Butter Popular Food for Iowans
Des Moines reports Iowa per capita butter use at 213 pounds versus 17.05 nationally. State figures show dairy output rising 109 percent since 1920 while creameries and cows grew far less. Global comparisons list Denmark 18.6, France 10.9, Germany 9.4, Canada and Australia about 20. Butter contains 83 percent fat, 13 percent water, 3 percent mineral, 1 percent protein. Dairying is a major industry with butter and dairy profits rivaling cotton and corn.
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Courier Special Service
Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
United States
New Zealand
Department
Denmark
France
Germany
Canada
Australia
State Department
Milk Chart Shows Up Boarders
Washington dairy experts argue that precise milk charts tracking daily yield and butterfat per cow provide crucial data for farm profitability. A U S bureau study notes a scrub cow producing 146.8 pounds of butterfat annually, its daughter 126.3 pounds, and granddaughter 99.7, underscoring the need to compare costs, feeds, and net receipts with prices.
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Washington, D. C
J.C. McDowell
United States Bureau of Dairy Industry
Cooler Days May Increase Swine Cholera Hazard
Des Moines Sept 27 IN S fresh outbreaks of hog cholera in several parts of the state prompt cautious action by Iowa Farm Bureau Federation urging farmers to vaccinate pigs before the season turns cold. State Agent Hearst says hot September weather lowered pig resistance and cholera could return with fatal results in fall. Farmers should ensure good health before vaccination and call a veterinarian if hogs are off feed or lack vigor to avoid last year’s losses.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Farm Bureau. Federation
Charles B. Hearst
Hearst
Iowa Leads World in Tuberculosis Tests of Cattle
Des Moines September 27 Iowa has led the nation in bovine tuberculosis testing, with 30 accredited counties now tested and four more counties to be completed within two months Secretary of Agriculture M G Thornburg reports. He notes rapid nationwide progress as 347 counties are tuberculosis free and 945 counties are actively testing in the campaign.
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Courier Special Service
Des’ Moines
Iowa
Secretary of ‘Agriculture
M. G
Thornburg
United States
Pollution of Water Kills Dairy Cows
Des Moines reports that cows died after drinking poisoned Skunk river water near Newton with cyanide and copper waste from a Newton factory. Health Commissioner Henry Albert ordered Automatic Washing Machine Co. to stop dumping into the river. state investigators found toxic effluent entering a creek that feeds the Skunk river, threatening Newton and Oskaloosa water supplies.
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Des Moines
Skunk
Newton
Oskaloosa
Henry Albert
Automatic Washing Machine Company
Albert
H. J. Lonergan
State Department of Health
Lonergan
Chemistry Department
University of Iowa
Health Department
Farmers Forum Seeks Communications with Waterloo Farm Dept
The Waterloo Evening Courier invites readers to send questions and comments to the Butter Farm Department. Contact details provided for correspondence.
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Afdidraas Communications
Butter Farm Department
Waterloo Evening Courier
Wate
Yon
Towa
East and West Oversell Iowa Eggs
Des Moines reports the state agricultural department urging egg grading to secure higher prices. R. G. Clark notes Daring August poultry producers on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts sold eggs in New York nine to ten cents per dozen higher than Iowa eggs, despite Iowa advantages including corn in poultry feed. He predicts the trend may persist unless farmers buy on grade to ensure quality and better returns.
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Des Moines
State Agricultural Department
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
New York
Iowa
R. G. Clark
Hen Babe Ruth Sets Egg Record in Nebraska Contest
In Omaha on September 27, a Leghorn hen named Babe Ruth broke last year’s 149 egg record by laying her 150th egg on the 150th day of the national contest. Owned by A. R. Lander of Norfolk Neb the hen began its run November 1 1926 and is expected to reach at least 200 eggs before a day is missed.
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Omaha
Neb
INS
Babe Ruth
Babe
A. R. Lander
Norfolk
Lander
Jersey with Ordinary Care Sets Milk Record in Texas
Bright Morning's Sultana, a Jersey cow owned by Grown & McDonald of Cleburne, produced 15,499 pounds of milk and 900.06 pounds of butterfat in one year under ordinary herd care. The animal carried a calf 208 days of the test and yielded about 21 times her weight in milk. Two bull calves sold recently for 650 and 750 dollars.
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Cleburne
Tex
Jersey
Grown & McDonald, Cleburne
The Rhyming Farmer
Edward Tufft writes humorous agricultural pieces distributed by the Associated Press, showcasing verses about farm life and rural work. The column blends wit with practical farming snippets for readers seeking light, country-flavored entertainment.
