Grain Free Selling Wheat Upturns
Chicago reports that freezing weather stirs worry of crop damage but expert says roots intact would limit harm. May wheat rose to 1.44 and July to 1.28 before selling pressure trimmed gains, with corn following wheat. futures closed unsettled. Cash and regional quotes show varied No. 2 hard and white grades and oats firming. provisions weakened by hog market.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kmangas City
Kansas City
Spo
Gsito
Prices and trades from March market report
New Fork and Chicago markets show butter firm and higher creamery receipts, eggs steady to higher with fresh cases, and pork, lard, and tallow mixed. Grain and poultry prices cited for live stock, with regional notes from Waterloo and other cities.
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Middlewest
City
Chicago
Hog and cattle prices fall at Chicago market report
Chicago market update shows hogs 25 to 50 cents lower on Monday with receipts near 24 000 and quality mostly good. top hog price around 10.50, bulk 200 pounds down, 9.75 to 10.40. pigs 26 cents lower with 90 to 120 pound range near 16.00. Cattle receipts 8 000 with slow to steady demand. beef steers 8.25 to 9.50, stockers 7.00 to 7.75, veal calves 3.00 to 3.50. sheep lambs 14 000 with lambs mostly 25 cents lower, top around 10.20, bulk 9.25 to 10.00.
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Chicago
Ashorn
East St Louis Livestock Prices March 29 Report
East St Louis stockyards show cattle receipts 3590 with generally steady to firm demand. top calves and real calf values reported. Hogs 10000 receipts weaker than yesterday with light and medium butchers down. top near 10.55 with bulk 9.59 to 10.35. heavier hogs steady. Sheep receipts 1200. medium lambs and ewes sold steady to slightly lower. top lambs around 10.25 to 10.40. best ewes about 5.00. In Omaha and other markets hogs 14000. cattle receipts steady. sheep 19000 with lambs steady to 25c lower. top lambs around 9.6 to 10.0. best steers steady.
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East ST. Louis
East St Louis
Omaha
Nev
Kansas City Livestock Receipts Mixed as Markets Ease
Kansas City markets report receipts of 11 000 cattle and 12 000 hogs with mixed demand. Beef steers uneven with top at 39.00 and bulk around 37.75. cows and bulls weak, calves unevenly lower. Hogs active but bids eased 35 to 50 cents. heavy weights down, most sales 8.75 to 9.80, top around 11.00. Sheep and lambs slow. lambs 2 5 cents lower, top near 39.69, sheep steady to unchanged.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Cattle and Hogs Prices From Missouri and Iowa Markets
Cattle receipts 3 400 slow market with steer and yearling prices around 6 50 to 9 50 per cwt. Fat cows and heifers near 5 00 to 9 50. Hogs receipts large and prices about 8 50 to 9 50. Sheep receipts 700 steady. At St Joseph Mo hogs 4 500 with lower tone, cattle 1 400, sheep 7 000 weak with lambs near 8 75 to 9 00.
New York Stocks Endure Mixed Pressure Then Rally Early
March 29 stock columns report intensified short selling in motors, oil, steel, and tobacco names with several leaders like Studebaker and American Locomotive slipping. By late morning a broad rally recouped losses as Atlantic Gulf and Mexican Petroleum led advances. Closed strong with rails lagging and call money up to 3 percent. commodities show steady cotton and copper futures with copper firm through nearby contracts.
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Associated Press
New York
Altho
Studebaker
Mexican Petroleum
Crucible Steel
American Locomotive
American Woolen
Consolidated Textile
London
Atlantic Gulf
Crucible
General Asphalt
May Department Stores
American
American Can
American Car & Foundry
RGA
American Smelting & Refs
American Lumaire Tobacco
American T. & T
Anaconda Copper Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ghie
Bethlehem Steel
Central Leather
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago, Mil
St Paw
Merine Pid Bid International Paper
Kennecott Copper
Fatroleum
Northern Parisic — Pure Oil Co
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rep
Iron Steel
Sinclair Cons
Refining
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation Pacific
United States
United States Steel Uted
Westinghouse Eleeerland Stevens Ruep Ltd
Oil of N. J. Amn, Woolen
Midvale Steel
Axman Joe Bercy Falls Asleep During Trial Verdict Guilty
In Lake Charles Louisiana on March 29 Joe Bercy an alleged axman slept through part of his district court trial as the defense closed. He woke when the judge spoke and the jury returned a guilty verdict after seven minutes deliberation. The charge included slaying a one legged Black person and injuring an elderly woman with an axe.
