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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1923
Page
19
Des Moines October figures show Iowa corn would total about 426 million bushels with Dec 1 price near 60 cents, valuing the crop at roughly 265.6 million dollars. Past decades show rising values from 1916 onward, with high marks during World War I.
Bremer county pursues forming a Cow Testing Association at Bremont township farm after a Tray meeting. About two dozen men shown willingness to join with a typical cost of 2.50 per cow. Members include A D Chapin W D Chapin G B Fink Myron Chapin Hazlett Joe Snelling Owen Kirchoff and A J Anderson. Franklin Land Company to provide funds to ensure formation. farm bureau office opens inquiries for others.
The Waterloo Motor Sales company shows the new Maxwell Club sedan, the latest closed car by the Maxwell Motor corporation. The model emphasizes spacious seating, wide doors for easy access, and extra parcel space, marketed as a low delivery price triumph for Maxwell. In Britain the legal marriage age is 14 for boys and 12 for girls.
Bremer county farmer William Schumacher 34 of Readlyn Iowa has created five oat breeds over 18 years on his 160 acre place. His hullless Hull-less oat with 26 kernels per head bred true and yielded 90 bushels to the acre. He also developed Plymouth Rock and Silver King strains and crossbred to produce Giant Schumacher and other types.
Glenwood Iowa October 19 Iowa announces Korndyke Precious the 30 day record Holstein butterfat and milk yield at 2628 9 pounds milk 120 268 pounds butterfat 150 33 pounds butter displacing Frystan Waldorf from Fowana Farms Davenport as former full age champion
West Union Cow Test association reports September culled 22 cows about 10 percent of herds replaced by 48 dairy cows. Highest individual milk 774 pounds by Pedro's Jersey Hero, Roy Learn owner. Averages show 227 cows tested: 573 pounds milk and 46.4 pounds butterfat in the month.
Misses Vina and May Lambert of Castalia bought from James H. Smale an 80 acre farm two and one half miles south of West Union for 210 dollars an acre in cash. The Lamberts plan to move March 1 and will operate it with a foreman.
The market faced a heavy close as Russian wheat supply talks dampened demand. Dec and May contracts fell sharply while corn showed brief rallies before easing. Cattle and hogs traded unevenly amid uncertain imports and improving western weather conditions.
Benton county corn test plot on the W G Kading farm three miles north of Benton will be harvested next Thursday October 2. F G Churchill, Town Extension Service, will assist in presenting results. Demonstration at 2 PM discusses comparative yields of 31 corn strains.
Fragmented OCR text describes a chaotic trading scene in New York with mentions of exchanges, contracts, and market conditions. References to vendors, people and places are unclear, but the piece tracks disruptions, pricing shifts, and looming investigations amid rising tension on the trading floor.
New York and Chicago markets show mixed gains and steady trends for dairy and poultry. Butter remains high with creamery firsts around 7 to 8 dollars per unit while eggs hold firm and poultry prices vary across different cuts and weights.
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