Farmer Learns From Dairy Cattle Congress Showmanship
The Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belgian Horse show at Waterloo attracted farmers seeking real education beyond ring side glare. Judges, herdmen, and the agricultural press shared insights on animal history, breeding, and production, with notable success stories from small herds and breeders like Larsen, Golinvaux, and Hemming.
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Dairy’ Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Waterloo Exposition
Forum
Pontiac
New Salem Holstein Breeders’ Association
North Dakota
Larsen
Jersey
George Hemming
Meredith Jersey Farm
Detroit Creamery Company
Joe Golinvaux
Guernsey
Majesty's Jasper
Highland Place
Golinvaux
Dairy Cattle Congress
Minnesota
Farmers Letters to Editor Invite Questions and Comments
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Address communications and share views on farming topics through the newspaper's public forum.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Towa
Selection of foundation cattle improves breeding choices
The discussion highlights choosing foundation cattle from proven winners to avoid scrub purebreds and to secure reasonable prices. It notes Brown Swiss and Ayrshire shows, praising Iowa Brown Swiss company cattle for high winnings and ten years of progress while preserving ruggedness and dairy refinement.
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Iowa
Brown Swiss Company
East Iowa veterinarians urge T B meeting in Waterloo
Veterinarians urge that the 1928 T B conference be held in eastern Iowa possibly Waterloo near the Dairy Cattle Congress date. Eastern Town Veterinary Association convenes Oct 5 and 6 in Cedar Rapids with talks by Dr John F DeVine and others on cattle sterility, horse and small animal practice, round table discussions, and women’s entertainment.
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Eastern Town Veterinary Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
John F. DeVine
Goshen
L. A. Merillat
Chicago
L. A. Quitman
C. H. Covault
Iowa State College
Ames
C. H. Stang
L. B. Pammel
S. H. McNutt
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Davenport
Machine Talks of Sire's Value for Advancing Herds
An exhibit at the National Dairy exposition in Memphis highlights dairy industry advances. Life size talking machines Henry and Tom discuss herd improvement and the value of proven bulls. Henry cites a bull with 20 daughters showing 75 pounds more butterfat yearly, worth about 2400 dollars over four lactations.
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United States
Memphis
Tenn
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Henry
Tom
Four Tama group members gain four silos in dairy drive
Tama County Cow Test association members Eric McElhinney Ames Mce Bride R Wood Roy Perry buy four new silos. Henry Nieman reports monthly dairy data: 390 cows milked 61 dry. average 554 lb milk and 22.04 lb butterfat per cow. Top herds listed include R F Avery Roy E Perry Marshall Hopper R G Stoakes Claus Raum Harry Clough BR G Wood state juvenile home L E Brown Lloyd Guernsey Claus Baum. A grade jersey by Claus Baum recorded 583 lb fat for month.
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Toledo
Tama County Cow Test Association
Henry Nieman
Eric McElhinney
Ames
R. F. Avery
Roy E. Perry
Marshall Hopper
R. G. Stoakes
Claus Raum
Harry Clough
BR. G. Wood
L. E. Brown
Lloyd Guernsey
Jersey
Claus Baum
beekeeper Hendershott expects 75 pounds honey per hive
Tama county beekeeper Charles Hendershott near Tracer reports 37 hives and a good season with an average honey yield of 75 pounds per hive. He sells at 25 cents a pound, though visitors sometimes pay 30 cents. Some hives swarmed twice during the season.
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Trapr. In
Charles Hendershout
Tracer
Tama County
Hendershott
Tama County Fair to shift dates for bigger livestock show
Tama County Fair association shifts the week’s fair to Tuesday through Friday with entry day Tuesday and school children day Wednesday. Over 104 entries promise the largest Tama county livestock exhibit ever. Featured acts include Rosenthal musical revue and Lallardo acrobatic troupe plus Daredevil Roy A Good riding a motorcycle over a 40 foot gap.
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Toledo
Tama County Fair Association
Tama County
Tama Band
Traer
Elber
Gladbrook
Garwin
Tama
Montour
Rosenthal
Lallardo
Roy A. Good
Iowa
M. E
Pat’ Bacon
Davenport
Iowa State Fair
Model Farm
Iowa State College
Ames
Tama County Sunday School Association
Little Brown
the Vale
Johnson Guernsey Herd Tops Month In Testing
The Johnson farm No. 1 Guernsey herd led Pioneer Cow Test with 22.4 pounds butterfat and 472 pounds milk from 20 cows, 18 in milk and two dry. Jesse Bige’s Holsteins ranked second with 649 pounds milk and 22.2 butterfat from 12 cows. The high cow is in Lichty & Glenny’s purebred Holstein herd, yielding 1149 pounds milk and 52.9 butterfat in September with a grain mix diet. The association notes 18 purebred sires, a scrub sire, and 12 members feeding a high protein concentrate.
