Butler county farmers receive first limestone shipment
Butler County farmers prepare to receive the first limestone for a widespread soil improvement program. Twenty two farmers have orders for lime from the Glory quarry near La Porte City. A 10 car train carrying 600 tons of lime will be unloaded between Shell Rock and Packard and Clarksville.
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Allison
Butler County
Rock Island
John Mullins
la Porte City
Shell Rock
Packard
Herman Hunt
Butler County, Farm Bureau
Frank Johnson
Clarksville
O. E. Sutcliffe
Fred Grapp
Arch Ferry
W. B. Paulson
Will Roberts
Logan
Ressler
Ben Hamilton
Ed Wilkinson
C.G. Burling
New Hog Rations to Get “Once Over” at Swine Feeders Meet
Ames Iowa November 12 1500 farmers from Iowa and surrounding states gather with Dr John M Soward to learn about hog feeding. The program covers tankage supplements such as linseed meal and alfalfa meal the Trinity mix and the Big 10 with recent modifications. Mineral additions copper sulphate and iron oxide are tested as potential aids. Results await Whoo-ey Day.
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Ames
Towa
John M. Soward
Evward
Iowa counties lose rural population over decade study shows
A cabinet special report from Ames Iowa notes migration from farms to cities from 1915 to 1925. R E Stewart Iowa State College economist lists 83 counties with rural losses totaling 2413. Monroe County records the heaviest drop and only 16 counties gain.
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Ames
R. E. Stewart
Iowa State College
Monroe County
Albia
Stewart
Iona
Ta Yeeng
Wemten
Iowa
Editor Farm Department inquiries to Farmers
Readers of the Waterloo Evening Courier are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department. Address letters to the editor and include a return address for responses. Phone line provided for communication.
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Wiveroo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Towa
Iowa Pickers Head to Midwest Meet in Indiana
Des Moines Iowa pickers depart for Fowler Indiana to compete in the Midwest championship. Navy hand totals show Ruel Harmon of Mills County 1633 pounds and Ben Grimmus Grundy Center 1617.7 pounds with Grimmillus achieving 1800 pounds before deductions. Ed Hendricks of Grundy Center placed third with 1015.8 pounds as wet Red Oak conditions hinder husking.
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Des Moines
Navy
Ruel Harmon
Mills County
Iowa
Ben Grimmins
Grundy
Fowler
Benton County
Indiana
Harmon
Red Oak
Grimmius
Grimmilus
Ed Henricks
Grundy Genter
Wiliam Stanek
Fort Dodge
Fret Stanek
Harmen
Black Hawk to Host Hatchery and Poultry School
Black Hawk county plans a November 21 poultry school led by W R Whitfield from Ames to teach farmers about egg hatchery practices. Demonstrations will cover breeding, feeding, and flock care, highlighting risks of forced feeding and poor management on hatchability and chick quality. The program extends to other Iowa counties including Benton Boone Carroll Emmet Hamilton Johnson Mills Washington Page Polk Woodbury, with more planned.
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Black Hawk County
John L. Uban
W. R R. Whitfield
Ames
Whitfield
Benton
Boone
Carroll
Emmet
Hamilton
Johnson
Mills
Washington
Page
Polk
Woadbury
Dickinson
Texas Cotton Mule Becomes Grandmother in Unique Lineage
A Texas A and M article by A. H. Groth reports Old Beck the cotton mule as the first known mule grandmother. Her first foal appeared in 2020 from a jack, with a later foal by a college stallion resembling a horse and producing a healthy colt. Old Beck shows notable intelligence and saddle aptitude. her daughter has produced no offspring yet.
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Bryan
Texas
Beck
A. H. Groth
Texas A
M. College
Journal of Heredity
Groth
Jack
College Stud
Tas
Old Beck
Creamery at Traer Offers Club Prizes
Traer creamery tabloids announce cash prizes of 15 dollars for the best club record book in Tama County dairy calf club work. Books, featuring feed totals, finances, visitors, photos, and a year’s club narrative, will be scored by County Agent HB Milla before November 24.
