Tama Co Testing Group Second In Iowa Last Month
Linn County dairymen held the state lead in September dairy testing with Linn No. 2 topping the list at 23.3 pounds butterfat per 312 cows, followed by Tamia County, Linn No. 1, Polk and West Branch. The best herd average belonged to Linn No. 2 at 43.2 pounds fat from 35 cows from Sargent & White. notable high cows were N. Martin in Hardin County with 41.9 pounds fat from 15 Jerseys and John Robertson in Warren County with 39.4 pounds fat from 10 cows. The Independence hospital herd averaged 36.3 pounds fat from 89 cows. A. Flint’s Nashua Guernseys led the no.2 Chickasaw group with top cows producing 64 and 53 pounds fat respectively.
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Ames
Linn County Dairymen
Linn No
Tams County
Polk
West Branch
Linn No. 2
Tamia
Linn
Sargent & White
Linn County
H. Hamilton
Franklin County
Independence
Wapsie
D. “Oe ‘Strachan
Nelson
Guernsey
New Hampton
Harold Dunton
Chickasaw No.2 Association
Association
A. W.flint
Nashua
Mr. Flint
Guernseys
E. E. Tracy & Son
530 Bushels Per Acre Record for Potato Growers
Prof T A Anderson and his class report a state record 530 bushels per acre for Cobblers on light loam using ideal rotation. Tests weighed 24 samples from 30 foot plots. Fosstan Cobblers, cited by C C Fitch of Ames, show superior yields, topping prior records of 384 and 395 in neighboring counties.
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Courier Special Service
Manchester
T. A. Anderson
Oneida
Combs
Farm Bureau
Fosstan
Minn
C. c. Fitch
Ames
Appanoose County
Louisa
Move Nearer Hudson Farm Rented for Three Years
Traer Iowa Oct 12 Frank Benda and family south of Traer have rented the Lumbus farm of 243 acres south of Hudson for next year at three dollars per acre. The farm is rented for a term of three years.
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Hudson
Traer
Frank Bendand
Lumbus
Farmers Letters to Editor Invited in Waterloo Courier
Waterloo Evening Courier invites questions and comments from readers addressed to the Editor Farm Department. Communications should be directed to the newspaper office in Waterloo Iowa.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Towa
Babe Ruth White Leghorn Hen Declared World Champion Egg Layer
Omaha reporting Babe Ruth a white leghorn pullet was named world champion egg layer after laying her 166th egg in as many classes at the American Milling company plant. The record egg was laid at 10 35 am and packed for air mail to President Coolidge, surpassing an Australian hen’s 165.
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Omaha
Babe Ruth
American Milling Company
Dairy field man to promote Holstein Breeders in six states
Iowa Missouri Nebraska Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma Holstein breeders meeting at the American Royal in Kansas City will vote on employing a field man to promote the breed year round across six states. The plan consolidates funds and sets a 6500 dollar annual budget with national and state cooperation.
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Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Dairy Cattle Congress
E M. Wrigh
Iowa Association
National Association
Memphis
Tenn
Extension Service of
Association of ‘America
Omaha
Earlville First in Delaware Co Farmers League
Earlville tops the Delaware County Farmers League with a .883 percentage, Adams Township second at .765. Ten teams participated in the inaugural season, with each squad slated for 18 games but weather and work disruptions prevented full completion. Players receive gold baseball mounted on a watch fob as league trophies. Teams listed: Earlville Adams Elk Southfork Manchester Silver Creek Delhi Oneida Milo Honey Creek.
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Courier Special Service
Manchester
Delaware County Farm Bureau League
Earlville
Adams Township
Adams
Elk
Southfork
Silver Creek
Delhi
Oneida
Milo
Honey Creek
Tar Paper Essentials for Packing Bees Demonstrated
A. D. Worthington of Iowa State College will lead two demonstrations on bee wintering at Byron township and Homer township apiaries. The sessions cover packing with leaves and tar paper, showing that bees can winter without a dedicated cellar if properly prepared, using shade tree leaves and tar paper strips.
