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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
9
Limestone Day at Iona State College marks Farm and Home Week with a limestone conference for quarry operators and farmers. speakers include R C Fletcher of Tower Limestone, Bes Maines, Walter Rumley of the railroad, F N Masters, and A D Secor. Topics cover crushing, shipping, storage, local delivery, and farming logistics for limestone use.
Ames, Jan 24 Ring worm in cattle is caused by a tiny vegetable parasite dwelling in skin at the base of hairs. Dr Er W Stouder, extension veterinarian at Iowa State College, explains bare skin patches on head and neck mark the start, spreading rapidly if untreated. Prevention rests on scrubbing and scalding stanchions and walls or using strong antiseptics, while treatment calls for a sulfur and lard ointment applied to enlarged skin areas daily.
The Iowa State College farm crop chief urges farmers to favor seed certification alongside verified dealers. Certification confirms purity to variety and weed free seed, beyond mere origin verification. Prof Hughes recommends certified Grimm and Cossack alfalfa varieties from the Dakotas and Montana for Iowa use.
Dean F. Curtiss of Iowa State College chairs the International European borers committee in Chicago. The group plans a unified federal and state funded campaign to curb the corn borer's spread across the central and southern corn and cotton belt.
Farmers questions and comments invited. Address communications to Meitor Farm Department, Waterloo Evening Courier, Waterloo, Iowa. Phone 100.
Iowa State College soils experts report that treated straw or stover and cornstalks become usable farm manure. They outline a mix of 40 pounds ammonium nitrate 45 pounds sulfate of ammonia and 15 pounds superphosphate per batch and steps for fermentation to produce a manure-like product usable next year at about eight tons per acre.
Marshall County farmers who toured the Iowa State College exhibit on the Great Western railroad agricultural education train heard Forrest Henry of Dover Minn urge soil rebuilding with clovers alfalfa and soybeans to sustain bumper corn and oats yields. Grant Chapman cited Marshall County as typical of Iowa where only 39.7 percent of farms are owner operated. he urged longer leases to motivate soil improvement. Medals were awarded to 4-H members for 1928 achievements as the train moves to Gladbrook in Tama county.
The state extension service through Capper Ketchum funds will place a full time agent in Fayette and Winneshiek counties starting March 1. The agent, yet unnamed, will work in Fayette until May 1 and then split time between Fayette and Winneshiek. Travel expenses are the county’s only cost. This marks the first time a demonstration agent is secured to assist women and girls. several other counties are adopting similar arrangements.
Dunkerton Iowa January 24 All officers of the Farmers Creamery company were re elected at the annual meeting Charles Smith president KR D Jefferson vp T R Fisher secretary and F P Davis treasurer Directors for 1929 are W H McIntosh J N Puttkether George Meyerhoff Mike Stabell and Frank Meier The plant handled 281585 pounds of business in 1928 Farmers were paid 12379460 and the creamery averaged 545 pounds butterfat with a 225 percent overrun New equipment was added last year and the plant is ready for more business credits show a strong year ahead.
Fifteen hundred bushels of corn sold for 78 cents a bushel crib measure at the Walter Conry farm sale east of here. Oats brought 47 cents a bushel. A team of horses sold for 195 dollars, a horse for 100, two year old cattle at 100, feeder animals at 12.50 to 16.50, holfer calves at 47.50, shorthorn cows from 75 to 96, Clover hay 20 per ton, machinery sold well, total receipts around 5,000 dollars. Mr Conry plans to Waterloo.
Washington reports a foot-and-mouth outbreak near Whittier in Los Angeles County leading to the slaughter and burial of 3,500 hogs. State and federal veterinarians have dispatched inspectors and issued quarantines to halt the spread, with officials optimistic about eradicating the disease. The outbreak is traced to potentially contaminated garbage from a foreign-ported ship.
Dunkerton Iowa January 24. An all day gathering at the Earl Canfield farm home drew good attendance despite road conditions. Plans for future meetings include games banquets and upcoming sessions at the Tom Happel home February 1 and Charles Liebert home February 7.
A poetic monologue on marriage and friendship in a rural setting. Loucrumba’s long friendship with the narrator’s wife ends as she marries Jasper Glob, provoking reflections on fidelity and social constraints within a close community. The piece critiques exclusive married life and the idea of wedlock as a closed group.
