Allamakee County Fair Draws Large Thursday Crowd
Allamakee county fair in Waukon Iowa drew about 10 000 attendees on Thursday as crowds and good roads boosted a potential single day attendance record. Howard C Jackson county agent helped lead the boys and girls clubs showcasing demonstrations including a Clothes Closet exhibit by the B Square club. Dairy cattle hogs and beef cattle were displayed with 150 dairy cattle 100 hogs and 50 beef cattle shown. The Dubuque pennant winning team participated with about 83 Dubuque business men attending.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Howard C. Jackson
Iowa State Dairy Association
al- Jamakee County
B Square Club
Paul P. Stewart
Dubuque
Marsh and Hovey Herds Back After Neb State Fair
Guernsey cattle breeders J W W Marsh and Charles Hovey returned to Marsh Town Dairy after a successful showing at the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln. The Hovey herd won multiple prizes including grand champion female and first and second prizes across various age groups. Judge Propps of Beatrice presided as more than 100 Guernseys were exhibited, with a concurrent large Holstein show. Attendance reportedly rose to 80,000 daily.
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Charles Hovey
Guernsey
Marsh Town
Nebraska
Lincoln
cAmong
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J .W.W
Cee
Propps
Beatrice
Neb
Merry
Lee
Dairy Cattle Congress
Memphis
Tenn
Calves to Be Shown by Butler 4-H Club at Waterloo
Twelve Holstein calves owned by Butler county juniors will be exhibited at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo from Sept. 26 to Oct. 2. Heifers enter the state dairy club show on Oct. 1 with possible entries in open classes. Six senior calves will be shown by Glen and Melvin Rig gins, John Rewerts, Henry Sessler, Claire Chapman, and Raymond Stukenberg. Yearling heifers include Orlo Van Halen, John Hilbrands, Orville Miller, John Sessler, Emmet Ufford, and Arlene Hansen.
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Glen
Melvin Riggins
Greene
John Rewerts
Austinville
Henry Sessler
Claire Chapman
New Hartford
Raymond Stukenberg
Aplington
Orlo van Halen
Shell Rock
John Hilbrands
Orville Miller
John Sessler
Growers Prefer Not to Take Of Third Cutting of Alfalfa
Black Hawk county alfalfa growers largely skip a third cutting to protect plants over winter and boost next season growth. County Agent J L Uban notes last year showed removing the third crop is dangerous and reduces stand. Specialists say early removal risks less winter protection than a late cut, and Uban advises not removing after September 10.
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J. L. Uban
Uban
Land sale near Van Horne nets $40,009
Van Horne Se Sept 12 An improved 160 acre farm three miles northwest of Van Horne formerly Possehl traded to John Bodicker Blairstown has been sold by Mr Bodick to Andrew Koock Williamsburg for 260 dollars an acre. The transaction amounts to 40009 dollars.
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L. H. Possehl
John Boadicker
Blairstown
Mr. Boddick
Andrew Koock
Williamsburg
Farms Department Editorial Address in Waterloo Courier
Readers invited to ask questions or send comments to the Farms Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier. Communications should be directed to the editor at Waterlooo, noting Waterl o g Tow s.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Judge Who Will Work at Corn Show Here Warns of Selecting 1928 Seed
P C Taft Iowa State college extension director and corn judge warns caution in seed selection. He urges early dented corn when seed is gathered for 1928 crop with storage and drying to prevent frost damage. He notes seed quality tradeoffs, interfarm exchange, and careful seed drying.
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Iowa State College
Mr. Taff
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Iowa
Mr. Taft
Taft
Taff
New Soybean Strain Aimed at Reducing Hog Fat
Washington, Sept. 12. BE Z Russell of the USDA proposes a new soybean variety with oil content under six percent to curb soft pork from high fat feeds. Two opposing types, high and low oil beans, would be grown. farmers could produce own protein feeds to cut soft pork and boost profits.
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Washington, D. C
United States
BE. Z. Russell
Department of Agriculture
Russell
Benton dairy heifer club plans 11 calves for show
Benton county dairy heifer club will send 11 yearling calves to the state dairy calf club show tied to Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo from Sept 26 to Oct 2. Five Jersey and six Holstein heifers will be exhibited by local members including John and Pauline Epperson and others.