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Associated Press
Lake Charles
Joe Bercy
Berry
Bor
Overland Plant to Take 6000 Men Back to Work
Between 6000 and 7900 employees will return to work at the Overland automobile plant on Monday, VP Charles G. Wilson announced today. The plant has been closed since November 1, 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Fresco
Toledo
Overland Automobile
Charles 38. Wilson
White Horse Missing Dark War Veteran In Distress
A colored World War I veteran Benny, out of work after factory shutdowns, had a horse and wagon bought by the Waterloo relief committee to haul ashes. He earned $3 Saturday but reported to the mayor and police chief that the horse vanished yesterday, likely stolen, leaving him again without resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Benny
Waterloo Relief Committee
France
Farmers Seek Rediscount Bank Through Iowa Bill
The Campbell-Sampson bill in the Iowa legislature aims to legalize rediscounting of farm notes by banks through a central rediscount corporation. It would allow lending on receipts from bonded warehouses or livestock and then rediscount the notes, forming a funding scheme to aid tenant farmers with grain and cattle debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Campbell-Sampson
Senate
House
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
J. G. Mitchell
Farm Bureau Federation
Campbell
Sampson
Tts
Sampson-Campbell
Ijlere
Manna from Holy Land Arrives in Waterloo
J J Johns of 724 Rebel avenue reports manna sent from Armenia by his mother. He describes it as green on the grass, white when melted and strained, mixed with nut meats into cakes. Armenians and scholars note its biblical references and origins near the tamarisk tree.
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J. J. Johns
Rebel Avenue
Armenia
Mr. Johns
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Damascus
Near East
Israel
Poultry notes and farm letters from Jesup and Guthrie Center
In Jesup Iowa March reports a Poultryman praises Liver Campine hens, noting record egg counts and a hatch of Campine chicks. He shares nest trapping results, daily egg totals for February and March, and care tips for young chicks. In Guthrie Center Iowa March notes announce demonstrations to test certified northern grown crops and a creamery seed treatment event.
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Jesup
Watertog
Conkey
Guthrie Center
Guthrie Genter Creamery
Marine Planes Off on Long Sea Flight
Two marine corps airplanes began a 5,000 mile voyage from Washington to St. Thomas and back led by Maj. Thomas C. Turner and Lieut. B. G. Bradley. The first aircraft lifted at 1 02 a m today from the naval aviation station.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Marine Corps
Naval Aviation
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Thomas C. Turner
Marine Corps Aviation
B. G. Bradley
Navy
Passenger Bus Turned Over in Des Moines Crash
Seven injured in Des Moines when a Walker street passenger bus overturned at Third and Walnut after collision with an automobile. Five men and two women suffered injuries, none serious. the accident occurred today.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Walker Street
Third
Walnut Streets
Jersey Breeders Meet in Waterloo Jersey Club Rooms
Leaders in Jersey cattle circle gather for the Town Jersey Cattle club annual meeting at the Greater Waterloo association club rooms tomorrow afternoon. Edwin T. Meredith of Des Moines and M. D. Munn of St. Paul attend. about 80 Iowa breeders plan to join. A field specialist position may be created with shared national funding to support breeders across several states. A herd tour near Waterloo will follow the meeting if enough delegates stay.
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Jersey
Jersey Cattle Club
Greater Waterloo
Meredith
Edwin T. Meredith
Des Moines
Jersey Bread
Iowa
Lynne Townsend
M. D. Munn
St. Paul
Minn
Munn
National Dairy Council
Jeresy Cattle Club of America
Will F. Parrott
Waterloo
Lowa Jersey Cattle Club
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Black Hawk County
Hugh G. van Pelt
Parrott
W. A. Wentworth
E. M. Sherman
Charles City
R. C. Kinsley
McGregor
Scott Davenport
Experts Warn on New Clover Seed Dangers in Iowa
Iowa experts reveal widespread sale of low grade seed with high weed contamination. H. D Hughes notes up to 56 000 Canadian thistle seeds per acre in some mixes, including mixtures shipped as pure seed. Samples show dozens of weed types per pound, with farmers paying premium prices for harmful seed.
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Ames
Iowa
H. D Hughes
Iowa Experiment Station
Hughes
La Porte City Farmers Organize Union For Cooperative Dealing
The Farmers' union of La Porte City forms a new corporation to cooperatively deal in farm products mill feeds flour twine livestock coal lumber and other building materials. Initial directors are William Gipe Fred Tripp Fred Pump Roy Yarrow and Arthur Harting. Capital stock is 26050 in 1000 shares of 20 each with a 10 share limit. The company may buy lease or build an elevator and lease grounds for stock and lumber yards.
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Farmers’ Union of
la Porte City
County Recorder
Fist
William Gipe
Fred Tripp
Fred Pump
Roy Yarrow
Arthur Harting
Correction on High School Judging Representation
A published item mis-stated that Black Hawk county was represented by Orange township and Jesup consolidated schools at the Ames high school judging meet. Jesup did not field a team this year. Hudson and Orange represented the county instead.
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Black Hawk County
Orange Township
Jesup
Ames
Hudson and
Orange
70 Head Holstein Cattle Sold At Average Price
The state Holstein sale at the Dairy Cattle Congress pavilion yesterday brought 70 head to market with an average price of 243 dollars. Despite weaker overall finances and rural disorganization, buyers secured a nucleus of purebreds and the sale drew a satisfactory crowd, though few breeders arrived until the afternoon.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Uncle Joe Learns New Role in Northwest Seed Loans
Fargo report notes Congress authorized 2 million dollars in seed loans for drought stricken farmers in the northwest during the closing days of the Sixty-fifth Congress. Opposition argued it would set a government loan policy to private individuals. Cannon, ex speaker, said he never saw such a thing before. he voted yes. Hall, founder of Mahal, North Dakota, traveled from San Diego after hearing farmers’ plight. Ladd of North Dakota credits Hall with passage of the measure.
