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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1923
Page
13
Readers invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo. Communication address provided.
Iowa taxpayers asked W H Stevenson, director at Ames, what the state soil survey has achieved. He said detailed surveys are finished in 52 counties, 28 reports published, with two men working seven months per county. The program created the Iowa system of soil management, improved yields, and provided extensive fertilizer and lime guidance.
Indiana hog breeders detail prefarrowing and postfarrowing diets for ton litters. James Wilay notes brood sow reading aids, Joe Brown reports 11-pig litter at 2,225 pounds, and Walter Carter cites early water and gradual feed increases. Tankage or skim milk used after two weeks. management plus economical feeds key to large litters.
Benton County’s Farm Bureau debating team from Harrison township defeated Monroe county speakers in an intersectional contest on whether the producers contract is essential to cooperative marketing success. The negative was unanimously chosen. The dispute, delayed to March 14 due to impassable roads and rail delays, featured judges T F Tobin K D Iller and Rev J A Young. The Benton squad included J B McMillan J E Harper and A A Wright.
Jesup agricultural class boys at consolidated school plan a motion picture show to raise funds for the annual high school judging contest at Ames. Expenses are a common hurdle for students making these trips and the event aims to support their trip and inspire further activities.
Grundy Center Iowa March 19 It reports Grundy County Farm Bureau directors voted to cooperate with county officials to stage a Farm Bureau Day at the fall exposition Speakers of national reputation expected for Friday September 7 and other agricultural features planned.
In Independence Indiana on March 19 the second sale of France polands brought 1266.50 total averaging 42.21 per head. E G Ford Pairbank paid 5730 for a sow. J W Leaven paid the same for a sow and pigs as buyers from surrounding towns attended the auction led by R F French.
Waverly Louisiana reports that Burton, the retiring Third District congressman, arrived Monday and will resume his law practice and make his home in Waverly. His daughter attends college in Syracuse. Isabelle Carey, secretary to Mr. Sweet, also returned home. Caretensen, operated on at Mercy Hospital, returned home. Mrs Tatndblom, recovering from surgery, returned Monday. George Taylor, longtime local resident, died Tuesday at his son Albert Nutting’s home at age 87. services will be held at the Nutting residence.
Mr and Mrs Jed Richman observed their fifth wedding anniversary in March and hosted guests at home. Miss Ida Willis died at the residence after her brother Albert succumbed to pneumonia. Burial followed in Harlington cemetery. Mr and Mrs Hermann were called to Walker on Saturday by the sudden death of Daniel Williams, the w father.
Sam Freed is very ill at home southwest of Scott Stoffman Oelwein visited his parents Tuesday and left for St Paul to visit his daughter. Littleton school closed Friday for a three week vacation. There will be preaching at the Presbyterian church Sunday March 18. The new pastor Rev C Cafein tire will occupy the pulpit. Mrs Dorothy Budzine celebrated her seventy second birthday. Laura Stevenson elected director subdistrict No 2. Rev Mr Burkhart in critical condition and unconscious. Box social at Triumph school Friday March 16. Funeral attended for Mr and Mrs M D Ozias at Independence and burial in Littleton cemetery.
March notes record a birth of a 12 pound daughter to Mr and Mrs Wesles N Daw on March 7, a March 3 twin birth to Mr and Mrs Geo Deitz, and a March 10 move of Hattie Lindfield to Mary Price’s home. A commercial club reorganized and officers elected include RoC Funt i Co EB Leach and Mrs FL 3 Kerssen. The stock hatchery run by M Taylor is reported successful. A men’s supper at the Baptist church basement on Thursday evening drew a good crowd.
Mrs Besse Pickinger and Hazel Merritt hosted Timnco club on Wednesday. Miss Ethel Greealer and Mildred Kershner won favors. A shower for the new Mazante empire is planned for Friday evening March 6. Mrs Thomas Bieth has returned from Wakefield after a three month visit with daughter Mrs Fred Dinnie. John Bateman and wife of Howifer, Cole relocate to live with Mrs Rogers.