Unfavorable Kansas and Nebraska crop data spurred a late rally in wheat but heavy profit taking wiped out gains. Export activity from Winnipeg and Argentina’s weekly 9,696,000 bushel wheat total highlighted demand, while corn rose on buying and later faded as selling pressured prices. Oats showed strength. provisions rose with hog values. World stocks data indicated December increases driven by Canada and Australia, tempering the rally.
Representative sales in Union Yards show quiet spots with 6000 bales set and receipts of 1000 bales. Middling fat and various mid ranges quoted with futures opening steady, while Chicago cotton futures rise for several months. Grain and hay markets in Chicago show mixed No 1 and No 2 timothy and clover prices. Bank debits follow.
New York stocks eased after a volatile day with broad selling in many issues and only a handful of strengths. Major gains included Canadian Pacific and National Cash Register while U.S. Steel and International Nickel slipped, volume neared 4.3 million shares and prices swung around intraday highs.
Chicago price report lists Wheat No 1 hard 1282 No 3 hard 1.27 No 2 hard 1.10. Corn values show No 3 mixed 6 c No 4 mixed 6 No 6 mixed 0 No. 3 yellow 9 No 4 yellow 9 No 6 yellow 6 No 8 white 97 No 4 white 95 c Sample 86 Oats No 2 white 56 No 3 white 5 No 4 white 49 No 4 white 3 Sample 48 45. Rye no sales. Brevity Trade: & Tac. Timothyseed 5.10 6.90. Cloverseed 25.00 31.0. Provisions Durd 11.95. Hogs 12.87. Bellies 13.00.
Chicago markets report hog receipts near 38,000 with bids up to 35 cents higher early, top price 10.15 for select butchers. Cattle and calf markets show steady to higher demand, fat steers around 13.50 to 14.10, lambs 16.75 to 17.15, and Peoria grain notes mixed corn and steady oats. Trade described as irregular with government livestock report awaited.
A jagged OCR fragment lists firms including Westinghouse Electric White Motors Willys Overland Woolworth P W Wright Aero and Yellow Truck among others tied to Wabasha Railroad and Vehadium Steel, suggesting a historical business directory or industrial listing with multiple company names.
New York reports butter receipts 12,539 tubs with creamery extra 48 1/2 to 52 1/2 cents, first 46 1/2 to 47 1/2, eggs 20,384 cases. Chicago lists butter receipts 5,480 tubs with creamery extra 47 cents, standard 46 1/2 to 47 1/2, eggs 6,695 cases with various classes, poultry and turkeys priced, hens 27 1/2 cents, geese 20 cents, ducks 29 cents, roosters 28 cents.
Foreign exchange rates reported from New York show steady demand with multiple currencies listed. British pound at 4.849 168 dollars, France 3.90390, Italy 5.2a40c, Germany 33.7a4e, Switzerland 16.48c, Spain £6.33c, and others including Argentina 42.16c and Shanghai 62.8bc.
Chicago market notes potato arrivals and prices with mixed activity. Reports show total U S shipments at 620 cars with 105 on track and 250 cars in transit. Wisconsin and Minnesota round whites priced around 1.10 to 1.06 a hundredweight and Idaho Russets quoted between 1.50 and 1.70 a hundredweight.
New York January 24 traders avoided commitments in early bond dealings while the general market showed caution. Time money softened slightly with Goodyear Tire 5 and Crown Cork & Seal Gs among weak spots in industrials. Rail improvements limited to St Paul Adjustment 5 Grand Trunk of Canada 65 and New Haven 3s, the latter at a new peak on light turnover. Public Service of New Jersey 4s slipped, other utilities lagged. Italian industrials led the foreign list in activity.
Receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across PAUL LIVESTOCK South St. Paul and East St. Louis markets. Fed steers and fat cows steady to higher, hogs mixed with rounds up to 12.00, pigs and light types steady, yearling and feeder activity up modestly, calf and veal prices varying by weight class and grade.
Sioux City reports cattle receipts 2,200 with beef steers and yearlings fairly active and steady to strong. Prices include fed steers and yearlings 10.50 to 12.00, fed heifers 6.25 to 8.25, cows 8.00 to 9.25, veals top 13.00, stockers 10.00 to 11.00. Also futures data for butter eggs sugar bonds and real estate transfers listed from Chicago New York and local Waterloo entries.
Farmers Institute will be held at Waterloo on Saturday January 26 with a carload of exhibits. Two lecture cars and one exhibit car will be placed near the Great Western depot. Four medals in gold and silver will be awarded to inked workers at the evening meeting. Morning session 10 to 12, afternoon 1 30 to 4, evening to be announced. All free and open to the public.
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