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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
17
Readers are invited to address the Editor Farm Department of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Communications may be directed by mail or by phone to 3330, seeking farm related topics and responses.
Vinton Iowa April 6 Benton county farmers seek factual road performance by building a gravel and patrolled demonstration stretch between the paving end and the Lincoln highway near Vinton. The project aims to compare gravel roads to payed ones under heavy traffic. The state highway commission located nearby gravel to minimize hauling. The farm bureau also plans cash twine sales at a slight profit. Hubam clover trials will follow with a bushel per seed distributed in small lots to gauge soil benefits.
A reader asks for the difference between purebred and Thorobred hogs. The article defines purebred as animals of pure breeding from the same recognized breed, eligible for registration, while Thorobred refers to a running horse breed. It clarifies standard bred, grade, scrub, and crossbred terms and notes spelling variations and proper usage. It also lists related livestock classifications and market terms with occasional price data.
Waterloo Cooperative Dairy handles 1,976,136 pounds of milk and 83,795 pounds of cream from 2750 patrons in a six month period. Butter production reaches 63,999 pounds with local demand rising. annual prospects and stockholders grow as the plant expands.
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau directors at their regular meeting prepared to launch a countywide anti tuberculosis drive with an imminent membership campaign. Arrangements aim for near 100 percent county membership as solicitors start once roads reopen. Ada Ahrens urged expanding girls clubs. a special girls clubwork committee was chosen, with appointments awaiting official verification.
Iowa girls clubwork has expanded rapidly with 43 counties currently active, aiming for 50. Garment making leads popular programs. 381405.58 in club products reported for 1921, ranking Iowa second. Ahrens notes 73 percent completion from last year and plans to extend to Bremer and other counties, fostering lifelong leaders.
The dairy calf club movement spreads across Iowa with rapid growth. State dairy expert J P Byes reports communities requesting club organization this spring. He recently returned from Lamont in Buchanan county where parents and boosters support the effort. Lamont dairy club started after initial organization steps.
At a Lamont meeting the discussion centered on buying calves. Roy T. Les, Buchanan county agent who started the three-year calf club concept, attended. A G F Ekstrom, La Mont school superintendent and agricultural instructor, is named club leader for Madison and Buffalo townships and may succeed Mr Lee as county agent.
Independence Iowa April 6. The Buchanan County Farm Bureau office resembles an elevator warehouse or market. Several hundred bushels of seed have been bought sold and exchanged through the office. The county agent says a warehouse or building is needed and the directors are expected to act before next spring.
Mount Vernon township women will meet at Farmer Hall at 10 a m tomorrow for a millinery training school demonstration under the direction of Mrs. Will King and Mrs. R B White. Visitors are asked to bring picnic dinners and millinery materials. the meeting will last all day.
April activity includes Mrs. George Waterfield visiting in Waterloo for a week then Elk River home. Mrs. Steve Gladsten hosted a prenuptial shower for sister Helen Brokaw. George O Connell hospitalized then returned home improved. Ray and Mildred Starkey noted as fine. Community notices include a Ladies Aid sociable, Epworth Leagues service plans, and local road hazards after recent rains.
Grundy Center reports a birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Canraal born in April. Clifford Skinner, recently visiting Grundy Center, returns to Minneapolis. Mrs. Joe Klar and sons George and Charlie visited from Conrad. Harry Stefaner has blood poisoning in his right hand from setting at a local residence. Mrs. Phil Ups and Mrs. Hunt’s household goods moved toward Conraat Elgin and Alfred Brenfang were in Marshalltown on business. W. C. Ladage improves at Waterloo hospital receiving head treatment.
A long column urges practical soil preparation and timely planting for home gardens. It counsels working soil when crumbly, selecting sun and shade, planning intercropping, and sowing radish and beet seeds efficiently. It warns against weed growth and suggests writing to representatives for free seeds.
Cedar Falls residents hear a hat making demonstration at 9 a m in the Commercial club rooms. Attendees bring a frame and materials. local women participate in the craft event.
G I Markham president of the Winds Central railroad told Rotary and Kiwanis clubs that rates are due to fall soon. He argued reductions will occur as traffic grows earnings and critics warn against nationalization and Plumb plan as driving forces for government control.
Unfavorable crop conditions in the Southwest push wheat lower amid volatile trading. May and July contracts swing with Liverpool quotes. corn gains despite mixed wheat results. Provisions ease while hogs' quotations stay high, with shipments from here lagging last year.
A fragmented market note from New York and Chicago detailing dairy prices including butter cheese and creamery grades, with Midwest poultry and veal quotes. Includes receipts and price ranges for multiple items across regions, noting variations by grade and cut, and occasional mentions of packing stock and shipping centers.
Parkersburg Iowa notes residents returning from Marshall Town and Nevada sanitarium visits. social calls include Miss Marian Reid hosting her father William Reid in Minneapolis. Rev J W Potgeter leaves for Wisconsin. Judge Edwards returns from Charles City. local events include Miss Mata Tommen’s ice cream and cake for first graders. market updates span coffee sugar wheat corn and cotton with multiple city data points.
Miss Blanche McLaughlin county superintendent visited the school from Osage as L. A. Muller Jr. completed a visit with her family and departed for Ames. Centerville Ia sewer chief mon Peacock is in town overseeing resumed work. Marian Wrolstad returned to Kenyon Mn after visiting her sister Mrs Groth. Paul Brammer attended a Hamp ton hospital board meeting. Mr McDonald joined his wife and child who then left for Chicago to settle there.
Receipts across hogs reach 6 000 with steady to higher bids noted for weights 100 pounds and up. bulk hog sales around 39.80 to 40.00. Cattle in Sioux City show steady to mixed bids with yearlings and steers trading from about 6.00 to 8.50, cows from 4.50 to 7.75, and stockers around 5.00 to 7.50. Sheep receipts small at 200 with steady demand.
Market notes from St Joseph show April receipts totaling about 6 000 head with cattle and sheep trading steady to lower. Cattle ranged around 8.40 for cows and heifers with calves near 5.50, lambs about 18.26, reflecting a weaker trend in lamb and lamb-like categories.
The New York stock market opened with railway shares leading gains as traders priced in optimistic peace talks from Washington. Strong activity lifted Steel and locomotive issues with American and Baldwin Locomotive among notable risers. overall trading volume reached about 750,000 shares as prices firmed and new records were set for steels and motors.
Waterloo markets report April 6 1923 with prices on flour spring wheat eggs butterfat and dairy products. Hogs cattle and hides are listed with weekly clearing figures, taxes and premiums for local cooperatives and packing houses.
East St Louis market receipts total about 7,000 with cattle hogs and sheep showing gains and mixed tonnage. Cattle top at 8.60 for yearlings, hogs up to 10.65 with 160 to 210 pound averages around 10.65, lambs strong with top spring lambs 17.40 and clipped lambs 13.76, ewes and feeders steady.
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