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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
18
The annual Pioneer Cow Test tour in Black Hawk county drew about 40 people. Farmers and wives toured George Cunningham, W. A. Bridge, and Loonan farms, viewing legume pastures, Guernsey cows, and high butterfat renditions.
Paul Stewart, a Holstein breeder from near here, notes Iowa farmers’ strong work ethic compared with eastern notions. The Han sen Merner herd prepares fall freshening with a ration of oats, corn, cotton seed meal, oil meal, soybeans, salt, and jonemeal, plus daily clover hay and silage. A standout cow saved by the cow test association produced 459 pounds of butterfat and about 11,000 pounds milk in a year.
Independence Iowa May 15 Special prospective dairy club members in Buchanan county were interviewed during a tour by county agent L A Walters and Halstein club chairman H W Bacon. Iowa State Dairy association representatives from Waterloo accompanied the group. There are 18 Holstein members four Guernsey and 1a Jersey totaling 37 calves nearly all sourced within the county with a need for four Holsteins and five Jerseys. Most youngsters are expected to have heifers by June 1 as dairy club work gains pace after a smaller previous year.
A party of 125 farmers from Texas and other Southwestern states will tour Fayette county in mid July. The group will view dairy and beef herds and a rotation-improved soil farm as part of an Iowa and Wisconsin rail excursion organized by the M W T railroad and Iowa State College Ames extension program.
Three Fayette county farm bureau picnics are scheduled in June. On June 23 Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Pella will speak to residents of Harlan Fremont and Center townships at Matnard. She will address Smithfield Fairfield and Putnam townships at Babson’s grove the next day. On June 25 a countywide picnic with Congressman Dickinson as speaker is planned.
Fayette county records show Finley Ames will visit Fayette June 4 and 5 to assist members of the Fayette County Holstein Breeders association in choosing animals for their 1925 show herd.
Readers dispatch questions and comments to the Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier. Address communications to Editor Farm Department Waterloo Iowa. Plone 5100.
Dr. George Kuehne of Germany leads a four member German study tour in Ames Iowa praising Iowa State College’s agricultural engineering lab. He cites the dynamometer car manless plow and tractor lug testing apparatus as notable. He plans to visit Lincoln Nebraska and the West Coast, attending the American Society of Agricultural Engineers meeting in Madison Wisconsin.
Seventy five head of Guernseys sold at the interstate fairgrounds in Trenton New Jersey for an average of 1167 dollars. Uptra Celia topped the sale at 9500 dollars. Honey Bloom of the Prairie 2nd brought 5100 dollars the second highest price of the sale. Other Marsh lots included Lillia of Iowa 2000 dollars Honey Sweet of the Prairie 3200 dollars Valentine 1200 dollars Rose Cherub 850 dollars and Gladiolus 650 dollars. The Marsh six animals averaged 2166.66 dollars.
Des Moines May 15 The Iowa Supreme Court advanced the hearing date on the bovine tuberculosis case from Black Hawk county to June 14 before the full bench. Officials say the Forty first general assembly has given new strength to the tuberculosis law to support eradication efforts if the old statute fails to meet needs.
First wool sales of the season occur in Tripoli Iowa as A H L Ponzar buys wool at about 35 cents a pound. Only a limited amount has been sold so far and Ponzar will hold his stock until a carload accumulates.
Rural schnor children of Black Hawk county will take part in the annual Farm Bureau picnic at Electric Park on Wednesday June 17. A community singing contest between townships is planned as a major program element with a parade in the morning.
Chicago May wheat gains sparked by reports of tighter European supplies and UK and Brazil buying activity. Prices moved from slight declines to mixed gains before closing unsettled. corn and oats eased while provisions held firm despite weaker hogs. Local cash quotes and regional grain values across Minneapolis, Omaha, St Louis, and other markets cited.
The opening on the stock market showed uneven price moves amid weekend readjustments. Oddities included gains in utilities and rail shares, with heavy activity in short covering, and notable strength in Whitling & Lake Erie and Delaware & Hudson amid rumors of inclusion in a new eastern route.
Market list shows varied prices for butter lard poultry hay and grains, with multiple brands and suppliers including National Biscuit Co United Drug Rath Packing Co and Reynolds Tobacco. Foreign exchange rates and bond prices also noted, highlighting U S market activity and commodities trading in St Louis and New York May 15.
Chicago hog receipts about 26,000 with slow bid and losses to 40 cents. bulk good to choice hogs 11.80 to 12.00. 240–325 pound loads 11.70 to 12.10. sow prices 10.60 to 11.40. Cattle dull to weak. steers uneven, cows weak. sheep slow with some bids around 11.50 for top lambs. Sioux City market follows with steady to higher hogs and mixed cattle demand.
New York and Chicago market notes show butter creamery milk cheese and poultry prices with mixed results. Butter receipts and cheese values are listed alongside regional variations for milk eggs and various grades, while poultry and hogs show shifts in price and supply across multiple markets.
The St Joseph cattle and sheep market shows steady to stronger trends on cattle with top cows and calves noted. Peoria and Chicago reports indicate mixed receipts and varied prices for cattle and potatoes amid light trading and careful demand.
In Eldora May 15 K Reese reports a strong pig season with 52 pigs from nine sows amid unusually favorable weather. Grundy Center May 15 R R Pluk tops Grundy County livestock with 66 Duracs weighing an average of 2668 pounds on the Chicago market. Corban Chicago May 16 sees mixed cotton futures with May open at 22.29 cents, July 22.23, October 22.08, and a volatile session. New York Flour prices show steady to higher ranges for various grades from May 13.
Kansasity livestock report shows mixed prices across regions with wool and cattle quotes. Wool and sheep values in Ohio Pennsylvania and Texas vary from 60 to 310 dollars per head while cattle and hides move at reported ranges. Coffee and sugar futures in New York hold firm with modest gains amid mild demand.
May 14 at Barclays Center Mrs C C Milton hosts the Ladies Aid of M J church Dunkerton with a noon cafeteria style dinner. T H Cunningham purchased a jets tractor. Mrs G B J Kleckner’s Sunday School class honors Mrs Ira Smith at her parents home. Hice visited Waterloo. J J Anderson’s bull a dex reprinted. WM Miller and son Leonard returned Monday from a relative's funeral trip. Pheasants again damage corn. French and German highways show rows of planted fruit trees. some state owned, some privately owned.
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