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Traer
Tama County Baya
Traer Co-operative Creamery
HB. Milla
Tama
Hog shipments dominate Benton county markets in September
Eighteen carloads of livestock were shipped cooperatively through Liverpool Shipping associations in Benton county during September. Van Horne led in hog volume with four cars to Savanna, while shrink varied across towns from 0 to 2.93 pounds per hundred. Expenses mostly stable with an average 57 cents per hundred and owners nets ranging from 9.85 to 11.58 dollars per hundred. no losses reported.
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Vinton
Liverpool
Benton County
van Horne
Savanna
Shellsburg
Chicago
Treystone
Garrison
Blairstown
Keystone
Luzerne
Atkins
Red Polls Lead Chickasaw Dairy Output in October
Chickasaw County dairy report records 396 cows in test with 87 dry, averaging 13.8 pounds butterfat per cow for October. Nine Holsteins owned by Leo Denner average 29.5 pounds butterfat, top herd. high cow Linwood Grace, BE. E. Tracy & Son, produced 54.5 pounds butterfat on 977 pounds milk. Second high cow Gypsie Gean, Guy Tracy, 543 pounds butterfat from 1,324 pounds milk. Cows were milked twice daily with ration of ground oats and linseed oil meal. average butterfat price listed as 56 cents.
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Courier Special Service
Nashua
Chickasaw
Farrel Neeley
Linwood Grace
BE. E. Tracy & Son
Lack of Funds May Halt T. B. Testing in Butler County
Allison, Ta., Nov. 12. It is unlikely bovine tuberculosis eradication work will start in Butler county next year due to no funds in the county treasury. A levy would not likely raise enough before September. The vote on the county area testing plan was 2,963 to 103,750 in favor.
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Courier Special Service
Allison
Butler County
Eough
Mt Vernon Women to Meet Tuesday for Rural Recreation Event
Mt Vernon township home project readers gather Tuesday for an all day event featuring Home Talent Plays. The meeting will be at the county barn with attendees bringing dineh for a noon Plenic dinner.
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Aldresson
Black Hawk County
The Rhyming Farmer and the Teakettle Tale
A humorous reminiscence by J Edward Tapitt notes an old teakettle’s odd longevity at home. The kettle, simple tin with inlaid grain, allegedly saved the narrator and even piglets from death or illness on several occasions, acting as a steadfast household “physician.”
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Jing
Hog Quotations Onow Price Drop At Chicago Market
Hog quotations eased at Chicago with receipts around 42 000 hogs and prices slipping from a top around 9.35 per 100 pounds while general hog values showed 9.25 to 9.30, and a larger week’s run raised market uncertainty. Cattle and sheep trade remained mixed with steady to firmer bulls and headloads of good yearlings, steer, and lamb classes. Livestock arrivals totaled about 22 000 cattle, 42 000 hogs, and 20 000 sheep.
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Chicago
Gsckers
Lwestock Safer
Fon Heenan
Az Aly
Atieen
PAUL LIVESTOCK REPORTS MIXED MEAT PRICES AND STEADY CATTLE
Receipts at Paul Livestock in South St. Paul on Nov 12 show slower cattle and yearling sale with steady other killing classes. stockers and feeders rise up to 25 cents. Cows and heifers mixed, calves down, hogs 25 cents lower. sheep receipts strong with bids mostly steady to three dollars higher on late lambs and fat sheep. Peoria livestock reports hogs down slightly with top around 9.25 and cattle receipts moderate.
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PAUL
Peoria Livestock
Peorli
E. ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
SLO
ST. Joseph
Gattle
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
SUIS
Klock Nike
R.odge
Bond Market Uptrend Continues amid Mixed Activity
New York bond prices edge higher with gains in utility and railroad issues including Public Service of New Jersey 4% and others rising to new highs. In St Louis livestock, hogs and cattle see varied moves as receipts rise with several price tiers reflected across weights and grades.
