Butter Prices Rise as Consumption Grows in United States
A monthly report from the Iowa Creamery Secretaries and Managers association notes rising butterfat prices and growing butter consumption in September. Prices paid to creameries averaged 53.85 cents per pound, with a high of 58 and a low of 45, while Jesup led production at 199,416 pounds of butterfat. The report highlights increased market receipts, a 22.9 percent rise in make versus last year, and continued dairy council outreach, including rural girls’ clubs and literature distribution totaling over 20,000 pieces.
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United States
Iowa
Clyde Lechtelheimer
Towa Creamery Secretaries‘ and Managers’ Association
Lowa
American Association
jChicago
Bay ‘Oy
Iowa Creamery Secretaries' and
Jesup
Jesup Farmers’ Creamery
Decorah
Menlo
Sioux Center
State Center
Luana
Garrison
Hid Son
Amber
Preston
National Dairy Council
Chicago
Dairy Council
Down
Gladys Coon
National ‘Dairy Council
Ames
Jackson Takes Up Official Testing
Howard Jackson, field secretary of the Iowa State Dairy Association, begins official testing duties under the dairy department at Ames. He will travel to large dairy establishments across the state as a tester, visiting farms to conduct cow testing and assist in organizing junior dairy programs as spring approaches. Lloyd Johnston will handle winter protection duties and related duties for the association.
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Howard €. Jackson
Iowa State Dairy Association
Ames
Lloyd Johnston
Ear of corn displays unusual kernel rows in Fayette
Fayette Louisiana November 17 Jane Lytch displays an ear of corn with twenty rows of kernels. Many ears show between twenty and twenty six rows. The farmer notes variation in kernel alignment across the harvest.
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Fayette
Janes Lytch
La Porte City Fair to Showcase Best Grains Exhibit
La Porte City plans a two day fair featuring local grains and produce. H J Nichols from Iowa State Extension will present Thursday evening with other speakers from Cedar Falls and local leaders. Demonstrations by 4 H club girls from Cedar Falls. Premiums offered for apples vegetables and various seeds. Entries accepted Wednesday with home economics products due Thursday noon.
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Porte City
Iullure
Cric
Tts
H. J. Nichols
Horticultural Department of Iowa Extension Service
Ames
She Saly
Er K
Phalt
J. d. Uban
Alac Wi
A. Ci. Larsen
Cedar Falls
Louise Muney
Helen Eapsen
Town- Bip
Black Mawk County
Roy Porter
Chicago
Hudson and Waverly Boys Enter Baby Beef at Chicago
Hudson and Waverly youths enter junior livestock baby beeves at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago November 28 to December 6. Shorthorns, Herefords and angus are shown by a list of county farm youths from Story City, Alta, Storm Lake, New Market, Hudson, Waverly, and nearby towns, with many past county and regional fair honorees. The Minish brothers and Warren Kelsey, part of Black Hawk county’s baby beef club, will showcase calves they fed, aiming to best the Cedar Valley Fair condition entrants and capture the season’s championships.
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Chicago
Lions Farm
Donald Branjard
Story City
Chester Breeder
Alta
Bruce Edson
Storm Lake
George Franzenburg
Keystone
Fred Garver
Ronald GC. Hedrick
iWiota
Dyle Holmes
Wilbur Plager
Junny Center
Harold Poller
Alia
Kenneth Thompson
New Market
Clifford Zinn
Albert J. DeBruin
Pella
Howard Franzenburg
Billy Horr
Stanwood
Warren Kelsey
Hudson
Leona ‘Mas Paup
Myron and
Holmes Minish
Black Hawk County
Cedar Valley Fair and Exposition
Bremer and Benton Co stockmen exhibit in Chicago
Bremer and Benton county stockmen prepare for the International Livestock show in Chicago starting November 2. Ten Senmuesher, a Gentan county wrestler, has entered seven Angus cattle. Bremer county is represented by two establishments All Lynch & Son and Walter & Howard Birney with several Shorthorns and other cattle. Benton county features eight head of op-netchers from the White herd of Ameri Stewart, Newhall. A carload of cattle was shipped to Chicago by Gen Prine.
