Fruit Crops Shine Despite Cold Spells In Iowa
Spring's cool spell left minimal frost damage in many orchards across Iowa while apples plums and cherries show strong prospects. Growers report light frost impact in several counties with strawberries mostly killed. some regions fear yield drops but prices may rise due to trimmed supplies. Experts say southern and central Iowa faced more damage than northern areas and forecast a potentially solid overall crop with careful spray schedules and favorable late-season conditions.
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Ella Watson
Cedar Falls
Watson Place
Lyns
Jess Bige
Rainbow Drive
W. L. Lumry
Art Press
Prospect Boulevard
Ames
Iowa
Towa State College
T. J. Maney
Towa
Mr. Maney
Missouri Valley
Jonathan
Grimes
Ben Davis
Maney Beleves
New Contests Planned This Year at Dairy Congress
The dairy congress will widen its scope with new contests. A judging contest for members of testing associations will open, with preliminary tests run by the dairy husbandry section of the Town extension service. The dairymen’s judging contest occurs Friday Oct 5 alongside Iowa association testers.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Dairy Husbandry
Town Extension Service
Towa
Smith-Hughes Vocational
Amos
Junnior
National Dairy Exposition
Iowa
Farmers Questions and Comments Advised
Local readers are invited to send questions and comments to Péter Farm Department at the Pe terles Evening Courier in Waterloo. Communications should be addressed to the farm department and include contact details for reply.
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Waterloo
Courier Wa
Péter Farm Department
Peterles
Choice of Market Influences Return on Iowa Livestock
Ames May 7 Starting with one first livestock shipping association in 1904 the number grew to 695 in Iowa by 1925 and these associations handle 25 percent of all livestock sold in the state. About half of Iowa farmers ship all or part of their livestock via cooperative shipping associations with every county having at least one. Hog shipments comprise 84 percent of cooperative business. Market knowledge and timing shape selling success, as livestock move to 60 markets with prices varying by market. From 1920 to 1927 hogs shipped to terminal markets fell 16 percent while local markets rose, and truck use is replacing rail where facilities are poor and enabling direct farm-to-market shipments, though overuse can hinder grading and sorting development.
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Ames
Livestock Shipping Association
Iowa
Co-Operative Shipping Associations
W. G. Murray
G. S. Shephard F
Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
WOL
Co-Operative Shipping Association
Penniless Rover Learns of Wealth Thru Odd Chance
In Seattle on May 7, Donald W. Herlihy a penniless former Taft College freshman and globe trotter learned he is the sole heir to a $200,000 Higgins fortune. His grandmother Mrs. Abigail Higgins died at 109 in Bar Harbor Maine three years ago. Herlihy had vanished for years and was later employed as a painter with a circus. After passport loss and border admission on probation he sought his thirth certificate from Bar Harbor. His luck changed when a refuge ally helped him secure the certificate revealing his heiress status and the long awaited inheritance.
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Seattle
Wash
Donald W. Herlihy
Mexico
Herlihy
Abigail Higgins
Bar Harbor
Taft's College
United States
Riad
Higgins
Bige's Yellow Dent enters Iowa yield tests
Jesse Bige submits samples of Bige's yellow dent corn to the Iowa state yield contest in regions No 6 and No 8. Ten pounds go to experimental work at Ames Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. He began planting Thursday and applied superphosphate to some fields. The variety previously ranked high in 1925 and 1926 in the north central region.
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Jesse Bige
Neny
Bige
Towa
Towans
North Central
Black Hawk
South Central
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Itook
Co operative Stock Shippers Meetings To Start Next Week
Conferences of county co operative stock shipping associations resume May 15 led by Knute Espe to plan for better farm disposal of livestock. Meetings run May 13 in Williamsburg through June 14 in Jefferson with topics on grading, railroad rates, direct hog selling, and tagging of animals.
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Co-Operative Stock Shippers
Knute Espe
Co-operative Livestock Shippers
Williamsburg
Morley
Blairstown
Brooklyn
Wapella
Centerville
Creston
Clarion
Eldora
Toledo
Marshalltown
Nevada
Guthrie Center
Boone
Jefferson
State Shipperst Association
State Agricultural College
Tama Cows Test Higher for April
North Tama Cow Testing association records show 398 cows averaging 833 pounds of milk and 32.5 butterfat per cow for April. High herd was Robert Mitchell with 1,450 pounds milk and 61.7 fat from eight grade Holsteins. other herds include Randabaugh Wood and Bragonier with large milk and fat yields. Nieman notes 21 members use scales to guide feeding. overall condition good after winter workload. In Hardin Eldora Iowa, May 7, Hardin County testing averaged 28 pounds fat and 728 pounds milk per cow. Roy Finster’s herd led with 40.4 fat and 1,133 milk. one cow produced 73.4 fat for high cow."
