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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1928
Page
10
In Tama County Iowa 29 junior members own 47 dairy calves as of the 1928 calf scoring. Judges Ernest Wright Z R Mills Evan Norman and Jenny Nieman inspected stock across 11 townships with most calves in Geneseo. Calves comprise 20 Holsteins 13 grades and 14 purebreds among 46 purebreds total.
Erwin Drewelow of New Hampton bought 55 head of steers from Tony Rosanke & Son near New Hampton. The sale total was $10,050 with an average of $182.72 per head. The steers included Herefords Angus and Dirham breeds and were on feed six months.
Cedar Falls May 25 The annual four and phcaic of Cedar Falls Cow Testing association Wednesday June 13 will begin at 9 30 a m at the Joe Golinvaux farm just north of Waterloo. William Shannon tester and County Agent J L Uban announce the program. Two classes of Guernseys will be judged as the Golinvaux place to see each dairyman represent the Cedar Falls association in an Iowa cow testing contest on a three year basis. The boy or girl purchases a purebred dairy heifer calf scored on condition conforma tion weight and quality. At county fair calves are scored again and the winner has made the greatest improvement in the individual scoring. The same plan is used for the third year scorings. Some members have been in all three years progress including Floyd Perry Dysart and Warren Grey Chelsea. Floyd Perry Traer last seals in each year and first year classes. County committee plans show most representative calves at the Iowa Dairy Calf Show during Dairy Cattle Congress in early October. If no misfortune, all 47 calves will be shown on county fair club day Tuesday Sept 4. Members listed Jerseys Ruth Avery Tama Robert Douds Montour Gaylord Gary Montour Friend Gary Montour Earl and uszell Lyon Toledo Lester Spire Brooklyn Warren Gray Chelsea and Robert Winders Toledo Holsein Robert Boldt Reinbeck Lester Cune Toledo Floyd Meeker David Frank Joe and Robert Mitchell Buckingham Allen McKinley and David McKinley Tracf ord and Russel Perry Tr a is Baum Reinbeck Delmar and Elvin Thede Gladbrook Elmo Warren and Wayne Tomlinson Trama Robert and Wallace Young Treer
A trip begins at Benson Co-Operative creamery where Prof. A W Rudnick speaks on cream scoring. Picnic at Peder Pedersen place followed by disc and basketball throwing contests. The Forum farm near Dike in Grundy county will host the Larsen Holstein herd before Mr Larsen’s Waterloo dispersion. Merndale farms at 3:30 p m features legume focus with Floyd Johnston overseeing judging and official placings.
Anna Faulkner daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Faulkner of Hudson has been chosen by the county committee led by Miss Lulu Moser to receive the 4 H club girls short course trip to Iowa State College June 11 to 15. The Waterloo Evening Courier provided the trip prize. Faulkner, a Hudson High junior and Black Hawk Boosters program chair, has been in 4 H work since 1926 and will send daily reports from the course for the county farm department.
Black Hawk County 4-H girls and leaders will gather at Byrnes Park on Tuesday June 26 starting at 10 a m. A state club worker and local farm bureau officials will attend. The event features a music memory contest with prizes including a portable phonograph and a music appreciation book.
Los Angeles May 24. Municipal Judge William S. Baird designated Charles H. Green and Eddie Bunker as mental cases in a case charging them with possessing stills. Bunker was committed to Patton, Green placed under observation at the psychopathic ward. Green laughed and shouted in court, while Bunker claimed his liquor was good, made from potato peelings and fruit scraps. The judge mused about the effects on themselves and their customers.
Readers send questions and comments to the Farm Department via the Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Letters address farm policy, crop issues, and rural concerns.
In Janesyville Indiana on May 25 eighty members attended a township Farm Bureau meeting at the Joe Corwin home. Menteer Cedar Falls gave a health talk while Mrs S M Shaefer played harmonica selections. Gordon Janesville presented two readings and a play titled And the Light Went Out was performed by Mines Otis Arthur Budlonz M H Watson John Briden Charles Bye and Oscar Pierce. Refreshments were ice cream and cake.
Miss Mazel Bown, a clothing specialist, will meet club leaders and one member from each girls club in Black Hawk county Friday June 1 at 10 a m at the Yo W C A building. She will give the final lesson of the clothing course and Miss Row will conduct clothing judging and present ideas on organizing demonstration teams. The session covers street and school dresses and discusses different types of cotton materials.
Currants and gooseberries show damage from currant worms. R Herrick of the Horticultural Society notes these pests feed on the leaves, stunt berry growth, and recommends spraying with lead arsenate half an ounce per gallon of water plus one ounce dry lime sulfur if leaves have dew.
