Chick Hatchery Convention Sees Record Iowa turnout
Ames Iowa September 19 More than 130 men and women attended the first Iowa Baby Chick and Poultry Improvement association convention ending Friday night with about 100 hatchery representatives. The statewide hatchery network numbers about 435. the association claims 7,000 members focused on improving poultry and products. Approximately half a million birds have been handled across 58 counties. line breeding and timely egg handling were stressed to grow the industry.
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Ames
Iowa
Poultry Improvement Association
Iowa Association
Mem
Hugh ‘Gordon
Esse
Gordon
Humane Societies
Fayette Guernsey Club Picnic Report
A fragment notes Fayette Guernsey club members planning a picnic amid a large herd of Guernsey cattle. It mentions Fayette and surrounding counties and references a gathering event possibly in September. Details are unclear but indicates agricultural community activity.
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Fayette "Querney
Fayette
Countie
T Guernsey
Juniors Practice for Cattle Congress Contest at Ames
More than one hundred farm boys from about twenty counties gathered at Iowa State College dairy farm in Ames on Saturday to judge dairy cattle. They worked under the guidance of Iowa State College dairy husbandry star and Floyd Johnston of Waterloo. Holstein Guernsey Jersey and Ayrshire cows and heifers were used in a run-off contest to select the Waterloo winner who will represent Iowa in the national dairy show in Memphis, Tennessee, in October.
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Iowa ‘State College
Star of
Iowa
Floyd Johnston
Waterloo
State Dairy Association
Guernsey
Jersey
Ayrshire
Memphis
Tenn
Tama Co fair to feature 4-H poultry and dairy clubs
The Tama county fair runs Oct 3–6 with extensive exhibits by 4-H members. Dairy club judges focus on 26 Jersey and Holstein heifers while beef and pig club entries also compete. Poultry work includes 25 Indian Poultry club members and 34 from North Tama. Clothing exhibits feature Just-Us-Girls Carlton township, Arnquist Pioneers Geneseo, and Willing Workers Grant township with secretaries listed. A second prize 4-H demonstration team from the Iowa state fair will present in the women's building Tuesday afternoon.
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Toledo
Tama County Fair
Indian Poultry Club of
Tama
North Tama County
Carlton Township
Bernice Wilson
Arnquist
Geneseo Township
Keren Peterson
Grant Township
Maude Neil
Farmers Letters Open for Comments in Wa rlon Evening Courier
Readers invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department at the Wa rlon Evening Courier in Waterlon, Iowa. Include contact details.
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Farm Department
Warlon Evening Courier
Waterlon, Jows
Advance Forces Here for Showring Battle at Congress
Six dairy cattle herds are gathered in the Dairy Cattle Congress barns ahead of the Waterloo exposition opening Monday Sept 26. Huron D and Peoria Ill herds bring 51 head including Jerseys Holsteins Guernseys and Brown Swiss with a plan to ship more from La Crosse and Des Moines. University of Illinois Urbana cows prep for national dairy show in Memphis after Waterloo.
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Congress
Exposition Barns
Sioux City Fair
Waterloo
Huron, & D
Peoria
Dairy, Cattle Congress
Sioux City
Meredith
Huron
E. T. Meredith
Meredith Jersey Farm
Des Moines
Town State Board of Control
H. E. Smith
Humeston
Jja
A. E. Bower
Rushton
Will Thompson
Jesup
Here
Cattle Congress
University of Dunois
Urbana
University
Memphis
Tenn
la Crosse
Wis
Dairy Cattle Congress
Twenty Horse Teams At Cattle Congress Exhibition
Belgians and draft horses will headline the cattle congress with multiple hitch exhibitions of up to twenty horses under one driver. The events run September 26 to October 2 with 1:30 pm shows at the cattle congress grounds. Friday and Saturday feature dynometer pulling tests, prizes range from 35 to 10 dollars, with separate light and heavy weight classes.
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Cattle Congress
Des Moines
Local Farmer Tests Oilmeal in Cattle Feeding Experiment
Chris Kinsel of Vinton Iowa conducted a farm trial comparing oilmeal with a prepared protein mix on 52 cattle over 70 days. Oilmeal produced higher gains and lower cost per pound, showing a $291.20 loss when using the prepared feed. Oilmeal cattle gained about 84 pounds per month versus 60 pounds for the other group. Kinsel plans to present fat cattle at the International Livestock Show in Chicago in December.
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Vinton
Chris Kinsel
Here
Kinsel
Mr. Kinsel
International Feventone
Chicago
Decemer
Cows Show Big Profit From Purchased Feed
Atkins Iowa September report shows L V Lensch profited 2989.18 from last year’s bought feed with sixteen cows. Herd averaged 359 pounds butterfat and 10,000 pounds milk, top in Linn County cow test association. cows also aid profit via own milk sales in Atkins. Lensch emphasizes precise records, clean barns, and fly control as key factors.