Syracuse writer Edwin Markham denounces modern literature as prosy and muddy with an overemphasis on sex and money as the driving force of art. He splits writers into two paths, condemning those mired in sex and praising creators like Irving Bacheller and William Dean Howells. He recounts writing The Man With the Hoe after inspiration from Neal’s painting and a night of reflection, culminating in six completed verses.
New Haven March 13 Hundreds of small boats once tied in Long Island Sound hamlets may sail again as the Connecticut shellfish commission says restoring the oyster industry is practicable and could surpass former greatness. By importing oyster spawn from distant waters and guiding it to river mouths the commission created new sets where none existed. Old oystermen doubted at first but saw the promising set and now foresee renewed prosperity in Connecticut waters.
A Montana proposal envisions piping natural gas from Shelby field wells to a mountain near Glacier National Park. A shaft would be burned to melt rock, creating a dramatic artificial volcano lighting the countryside for miles.
Grain experts report a week’s exports at 3,928,000 bushels with corn shipments down. Commerce data show totals compared to the prior week, including 1,849,000 bushels of Wheat and 324,000 bushels of oats. New York loan rates and Omaha livestock market figures appear in the same bulletin.
The New York stock market opened firmer with gains in several leading issues, while copper and steel shares showed activity. Foreign exchange movements were reported, with mixed demand for several currencies and a note on bond prices, as traders weighed domestic and international factors influencing early trading.
Active selling by farmers and Western producers pushed May wheat prices down after an initial advance. May futures opened higher, then eased, with traders noting pressures from improved supplies and profit-taking. Corn and oats also showed mixed moves as exports and provisions stayed firm amid hog futures.
Chicago market notes show wheat bids for No 2 red at 1.97 and No 1 hard at 1.24 with various No 1 northern quotes and mixed corn prices. Wheat and corn readings include multiple No 2 and No 3 yellow and white and seed values for clovers and timothy. Lard and ribs prices listed, with lard at 12.20 and ribs near 19.50, plus rough figures for seed prices and other grains.
Milwaukee and Omaha price lists show wheat and corn quotes for March 19 with grain types, grades, and bid ranges. Wheat ranges include No 2 northern and hard, corn prices list No 2 yellow and white, oats entries vary by grade, with scattered figures across the two markets.
Chicago prices show hogs up to 15 cents higher with mixed lots and heavy receipts. Cattle rise sharply amid strong demand, wholesale quotes include several classes and weights, with hog and sheep numbers and regional notes in the Associated Press report.
Kansas city livestock market results show receipts around 7000 cattle and 14000 hogs with higher bid prices. Cows and heifers sold from 4.50 to 5.50 per hundredweight while hogs traded near 7.00 to 9.00 with top quotes around 9.50 for late hides and some specialty lots noted.
New York and Chicago markets report butter and milk at varied prices with creamery and firsts listings. Poultry and eggs show mixed movement with declines in some items and steady or unchanged in others across regional prices.
New York March 19 reports the visible grain supply with wheat down 112,900 bushels, corn down 18,000 bushels, oats down 383,500 bushels, barley up 1,233,000 bushels, rye down 200,000 bushels.
Texas youths Thomas Turner and Arthur Trotté, both 18, completed a nearly 9000 mile winter voyage from San Antonio to New York with no cash and only trade goods. They rode the side door Pullman to New York, shipped to Hull, saw Paris, Brest, and a turbulent return voyage. Turner narrowly survived a near-drowning on a storm struck ship and both boys decided to abandon globetrotting.
Secretary of the Interior Work, a physician and former surgeon in Harding's cabinet, left Washington for Rochester Minnesota to attend Senator Nicholson of Colorado who is seriously ill under Mayo Clinic care.
Musical burglars visited six leading music stores in San Francisco taking instruments to form an orchestra. A brass drum was left behind. Also reported: John Picklow leaped from a county hospital window in Chicago and was killed instantly.
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