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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
9
Entry lists prepared for the women's and junior departments of the Durant institute show judging by Mrs. Ralph Reuling of Muscatine on January 20. Two awards per class and a silver trophy for the best two pound home made butter sample. Exhibits due by 10 am Friday. Fancy work requires year’s work and prior premiums exclude repeat winners.
The writer jokes about editors Hise and Hinshaw and urges keeping Thanksgiving turkey on the table. He muses on turkey versus chicken for holiday meals and warns editors of fast cars and future turkey ownership as part of a lighthearted local column.
Sioux City Iowa Dec 7 The four teenth annual convention of the Iowa State Vegetable Growers association will be held at Hotel Martin Dec 13 14 and 15 The program focuses on business with over twenty leading authorities from the United States addressing important matters Social features include a banquet at Hotel Martin next Wednesday evening led by D H Culver
Washington reports eight 4 H club members Sherman Ives Frances Smith Don Shepard Blanch Keller Guy McReynolds Kenneth Hinshaw Mary Borreson and Hilmer Carlson cited by the Department of Agriculture for turning farm club work into lasting success. They built herds poultry yards crops and leadership guiding their families and communities toward durable farm wealth.
Southeastern Iowa gardeners lead a three day program in Clear Lake with talks by Fred H. Schutter on onion varieties grown at Pleasant Valley. Lindley Hoopes discusses best vegetable varieties. Hal C. Wolford voices on seed and table sweet potatoes. J W Rummels covers cabbage and Sioux City manure supply. Officers to be elected on final day.
The December issue of Agricultural Economic Facts notes October gains in Iowa farm product exchange values, the highest since September 1919, with the wholesale index at 150, while non-agricultural prices dipped to 151. It cites strong bank clearings, higher mail orders, and signs of enduring activity despite softer industrial output.
Laborers and small farmers in Cuba saved much of their sugar season earnings to prepare for the summer slump, reflecting cautious financial planning amid ongoing economic pressures.
Charles Hearst, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, is booked to speak at the annual county meeting in Washington on December 13 at the Y. M. C. A. The program includes reports, officer elections, by law changes, and a 1 p.m. address on federation activities. Dinner is 50 cents. reservations due by December 12.
The Iowa State College extension service reports October gains in farm product values, with the exchange value against nonagricultural goods at 99.3 points above September and the wholesale index at 150, the top since 1925. Mail order sales beat last year while car loadings lag, and iron and steel show weaker output. Favorable signs include low interest rates, active construction, rising prices, and shrinking inventories.
New sheer chiffon hosiery designed for dances offers a nude shade that blends with skin to make the leg appear nude at a glance. The product markets as an illusion of natural skin under stage lighting.
An uneven hem appears on a black broadcloth tailored suit with dipping pointed sides. The coat line tilts and the overall fit reflects a fashion note from the era.
West Branch, Dec 7. L C Greene, a retired farmer, records show one ordinary cow yielded 1457.50 dollars in milk receipts over a 14 year period from age 3 to 17 and a half. The cow earned over 100 dollars annually, while fed on home grown feed and sold at 53.18 dollars.
Des Moines report on Iowa Laying Station highlights better care and feeding as drivers of egg output. A White Rock hen owned by Collins & Ripper, Seymour, set a 285 eggs yearly record, while Leghorns owned by George B. Ferris, Grand Rapids, Mich., won the pen competition. Average across breeds was 180.5 eggs per hen.
Louisa County Farm Bureau board of directors voted to pay a $50 reward to rescuers A. E. B Lester Good E. Shellabarger Johnston Charles Shellabarger and John Gabriel for catching Merle Lee and Paul Dewitt in the act of stealing chickens from J. B. Wilson near Fredonia. The youths were captured Oct 31 and sentenced to one to five years in the Anamosa reform school. The reward requires a conspicuous protective sign and applies to theft from good standing members. Wallaces' Farmer also paid a $50 reward.
The report lists average production per pullet with 196.5 eggs for the leader breed. S. C. Rhode Island Reds averaged 180.1 eggs and White Rocks 170 eggs in order. The high hen from last year averaged 272 eggs.
Nearly 300 000 people attended the municipal fair in Nantes France this year drawing large crowds from traveling American bus services and local exhibitors.
An advertisement warns sore throats are dangerous and can lead to tonsillitis scarlet fever or diphtheria. It promotes Thoxine a prescription offering relief within 15 minutes with a money back guarantee and lists prices 35c 60c and 1.00 sold by Henderson's Drug stores.
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