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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1928
Page
10
Jesup Iowa October 17 A total of 1 905000 pounds of butter has been made by the Jesup Cooperative creamery for the first nine months of this year. Manager D E Rogers says receipts may exceed last year with higher butter prices. Cream checks totaling 85336 are being distributed among 1700 patrons for September butterfat.
Memphis contests at the National Dairy show highlight Iowa winners led by H C Ladage Tripoli with 95.5 score and J J Boland Waucoma, plus W F Wargowsky Boyden earning medals. Numerous other Iowa buttermakers scored above 92 earning diplomas, with names including P H Harms Oelwein Albert Harms Oelwein H C Stendel Northwood Otto E Woger Strawberry Point J Johansen Audubon O J Kloeck Whittemore J B P Jensen Extra B T Soles Stout C J Hanskins Cedar Rapids John W Sadler Farley H N Jensen Sioux Center R Nelson Hubbard Don B E Schultz Algona L B Nelson Randell W F Nelson New Hampton Carl Hovland Lake Mills H C Hardinger Grundy Center Wilford Larrisson Algona W A Rizer Randalia Viggo Kulsholm Wesley Victor Anderson Waterville A S Jacobson Manning De W Uhler New Hampton B Schotter Hull C J Christensen Colwell Andrew Caswell Hull F A Carolus Kesley Frank Druner Colwell Paul L Smith Rockwell
Carpenters and masons across north Tama County are active on fall projects. Frank Yuska is building a hired man house. Fred Hilbert remodels a corn crib. Ed Padhajeky enlarges a chicken house. John W. Young adds a threshing shed and a 10 by 32 chicken house. Mrs Chalupnik plans tiling south of Traer farmed by James Fikeys. Ed Yuska installs a concrete hog-house feeding rack and sets foundation for a barn. Fred Novotny erects a new corn crib with overhead granary. Will Spear lays 4000 feet of tile. Charles Hanus builds a cattle shed. H L Howard farm northwest of town gets a 26 by 36 corn crib with grain bin overhead. Seelack holds the secured farm.
Cedar Falls Oct 17 farm women members of the Raintow club will hold an afternoon meeting at the home of Mrs Hana Christiansen. Two lessons are to be given and women planning to attend are asked to come for an early dinner.
A prompt for readers to address communications to the Editorial Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier, Waterloo Town, with a contact phone number provided for inquiries. The notice invites letters and comments on farm topics under the Farmers section.
A satirical verse recounts a fraught encounter with a relentless busy bee figure. The speaker describes repeated injuries while claiming admiration for the bee’s industry but laments his own pain and bandages. Strong imagery contrasts laborious virtue with personal misfortune.
At the National Dairy Exposition in Memphis Tennessee the Fayette county Holstein entry Polly Orms by Pontine Piebe owned by Rex Pieplow Aurora swept the two year old class and the breed championship. Pieplow also took senior yearling prizes with Genevieve Ormsby Piche. Iowa led in the senior Holstein show as well as the state group contest with five heifers earning top honors ahead of Wisconsin and New York. Generous Baby Lou, owned by Raymond Heeger Wracoma, won the senior yearling Guernsey class and was the circuit champion in that breed. The Iowa squad finished strong with top three Holsteins in Waterloo open competition and Rex Pleplow placing high in the national showmanship. Thirty-one state teams competed in the vocational contest, with Lamont's Buchanan county team eighth overall and Iowa placing fifth for Holsteins and Guernseys.
A Campbell County style list notes numerous 1929 farm leases in Tama County including John Hokenson leaving the Rolf Sierk farm after his wife’s death and planning to move to Rock Island Illinois. Leases involve Kahler near Gladbrook Carter north of Toledo Lucht Woehik Cart and Reese farms Dahms Tonesflat Hull area Crossman Crawford farms and Watson Mason succeeding in several transfers.
Infectious diseases causing losses across ten eastern Iowa counties were reported to the Eastern Town Veterinary association this week. Hog cholera appeared in Eldridge, Davenport, Clinton, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and many other towns. hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle was noted in Lowden, Clinton, Brooklyn, and West Branch. hemorrhagic shrimp? in swine listed for Blairstown and Tama. abortion in cattle reported in Cedar Rapids and nearby communities.
Dr W G Houck of the U S Department of Agriculture reports no serum shortage this fall and that preventive serum remains effective. Hog cholera losses in 1928 are not expected to exceed last year as outbreaks decline in many states. Delays in treatment and improper serum doses are cited as major loss factors.
Within the next month Tama county will organize additional 4-H girls clubs for ages 12 to 18. Groups of 8 to 16 girls will be formed, each led by an older girl or woman. The program named Hane Punishings focuses on making a girl's room attractive through five lessons. Miss Josephine Arngust of Ames led a recent meeting with club leaders and mothers at Geneseo schoolhouse in Tama.
