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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1928
Page
7
Town State College extension service advises poultrymen to provide a well balanced egg mash and comfortable hens. Use ground grains and protein concentrates with minerals and green feed. supplement with grain in fall and winter. Increase corn and grain in extreme cold. germinate oats for digestibility. Adding cod liver oil boosts vitamin D.
Iowa farmers from Grundy Black Hawk Dubuque and Bremer counties will travel to Memphis for the National Dairy exposition next week. About 96 farmers are confirmed with departures from Waterloo Monday at 3 58 am and a return Friday morning. The tour includes a Memphis dairy exposition and an added Chicago stop visiting Union Stockyards and other sites.
William Eckey Mount Union assists Tama county farm bureau directors in a broad membership campaign that aims to add 800 paid members and establish organized units in every township. The drive covers nearly all townships, seeking to build up farm bureau membership and highlight Tama county’s leadership in membership growth.
In a note directed to the Editor at the Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa readers are invited to send questions and comments to the farm department. Communications should be addressed to the editor through the newspaper.
Grundy County agents report formaldehyde seed treatment this spring reduced potato scab to near zero. Of 359 farms treated, no scab reports this fall as 2,400 bushels handled for about 225 acres. High yields noted including seven hills per bushel at the Frank Miller farm.
Harry Linn of Des Moines representing the Jawa Horse and Mule Breeders Association advised buying young horses. He demonstrated dairy castle hitches using ryling in and bucking back to control young horses, praising two front and behind back teams and the Talkington hitch. Many farmers planned to try the tying in and backing back method after demonstrations.
The Northeast Iowa Dairy Shorthorn Breeders association holds its second meeting at the West Union courthouse on Saturday. Officers are L A Scharnweber as president E Wagner as vice president and B J Baumgartner as secretary treasurer Breeders from Fayette Allamakee Clayton Winnebago and Buchanan counties participate Roy Cook of Independence, national secretary, described the Royal Livestock show and its Shorthorn popularity.
A poem by J Edward Tefft decries modern girls in shortened skirts and fur trimmed collars while praising Nancy Haig’s niece as a kind, thoughtful tomboy. Nancy laments the trend as ruinous to her maternal ideals, while the niece defends Auntie and extols her own virtue.
Ta Oct 9 a speaker from Des Moines has been procured to talk to members of the Black Hawk County Farmers union. They will hold their county meeting at the farm home of Arthur Kober, one mile north of La Porte City Thursday evening. Special music will be by the Farmers union quartet. Several matters of importance to the county union will be discussed.
Iowa 4-H club girls totaling 22 from 17 counties met at Cedar Falls Friday to organize a 4-H club at Iowa State Teachers College. Officers elected are Myrtle Weise president Grace McCormack vice president and Helen Long secretary treasurer.
"Home Acres" a popular three act play by Gedar Falls township farm bureau will be part of the Black Hawk township meeting program in the high school auditorium Friday evening. Lincoln township is invited to join the Black Hawk and Cedar Falls group. the play has drawn marked success at several farm meetings.
Receipts totalled 17 000 hogs and 4 000 cattle with slow trade. Hog prices mostly 250-350 lbs. cattle saw steady to higher bids for slaughter classes and good to choice steers and heifers. Potatoes and greens report mixed shipments and slow trading across Wisconsin, North Dakota, and nearby markets.
In a Muscle Shoals policy address Hoover endorsed government ownership of the project and dedicating nitrate and power facilities to agricultural research and wartime nitrate production. He said power is a byproduct and pledged cheap consumer electricity while preserving public interests. He clarified there is no general expansion of federal business competition.
New York stock activity shows an irregular opening with many high records and broad losses of 2 to 4 points. Several speculative plays rose to new highs while others fell, as traders cited technical weakness after recent advances and cautious commission-house notices.
Bearish Canadian grain outlooks and weak Liverpool wheat quotations pressured Chicago grain values early. Wheat eased with favorable corn conditions offering some downside, while corn receipts rose and export selling at the seaboard plus stronger cash demand in the West influenced the market.
Receipts hogs 4000 with slow uneven trading and prices from about 8.20 to 10.20 for various weight classes. Cattle receipts 11000 with calves 2400, steer and heifer ranges from 8.00 to 17.50 for different weights. Sheep receipts 10000 with lambs strong to 25 cents higher and prices largely 11 to 13 dollars for various grades.
Hay markets were generally steady with some advance as light offerings and active demand persisted through the week ending Oct. 5. Alfalfa harvests near completion in the Midwest, pasture shortages boosted hay demand, and rain improved some pastures. Prices included No. 1 timothy at Chicago about 24.00. alfalfa in Omaha and Denver around 20.75 to 21.00. Kansas City Nos. 1 extra heavy hay near 25.50 to 27.00. other regional quotes vary. Grain exports rose with U S. exports totaling 9,083,000 bushels versus 7,057,000 prior, led by wheat and corn.
Livestock price report shows a continued decline in swine with various weights bringing $8.50 to $10.50 while cattle trade remains steady to higher on select grades. Hogs across markets dip with limited demand, sheep demand mixed but better for fat lambs. weekly receipts tallied across St Joseph and Peoria with overall softer close.
Market notes show butter receipts at 20 203 tubs and cheese steady with 190 236 pounds received. Poultry prices slide slightly with live and fresh chicks and fowls, while eggs stay steady with 21 490 cases receipts. Regional dairy and poultry quotes from St Louis and Kansas City indicate minor shifts in butterfat and goose prices across markets.
Chicago and Liverpool market notes accompany St Paul cattle hog and sheep quotes. Cattle receipts 2 008 slow feeders competitive cows and heifers varying by grade. Hogs down from Monday with 160 250 lb range around 9 75. Sheep receipts 5 000 firm to higher on fed lambs. Cotton futures mixed with steady to firmer tones and prices quoted in Liverpool and Chicago openings.
The bond market showed little movement with minimal price changes. U. S. Steel 53 gained slightly on renewed demand while first grade issues edged up fractionally. U. S. government obligations saw little interest.
A promotional notice offers a free manual listing over 1,000 New York stocks with high and low prices since 1906 plus dividends and prices for New York Cotton and Chicago Grain. It invites readers to send for a free copy to Schauble & Co at 39 Wall Street, New York.
The speaker outlines three main aims for the plant: navigation, scientific research, and national defense. The Republican administration favors dedicating it to agriculture research and fertilizer development, with a defense reserve. After these uses, surplus power should be disposed of safeguarding public interests, a view with which the speaker agrees.
Hollywood California October 9 Private funeral services for Larry Bennion famous movie comedian were to be held today at a San Bernardino undertaking parlor after which the body would be sent to Philadelphia for burial. Thousands of condolence messages arrived from across the nation from fans who enjoyed his screen antics and other accomplishments.
Receipts at Omaha 7,000 hogs with prices from 4.10 to 9.75 for 190 to 280-pound hogs. 140 to 160-pound weights at 6.50 to 9.50. packing sows 9.60 to 9.85. Cattle: 500 receipts with fed steers and yearlings 13.75 to 16.25, top 19.00. grass cattle 7.50 to 6.75. calves 13.00 to 32.75. Sheep: 25,000 receipts, range lambs 12.78, natives 12.25 to 12.50, fat ewes 6.50, feeding lambs 2.75 to 5.00. Also Minneapolis flour shipments 52,628 barrels. bran 26.50 to 27.50.
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