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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1929
Page
19
The Courier's News notes Waterloo farmers show receives extra funding totaling $1,000 from Jersey breeders and contributions from Holsteins Brown Swiss and Jersey groups. Coddington sang with accompaniment from Mrs. W G Crowder in the event program.
County agent B W Lodwick announces experimental plots across 20 townships to test broadcasting commercial fertilizer with small grain and clover. Trials include 125 pounds of 16 0 per cent superphosphate and 125 pounds of 2 12 4 fertilizer per half acre, plus potash plots on corn. Co operators arranged in multiple townships with observant record keeping through 1930.
Miss Geraldine Brainard of Monticello is named home demonstration agent for Fayette and Winneshiek counties. She begins duties April 8, after two years teaching home economics at Spirit Lake and prior teaching experience. This marks the first resident farm bureau women's and girls clubs staff in Fayette county since early organization days.
Roland Osborn, a young farmer near Walker Ta, reports nine sows farrowed 78 pigs in two days. He now has 74 pigs remaining, averaging eight per sow. The five week old pigs are healthy, and the sows were young Duroc Jersey stock. The litter's size is notable as it comes from first litters.
The seventh annual farmers debate championship of Iowa will be decided at Iowa State College at 5 30 p m next Saturday night April 6 with teams from Sac and Benton counties in the WOT studio The question is Resolved That all Iowa automobile owners should be required by law to carry liability insurance Benton county team Lewis Greaser and Allan Kilne negative Sac county Ronald Wilson and W J Stadiman affirmative The winning team will receive a banner from the Iowa Farm Bureau federation Sponsored by W H Stacy rural organization specialist extension service Iowa State College
Washington announces a plan to create the National Chamber of Agricultural Cooperatives to coordinate farm business groups. Leaders say it will represent co-ops doing over $1 billion in annual trade for about 1 million farm families and be launched in Baton Rouge after ratification.
Twenty two University of Towa journalism students will run the Tama News Herald for April 18 under Prof. Fred J. Lavell. Ralph P. Young serves as editor and James Bettle as business manager as students gather stories and handle ads and collections.
Peppy Traer Fles named the new girls 4 H club organized in Treer under Mrs Roy Perry. Twenty girls join the group with officers led by President Lillian Vorba Vice President June Briggs Secretary Treasurer Dorothy Slatinka News reporter Dorothy Davis Historian Emma McKinley.
Sam F. Grabbe of Fargo reports the Dairy Cattle Congress is chosen as the Middle West Jersey Show for the American Jersey Cattle club with Waterloo as one of four regional sites. Added premiums total 1 000 and 300 for state awards, with a 4 000 plus premium list anticipated. other regional sites likely Eastern States Exposition Springfield Mass Pacific International Portland Ore and Texas State Fair Dallas. The four regional shows aim to boost Jersey exhibition nationwide and develop the dairy industry.
About 185 mothers and daughters attended the Evangelical church Mother-and-Daughter banquet in the Cedar Falls church parlors. The program featured brief talks music and a play set. The annual event was hosted by the Tuesday club with about 50 members from the Nineteenth Century club at the home of Mrs. Paul Callem Franklin Street. Mrs. G S Barsalou presided and Stanley Wood presented a reading titled Gettys.
Jesup Iowa April 3 Sheldon Trumbauer was injured Sunday while repairing damage to telephone wires during sleet and snow. He fell from a pole, injuring his leg and back and remains confined at home though his condition is improving steadily.
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