Huskers Entered From 9 Counties Make High Marks
George Dickinson of Hardin county won first in the husking preliminaries at the BRS Player farm near Gowrie heading to the state husking contest. Dickinson netted 1728.3 pounds in 90 minutes with good field uniformity. Bob Tillard, Lee Carey, and Henry Minks followed, with Carey in third after deductions. Dickinson and Tillard qualified for the state finals. Carey may join if room permits. About 300 watched due to short notice.
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Courier Special Fereire Grundy Center
George Dickinson
Hardin County
BRS
Gowrie
Webster County
Dickinson
Bob Tillard
Louisa County
Lee Carey
Jasper County
Paterni
Henry Minks
Town County
Marty O'Conner
Boone County
John Paterni
Grundy
Brenneman
Tillard
Carey
Top Dressing for Alfalfa Needed as Winter Protection
Fayette II notes dry August and wet fall left alfalfa with little growth risking winter injury. Warm spells then freezes threaten new seedings. fall manure slows thawing to protect roots. Emphasizes fall liming, six to sixteen acres per fair, and using limestone quarries to cut hauling costs.
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Fayette. II
Fayette County
Two Reinbeck Men Return From Grain Harvest In Canada
Two Reinbeck men Louis Davis and Raleigh Cramer have returned from work in the Porter harvest fields of Canada after several weeks. A reorganization at local farms sees Wesley Stewart moving from Bell Cannings to Bieber house, with Sieba Mennanga taking his former post. The county swine meeting series opens November 14 in Manchester on swine diseases and management with specialist T K W Bronder and Dr Stouder leading a session.
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Reinbeck
Canada
Courier Syeevathery
Teeindeck
Feter Stor- Johann
Chirazo
Louis Davis
Raleigh Cramer
Censda
Wesley Stewart
Bell Cannings Company
Bieber
Sieba Mennanga
Grutdy
Mr. Stewart
Esnuing Company
Tony Beck
Eagle Center
Olin Stewart
Pear Morrison
Corm
Manchester
T. K. W. Bronder
Stouder
Varied Program at Annual Dairy Cow Testing Conference
Eight associations from five counties gathered for the annual fall conference of cow testing associations in this section. Discussions covered dairy cattle rations, purebred sires, and dairy herd needs under different conditions. A banquet followed, with members sharing hobbies and debating whether dairy cattle are more profitable than beef cattle on town farms.
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Membtta
Add Spire
Richard Grifith
Winneshiek
Oliver Strachan
Buchanan Coun
William Shannon
Cedar Falls
Arthur Porter
Pioneer Association
Black Hawk County
Newman Merrinson
Dunkerton
Evan Norman
Tama
Henry Nieman
North ‘T'Sina
Harry Haling
Grundy County
R. €. Wood
Roy E. Perry
Traer
N. O. Bendickson
Lloyd Loonan
Shorthamn
W. A. Bridge
Guernsey
Pioneer Cow Testing Association
Mr. Loonan
Bridge
Hardin County Leads Iowa Dairy Fat Tests Again
Ames Iowa November 10 Hardin county dairymen again led Iowa State college cow testing associations with the highest fat per cow in October, 25.1 pounds from 394 cows. Linn No 2 24.8 pounds from 292 cows, Benton No 3 22.6 from 830 cows, West Branch 22.5 from 344 cows, and Linn No 1 22.3 from 348 cows. John Robertson of Warren county posted the state’s top average fat per herd at 50.8 pounds from nine Jerseys. Other top herds included Chester & Sons Bremer county with 44.1 pounds from 20 Holsteins, Theodore Lund Hamilton county 40.2 from eight Holsteins, Harry Reese Adams county 39.8 from nine Guernseys, and Mark & Son Hardin county 39.6 from 23 Holsteins. 80 associations reported last May covering 28,733 cows on test, with 4,9 sold for beef and 280 for dairy purposes. nearly 2,190 herds were tested last month, aiding owners’ returns against feed costs.