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Edward Tufft
The
Associated Press
Farmer laments work and finance in rural rant
The speaker, Cy Smallgrain, venting in a rambling rural monologue, rails against hardship and debt. He speaks of selling livestock, feeding pigs, and relying on bank support while predicting a lean spring with no steady income.
Sweet corn pack up as weather shifts in September
Wimpton Iowa September 27 hot weather in early September boosted sweet corn yields near Hampton. Marshall Canning company reports finishing the season after canning 62,000 cases from 900 acres. An early Sept estimate had pegged production at 40,000 cases.
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Courier Special Service
Wimpton
Hampton
Marshall Canning Company
Marshall
Sioux City Livestock Prices Show Mixed Desk Report
Sioux City Iowa September 27 cattle receipts 1800 feeders and yearlings steady to higher with price ranges including 11 14 dollars for fat cattle. hogs steady top 11.25 with 170 to 225 pounds 11.00 to 11.33. sheep receipts 1000 natives lambs 13.50 ewes 6.50.
St Paul Livestock Market Report September 27
Livestock receipts include cattle 1800 hogs 5000 calves 1700 sheep 3500. Cattle and calves mixed with prices ranging grassers 10.00 down to 11.75 for certain fed yearlings, heifers up to 9.00, bulls 6.50 to 6.75. Hogs opening steady around 11.25 with heavy bids near 9.50 to 10.75. pigs mostly 10.25. Lambs steady to 25 cents higher, fat lambs 12.25 to 13.25. ewes 4.50 to 6.00. Montana lambs direct to local feed lots.
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report Sluggish Hog Trade
Kansas City market activity shows hog receipts around 5,000 with steady to higher bids on some weights, top at around 11.40 for 210 to 225 pounds. Cattle receipts total 12,000 with varied demand. calves and fed cattle steady to strong, grassers mixed with top ranges near 15.50 to 12.50 for yearlings and grassers. Sheep receipts 14,000 with lambs up 25 cents and ewes steady, Utah lambs quoted at 13.75 and other westerns near 13.50 to 13.63. natives mostly 11.50 to 12.59.
Omaha Livestock Report Omaha Neb Sept 27
Receipts hogs 3 460 light hogs steady butchers and packing grades strong to higher 160 to 200 pound lights 10.65 to 10.75 top 11.35 bulk 290 to 340 pound butchers 11.15 to 11.25 bulk 240 to 340 pound averages 10.74 to 11.15 packing sows 9.85 to 10.25 average cost 10 30 weight 297 CATTLE Receipts 6 000 fed steers and yearlings active mostly steady to strong spots higher on better grades stockers 10 to 5c higher bulls steady to strong veals 50c higher stockers and feeders steady to strong fed steers and yearlings 15.25 1102 pound 15.40 fed heifers 12.78 grass heifers 7 90 8.75 bulk steers cows 6.25 7.7 few loads 66 08 50 bulk all cutters 4 80 5 50 medium bulls 6 00 to 6 25 practical top years 12.00 few to 13 50 bulk stockers and feeders 8 50 to 10 00
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Soux City
St. Paul
Minn
Montana
Omaha
Neb
Chicago
Northwest
Duluth
Waterloo
Waterloo Mills Co
Tripoli
Lift & Co
Prom Rath Packing Co
Ofa
Iowa Flour & Feed Co
Cohn Bros
Mawemenas
Anne Tee
Thicarn
E. ST. Louis Livestock
St. Louis
Ill
Liverpool Cotton Market Reports Steady Prices
Liverpool notes moderate business with prices steady. Sales totaled 7,000 bales, receipts 23,530 bales. Midlands fair at 13.29d, strictly good mids 12.79d, midds 12.48d, strictly mids 11.4d. Ordinary classes quoted from 9.10d to 10.79d. Futures opened very steady with October 36d, December 14d, January 11.5d, March 11.5d, May 11.40d.
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Liverpool
Midlands
Selling Heavy for Frost Delayed in Chicago Market
Chicago Sept 27 Heavy selling and a big break in corn prices followed news that frost did not develop in the corn belt. Many stop orders were triggered to dump corn at fixed limits as prices slid to the day’s lows. Wheat held steady with export sales around 1,000,000 bushels. Corn futures declined despite shorts buying against bids, then eased again. Oats fell with the general trend. Provisions followed hog market declines. Closing: corn 3 4 to 4¢ lower, wheat steady to 1/2¢ up, oats 4 to 5¢ down, provisions 10 to 12 1/2¢ lower.
