, with varied progress county by county.
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Black Hawk County
A. A. Burger
Couperyricultural
Ames
Webster City
Hamilton County
Chris Christenson
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Towns Farm Lands Hold Firm In Rockwell Market
Warren Shaffer formerly of Nevada sold the George Gibson 240 acre farm adjoining Rockwell to a Mr Hanson of Nevada for about 285 dollars per acre. The sale suggests real estate values stay firm and Iowa farm land remains a saleable profitable investment.
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Rockwell
Warren Shaffer
Eoen
Nevada
George Gibson
Hanson
Iowa Barm
Fayette Man Gets 21 Cents for Hide
Oelwein Iowa March 25 C E H Whitney three miles east of Fayette trimmed a 62 pound cow hide to Cedar Rapids. His receipts were 21 cents in stamps. The hide weighed 43 pounds in Cedar Rapids earning 90 cents. The express charge was 69 cents leaving 21 cents. He paid two men 2 for removing the hide from the cow.
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Oelwein
C. E H. Whitney
Fayette
Cedar Rapids
Express
Farmers urged to stay optimistic by Illinois soil expert
Ottumwa, March 25. Iowa farmers should preach optimism not pessimism, says Dr. W. E. Taylor, soils expert for an Illinois implement maker. He spoke to local Hiwanian members, noting farm products were depressed for a decade before the war and predicting conditions will stabilize with normalcy across industry and business.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
W. E. Taylor
Illinois
Taylor
Hiwanians
Cerro Gordo Co inaugurates new Farm Co op in Clear Lake
Farmers in Cerro Gordo county perfected a new co operative association the Farmers' Co operative Company of Clear Lake with capital of 100000. About 40000 of stock has been distributed at 50 a share and the remainder will be issued soon. The firm plans to build a modern elevator and warehouse to handle grain coal lumber livestock and other farm products.
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Clear Lake
Cerro Gordo County
Farmers’ Co-operative Company of
Well Digger Fights With Huge Reptile 85 Feet In Ground
Hamburg Iowa March 28. En countering a big snake at the bottom of a five foot well John Adamson a 45 year old well digger wrestled the reptile when it tried to coil around his arm. He secured its head to rope and subdued the five foot long creature after a vigorous struggle on the farm near Hamburg.
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Hamburg
John Adamson
Adgimson
X Smoise
Adamson
Big Creek Township Farms Flourish In County Report
The Assessor LP Mullen report shows Big Creek Township with 109 farms on 14 542 acres. Largest farms Roy Arrow 625 acres and Lewis Chambers 580 acres. Crop and livestock totals include 4528 corn, 2516 oats, 258 sweet potatoes, 530 horses, 19 mules and 10 tractors. Cattle and dairy stats noted and 1470 bushels apples. Pasture totals reach 4280 acres.
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Big Creek
Assessor LP
Mullen
la Horte City
Due
Cedar River
Roy ‘Arrow
Lewis Chambers
Irvine
Dhuroe Jersey Sow First Farrowing Produces 19 Pigs
Iracia I a young Duroc Jersey sow near San Diego California gives birth to 19 piglets in her first litter in a claimed record. Five piglets will be reared by goats until they can nurse, with the mother to nurse the others.
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Dhuroe
Associated Press
Sam Diego
Cal
Iracia I
Avill
Grainload of cows shipped to Germany from South Dakota
A train of 28 palace stock cars carrying 300 milch cows donated by farmers of two South Dakota counties passed through Sioux City bound for an Atlantic port for shipment to Germany. The farmers, largely natives or descendants of Germany, are prosperous and the stock is noted as purebred milk producers.
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Sioux City
South Dakota
Germany
Atlantic
Norhwest
Strange sheep disease hits Welsh flocks in Vale of Clwyd
Cardiff reports nearly 20 000 sheep killed by a disease named fluke in Vale of Clwyd. Experts say attack targets a class of animals and advise better land drainage as the best precaution.
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Cardiff
Vale of Clwyd
Welsh Agricultural Council
METHODIST MINISTERS TO MEET AT FAYETTE IN APRIL
Methodist ministers from Charles City Waterloo and Webster districts will converge at Fayette for a three day conference April 14 15 and 16. The event emphasizes regional church planning and fellowship. Local and district organizers anticipate a strong turnout.
