Development of Markets Advised for Iowa Farmers
Washington notes an authorized statement from Secretary Wallace urging Iowa farmers to expand home markets. The plan aims to shorten farm to consumer routes, cut marketing costs, and share savings. Studies at Altoona show Blair County farms supplied small percentages of eggs potatoes and dressed poultry, prompting a new production program. Surveys in other centers will guide nationwide adoption via local farm bureaus and state authorities.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Gov
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Iowa
Department
Altoona
Federal Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania State Bureau of Markets
Pennsylvania State College
Blair County Farm Bureau
Blair County
Red Poll Leaders Highlight Chickasaw September Test
A Red Poll cow Gyrsaie Girl owned by Guy C. Tracy tops the Chickasaw Cow Test for September 1 with 1250 pounds milk and 50 butterfat. The DeWilde herd leads milk production. 12 Holsteins sum to 16790 pounds milk and 366.4 fat. Highest herd fat goes to Tracy group with over 34 pounds fat per herd average. Ed Gerlach's eight Holsteins yield 6000 pounds milk and 202.5 fat. Six Tracy Red Polls rank among top herds with 3420 pounds milk and 138.8 fat.
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New Hampton
Farm Bureau
Guy C. Tracy
C. W. DeWilde
Guy Tracy
Halsteins
J. M. Heald
Ed Gerlach
Tracy & Son
Thia
Bidora
Hardin County Cow Test Association
Roy Finster
Martin
J. No Martin
New Providences
W. F. Core
Iowa Falls
Lee
W. H. Dreier
Towa Falls
Leslie Witmer
New Providence
East Waterloo to Hold Fall Festival On Oct 24
East Waterloo plans a fall festival on Thursday Oct 24 with discussions in Mount Vernon and neighboring townships Bennington Spring Creek Big Creek and East Waterloo considering an agricultural fair for farm folks within their borders. some towns have not set final decisions.
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Mount Vernon
Bennington
Spring Creek
Big Creek
East
Waterloo
East Waterloo
South African in Iowa to learn of cholera control
Ames Iowa October 7 1910 Dr James Walker chief veterinary officer of Kenya colony visits Iowa State College to study the state veterinary division at the experiment station and the instruction in veterinary medicine. He collects the latest Iowa ideas on hog cholera prevention.
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Iowa
Ames
Towa
James Walker
Kenya Colony
British East Africa
Towa State College
Iowa Veterinarians
Farm Women to Highlight Sixth American Country Life Conference
St Louis hosts the sixth annual conference of the American Country Life Association from Oct 8 to 11. The program features Henry Wallace Archbishop Glennon James Howard C J Galain N P Colwell Caroline Hedger Alma Binzell Julia Wade Abbott Tait Butler Katherine M Dock A W Taylor W L Radcliffe and Howard Odum addressing farm women’s concerns beyond kitchen duties.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
American Country Life
Navy
Henry ©. Wallace
Archbishop J. J. Glennon
James Rh. Howard
American Armureau Federation
C. J. Gal
Tait Butler
Memphis
Katherine M. Dock
Washington
A. W. Taylor
Indianapolis
W. L. Radcliffe
Howard W. Odum
Chapel Hill
N. C
Bremer County Merry Mates Club Picnic At Waverly
A large group of visitors joined Bremer County Merry Mates club members in Waverly on October 17 for a farm girls picnic. It featured food, games, and songs with a late-night merrymaking. The next meeting will be at Fern and Cecelia Hooker’s home to discuss standardization and breeding improvements with culling as an approved topic.
Farm women organize seven clubs in Grundy county
In Grundy county Iowa during September seven of eight clubs held meetings under Mrs. Bert Davidson reports totaling 108 attendees. Topics included sewing shortcuts insect control cake baking and newspaper reports with results across Fairfield Palermo Melrose and Black Hawk townships including canning pickles laundry soap and bias tape projects.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Bert Davidson
Fairfield Township
Fairfield
Grant
Black Hawk
Palermo
Melrose Township
Felix
Wade
Ames
Poultry Club Formed by Farm Women Near Rochford
A group of 14 farm women and families organized a local poultry club at the home of Mrs. H Gauger near Rochford. The aim is to develop poultry on member farms into a more profitable enterprise with monthly meetings planned. Topics will center on housing feeding chick care winter care and poultry diseases with each member assigned a subject.
