Moderate Dairy Expansion Seen with Growing Demand
U S agriculture official Nils Olsen told a National Dairy Exposition audience that dairy expansion is justified by rising population and per capita consumption. He said imports exceed exports, with a one billion pound annual offset, while prices stay level. He noted urban demand is shifting, boosting ice cream and whole milk needs, and that U S production will grow only moderately as foreign output rises.
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Metphis
Tenn
Orb
United States
Nils 4. Olsen
Bureau of Vericultura
United States Department of Agriculture
Olsen
Canada
Dream
Tn Che
United Steles
Alpha Creamery Reincorporated After decades lapse
Alpha IA October meeting planned reincorporation of Alpha creamery with no new officers. Former officers reappointed in election held July. Events include Tuesday sale and upcoming fall elk ware event on October 23 with breeder FR French selling livestock. Local farm interests and Polish breeder partners contribute to the season.
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Tourer Sfr Cerin Sy
Alpha
Alpha, Creamery
Toea Plart
Alpha Creamery
Tavarporbie
Taw
Poland
Hoppre
Farmers Questions and Comment on Communications
Readers invited to send input to the Farm Department at Waterloo Evening Courier, town phone 6140. The notice requests questions and commentary on farm matters and related communications from local residents.
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Weterloo
Town
Young Hog Survives Ten Months in Barn Solitary Confinement
A Duroc Jersey hog on John Padget’s Waterloo area farm endured ten months trapped under a barn floor after Padget tore up a section and poured concrete. Rescued hog weighed about 146 pounds, now ~160 pounds, showing strong appetite and slow sunlight exposure effects. The animal, not home-raised, had frequent prior visits to the farm and is thought to be around 18 months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Padget
Waterloo
Padget
Altho Padget
Parker
Northey
Leaner hogs favored as market shifts in Minnesota
At the University of Minnesota farm sixth annual swine day delegates heard A F Sinex of Tama say the trend toward leaner hogs will grow. He noted demand for 200 to 240 pound finished hogs at six to seven months, urging breeders to align with market needs amid diversified crops in Minnesota. Proper breeding and feeding were emphasized to produce the desired carcass.
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St. Paul
Minn
University of Minnesota
A. F. Sinex
Tama, Ja
National Swine Growers Association
Sipex
Sinex
Minnesota
Cream Test at Traer Plant Shows High Octave
The Traer creamery reports an average cream test of 35.1 percent for the first half of October, the highest under manager N Bendickson in two years, with 77 000 pounds of cream received. Production rose from late September, buttering over 93 000 pounds in the first half of October, and board meeting will set October half payments.
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Farmers Co-Operative Creamery
N. ©. Bendickson
Mr. Bendickson
R. C Weed
John Weler
Willan Goll
Hog Cholera Takes Fall in North Tama
Cholera sweeps Traer area with four new hog herds affected. Grants and Kellers report losses, vaccination shows clear protection, while some farmers delay vaccination. Cattle losses noted from blackleg and hemorrhagic septicemia. Local notices name Delbert Parry, J M Keller, TR Wond, and Frank Farley among affected breeders.
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North
Tama
Traer
Grant
Jon Keller
J. M. Keller
Delbert
Parry
Blackieg
Frank Farly
Whison
Earl Hetzel
Theodore Kober
Farmer in Bremer praises alfalfa at meeting
Waverly Iowa October 20 Farmers heard Will Woodring a Washington township grower share his alfalfa experience at a Douglas township farm bureau meeting. He now grows alfalfa on 15 acres producing about 75 tons valued at 20 to 25 dollars per ton aided by Grimm seed and lime. He recalled earlier trials eight years ago and noted cows gained five gallons per day when fed alfalfa.
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Waverly
Altho
Will Woodring
Washington Township
Woodring
Douglas Township
Douglas
Woodringold
Salt and feed co operatives deliver to Black Hawk county farms
Elmer E Blough led cooperative shipments for Black Hawk county farmers with over 70 000 pounds of salt and 41 000 pounds of feeds delivered Friday and Saturday. The salt included 61 000 pounds crushed rock salt and various salts, plus 26 000 pounds pig meal 5 000 pounds mineral 6 000 pounds mash maker and 4 000 pounds cattle meal. One hundred three farmers ordered salt and four ordered minerals or feed.