At the National dairy show in Memphis, the Border King of Roberts owned by Glenelff Farms Independence Kan was named grand champion in the Guernsey division. Sherwood Revolute owned by Emmadine Farris Hopewell Junction N Y took second. In the junior division Alyukor K Laddis entered by W H Williams Eynon Mountain N J won the championship award.
Reports show Canadian grain tests equaling Duluth No 1 for flour while winter wheat moves to Chicago from the west. weather in Argentina favorable for rust but no outbreaks yet. Wheat, corn, oats and provisions fluctuate with foreign demand and farmer selling expectations. Cotton in Liverpool and Chicago opens higher on steady demand. Minneapolis and Kansas City grain markets show mixed receipts and price levels amid ongoing supply dynamics.
Chicago cash quotations show mixed grain and livestock values with No. 2 ARrd wheat around 1.04 to 1.08, No. 2 yellow corn near 1.02 to 1.03, rye No. 1 at 1.07, sample grades listed, and barley around 58 to 68 cents. Live cattle and related cuts quoted at about 14.00 for ribs and bellies, with adverted seed and forage items also noted.
Chicago hogs showed receipts around 20 000 with steady to lower prices and active demand for packers, butchers and shippers. Cattle and calves saw steady to weak trade with down or unchanged quotes, while sheep and feeders moved irregularly and at lower bids. St Louis grain notes wheat weakness and varied corn and oats prices.
Heavy selling driven by fears of higher brokers loans left stocks uneven while the price trend edged up. Strong gains were posted in nonferrous metals food merchandising and related stocks with several records set and several high closes including Montgomery Ward and Motor Products. Trading activity remained brisk with about 3.2 million shares changing hands as buyers supported major issues and blue chips in a steady market.
New York and Chicago market notices list butter receipts at 9 085 pounds with creamery extras and 1948 style price hints, cheese steady with large receipts, poultry dressed and fresh, eggs irregular with multiple lots and grades, including several named terms such as Young Americas and Longhorns, plus various small commodity items like toasters and geese.
Kansas City hog receipts around 9000 with uneven demand and top at 9.80 for 200-270 lb butchers. cattle receipts near 7000 showing slow to steady slaughter classes and fat steers 950-1500 lb fetching 12.50 to 17.00, fed yearlings 750-950 lb around 8.00 to 12.25, sheep receipts about 13000 with lambs steady and westerns up to 23.50, ewes and culled stock priced around 4.25 to 11.50, market structure mixed across classes.
Hogs receipts 1,500 with top at 9.85 and bulk 9.80 to 9.75. Cattle receipts 180 reported. Market tone steady with typical price ranges for the period at Peoria Livestock Market.
New York prices moved higher in merit trading with convertibles drawing most buying. Aviaconda Copper 7a jumped about 3 points to a new year's high near 122, Barnsdall 64 with warrants gained a point around 122, and Sinlis Pe- Woleuin 65 advanced 14 points. Sluggish issues and some declines appeared in others while flat 7s ex-Warrants and Milan Ghy remained strong spots in a steady foreign list.
Bremer farmers expect lime deliveries this Thursday over the Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern line. Cars will originate from F H Bailling and Charles Bush near Denver, with multiple farmers named to take loads. A second Great Western special train may run later this month through Pranken and Waverly toward Sumner.
Fayette county livestock shippers will meet October 26 with members of the Town Co-Operative Livestock Shippers association and extension service men from Ames. The discussion will cover freight rates standardization and grading and selecting the most profitable market.
Hog receipts 11,500 steady with yesterday’s averages. Weights 130 to 160 pounds at 9.00 to 10.00. 200 to 250 pounds 8.95 to 10.00. sows 8.15 to 8.90. 90 to 130 pounds 8.50 to 9.50. Cattle receipts 3,200. calves 1,300. Packers little interest in light flesh steers. Texas yearlings and heifers steady. cows steady to 15 cents higher. Slaughter classes: steers 1,100 to 1,500 pounds 13.25 to 17.50. 930 to 1,300 pounds 13.50 to 17.75. 800 pounds up 8.25 to 13.50. fed yearlings 16.50 to 17.50. heifers 13.00 to 16.00. cows 9.00 to 12.00. cutters 5.25 to 7.75. Bulls 6.75 to 10.50. dealers steady to 17.00 for milk-fed. stockers 7.00 to 7.75. Sheep receipts 1,200. lambs 92 pounds down 12.25 to 7.19.50. ewes 4.00 to 6.50. lambs 9.00 to 10.00. New York sugar steady at 3.93c. refined 5.25.
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