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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1923
Page
15
Agricultural notes urge spraying tomato patches to curb the tomato worm and insect-induced diseases. A Bordeaux like mixture with copper sulphate and lime is recommended, plus nicotine sulphate to deter plant lice. Begin in June with four to seven applications to protect foliage and promote ripening.
Iowa Ayrshire breeders gather at Matt L. Frost farm for the first state picnic. Prof. Earl Weaver and Prof. H. H. Ildee demonstrated conformation traits using Orchard Home Pride. Paul Q. Raymond urged testing and profitable production as 41 Ayrshires, including Grace Whitehall’s lineage, are viewed.
Osage Iowa May 3. Otranto township leads in seed potato treatment by hot formaldehyde. About 1000 bushels were treated in one day at CG Goplerud farm with 30 a.m. arrivals from nearby farms. In Burr Oak township 200 bushels were treated April 27 using improvised steam setup from a gas drum.
Eldora Iowa May 3 Baby beat clubs in Flardin county this year have 23 Angus 14 Shorthorns and nine Herefords. This makes a total of 46 calves being fed by the seniors to see who can do the best work. In putting on gains the boys and girls who are taking part in the work are studying attentively the ways to make beef cattle do best. This group of calves will comprise a splendid display at Hir din county fair here next fall.
Forty five farmers and wives attend Fairbank township meeting to discuss the farm directory and appoint a co operator to gather farmer names. Henry Krueger buys a Guernsey cow for his dairy herd from Wisconsin via J F Keough. H S Stagner acquires twelve Holsteins for his farm nearby.
Tripolita residents led by T Irman Ladage and Fred Sommer traveled south of Waverly to Cedar Swamp to collect young cedar trees for planting at Farmers' Co operative creamery. Limited supply at the swamp led to sourcing weeds elsewhere. additional improvements of similar nature are planned for the creamery in the future.
A farmer near Biack Hawk road reports spraying fruit trees with diluted liquid lime-sulphur to combat scale, aphids, caterpillars and scab. The May 16 to 12 timing aligns with bud color as per Ames horticultural advice, using arsenate of lead and black leaf 40 for added insect control.
The article compiles banking activity for the week ending May 19, listing clearings totals 1952 figures like 245,458.60 for deeds and 316,513.8? amounts. It compares with the prior week and notes instruments filed to date. It mentions abstract company Siawk Clea and CRA Watn.
Wheat prices rose early on concerns about crop conditions but eased by session end. July and September contracts traded with small gains and losses as markets digested Western and Southwestern crop reports.
Chicago livestock and grain markets report hogs down about 10 cents and cattle off 15 cents while receipts run heavy. Prices show mixed movement across regions with weaker hogs and firmer veal and sheep notes, and grain futures trending lower on weaker demand.
Global markets show mixed activity with an average drop in major indices while bonds and commodities move unevenly. DuPont and Pierce leading preferreds push up, while the rail, steel, and motor sectors show declines amid cautious trading.
The Waterloo region reports mixed dairy and poultry market data with butter and cream receipts, price movements in milk products, and live fowl quotations. Concurrent notes cover cotton and grain futures, stock market activity, and real estate transfers in nearby towns.
Dear Sir the letter recounts a farmer’s trouble with White Diarrhea killing newly hatched chicks. It promotes Watko White Diarrhea Remedy a fifty cent box with a money back guarantee and requests readers to try it.
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