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Charles City
Mra. 3. H. Gauger
Rochford
Farm women enjoy dyeing demonstration in Cedar Falls
A Cedar Falls gathering featured Miss Elizabeth Hudson showing fancy dyeing at Mrs. Bert Court’s home. The next meeting will study alteration of commercial patterns at Mrs. W. T. Clark’s home, with Miss Hudson away at the annual extension conference.
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Cedar Falls
Elizabeth Hudson
Bert Court
W. T. Clark
Priday
Sayings of the Barclay Sage
John Ortner recalls frugal farm practice and recalls a declining land market. He notes shed storage ideas for tools and a tale of land selling for 25 an acre while a nearby farm fetched 100 an acre. He shares memories of a cow milking thrice daily in the 1930s and a current milking habit with no calf in four years.
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John Ortner
Dunkerton
Buchanan County
Oje
Fall Festival at FarmErs to Include Picnic Dinner
The Mount Vernon Township Farm Bureau sponsors a fall festival next Saturday Oct 20 with a picnic dinner starting at 4:30 p m Families will bring sandwiches pie and potato salad coffee will be provided and dishes supplied to ease housewives' work The event includes an educational purpose and farmers in the township may exhibit farm products.
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Farmer
Mount Vernon Township Farm Bureau
Courier Farm Department
Hardin County Plans Tuberculosis Eradication Drive
In Bildora Iowa on October 17 Hardin county shows 1310 signatures backing an area wide TB eradication plan. The tally tops 30 percent of cattle owners though 18 districts have not reported. County leaders expect to reach 70 percent and make testing compulsory once the threshold is met.
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Bildora
Hardin County
Iowa
Jerseys Lead In August Dairy Fat Contest
The report notes cows in the county topping 60 pounds of fat in August with 40 cows, led by Jerseys. Individual standings show Mrs Kelly’s cow at 393 pounds milk and 49.7 fat, Martin herd cows placing high with 47.3, 47.0, and 45.5 fat in the top ten, and other entries including Mrs Wimeny and McCord herd cows with 46.1 to 46.2 fat. A Holstein from Finler W ranks seventh with 46.1 pounds of fat.
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Jersey
Vannie Emeny
Eldora
Mardin County
New York
Wit
Tosted
Iers
Mrs. Kelly
Martin Herd
Martin
Wheat market slips then steadies amid inspection trip
Wheat prices wavered as traders digested mixed signals from U S and Canada, with December and May futures fluctuating before holding near opening levels. A large Illinois Central inspection party visited Waterloo and Chicago officials outlined leadership changes, while corn and other grains showed varied responses to weather and demand.
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United States
Canada
Injunction Sought to Halt Property Sale in Waterloo
Rosella C. Wight seeks an injunction to restrain Waterloo Bank & Trust Co and Sheriff H. T. Wagner from selling a Homestead in Auditor Rodamar's plat. The bank obtained judgment. execution issued and sale advertised for Oct. 20. Wight contends the home is occupied by her husband, children, and herself as a homestead bought with non execution funds.
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Rosella C. Wight
Waterloo Bank & Trust Co
H. T. Wagner
Rodamar
St Paul Livestock Market Report Oct 17
Livestock receipts at South St. Paul total 3 500 with mixed tone. Hogs 14 Teanus 10% lower. sows and butchers to packers around 6 45 7 00. Cattle and calves uneven with feeders lower. calves steady at top around 19.0. Sheep receipts 1 500 mostly 2 lower. breeding stock scarce. Hay markets in St Louis show firm conditions with No 1 clover alfalfa at 30 to 31 dollars per ton.
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Manaser
Chicago
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Velue
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Hartford
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Pasifie OH
Pan American Petroleum
Pennsylvania
People's Cis
Wae
Leghorn Springs
Produce Prices Rise and Fall Across New York Chicago Markets
Aggregate livestock and produce summaries show hog prices softening by 10 to 15 cents in key markets while cattle demand falters. Chicago and New York state varied receipts with lower hogs, steadier to higher packer bids, and mixed cattle listings across regional livestock locations including Omaha East St. Louis Sioux City and Peoria reports.
New York Oct 17 Market Report Mixed Commodities
Chicago and New York notices detail butter milk and eggs with varied prices. Wheat corn and oats show settling prices while financial notes list equities and import export shifts amid market activity.
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Omaha Gratin
Omaha
Trains Timetable and Markets Highlight Dense Water
Rail and schedule notes show multiple local and long distance trains with departures from Omaha Dubuque and Sioux City. Freight and passenger lines merge with New York flour, Liberty bonds, and wool markets reflected by price ranges and commodities.
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