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Fargo
N. D
Congress
Northwest
M. D. Ball
Joe" Cannon
Hall
Mr. Cannon
Mahal
N.D
San Diego
Cal
Washington
E. F. Ladd
North Dakota
Co operative Idea Increases in Iowa
Des Moines reports show rising enthusiasm for co operative marketing among Iowa farmers. Livestock grain wool and dairy products are being moved by co operative agencies and county level bodies are forming from local units. The Iowa Farm Bureau and American Farm Bureau federations back a national co operative grain marketing plan as meetings proceed across Zwingie Sherrill's Mound Epworth Peosia. There are about 550 livestock shipping associations in the state and organizers aim to reach 700 or more. Clear Lake leads with a 324000 grain elevator project while Marshall County wool growers commit to three years of cooperative wool shipping and marketing.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
James
Minerva
Marshall County
du Duque County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Zwingie
Sherrill's Mound
Epworth
Peosia
Clear Lake
Cerro Gordo County
North
Marshall Counts
Want to Raise Cane Ames Iowa Sorghum Seed Report
Ames March 29. A grower commends Ames Amber Strap Sorghum saying it yields 66 gallons from a half acre with 15 cents initial seed cost. Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association reports 1919 tests showed high sugar content and strong performance in 1920 despite seed shortages. Seed distribution available by sending 15 cents to Joe L. Robinson Ames Ia. Also Irvington reports record small grain seed arrivals for distribution in Kossuth county.
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Ames. In
Iowa
Ames
Fariher
Armes Amber
Towa Agricultural Experiment, Association
Joe L. Robinson
Irvington
Kossuth County
W. T. Mankstead
Twin Cities
South Dakota Forests Hold Vast National Timber Areas
Deadwood March 29. A Forest Service announcement by supervisor George A. Duthie reports South Dakota national forests cover 4,085,671 acres. The Black Hills hold 76,890 and 535,610 acres in the Black Hills and Hamney forests respectively, with 3171 more acres noted. Growth studies show western yellow pine dominates 95 percent, with spruce, aspen, birch, oak and ash comprising the rest. Merchantable timber matures slowly, and plans aim to harvest mature trees while keeping young stock, targeting 100 to 120 years for merchantable size.
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Associated Press
National Forest
George A. Duthie
Black Hills
Black Hills Natonal Forest
Hamey Natonal Forest
Mr. Duthie
Stout to Rebuild after Rainbow Drive Fire
Lett L. Stout, Castle Ju dairy farmer, plans to rebuild on the same Rainbow drive site after a Monday morning fire consumed his 14 room home. Firefighters saved the garage and outbuildings but the blaze, blamed on a defective flue, destroyed most of the upper floors. insurance covers the losses, estimated at about 13600, as Mrs Stout and neighbors moved salvageable furniture.
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Waterloo Fire Department
Stout
Cedar Heights
Waterloo
Little Interest in Wage Talks by Waterloo Rail Workers
Wage conferences on proposed wage cuts attract scant attention from Illinois Central workers in Waterloo. Only W S Williams, Superintendent of Western Times, is in Chicago with the union officials and chairmen who operate from the city. Workers anticipate the decision will rest with the railroad labor board and favor officials handling the questions.
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Waterloo
W. S. Williams
Western Times
Illinois Central
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Warns Girls Against the Lure of City Life
Miss Provence Ward, former Waterloo kindergartner and head of the home extension service for women in the U S department of agriculture, warns rural girls about chasing city life. She says city living offers little more than empty pleasures and loneliness, urging farm girls to heed caution before leaving the countryside.
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Provence Werd
Kindergartner
Waterloo
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
Miss Ward
Ward
Master Painters to Hold Annual Dinner and Theatre
The Black Hawk County Master Painters association will host its annual dinner and theatre party Friday night. Dinner is set in the Greater Waterloo association dining room followed by a theatre program. About 75 attendees or 18 couples are expected, with some business matters to be discussed related to the association’s warfare.
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Black Hawk County
Waterloo Motor Club Joins Chicago Network
Waterloo Motor club ties with the Chicago Motor Club to gain access to weather and road reports, cross country surveys, and extensive maps. L. B. Strothman reports Chicago seen as a model and pledges co operation, with Waterloo to receive tourist routing aid and member benefits. The Chicago club totals 28 660 members, up from 6900, and handles about 400 inquiries daily.
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Waterloo Club
Chicago Club
Strethman
Interior
West
Ilinois
Chicago Club Maintains A Pathfinders
Waterloo
Chicago
Chicago Motor Club
Strothman
Motor Club
Harry M. Gousha
Rand McNally Company
Mapmakers
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