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Atkins
L. V. Densch
Lensch
Linn
Towa
Farmer Ed Fry Buys 120 Acres Near Van Horne IA
Ed Fry, farmer east of Van Horne, buys 120 acres from Mrs Emma Stiegelmeyer for 175 dollars per acre. The sale adds to Fry’s large land holdings as the farm adjoins his existing property while Stiegelmeyer keeps 60 acres.
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van Horne
Ed Fry
Here
Emma_ Stiegelmeyer
Cedar County Farm Bureau hires county agent Emmet Gardner
Tipton Iowa September 19 the Cedar County Farm Bureau board named Emmet Gardner of Albia as county agent to succeed B N Stephenson who moves to Linn county on October 1 Gardner has six years experience as Monroe county agent and will assume duties at Tipton soon after October 1
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Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Emmet Gardner
Albia
B. N. Stephenson
Linn County
Gardner
Monroe County
The Rhyming Farmer By Edward Tufft
A humorous slice on threshing time by Edward Tufft recounts the farmer's wife managing meals amid busy threshers. It satirizes the chaos of feed times and advocates orderly, punctual meals to preserve domestic calm and efficiency on the farm.
Minneapolis Flour Prices Steady in Carload Shipments
Minneapolis Minnesota Sept 19. Flour prices hold steady in carload lots for family patents at 7.35 to 7.45 per barrel. In 8 pound cotton sacks shipments show bran at 25.00 to 25.80 per barrel.
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Minneapolis
Minneapoli
Minn
Realizing Brings Drop From Peak In Corn Prices
Chicago reports sudden frost forecasts in the west and northwest sending corn prices sharply higher during the day. Profit taking and weaker wheat and cotton muted gains, with corn closing unsettled and up ¾ cent. Wheat bids weakened. oats rose with corn. provisions fell on scattered selling.
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Chicago
Northwestern
U. S
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Cotton markets steady amid fair demand in Liverpool and Chicago
Liverpool demand remained fair with steady prices as 8 000 bales were sold against 4 000 receipts. Middlings quoted near 12 1/2 pence, futures for October through May showed modest gains. In Chicago cotton opened 15 to 16 points higher with October near 21.30 cents and December around 21.57 cents.
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Liverpool
Chicago
Futures Markets Report Sees Mixed Butter and Eye Prices
Chicago September futures close with butter on September storage standards at 423.0 cents for December and 32540 for refrigerator eyes in November. The report notes mixed movements with notable price differentials and unclear near term direction.
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Chicago
Raw sugar holds at 4.80c duty paid in NY market
New York sugar prices remain steady at 4.80 cents per pound for Cuban duty paid, with no sales reported and no change in refined sugar. Trade activity appears quiet as markets digest ongoing supply conditions.
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New York
Board of Trade cash quotations summarizing grains and provisions
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show No 2 red wheat at 1.29, No 3 red 1.264, various white and yellow corn and oats prices, rye No 2 at 4.40, timothy 2 103.48, clover 18.50 26.25, provisions crude figures with lard 12.55 ribs 12.50 bellies 14.65.
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Chicago
Bet
Barlats Taeaon
Irmesnyee Stoel
Timothy
Lord
Slow Trading in Big Butcher Hogs and Cattle
Chicago market notes weak activity across hogs and steady to higher movement in cattle and sheep. Hog receipts around 27 000 with heavy weights mostly steady but slower than Friday. top price near 12.00 with varied necks and sows 9.40 to 10.40. Cattle receipts 21 000 with strong to uneven gains, vealers down a touch, heavy Missouri fed steers around 15.75, and bulk weights 13.72 to 15.25. Sheep receipts 27 000 with fat lambs active, best around 14.00, native lambs 13.00 to 13.25, ewes 5.50 to 6.25, yearlings around 10.00.
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Chicago
Jett
Sioux City Livestock Prices and Potatoes Market Report
Sioux City Iowa September 19 cattle receipts 7500 strong on all classes feed steers and yearlings price range nine to four fifty cows and heifers seven fifty to thirteen twenty five grass cows five twenty five to six twenty five vealers six fifty to thirteen fifty bulls five twenty five to six twenty five feeders seven fifty to eleven stock yearlings and calves five fifty to ten cows and heifers five to eight twenty five hogs receipts three thousand five hundred up fifteen to twenty five cents top eleven forty seventy five to two twenty five pounds eleven to eleven forty sows nine fifty to ten twenty five stags eight to eight fifty pigs eight eight to ten feeding sows eight to eight twenty five potatoes Chicago September 19 potatoes receipts two twenty six cars on track and on hand total shipments seventy three nine Wisconsin round white potatoes one twenty five to one seventy five Minnesota sacked round whites one twenty five to one fifty sacked sand and river Ohio one thirty to one forty Nebraska Irish cobblers one forty to one fifty Idaho russet potatoes two fifty to two eighty
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Sioux City
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohios
Red River
Nebraska
Idaho
Ruseets
Visible Grain Supply Report From New York
New York on September 19 shows increases in the visible grain supply in bushels with wheat up 5.42 million, corn up 101 thousand, oats up 1.074 million, rye up 674 thousand, and barley up 313 thousand. The report summarizes changes across common grains, indicating overall growth in supply levels.