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Penn
Hardin County
Linn County
Benton County
West Branch
John Robertson
Warren County
Theodore Lund
Hamilton County
Harry Reese
Adams County
Mark & Son
B. O. Miller
Grundy County
Ben Olson
Musings of the Sage of Barclay
Dunkerion notes a new Hutnagle farm barn ready soon replacing a burned one. Neighborly chatter mentions a large auto sale, corn bushels recorded, and a local resident selling turkeys and bees. Households discuss feeding beef cattle for spring.
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Dunkerion
Hutnagle Farm
Baskins Forms Rural Orchestra for Cedar Falls Contest
Waverly Iowa November 10 John Baskins of Jefferson township renowned for his viola playing organizes a rural orchestra to recruit Crm people for the district contest of patchy decorations at Cedar Falls scheduled Monday January 23.
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Waverly
John Haskins
Jefferson Township
Tits County
Cedar Falls
Felix Two Women Win First Prize at Gathering
Felix township hosts the Grundy County farm bureau women achievement day with about 85 attendees. It spotlighted home improvement work, clothing and millinery projects led by extension specialists, and included exhibits and demonstrations. Fortunes of township scores crowned Felix first with 463 points, Palermo second, Washington third, and Clay fourth due to limited demonstrations.
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Felix
Grundy Center
Farm Bureau
Grundy County
Jed B
O. O. Holeman
D. O. Miller
Allie M. Smith
Ruby B. Hassel
Extension Service
Ames
Mary Gregg
Felix Township
Palermo Township
Washington Township
Clay Township
Clay
Red Polled Cattle to Exhibit at Chicago Show
Nashua Iowa reports the Red Polled cattle breed will be judged at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago from November 26 to December 3. Lieutenant Arnold Caddy of Australis leads judging, with Tracy Warye’s Linwood Farm sending 12 cattle includingFlorabel and Liswond Flo. Florabel has eight grand championships. herd bull Pilot headlines their entries.
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Nashua
Chicago
Arnold Caddy
Red Polled Breeders’ Action of Australis
Great Britain
Tracy Warye
I Linwood
Florabel
Liswond
Farmers Queries and Comments Collected in Waterloo
Inuit addressed communications to the Farm Department in Waterloo via the Waterloo Evening Courier. Readers were invited to send questions and comments using the local phone number 5100.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Town
Wheat market swings on limited moves in volatile Chicago
Chicago trading showed narrow, irregular shifts as export demand for North American wheat remained fair at about 700000 bushels. Reports of crop damage in the western plains and Argentina harvest progress added mixed tone with corn and oats easing and provisions weakening.
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Chicago
Nort
Argentina
Waterloo Markets and Cotton Prices Nov 10
Prices at Waterloo Noort Nov 10 show cotton in good demand with sales at 7,000 bales and receipts 4,000 bales. Midlands mids and lows quoted with various d value ranges. Futures opened quiet with January around 16.70d and March near 16.74d, while Chicago and Omaha markets report mixed wheat and oats prices in similarly early November trading.
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Liverpool
Midlands
Chicago
Catton
Waterloo
Noort
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Summary
Chicago market update with grain and oilseed bids and price ranges for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Barley. Includes No 1 White and No 2 Yellow varieties for several grains and values for lard ribs bellies and flaxseed. Prices show mixed activity with notable figures for cloverseed and timothy seed.
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Chicago
Batley
ST. Louis
Lois
Bbc
Bsc
HOG AND LIVESTOCK PRICES SLUMP IN CHICAGO TRADING
Chicago market notes a broad decline across hogs cattle and sheep with active but lower bids. Hogs top at 9.75 loaded lots 210 to 400 pounds. most pigs $8.25 to $8.90. packing sows $7.80 to $8.25. lightweights $8.40+. slaughter pigs 7.50 to 8.75. Cattle receipts 14,006 with fed steers up 40. Cows and vealers rise modestly. vealers 12.50 to 13.30. yearlings around 18.00. Sheep receipts 13,000 with fat lambs active. best bids around 14.25. jumbles 11.00 to 12.00. feeding lambs around 14.00.