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Toledo
North
Tama
Henry Nieman
Robert Mitchell
J. E. Randabaugh
R. C. Wood
Don Bragonier
Anton Beck
Ames & McBride
Wood
Bragonler
Nieman
Hardin
Eldora
Hardin County
Roy N. Finster
Judges Announced for Show of Baby Chicks May 17 19
Ames Iowa May 7 Judges for the annual state egg and baby chick show to be held at Iowa State college May 17 18 and 19 have been selected. Awards will be given by Harry M Tackie Dr Charles Murray and E B Anderson. Entries are arriving from high school pupils Smith Hughes students and poultry professionals.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Welshea
William Kohmeyer, Jr
Poultry Club
Harry M. Tackie
Iowan State College
James Manufacturing Company
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Charles Murray
Veterinary Division
E. B. Anderson
Northfeld
Minn
Kohlmeyer
Smith-Hughes
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Washburn Livestock Shipping Group Plans June Meeting
Washburn Iowa reports the Washburn Co-operative Livestock Shipping association had moved 47 carloads of cattle and hogs since its last annual meeting, valued at $57,?00. Manager William Dirkes notes higher volumes but lower receipts due to prices. The annual meeting is set for Wednesday night June 6 with two speakers, including Knute Espe, secretary of the State Shippers' association. Members and anyone interested in livestock shipping are invited.
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Washburn
Washburn Co-operative Livestock Shipping Association
Willam Dirkes
Dirkes
Knute Espe
State Shippers' Association
Wool Growers Consider Pooling Crop in Black Hawk County
Members of the Black Hawk County Wool Growers association met Saturday night and favored pooling their clip for storage and later sale. About 6,000 pounds would be shipped if enough growers join to form a carload. Few local growers have sheared this spring and no wool sales were reported. Larger producers include W. Brown, F. Putin of Orange township, and G. A. Griner of Hudson.
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Black Hawk County
Wool Growers” Association
Altho
Dairy Leader Dean Dies In Minnesota Sorensen Obituary
Word has been received here of the death of James Sorensen secretary of Minnesota Creamery Operators Managers association at his home in St Paul. The organization allied with Iowa butter makers has links across dairy interests. Sorensen’s work connected creamery interests in the Hawkeye state. Also notes early demonstrations in Black Hawk county with Hitch demonstrations at R E Stirling place near Herr and at Wheeler Brothers farm Dunker von.
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James Sorensen
Minnesota
Managers’ Association
St. Paul
Sorensen
Iowa Buttermakers' Association
Tx! Rrolps
Hawkeye
Hudson, In
Black Hawk County
R. E. Stirling Place
Herr
Wheeler Brottiers
Dunkerven
Wheat and Cotton Movements In Chicago Markets May 7
Wheat markets fell as speculative holders pressured prices while dry cold western weather sparked brief rallies. Corn and oats showed mixed moves with tighter supply figures. provisions eased after early firmer tones. Cotton and linseed prices moved higher or steady in Liverpool and Toledo trading, with weekly supply data noted.
Board of Trade Cash Quotations May Averages and Prices
Chicago May Board of Trade quotations show wheat prices around 1.44 to 1.68 for No 2 hard and No 4 mixed. Corn ranges from about 1.05 to 1.13 for various grades, with specific values for No 2 yellow and No 2 white. Oats and rye also list mixed grade figures, while provisions quote cards at 11.90, ribs 12.00, and lard 13.75, reflecting mixed market tones.
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Chicago
Atte BT
Bewe Iba
C. Rye
Bailey
Timothy
Omaha
Onaha
Ned
ST. Louis
St. Lows
Hogs Market Gains on Friday as Prices Rise
Chicago hog prices rise with receipts around 78,000 head. Top 190 to 220 pound hogs fetch 10.25, larger weights around 9.50 to 10.00. Cattle and calves show strength in the beer market. steers and yearlings traded up with good demand. Sheep and lambs see steady to higher quotes amid improved quality. spring lambs attract buyers. Minneapolis flour market unchanged with shipments at 44,755 barrels and prices near 38.00.
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Catton
Liverpool
Midland Fair
Fullirves
Atay
Vuilds
Mbia
Chicago
Minneapolis
Minn
New York Stocks Rally On Airplane and Rail Stocks Surge
New favorites dominated the May stock session with American Tobacco International Combustion Eng Purity Baking and Vanadhan Sice among leaders as gains ran from four to seven points. Du Pont topped 400 with about 4.5 million shares traded, while Jersey Central and Canadian Pacific posted notable rises and Delaware Madison fell. Foreign exchange opened steady, and the market showed bullish opening despite mixed results across many issues.