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Black Hawk County
Fawn Bureau Service Company
Elmer E. Blough
Orange Township
Brough
Farm Bureau
Nine Boys Receive Pigs at Lions Club Meet
Twenty four school boys attended the Lions Club meeting in Charles City for the pig club program. The pigs were awarded to the boys whose names included Desmond Hein Miller, Lester Hoett, Donovan Elrase, Lynn Spurbeck, Lynn Patterson, Merlin Lockerwitz, Walter Habert, Norman Rhinehart, and Wilbur Melcher, with talks by former club members and County Agent Dietrich and vocational teacher A. G. Fall.
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Dietrich
A. G. Fall
The Rhyming Farmer and Memory of a Campaign
An irregular verse fragment by J. Edward Tufft recalls personal milestones linked to historical events and figures, weaving a rural narrator’s memory with references to elections and wartime. The prose section notes cotton market quotes and futures, including regionally dated prices and market activity.
Wheat Nears Bottom Sells Within To Of Seroon's Low
Wheat prices weakened to near season lows amid selling pressure and expectations of increased world supplies. Reports from Endin and Inge plus weather outlooks weighed, while December corn held around 80 cents. Kansas City grain and New York weekly banking data accompany market summary.
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Chicago
Warvert
Provisions Receipts and Weekly Shipments Outlook
Market reports show European buyers increasing purchases of American corn with export demand boosting prices while wheat slips. Argentina corn supplies dwindle and European stocks are light, signaling continued rally for corn. Hog prices fall as domestic demand for forecasts remains strong but transatlantic call weak and exports adjust.
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Chicago
Argentina
United States
Aca
Board of Trade Cash Quotations for Wheat and Grains
Chicago October entries show wheat prices across grades with No 2 yellow No 3 yellow and sample grades, oats prices by grade, rye and barley quotations, timothy seed and clover values, plus provisions markets listing lard ribs and bellies with specific bid figures. The report lists multiple commodity prices including $1.15 1 8 for No 2 hard and 1.02 for No 5 hard, alongside miscellaneous grain and forage quotes.
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Chicago
Hog market mostly steady with light demand and varied prices
Chicago receipts show mixed hog demand as shippers hold 2,000 holdovers. Top hog prices around 9.75 with most food hogs 9.50 to 9.60. packing hogs 8.20 to 9.50. Cattle receipts 5,000 with steady to lower demand amid kosher strike impact. fat cattle and veal weaker. Sheep and lambs nominal with tightening supplies. native and western lambs around 12.90 to 13.85 and feeders around 11.00 to 13.35.
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Chicago
New York
Speculators in Motors Fall After Early Rally on Wall Street
New York stock activity shows heavy volume with motors leading declines after initial strength. General Motors, Nash, Chrysler, and Hudson slide several points while International Nickel fluctuates wildly. Despite gains in American Smelting and Anaconda, the market ends irregular with about 2.92 million shares traded.
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General Motors
Nash
Chrysler
Hudson
International Nickel
Allied Chemicals
Greene Cgananen
American Smelting
Anaconda
Kennycatt
Nationnal Fen
Electric Auto
Johns Manville
American Express
Montgomery Ward
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Werner Agen
ANIM
American Tobacco
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Atlantic Coasting
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Bethlehem Steel
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Chesapeake & Ohio
St. P
Chicago & Wester
R. I. d& Pace
Esseer Ee
Colorado
Elec
Oas
Corn
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Fleischmaan - Freepoort
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General Railway
Gillette Safety Razor
Great Northern
Great N
Greene Genahea Copper
Houston Oil Hudson Motors
Hitness Central Int
Harvester Int
Nickel
Inter. Tech & Tel
Kansas City
Kenniecott Copper
Mack Truck
Marland Ott
Kan
Tex
New York Central
N. Y
N. H
Hartford
Pacife
Pan
Paramount Path
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Phillips Petroleum Postum
Pullman Radio
Reading
Temington
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Csssseueee
Texas Gulf Sulptuar Oo
Texas Pac. Led
Tre
Timken
Union Carbide
Western Marvin and i
Csseeesenes Ene
Wistinghot Electric
Sss
Cepeye
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed On Oct 20
Livestock receipts reported in Kansas City show hogs steady to 10 cents higher on select weights while cattle tread lightly with steers and yearlings down modestly. Beef cow losses widen as slaughter demand cools. fat lambs and feeding lambs eased slightly. Regional price ranges noted for hogs 190 to 260 pounds and 350 to 170 pounds with various top bids recorded, plus pork and produce prices from Chicago and Omaha markets.
