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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1923
Page
19
Communications to Editor Farm Department Event os Courier and Reporter Waterloo Iowa. Address inquiries to Editor and include phone 3338 for contact.
Farm Editor notes Black Hawk county soils show high acidity with over 90 percent of samples needing lime. Advocate A A Burger urges applying limestone now, while noting limited spots where lime is inadvisable and highlighting local sources near Waterloo. County agents cite extension data supporting lime use to boost clover and later corn yields.
Cold spring days curb demand for hatching eggs and baby chicks as buyers hesitate. Cowan & Pattison, longtime Barred Plymouth Rock breeders near Waterloo, stress production alongside show quality. They emphasize a 24-year lineage, bar at Chicago shows, and a motto of quality over quantity while noting weather may affect early egg and chick supply.
Waverly Ia March 20 Bremer county farmers are to have services of 3 county agents beginning the flat part of April. Thoed ors Thorson who had been here five years discontinued the work. H Durk D Offringa set to be on duty April 2. He comes with dairy husbandry experience from Iowa State college Ames and has written for livestock journals after visiting Holland. Succeeding him in the dairy department is Mr Funk, Utah man with a master’s in dairy husbandry from Ames. Benton County meeting on wool marketing April 5 with V G Warner Iowa Fleece Wool Growers association secretary. Newhall demonstration on care and preparation of sheep and wool marketing April 6 by Y G Warner at Henry Miller farm.
Feeding. Drugs Will Not Stimulate Milk and Fat Production reports extensive Iowa State College tests. Various drugs including castor oil aloes rhubarb potassium iodide strychnine sodium cocodylate and benzoic acid altered milk flow and fat tests inconsistently, with only aloes rhubarb slightly increasing fat but reducing milk in most cows. The conclusion: none of the drugs reliably raise fat yield.
Qlarion Iowa March 30 A heavy damage suit is on file against Rowan bank as defendant in a $50 000 case involving farmer F B Sheldon State Garings bank and Mark Toyne. The plaintiff claims his 461 acre farm is worth $112 990 and says the bank refused to refinance loans after agreeing to do so and then sued to collect mortgages and notes, damaging him.
Iowa State College and farmers across 736 farms tested Ames Amber sorghum over four years. Farmers report 92.5 gallons per acre on average, with many praising taste and high yield. Inspections checked growth stages and yields, revealing widespread adoption and distribution of over 200 samples statewide.
Dr. E. C. Stakman of the University of Minnesota has been invited to address the Pan Pacific Scientific congress in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. He hopes to accept in August and September. A leader in combating barberry and black stem rust, he has studied links between plant diseases and Western Europe, for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the university. The congress focuses on problems of special interest to Pacific islands.
Iowa leaders urge farmers to curb production to stabilize markets as Alabama delegation studies agricultural laws. Lieut. Gov Hammon says farmers must control both production and distribution to achieve fair prices. Senators and representatives welcome Alabama visitors who plan tours of Iowa State College and agricultural stations.
Des Moines March 30 More than 126000 in cash premiums are offered by Iowa state fair management for 1923, about 10000 more than 1922. Increases focus on horse speed cattle poultry and sheep with main offerings in these departments rising by a few hundred dollars each. The premium list, issued by A R Corey, secretary of the state fair board, lists classifications and amounts for horses, speed, cattle, goats, poultry, agriculture, horticulture, textiles and more.
Three bloodhounds from Shores kennels worked with Dr George A Scott and Son at the hospital, 311 Sixth Street East, to treat pneumonia and other ailments. The Kennels housed other canines for care this week as part of the veterinary practice.
Webster City march 30 farmers grain company here sold a carload of hogs on the Chicago market at an average about 8.20 a hundredweight. The sale was through the Chicago Producers' Commission association part of the National Livestock Producers' association with agencies in St Louis Kansas City Indianapolis Buffalo Peoria and Fort Worth. The cooperative selling plan is reported to mark national success. A man with a truck load may market more effectively this way.
