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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1923
Page
11
Readers address the Evening Courier in Waterloo IOs with questions to the Be Rotterdam Department. The brief note provides a contact phone line and requests responses to farming queries. The item reflects a local press engagement format.
By the Farm Editor, the Waterloo Poultry Association outlines plans to strengthen the Dairy Cattle Congress poultry show. Members, prominent in the industry, aim to expand a barnyard exhibit, fund a larger building, and introduce cups, ribbons, and cash prizes to attract exhibitors and improve premiums.
The Hardin county tuberculosis outreach progresses with township meetings in coming weeks. County agent AM EB Olson notes only 3.4 percent of cattle tested are tubercular. Meetings listed include Grant township at William Moon’s home, Hardin Contmunt y club rooms in Iowa Falls, Etna Hazel Green Shoal, Sherman township, Juckeye at John Carney’s, and Clay at Gus Sand’s.
A Hickasaw county team led by Doward Snyder Wayne Smith and Aston Gott trains to judge livestock for contests at Mason City and Iowa State fairs. They visit Purebred herds and farms in Mitchell county to study desirable breeds before competitions with ten teams from northeast Town slated for Mason City.
In Jesup Iowa Barclay township women keep busy with ongoing farm club work since January. Officers include Mrs Jake Sherman president and Miss Elizabeth Hudson leads demonstrations. They prepare posters for Black Hawk county exhibit and plan junior club activities and parade entries at the county farm bureau picnic.
Waterloo township women held all day sessions at Mrs. Fred Marston home and at Mrs. Floyd Koughs to perfect material for the Black Hawk county farm women exhibit. Four fireless cookers were made. They met again at Mrs. K D Shaw I to continue work and turn in each township’s contributions by Friday.
Aug 8 Oelwein Iowa The last series of meetings for the Fayette county farm women clothing course will be held Aug 13 to 17 due to county fair conflicts. Jefferson area schools follow in Scott, Harlan Center and Westfield townships with Miss Alma Heimer of Town Extension service directing.
Aug 8 Arlington reports dress form making as a key activity for women in Lester town and nearby communities. Eighteen women gathered at John Goetter’s home to craft three forms, with reps from Waterloo Oswego and Fairbank. Seventeen farm women later formed three more forms at Mrs Henry Govllers, reflecting a broader township effort.
Three Iowa farm women Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson of Pella Mrs. Eva Engelhardt of Spencer and Mrs. Jacob Solberg of Nevada were chosen for the National Speakers bureau by the American Farm Bureau federation. The group includes over 200 speakers from nearly every state and aims to cover the entire agricultural field.
Chatterwell Girls' club of Fairbank Buchanan county met at Mrs Carl Nourse home with all members and two visitors present. Mrs Molly King Wilson reported on Independence training school July 24 with two members attending. Work on club uniforms begun and Wilson provided valuable sewing guidance. Members prepared garments for county fair and refreshments were served.
Pryouts for the team of girls to demonstrate at the Iowa State fair were held in Grundy County with members of the girls junior clubs competing. Miss Spenser of the Iowa Extension service assisted at the courthouse meeting. The county will hold the third clothing training session Aug 22 to 25 with Miss Mabel Rockhill visiting. Forty eight women in eight townships are organized for this work.
In Jesup Iowa August 8 the Clover Leaf club met at members homes for sewing demonstrations on seams and patterns. Gladys Fliss and Hazel Sisson were chosen for Friday’s tryouts in Waterloo for the county girls demonstration team with Mames, Earl Jonson and Silas Sherman as judges. The next project will be making club uniforms.
A poultry culling demonstration led by Miss Elizabeth Sludsen home demonstration agent drew several participants at the home of Mrs. W H Hammer in Cedar Falls township. The farm bureau group will meet next with Mrs. E Otto on Friday.
Iowa Farm Bureau federation announces the camp at the state fair will be improved. Mr and Mrs Grant Chapman consent to oversee general management with assistance from J W Van K and James Sumpers. County agents coordinate tent space and camping gear reservations to favor local attendees.
Managers report broad overseas interest as invitations to the World's Dairy Congress elicit replies from officials in London Glasgow Reading Edinburgh Berne Paris Belgium Wales New South Wales and Scotland. Delegates will tour Waterloo for two days and meet Midwest and Pacific coast excursions en route to Washington Philadelphia and Syracuse.
Des Moines reports an Aug 1 crop survey indicating another bumper corn yield for Iowa though state production may fall 50 000 egg bushels from last year. Wheat prospects drop slightly and oats improve with a forecast yield of 39 6 bushels per acre totaling about 412 809 000 bushels for the state.
Grain and hay prices across New York and Milwaukee markets mixed steady to firm with No. 1 white oats and No. 2 yellow corn cited. Local items report a new home purchase by Ellason on College Hill, a 13 pound birth, and several residents’ moves and travel plans. rains stall threshing while club participation grows for Waterloo events.
New York markets show mixed prices with butter and creamery products higher while skimmed milk and state dairy items move variably. Chicago notes general price movements across dairy, meats, and eggs with tobacco shares, leather and chemical stocks lifting late in the session. Foreign exchange and bond markets display irregular openings as the day progresses.
Railway time and freight updates mix with passenger schedules for Waterloo and neighboring towns. The listing notes departures to Dubuque, Oelwein, Chicago and Des Moines, plus connections to Minneapolis St Paul and Kansas City, with August cotton futures prices and commodity quotes interspersed among the rail details.
In Chicago, wheat prices rallied as bullish crop expectations tempered by government reports. September and December futures moved, with late gains eroded before a firm close as traders noted smaller domestic supplies and demand factors. Corn and oats fell on rainfall and a weak government report, later recovering slightly on old-crop stock concerns.
Market notes from Chicago and St Paul livestock yards show mixed results with hogs mostly steady to lower and cattle higher on strong demand. Hog prices range from about 6 to 8 dollars for various weights, while cattle receipts total around 30,000 at Chicago and 1,800 at St Paul, with steers around 10.60 and cows down to 2.50. Lambs and yearlings are firm to higher with Western lambs at 12.00 to 12.80, and calves trading near 10 dollars at times.
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