Waterloo Co Operative Dairy stockholders oppose sale to Producers Milk
More than 100 stockholders at the Waterloo plant vote to retain their building equipment and business and reject a sale to Producers Milk Company. They plan to expand dairy and creamery trade and install a milk drier to eliminate skim milk waste. A second stockholders’ meeting will be held in a few weeks to discuss dry milk production.
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Waterloo Co- Operative Dairy Company
Producers Milk Company
Waterloo
Producers Aik Company
Waterloo Co-Operative Dairy Company
Frice
W. O. Foster
W.B. Foster
W. C. Cumming
A&a
Cumming
St Paul
Agdin
St. Paul Company
Frm
Guernsey Breeders Sell 45 Head in Buchanan County Auction
The Buchanan County Guernsey Breeders association plans an Independence sale on Tuesday November 1 featuring 45 head including two nine month old purebred bulls from Cowan and Hendrickson Dunkerton sired by Memento of Highland Place. Also offered are animals from Henry Altenstein Lamont and a yearling bull from R A Nelson with a dam totaling 608 pounds butterfat last year. Thirty five cows and heifers plus yearlings and young cows will be sold, with contest records quoted.
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Buchanan County
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Independence
Black Hawk County
Cowan & Hendrickson
Dunkerton
Memento
Highland Place
Dairy Cattle Congress
Joe Golinvaux
Waterloo
Henry Altenstein
Lamont
R. A. Nelson
Contest Association
Charles Hind
Mr. Joyce
Henry Alterstein
John Mueller
Clark Madison
O. G. Forman
Joe Herrick
George Sperley
Coris Christenson
Arthur Sattersee
Albert Cox
R. A. Nilson
Buchanan County Guernses Breeders Association
J. Joyce
John Markier
Champion American Hen Lays Record 344 Eggs in Year
Corvallis Ore Oct 27 The poultry department at Oregon State College shows a Plymouth Rock hen laying its 344th egg to set a new American record surpassing the prior 333 egg mark. The record period ends at midnight Thursday. Mt Vernon Township Farm Bureau meets Oct 31 with a program and a call for women to bring sandwiches and pumpkin pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis
Prepon State College
America
Plymouth Rock
French Brothers
Ontario
MT. Vernon Township
Farmer Letters to Editor at the Waterloo Courier
Readers send questions and comments to the Editor of the Farm Department at the Evening Courier in Waterloo. Communications can be addressed via the paper's contact number listed as 5100.
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Farm Department
Waetevian Evening Courier
Waterloo
Tows
May Take Movies of Combine Demonstrations in Soybeans
An opportunity to witness two demonstrations of cutting and threshing soybeans by a combine is set for Tama county Iowa on Friday October 28. Demonstrations occur at the H H Lichty farm near Toledo at 10 a.m. and at the Robert Young farm near Treer at 2 30 p.m. Attending will be representatives from Iowa Homestead Wallaces Farm and Iowa State College with plans to film moving pictures of the demonstration. Machines can harvest all small grains.
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Toledo
Tama County
H. H. Lichty
Robert Young
Treer
Iowa Homestead
Wallaces’ Farmer
Iowa State College
Grundy County cow test group holds annual meeting
Grundy County Cow Test association members set a flat 83.70 per member monthly fee with cow herd size not affecting dues. Hans Anderson plans to leave as tester after a year. Harry Haling expected to take over. A Toledo Tama county group formed with 21 farmers joining and electing G Moore president.
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Hans Anderson
Edd Slight
Aplington
E. W. Hasbrouck
Grundy Center
M. J. Gonnell
Conrad
Association
Dike
Toledo
Tama
Evan Norman
Thompson
Hollandale Minn
Farm Auction Reopens After 16 Years At $275
An auction near Dysarts will reopen two tracts of land once sold 16 years ago for 275 an acre. William Holland of Waterloo, the auctioneer, filed bids of 180 an acre for an 8 acre tract and 120 an acre for 160 acres five miles away, both deemed good. The next sale is set for Nov 2 at the Roscoe Tiffany farm near Waterloo aboard the Eagle Center highway.
