Des Moines Reports Iowa Corn Yield Near Record High
The U S Department of Agriculture projects Iowa corn to reach about 493 806 000 bushels this September with harvest near record levels. Weather in August boosted growth though frost risks loom for late tasseled corn. Oats damaged by rains. potatoes and fruits show varied yields with apples and peaches improving over last year.
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Des Moines
United States Department of Agriculture
Leslie M. Carl
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department
Towi
Carl Sys
Carl
Swine Breeders from 14 States at Peoria Exposition
The eleventh National Swine Show opens in Peoria with over 1300 top porkers from 14 states. Exhibitors, pig club entries, and a Tuesday banquet featuring officers of the National Swine Growers' Association mark a premier event amid keen competition and high hopes for a record show.
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Peoria Exposition
Peoria
G. A
Pig Club
Fossett
National Swine Growers’ Association
F. J. Barker
Thorntown
Ind
W. Y T. Barr
Ames
George M. Cantrall
Wheaton
Third-Year Curse for Benton Women
Mise Tallin Swanson, nutrition specialist, will spend five days in Benton county from September 27 to October 1 teaching third year nutrition training for farm women. Five trainings will be held in Sept Oct Nov Jan Feb and late Feb to early March, with township leaders sent to each session to carry the program back to women in their areas.
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Swanson
Benton County
Benton Farm
Marsh
Orange farmer builds Holstein herd for butterfat gains
John Cunningham of Orange township details decade in Pioneer Cow Tests Association, shifting from beef to dairy cattle. His purebred Holsteins average rising butterfat yields from 274.5 pounds to 291.7 pounds in eight months, with plans for higher annual records. He emphasizes feeding by cow production, year round, using bran grain and alfalfa, and traces lineage to foundation cows like Lady Ormsby Spafford and Sir Ormesby Skylark Lyons.
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John Cunninghand
Orange Township
Theya
Orange Co-Operative
Cunningham
Stack
Halstein
Pioneer Association
Brys
Ormesby Skylark Lyons
Bull
Tritumla Pietertie Ormsby
Tritumla Pietertje Ormsby
Paul Ang- Bie
Ormsby Spafford
Filling of Silos Started But Crop Needs Warm Days
Farmers began silo filling Saturday in several communities as crews ready cutters but corn remains green. Some praise an early start due to shared equipment, while others warn three weeks of good weather needed to prevent frost damage. Recent damp weather has slowed progress. A state weather map shows average killing frost in Black Hawk county from October 5 to 10 over the past 30 years.
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Althe
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Black Hawk County
Benton Beef Club Seeks Doubling of Members and Hogs
Benton county plans a September 25 city park picnic with beef breeders and families to launch the 1447 Benton county beef club and enroll breeders in Armour & Co better bull campaign. EH Wentworth and John Day will speak. $609 in prizes offered. aims include doubling hogs and calves in the baby beef club and tours to other counties for calves.
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van Horne
City Park
Baby Beef Club
Benton County
EH. N. Wentworth
Livestock Bureau
Armour & Co
John Day
Feld
Town Beef Producers’ Association
ZR. Mills
Pienie
Benton
220 Acre Bremer Co Farm Yields Over $28 An Acre
Joe Sien, longtime Bremer county farmer and clothing merchant, reports his 220 acre farm northwest of Tripal ive, earned more than 14 per acre last year with a 175 to 260 range on returns. He says tenant cooperation helps raise chickens and pigs to boost profits. The farm is among Bremer county’s notable holdings and reflects strong agricultural margins despite broader complaints about farming conditions.
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Bremer Co
Tipo
Joe Sien
Tripel
Mili Cbeck
Sien
Shen
Bremer County
Farm News Writing Course to Aid Benton County Rural Press
H J Metcalf of Iowa State College extension speaks in Vinton on Sept 30 to teach fundamentals of news writing to rural readers and aspiring writers. W E Stacy will assist on farm life social aspects and program plans. Farm bureau invites all reporters and rural correspondents. Upcoming stops listed include Grandy Center Allison Manchester Clarion Marshalltown Tipton Dubuque Elkader Wankan with dates in late Sept and Oct.
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Winton
Benton County
H. J. Metcalf
Ames
Extension Dejartment
Iowa State College
Vinton
W. IF. Stacy
Europe
Farm Bureau
Mar. Metcalf
Marshalltown
Tipton
Dubuque
Elkader
Wankan
Angus Breeds Lead at State Club Sale Totals Over $55,000
State club sale results show Angus outselling two other breeds at Ames. Four hundred ninety animals from 49 counties sold for an average of 11.75 per hundredweight, with total proceeds near 53 million. Morrell Packing bought 36 head. other buyers included Armour Swift Cudahy Wilson Sinclair and Iowa Tracking. The average weight across cattle was 923 pounds, and Angus topped the per head average at 1107 dollars.
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Ames
Towa
Hairy Reek
John Day
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Vale
Achievement Day for Black Hawk Women Tuesday
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau hosts Achievement Day in the courthouse basement at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Members will present completed project work and township reports to the group.
