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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1917
Page
7
A Iowa State report by John M. Evvard analyzes oats in brood sow diets at Ames. It finds corn alone outperforms corn with oats or with meat tankage, noting oats add exercise value but are costly and unreliable as a sole balancer.
A long excerpt promotes family co operation and making children owners in the home and farm life. It urges giving kids work, credit, and a share in gains and losses, encouraging ownership, gardens, livestock, flowers, poultry, and canning as part of a cooperative home and farm management approach. It also notes an Iowa State College corn and small grain show with many prizes and educational focus.
Sam Bodell reports Walhalla area produced about 300000 bushels of potatoes in 1916 with yields from 160 to 206 bushels per acre. Potatoes fetch 2 dollars per bushel in St Paul while keed spuds sell for 22 dollars per bushel. Goldie's Nehalem Beauty, a 23 year old Jersey named by C F Reid of Portland, Oregon, produced two and one half pounds of butter fat daily for a year, winning the world title. Wheat and oat straw are valued as fertilizer at 2.60 and 3.10 dollars per ton, reflecting potash nitrogen and phosphorus content. Buckwheat crop 1916 may fall from 15,769,000 to 11,447,000 bushels, with corn prices rising 2-12 cents per pound. The saying well bedded is half fed appears as a virtue for winter stock housing. Agricultural drainule factories are operating overtime to meet farmer demand.
Sixteen cow testing associations reported 4 981 cows on test in November with 155 producing 40 pounds or more butterfat, 54 at 60 pounds or more and 17 at 60 pounds or more. The high cow, a purebred Holstein, yielded 88 pounds. Official test cows numbered 53, up 10 from October. Eighty five cows were sold.
About 40 stock raisers from Jones county attended a Cedar Rapids luncheon hosted by the Commercial Club to hear Packers, veterinarians, and inspectors discuss tuberculosis in cattle and hogs. R S Sinclair spoke on tuberculosis and related topics, noting Iowa leads in hog condemnations due to tubercular animals and reporting $50,000 lost by the T M Sinclair company over six packing months.
A fragment from the Courier notes 14 000 subscribers and families reading the ads. A satirical exchange shows an elderly woman chiding a man for asking money, while D L P cites lacking nerve to take it without asking, set against the Times framing.
The Black Hawk County Farmers Mutual Insurance association reported a 1916 cost of 2.40 per $1,000 of risk, with an average five year cost of 3.04 per $1,000. Losses reached 12,607.12, cash at year end stood at 2,985.82, and total risks rose to 6,565,936. Risks written totaled 1,952,014 while cancellations amounted to 1,619,199. Administration costs were 2,253.73.
The best speakers procurable have been secured for the Hudson and La Porte City farmers institutes per A. A. Burger. Names include Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids W W Marsh Waterloo John M Evyard Ames and T H McDonald Ames. Evyard is hailed as the top hog authority while McDonald leads highway work for the Iowa highway commission. Lectures blend education and entertainment for rural and urban audiences.
Mr T L Sherman of Johnson City recounts sudden severe gall stone pains after which doctors advised operation. He took Fruitola as recommended, experienced relief, and regained weight. Fruitola and Traxo from Pinus Laboratories are sold in Waterloo without prescription. a booklet is available by mail.
Collins, general dairy agent for the Rock Island railroad, while in the city last week on business, declared the south was making great strides in the dairy industry and predicted it would soon rival other major milk and butter regions. He said the south has awakened to the unlimited possibilities in dairying as farmers build strong herds and study their craft.
An old advertising piece urges quick relief from neuralgia and headaches by rubbing Musterole on temples and neck. The clean white ointment, with oil of mustard, is claimed to draw out inflammation and soothe pain better than mustard plasters and without blistering.
An ad highlights Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a health booster for overworked men. It promises renewed strength against uric acid, kidney, bladder, stomach ailments, and travel weariness. Three capsules daily, with money-back guarantee if no help, and prices of 25c, 50c, and 1.00 per box.
A vintage health ad claims youthfulness comes from active bowels and liver. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel to improve digestion, clear toxins, and restore vigor. Sold by druggists in boxes priced per bottle.
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