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Dysarts
William Holland
Waterloo
Dysart
William Lincoln
Mr. Holland
Roscoe Tiffany
Eagle Center
Abe Miller
Holland
Nations Future Depends on Farm and School Man Says
Ames Iowa October 27 Dr Hughes president of Iowa State College told county agents and extension workers during their fifteenth annual conference that America’s future hinges on attracting and retaining the right kind of people to farms and rural districts. He warned cities like Des Moines and New York rely on farm-reared children to sustain populations and a national problem exists without the right rural population and values.
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Ames
America
Hox. Hughes
Iowa State College
Iowa County
Dr. Hughes
Des Moines
New York
Closing out sale of Pixley estate yields varied farm prices
Cedar Falls reports Mrs. R. M. Scott's auction on the old Pixley estate, with totals between 3400 and 3500 dollars. Corn in the field brought 25.25 dollars per acre, boats about 100 dollars per head, common milk crowns around 70 dollars, a top horse sold for 123 dollars, and chickens went for 16 cents each.
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Ceather Sareral
Cedar Falls
R. M. Scott
Pixley
Here
Grundy county 4-H girls excel in sewing record books
Grundy Center Oct 27. Grundy county 4-H club girls tabulated records showing 718 garments sewn in the last year saving an estimated 1244.49 dollars. Winners include Gladys Cone Bessie Wheelock Leona Brown Ferne Pemberton with honorable mention for Frances Runner Thelma Clemons Mabel Bristley Gail Gurnsey Mary Ann Slate Helen Newell Mildred Winslow Velma Minor Beulah Plager Ada Bockes Lillian Diehl Dorothy Miller.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Fairfeld
Washington
Palermo
Melrose
Felix
Clay
German Township
Florence Forbes
Ames
Gladys Cone
Bessie Wheelock
Leona Brown
Ferner Pemberton
Gladys Coney
Chicago
Ferne Pemberton
3 Hosiery Mills Company
International Club Congress
Farm Bureau
Frances Runner
Thelma Clemons
Mabel Bristley
Gail Gurnsey
Mary Ann Slate
Helen Newell
Mildred Winslow
Velma Minor
Beulah Plager
Ada Bockes
Lillian Diehl
Dorothy Miller
Gladys Gone
National Farmers Union to Convene in Iowa Next Month
Des Moines reports the National Farmers Union will hold its three day convention in Des Moines starting November 15. Delegates from about twenty five states will attend with Iowa leaders expecting C S Barrett to win re election unopposed. Speakers include Milo Reno Fred Hunter Mark Thornburg John Simpson A C G Davis and James Monahan. The group will discuss farm relief legislation cooperative marketing and the status of independent cooperative units within the parent organization.
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Des Moines
National Farmers’ Union Convention
Lilian
Garrick Theatre
Iowa
C. S. Barrett
Georgia
Mr. Barrett
Milo Reno
Fred Hunter
Mark G. Thornburg
John A. Simpson
Oklahoma
Moonal
Moeller and Grobe Elected Heads of Township Bureaus
Moeller and Grobe named head officers at Rudd and Rock Grove township farm bureau meetings for the coming year. J. W. Mackervier and W. J. Frevert named directors. Mrs. J. L. Bishop and Mrs. Frank Grobe chosen as project leaders and secretaries. several members listed as cooperators and local leaders. Produce futures in Chicago show declines with December and January potato and ear standards cited.
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Moeller and
Grobe
Stripere Ceed Service
City
Rudd Township Farm Bureau
J. W. Mackervier
W. J. Frevert
JL. H. Bishop
Sice
Martin Jang
Herbert Scott
Sim Holn
Alvin Dietrich
Friedert Heusmann
J. H. Brandau
Ed Barta
Will Bortz
Helmuth Kamin
H. Bortz
John Moeller
M. Jung
Kate Tegner
H. Dietrich
Arthur Heusmann
Rock Grove Township
Walter Baughey
Frank Grobe
Seth Cheney
O. W
Wheat markets firm as Canadian exports lift prices
Large exports of Canadian wheat and firmer Liverpool quotations buoy the Chicago wheat market. North American exports reached about 1.7 million bushels, mainly Canadian, while corn set new low prices in deferred deliveries. Oats and provisions also shifted, with mixed strength and selling pressure.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Illinois
Indiana
Gulf
Germany
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Wards
New York city market notes show raw sugar quoted at 4.71 cents per pound for Cuban duty paid refined sugar at 4.80 cents for fine granulated.