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Nebraska
Allied Hetiet & Dye
American Gar & Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelt
Saeveres
American Tobacco
Bree Seeeeteens
American Water Works
Ree Tate Cree American Woolen
Cerro de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
FENG
Avetees
Corn
Crucible Steel
Aioe
Atelaa Tere
Neenee
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General Motors
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Stevens
Great Northern
Ste
Houston Qi
Rape Everseeens
Hudson Motors
Stevens Bom
Timpis Central
Tnt
Harvester
Kansas City Southern
Bennecott
Lehigh Valley
Louisville & Nashville
Etree
Marland Oil
Gale Vereseen
Ran. & Tex
Pweseener
Missouri Pacific
Norfolk & Western
American
Ares
Northern Pacific
Packard
Pennsylvania
Phillips Pet
Pierce-Arrow
Postum Duce Plesedsbvca
Sen
Neneresses Asanvecenens
Seaboard Air Line
Sears
Roebuette
Sinclair Con Oil
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Studebaker
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Texas Gulf
Texas Gulf Sulphur Oe T35a Texas d& Pacific
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Union Carbide Union Pacific
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Alc
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Iu. S. Steel
Wabash
West
Maryland
Renee Notas Othe
Westinghouse
Willys-Overland
Woolworth
Yellow Tk
National Sea Bee
Standard Gas & Electric
Potatoes Market Report from Chicago on Potatoes
On September 27 Pi Potatoes reports 156 cars receipts on track and 422 total U S shipments, with market firmness due to Jewish holiday. Wisconsin sacked round whites nearby at 1.70 to 1.85, Antigas 1.50 to 1.65, other Wisconsin sacked 1.50 to 1.65, Minnesota sacked round whites 1.50 to 1.65, Minnesota North Dakota Red River Ohios 1.60 to 1.70, Idaho sacked rurals 1.50 to 1.65.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Representative Sales Livestock in Union Yards
Kansas City Hay market report from Kansas City Missouri dated September 27 notes prairie hay prices up by one dollar, timothy and alfalfa prices listed with No 1 quality, receipts totaling 201 cars over two days, and mixed hay values detailed. represents standard Union Yards sales summary.
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Kansas City
HAY
Prairie
Timothy
Board of Trade Cash Quotations Sep 27 1900s Chicago
The report lists grain prices for corn oats and rye with various No numbers and white yellow color descriptors. Notable figures include timothy seed at 2.60 to 3.35 per unit and clover seed at 18.00 to 26.00. Provisions show lard 12.39 ribs 12.25 and bellies 14.62.
Uneven losses in slow hog deals in Chicago market
Hogs show uneven declines with light weights most affected, butchers and sows steady to lower. Reports cite prices for 160 to 200 lb hogs around 11.35 to 11.75, 240 to 300 lb hogs near 10.90, and top hogs at about 11.90. Cattle receipts reach 10,000 with steady to strong demand for steers and vealers around 14 to 16 dollars. Sheep receipts about 11,000 with fat lambs active, prices around 13.25 to 14.00 for good westerns. Total market totals: hogs 65,600. cattle 42,500.
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Chicago
Washington
Principse
Sugar prices ease as Cuban refined gains hold
New York on September 27 reports raw sugar quiet with prices easing to 4.7 and 7 cents per pound for Cuban duty paid. Refined sugar unchanged at 5.9061.0 cents per pound for fine granulated.
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New York
Break in steel brings unloading on Wall Street
New York stock action opened with broad speculative selling led by U S Steel and General Motors down to new lows for the year. Motors showed late buying support while public utilities held firm in spots. declines spread through rails and several industrials as bearish sentiment lingered amid earnings unease and looming brokers loans reports. International shares shifted little and currencies moved within narrow ranges.
