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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1924
Page
6
Waterloo Evening Courier invites questions and comments to the Hoster Farm Department in Waterloo Iowa. Readers may contact via Phone 6100 for information or responses about farm programs and services.
The seventh National Shorthorn Congress show and sale will be at the International Amphitheatre Chicago Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday February 19 21 1991. The event features 200 head from 12 states with bulls and Breeders’ Association consignments. Freight rebates offered on carload purchases. Banquet follows the show with programs planned for Wednesday and Thursday. Catalogs available from American Shorthorn Breeders Association Chicago.
Independence, Iowa February meeting minutes show the Buchanan Farm Bureau directors voting to cancel the home management project planned for March. Edna Rhoades is named as demonstration agent for one week February 1 to 23. Officials plan to resume the work later in 1954 or 1955 after completing ongoing home furnishing tasks.
Jackson township women in Butler county scheduled a meeting to discuss plans for procuring equipment for the Doty schoolhouse to serve farm bureau and community meetings. The report notes fruitfully attended sessions in nearby townships, with lessons on nutrition, cereals, cheese making, and a discussion of state fair plans.
The Waterloo Poultry Association meeting heard Oscer Grow Cedar Falls urge breeders to specialize in one type of poultry and to study inheritance laws. He warned against switching breeds and emphasized breeding pens, quality stock, and consistency to improve hatch rates and outcomes.
An illustrated talk on Mendelian genetics and poultry breeding discussed how cross mating can produce diverse results and how to reintroduce desirable traits. Speaker Grow emphasized specialization and showed plans for a Chicago poultry congress with premiums and potential exhibits.
The Missouri farm bureau women in Ray County announce a home project aimed at practical home management and color harmony. Specialists from Missouri University will demonstrate home organization, furniture care, floor coverings, drapery, and flower arrangements at local homes with lectures and a community gathering featuring cards and dancing.
Elkader Iowa February 6 Representatives from two co operative shipping associations met for an all day courthouse conference to discuss association problems Records commissions freight rate and overloading were reviewed with notes showing cost variations for livestock from different associations Data covered yardage feed insurance inspection selling commission and manager commission with other comparisons and questions raised H Thompson and E B Cady led the sessions.
Fifty purebred Duroc Jersey hogs from a leading herd will be sold at the annual sow auction at Hill Crest farm in Shell Rock on Monday February 11. Frank Hill owner says over half are mated to the new herd boar J. D. Whalen son of J. D.'s Sensation Ist.
Dr. RB Craft of Ames presented a vaccination school in Morrison Ta teaching ten swine producers about diseases of swine and farm sanitation. The audience showed strong interest in the lecture, with previous attendees noted for their engagement.
Chicago reports higher domestic grain stocks and weaker receipts due to unfavorable weather. Wheat futures show mixed moves with May around 1.12 to 1.13 and July near 1.12 to 1.24, while corn and oats rise on favorable weather and demand. Minneapolis and other markets show steady prices for staples and seeds amid ongoing trading.
Chicago hog receipts run high with mixed prices and gains over Tuesday levels. Iowa market items include cattle and sheep receipts, local community notices, and social updates from Clarksville Jesup and Waterloo areas, plus farm and hospital news across the region.
Irregular opening on the stock market with initial gains modest but broad. Oil shares led advances while United States Steel rose and Baldwin Locomotive jumped nearly two points to a record. widespread profit taking later trimmed further gains and the day closed irregularly with about 600000 shares traded.
A local debate centers on swine vaccination and who should vaccinate. Advocates argue vaccination knowledge offsets the costs and effort, urging schools to support training and best practices for herd health.
Weather conditions force postponement of Trownover’s auction scheduled at the farm north of Hudson. The sale will now be held a week from Friday February 15, rather than tomorrow.
The government files charges of conspiring to defraud the government for about 160000 through fraudulent income and excess profits tax returns. Herbert H Bigelow Robert P Galloway and William F Priester of the St Paul advertising specialty firm Bigelow are named in a complaint before U S Commissioner Samuel B Whaley. The U S District Attorney says Brown Bigelow is among Minnesota firms to be charged in fraudulent returns.
Recruiting offices were closed nationwide as a tribute to President Woodrow Wilson. Flags flew at half mast, prayers were offered at funeral hour, and services were held at local clubs and schools. Memorial services were planned at Cedar Falls Presbyterian Church with attendees from nearby towns. pallbearers and musicians are named, and interment occurred at Cedar Crest. Relatives from Marshalltown and Cedar Heights attended.
Upholstering and refinishing department quotes prices and crates furniture for shipment. Also promotes cafe specials and local eateries in Waterloo and surrounding areas with telephone contacts and addresses. Lost notices, wanted help, and employment ads fill the page alongside numerous sales pitches and dining spots.
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