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New York
Public Service of
New Jersey
General Motors
Ralls
Northern Pacific
Waterloo Markets Noon Prices Reported for Nov 12
Market notes from Waterloo and nearby towns show cattle receipts 7 000 with prices mostly lower across beef, veal and feeders. Hog and sheep bids in St Joseph and Sioux City reflect softer demand with typical declines from prior levels. Potatoes and Chicago markets summary wrap up with steady to firm trends on selected items.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Tiaho
Russell
Record-Breaking NYSE Rally Sees 6 Million Shares Trade
New York on November 12 sees a wild market surge with over six million shares changing hands as many issues hit new highs and others fall on profit taking. Radio Corporation jumps about 25 dollars to a record near 289 while Montgomery Ward loses about 12. Major gains span Sears Roebuck American Smelting Chrysler and International Nickel with oils and chemicals also rallying amid heavy volume and delayed quotes.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Radio Corporation
Liz
Advance
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
American Smelting
Atled Chemical
Chrysler and International
Sinclair
Phillips, Skelly
Standard of California
General Motors
New
Eastman Kodak
Victor Talking Machine
Atlantic Refining
Katy” Common
Timken Rolter Bearing
Continental Insurance
International Combustion
Pennsylvania Y and Western Union
New York Central
National Cash Register
Bennecott Cooper
Montgomery-Ward
American T. & T. Am
Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore& Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
St. P. & Pac
Bbm, Ghic. & N, Western
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Iron Ore
Ctis
Greene Cananea Copper
Houston
Hudson Motors Ultinois Central
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Int
Harvester
Nickel Int
Kansas City Southern Kennecott Copper
Louisville & Mashville
Mack Truck
Marland Oil
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Texas Missouri Pacific
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N. OV
Centrabosses Ee N. H
N. H. & Knetford
Norfolk
Western
Bepeses
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Reseenes Tans Northern Pacife ‘ Viet
Packard Vee Fan
Taramount Fam. Las
Pramsyi ¥ Atha Ie Reeres
Philips Petroleum
Postum
Apeseverse Penerrnee
Pullman
Perendegeenes
Rem-Rand
Yron
BST
Reynolds Tobacco
St. Louis
San Francisco
Baars Rorhuck
Erec
Esse Ee Arts Sinclair Consolidated GW
Southerty Pace
Wren Rev Ee Tron Routhern Rauway
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California
Standard
New Jersey
Standard OU
Studebaker
Texas
Texas Gulf Sulphur Terns
D& Paalfiec O
Texan Pacific
Union Pacific
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Ind
United
Atates Rubber
United States Steel
Vanadum
Wabasharies Tase Western
Maryland
Wertinghouse Electric
Willis-Overland
Woolworth
Mid Gent
Pet
Shell OW
Taiberty Ronda
TahWerby Rvs Bist
Tiberty
Tees
Troabuty
Provisions Prices and Eggs Report from New York and Kansas City
New York market reports receipts and prices for butter creamery eggs poultry and cheese with figures for era including 2 175 tubs of creamery 32 992 lbs cheese and eggs range 30 to 34 cents for firsts and seconds. Kansas City listings add butter creamery 49 cents and poultry values for hens springs brats geese and ducks with freight rates noted.
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Waterloo Mills Co
Swift
Weterlee Wee
iFrom Rath Packing Co
Town Plour & Feed Co
Timothy
Prom
Colin Bros
Green
New York
Buiter
iBe
Kansas City
Hay Markets Steady Amid Light Offerings and Demand
Washington November 12 Hay markets showed little change for the week ending November 10 as country loadings remained light and trade needs balanced. Shipping inquiries from the southeast rose with shorter pastures and reduced local forage supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Pericultural Economics
Timothy
St. Louis
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
U. S
Prairie
Bilnneepolis
Waterloo Doctors to Attend University Hospital Opening
Waterloo physicians D C Huntoon J R Thompson E L Rohlf Fred H Lohman and J H Butts plan to attend the University of Iowa general hospital dedication in Iowa City next Thursday through Saturday. Up to 10 000 visitors are expected for speeches clinics and ceremonies marking a $5 000 000 hospital project with Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur headlining the program Friday at 2 p m.
