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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
19
Readers are invited to send comments to the Farm Depart editor of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be addressed to the Editor Farm Depart with the provided phone number for replies.
A Waterloo area committee launches a June start for township drives to recruit Black Hawk County Farm Bureau members. Training for township solicitors and a publicity push feature articles and a national state local accomplishments focus. Women, led by Miss Neale S. Knowles, may join the drive with a May 26 training at Keyter Waterloo association rooms.
Hardin county boys livestock club in Eldora May 17 held its monthly meeting with J. L. Reece of New Providence sharing feeding tips. Members reviewed club records and planned events including a June 4 meeting and farm tours on June 19 and 26. A Holstein heifer club tour is planned for August with demonstrations on feeding and showing.
Cedar Falls Farm bureau will meet at the Cedar Falls Commercial club rooms with county agent A A Burger outlining new work. Eagle Township Farm bureau holds a monthly meeting Friday May 18 as Burger notes one line item. The area test for tuberculosis will be pursued by cattle owners and signatures must be collected before July 1. Each township forms a tuberculosis committee headed by its chairman to begin the effort.
Dewar Iowa May 17 That which has troubled swine growers this spring has not bothered D S Heiple who farms extensively near here Heiple has 170 Chester White pigs across 23 sows averaging seven per dam The pigs faced cold damp weather but losses were limited to under 100 Heiple praises his dry well ventilated hoghouse and the ration of carp oats oilmeal tankage and scraps Water is piped to the pens and no drafts or dampness have appeared This feeding plan and housing helped avert losses and supports a hopeful market outlook for a quality hog crop
Cedar Falls reports rising interest ahead of the annual farm bureau conference on May 24. Calmar hosts a fourth district meeting with a full program. delegates share county bureau views and extension leaders discuss agricultural organization and state federation issues.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports new nutrition principles affecting dairy cattle. Experiments show diets must include certain minerals and unknown organic compounds called vitamins. The department notes feeding can be simplified and economies gained by systematic study of vitamin and mineral contents in dairy feeds and their relation to milk production. Alfalfa helps deficiency.
The Black Hawk County Holstein Breeders association seeks support for forming a junior club to judge at Dairy Congress and the National Dairy Show in Syracuse. Members aim to organize before June 10 to qualify for high placing in junior judging and a chance to judge at the national contest.
Studies show dairy cow breeding vigor is linked to mineral and vitamin intake from feeds. Results suggest high producers need more legume hay and that fresh green feed provides a vitamin aiding lime assimilation. Protein values in feed also vary and affect milking cows.
Des Moines reports state dairy and food commissioner R. G. Clark says diversified farming is key to offset deflation. He cites beef, winter dairying, egg production, better gardens, and fruit as ways to broaden household food and cut costs. Dairy revenue totaled over 126 million dollars with large gains in butter and milk output, urging cost reductions and herd improvements through purebred sires to sustain farm values.
Quarantine noted at the Barney Canneldie farm for scarlet fever. Pipeline corn work continues. D J D club hosted at Miss Brunetta Siebert’s home in Waterloo. FP Davis attended Cornell college music festival in Mount Vernon. Mrs. Harry Gardner recovering from pneumonia. nurse released. Mrs. Lester Wilson visited with daughter Mrs Archie Shimp. Mrs. Clifford McMillan assisting Waterloo school related events. G S Kleckner shipped a carload of Hereford cattle from Kansas. arrival Monday. A daughter born May 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Gleel (nee Levaigetn). Senior class play Friday May 18. senior-senior banquet Saturday. baccalaureate Sunday evening by Rev Faris at the M B church.
Charles L. Hill, noted Guernsey dairy cattle expert, is slated to speak by radio tomorrow May 18 at 8 20 p m eastern time on station KDKA Pittsburgh Pa The program targets urban listeners and country readers interested in the breed.
Commodity news from Chicago outlines mixed wheat trading on crop reports from the southwest. Light volume and cautious demand followed early gains, with July and September futures fluctuating and closing unsettled. Corn and oats mirrored the weather and supply forces, while hog prices weighed on provisions.
Chicago market notes show mixed wheat sales and various grain prices for May 17 including No 2 yellow wheat at 830 and lard at 14.10, with per hundredweight and itemized prices for barley timothy seed cloverseed and oats. New York and Milwaukee reports follow with futures prices and cash quotes for wheat corn oats barley and hay.
Forecasts from the United States Department of Agriculture indicate improved strawberry quality and a peak supply perhaps as late as June. Frost and bad weather delayed shipments by about two weeks, but prices trend downward with a 20 to 30 cent quart range. North Carolina shipped 610 cars last week, the highest by state.
Waterloo Clearing House reports weekly bank clearings ending May 17 1923 with daily totals and year over year comparisons. The note includes grain prices from Peoria and Toledo seeds quotes plus foreign exchange rates and metal market movements.
Market report notes hog prices 5 to 10 cents under May 16 levels while cattle rise 15 to 25 cents. Receipts in Chicago and New York include hogs around 110 to 130 pounds and heavy cattle showing strongest demand. Prices for lambs and sheep steady to higher with light stockers and feeders in demand. bulk supplies of bologna and packers around 10.60 to 22.00 outside buyers.
Kansas City market notes show calves up to 10.25 top, yearlings around 10.00, and stockers lower. Packers and shippers report strong feeder and hog activity with varied top quotes, while Lous East St Louis receipts reflect lighter demand and prices adjusting for calves and lambs.
At Omaha Neb May 1 hogs receipts 14 600 lower top 7 40 bulk 6 64. Cattle receipts 0 10 40 high 10 05 best steers 10 05 to 8 00 with bulk 8 50 9 00 fat lambs 14 00 to 16 00 top ewes and spring lambs strong two loads of 63 pound averages 15 65. Sheep receipts 9 500 market firm with top 14 90 for fed lambs and 15 50 for Navajo lambs.
Turbulent trading across many equities with notable declines in Standard Oil of New Jersey and Missouri Pacific. Woolworth rose while Copper, California Petroleum and other major shares fell. miscellaneous market notes mention demand shifts and unsettled speculative sentiment. Livestock, grain, and commodity quotes accompany the broad market snapshot.
Mr Vernon unp May 17 Mrs BR A Haymond and two sons Bob and Dick Cedar Rapids are spending time with her parents Mr and Mrs Austin Leversen. Mrs Lane and her mother visited Mrs felon Hoeckwell and Mrs Wade Ford at Mrs Kennison Cedar Falls. Dorothy Baker weekend Cedar Falls. Ernest Jordan completed gard. A daughter born May 5 to Mr and Mrs Auguste Mathes Marie Albright Waterloo weekend A J Weary home. Mrs Henry sick list. able about. Henry Wasrefort and Mrs Baumgartner married May 12. Will live on Wilson farm. Mr and Mrs A Henry visited son at Dunkerton Sunday.
Advice against using dangerous germ poisons for White Diarrhea in chicks. Promote early use of Walko White Diarrhea Remedy with a success anecdote from Mrs. M. Bradshaw and a advertising guarantee. Readiness and early treatment urged to prevent losses in flocks.
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