A Tama to Poweshiek county study of 102 farms shows an average management loss of 261 dollars in 1929. Feed costs and hog price declines reduced gross income with wide gaps between the top and bottom farms. High profit farms ran larger cattle and hog operations and were more efficient in crop and livestock labor.
Weather favors spring wheat and larger corn arrivals weigh on prices. July corn moves lower amid heavy undertone. wheat edges down while oats and provisions show mixed trends. Midwest and Minneapolis receipts cited, with domestic and European weather and demand factors shaping the day.
Amaga Work, farming two miles southeast of Manchester, reports a cholera outbreak that killed 24 hogs over two weeks. Vaccinated animals survived. most unvaccinated hogs died after contracting the disease, with losses estimated at 400 to 450 dollars. An adjacent pile of ashes may have spread germs, though some vaccinated pigs remained unaffected.
Rural eight grade graduation day打开 Bremer county presents a first time music memory contest for club members after the picnic May 28. R Vu Leach of Waverly handles two cornet solos while Margaret Sager theatre organist also from Waverly plays piano selections. Miss Grace Beebe county superintendent and Miss Oneta Baskins present solos. Rural school graduation occurs in the morning with Dr Bliss Ames extension service director delivering the talk.
Wheat prices for No 2 and No 1 grades hover around 1.05 to 1.57 per bushel with No 2 yellow near 1.06. Corn and oats show mixed bids around 1.00 to 1.07, with white and yellow variations. Rye, barley, timothy, and cloverseed list varied futures, while provisions split into lard ribs bellies pricing.
Chicago price report shows hogs slow but mostly steady with strong ends on higher weights. Receipts 20,000. top hogs $10.15 with typical 125 to 360 pound ranges. cattle and sheep mixed in follow up with variances in steer and lamb offerings.
Livestock sale items listed from Union Yards Chicago. records include entries labeled OKs and notes resembling a May 25 listing. No detailed prices or lot numbers are provided in the fragment.
The New York stock market resumes an upward trend despite quarter end profit taking. Motors, radio, and utilities led gains while several blue chips advanced, and pools remained active in key sectors as calls for caution rose.
Notice is given that on a June day at 3 o clock PM in the Waterloo court house Black Hawk County Iowa property used to satisfy a writ of execution will be sold for cash. The auction includes the north half of the southwest quarter of section 7 township 87 range 13 containing 89.57 acres and the south half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 13 township 87 north range 14 described as 130 acres more or less. The sale is to satisfy the writ and costs. H. T. Wagner sheriff. May 3 1928. Pike Sias Zimmerman and Prank plaintiffs attorney.
Market diary reports New York cheese and poultry receipts with price levels for creamery products, dressed stock, and eggs. Chicago egg and dairy receipts list firsts and specials. Boston wool market notes demand steady with firm prices. Kansas City grain shows mixed grain quotations and car receipts.
In New York on May 25 foreign exchange rates showed irregular moves with multiple currencies quoted. British and European rates fluctuated while South American and Asian currencies posted varied levels against the dollar.
The bond market in New York on May 25 showed a dull, heavy tone as rates stayed high. Copper export prices had little effect on Copper Company obligations which edged up slightly, while other industrials fell to year’s lows. Dodge Brothers, International Match, and Ralls declined. Minneapolis, St Louis, and Central varied, with a cautious buying stance amid firmer foreign trade but overall weakness in fixed-income listings.
May 25 Chicago cattle prices show heavy steers down due to sluggish trade with weights over 1300 pounds near a standstill. Hogs rebound late week with better grade weights 180 to 300 pounds trading around 9.83 to 10.00, while lambs rise as California spring lamb supply tightens.
At a Grundy County Cow Testing association meeting in Grundy Center the second annual picnic was scheduled for Thursday June 14. President Guy Coulter chaired with officers present. Events include judging at Lyle Hawn farm 10 15 am women at the park dinner at noon supervised by Mrs Wilhelm Hawn and Brown, an addressed by a speaker to be announced and a buttermaker talk, music and a Holstein breeders ball game.
The second junior dairy cattle judging meet of the year will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Orville Hamer farm in Orange township. Holstein classes will be provided for the youths. Boys from across Black Hawk County will attend with T Besh and County Agent J L Uban in charge assisted by Jester in Pioneer Cow Testing Association.
Clay township farmers will hold the regular monthly farm bureau meeting May 24 at the J Eggleston farm three miles north of Conrad. O W Beeler of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will speak on topics of interest to members. The county agent will show educational films including Making Hay in Hay Time and The Romance of Rubber.
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