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New York
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards Chicago
Representative livestock sales in Union Yards Chicago on September 19 included hogs among other offerings. Buyers and sellers participated in a brisk market as hog prices and demand were noted by reporters.
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Chicago
INS
Stock Market Crash Wipes Out Major Shares
A drastic stock market reaction sent prices of many favorites down sharply. Industrials led the decline with blue chips like General Motors old and new, General Electric, U S Steel, and Dupont falling several points amid profits worries and higher call money. Liquidation spread across commission houses as traders anticipated lighter long commitments and possible gold shipments to England.
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New York
General Motors
Dupont
General Electric
Woolworth
U. S. Cast
Union Pacific
Atchison
New York Central
Thru Commission Houses
Sterling
England
General
Paramount
Famous Players
Motors New
Case Threshing Machine
National Tea
Houston
Gabriel Snuohers
Steel
All
Chem
Glhsam
Car & Fdy
Cca
American Tobacco Bec
Wat
WKS
Américan Woolen
Lee Ieee Bees
Atlantic Coast Line
Cerro de Pasco
Ches
D& Ohio
Mil
St. PL
West
Gore C
Rose & PLC
Ecseees
Iseeeeeencresnes
Ssesereeeaseeene Diy
Dodge Bros. A
du Pont de Nem
Exie’ Ooeviee
Fleischmann
Freeport-Tex
Sig
Cevseeseeee
LAD Gt. N. Ir
Orectfs
Great Northern
Gce
Hudson’ Motors
Illinois Central
Harvester
Studebaker
Kennecott
Lehigh Valley
Louisville & Nashville
Marland Oil
Kansas
Texas
Missouri Pacific
Cess
Montgomery Ward
Nash’ Motors
A. & Hartford
Norfolk & Western
Sinclair Cons
Southern Pacific
Lion Southern Ry
Standard Oil
California
N. J
Ae Atlantic Refining
Barnsdall Ae
Cascadian Pacific
Paceteseeers
Nickel
Cssceemyeonsusems
Kansas City Southern
Oes
Texas Corp
Texas Pac. Ld
Vinton Pacific
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Ise
Bethlehem Steel
California ‘Petroleum Vegan
Inter
Texas Gulf
Texas & Pacific
Union Carbide
U. S. Rubber
Steel Wabash Des
Western
Maryland
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland
Weate Wean
Sceeser Cease
New York Market Bulletin on Eggs Butter and Poultry Prices
New York dispatch Sept 18 lists egg quotations for fresh gathered extra firsts to 40 cents, firsts to 35 cents, seconds 28 to 33 cents, and nearby hens and pullets with varied prices. Butter receipts 182,311 pounds with creamery and packing stock quotes. cheese and poultry lines follow with jackets of price ranges and classifications. regional bulletins from Chicago and Kansas City add further price bands for eggs butter and fowl.
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New York
Bulter
Chicago
Kansas City
Banned U S Crop Price Forecast Moves Emphasize Cotton Market
Washington DC reports that Secretary of Agriculture Jardine has banned all agriculture department reports except the regular forecasts by the U S crop reporting board. The action, supported by President Coolidge, aims to curb price speculation in cotton after market fluctuations. Senator Martis of Georgia plans to introduce a bill to ban price forecasts for farm products.
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Washington
Secretary of ‘Agriculture
Jardine
Agriculture Department
U.S. Crop Reporting Board
Congress
Cooldge
Martis
Georgia
Vinton high school Ag club initiates nine members
In Vinton Indiana on Wednesday night eight new members were initiated into the Ag club, an organization of the three upper classes in the agricultural department. The initiation included a stock judging contest a milk drinking contest and an apply eating contest.
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Vinton
Agricultural Ufe
St Paul Livestock and Omaha Grain Markets Report
Receipts at St Paul include cattle 9000 with steady prices on killing stock and heifers, calves 1500 mostly $13.50 to $14.00, hogs 4500 unevenly steady to 25 cents higher, and sheep 6500 with bulk fat lambs 12.00 to 13.90. Omaha grain sees Wheat No 1 Hard 1.21-1.23, Corn No 2 White 84-89, Oats No 2 White 45-47.