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Johnson Farm No. 1
Pioneer Cow Test Association
Arthur Porter Tester
Jesse Bige
Bige
Association
Lichty & Glenny
Skimmilk and Raw Beets Fuel Flock's Winter Laying
Shellsburg Iowa reports Mrs. W. O. Hicklin kept 90 white Leghorn pullets hatched in May that began laying December 1. She fed skimmilk and raw beets daily with oats barley dry mash and corn, noting strong daily egg increases and steady winter income from the flock.
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Shellsburg
W. O. Hicklin
Rekers Ships 106 Sheep to Chicago from Cedar Falls
Fred Rekers of Cedar Falls township sent 106 head of sheep to the Chicago market. He has made several trips in recent months with farm products from his Cedar Falls township farm, including two cars of cattle. He expects another car of sheep and one of cattle fattened and ready for market later.
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Cedar Falls
Fred Rekers
Cedar Falls Township
Chicago
Husak Buys 10 1/4 Acres Near Clutier Iowa Farm
Traer Iowa October 4 F K Husak living in Frank Mochals tenant house near Clutier buys 10 1 4 acres from Frank desina west of Clutier at 100 dollars per acre. Timbered rolling land. Husak plans a semi bungalow 26 by 26 on the new place. Mochal to lease his farm and Husaks move from current house.
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Traer
F. K. Husak
F. J. Mochal
Clutier
Frank Desina
Mr. Husak
Mochal
Husaks
Livestock Damage Claims Filed After Dog Attacks
Ernest Paustian of Traer seeks 848 for five pigs killed by dogs this week. Emil Vilek near Vining requests 70 for a two year old heifer killed. William Politz of Garwin files 60 for one sheep killed and five injured.
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Traer
Ernest Paustian
Emil Vilek
Vining
William Politz
Garwin
Minneapolis Flour Shipments Show 85,082 Barrels Bran
Minneapolis flour report dated October 9 notes shipments of 85,082 barrels of bran valued at about 25,004 26 00. The item underlines a price and volume update for the market.
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Minneapolis
Canadian Storms Delay Harvests Trade Silence Waxes
Canadian storms delay harvests and raise wheat values while export demand slackens. Weather across the belt turns cooler with forecasts of rain and snow in the Dakotas. Cash demand remains slow as receipts stay low and oats and corn show mixed moves alongside firmer provisions.
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Canada
Dakotas
Minneapolis grain market report October 4
Minneapolis Minnesota grain notes show wheat receipts at 162 cars with various classes priced. No 1 northern ranged around 1.27 to 1.34. dark northern spring and related grades quoted between 1.33 and 1.57 for selected cuts. dark hard Montana and on track futures listed, along with December March May figures. Corn No 3 yellow about 97 to 92 cents and oats No 3 white around 45 to 46.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Potatoes Market Report from Chicago Shipping Receipts
UPI notes October 4 receipts 142 cars on track 444 total U S shipments 1131 cars trading slow market weaker Wisconsin sacked round whites Minnesota sacked round whites Idaho sacked Rurals Russell prices 150 to 175 per cwt varying by quality and condition Ontario Ohio Red River Ohios North Dakota Minnesota and Idaho listed with respective ranges per hundredweight.
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Chicago
UPI
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Minnesota-North Dakota
Red River
Idaho
Russell
Chicago Futures Close on Butter and Eggs Prices
Futures closed in Chicago on October 4 with butter storage standards at December 435 ac, January 4358c. Eggs refrigerator standards for November 335ac and December 343c, refrigerator firsts for November 30'ec.
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Chicago
Grain Prices From St. Louis Market Report
St Louis Mo October 4 171 Wheat No 3 red at 1.37 No 2 hard 1.284 Corn No 2 mixed 93c No 3 yellow 6c No 2 white 95c Oats No 2 white 52c
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ST. Louis
Kansas City Hay Market Report Oct 4
Kansas City steady to 50 cents higher on hay receipts total 14 cars prairie No 1 priced at 12.00 13.00 per ton with shows of price gains for improved lots as market movers track demand and supply in the Kansas City area.
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Kansas City
Hay
Prairie
Board of Trade Cash Quotations for Wheat and Corn
Chicago October 4 Wheat prices show No 2 red at 1.2894 to 1.2944 as No 4 bard at 1.27 and No 4 northern spring around 1.24. No 2 northern spring 1.2842. Corn quotes include No 3 yellow 9544 to 9644 cents and No 4 yellow 9343 to 9434 cents. other yellow and white grades listed. oats at 49.5 to 52.5 cents. rye not quoted. barley 72 to 74 cents. timothy 2.75 to 3.50. cloverseed 18.50 to 26.50. lard 12.47. ribs 12.25. bellies 14.37.