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Waterloo
Iowa City
University of Iowa General Hospital
Medical Laboratories
Drs
D.C. Huntoon
J. R. Thompson
E. L. Rohlf
Fred H. Lohman
J. H. Butts
United States
General Hospital
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
Jesup Boys Start on Sheep Project
Jesup vocational agriculture students Carlton Stoddard and Harold Koob bought three ewes each for a sheep raising project. The two, purebred Hampshire, paid 25 dollars per head for Koob and 20 dollars for Stoddard. Ewes are two years old and purchased from R. E. Pullin of Waterloo. OFF FOR THE SOUTH Dr Edward T Alford left for a three week vacation through the south heading to West Palm Beach Florida to visit a brother Lore Alford.
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Jesup
Carlton Stoddard
Harold Koob
Jesup Consolidated School
R. E. Pullin
Waterloo
Knob
Stoddard
Hampshires
Edward T. Alford
Highland Boulevard
West Palm Beach
Fle
Lore Alford
Ita
Lutheran Aid Associations elect Waterloo officers
Otto H Roepe of Waterloo was elected president of the Town Federation of Aid Associations for Lutherans at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Miss Edna Dettmer of Waterloo was elected vice president and A H Hattendorf of Ochevedan Ja secretary and treasurer. The meeting featured music and talks with state and federation officials and drew representatives from over four dozen towns in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Roepe
Waterloo
Immanuel Lutheran Church
W. Schultz
National Federation of Aid Associations For Lutherans
Walter Smith
Gresco
Seven Hunters Arrested for Game Statute Violations
Deputy John Jago led a recent drive arresting seven hunters for carrying uncased guns in vehicles and related violations near Belle Plaine and Steamboat Rock. One hunter fined ten dollars, others face hearings or fines totaling seventy five dollars.
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John
Jago
Fits
Kenneth Hartman
Steamboat Rock
BDF
Quackenbush
la Porte City
Belle Plaing
Linnie Hoff
Sam Bostian
Ben Gouldy
William Suchy
Munters
Girl in Overalls Posing as Boy Is Taken in Custody
Marie Forrest 18 wearing light overalls and calling St Paul home is in custody of police matron Mrs Alice Warsaw for investigation into recent movements in Waterloo. She says she has posed as a boy since October and may have run away from family. Dorothy Gierns 17 of Dubuque, Iowa, is also in custody with A J McDermott after their arrest at Dubuque’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Forrest
St Paul, Minn
Alice Warsaw
Waterloo
Ralph Davis
Marle
Marie
Dorothy Gierns
Dubuque, Ta
Warsaw
Dubuque
Miss Gierns
A. J. McDermott
Mason Reappointed as Road Patrolman for Two-Year Term
Harry P Mason was reappointed as county road patrolman for two years at a salary of 140 dollars per month by the board of supervisors. The term runs Jan 1 1929 to Jan 1 194L. He was also appointed constable to fill a vacancy until Jan 1 when he will assume the office on election from Cedar Falls township for ten years. Mason's salary has been 140 dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry, P. Mason
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Falls Township
Masott
Hanna in Hospital Shows Slight Improvement
Phil C. Hanna retired consul general to Mexico is reported improved by the Presbyterian hospital attending physician after two weeks of illness. He was in his Irving hotel quarters until Saturday when alarming symptoms appeared and he now suffers a slight jaundice affection caused by high blood pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Hospital
Phil C. Hanna
Mexico
General Hanna
Irving Hotel
Ship Hogs Cattle and Horses from Greene
Greene Ta November a busy shipping day with Ben Pringle and Pred Geffe driving three loads of fat cattle and a load of hogs to Chicago. Bert Pooley sent a car of cattle and a hogs can to Waterloo. Ira Ingraham buyer shipped 29 horses to Sherguene Falls Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Greene
Ben Pringle
Pred Geffe
Chicago
Bert Pooley
Waterloo
Ira Ingraham
Sherguene Falls
Massachusetts
Saturany
Unimproved Hudson 80 Brings $10 000
Oscar Gut necht purchased 20 acres from Henry Degner at an asking price of $125 per acre. The unimproved tract lies three miles west and one mile north of Hudson, Ta. The report lists the sale value at $10 000.
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Rpecius Nervicg
Hudson, Ta
Navy
Oscar Gutnecht
Henry Degner
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