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New York
Stock Exchange
American Tobacco
International Combustion Engineering
Purity Baking
Vanadhan
du Pont
Clnsang
Shorts
Jersey Central
Canadian Pacific
Delaware É Madson
Standard Oil
National Ten
International Telephone
Radio
American Can
Yellow Cab
Curtiss Airplane
Adied Chemical
Genera! Electric
New York Central
Brooklyn-Manhuring Transit
General Motors
Dupont
Southern
Wright ‘Airplane
Murray Corporation
Pittsburgh & West Virginia
American Tobacco A
General Electric
National Tea
U. S
Freeport
Texas
Allied Chemical & Dye America Can
American Can & Foundry
American
American Smelt
Aor Sugar American T
American Woolen Anaconda Copper Armour
Atchison - Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic Refining
Baltimore & Chia
Bethlehem Steel California Petroleum
Canadian Pacine
Chesapeake & Oaio
Cale M. St. Po & Pane
Chic
North Western Onic
Ourysbreek Colorado Fuel
Col. Gas & Et
Gous
Corn Products
Dodge Bros. A du Pont de Nem
Eyhg Sevee Et Ineeivadency
Fleischmann Freeport-Texas General Electric
General Motora
General Ralany Signal
Gillette Safety Razor
Gold Dust
Great Northern Pid
Ctis
Greene Cannea Copper
Houston Gil
Hudson Moators
Central Int
Haravester
Inter
Walsas City
Missouri Pacific Mortgomery Ward Nash Motora
AEB Rem-Rand
Ay Rep
Iron A
Steel
Reynolds Tobacco
St. Ll
San Pran
Sears Reebuck
Sinelatr Consolidated
Souther Pacific
Southern Railway Standard Oi
New York and Chicago Market Report May 7 Provisions and Produce
Market summaries show butter creamery receipts up locally and in Chicago with varied price levels for extras firsts and packing stock. Cheese and poultry values listed. potatoes futures mixed with overall market trading slow and slightly weaker. Bulk details include shipments, averages, and storage prices across states and regions.
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New York
Bulter
USC
Chicago
Americas
U. S
Canada
Wisconsin
Idaho
Russell
Texas
Bond Market Summary From New York May 7 Fragments
Fragments describe a broad but light fond market with firm prices and limited gains on small turnover. Gains noted for Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific. American Telephone and Telegraph and Pan American Petroleum show mixed moves amid overall weakness in company obligations.
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New York
Falls
St. Paul Adjustment
American Telephone Ae Telegraph Ss
Altho
Pan-American Petroleum & Transit
City of
Milan
Gias
Canning Company Buys Milk Units for Farms
Tracr Iowa May reports Waterloo Canning Company contracting with B Thomas Sons to purchase 32 run machines for 16 canning lines. Machines will equip multiple on farm sweet corn operations. Patrons of Tracr Co operative Creamery to be paid nearly $400 when 38 notes called in May 15.
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Courier
Tracr
May. T
Waterloo Canning’ Company
B. ¥. Thomas & Sons
I T
Tracer Co-Operative Creamery
Livestock and grain market roundup across multiple cities
Sioux City receipts show cattle steady to 25 cents higher with fed steers and yearlings around 8.75 to 14.00, cows and heifers at 5.50 to 11.90 and veals 3.00 to 13.00. hogs strong to top with 183 to 250 lb at 6.50 to 6.75 and 250 to 359 lb at 9.10 to 8.60. sheep 1,000 on hand steady to 2.60 lower. Minneapolis and Kansas City grain markets quote cereals with mixed prices and on-track values for wheat, corn, and oats across several grades. Hay markets in Kansas City steady with prairie and alfalfa varieties showing varied price ranges by grade. St. Louis reports mixed wheat and corn quotes with multiple grades and on-hand notes.
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Chicago
Waterloo
Whei _ Prem waterlon Mille Co
Teers Reese
Yaa
Aeith A Co
Tarmer‘s den
Wateerloo
Tso
Steens— Caltir
Eerie
Ander
M& Feed Co
Colin
Ives Ivorsa
Kansas
Omaha
Indiana
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
ST. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Sioux City Livestock
Bronx City
Tj—Gattle
Kansas City Hay
Kansas Ciy
Hay
Prairie
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Creamery
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American Securities Service
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German Central Bank For Agriculture
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