Provisions and Market Updates From New York and Midwest
Market notices from New York and St Louis detail steady butter eyes and cheese with varied receipts, including 6,348 tabs of butter and 149,500 pounds cheese. Poultry prices firm for live birds and dressed items with assorted freight and express rates. Kansas City hay receipts show steady to higher pricing, No 1 extra leafy alfalfa around 24.50 to 76.50 per ton.
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New York
New
York
St. Louis
St. Lous
Kansas City
Hay
Hogs and cattle prices at East St Louis market report
Hogs receipts 3500 around steady with varied gains and declines across weights. Pigs 140 170 lbs bring 9.25 to 9.55. 190 260 lbs 9.65 to 9.75 top. Sows 8.35 to 9.75. 250 450 lbs butchers 9.10 to 9.75. Cattle receipts 600 calves 800 mixed. steers uneven or lower, yearlings mostly lower. cows 7.75 to 6.75. bulls higher. Sheep receipts 1200 fat lambs up 25 cents, others steady. fat lambs 12.79 to 13.00, ewes 4.00 to 6.50.
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Chicago
Ngs
Butores
Eras— Revivers -Flole
Onien
Westack
Kansas City
Chotee Wehr Weieht
E. ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Gattle
South St. Paul
Minn
Galves
Livestock prices slip as week ends with steadier hogs
At St Paul market on Oct 20 receipts reach 4200 cattle with steers and yearlings weaker, hogs about steady with Friday trade, sheep and lambs showing slight declines. Cows and bulls hover near recent marks, no strong western cattle on offer. buyers eye moderate demand across grades.
Immediate trade prospect guides butter buyers
Butter buyers at present are conservative and seek only quantities for immediate trade. Purchasers want price concessions before buying and there are no material accumulations in better stock. Medium and undergrade stocks are piling up in places while storage owners aim to move holdings as fresh goods fetch lower costs than storage. Production continues to exceed last year.
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Chicago
Bond Market Hovered With Mixed Moves In New York
The bond market showed snail and irregular price changes in New York trading. Some oil issues slipped while International Cements rose fractionally in value. rails like International Great Northern 65 and Baltimore and Ohio 55 traded with renewed activity. Government obligations were inactive early. foreign exchange remained steady.
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Humble
International Cements
International Great Northern
Haltimore & Onto
Sioux City Livestock Market Report October 20
Receipts: cattle 1,000 weekly totals with beef steers and heifers mostly 50 to 1.00 lower. bulls steady. Fat cows and bulls mixed, top cattle around 12.50, feeders 9.50 to 12.00. Hogs 4,000 slow with top near 9.25. lighter weights 8.75 to 9.00. Sheep 2,090 steady with fat lambs 13.00 to 13.50, feeders 12.25 to 13.00, ewes around 6.50 to 6.75. Prices reflect general decline in cattle and mixed hog demand, with steady sheep trading.
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Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
Gattle
Fed Rangers
St Joseph Livestock Market Report October 20 1944
Hogs receipts near four thousand with price drops of about a quarter to a half a dollar from Friday. Live hogs mostly 9.00 to 9.50 per hundredweight with sows down to about 8.50. Cattle receipts around five hundred with calves a hundred. slaughter steers unevenly down about a quarter to fifty cents. Desirable light stockers steady while vealers and bulls show mixed moves.
Quake and Light Reported Near Bailey Colorado
In Bailey Colorado on October 20 ranchers in the South Platte country report a strange light flare and ground tremor near the mountains. Forest Ranger Fitzsimmons led an investigation up to the timberline but found no results. A cattle crowd and a Mexican herder described hearing the rumble and seeing a ball of fire from the mountain top, with shocks felt at Bailey and nearby communities about 30 miles west of Denver.
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Bailey
Gcolo
South Platte
United States Forest
Fitzsimmons
Bailey, Grant, Pine, Cassells
Shawnee, Deer Creek
Shaffers Grossings
Denver
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