Feeding Management For Flocks Discussed At Meeting
A meeting of Black Hawk County Poultry Record Flock association featured Rob Watkins Ames extension specialist outlining summer flock management. Tips covered clean housing with fly and parasite control, ample clean water, sour milk feeding, ventilation, shade, and raising young birds on fresh ground to reduce parasites. Marketing eggs guidance urged frequent collection, cool storage, candle testing, and separating males after hatch. Watkins stayed to lead a farm tour, with no record flock farms visited this season.
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Black Hawk County
Poultry -Record Flock Association
Bureaia
Rob Watkins
Ames
Watkins
Marsh on Program of Iowa Guernsey Exhibit at Newton
Iowa Guernsey Breeders' Association will hold its annual summer picnic and show at Alloway farm near Newton on Friday. Speakers include W. O. Marsh Des Moines T. E. B. Saxton Crystal Bay and others. Breeders urged to register entries with Golinvaux detailing females purebreds and grades and prices for the cattle show.
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W. OW. Marsh
Iowa
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Joe Golinvaux
Alloway Farm
Newton
Golingvaux
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Ten
Weaver
Electric Park Picnic Day Planned by Black Hawk Bureau
The Black Hawk Farm bureau schedules its annual picnic for Thursday June 4 at Electric Park. The day will include rural eighth grade graduation exercises with diplomas by ROMLY superintendent H. C. Moeller. Henry A. Wallace editor of Wallaces Farmer delivers main address around 2 pm, followed by student stunts, group picnics, music led by Prof. C. A. Fullerton, and boys and girls sport events supervised by F. J. Rehmeier county M. CG A. Secretary.
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Black Hawk Farm Bureau
Electric Park
H. C. Moeller
Romly
Henry A. Wallace
Wallaces” Farmer
C. A. Fullerton
Cedar Walls
Washburn Shipper 8 Heads to Annual Meeting
Washburn Ja May 29 The first annual meeting of Washburn Livestock Shipping association will be at the schoolhouse Wednesday evening June 2 at o'clock The report of the year s Maisdress will be given by the manager A Weaker has been arranged for
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Washburn
Washburn Livestock Shipping Association
Cleanliness and Rapid Cooling Improve Cream Quality
A survey of Jesup Creamery patrons identifies cleanliness and quick cooling as the key factors in high quality cream. Farmers like Samuel Fleming, W. J. Bauer, and the Leary and Maher households report top scores around 93 to 94 percent, using basements, cooling tanks, and well‑water systems to swiftly chill cream and maintain cleanliness from milking to storage.
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Jesup
Jesup Creamery Company
Samuel Fleming
la Porte City
Piani
Fleming
W. J.bauer
Milkhouse
W. J. Bower Farm
Shady Grove
Brandon
Bauer
Picnic date set for Black Hawk County Guernsey owners
Arrangements outline the annual Guernsey owners picnic for Black Hawk County. Breezers association meets Tuesday at W A Bridge home in Orange township to finalize plans. The picnic moves to Wednesday June 30 from June 17 with C B Pinley of the American Guernsey Cattle club speaking. Other board members include H E Waiters E Ko West E G Bauer and Jos Golinyaux.
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Black Hawk Counity Guernsey
Breezers’ Association
W. A. Bridge
Orange Township
Ard
Jones
Alanned
Auginsky
C. B. Pinley
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Pirnie
H. E. Waiters
E. Ko West
E. G.bauer
Jos Golinyaux
County Supervisors Publish Notice of Grundy T B Tests
Grundy Center, In May 29, Grundy County supervisors publish notice after receipt from Mark G Thornburg that Grundy has been recorded an accredited county for eradication of bovine tuberculosis. All breeding cattle owners must arrange testing by government workers within 80 days of enrollment notice. Resistance or obstruction to inspectors will incur a 160 dollar fine.