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Omaha
Neb
Peoria Grain Prices Reported for September 19
In Peoria Illinois on September 19 corn and oat futures showed gains. Corn receipts included 24 to 32 cents higher with No 3 yellow at 87 cents per bushel and No 6 yellow around 80 cents. Oats receipts were eight cars with No 2 white near 47 1/4 cents.
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Peoria
Samale
Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts at Omaha show mixed cattle and hog markets with varied bids. Cattle strong for certain grades with steer and yearling ranges around 11.50 to 16.00, grass stocks lower, feeds heavy. hogs mostly steady to weak with weights around 11.15 to 11.50 per hundredweight. sheep receipts 35,000 with lambs and ewes trading steady to unevenly higher.
Live stock market report from Kansas City
Kansas City hogs receipts 5,000 slow to higher than Friday. Top feeder weight 210-225 pounds at 11.75, various weights 10.50 to 11.75. Cattle receipts 27,000 with steady to strong demand. best native fed steers up to 14.40, Kansan fed up to 13.00, stockers 7.50 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 10,000 with steady killing classes. best western lambs 13.50, natives 12.50, top ewes 5.75.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Receipts Steady. Markets Mixed
In St Joseph Missouri on September 19 hogs receipts 1500, up 15 to 25 cents with top at 11.75 and bulk 160 to 260 pounds 11.25 to 11.65. Cattle receipts 5500 calves 1000 generally steady. fed steers and yearlings scarce. top 14.00, two loads 1088 pounds 314.00. bulk grassers 9.00 to 9.75. cows 5.75 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 5000 very slow. native lambs 12.00 to 19.50, culls 8.00, top 13.25. no westerns sold.
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Joseph Livestock
St. Joseph
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Move in Mixed Trade at East St Louis
East St Louis market notes hogs receipts 12 500 with prices 10 15 cents lower top 12 10 bulk 190 230 pounds many loads 12 00 12 10 160 130 pounds 11 90 12 00 weightier hogs slow pigs and sows steady bulk pigs 9 50 10 50 packing sows mostly 10 25 cattle receipts 8 000 calves 3 000 native steers steady to strong western steers low cutters hold cows higher bulls 25 cents higher good and choice dealers 50 60 higher 16 75 17 00 native steers 10 50 13 00 western steers 9 35 6 40 fat heifers 11 00 bulls 5 50 to 4 75 sheep receipts 2 000 lambs strong top 13 00 packers bulk good kinds 12 50 13 00 culls 8 50 ewes 4 50 5 30
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Waterloo
Waterloo “Mini Co
Tripoli
Swift & First
Swift & First Price—Picked Up At Farmer's
Rath Packing Co
Deren
Ceenem
Tows
O.e.ceseeees
Cohn Bros
Wee Se Tees
Aee Aseewe
Eae
Perrereny Oe
Seeeeeree A
Ressesaeee
Bates
Eeeseee
Pune Eweseereee
Montana
Omaha
East St. Louis
HOGS AND CATTLE PRICES LISTED AT PEORIA AND KANSAS CITY
Peoria hog receipts 1,500 steady to 15 cents higher with various classes priced from 7.00 to 11.75. Cattle receipts noted as fair and steady. Kansas City grain reports show wheat mostly unchanged to higher with No. 2 hard around 1.41 to 1.43 and No. 2 red near 1.31 to 1.35. Corn and oats prices edged higher in parts.
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Kansas
City Grain
Kansas City
Minneapolis Grain Prices and Receipts Report
Minneapolis grain market report dated September 19 shows wheat receipts at 1,223 cars, up from 862 last year. Prices quoted for No 1 northern and spring wheats vary by quality with on track and arrival figures, while corn and oats prices are listed for No 3 yellow and No 3 white respectively.
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Chicago
Duluth
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Record hay crop set at 101 million tons in U S output
The United States hay crop is placed at 101,000,000 tons for the year 1927 per the department’s latest estimate. The Canadian hay and clover crop reaches 16,524,000 tons from 10,187,000 acres, the largest on record. Export prospects rise with good Canadian feed crops, while farm stocks on May 1 were unusually low, offsetting production gains. Prices for No 1 timothy, No 2 timothy, No 1 alfalfa, and No 1 prairie are listed across major markets.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Department
States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Altho
Canada
Timothy
Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Omaha
San Francisco
Prairie
Minneapolis
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Fayette Guernsey
Tama CO. Fair
Ainoel
Teason
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Edward Tufft
The
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Board of Trade
Mit
Rails
Kansan City
Liberty Bonds
Liberty Gos Ahem
Liberty
Liberty Treasury
Sean Veead
Join. “Ag.”. Club
Louis
Joseph
Paul Enkaeee
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Chas
Tenenbaum
Omaha Livestock
Livestock
E. ST. Louis Livestock
Black Hawk
Lafayette Bldg
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