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Fayette
Oefwein
Charles City
Waterloo
Wbuque
van Pelt
Oe van Pelt
Divineapolis
Oelwein
Minneapolis
Markets Closed for Good Friday Across Major Exchanges
Markets closed for Good Friday as the Board of Trade and major exchanges halt trading in Chicago and New York. The closure affects ticker activity and investor participation across aperli markets and related venues.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Mare York
Spoon Mistakenly Brings Fox to Duck Nook
A rural tale follows Jimmy Crow stealing a shiny tin spoon that later falls from a wind gust onto Mr. Fox near Madam Duck and her ducklings. Mr. Fox flees thinking a gunshot hit him, while Mr. Coon discovers the spoon and carrying it home. The caper ends with Madam Duck safe and the thief, the fox, losing his meal to luck and a curious raccoon. Then local notices describe funerals, community events, and town business in Auburn and Shell Rock, Iowa, with dates and names such as J. B. Fleary, J. W. Healy, Mrs. Hessy, Mrs. Carty, and local church activities.
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Jimmy Crow
Hous
Mr. Fox
Jimmy
Madam Duck
Mr. Coon
Madam
Madant Duck
Zarah Rogers
Claude Hayward
Harry Smith
Montana
Bf. E. Church
Lyceum
Cattle and Hogs Market Summary From Chicago Trade
Receipts 4000 cattle with uneven declines across steers and stockers. feeders steady to higher in some classes. Hogs receipts 1000 with quality mixed and prices steady to slightly higher. top hogs around 12.10 with bulk 208 pounds near 11.00. Sheep and lambs also noted with varied values and steady to higher prices.
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Chicago
Mike
Noavies Uy
East St Louis Livestock Market Report Summary
East St Louis yesterday saw receipts around 2,500 cattle with steady to higher calves and cows selling up to 9.50. Omaha reports 6,000 cattle with heavy grades steady to lower and top at 10.38, while sheep and lambs were slow and largely steady with early top lambs around 9.0.
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Omaha
Neb
Mureli
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City March 25 livestock figures show CATTLE steady to lower with dull trade and few unsold. best cows and heifers around 7.45 to 8.50 per hundredweight. HOGS receipts 1,000 with closing active and mostly 10 cents higher. top price about 10.49 with bulk 9.40 to 10.25. SHEEP receipts 2,000. lambs higher modestly with four pound lambs rising.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Sioux City Livestock Market Report March 25 Cattle and Hogs
Sioux City Livestock reports 1000 cattle receipts with steady market. Fed steers and yearlings range $6.50 to $9.00, fat cows and heifers $5.00 to $8.26, veals $6.00 to $19.00. Hog receipts 6000, market down about 15 cents. hogs $8.60 to $16.15, mixed $9.25 to $9.50, heavy $8.00 to $9.25, bulk $8.70 to $9.55. Sheep receipts 390, steady.
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Sioux City
Prices and receipts from New York and Midwest markets
New York and Chicago market notes show hogs, cattle, sheep, and produce with mixed receipts and modest price shifts. Hog receipts around 1,500 with top around 10.36, cattle steady to weak, butter and eggs offered with varied quotes, country hides and potatoes listed, plus local notices from New Hartford Iowa about community events and funeral reminders.
Apington News Briefs and Personal Notices
Local notes from Apington include small health updates and visits. Des Beeare Valentine underwent appendicitis treatment at her uncle Jake Wales One's home and is reportedly improving. Mrs. D. Bybee of Waterloo and Mrs. Leverka from Dumont visited, with plans to return to St. Croix Falls. Warne Whaley and baby returned last week from Berkeley, California. William Wagner of Chicago visited relatives here earlier in the week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Kirby resided at Samanta for a week, tied to Ky's mother. Mrs. Kerns and the county Red Cross unit near Weber are noted. Mrs. James Johnson, long a resident here, died Wednesday night after heart disease and paralysis. survivors include husband, daughter Mrs. Peters of Rockford, and son John Johnson of Wadena City. Funeral details pending.
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New Wartford
New Hartford
Chase
A T. Perrin
H. Mack
H. Lomer
John Grady
John Young
Waterloo
Rena Presba
Ad Webster
Arkansas
J. & Bolton
Cleveland
Dorothy Perrin
Floyd Human
Dubuque
E.rs
Clifford Wright
Hverette Cortright
Paul Harmon
Thonald Meyer
Toames
Aplingtor
Apington
Valentine
Jake Wales
D. Bybee
Kerns
Leverka
St. Croix Falls
Warne Whaley
Baby
Berkeley Cal
Mae
Wagner
Mra
J. Kirby
Samant
Ky's Mother. Mra. Kerns
Weel
James Johnson
Krnown
Peters
Rockford
John Johnson
Wenon City
Punetal
Waterloo Markets Report From Warstloo and Marah
Market items show price ranges for flour meal oats butter creamery butter and other dairy products, with beef cattle hogs and veal listed by class and price. Farm goods include hay straw poultry hides wool and miscellaneous commodities with varying bids and terms.
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Waterloo
Warstloo
Marah
Artesian Creamery
Petafield
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Stand Highway Commission
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