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Grundy Center
Mark G. Thornburg
State Secretary of Agriculture
Board of Supervisors
Focal
Holden Talks Three Times in County
Prof. P. G. Holden, former extension man now with a large implement concern, spoke to the Lester Township Farm Bureau in Dunkerton schoolhouse, delivering family and community friendliness encouragement. It was his second talk of the day after an Orange school picnic address and followed a prior talk in Gilbertville.
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P. G. Holden
Lester Township Farm Bureau
Dunkerton
Orange School
Gilbertville
Questions for farmers invite reader comments
Inquiries and remarks are invited from farmers with communications directed to the Editor of the Farm Department at Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Include your address and be concise for publication.
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Farm Department
Waterloo
Even the Courier
Towa
Phone 3Iuy
Egg production leads in Iowa flocks in April
Ames Iowa May 29. A flock of 236 Single Comb White Leghorns owned by W S Grotewold Lake Mills led Iowa with an average of 27 eggs per hen and 879 1 2 dozen eggs produced in 30 days. Nearby flocks include 78 Barred Rocks owned by L M Pearce Farmhamville at 26.3 eggs per hen and 192 Rhode Island Reds owned by Mrs Alvin Pratt Kingsley at 24.7 eggs per hen. The state’s 491 record flocks averaged 17.2 eggs per hen for April, with total production over 444614 eggs from 33554 hens. Gross receipts reached 1571 for Cleve Erhardt Elgin, while A L Prouty Nashua posted 928.82 and B E Craven Kellogg 308 layers yielded 3110.95 in feed costs.
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Ames
Wi. S. Grotewold
Lake Mills
Iowa
Alvin Pratt
Kingsley
Rhode Island
Herbert Hage
Essex
Extension Service
Town State College
Bross
Cleve Erhardt
Elgin
S. C
Prouty
Wheat Pit Keeps Calm Amid Erratic Swings and Settlements
Chicago May 29 AP Despite expectations the May Wheat settlement closed largely unchanged with a slight net drop in new May contracts. Corn fell 2, oats steady to firm, and provisions varied. Market fluctuations were rapid, but overall trading ended orderly as margins and Board of Trade measures restrained sharp swings.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Alec
Missouri River
Fera
Hiooa
New York and Kansas City Grain Prices Trade Updates
Grain market notes from New York and Kansas City show mixed quotes across wheats, oats, and rye with No. 2 red winter around 1.30 per bushel, No. 2 white oats near 41.2, and rye steady at about 2.01 in New York while Kansas City lists No. 2 dark hard and No. 3 hard ranges. Minneapolis reports varied wheat values and corn and oats prices, with Toledo closing cloverseed and Alaska cash prices also cited.
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NEA
York Grain
York
New York
C.f
Kansas
Kansas City
Provisions Trade Report From New York May 29
Market listings show butter and poultry prices across several creameries and regions including Wisconsin Wisconsin and Missouri. Entries note fresh firsts, extras, and various grades with small price differentials as of May 29 in New York and St. Louis trading desks.
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New York
Sheesea
Wisconsi
Janey Young Americas
Kurang City
Kansas City
St. Louis
Large Springs
Board of Trade Cash Quotations May 29 Wheat and grain prices
Chicago spot bids list mixed quotations across wheat corn oats and rye with varied grade numbers. No. 2 white oats and No. 2 hard wheat show notable figures while barley and cloverseed trade at subdued levels and lard rubs near mid twenty dollars.
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Omaha
Neb
ST. Louts
St. Jonal
al Wohiter
Butter Prices Ease Amid Excess Supply In Chicago Market
Chicago May 28 supplies of butter exceed market demand as season approaches and production rises. The market shows a softer tone with a slight price decline, receivers adopt a free selling policy and storage improves. News notes also cover mixed commodity quotes from Pocat Race élais, Wisconsin sack whites, and New York mill prices for various flour and grain products.
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Chicago
Prices From Waterloo Markets Read Like Grain and Livestock Ledger
Readable lines show mixed prices for flour, eggs, butter, lard, potatoes, poultry, and livestock from Rath Packing Co. including steers, heifers, cows, bulls, prime hogs, and packers with per hundred or per head figures. Also listed are prairie hay baled and No 1 No 2 skins, horse hides, and various crops with the note All prices 1.0.b.