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Chicato
Senmuesher
Gentan
Thairs
Bremer County
ALL. Lynch & Son
Wavely
Walter
Alueri Stewart
Newhall
Benton Ranoty
Farmers Letters to Editor Prompt Comment Invited
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Address communications to the Editor Farm Department and use the provided phone number 5160 for contact.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Seed Corn Seed Testing Warns of High Costs in 1826
County Agent J Urban warns Black Trank county farmers seed corn testing is essential to avoid costly poor germination. Tests show only about three of seven ears sampled show life, with many ears damaged by freezing and conditions. If farmer participation grows, a seed corn testing station may be established by the farm bureau to safeguard seed for next spring.
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Black Trank
Uban
Mey
Ubay
Farm Bureau
jUban
Aplington Boy Wins Corn Husking Championship
Ackley in November reports a year-old Aplington High School student named Hernan Mutter broke a corn husking record. He husked 54 bushels in eight hours for Henry Ter Fehn of Franklin County and also topped the corn by hand.
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Ackley
Ivy
Hernan Mutter
Aplington High School
Henry Terfehn
Franklin County
Herman
Town Poultry Show Set for Jan 4 to 8 in Cedar Rapids
The Western Poultry and Pet Stock association will run the annual state poultry show in Cedar Rapids from January 4 to 8. Nationally known judges Oscar Grow of Cedar Falls, Harry Atkins of Davenport, F F Shalla barger of West Liberty, and Ed Maw Maw of Cedar Rapids will assess hundreds of birds. Premium lists will be mailed in December upon request to Dr. lu. FL Vane at 217-18 Granby building, Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Western Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Oscar Grow
Cedar Falls
Harry Atkins
Davenport
Shallabarger
West Liberty
Ed Maw
FL Vane
Granby“building
Potatoes Plentiful in 1895 Made Feed for Farmers Stock
Clear Lake Iowa November memory of 1895 shows surplus potatoes with no market. Farmer Steinkamp recalls wagonloads fed to pigs and cattle while a cellar full was dumped in spring. He notes a past high of eight dollars per bushel and periods of selling for a cent, reflecting volatile prices.
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Clear Lake
Vfl Steinkamp
Steinkamp
Farmer It at Place Will Go to Florida
Ta Nov 17. Sutherland has rented his farm out of town to Victor Shen and will retire. He and his wife plan to move to Florida to be near relatives and settle permanently there. Sugar market notes show Cuban duty changes and refined sugar prices steadied.
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Florida
Ashue
Spirial
Inter Sutherland
Victorshen
Snon
York
Wheat futures fluctuate as Argentine rust worries supply
News from Chicago reports rust in Argentina sparks early shifts in U.S. wheat prices with wet cold weather in the north hindering crops. Prices opened higher for new and May contracts, then edged lower before rebounding. Canadian wheat for Europe trade noted around 3 million bushels. Corn and oats decline then rally with weather data and ongoing provisions adjust.
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Chicago
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Aiay
Eurepe
Grain and Provisions Market Snapshot
Grain and provisions show mixed to firm tones across markets. Wheat prices edge lower in Minneapolis and Kansas City, with No. 2 and No. 1 grades quoted along with December and May futures. Oats and barley noted steady in New York and Chicago trade, while hay and straw prices hold firm for various grades.
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York
New, Ady
Western
New York
Arley
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Kansas City
Kansas
TAI & Outer
Kansas City Livestock Receipts Steady Despite Mixed Demand
Kansas City reports mixed cattle and hog trades with calves and yearlings uneven, medium weights above 10.56, top cattle and stockers reaching around 6.50, and hogs steady near 11.35 for the lighter loads. Separate notes cover New York fleece prices and Chicago potato demand with modest shipments and steady prices for several regions.
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Chicago November 17
Chicago Board of Trade cash quotations list prices for grains and provisions with multiple No. 2 hard No. 3 mixed No. 4 mixed No. 6 mixed and yellow oats and barley values, sample grades and Timothy seed figures, including Wheat prices around $1,614 and diverse notation errors across varieties and figures.