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New York
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Chicago October 27
Commodities prices drift through wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with varied bid levels. Wheat No 2 hard at 1.17 and corn No 2 mixed at 1.00 to 1.10 range. oats No 1 white around 41 cents to 44. rye No 2 at 1.03. barley quoted near 7.31. Timothy seed 3.40 and cloverseed around 20.75. live prices listed for ribs and bells at 12.92 and 12.37 respectively.
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Chicago
Hogs Take Drop Of Half Dollar
Chicago market notes hog receipts at 0,000 with extreme price swings across weight classes. Early top hogs hit 10.25 while 210 to 900 pound ranges moved 9.50 to 10.20. sows and pigs showed varied bids, bulk packing sows 7.28 to 8.10, average hog price 4.50 last session. Cattle receipts 122,000 with steady bulls and slower steer trade. sheep receipts 17,000 with opening slow but firmer bids for native lambs around 13.73 to 14.10 and fat ewes 8.00 to 6.50.
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Chicago
Wright
Nebraska
Cattle and Hogs Prices Reported at St Paul Livestock Market
ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK to Ot. FBuL MGRA. Oct. 37. Cattle receipts 6,000 with steady to higher demand for fed steers and cutters. Calves receipts 2,000 with bulk good weights around 21.50. Hogs receipts 15,000 with opening lower. top around 24.00 for light weights and 7.25 packing sows. Potatoes in Chicago market weak with track prices near 10. No. 1 sacked whites about 1.35 to 1.50.
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Liverpool
Midlands
Chicago
Dalton
Lonn
Etstenvenenner
Sais Ag
Waterloo
Oderereeres
Tripoli
Ry &S
Swift & Co
Graes
Tarmer
Wall Roosters
Black Springs
Leghorn
Pram Rath Packing Co
B. Rath
Anne A.np
Sultese Wei
Lee
Hs. Verve
Iowa Flour & Peed Co
Bree
Cohn Bros
Fbul
Pj. Cattl
Weiship
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Idaho
Russell Burbanks
Stages Fall as Stocks Slip Amid Market Pressure
New York stocks ease with large declines in pivotal issues as U S Steel and Crucible Steel hit yearly lows. General Motors and General Electric drop while Continental Insurance and National Tea rise, and foreign exchange markets show scattered gains and losses.
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New York
U. S
Motors
General Motors
Childs and
Shattuck
Houston O1l
Dupont
U. S. Steel
Crucible Steel
Bethlehem
General Electric
General Asphalt
International Harvester
Continental
American Locomotive
American Smelt
American Sugar
American T. & T. Sete Libs
American Tobacco Baren Mott
American Water Works
American Woolen
Anaconda Copper
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic Refining
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnsdell A
Bethlehem Steel - California Petroleum Canadian Pacife
Cerro de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ohic
St. P. Pidt
Chic
North Western
R. J. & Pacific
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Rye
Colorado Fuel Ray
Col. Gas & E . Whee Bone Consolidated Cash
LRM
Dodge Bros. A
du Pont de Nem
Erie
Fleischmant
Freeport-Texas
General Railway
Houston
Hudson Motors Winds Central Int
Int
Harvester
Nickel Int
Paper Inter
Yel
Kansas City Boulhern
Kennecott Copper
Lehigh Valley
Oressh Verre Ees
DONS
Louisville
Nashville
Mack Truck
Lage Martand Ol
Kan
Tel
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward
Nash Motors
New York Central
N. Y
H. & Hartford
Norfolk d Western
North American Northern Pacifc
Packard
Pan Ama
Pet & Parami, Fam
Las
Pennsylvaniia
Puilips
Texas Corporation
Bean, Fos
Texas Gulf Sulphur Yey
Texas & Pacific
Texas Pac
Timken Roller Bearing
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
U. B Ind
Alcens
United States Rubber
United States Steel
Maryland
Westinghouse Electric
Wilys-Overland
Woolworth
Stanboard Gas
Reeves Cen
Liberty
Treasury
Provisions and dairy receipts across markets in late October
New York Chicago and St Louis markets report mixed dairy goods movements on October 27. Butter and creamery extras rise while firsts and eggs show varied prices. poultry and cheese offerings list several varieties with modest changes in value.