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Chicago
Hog and cattle market declines hit most hog grades
Chicago Oct. 4 reports show hog receipts about 70,000 with uneven demand. Better 200–250 pound hogs steady to 15c lower. top hogs $11.90, bulk 150–200 pounds $11.25, 200–230 pounds $11.60–$11.80, heavier hogs $10.50–$11.75. Cattle receipts 12,000 with steady better grades, slow overall. best fed steers $15.50–$16.40, western grass steers $12.50–$14.50, feeders up to $11.00. Sheep receipts 22,000. fat lambs active, natives $13.50–$13.75, best $14.00, 110–130 pound lambs $11.00–$12.00, fat ewes $5.75–$6.50, feeding lambs $13.00–$13.60.
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Sean Nee Ewneees
Puedes St
Chicago
Omana
Gattle
Nebraska
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
South St. Paul Cattle and Hog Market Report Oct 4 1944
Receipts total about 2,300 cattle and 2,200 calves while hogs run to 6,500. Opening tone slow but largely steady with natives and medium weight slaughter steers around 10.50 to 11.50, western cows 8.75 to 8.50, calves mostly 13.50 to 14.00. Hogs show steady to weak demand with lights underweights 10.50 to 12.00, top 11.00, sows 9.75, pigs around 10.50. Monday’s averages cited 10.33 for weights 239.
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South St. Paul
Minn
Toledo Seed Prices Fall Amid Mixed Grain Market
Toledo Ohio October 4 markets report mixed seed values with cash imported cloverseed at 14 dollars per bag for October 15 60 bid for October and December at 15 75 for domestic December 14 00 for imported March 15 95 for domestic.
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Toledo
Loan Rate Boost Tumbles Stocks Across Market
New York stocks sank after the call money rate rose to 4 1/2 percent, erasing early gains in General Motors American Telephone Dupont and New York Central. Despite some revival attempts, selling pressed favorites including Southern Pacific Atlantic Coast Line and Canadian Pacific while General Motors and insurance shares showed selective strength amid a firming but volatile session. Foreign exchange opened firm and NYSE set a yearly record with over 3.1 million shares traded, led by General Motors.
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New York
General Motors
American Telephone
Dupont
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Threshing Machine
Midland Steel Products
Dan
Southern Pacific
Atlantic
Coast Line
Canadian Pacific
Houston Oil
United Drug
Commercial Solvents
Green Canarae
Undertone
General Electric
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake Corporation
Union Pacific
Sloan
Russia
Continental
New Orange
Stock Exchange
Chem
Car & Fdr
Am. Sm
Tob
BeGo
LSB
Am. Wat
Anaconda
Feeee
Atchison Weeaare Amen
Ebewasees
Balt, & Ohio
Baldwin Locomotive
Barnsdall
Bethlehem Steel
California
Petewarewee
Cerro de Pascord
Awe
Ernest
Ches. & Ohio
Reese
Mil
St. P
West
Chrysler
Hudson Motors
Harvester
Inter
Tel
Lehigh Valley Pease Renee
Leesy Louis. & Nash
Mack Truck
Marland
Kan
Missouri Pac
Montgomery
Nash Motors
Norfolk É Western
Northern Pac
Packard
Eee
Phillips Pet
Pierce-ArTaw Renee
Reading Eater
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Con
Southern Railway
Standard Oil
New Jersey
New York Waters
Ene Peace
Studebaker
Terete
Texas .Corporation
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Texas & Pacific Ear
Texas “Pacific Sd
Union Carbide
U. S. Ind
U .S
U. S. Steel
Western Maryland
Westinghouse Electric
Willoys-Overland
Woolworth Serge Dees
Market notes on dairy eggs and poultry prices across cities
New York reports butter receipts 16 688 tabs eggs 25 155 cases with varied firsts and seconds. Cheese firm at 225 792 pounds. Chicago lists multiple butter eggs cheese poultry prices and grades. St Louis shows mixed changes in eggs butter and poultry. Kansas City notes heavy hens at 20c and unchanged other produce.
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New York
Heenery
Hennery
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha Livestock Market Report Highlights Oct 4
Hog receipts 8,000 slow with steady prices across weight ranges. top hogs at 11.35 per cwt. Cattle receipts 9,500, demand slow but steady for fed steers yearlings with yearling loads up to 15.50 and Angus yearlings at 15.80. Veal and calves mixed, grass and stocker classes weak to steady. Sheep receipts 16,000 with lambs strong up to 13.50, ewes steady to 6.00, feeding lambs around 13.25 to 13.50.
