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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1923
Page
19
In this Iowa newspaper item readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editorial Department at Avealag Courier ed Reporter in Waterloo. Communications should be directed to the newspaper office and may discuss community issues and local topics.
W H Barnes group led Fayette County Cow Test Association No 1 in April with 14 purebred Holsteins and 4 grade cows totaling 27 herds at 1150 pounds of milk and 38.5 pounds of fat. The association averaged 774 pounds of milk and 27.8 fat across 330 cows. Top cows include Jean Alpha Goss with 71.0 fat pounds and 2106 pounds milk. Several herds and cows posted strong fat outputs. 17 cows were culled for infection or other herd issues.
Canadian bug experts plan to import parasitic wasps from the United States and release them across the corn belt this summer to attack the corn borer, a pest that damages crops. The plan follows guidance from W R Walton of the U S Bureau of Entomology, with wasps brought from government nurseries and released in Ontario and other provinces where borer damage is greatest.
Jeanette of the Prairie the top Guernsey cow at Devon Pa national breed sale was sold yesterday for 9900 to Mrs H G Haskell Cossart Pa She was champion at 1923 Dairy show and 1928 sale bred by W W Marsh Waterloo and consigned by him The four cows from the Marsh herd led the sale with highest average 4700 Langwater Valor topped the bulls at 10000 sold by John S Ames et al
In May Elders In reports farmers in the area have increased focus on fruit trees. Everett Huffman near the city set out 50 apple and cherry trees. Fruit is blooming well despite a cold wave that froze corn and beans in gardens. Slerries show good bloom and fruit trees of all kinds are heavy with blossoms. Herman Paulsen of Benton county shipped three cars of cattle to the Chicago Market weighing 450 pounds selling at 9.60 per hundredweight.
Iowa breeders will send four delegates to the Holstein Friesian Association of America annual convention in Cleveland on June 6. Elected delegates are L. S. Gillette Fostoria W B Barney Des Moines Paul P Stewart Maynard and B H Maytag Newton. Frank Lowden is association president. The breed has grown from 65 bulls 205 cows in 1878 to about 6 5 bulls and 98 000 cows in the advanced registry with over a million registrations total.
Benton County Farm Bureau announces a boys and girls purebred swine club to be organized in the vicinity. Enrollment ends June 10 via county agent C. C. Teezen. Prizes include possible travel to the International Livestock Exposition. Members aged 10 to 20 may join. records kept. training in exhibit preparation provided.
Cedar Falls reports letters from Swift & Co Armour & Co and Jacob E Decker Sons propose a 10 cent per hundredweight premium for hogs bred and fed in counties certified TB free by federal and state authorities. If 75 percent of cattle owners sign testing agreements, counties join an area system with compulsory testing under state law. average annual county gains estimated at 15,000 dollars based on 200 pound pigs and 18 million hundredweights shipped statewide.
Miss Margaret Vanderwaren broke two bones in her right leg Tuesday evening when she stumbled and her foot caught in a hole. Phillip Tack dropped a drag on his foot. Mrs. Charles Carter and baby will visit relatives from Waterloo next week. Miss Fannie Louis visited Des Moines friends Tuesday. Mrs. Ray Palmer returned from a visit with her husband in Tras. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Beinfang and children were from Patrons Sunday visiting relatives. Marty Steigner injured in a runaway Tuesday. Bernie Koolman here from Wellsburg on business. A banquet will be at the Christian church Friday evening for the senior class. Mrs. M. Bunger is very sick in Wellsburg. The funeral of William Steen, Sr. was held this afternoon at Wellsburg. He leaves a widow and children: William, Cuno, John, and several daughters. Rev. W. Henrites, pastor of the Lutheran church north of Wellsburg, will officiate.
Washington Towns hip column records various Sunday visits across Cedar Falls Waterloo and Mt Vernon area. Names include Bucklin Janesville Howe Baker Polk and North with households in Finchford Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Mentions of Florence North caring for a felon and local farm labor activity.
Local notes describe a May Sunday visit at the home of Leonard Brown with Mr. and Mrs. Elsig Vrawn and Miss visiting friends. Rev Thomas J blowhek to deliver baccalaureate sermon at Presbyterian church. Masons held a meeting. two candidates initiated. Various community members hosted gatherings and attended church events. several families traveled, entertained, and shared meals.
In New Hartford and surrounding areas, notices report illness and hospital visits, Saturday and Sunday gatherings, family visits from Waterloo and Dubuque, and multiple funerals including Mrs Mary Brannan of Shell Rock. Other items note deaths in Wisconsin and Orange California, plus farm market data and grain prices from St Louis, Peoria and Chicago markets.
Regional cattle hog and sheep receipts vary across Sioux City St Joseph Omaha and Peoria markets May receipts show shifts in hog prices and cattle values with top packers and shipper activity noted at each market. Prices cited include hogs top around 7.50 to 7.40 per cwt cattle tops near 10.00 and veal and lamb figures listed for several regions.
New York and Chicago markets show varied produce and commodity movements including dairy butter creamery prices, milk and cream receipts at Waterloo, and foreign exchange. Stock market notes reference copper prices and general trading with a mix of gains and losses across several industrials and utilities.
News notes from Nashua and Marble Rock areas report funerals and illness across families, travels for relatives to Waterloo Des Moines and Rolla Mo, teaching changes and marriage plans, plus a bond issue defeat for the consolidated school. Names include Mrs Charles Taylor Mrs Helen O'Brien Miss Edna Hoarer and others.
Waverly updates include Dr and Mrs J D Hemenwar called home after their mother’s death, Mrs I W Dubois visiting from Canada, Mrs WW Scully returning to Los Angeles after a month here, Hindchs secures assistant manager post at P G Giles dry goods, Dr A West to Rochester Mn for a clinic, W F Stauffer buying Elmer Hardman’s stake in the drug store, Prof Hahn visiting with his mother and brother, Even Dozen club to hold final meeting, Clarence Lashbrook and Jonabers, irk, visiting, Burton E L Sweet leaving for a Washington trip, and Mamles Row Jeoup noted.
Winthrop La 4% and Mr Robert F 15% daughter. The approaching marriage of Miss Gertrude Gaffasy to Richard Coline Humboldt announced. Gladys Jack Peoria via Wing her aunts Mmes Hugh Fernard and George DuRoi. Rev C W Davis visiting relatives at Lawrence Mich. Born to Mr nek Tuesday May
The livestock market shows hogs 10-15 cents under Thursday prices with several items breaking around 10 to 15 cents. Steers top at about 10.35 per hundredweight, with mixed cattle and lamb trade totals and wide regional quotes across weights and grades.
The East St. Louis livestock sale shows varied prices across cattle calves and hogs. Notable figures include native steers around 9.70 to 10.00, heifers near 9.20 to 10.00, packer sows at 5.25 to 7.50, and spring lambs at 17.26 with top lambs to 37.00. Slower demand reported for some weights and species.
Metals prices steady across categories with electrolytic copper tin iron and zinc showing firm or steady readings. Sugar market notes dull activity with Cuban raw sugar near 2.16 and refined granulated sugar around 3.50 to 3.90 per hundredweight reflecting trading conditions.
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