Syracuse March reports Dr Theresa Bannon a renowned physician and WWI veteran argues the spinster’s program in public health aims to reduce infant mortality. She advocates early prenatal care breast feeding rule, mother education, and simple living to lower deaths before age one.
Chicago market notes write a volatile livestock day with hogs up 5 to 10 cents and steers steady to higher. Receipts around 28 000 hogs and 5 000 cattle with active demand and higher bulk for desirable lots. Prices cited include 160 to 326 pound hogs, $8.50 to $10.00 for select cuts, cattle references show best yearlings around $3.60 to $8.00 with varied loads and strong packer interest.
Market notes from Lorton and Chicago on wool demand, prices, and mill wage impacts. Strong overseas interest and higher costs push prices upward in seaboard markets while domestic demand remains steady. Also reports of U S shipments and prices for Wisconsin, Hed River, and Idaho wool.
New York and Chicago price listings show varied shifts across produce and poultry. Butter and creamery products inch up while eggs and cheese exhibit mixed receipts. poultry prices hover with small declines in some markets and unchanged in others.
East St. Louis livestock receipts show cattle heavy and light steers at 7.00 to 8.60, cows 5.00 to 6.00, canners 2.76 to 3.26, hogs top 8.56 with various weights. Sheep receipts 600 none on sale, wool slates and best lambs around 11.76 to 14.00, light ewes 9.00 to 11.00, heavier 6.00 to 9.00, culls 2.50 to 6.00.
HANGAS CHOY LIE SETOOR. HOGS Receipts 8,000 alive to Kansas packers. Prices: bulk 4.10 to 4.20, 200-400 lb brverages 4.80 to 5.25, packing sows strong 7.30 to 7.45, Black pigs slightly higher. SHEEP: receipts 16,000 clipped lambs 10 higher, 11.40 offered for light wool lambs, 19.85 for others, wool around 13.86. CATTLE: cows and bulls listed with varied bids. best cows 4.60 to 5.60.
Omaha wholesale livestock market shows mixed movements with hogs steady to higher and cattle steady to higher. Receipts include steers up to $9.20 top, hogs around $7.70, sows near $7.36, veals about $9.00, and stockers steady. sheep receipts 1,000 with lambs around $14.30 to $14.40 and ewes top near $8.88.
St Paul livestock desk reports receipts totals for cattle calves hogs and sheep. Cattle mainly common and medium steers with steady to higher tone. Calves strong with good demand and hogs up to six cents higher. sheep receipts steady with indirect packer routes noted.
St Joseph Missouri March 30 hogs receipts 6000 with top 33.20 and higher. packers steady. Cattle receipts 1000 with most classes steady. beef cows 6.25 to 7.25. top 9.10. Sheep receipts 3000 with early sales. record lamb price noted at 14.45 per pound for a small lot.
Waterloo market notes list prices for flour and grains, dairy, meat, poultry, hay, and hides. It records quotations from Rath Packing Co for hogs, with farm goods including butter, lard, potatoes, oysters, beef, and wool, reflecting farm trade in March 1928.
Sioux City Iowa relief markets report cattle receipts near 1,000 with stockers steady to firm and varied bids for steers yearlings and cows. Hog receipts around 3,000 at Peoria with packers paying about 7.25 to 7.50 for heavies and 3.35 to 3.95 for hogs. calf top noted at 8.00 amid lighter calf receipts.
Receipts at Waterloo Co operative Dairy yesterday totaled milk 24440 pounds and cream 88 5 8 percent pounds. Markets were closed today in observance of Good Friday with exchanges in New York and Chicago also shut for the holiday.
Nevada superintendent James E. Jenkins notes 8000 Indians in the state, mainly WashoesShoshonas and Pintes, traveling for work in autos rather than ponies. Education in Stewart McDermitt and Pyramid schools shifts Indians away from tribal life, abandoning romantic redman tropes as film interest wanes.
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