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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1923
Page
15
Citizens are invited to submit comments to the Editor Fam Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be addressed to Editor Fam Department and may be directed through the newspaper office by phone 6100.
Hundreds gather for Iowa Falls fall festival with town farmers hosting country visitors. Parade floats attract merchants as livestock and crop contests award cash prizes. Colt show features Percheron pair owned by Virgil Hunt and other strong entries. judging challenges noted in junior Duroc bears class.
Ames Iowa October reports a new interior decoration by Dr J H Pammel head of Iowa State College botany department using poison ivy as a festoon for hotel buffets. The venomous vine was used in at least one hotel before Dr Pammel removed it. He says there is no reason everyone in Iowa should not recognize the poison ivy. It is the state’s only three leaved vine or low shrub.
Cedar Falls reports Jesse Bige, noted for top corn in the area, will relinquish his lease on the Santee farm and has leased the 120 acre Bowman farm near Waterloo township for the coming year at 12 dollars per acre. The lease runs through March 4 with corn expected to reach nine inches in length.
Dairymen urge a nationwide milk week to run through local clubs and societies with coordinated activities. The plan calls for a national dairy body to design actions at national state and community levels, engaging chambers of commerce Rotary Kiwanis and other groups to raise awareness of dairy industry value and its impact on consumers and child welfare. A Syracuse National Dairy Exposition in October is eyed to launch the movement with a planning conference on October 10.
Farmers say the season is near for winter prep with fuel, heating systems, and home upkeep. One poultry house is being repaired after glass loss to protect chickens. Barns, tanks, and heater checks are advised to avoid cold weather problems.
Ames Iowa Oct 4 Entry blanks for the 1923 24 state farmers debate are to be mailed to township farm bureau presidents and county agents in October. W H Stacy extension service director says the topic this year is taxation and the question seeks a state board of assessment and review county assessors local budget boards and a state budget board by law.
Hudson Oct 4. Silo filling is finished and corn fodder shocking has begun. Farmers report many have nearly finished while some fields remain less shocked due to stalks lying on the ground. At the A A Wilson farm corn had to be cut in one direction making work tedious. Dry weather expected to improve conditions though frost may have caused some damage.
In Janesville, 4-Ner Mhelps son of Mr and Mrs George Mhelps improves after a three week illness from typhoid fever. The Women's Relief Corps held a three reception for Civil War widows Tuesday afternoon. Raye and daughter spent Tuesday at the Taylor residences.
A. A. Burger was re elected for another year as county agent of Black Hawk County by the directors of the Greater Waterloo Association. His salary remains 3,600 dollars for the coming year, aligned with recent price reductions for farmers’ bread nets. The board planned 1923 24 organization work and discussed county bureau programs with H L Biebling and Elizabeth Tudson continuing home demonstration duties.
A long critique argues against fixed prices for agricultural staples and argues farmers deserve a cost plus profit. It denounces political hypocrisy and calls for a minimum price from Congress to protect farmers and country merchants, while warning against overproduction. Foreign exchange figures are listed.
The report covers wheat futures in New York and Chicago with mixed outcomes, noting early declines, subsequent recoveries, and price movements in corn and oats. It also lists cash quotations for potatoes, hogs, and other commodities, with details from Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and St. Louis markets.
Wholesale livestock markets show hogs steady to 10 cents higher and top cattle up about 15 cents. Receipts at Kansas City and St Paul noted mixed demand with buyers cautious but steady, while Western feeders and packers moved birds and sheep in moderate volume. Top quotes highlighted hogs around 7.50 to 9.50 and cattle near 12.00 to 13.00 per hundredweight, with regional variations across markets.
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending Oct 4 1933 total 1 797 078.82 with major entries for various banks and corresponding figures from prior weeks. The instrument count shows 5 423 dated items with a noted increase of 86 633.88 over the previous period.
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