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Independence
A. D. Worthington
Iowa State College
Cliff Meyers
Byron Township
P. C. Thedens
Homer Township
Huge wagon cuts cash floods change down lagor cost in filling
Readlyn Indiana October 12. William Schumacher near Readlyn built a home made huge four ton silage wagon to speed silo filling. It uses six inch tires forty inch wheels a steel bottom and an endless apron to move silage to a blower. Next year a power drive will remove the need for an attendant. Schumacher claims silage storage is easy and less spoiled when not trampled.
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Readlyn
William Schumacher
Schumacher
Farmer William Schumacher Cuts Silo Work With Four-Ton Wagon
William Schumacher a Readlyn area farmer and crop breeder has built a four ton silage wagon. A device on the wagon eliminates shoveling during unloading. He also operates a homemade threshing outfit with help from his family.
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William Schumacher
Readlyn
Schumacher
Tory
Bulls Market Seen Lacking Solid Ground
The piece notes a tentative stock market rally driven by easy money, with little real business backing. It cites rising stock values since 1926, shifts from bonds to equities, and cautious optimism from industrial leaders about home and foreign demand, while warning against overblown expectations.
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W. & Cousins
J. N.S
New York
Wall Street
Trading Good as Hog Values Rise in Chicago Market
Chicago Oct 13 hog and cattle market reports show receipts of 15 000 hogs, demand strong with prices up to 10 cents higher for packing sows and light weights, with varied quotes across weights and grades. Cattle receipts 12 000 with fed steers up to 25 cents higher and better demand for killing quality. best fed steers around 16 70 while stockers and feeders sell 9 00 to 10 00. Sheep receipts 20 000 fat lambs active 10 15 cents higher with native and western lambs bidding around 13 90 to 14 00 and feeder quotes improving.
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Chicago
Rangers
Waterloo
Waterloo Malls Co
Sttaee Baesere
Swift & Co
St Farmer's Door
Black Springs
Zani Brothers
Weadeeers
Prom Rath Packing Co
B. Rath
Yowa Flour & Feed Co
Cohn Bros
PRTC
Ceee
Cattle Hog Sheep Receipts Mixed. Market Opens Steady
South St. Paul Minnesota reports 3100 cattle 2900 calves 11000 hogs and 3000 sheep. Cattle show slow opening with many classes firm on choice lots and grassers selling 9 to 10 dollars. Hogs steady to higher on light and underweight runs with top prices near 11.10. Sheep firm to slightly higher with fat lambs up to 13.25 and heavies around 11.25.
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South St. Paul
Minn
Omaha Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Movements
Hog receipts totalled about 1000 head with prices steady to 10c higher ranging 10.25 to 11.35 for various weights. Cattle receipts 5000 with fed steers and yearlings steady, cows slower, veals and stockers steady. prices for fed steers 11.50 to 14.35, yearlings up to 15.75, grass cattle lighter, cutters strong. Sheep receipts 18,000 with lambs 25c higher, fat lambs 13.50 to 13.60, top 13.75, natives 12.95 to 13.00, feeding lambs 13.25 to 13.60.
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Omaha
Neb
Sanaa
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Mixed at St Joseph Market
Receipts total about 11,500 across hogs cattle and sheep with pork purchases rising 10 to 15 cents to top 11.50 for 215 to 220 pound hogs and 290 to 360 pound hogs delivering 10.65 to 11.10. Calves and beef steers show slow turnover while fat and stocker categories vary. sheep buyers hold above 13.50 for short range lambs and fat ewes reach 6.00.
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St. Joseph
Hogs and cattle prices steady amid mixed receipts in East St Louis
East St Louis reports 9,000 hogs with prices ranging from 11.50 to 11.90 for various weights and top at 11.90, cattle receipts at 5,000 with natives steady and westerns firm, calves strong to 12.00, and sheep at 12.50 to 12.75. Minneapolis grain futures show wheat around 1.25 to 1.55 for No 1 northern and spring varieties, corn near 87 to 88 cents, oats 41 to 45 cents.
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Minneapolis Grain
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Winnipeg Grain Opening Prices report
Opening grain prices from Winnipeg show Wheat for October at 1.3794 dollars, December 1.3034, May 1.3444. Rye and Flax unquoted. Oats December at 54.7 cents, Barley October 79.14 cents, December 74 cents. Market listing provides forthcoming futures values and reflects early trading levels.