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Chi¢nga
Detlne
Chicago
Eederkaare
Gign Ag
Rey
Sioux City
Bronx
Chiy
Receipts and prices for Paul Livestock market report
At South St. Paul, Nov. 14, market notes show: cattle receipts around 4 500 with steady to higher values for some killing classes, fat cattle and cows mixed. calves about 3 000 with steady to strong demand. hogs 14 000 slow with lower prices. sugar futures in New York firm with raw sugar at 4.85 cents and refined at 8.00 to 8.50 per unit.
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South St. Paul
Minn
New York
Market swings as oil shares lift and rails dip in late trading
Intermittent selling in industrials curbed gains while oil stocks led early advances. Houston Oil and Texas Gulf Sulphur surged as investors covered shorts, with American Sugar and Allied Chemical among leaders. Foreign exchanges firm. bonds mixed. grain and metal prices shown across Minneapolis and Toledo desks.
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New York
Houston
Shorts
Vox and Dewan
Selvents
Pittsburgh
American Agricultural Chemical
Houston Olt
Texas Gulf Bulbour
Allied Chemical
General Motora
Delaware & Hudson
Comedian Pacific
Lackawanna & Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Houston Oland General Asphalt
Abraham & Straus
Packard Movor
International Harvester
Case Threshing Machine
Salon Todey, All
Chem
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Caré& Fayerbeane
American Lomaiguye Osceecy i
Vessyeneeves
Gene Tang Am
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Atchison Eves
Atlantic Coast
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Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore
Ohio Barnsdall A
Bethlehem
California
Ptroleum
Canadian Pacific
Cetro de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio Chic
General Electric
General Motors
Sig
Gt. N. Ir
Great Northem
Ole
Clivers
Hudson Motors Linois
Central Nt
Harvester
Nickel
Oooerie Inter
Telsi
Kansas City Southernn
Kennecott Wee
Lehigh Valley
Soulgrilled& Nashell
Alcova
S. Rubber
U. S. Steel
Wabash Bene Teeneeere Western Martiend Sete
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland Terres Woolworth
United States
No Ponds
Iberty
Tiberty
Liberty
Saavey
New York Dairy Prices and Receipts Report
New York reports Butter receipts 11 793 tubs creamery extras and standard plus firsts. Cheese receipts 126 305 pounds. Eggs receipts 92 cases with mixed grades. Poultry prices for fowls, turkeys, roosters and ducks listed by freight or express. Regional notes include Illinois and Missouri markets with unchanged trends except ducks.
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New York
Butler
Express
vUlicago
Chicago
Kansas City
Livestock and grain market roundup from Chicago and Kansas City
Market notes show potato receipts at 132 cars in Chicago with moderate demand and steady movement. price ranges for sack whites and round whites across Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota Idaho. Kansas City wheat corn and oats futures quoted with mixed prices. brief produce futures and grain prices from Peoria reflect modest changes.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota-North Dakota
Red River
Idaho
Russell
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Bank Debits and Local Livestock Rates Reported
Waterloo weekly bank debits end Nov 10 1927 total 4 862 900.00, with daily figures and 1926 5 441 088.00 comparison. Mortgages and instruments totals listed. Sioux City cattle hogs and sheep market summaries follow with receipts, prices, and ranges. Peoria and Winneconne flour shipments noted with price ranges and volumes.
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Black Hawk County
Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Clearing House Association
Jaen
Cows Eat More Soybean Hay After Milling Test
Dewar Iowa May report by Harry Griffith shows cows eat soybean hay more readily after it passes through a hammer mill. Griffith ground small bundles at Follett grain elevator, noting cows clean up ground hay and prefer ground beans to unground. He dried the hay after learning Harold McHibben’s similar re-cutter finding near Jesup.
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Courier Special Service
Dewar
Harry Griffith
Griffith
Follett
Griffith Beliieves
Harold McHibben
Jesup
Phillips Resists Temptation to Cut Legume Third Time
Waverly Ta November 10 R W Phillips Jefferson township cut 25 roads of alfalfa hay from a five acre patch in two cuttings. He resisted a further cutting hoping to protect the third crop for winter and spring. He notes lime stone is needed to grow alfalfa on most soils and, with neighbors, is obtaining another car of lime.
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Waverly
R. W. Phillips
Jefferson Township
Phillips
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