Waterloo's Big Cattle Congress and Horse Show Opens Monday
Waterloo readies for the eleventh Dairy Cattle Congress and the International Belgian Horse Show. Cattle breeds include Holstein Guernsey Ayrshire Jersey Brown Swiss with judges, concerts, vaudeville, and a grand parade as tens of thousands expected. Entries from major dairy farms in the U.S. and Canada. The event runs through Oct. 1 with exhibitions, judging, and entertainment across the grounds and Hippodrome.
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Greater Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Man's Este
Canada
Guernsey
Jersey
Waterloo Day Proclaimed for Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo officials designate Tuesday September 28 as Waterloo day at the Dairy Cattle Congress and Belgian Horse Show urging half day closings for citizens to attend. The city will host a concert by the Greater Waterloo Concert band, performances by Peavys orchestra and circus acts at the hippodrome to boost attendance and local business.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
N. W. Frisbie
Greater Waterloo
Ea. Pi
Peavey
Mason
Tee
Dairy Cattle Congress's Humble Start to a Major Exposition
The Dairy Cattle Congress traces its origins to 13 years of growth sparked by Iowa State Dairy association activists who began in a hall basement. It expanded from tents at a chautauqua ground to a permanent complex near Electric park, now one of the world's two largest dairy shows with Belgian horses added last year and planned again for 1920.
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Congress
Iowa State Dairy Association
Dairy Cattle Congress
Chautauqua Coliseum
Electric Park
Sang Souci
United States
Lmade
Waterloo
High Grade Holstein Herds Prove Profitable Across States
Dairymen report strong profits from purebred Holstein herds in recent Holstein Friesian World items. U.S. producers including Ruble of Albert Lea Minnesota and Sloan Bros of Ellendale Wisconsin show monthly milk and butterfat returns ranging from hundreds to thousands, with herd averages and family dairy uses noted.
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Stort
Fronthém
Dairy Cattle Congress
FLA
C. A. Ruble
Albert Lea. Minn
Cattle and Horse Entries Molstein Exhibitors Listed
Cattle and horse entries show exhibitors across multiple states led by Molstein and several Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Kansas farms and breeders. The list names numerous farms and individuals including Marlow Rankul Mankato Minnesota W Stubbs Lawrence Kansas Collins Varn Horn Sabetha Kansas John Mails Tonganoxie Kansas and many others across regional dairy stock exhibitors.
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Molstein
Marlow & Rankul
Mankato
Minn
BR Disciplinary Barracks
Eavenworth
Wis
Pelmenata
Holstein Co
Austih
Gribamhelm Farms
Rochester
Mann
Hanson & Sauerby
Oelwein
Baird Bros
Waukesha
Hollyhock Farms
Dousman
Borers & Arnold
Norwalk
W. B. Barney & Sons
Chapin
Jowana Farms
Davenport
John B. Irwin
Minneapolis
Milk herd records and milking practices across states noted
The article cites Alfred H. Monk of Dundee Michigan reporting May milk sales of 692.48 with 11 cows producing 31.47 per cow and 100 pounds fed to calves. Washington notes a June milk check of 584 from 15 cows, three young and two freshening in September, plus calf and family uses. Piet Bergsma’s herd averages 346.92 per cow in May and 41.26 in June with Holsteins, and Traverse City hospital herd reports 13,689 pounds per cow for 1919 with three-year averages above 13,000.
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Maple Grove
Mukwanago
Wis
W. H. Gruble
West ‘Bend
Wilson’ & James
Rising Sun
Sloan Bros
Ellendale
Wv. S. Culver
Austin
Minn
McLaurin
New York
William
Thomann
Lagrangesville
Lloyd Hill
Perry
Hill
United States
Piet Bergsma
Washington
Traverse City
Auto Show Heads Dairy Congress Exhibition
Early in the history of the Dalry HWattie Congress the auto show grew into a major feature. This year the display, under show management, is valued at about a quarter of a million dollars and occupies a large building added in 1917. The opening is next Monday with exclusive exhibitor space, decorations by Bankson Co., and music by Peavey’s orchestra and Mason’s quartet.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Niire
Bankson & Co
St. Louis
Peavey
Mason's
Colored Quartet
United States
Dairy Cattle Congress to Award $20000 Next Week
Premiums totaling nearly $20 000 will be awarded to exhibitors of cattle and Belgian horses at the Dairy Cattle Congress. Cattle prizes total $11 400 and horse prizes $6 200 with contributions from national associations and the Congress itself. Manager K W West calls the Waterloo show the greatest yet, with more barns filled and state herd entries expanding Holstein judging and dairy education.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
American Jersey Cattle Club
New York City
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Brandon
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterboro
N. H
Swiss Breeders’ Association
Telott
Wis
America
Wstel
Waterloo
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Holstein-Friesian Association
Daily Cattle Congress
Dairy Cattia
Cattle Congress
Dairy Farmer
Estes
United States
Black Hawk County Dairy Herds Among World Leaders
Black Hawk County ranks as a premier dairying area with 18,447 cows, about 200 per township, valued at at least 1,544,700. If cows average 20 pounds of milk daily, annual production could reach approximately 156 million pounds, supporting vast dairy products for hundreds of thousands.