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Black Hawk Women
Woenen
Black Hawk
Wheat market narrows while prices drift near low levels
Chicago reports buying power up as wheat trades in a tight range near bottom supports. Bullish sentiment appears though selling eases on breaks. Canada weather improves and outturns weigh on gains. corn trends lower amid floods in Kansas and unsettled forecasts. Kansas City plant halts grinding two weeks due to weak demand. visible supply drops to 1 616 000 bushels week over week.
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Chicago
Canada
Nansaa
Ihe Kansan
Dustry
Grain and Provisions Market News from New York and Kansas City
The week reports active wheat trading in New York with December at 1.39 1/2 and May around 1.40. No. 2 red winter trades near 1.45, while oats and hay show firm or steady tones. Kansas City prices list No. 2 dark hard wheat at about 1.29 to 1.34 and related grains with varying white and yellow futures and modest alfalfa and clover values.
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New York
C.f
Hayner
Feorta Livestock and Market Notes From Peoria and Chicago
Feorta livestock reports show receipts and price ranges for cattle veal and packers with top veal calves at 14.00 and bulk calves at 15.50, plus fluctuating beef and hog figures. Grain and sugar markets include visible grain supplies in bushels, raw sugar gains, and cotton futures with mixed movements and notable price shifts.
Stock Prices Endure Mixed Day On Market Activity
New York Sept 13 Stock prices rose and fell amid cautious trading on the exchange. Early losses from corn and dividend plays gave way to gains in railroads and industrials led by Atchison St Louis and San Francisco Nickel Plate and American Can and American Smelting. General Motors moved higher while utilities and sugar shares found strength. Foreign exchanges were irregular and the closing session remained heavy with broad declines in several issue groups.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Atchison, St. Louis
San Francisco
Nickel Plate
Wadis Central
American Can
American Smelting
Lambert Can
U.S
Continental Baking A
Atlantic
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
General Motors
American Sugar Refining
American Beet Sugar
Porto Rico
Raila
Kinney
New York Central
Stirling
All
Chem. & Dye
Car & Dy
Locomotive Am. Sm
American Sugar Am
American Tabacco American Woolen
Anaconda Copper - Armour of
Alchison
Coast Line
Baldwin Loco
Balt
Ohio
Bethlehem Ste California Pet
Canadian Pac. Cent
Leath
SHY
Chic
Mil
St. PL
Northwestern Ge Roke
Chile Copper Thruster Corp
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel
Consolidated Gas Corn Products
Crucible Steel
B . Davison Chemical Dodge Bros
Du Port_de Nem
Electric Pow
le Erie Railroad
Famous Players
Fisk Rubber Foundation Co
Freeport-Texas
General Asphalt Abeegane General Electric, New
Oid- Gulf States
Houston
Hudson Motors
Iinois Central
Int
Combustion Eng
Harvester
Nickel
Inter. Tel
Kansas City
Southern
Kennecott Capper - Kresge
Lehigh
Reading
Trep
Iron & Steel
San Fran
Searboard Air Line
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Con. Oil
Souther Dabrles Bo
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Standard OW
Cal
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Summary
The Board of Trade quotes show wheat varying across grades from No 2 red at 1.43 to No 5 mixed near 0.73. Yellow and white oats fractions run from 0.40 to 0.79 with sample grades around 0.65. Barley and timothyseed move within 5.35 to 6.50 and 14.60 for tard, 14.75 for ribs, and 17.25 for belles.
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Dod
Sammé
Apa
Ieee
Cattle Hog Market Reports From Chicago Stockyards
Chicago stockyards receive a large cattle run with 35 000 head and 6000 calves. Hog receipts near 24000 show uneven prices with top around 14 65 for early hogs and demand fluctuating for different weights. Sheep receipts reach 30000 with fat lambs steady and feeding lambs around 14.00 to 14.50.
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Chicago
Hogs and Cattle Prices at East St Louis Market
East St Louis stock market report shows hog receipts at 15 500 with bids opening 25c higher then softening. top hogs around 14.50 for 160 pounds, cattle receipts 13 400 with native steers steady to mixed and western cattle down. fat lambs and ewes also traded with varied quotes.
Market reports from New York and Kansas City on dairy eggs and poultry
New York and Kansas City publish wholesale price listings for butter creamery and extras, eggs and poultry. Reported items include fresh gathered eggs, various butter grades, fowls and turkeys with price ranges, and storage terms. Kansas City notes butter and poultry prices with slight shifts and potatoes at western whites prices.