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Waterloo
Eton Wat
Lee
Rath Packing Co
Rath
Barclay
Seapesrsase Sven
Burton E Sweet to Speak Before Farmers Tuesday
Burton B. Sweet of Waverly will address a community meeting Tuesday evening June 1 at the home of J. M. West in Jackson township Bremer county. A quartet from Finnerford will sing two numbers and Mrs. W. M. George will lead a clothing project lesson for women. The girls club will participate in two parts and refreshments will be served.
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Janesville
Speslall
Burton B. Sweet
Waverly
J. M. West
Jackson Township
Bremer County
Finnerford
W.M. George
Wimner-Hewitt
East Watertoo
Township Farm Bureau
Airy Cattle Congress
Bert Carey
Omaha Livestock Prices and Market Updates
Hogs receipts 5,500 with medium and light hogs steady to strong while heavy butchers and packers mostly steady. Cattle receipts 2,003 with mixed changes across classes. heifers strong, bulls and canners lower. Sheep receipts 100 with lambs and ewes showing varied movement. Foreign exchanges and cotton market notes follow with mixed direction. Women’s division meetings noted in East Watertown Township Farm Bureau context. St. Joseph livestock data includes receipts and price ranges for steers, cows, and calves.
Kansas City Livestock Prices See Mixed Week Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Kansas City reports mixed cattle, hogs, and sheep action with receipts around 1,505 cattle and 3,500 hogs. Hefty steers and yearlings vary, Texas and Oklahoma feeders show steady to higher, lighter weights mixed. Hogs mostly steady with some weakness on heavies, top around 24.25, 180–230 lb averages about 13.80 to 14.05, sows 12.00 to 12.50. Sheep and lambs weaker, natives and Arizonas around 16.25 to 17.00 for top natives. Saint Louis and Sioux City markets show similar trends.
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Omang
Neb
Serau
California
ST. Joseph
Ste
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Tennessee Springs
Sioux Gity
Sioux City
Another Woman's Shoes by Sidney Blair
Marjorie Abbott hurries through morning crowds to fix a high heel, swaps with a shoemaker for a pair of high shoes, and experiences a transformation during a shopping day, ending up in a new blue dress as she meets Ucofrey at the hotel.
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Marjorie Abbott
Sher
Geoff
Geof
Marjorie
Sheid
Jane Hee
Migs
Ucoffrey
Acala
Frivolous Fashion Traps Heart of Reluctant Bride
Marjorie confronts Geoff about the change in her, sparked by a new suit and shoes from another woman. He confesses he has long valued her warmth but feared she was too sensible for him, while she finally reveals her feelings and hints at their future marriage.
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Marjorie
Geoff
Geof
War Department Custodian of Rare Historical Papers
Washington May 129 The War Department invites historians to study its ancient records. It preserves original rolls and accounts from the Revolution, Indian Campaigns, Confederate papers, Lincoln telegrams, Grant and Meade papers, Appomattox surrender notes, Valley Forge oaths, and many foreign volunteers. Rare letters, draft records, and British regimental archives are among the treasures.
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Washington
War ‘Department
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Meade
Hooker
Pope
Burnside
Valley Forge
Lafayette
Walh
United States
Foot’ Guards
John Hancock
Quartermaster Corps
Boston Woman Identified as Mother Goose Author
Boston historian James O Pagan identifies Elizabeth Foster of Charlestown born 1665 as the original Mother Goose. Foster married Goose in 1693 and lived with her daughter after her husband Thomas Fleet’s death. Fleet’s publishing of Songs for the Nurseries popularized the rhymes for children.
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Boston
Mass
James O. Pagan
Elizabeth
Foster
Charlestown
Fagan
Thomas, Fleet
Pudding, Lane
Devonshire. Street
Goose
Fleet
Grandmother Goose
Mother Goose
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