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Vinton
Benton County Dairy Heifer Club
Dairy
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
John
Pauline Epperson
Lavonne
Myron Feuhrer
Gerald Bull
Calvin
Francis Reiss
Walter
Lynold Boemke
Vernon Tyler
Wayne Leffler
John Hood
Benton County
Benton County buyers pleased with beef club auction
Winton Iowa September 12 results from the state fair Des Moines show gratifying baby beef club members and parents in Benton county Seven Angus calves sold for 15.50 per hundredweight Fourteen Hereford calves brought 15.25 per hundredweight and one Hereford heifer sold for 14.75 Names of participating club members include Angus Arthur Franzenburg Fred Schild Leland Schoonover Howard Franzenburg Alfred Hanson Robert Oehlerich and Hereford Frank Burrell Arnold Olson Edith Christiansen Wille Hanson George Franzenburg Wilbert Heitman Julia Tow Keith Tow and Ray Oehlerich.
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Winton
Baby Beef Club
Des Moines
Benton County
Arthur Franzenburg
Fred Schild
Leland Schoonover
Howard Franzenburg
Alfred Hanson
Robert Oehlerich
Hereford
Frank Burrell
Arnold Olson
Edith Christiansen
Wille Hanson
George Franzenburg
Wilbert Heitman
Julia Tow
Keith Tow
Ray Oehlerich
The Rhyming Farmer by Edward Tufft Humorist
Edward Tufft writes The Rhyming Farmer a rural humor feature distributed by the Associated Press. It blends farm life wit with light verse for readers seeking countryside levity from a familiar press service voice.
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The
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Judging Livestock By a Calves and Cows Expert
An aging speaker recalls a Brown’s stock judging day where a skilled judge impressed him with detailed cow evaluation. He admits his own limits and pride, learns new facts about eyes joints bone and milk capacity, and reflects on ongoing education in cattle judging.
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Oman
Wisk
Jiggs
Andy Gump
Four Carloads of Tile Being Laid at Bubr Farm
Sumner Iowa Sept 12 tilers labor to install four and a half carloads of tile at the Ernest Bubr farm in Dayton township Bremer county slow ground dry and hard three carloads already used preceding the current work at the farm.
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Ernest Bubr
Dayton Township
Bremer County
Bubr
Waterloo Savings Bank corn show set for Sept 16 17
Waterloo Savings bank sponsors a corn show to attract public attention to quality field corn. Friday and Saturday September 16 and 17 feature three varieties white yellow and calico with classes for five ear samples and single ears. Blue red and white ribbons awarded to top entries judged by farmers. display will follow in bank windows with entrants' names. County agent J L Uban and state rep E M Lichty applaud the project.
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Bank For
J. 5. Johnson
Johnston
J. L. Uban
E. M. Lichty
Small Herd Cows Show Highest Profit Over Feed Costs
Fayette County dairy report shows Lafe Smith’s five cows earned $143.31 per cow above feed cost, while Lon Searles’s herd of eight or more averaged $127.97. The Hardin County testing notes 99 cows on the dry list among 393 tested, with Holsteins and Shorthorns led by H. J. Wehrman’s Eldora herd, delivering 969 pounds milk and 34.1 pounds fat per ten cows.
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Fayette County
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Guernsey
Clyde Potter
Searles
Eldora
Hardin County Testing Association
Washington
H. J. Wehrman
Embargo Ordered on Alfalfa Imports by Governor
Springfield news reports Gov Len Small has issued an embargo on importing alfalfa and hay stored in Utah Idaho Colorado Nevada Oregon and Wyoming to prevent the spread of the alfalfa weevil.
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Len Small
Utah
Idaho
Colorado
Nevada
Oregon
Wyoming
Corn Prices Sink On Weather and Crop Hopes
Chicago reports a sharp break in corn prices amid selling pressure and profit taking as hot weather and expected crop improvement support faded. Wheat and oats declined modestly while provisions rose late. widespread selling forced many to liquidate at fixed limits.
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Grain prices and seeds on Chicago Board of Trade
Sept 13 report shows cash quotations for wheat corn oats and rye with No 2 red wheat at 1.32 and sample grades around 1.25 to 1.34. Mixed and white varieties listed with multiple price points for No 2 to No 6 grades. Timothy seed at 2.75 to 3.50, cloverseed 18.75 to 26.75, lard ribs and bellies priced at 13.15 12.25 14.50 respectively.
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Gorn
Reclawer
Aeawee
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Wwe Rdaeeren
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Adee Ramen
Aeters
Big Packers Buy Swine Sparingly in Chicago Swing
Chicago report shows hogs steady to higher with big packers buying sparingly. Receipts 28,000 hogs, good to choice weights 170 to 250 pounds averaging up to 25 cents higher. Cattle receipts 25,000 with grain fed steers strong, cows weak. Sheep receipts 13,000 with fat lambs up 25 to 35 cents and finishes around 13.50 to 13.80 for good sorts. Overall market brisk with hogs near 12.00 and steers to 15.25, lambs rising as demand holds.