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New York
WU. &. Steel
General Motors
Old
New
Philip Morris
Remington- Rand
Dodge Bros
Maryland
Commission House
Steel
Bethlehem
Texas & Pacific
Atchison
Lackawanna
Foreign exchange rates on Sept 27 from New York
Mixed demand in foreign exchanges with rates listed for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Czecho Slovakia Yugoslavia Austria Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Montreal and more indicating varied international currency values.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Austria
Roumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokio
Shanghai
Montreal
Peoria Corn and Oats Receipts Reported
Proria gratin Ti September receipts show corn volume at 18 cars with No 3 yellow 64 cents No 4 yellow 92 cents No 5 yellow 89 cents No 6 yellow 88 cents No 2 mixed 82 to 87 cents Bac. Oats receipts 3 cars steady No white 50 47 cents No 3 white 48 72 cents
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Proria Gratin
Peoria
Standard Oil on curbs closes Indiana stock at 78
New York September 27 Standard Oil of Indiana closed at 78 on the curb.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard Ol
Indiana
Market summaries of dairy and poultry prices across cities
New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City reports show steady butter and firm eggs with varied receipts. Creamery butter and firsts hold near prior levels. cheese and poultry prices mostly unchanged with minor shifts in ducks and fowls across markets.
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New York
Chicago
Americas
St. Louis
Kansas City
Grain Receipts and Shipments Report in Midwest Markets
Chicago market data shows receipts and shipments across hogs cattle and sheep with varied prices. East St Louis totals list hog and cattle figures, calf yields, and steer values, while Kansas City grain notes mixed wheat and oats bids and car counts.
Wheat and grain prices and receipts from Minneapolis market
Minneapolis wheat market report shows receipts at 590 cars, up from 238 a year ago. Prices listed for No 1 northern and other grades, including spring and dark varieties, with on track and future months quoted. Corn and oats prices noted as well with No 3 yellow and No 3 white values.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Livestock market report from St Joseph Missouri
ST JOSEPH LIVESTOCK Receipts 1,800 cattle 1,800 calves 400, 4,400 sheep. Active markets with hogs steady to 25 cents higher. top $11.35 for packing sows, 180–270 pounds at $11.60. 280–360 pounds mostly $10.50–$10.85. sows $9.25–$9.50. stocker pigs $9.75. calves slow with beef cattle steady to firm. vealers steady to 50 cents lower. stockers and feeders slow at $14.50. sheep receipts 4,400 with no early sales, prices steady to firm.
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St, Joseph
Peoria Livestock prices and receipts summary
Pi Hog receipts at Peoria Illinois on September 27 show steady slaughter prices with tops at 11.60 for lights and mediums around 11.25 to 11.60, heavies at 10.50 to 10.90, packers 9.00 to 10.00, sows 7.50 to 8.50, pigs and light lights 7.00 to 10.50. Cattle receipts were fair with a strong market.
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Peoria
Ruth Elder Delays Paris Flight Start
Unfavorable weather reports forced Capt. George Haldeman to postpone the nonstop Atlantic flight of Miss Ruth Elder in the monoplane American Girl to Thursday or later at Curtiss Field. Separately, the Sikorsky amphibian carrying Miss Frances Grayson completed a load test with 10,500 pounds.
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Curtiss Field
George Haldeman
Ruth Elder
Paris
Atlantic
Frances Grayson
Brown Reports Hurt In Cedar Rapids Auto Crash
Eddie Brown, a regular visitor in local police court on drunkenness charges, was seriously injured in a car accident in Cedar Rapids and transported to a hospital in Iowa City. He had been released from jail here a few weeks earlier.
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Eddie Brown
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Brown
Poison for rats and mice product description
An OCR fragment describes Meyers Red Fox Potion Kernels made from natural wheat grain, claimed to be rodent food and not a poison bait like meat. It asserts it is not dangerous for poultry dogs or cats and promises real tones and sure kill. Available at drug stores with numbers 7Bc.
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Meyers Red Fox
King Boris of Bulgaria Still Single After Ten-Year Search
Sofia reports King Boris, 33 to 35, after a decade seeking a wife and queen, remains bachelor. Friends say he will return to Sofia soon without a royal bride, hoping an American princess may offer fortune and throne. Boris, modest and educated, lacks funds beyond a £30,000 yearly government salary and must support his sister Eudoxia while awaiting a suitable match.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Europe
America
Czar
Ferdinand
Eudoxia
Associated Press
Market Prices for Seeds and Timothy Feed
Toledo dated Sept 27 reports cash prices for cloverseed imported at 14.25 for October and 15.83 for December, domestic 16.10 for December and 14.25 for imported in December. Timothy cash prices show 1.60 for December and 1.65 for December.
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Toledo
Timothy
Brooks Milling Co Experts Help Solve Feeding Problems
Mr Holliday and Mr Biddick of the Brooks Milling Co Minneapolis will be with us all week and will be pleased to help you solve your feeding problems.
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Holliday
Biddick
Brooks Milling Co
Minneapolis
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