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St. Louis
Honda City
Kansas City
Red River
Omaha and St Joseph Livestock Prices September Market Report
In Omaha Nebraska and St Joseph Missouri on September 13 cattle hogs and sheep prices moved higher and lower in spots. Hogs in Omaha 160 to 200 pounds averaged 13.50 to 13.90 with bulk 210 to 240 pounds at 23.25 and 12.75, 240 to 340 pounds at 12.50 to 13.25, sows 275 pounds down 11 to 12, bulk sales 10.7 to 13.75, week average 11.97. Cattle receipts 19,000 with fed steers and yearlings active and up to 15 cents higher, weighty steers 11.00 to 11.40, light and medium weights 11.15 to 11.50, grass steers up to 9.10, grass cattle weak to 25 cents lower, veals and feeders active, top near 11.00. Sheep receipts 34,000 with fat lambs 40 cents lower, natives 13.75 to 14.00, feeders steady, top 19.50, breeding lambs around 6.50 to 7.00. At St Joseph hogs 2,000 ready to move steady to 10 cents higher, top 14.10, cattle 4,000 with steers steady to strong and stockers up 18 to 25 cents, cows and heifers 2.75 to 10.00, stockers 5.50 to 8.26, sheep 7,000 with lambs 10 to 40 cents lower, ewes 5.50 to 5.75.
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Fees
Ste
Sheen
Chicago
Waterloo
Waterloo Mills Co
Swift Z Co
Farmer’s
Secon
Rath Packing Co
Ciood
Barclay & Sons Timothy Hay
Eona Brox
E. ST. Louis
St. Louis
Omaha
Neb
ST. Joseph
Sts. Joseph
Farm at Ryan Sells for 162 50 an Acre
Ryan Iowa Sept 13 Special The Druming farm of 160 acres was sold at auction Saturday for 162 50 an acre cash to Mr Sullivan of the Ryan community. William Holland Waterloo acted as sanctioneer. Farmers report good profits from cattle and poultry raising on nearby farms. A tenant on the Drummy place keeps 750 White Leghorn chickens earning 15 to 20 dollars daily. FILES 16000 CLAIM F J Eighmey agent of liquidating trustees of Black Hawk National Bank filed a claim against A W Brown receiver for W J Gutknecht Hudson Ia for 16000 for errantes of promissory notes.
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Ryan
FP. H
F. J. Eighmey
Black Hawk National Bank
A. W. Brown
W. J. Gutknecht
Hudson
Mt Vernon Farm Bureau appoints refreshment committee
Mt Vernon Township Farm Bureau members chose Mmes. Claude Chapin and Walter Webber King to head the refreshment committee for the September meeting. At the last gathering plans were laid for an exhibit at the Dairy Cattle Congress.
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MT. Vernon Bureau
Farmer
Mmes
Claude Chapin
Walter Webberking
Mt. Vernon Township
Farm Bureau
Dairy Cattle Congress
Hay Market Shows Steady Prices Amid Restricted Movement
Washington Sept 13 hay prices held largely steady for the week ending Sept 11 as rainfall and slow sales limited demand. Good hay absorbed but heating and off grades moved slowly. pastures remained good east of the Rockies, Nebraska and some mountain states showed poorer conditions. Regional quotes: Timothy Boston 26.59 New York 26.50 Cincinnati 20.00 Chicago 24.00 St. Louis 23.50 No 1 alfalfa Omaha 17.00 Memphis 24.00 No 1 prairie Omaha 17.00 Chicago 13.60 St. Louis 18.50 Minneapolis 18.59 No 1 alfalfa Kansas City 15.00 No 1 prairie Kansas City 14.00
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Washington, D. C
Hay Market Review
United States
Department of Agriculture
Rockies
Nebraska
Naimothy
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Memphis
prairie—Omaha
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Prairie
Kansas City Livestock Market Report with Mixed Movements
Kansas City market notes cattle receipts 30 000 calves 7 000 strong demand for grain fed stock mixed yearlings steady to higher Western grassers steady slaughter cows 34 50 to 37 25 hogs receipts 3 000 hogs firm to higher packer demand mixed jowls and stock pigs strong Sheep receipts 20 050 lambs lower best offerings around 14 25 westerns 14 00 natives 13 25
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Sioux City Livestock Market Reports Mixed Cattle and Hogs
Receipts in cattle run show slow to steady demand with fat steers and cows weak to lower. stockers steady. vealers around five dollars. Hogs receipts about six thousand with packers bidding around fifteen dollars. Sheep receipts steady at about two thousand four hundred. Also listed are grain and flour price notes from Toledo and New York markets with various futures and cash quotes.
For Rent Ideal Rooms for Judge or While Meetings
For rent ideal rooms suitable for meetings dances and parties. Rates reasonable. Call 1930.4 evenings.
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Iowa
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Blerd
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Avery
Lke Associat
A &S
Lda
Feorta
Livestock
Peona
Dept
Elaoa
Lao
Montana
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Terlay
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Lamson Bros. & Co
Marsh-Place
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Swedlen
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Montreal
Hent
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Wisconsin
Choice Southern
Bavolis
Minn
Board of Trade
Bulter
Hennery
Express
Omaha Livestock
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Toleno Seeds
Toledo
Ciover
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Y York
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Pennsylvania
Texas
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Weiss
Emerson
Adriance
Emerson Gang
Cive Mills
William Rodamar
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Auet
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