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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1924
Page
6
A gardener should transfer an inch to foot scale plan onto the ground using strings, markers, and simple tools. Allocate beds with three foot paths and four foot beds, mark edges with edging tools, and reseed beds as needed for a balanced display.
The report details changes to the McNary-Haugen bill under House guidance aimed at farmer support, with cooperation plans between the Agriculture Department and export groups. It notes opposition from grain traders and outlines a single board structure and cooperative marketing provisions shaping policy and operation.
Stacyville Tennessee April 1 William tzen, a Mitchell County 4-H club boy, charts strong dairy progress. His Holstein heifer has grown to 1,155 pounds at one year six months, gaining about 70 pounds monthly. The club emphasizes steady feeding, hay, and corn, with plans to milk as the heifer matures.
New Providence Mills reports 12 month period Mar 1 to Dec 1 1923 with 1 132 birds cared for and 46 producing hens laying 10 367 eggs average 173 eggs per hen for the year. Flock produced about 60 pounds per hen and receipts from eggs were 595 41. Costs for feed consumed are noted.
Readers are invited to address questions and communications to the Editor Farny Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier. Include clear queries and topics for discussion with a focus on rural affairs and local farming issues.
In Chicago market notes, higher prices for corn emerged late as traders observed cash demand improving. Early session showed inactivity with prices wavering as May and July contracts traded amid modest gains and setbacks.
Farmers expect long hours in fields from dawn to dusk if April weather holds. Alfalfa and oats are early planting interests, with soybeans discussed as a substitute for some crops. Wheat and grain markets show mixed activity with May and July futures fluctuating amid global demand and seasonal sowing talks.
Chicago April 1 hogs were uneven with receipts 25,000 and prices 5 to 15 cents lower on the bulk 160 to 200 pound hogs while heavy weights held firmer. Cattle receipts 11,009 with steers uneven and mostly 10 to 15 cents lower. vealers and bulls firm to strong. sheep and lambs steady to down with lighter demand and scattered price drops across grades.
Receipts show cattle with calves at 8,600 and steer prices rising to $10.75 for best heavy weights. hogs steady to higher with top at $7.43 and most sales $7.10 to $7.45. sheep receipts 3,400 with lambs $0.95 lower to $15.75 for old stock. St Paul market notes steady cattle demand and hogs around $7.25 to $7.35. silver prices in New York and market notes follow.
New York trading opened firm with gains for many industrials amid an improved outlook from U.S. legislation progress. American Woolen fell to a new low while General Electric and Studebaker showed early strength then eased. heavy activity in Coca Cola May Department Stores and others supported a mixed but firmer close. Dairy receipts and Waterloo market notes follow in this multi-item edition.
Anita Champlain weds wealth minded Roger Carwood facing family disapproval as Carwood’s fortune slips into aviation ventures. He loves her but fears marriage for money, while Anita’s engagement dissolves under social pressure. Wealth wings prove fickle, leaving Carwood poorer and bereft as Champlain kin deny any union.
George Schoorman reports an unusual pig birth on his Ackley farm. An 11 pig litter included a young hog born without rear legs, yet the animal remains healthy and vocal before feeding. Schoorman plans to observe its development.
The United States Department of Agriculture says there are more than 5.009,400 farms producing eggs worth over half a billion dollars. Most production comes from midwestern farms with eggs traveling up to 1,000 miles to markets. New York City is the top market, followed by Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
A Richland report notes Jim Zhorne bred 72 pigs in eight litters during spring on a farm in Lincoln township. The record highlights Hamp Jerseys and Percheron breeding, with county lines and local programs shaping breeding activity into April.
A 1 April report from Jackson town in Benton county records air dried shelled gray bean shrinkage ranging from 9.3 to 38.4 percent with weight loss starting near 0. Percent loss also shown from 8.6 to 84. Forty pound samples were stored last fall for drying. Reported grower yields and payments include reaser Brothers 99.6 bushels and other named growers with payments ranging around 1.8 to 1.5 dollars.
The State and federal departments of agriculture present a three part Q and A list on eradicating bovine tuberculosis. It covers costs per head for testing within and outside area work, cost calculations by county, state and federal appropriations, quarantine rules for cattle moved into counties, and the definition and payout of indemnity.
New York and Chicago market notes show unsettled dairy and produce values. Prices vary by grade with state and local receipts listed. butter, cheese, and eggs reflect scattered advances and declines amid mixed trading.
Waterloo business men express faith in benefits from the Waterloo Corn Congress and anticipate state aid and a reformed show for next winter. The Retail Merchants' association reports schools and boys and girls under instructors will feature stronger educational displays with six consolidated schools competing for top honors. A. A. Burger Cedar Walls is secretary and may offer a variety test by correspondence. Over 150 cooperated last season and there is talk of incorporating the Congress with substantial state support and a larger premium list.
In San Francisco on April 1 physicians tested a so called metibular booze detector to gauge accident risk from intoxicated drivers. The device measures the body's oxygen demand to offset heat from alcohol, with pure oxygen fed through a nozzle to determine exact intoxication levels.
A dense, station by station rundown of radio programs for Wednesday April 4 featuring a mix of concerts, talks, dances, and orchestral performances across major outlets such as Atlanta Journal Chicago News WLS WLW WEX Detroit WTAS Port Worth Kansas City Star WHAS and Philadelphia stations. Includes times for monologues lectures news hours and musical segments with various ensembles and singers.
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