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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
19
Community readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor of the Farm Department at the Byroning Courier and Reporter in Waterloo. Communications may be directed by mail or phone at (330) provided.
L. C. Akins rents 24 acres on Falls Avenue edge and runs seven grade cows plus poultry. He reports monthly milk income near 100 dollars per cow and says garden produce and ducks boost earnings, aided by a tuberculosis tested herd and thrifty feed purchases.
Fayette County farmer Stevinson argues the Farm Bureau acts as a major local business with 1719 members representing over 25 million in farm capital. He defends county aid, cites tax figures, and highlights bureau roles in disease eradication, soil fertility, seed selection, and cooperative markets backing farm families and youth education.
Des Moines Iowa April 23 officials of Iowa state fair plan a landmark 1922 exhibit on purebred sires backed by the U S department of agriculture and state agencies. The campaign aims to educate farmers and breeders that affordable purebreds pay back in stock quality and that the exhibit will be the largest in the middlewest.
Officials pledge to put the state’s agricultural interests first at the fair. They plan larger displays and a robust contest association to attract public attention and leave a lasting impression on visitors.
State College outlines a chick rearing method led by J. J. Warren from Iowa, detailing early nutrition with buttermilk or clabbered skim milk, then scratch feed and a dry mash. The plan includes graded heat, sunlight, ventilation, and green forage, claiming 198 chicks weighed 99.5 pounds at four weeks.
Instigators form a local organization planning monthly meetings on the third Friday in Stanley with strong support from Stanley and nearby businessmen. Roy T. Lee, Buchanan County agent, spoke at the first gathering as women served coffee and food. oysters were supplied by Stanley merchants. The next meeting features Clyde Combs, Fayette County agent.
Farmers from Buchanan and Fayette counties formed a community club in Stanley Iowa. Charter members include Farm Bureau members from Scottsownship Fayette county and Buffalo township Buchanan county.
Dairy expert C. B. Finley of Iowa State College urges timely spring care of dairy herds to boost year round milk. Start cows on pasture gradually, provide some hay, and adjust grain. light cows may skip grain for weeks while high producers get minimal grain to maintain milk and weight.
A quirky column depicts a family cat complaining about postmen carrying heavy loads of paper and boxes. It jokes about overworked letter carriers, broken packages, and calls for better facilities and humane treatment in the postal service.
James Cusack age 60 dies at home 507 Second Street East after years of invalidism. Born February 26 1856 in Dubuque County Iowa he married Mary McGrane in Elma Iowa February 16 1881. Survived by widow seven children two brothers a sister and other relatives. Hazel Welfelt 41 of Waterloo dies in Augustana hospital Chicago after operations. She ran a beauty shop in Lafayette Building Waterloo earlier and lived in Freeport Illinois with parents and siblings. Mary Notton dies of cancer at Sacred Heart church services held today and burial at Fairview near Blessing Iowa. Mrs Notton had lived in St Francis hospital care over a year.
A local skit features Farmer Dolan arriving with plans to rent a farm and avoid luck at spud raising. In other items, three children in Waterloo are ill with scarlet fever at home, and the Greater Waterloo association plans a Woman's bureau with a second meeting in two weeks.
The 1922 trapshooting season opened at Waterloo Gun Club Byrnes Park with strong wind. D. Russell of Des Moines was high man with 40. Chapman and Hartman tied for second with 44. Other scores include Simpson 23, Shepherd 20, Hatlowell 18.
Amherst Ohio April 21 A loon was captured by Michael Schafer after it struck a telephone pole becoming helpless ornithologists say the bird resembles a loon. The bird draws attention as loons inhabit the far north with hopping prior to flight noted by observers.
Howard H. Jones, Yale graduate and coach of the Iowa football team, says in a Yale News letter that eastern college policies and alumni control are less effective than athletic director systems used in the West. He disputes claims of western bias and suggests limited intersectional games could bring eastern and midwestern schools closer.
Wheat prices surged as the May contract reached the month’s high amid strong buying and transportation optimism. Futures showed gains on May and July positions while export demand and market nerves persisted. corn and oats followed a firmer trend with provisions also firmer as markets balanced supply and labor news.
Chicago dispatch reports Standard Oil plans involvement in the Venezuelan oil fields. The note cites a British report stating British interests and oil development in Venezuela will be coordinated with Standard Oil, aiming to expand access and production in the region.
Telegraph operators for the New York Central testified before the U S railroad labor board about wage cuts. They said wages had only recently kept pace with prewar buying power, noting a May 1921 average monthly wage of 127 dollars, while railroads seek to cut from 116 to a lower figure.
Soviet representatives reportedly sign a treaty with the Vatican allowing Jesuits Franciscans and Catholic sisters to enter Russia to conduct educational activities. The move is seen as a step toward uniting the Orthodox Russian church with Catholic authority.
Indianapolis April 21 reports from United Mine Workers headquarters indicate mine owners in Colorado and Utah are evicting employees from company homes when they join the miners union and walk out of the nationwide strike. Hundreds of nonunion miners are migrating to those states to join the union daily.
Theodore Brent, federal manager of the Mississippi-Warrior Barge line, told a senate committee that unless Edward F. Goltra moves to operate a barge line to St. Paul the government will take over the government barges under lease and extend service to that city.
Mrs J Ogden Armour, wife of the millionaire packer, is reported very ill at St Luke's after undergoing an operation for gall bladder affection. Her condition is described as serious today in Chicago.
Market notes from New York Chicago and Denver detail butter cheese and poultry prices with volumes and changes. A coal line bridge burning near Waisenburg cuts rail access and disrupts shipments, while potatoes, eggs, and livestock prices show mixed movement across regions.
A terse digest reports wheat prices and grades in Omaha, flour prices and ranges in New York mills, dairy receipts from Watering Co operative Dairy, coffee and sugar futures with May and December dates, and market notes on raw and refined sugar.
Hog prices rise 5 to 10 cents with 26 000 hogs and 9 401 quality lots noted. Cattle receipts about 3 000 with top beef steers at 8 70 and mid stockers steady. lambs reach 13 65 for top shorn and 16 00 for well finished stock.
Receipts at Kansas City show 8405 beef steers and other cattle selling steady to strong with bids around 8.40 for feeders and 7.60 for stockers. Hog prices range from 9.66 to 10.18 for various cuts while sheep and lambs hold near steady with top lambs around 26.00. Sioux City market receipts total 1100 cattle and 4600 hogs with steers and yearlings firm to higher and hogs steady to higher. Omaha reports 1000 receipts with 180 to 260 pound butchers at 10.25 top. lambs strong with 26.09 average and bulk around 10.50. Boston notes wool market firm with steady prices and ongoing demand for scour wool and overcoatings.
The opening stock market shows mixed results led by Mexican Petroleum up 34 points and Pan American and other majors fractionally higher. Industrials like United States Steel and American Express edged up while utilities and transport shares showed uneven moves amid thin trading.
A selection of young bulls reds roans and calf cattle with registered cows and heifers is offered at private treaty. Located eight miles north west of Hudson and two miles south of Hedson. Lloyd J. Loomad and A. J. Minish advertise Farmers' Prices for the sale in Iowa.
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