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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1922
Page
15
Community readers invited to address the Editor in the Evening Courier and Reporter Waterloo Iowa for comments on Farm Bureau topics. Communications should be sent to the Farm Department at the newspaper office.
The Iowa Extension service held a four-district farm bureau conference in Charles City to boost county agents and home demonstration workers, strengthen ties with state newspapers, and promote local leadership. Sessions highlighted creating community centers, engaging women, and using churches as meeting hubs to expand programs and involve children.
Charles City Iowa August 4 RK IX Bliss director of Town extension spoke at farm bureau conference on the future of agricultural colleges extension services and the place of the college graduate in the agricultural specialist work. He urged solving ahead of time and argued specialists serve farmers who lack capital for such research. Bliss called for broader extension education noting many farm youth do not advance past the fifth grade and praised the Farm Bureau as a county wide network supporting all farmers. The talk covered history of agricultural education and noted leaders like L C Burnett in oats development.
County agent Floyd County and groups of 12 to 14 farming families plan programs a year ahead. The session covered publicity, newspaper farm news, and cost factors. Data showed large livestock farms fared better per acre, with suggested relief via higher prices, lower costs, and reduced land values.
Des Moines August 4 Iowa Jersey breeders announce plans to bring a Jersey exhibit from the national dairy show to the Iowa state fair. A 40 by 80 foot tent will host breeding charts butterfat yield and cattle care demonstrations. National Jersey Cattle club lecturers will attend the exposition Aug 23 to Sept 1. Fifty two dairy cattle entries from state prize herds will be shown.
A Ringgold county Farm Management club report shows 14 farms averaging a $1,478.39 loss per year after applying 3.5 percent interest on land and 5 percent on working capital. The group averaged 256 acres with 126 in crops and an average capital of $38,000.
Ames Iowa August 4 The state board of education created the dean of men post at Iowa State college and John E Foster of Des Moines was appointed He brings wide school affairs experience including nine years as an inspector and later secretary of the board of secondary school relations He will begin this fall guiding male students in college work recreation and related activities.
In Decatur Illinois on August 4 the Hu reopen corn borer was found on Elmer Akers farm. J A Bliss ringgold county agent says a specimen was sent to the government entomologist and eradication steps are under way. Suspected entry via Sudan seed or oat straw used in packing and glassware. Farmers may declare quarantine and wage an offensive campaign if needed. The district could face a million dollar cost if the borer spreads.
Des Moines on August 4 reports preparations for the largest horse show in years by the Iowa state fair horse department. The show ring in Block pavilion is resurfaced and covered with new tan bars. The fair board bought 10 000 gallons of oil to sprinkle roads around the show barns and fair grounds for easier travel.
A likely best silo in Delaware county stands on the Linella farm east of Denida. Miss Florence Lindsay owns the property in Manchester Indiana. The Christopheren brick silo measures 46 by 14 feet with a 10 foot top and connects to the main barn by a feed barn of the same design. Walter Long operates the farm.
John M. Evrard, chief of swing and beef cattle production at the Agricultural Experiment Station, visits Ames for several weeks after six months away for health. He will resume swine and cattle investigations and plans to be away again about September first.
The Grundy Center column reports illnesses including Mrs Dick Herberts and Fred Rock with gastric fever, visits from Miss Pern Grey and others, a house construction near Conrad moved to Mt Dora, and local activities from outings to court and a divorce granted. The Hudson band promoted an American Legion carnival, road contracts were let, and residents travel to Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Michigan.
Community news from Dike Otterville and nearby areas includes family moves illness and visits with several residents, plus a Chicago grain quotation section listing wheat corn oats and soy prices for various grades and destinations for August 4. The report mentions new homes, hospital cases, travel to Des Moines Knoxville and Janesville and local social events at Epworth League and family gatherings.
The report notes farmers urged to hold grain as prices dipped early trading. It cites export demand concerns, Liverpool market signals, and a car and labor shortage affecting supply. September and December futures show modest gains and firmer prices in some quotes, with drought-impacted South Dakota and Minnesota influencing sentiment.
The report details butter and creamery prices in New York and Chicago, with wholesale butter at $2.85 per 100 pounds and various dairy, grain, and meat quotes. It notes receipts and price trends for eggs, cheese, flour, and poultry, plus updates from St Louis and Boston markets and local notices of deaths and visitors.
In Wey 9 and Rome 28 markets receipts totaled around 1,600 cattle and 1,100 hogs with varied bids. Hogs showed uneven gains with top around 10.90 and averages near 10.50 to 10.60. cattle and calves faced mixed demand with steers and yearlings steady to lower and calves uneven. Lambs and sheep saw steady to higher tone with lambs near 12.38 and wooled sheep at 2 to 6 dollars.
Cattle, hogs and sheep receipts at Omaha and Denver рын markets show steady to mixed price moves. Hogs 7,000 head, 7.50 to 8.75 for mixes. cattle 2,190 head with top steers around 10.20. calves 9.60. sheep 1,490 head with top native lambs 12.50 and California clipped lambs around 12.00.
New York August 4 stock market opened mixed with rails firming on select gains such as Gulf & Western and Pan American Petroleum while others drifted after oil price news. Industrials showed weakness in the early session as foreign and mining issues pressured averages. later losses narrowed with some issues regaining ground.
New York reports mixed grain prices with firmer wheat futures late in the session and steady oats and barley. Flour prices firm, spring patents high, winter varieties moderate. Chicago notes steady potato prices with regional shipments and cobbler varieties. Eastbound travelers C. G. Notter and sisters returned from an auto trip through eastern states and Canada with various points of interest.
Territorial scope includes Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Mason City and Waterloo towns. Summary notes raise roads and towns referenced in the subjoined report with focus on highway and weather bureau intersections in 1827.
The cattle market showed fair activity while hogs ranged steady to strong. Kansas City and Chicago reports indicate steady hog prices with hogs around $10.40 to $11.00 and cattle receipts near 4000 to 4400 head, with prices for cows and bulls fluctuating amid overall demand.
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