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Winnipeg
Liverpool Wheat Closing Prices Report
Liverpool market update lists wheat closing values on October 12. No. 2 hard winter spot at 105 8d and No. 2 red western winter at 10s 5d. Trade details reflect London standards with standard bid interest indicated.
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Liverpool
Sioux City Livestock Market Report October 12
Sioux City Iowa livestock market rounds up cattle hogs and sheep with prices on fed steers yearlings cows and heifers from 5.50 to 14.00 per hundredweight hogs mostly steady with top around 11.20 and weights 160 to 325 pounds sheep and lambs steady to 25 cents higher with native lambs at 13.50 and range feeders at 13.50 per head or hundredweight.
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Sioux City
Views of the People Wants City Manager in Waterloo
Letter to the editor from Theodore Peek argues Waterloo should adopt a modern city manager form of government to root out political incompetence and improve safety, schools, and streets. He maintains good management will attract residents, boost trade, and raise civic optimism, urging public support.
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Waterloo
Bank of the Cedar
Public Safety and Justice
Knights of the Road
Cedar River Park
Provisions Across Chicago Kansas City and St Louis
Market notes from Chicago Kansas City and St Louis report poultry movements including alive firm receipts of 9 cars fowls up to 23c, springs up to 44c, turkeys at 25c, roosters ducks and geese with minor changes due to a holiday. In Kansas City heavy hens listed at 20c and other produce unchanged. In St Louis eggs and butter unchanged with poultry steady though springs up to 23c.
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Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
No Hopeless Duds Is Chance Fair British Professor Says
London content reports A Barratt Brown of Ruskin College Oxford argues there are no hopeless duds in the world when proper treatment and opportunity are provided. He says many dull or shy children lack engaged interests, and an experiment counting healthy, happy, intelligent faces found few entirely healthy individuals in a year.
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London
A. Barratt
Brown
Ruskin College
Oxford University
Property transfers and easement fragments cataloged
A list of fragmented property transfers and deeds across multiple parcels in several additions including Blowers Add, Highview, Dean Garrison's, and O plat. Names include Louis J Zimmerman Paul J Rabe Anna Fay D E Fagerlind C C Fagerlind Edith Wagner Cora Burdick and others with parcels in blocks 3 4 and 11 and lots 28-30 38 and 233-235. Peers show deed actions among relatives trustees and estates with partial lot lines and blocks noted.
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Anna Fay
D. E. Fagerind
Dee T. W. Fay
H. Fay
D. E. Fagerlind
C. Fagerlind
D. B. Fagerling
C. Cc
Fagerlind
Edith Wagner
Cora T. Burdick
Highview
Cedar Fairs cc
Veess
H. PR. Clarke
Harriett L.clarke
Ellen Maust
Arthur JW. Smith
George
Mornin
Bartles- Shepherd 68
Dean Garrison
G. Falls
Gertrude van Gorder
Albert L. Connor
Markets Closed Across Nation on Columbus Day
New York stock, curb, and bond markets were closed today for Columbus Day. Chicago Board of Trade observed the holiday as well while Minneapolis and Duluth markets remained open. The closures affected major centers nationwide with Columbus Day observed in several states.
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New York
New. York
Chicago
Large closing out sale tops regional auction records
Courier Special Service reports a two day closing out sale of Douglas and Francis Doty near here grossing about 6500 dollars. Farm equipment overwhelmed two auctioneers from dawn to late afternoon with 200 hogs and 80 acres of corn remaining unsold for a future sale. Dinsdale cattle market notes 120 steers averaged eight cents per pound amid muddy roads and good turnout.
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Courier Special Service
Douglas
Francis Doty
Here's
Dinsdale
Kansas City Livestock Market Report October Prices
Kansas City stockyards report shows hoge gains with most hog weights up. Prices span 150 to 400 pounds with top around 11.55 for 225 to 240 pounds. cattle see yearlings up to 13.10 and feeders near 10.50 to 14.00. veal strong at 13.00. sheep lambs steady to 25 cents lower with western lambs up to 13.50. Receipts were 18,000 head for sheep and lambs.
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Kansas City
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