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SEEEP
Corn Belt
Cotton prices drift as markets open steady in Liverpool
Liverpool reports steady prices with ten thousand bales traded and no new receipts. Midlands levels range from strictly good mids at 13.82d to strictly good ordinary at 11.22d, with futures in October at 11.83d and December 11.91d, shifting modestly on the day. New York and Chicago show cot ton opening lower by 12 to 15 points. October near 22.30c in New York and 22.55c in Chicago terms.
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Midlands
New York
Chicago
Potatoes market report from Chicago trade notes
Chicago market report lists receipts of 216 cars on track and 291 total U S shipments 746 cars. Prices vary by variety and quality with Wisconsin Cobblers at 1 75 to 2 00 Minnesota round whites 1 50 to 1 30 sacked Sandland Ohios 1 35 1 45 Minnesota North Dakota Irish Cobblers 1 15 1 25 Colorado round whites 1 60 1 75 Idaho Rural 2 00 Russets best 2 60 spotty 1 25.
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Trish
Ohios
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North Dakota
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Idaao
Rurals
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards
Chicago September 12. Representative Livestock sales today included hogs and other classes. Prices were posted as dealers entered Union Yards for the weekly market.
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Stock Market Opens Higher On Renewed Buying Surge
New York stocks rose as a 4 percent renewals rate for call loans and a 4 point drop in Briggs Manufacturers to 22 sparked a broad buying wave. American Telephone and Telegraph hit 172 1/2, Kennecott and American Smelting climbed to fresh records, and Ward Bakings and Continental Baking led a wave of broad demand across steel, motor, electric, and rail shares. United Fruit rose to 150, United States Steel saw unfilled August orders jump, while U G Steel faced selling pressure near 157 and United Fruit opened 150.
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International Combustion
Steel Common
Foreign exchanges steady amid varied world currencies
New York reports daily foreign exchange rates with the pound at 84.85 to 13-16, Swiss and Dutch currencies showing modest gains, while the Belgian belga and Swedish krona fluctuate. Other notable rates include the French franc at 3.91 and the Chinese taels at 61.38 cents, reflecting mixed international demand.
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Toledo Seeds Prices For Various Seed Types
Toledo Ohio seed market reports bids for imported and domestic cloverseed and timothyseed. Imported claverseed bids range from 14.50 to 16.70 dollars with futures in October December and March. Timothyseed bids and asks listed as cash 1.85, December 1.70, March 1.90.
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Toledo Seeds
Toledo
St Paul Livestock Market Report Dense Receipts and Varied Bids
South St. Paul Minn on Sept 12 Receipts totalled 13200 cattle calves hogs and sheep with slow demand at first. Cattle steadier to higher on fat steer prices around 9.50 to 10.00 while calve values fell 50 cents. Hogs trading unevenly with early top 11.50 and sows at 9.50 and pigs higher. Sheep and lambs up to 12.50 for fat lambs, heavies around 10.50 and ewes 4 to 5.50 for packers.
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Gattle
Peoria Livestock Hog Prices and Receipts Update
Peoria Illinois livestock report shows hog receipts around 2000 with prices advancing 0.25 to 0.38 per hundredweight. Prices ranged from 11.65 to 11.78 for veats and mediums 11.25 to 12.40, heavies 10.85 to 11.10, packers 37.50 to 68.50, and pigs 7.00 to 10.50.
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New York and Chicago Dairy Prices Report Sept 13 1925
Market summaries from New York Chicago and Kansas City show butter receipts and prices across creamery and packing stocks. Eggs and cheese prices listed for miscellaneous and standard grades, with poultry and potatoes quoted in ranges and per cwt figures. Strong entity presence includes New York Chicago Kansas City and various product grades and price points.
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Kansas City
Grain prices drift after Kansas City market report
Kansas City grain market reports lower corn and varied wheat prices with receipts of 349 cars and multiple grain classes listed. Peoria also shows modest declines in corn futures with yellow and white corn categories and small changes in oats.
Chicago Produce Futures Close in September to November
Futures for butter and eggs closed with butter at 4044c for September and 415ac for December storage. Eggs moved to 3240 for refrigerator standards and 29c for firsts in November.
