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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1924
Page
5
American Shorthorn Breeders Association outlines 1924 classification changes at fairs and national shows. Historical shifts include senior and junior divisions, herd categories, and the move toward spring calves. The article traces past base dates and evolving class names shaping competition.
Washington March 28. The season to raise chicks to replenish pantry flocks is here. Pullets form the most profitable part of the laying flock and a balanced stock should include at least half pullets. Proper management from brooding to feeding boosts early hatched chicks which are most profitable. Builders should prepare a stove brooder in a colony house, 10 by 20 feet, with 15 to 30 feet spacing between houses. Feed early in small portions for the first days then regular rations, using egg-based mash and dry feeds. Two week olds get a dry mash with oats bran corn meal and meat syrup, plus middlings. Commercial chick feed can be added. milk or dried milk as available. By one month give intermediate chick grain, later switch to wheat and cracked corn, with feeding two to three times daily.
The article argues that spinach and greens are essential for babies and young children and urges families to grow a small summer garden for fresh high quality vegetables. It notes fresh market produce loses quality quickly and home gardens provide best nutrition for development.
Bayer to Represent Buchanan County at Breeders Meeting announced after a recent meeting. GC. L. Bayer was named secretary and appointed to represent Buchanan County at the state meeting in Waterloo on March 16. No permanent state director yet. County meetings likely in various towns to boost participation.
Rockford report shows the Shell Rock Valley Poultry Club meeting at the town hall last week. Incubation and chick feeding were discussed, with a debate on natural versus artificial hatching. Members aim to standardize breeds and create an efficient egg marketing organization, likely forming a county cooperative in the area.
Cedar Falls March 18 Cedar Falls Good Luck club will hold a spring meeting Thursday March 30 at Mrs R A Gage 117 Greeley Street. Meats eggs and fish will be studied and luncheon planned. Women should bring food and dishes as assigned at the last meeting. This is one of five nutrition lessons in Black Hawk county.
Doughty reports 316 cows in the Wapsie Valley Dairy Association tested last month averaging 720 pounds of milk and 28.1 pounds of fat from 26 herds producing 227,963 pounds of milk and 8,764 pounds of butterfat in February. Pieplow of Aurora topped the high herd and high individual with 1,777 pounds of 3.5 milk and 62.1 pounds of butterfat from 13 test cows.
Chester Herd at Wayferry, Iowa shows a strong February dairy performance with 356 cows averaging 912 pounds of milk and 30.1 pounds butterfat. The Ro Wylam & Son Holstein herd near Plainfield also posted high fat yields, and top February producers include Aresa, Rigimi, Welam & Son PBH, and Cari G. Kreuthe among others.
New York and Chicago compiled dairy prices show butter and creamery items with mixed strength across markets. Chicago receipts include 20,640 cases of cheese and butter notes, while New York lists butter rates and dairy items by state and region alongside foreign exchange and commodities data.
Prices fell across wheat and corn after improved winter wheat prospects and weaker European demand for Canadian shipments. May wheat opened unchanged to lower, later eased. corn followed with declines though some late rally. Oats held narrow, soy and rye steady. Chicago cash quotes showed varied values across grains and provisions edged upward on hogs.
Chicago and South St. Paul market notes show hogs steady to up 15 20 cents with heavy weight hogs around 7 7 60 and sows around 6 85 to 7 if bulk packs and light weights varied. Cattle receipts 11060 to 2009 steady to higher with steers around 7 75 to 10 00, fat cows 4 73 to 6 50, bulls 4 75 to 5 30, and heifers 6 00 to 6 75. sheep and lambs also higher while stockers and feeders firm.
Kansas City cattle and hog prices show gains with beef steers, cows, and calves varied around steady to higher levels. Hog receipts around 4,000 see demand for butcher and packer weights. sheep receipts small with active lamb markets, while grain and hay prices in New York and Minneapolis drift with mild changes.
Receipts at Sioux City and St. Joseph cattle and sheep markets show mixed gains with higher cattle values and steady to higher sheep. Omaha and Peoria grain values list No 1 and No 4 wheats and various corn and oats prices with regional variations.
New York March 13 slight gains in low priced rails offset by broad weakness in leading speculative issues. Key stocks including General Electric rose while others like Studebaker and Willys Overland declined to year lows. Call money opened at 3 to 3 1/4 percent and market closed heavy with a wave of short covering followed by renewed selling pressure.
A dense page of classified ads lists daily accepted submissions with charges, announcements for tuning and repair services, battery relocation, meat market delivery, dinner specials, insurance offerings, sewing and hemming services, and notices seeking salesmen and office workers. Multiple help wanted lines seek both male and female applicants, including government positions and sales roles, with contact details and locations across town.
Des Moines March 1. The state fair board announced the establishment of $800 and $400 futurities in the swine division for the 1924 fair. A. R. Corey, secretary, says the awards apply to spring and fall pigs of Dutroc Jersey Poland China and Spotted Poland China breeds, arranged in cooperation with swine record associations.
The state fair and record association will share the $400 futurity prize for Chester White pigs, funding the added awards. The arrangement allocates costs between the two bodies.
A meeting in Vinton Iowa on March 24 gathers Town Wool Growers' association shippers and others to plan wool shipments for the year. In 1922 Renton county sent 7,500 pounds with an average net price of 33 cents per pound. B J Stewart Iowa Wool Growers' secretary will attend at Peoples Savings Bank.
Independence Iowa March 18 D E Sullivan's cattle were numbered among those on the accredited list free from tuberculosis after tests by Dr. Brownell federal district veterinarian He cannot test new herds now as he is focused on those already under supervision in Buchanan county.
Seich was re-elected president of the Iowa State Angus Breeders Association at a meeting held at the state fair grounds in Des Moines. Fireh Uves of Lake City was named vice president, and BE. T. Davin of Iowa City was elected secretary treasurer.
Berlin reports the death of Mary an elephant famed from World War I years as the last survivor in the city for 36 years. Officials blame an improper diet with horse chestnuts fed to children this winter cited by experts. Mary captured about 435 years ago by Carl Hagenbeck and used to lure elephants. During the war she pulled wagons and dragged strings of them through Berlin streets when horses were scarce.
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