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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1923
Page
15
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be addressed to the Editor and may include inquiries about farming topics and agricultural issues.
George Loonan of Orange township plans a long sea voyage from Mobile to Buenos Aires to study Polled Shorthorns and meet Argentine ranchers. He will transport bulls, secure health certificates, and may travel via Spain on return. He aims to observe livestock practices and possibly propose American breeding ideas.
Two Black Hawk county dairy farmers may join the Pioneer Cow Test Association starting November 1 to gain monthly production insight. The program costs about 50 cents per cow and helps assess feeds, costs, and butterfat, with successful examples from Fayette and West Union.
Des Moines reports the Anamosa Reformatory cheese factory earned a silver medal for cheese at the National Dairy Show in Syracuse. The plant is highly developed, yielding substantial annual profit from cheese. State dairy reports indicate a record year ahead with about 125,600,000 pounds of butter produced in Iowa and total dairy product value near 50 million dollars.
The Wheat Growers Advisory committee executive group, formed to create cooperative marketing in grain states, will meet in Chicago on October 30 to decide a contract form for organizing marketing units and to outline a broader program. Former Illinois Governor Frank Lowden heads the committee.
Harvey Cross of Clay township delivered 9,000 bushels of corn to Conrad elevators over recent weeks. He sold at 1 per bushel, earning a total of 9,000 dollars. The corn represented surplus from his crop over three years.
Diekman Schrank and C H Smith bought a valuable Holstein bull calf for the Smith herd near Sutner Iowa on a trip through Iowa and Minnesota. The sire Sir Rue Homestead Legis is a grandson of Piebe Laura Ollie Homestead King. The price is in the four figure class.
Old timers at Sage Brothers husking contest say pegs keep ears clean and steady, while hooks lead to slip and shuck. They note newer workers surpass past marks, with 100 plus bushels per day common among experienced huskers, and 64 bushels daily for 14 days in 1888 using pegs.
Fayett e County harvest of corn yield testing plots continued last week in Auburn and Union townships. Clyde Combs, county agent, supervised collection of yields per acre from several seed types. Seed samples from many farmers were collected with owners kept confidential.
Mills, an Ames man with years of livestock and crop work, was elected by Tama County Farm Bureau directors to become the new agent. He will move to Toledo and begin duties within two weeks, succeeding J W Pendry who leaves for Ravenna Ohio.
On a Black Hawk County farm in Bennington Township two wagonloads of corn unfit for storage were discarded in six hours. The owner, lacking hogs, donated the grain to a nearby farmer for hog feed. Experts note such corn can be used for hogs and, in smaller amounts, for cows with other feed.
All farm women of Waterloo Township are invited to a farm bureau women’s division meeting at the home of Mrs. W. W. Hotchkiss on Thursday afternoon. Miss Elizabeth Hudson, home demonstration agent, will discuss nutrition and milk sanitation.
Jesup Iowa October plans described to enhance the creamery grounds. Directors aim to improve the yard around the buildings with black loam topdressing and landscape work to follow the extensive plant development attracting patrons in this state.
In Tripoli on Oct 28 Martha Lenius and Rudolph Schmidt of Denver married Oct 26 at St. John’s Latheran Church with Rev. Sinn kammer officiating. The bride wore white silk and carried Ophelia red chrysanthemums. Melinda Schinktt of Denver was bridesmaid. Several local residents attended. notices include birthday celebrations, anniversaries, and community updates.
Extent of imports and corn weather dampen wheat gains while tariff talks in Washington loom over the market. Prices fluctuate with December and May contracts, corn and oats soften, and new crop deliveries weigh on oats and soy spreads.
The day’s cattle and hog markets show mixed results with hogs steady near 7.25 and cattle largely steady. Receipts reach around 16 000 hogs and 14 000 cattle with bulls and fat cows moving in narrower ranges and calves sustaining firm values under light demand.
Representative sales from Lamson Bros show hogs steady to firm with top bids near 7.20 while cattle run 3,000 head with yearlings and feeders steady to higher. Sheep receipts around 6,000 display strength in western lambs and yearling prices, with varying weight classes across Omaha and East St. Louis markets.
Irregular trading activity noted in stock and bond markets with mixed results at opening. Investors watched heavyweight issues and several prominent railroad and steel names show uneven demand amid a broad market wobble.
Train listings show Waterloo schedules with departures and arrivals to and from Twin Cities Albert Lea and Des Moines, plus Oelwein and Chicago connections. Dairy receipts report milk and cream totals at St Joseph Des Moines and Des Moines plants alongside farm cooperative notes.
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