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New York
Pirnier
Ubi
Heanery
Chicago
Americas
St. Louis
Omaha Livestock Market Report from October 27
Omaha stockyards report shows hog receipts at 7 uneven loads with prices mostly 50 to 75 cents lower. 160 to 310 pound hogs priced around 8.50 to 9.25. Cattle receipts near 6,500 with steady to strong moves for steers and yearlings, softer for stockers. veals and calves rising, grasses and cows priced from about 5 to 9 dollars per hundredweight, with stockers and feeders around 8.75 to 10.25.
East St. Louis Livestock Market Report October 21
HOGS receipts about 8 500 with mixed demand and prices from 4.75 to 9.75 per cwt for various weights. packing sows around 8.00 to 8.75. CATTLE receipts 3 000 with steady to $0.50 declines on some classes. steers and fed heifers scarce, cows 6.25 to 7.25. calves 15.25. SHEEP receipts 8 200 largely steady. top lambs to 13.50, ewes 4.50 to 15.50. Peoria market hogs 2 060 with prices about 9.50 to 10.10. cattle 150 receipts.
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Sioux City
Tmh
Ata
ST Ada
East ST. Louis
St. Louis
Aroun
Bell Company Rents Farm Again At $12
Reports show ongoing hog cholera on three farms weekly with new infections. Vaccination is ordered on several farms to control the outbreak as the Bell Company rents the same farm at twelve dollars.
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Bell Company
Bank Debits and Instrument Records for Week Ending Oct 26 1927
Waterloo bank debits for the week ending Oct 26 1927 total 4 580 800.00 with daily figures for Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Instruments recorded for the same week total 43 944 808.43 with prior weeks and 1926 comparisons and mortgages data for week ending Oct 26 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Clearing House Association
Eine Ecvvuee
Hattel
Kansas City Livestock Hogs Drastically Steady to Lower
Kansas City livestock market shows hog receipts around 4,000 with slow trading. Early sales mostly to shippers down about 28 to 50 cents from Wednesday's average. weights 235 to 240 pounds mostly 9.90, 235 to 240 pounds 9.90, lighter types 9.35 to 9.90. Packers inactive, stock pigs 8.00 to 10.00, packing sows around 7.00 to 9.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Caly
Feed markets ease in Washington weekly review
Washington reports generally easier feed markets for the week ending October 26 with fractional declines in several feeds. Declining feed grains curbed demand as pastorage remained tight, listing key prices in Minneapolis Chicago St Louis and Omaha for bran middlings cottonseed meal and other feeds.
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Washington
D. C
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Minneapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Minniapaolis
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Grundy Heads
Cow ‘Test Association
Earl N. Shultz
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Guy Coulter
Clyde Wilhelm
National Farmers’ Union
Seston
Minneapoli Minn
Board of Trade
ST. Paul Livestock
Resistance
Foreigh
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DePtac
Belgium
Belge
Sweden
Norway
Greece
Erechina
Spain
China
Sioux City Livestock
Utm
Korth West
Dugth Hadlen
Louis
Kansan
TNS
Parkets
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Omaha Livestock
Peoria Livestock Peoria
Kansas City Livestock
State Loan Co
Forman
George M. Forman & Company
West Adama Street
C. H. Wise
Black Hawk Ridg
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