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Chicago
Dprovisions
Gloveraeeds i
Hogs and cattle markets ease as receipts rise in Chicago
Chicago traders faced slower hog demand with prices dipping about 25 cents per cwt from Monday's peak. Hog weights 146 to 200 pounds sold around 11.50 to 11.70 with occasional 11.80, while packing sows ranged 9.90 to 10.50. Cattle receipts near 11,000: fed steers expected higher, bulk trade 8.25 to 10.50, calves to packers 10.00 to 10.50, some top offerings to 12.60. Sheep receipts 11,000 with fat lambs 15.25 to 15.50, natives and west shipments 12.50 for yearlings, ewes from 7.00 to 7.50, feeders around 15.80.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago
Smienday
USC
Mondax
ST. Louis
Aixep Ann Bulcher
Price Ag
Bevers
Wright Price
Ees
Deeeeenewess
Bally on stock change checked and market notes
Stock market activity cooled after renewed call rate gains limiting gains. Major movers including General Electric Chrysler and DuPont softened from highs amid scattered losses across steel and motor shares. Atlantic Coast and United States Steel showed early declines while some rail and industrials posted smaller dips.
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New York
General Electric
Chrysler
DuPont & Paints
Atlantic Coast
TE. S
American Locomotive
American Sugar
American Tel
American Water Works
Agaconda Capper o + BOY Atchison
National Lead
York Central
Nlfe & Hartford
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific Pacific Oil Pan
Pennsylvania Phila, & Ads
Phillips Pet
Radio Corporation
Reading
Rep
Reynolds Tob
Seaboard Air Line
Sears Hoebuck Sinclair Con
Southern Pacific Southern
Sulwart Warner
Studebaker
Texas Co
Texas & Pacific Tobacco Products Trans
Oi Union
U. S
S. Steel
Westinghouse Elec
Wilys-Overland
Woolworth
County Wins Suit Over Man's State Hospital Expenses
Cresco Iowa November 17 Fayette county was wrongfully cited as the home of an insane man. The case held that Joseph Herland, confined in the state hospital, generated $53.33 in county expenses for Winneshiek county. The dispute centered on residency between Winneshiek and Fayette counties. Fayette county sued Winneshiek for $1,963.33 and won a jury verdict.
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Cresco
Fayette County
Winne~ Shiek County
Joseph Herland
State Hospital
Winneshirk County
Fayette
Prices at Chicago and New York Marts
New York market opened unsettled with butter and cheese quotations rising at creamery and state flats. Eggs and poultry showed steady-to-weak tones with nearby whites and extras noted. cotton opened lower in New York and Chicago sessions with dec months down about 39 points. Minneapolis notes grain and flour values, including unchanged to 10 cent reductions on flour and related goods.
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New York
Wisconsin
Americas
Hennery
Pacific Coast
Andy Bfarch
Chicago
Potatoes Prices Rise as Receipts Increase in Chicago Area
Chicago reports stronger potato receipts with 118 more cars and higher prices. Wisconsin round whites quoted at 3.20 to 3.78, Michigan Wisconsin bank whites at 3.40 to 3.45, varying by quality. Also notes funeral of Lewis Dietz, age 77, in Fairbank and local Eastern Star meeting with four initiates.
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Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
Michigan- Wisconsin Bank
Fairbank Fairbank
Tit
Pumbolton
New
York Cle
G. C. Efckelberg
Frank Kerr
Sumner
L. d. Dietz
Munday
Order of Eastern Star
Apecelal
K. of
Troy
Lewis J. Dietz
J. Tdi
Baptist Church
Funerst
Hey. A. van Benschoten
J. J. Elewick
Legion
Des Brave
Burtal
R. C
Fairbank
Waterloo markets report from Waterloo Mills Co op and Rath Packing
Waterloo markets listing prices for wheat butter potatoes hens ducks and turkeys from Waterloo Mills Co op and Rath Packing Co with hay straw and veal skin values plus an advertisement for Blatchford's Egg Mash from L G Balunsiefer Feed Co.
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Waterloo
Lem
Waterloo Mills
Rath Packing Co
Rath
Prom Barclay & Sons
Timothy Tiny
Hites
Prom Colin Bros
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