Livestock Prices Tighten Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep in St Joseph
In St Joseph Missouri on October 4 hogs show light gains with light weights topping at 11.50 and most 140 to 150 pounds around 10.25 to 11.15, sows 9.50 to 10.00. Cattle receipts 3,500 with fat cattle steady to slightly lower and stocker activity muted. top long yearlings around 15.00 while grass cows firm at 9.25 to 9.75. Sheep receipts 4,000 with fat lambs up about 25 cents to 12.25 for 88 pounds, stronger prices expected for fat range lambs near 13.50, natives scarce.
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ST. Joseph
Montana
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City hogs receipts 6000 slow and mostly steady with Monday’s average. top 11.45 for 210 to 225 pounds. cattle receipts 75000 with better grades steady and lighter classes weak. stocker feeders steady, weighty calves weak. sheep receipts 12000 lambs fully steady, western lambs 13.40, feeding lambs 13.15.
Sunday Club Promotes Church Unity With Noted Speakers
The Chicago Sunday Evening club marks its twenty first season opening Oct 2 with a program embracing leaders from all Protestant denominations Jewish rabbis and Roman Catholic priests. Founder Clifford W. Barnes notes the aim is to foster religious unity and appeal to strangers and non churchgoers. season speakers include J Y Simpson Henry van Dyke Fosdick Wickham Steed Bishop Charles P. Anderson and Ralph Connor.
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Chicago
Chicago Sunday Evening Club
Sunday Evening Club
Orchestra Hall
Michigan Boulevard
Clifford W. Barnes
John G. Shedd
David R. Forgan
George M. Reynolds
Barnes
World Conference On Faith and Order
Lausanne
Switzerland
Churches of the World
Unity
J. Y. Simpson
Henry Drummond
New College
Edinburgh
Henry “van ‘Dyke
Harry ‘Emerson Fosdick
Wickham Steed
London Times
Charles P. Anderson
Ralph Connor
Livestock market wrap from East St Louis auction
Receipts: hogs 13,000 and cattle 9,000 with mixed results. Hogs sold uneven as early bids dipped up to 25 cents. top hogs at 11.85 per cwt for 180 to 219 pounds. Pigs and packing sows steady with most hogs 9.50 to 10.00. bulk 9.60 to 9.85. Cattle receipts 9,000 with calves 2,500. fat steers 13.75 to 15.00, westerns dull, good and choice around 16.25 for leaner types. cows mostly 6.28 to 7.25, low cutters 4.50 to 5.00. bulls 7.00. Sheep receipts 2,000. fat lambs 13.25 to 13.50, culls 3.50, ewes 4.50 to 25.30.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Mills
Swift & Co
Rath Packing Co
B. Rath
Jowa Flour & Feed Co
Timothy
Prom Cohn Bros
Wienee
Seeeeveens
Crete Es
E. ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Sioux City Livestock Market Report Summary
Sioux City market reports cattle receipts around 3000 with steers and heifers priced from 10 to 16 dollars. hogs 3000 head steady to 5 cents lower, tops at 11.35 for 170 to 225 pounds. sheep 2000 head with native lambs at 13 to 13.50 and ewes at 6 to 6.25.
Kansas City Grain Market Report October 4 192?
Wheat receipts total 143 cars with prices rising for dark hard and red varieties. No 2 dark hard around 1.44 to 1.46, No 3 near 1.29 to 1.40. No 2 red nominal around 1.39 to 1.42. Corn shows small gains with No 2 white 89 to 91 cents, No 2 yellow around 95 cents, No 3 about 92 to 95 cents. oats steady with No 2 white near 49 to 51 cents.
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Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Omaha grain prices report from October 4
OMATIA GRAIN, Omaha Nebraska reports as of October 4 Wheat No 1 hard 1.25 to 1.42 No 2 hard 1.25 to 1.42 No 3 hard 1.28 to 1.33 Corn No 2 yellow 90 cents No 3 yellow 88 cents No 6 yellow 82 2 cents
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Omatia Grain
Omaha
Neb
Rat and Mouse Expense Account Ad
An odd wartime era style ad promotes Meyers Red Fox Poison Kernels as ready to use rat and mouse killers with prices 5 and 75 cents. The terse copy highlights quick disposal without fuss or muss.
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Dike
Forum Pontiac
T. B
Tama Test Group
iCourer Sueno
Servier
Tama County Fair
Johnson Guernsey
Rekers
Pete Rene Tees
Insi
Board of Trade
Paul Livestock
Northwest
Duluth
Liberty Tas Peres Verner
Liberty
Liberty Third
Liberty Bia
Treasury
East St. Louis
Joseph Deneeee
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Omaha Livestock
Sunday Club
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
Thomas
Jefferson St
Illinois
Holland
Mgr
Omle
Waterloo Savings Bank Bldg
Jake Miller
Waterloo Savings Bank
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