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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1929
Page
17
The Courier's News notes field work proceeding well as soil dries with recent rains. Corn planting ramps up with many farms starting this week while some land waits until June for corn plantings. Quack grass infestations and early replanting reports appear alongside good pastures boosting butterfat receipts.
Sioux Falls May 17 The fifth annual Midwestern states tuberculosis conference will discuss eradication efforts across seven states with national officials touring all phases of cleanup. Veterinarians livestock men and health experts from Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North and South Dakota will attend. Principal speakers include Dr W A Evans health editor Chicago Tribune and Dr D C Lochead Mayo Clinic ester Min. state veterinarians will report progress. public demonstrations feature stock specimens at a local packing plant with W H T Poster of the packing plant speaking on tuberculosis in hogs.
New Hampton, Ja May 27 A total of 154 pigs in 14 litters and 160 pigs raised to weaning from 10 litters mark a record by J. W. Weigel of Jacksonville township with purebred Chester White sows. Pigs born in February and early March faced cold, but a broader house and stove helped. Weigel practices pasture rotation and McLean county style management to keep disease low and quality high.
Five vocational agriculture students in Hudson Illinois plan summer fertilizer trials on home plots of seven tenths of an acre each. Treatments include complete fertilizer, superphosphate, lime, lime with manure and a check plot for corn, plus soybeans trials by Gordon Strayer. Lime supplied by Glory quarry, other materials from county agent. results aim to gauge yield effects.
In Grundy and Hudson counties a community orchard spraying program covers about 700 trees per county. The Grundy project, now in year two and led by County Agent L. W. Plager, lets farmers share actual costs plus depreciation and labor. In Hudson, Evans oversees a Smith Hughes service aiding schools and communities with multi-year participation and orchards ranging up to about 100 trees.
Several events dot the county farm bureau calendar for the week. East Waterloo township will meet at No 7 school with Miss Merle Shover leading an outdoor recreation lesson. Washington township meeting has been postponed indefinitely. Eagle township hosts a meeting at Miss Alice Kerr’s home on Thursday. Mt. Vernon people gather at the county home Friday for an evening meeting.
Nashua Iowa May 27 Bernice Butler owner of four farm land west of town was surprised to learn Byron Brown Jr started night plowing on Friday evening using a tractor with spotlight. Brown and Fred Haberling plowed 14 acres in 22 hours and have plowed over 300 acres between Waverly and Nashua this spring earning 3.25 dollars per acre. They begin at 5 am and work until dark.
Geneseo Iowa May 27 Joe Chezik on the Mrs Tressa Triumbauer farm runs two tractors a 15 30 and a general purpose machine to plant 350 acres of corn and 60 acres of soybeans. He plants 50 acres daily with a three row planter and believes tractors reduce costs by cutting horse work and hired help. Two men work for him.
Delaware cattle herds undergo retesting as part of a state program. Courier Special Serviced reports on testing procedures, counties involved, and implications for herd health and market readiness. Local officials emphasize accuracy and timely results for ranchers and feedlots.
County veterinarians, directed by the Department of Agriculture, examined tested and retested herds in Delaware county over the past two to three months. Budget shortages delayed six month retests by up to eighteen months but results are satisfactory. Local doctors manage testing across adjacent townships with plans to cover Honey Creek Richland Oneida and South Fork areas this week.
Farm work progresses quickly in Manchester Indiana as corn planting dominates fields from daylight to dusk aided by warm days after recent rain. Several farmers use two or more machines though a heavy Thursday night shower paused activity for a day. Delaware county fields show retarded drainage while some plots emerge after a week of planting. Frank Child, north of town, reports on crop progress.
Masonville reports soybeans expanding to triple size within 24 hours after digging. Oats barley pastures and vegetation progress rapidly. Garden truck rows visible after three days. Potatoes being planted with some snow on the ground. Indications point to a good harvest if warm weather continues. Note mentions elephants with large tusks in Africa and Chinese tyros terms.
Charles City Iowa May 21 Fred La Cour 86 died last night at the family home 301 South Joslin street Funeral plans await communication with a son Henry Portland Ore Surviving relatives include widow two daughters and four sons Mrs Clara Rekers St Paul Beth Floyd Rev Emil La Cour University Park Ia Shables and Edward Ulster township
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