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Chicago
Visible Grain Supply Reported Increases By Bushels
New York September 12 shows the visible supply of American grain rising with Wheat up 3 404 000 bushels Corn up 281 000 Oats up 2 557 000 Rye up 313 000 Barley up 1 434 000 according to the daily bulletin.
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New York
Omaha Grain Prices Darken Market Blues
Omaha Nebraska September 12 Wheat prices range from No 1 hard 1 28 to 1 34 per bushel with various No 2 hard and mixed grades. Corn and oats show No 2 white about 54 to 59 cents and No 2 yellow 5 to 9 cents, with No 2 mixed around 87 cents.
Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep at East St Louis market
Hogs Receipts 10,300 with prices up to 12.00 and lots at 11.85 to 12.00. 240–260 lb. hogs around 11.60 to 11.75. sows 9.75 to 10.00. pigs 9.25 to 10.00. Cattle Receipts 9,500 with 3,000 calves. steady on good cattle. vealers and bulls steady. best medium bulls 6.25. Sheep Receipts 1,500. fat lambs 12.25 to 12.50. bulk sales 11.50 to 12.00. cull lambs 8.50. fat ewes 4.50 to 5.50.
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Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Sioux City cattle and hog market report for Sept 12
Receipts reach 9 500 cattle with steadies in corn feds and slight drops for killers. Steers bring 10 50 to 13 00. cows 5 00 to 5 75. heifers 7 00 to 9 00. veals 6 50 to 13 50. Hogs receipts 4 500 with higher tone. 170 to 225 lb hogs 11 60 to 11 60. 225 to 275 lb 10 75 to 11 25. 275 to 400 lb 9 00 to 10 75.
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Sioux City
Hay Markets Steady With Moderate Arrivals Seen
Washington D C Sept 12 Hay markets held steady with modest arrivals and fair demand for top quality. Most offerings were medium to lower grades hard to move. Quoted Sept 10 No 1 Timothy varied by city from 18.50 to 24.00. No 2 Timothy 16.00 to 22.50. No 1 Alfalfa 17.00 to 23.50. No 1 Prairie 9.80 to 19.00 across several markets.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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New York
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Omaha
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Minneapolis
Corn Is Said to Be 67 Percent Normal Condition
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture details corn condition and expected production by principal producing states. Figures include Indiana 56 and 101,295,000. Illinois 53 and 195,253,000. Iowa 67 and 341,272,000. Nebraska 85 and 261,446,000. Kansas 91 and 171,693,000. Texas 81 and 114,546,000 among others.
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Cedar Rapids Co op Dairy Builds Plant Contract
Cedar Rapids Co Operative Dairy company has purchased land in Cedar Rapids Iowa and let a contract for construction of a plant to handle milk and cream and to manufacture surplus into butter and other dairy products. The building will be cement block and is to be completed by December 21 next. The association has 280 members under contract to sell through the organization for at least two years following signing. Milk is now marketed through distributors and surplus sold to dairy manufacturers with no plant previously maintained.
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Cedar Rapids
Seven Car Loads Shipped From Dysart Iowa
Dysart Iowa September 12 seven car loads of livestock were shipped Tuesday. John Irvine delivered two cars of fat cattle to Harwood Brothers. Reen McElhinney Geneseo sent 42 head of steers to Schroeder and Goken and received 5938.80 dollars. Schroeder and Goken sent hogs and cattle to Chicago. The Dysart shipping association sent a mixed carload to the same terminal.
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Harwood Brothers
Reen. McElhinney
Geneseo
Schroeder & Goken
Chicago
Dysart Shipping Association
Tama County Fair Comes Oct 3 To 6
Toledo Iowa reports Tama County fair scheduled for October 3 to 6 with a pre sale ticket drive under way. Local businessmen plan booster trips to promote the exposition and garner support from surrounding towns.
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Tama County
Toledo
Feed market shifts as corn weakens prices ease wheat feeds
Washington report shows weekly review by the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Corn prices fell 5 to 7 cents a bushel due to favorable weather and larger supplies while buyers kept purchases small. Wheat feeds and homing feed found easier markets with other feeds steady or firm, listing prices for bran meals shorts and meals in several cities.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Minneapolis
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Omaha
Minneapolis grain prices and receipts report
Minneapolis grain market notes receipts total 1,529 cars down from 447 last year. Wheat prices listed for No 1 northern, dark northern spring, hard spring and Montana on track and on arrival. Corn and oats prices shown with No 3 yellow corn and No 3 white oats ranges.
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