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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1921
Page
6
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Farm Department Editor of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be directed with the stated phone contact 3330 for responses and publication consideration.
Farm editors report Congress is debating two key measures the Fordney bill to tax filled milk out of existence and the Voight bill to ban interstate sale of filled milk. Dairymen favor constitutional enforcement and hope federal action limits imitation milks amid state laws in Wisconsin Colorado Ohio Utah Florida and New York.
Thirteen years ago R M Gunn of Eagle township Black Hawk county erected the first beef feeding silo in the county. He notes the silo paid for itself in the first year and boosted gains through silage and grass. Gunn plans to return to feeding, using cattle on pasture before Dec and throughout winter with silage and clover hay. He emphasizes hogs follow cattle feeding, self feeders, and keeping fences hog tight. The Gunn farm on Eagle Center road about eight miles south of Waterloo spans 1280 acres.
A Minnesota gardener claims to have produced seedless watermelons, tomatoes, and muskmelons by a pollination trick using sugar syrup and a wool wick. The method involves inverting a bottle near the fruit stem and guiding color and seedlessness through controlled growth, with failures followed by experimental success over eight years.
The article details Mr. Marshall’s grafting method to produce a seedless variety by severing cuts and burying the end, enabling six-year effort to create an apple tree bearing six varieties. He uses a rooted "apple producer" stock and grafts desired sprigs to the parent bole, hoping to grow many varieties on a single tree while experimenting with flowers, vegetables, and plants.
Dean F Curtiss of Ames, president of the International Livestock Exposition, said in a recent interview that the lessons from the international exposition are urgently needed. He urged farmers and stockmen to study improved animal and grain products to survive the current crisis and achieve the highest possible returns.
An old timer warns that a crack in the chimney is a sign of upcoming moves. Dreaming of smoke signals sleep and waking. Paperhanger covering a flue hole foresees loss. Do not look into a dark closet with a lit match. Shadow from an oil lamp while fueling a stove means a crowd will gather at your home. Smelling gas and seeking it by light predicts a long journey ahead. Insurance cannot avert bad luck if a fire burns on Friday the thirteenth.
Iowa's corn crop totals 428,274,000 bushels with over 90 percent marketable quality. Average yield per acre is 42 bushels. silage corn yields about 32 tons per acre or 32 percent of total. Potatoes yield 46 bushels per acre, total 3,910,000 bushels. flaxseed 8.8 bushels per acre. cloverseed 13.6. Grape quality 74 percent normal. pears 71 percent normal.
Jens Jensen, a farmer near New Hartford, urges neighbors to quit dwelling on hard times. He notes current agriculture is in fine condition with strong corn and livestock prospects, but admits farmers face severe financial pressures. He stresses personal effort, economical management, and shifting to crops like soybeans and alfalfa to rebuild, urging action over chatter.
Sorghum syrup yield reached 34 inches per acre and production totaled 370000 gallons, down from 490000 gallons last year. Apple output is estimated at 1008000 bushels, far below last year’s 4416000. The sugar beets condition is 85 percent normal, with the commercial apple crop around 40000.
Gresham reports Rev G Wilson assists in moving to Colorado. Clarence Albright to lead Wednesday prayer. Women’s Missionary Society to meet at Mrs John Albright’s Thursday. Elmer Shanewise and sisters guests at A C Burk residence Sunday. Lucille Tengers visiting. Mrs Reichert ill with grip. William Shanewise sick. Barclay correspondent notes seven snow storms forecast, Gresham correspondent predicts otherwise. William Miller on the sick list.
Jubilee notes from Nov 10 report multiple local visits in Waterloo and Jesup. Families including H Mueller Bertha and Esther Buechele and August and William Wieser are mentioned. farms have been rented to Belgians for 7.25 dollars per acre. Corn harvest nears completion with better than expected yields. Other items include S Trumbauer and family from Jesup visiting ELM Buechele, and George Sellers traveling to Vinton IA to aid a sick brother.
At its monthly board meeting Hardin County Farm Bureau resolved that Iowa farmers should reduce corn plantings due to an oversupply and soil depletion. It urged switching to a definite rotation with clover to achieve permanent, profitable agriculture.
A Hudson community gathering at the schoolhouse features a program with community sings a violin solo a reading and a vocal solo followed by refreshments. Numerous obituaries from the area note burials at Hudson Cemetery and services for Mrs Rachel Sherratt Adam Pheher and a newborn buried in Mason City. An article on Hereford cattle breeders discusses market trends price outlook and the value of purebred stock noting rising demand and strategic winter care for cattle.
Readlyn residents enjoyed visits with neighbors and relatives including Mr and Mrs Henry Biserman Mrs Bertha Steidner announced an upcoming marriage to Temil Syer at a party held at her father Fred Stalder's home. The piece also notes births engagements and local social events alongside a farming article urging stock improvements and use of purebred cattle to boost per acre production.
The advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as easy for all materials wool silk cotton or blends. It claims even beginners can dye dresses skirts waists stockings coats sweaters and draperies without streaks spots fading or running.
Advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood cleansing remedy for rheumatism. Claims waste products in blood cause illness and that S. S. S. removes toxins with no side effects. Invites readers to request a 56 page booklet and free medical advice by mail from Swift Specific Co. Atlanta.
A catalog of classic titles with author names and prices including It Winter Comes $0.82 and Main Street $2, offering 2,000 volumes via mail order. Special framing deals for various photo sizes noted, promising framed bargains and assortments.
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