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Black Hawk
Denmark
Lan
State Agricultural Society
Black Hawk County
Pure Food Show and Exhibition Captivates Dairy Cattle Congress
The Pure Food Show and Household Exhibit, part of the Dairy Cattle Congress, fills the 120x200 foot Exhibition Pavilion with 132 booths and demonstrations from phonographs to milking machines. Exhibitors promise dense space, souvenirs, and ongoing entertainment from noon to midnight, including brass concerts and butter statuary.
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America
Cattle Congress
Gether
Cows Sent to Japan From America for Japanese Dairy Farm
A Honolulu newspaper reports a shipment of purebred Holstein cattle from America unloaded at Yokohama around July 20. The consignment includes two cows a heifer and four young bulls bound for a Japanese firm and a dairy near Tokyo. An expert dairyman who bought the animals near San Francisco will oversee their arrival and care.
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Honolulu
America
Yokohama
San Francisco
Tokyo
Dollar Line
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Yorknoon
Mason’s Jubilee Quartet
Hippodrome
Gyrshire
Greater ‘Waterloo
Peavey’s
Utomobile
Mason's Jubilee Wwartet
Exhibition Hall
Sidney’ Lackman
Irene Steel
Steiner
Dutton
Cayro
Oll & Carroll
Alextier Bros. Co
Valentino
Barello
Butterfly Prelty
Iisher Sisters
Robinson
Elephants
Attomovile
Carrollé& Jarrall
Alexander Bros, Co
Fisher Sis
Robinson's
O’leary
Chicago
Brussels
Belgium
Dairy Association
Wis. A
Lashbrook
Northfield
H.W. Schroeder
Owatonna
Victor Lohmann
Lake Ima
Martin Bros
West Concord
Mineral Springs
Stack Harmage
Wil Boeckmann
White Bear
Ohn Grosser
Meridan
A Spaulding
Warren
Town State College
Ames
Clarinda State _ Hospital
Clarinda
State Sanatorium
Oakdale
Wansimoor Farm
Camarside
H. ©. Larsen
Dike
Co. L. Hamer
John Cunningham
Geo. Barre
Milwaukee
M. Brees & Son
Colfax
Mayowood Farm
M. E. McMurray
Jesup
Meredith Jersey Farm
Des Moines
A. Reinheimer
Marion
A. M. McClenahan
Greeter
Colo
Longview Farm
Lees Summit
Campbell
Tesup
Reynolds
Dayton
BROWN
A. J. Bower
Elovelind
AAW Bros
Painerot Mounexs & Larrable
Ares
Mort Douge
Ja. W. OU. Bohart
Bozeman
Mont
Ayeshiece
Summons & Song
Pewsukes
Adam Seitz
Stephen Bull
Racine
Peverill
Dor. Frick
Conroy
Wrammiller &Au Nubugus
Joan du Lut Farms
Nickerson
Elmer W. Stevenson
Ghas
J. Hill & Son
Mountain Bros
Dairyland Warm
Story
Tastee
Joseph Golinvaux
Wierloo
J. H. Bickert
Allik
Do Be
Baseman
Mastings
Iain
EL. Frizzell
Mopking
B. Conklin
Thief Rives
Vals
Livers & Sons
Cahillistos
Rockford
Jahaney Owens
Centrality
Homer G. Bowser
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Bell Bree
Wooster
O. Vrownever
Branaherse
Hudson
Living
Antheny
James I
Suena
Einisbara
Kerr Bros
Sterling
J. ‘B Vanstedale
Blandinsville
Robert Snedeker
Altoona
Ug, Good
Ogden
Simon Peterson Ogden
Wenge King
W. Heil
Garrison
Hidebrand Bros. Gladbrook
Albert Rohwer
Beaman
H. A. Thomas
Anthony
Kan
Ritenie
Stratford
Wm. Bieke
Huntertown
Harry Stamp
Roachdale
W.A. Hamilton
Earigit
Gargat
Dairy Congress
Waterloo Retail Merchants Association
Russell DeGon
Homense
Japan
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