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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1926
Page
11
Cattle from Atlantic and Pacific coasts and several midwestern states gather for the Dairy Cattle Congress opening Monday. Open-class entries include many junior helpers in dairy clubs with a long list of participants from Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota South Dakota and beyond.
The second annual 4-H club boys camp will be set up next week in a large tent northwest of the cattle barns at Dairy Cattle Congress. Two Waterloo YMCA men will supervise the site, with beds, meals, and supervision provided. juniors bring bedding. Parents may visit. transportation arranged through the cattle congress.
Twenty six students under A. Jewett county superintendent showcased poultry at the Dairy Cattle Congress opening in Manidas. Exhibits list numerous participants with counts of fowls from multiple townships including Waterloo Cedar Falls and Lincoln, detailing two or fewer birds per exhibitor and noting home project work and school involvement.
Ahead of the sixth American Poultry Congress part of the seventeenth Dairy Cattle Congress opening Monday Sept 27 top breeders bring White Leghorns Barred Rocks Rhode Island Reds White Wyandottes and Buff Orpingtons to the laying exhibit. Education features include the Town Laying station supervised by E Leifner with trap nested testing and judging by Prof H A Bittenbender of Town State College. He will present four talks and begin judging at 9 am Tuesday Sept 28.
Entries from two Belgian colt clubs Hampton and Hansell Franklin county expected to draw spectators. Exhibitors listed include Breckidill Gladbrook and many other breeders from Iowa Minnesota and nearby towns with a focus on Belgian horse culture and business promotion.
Show exhibitors will be guests of the Rotary club at a Monday noon luncheon. Russell Lamson and a number of exhibitors will be invited for short talks. The program will be organized by TH. S. Estes, secretary of the congress.
Gherub a Yank of the Prairie, shown first time, won the junior Guernsey bull championship at the Sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia. The senior yearling Yank attracts discussion over Guernsey judging at Dairy Castle Congress, bred by W W Marsh last week.
Dairy cattle congress National Belgian Horse show American Poultry Congress and other departments of the Valerio Exposition will share about thirty thousand dollars in the premium list this year. J Mstel, secretary, notes the total is roughly three thousand more than last season. Cattle and horse shows receive the major portion while poultry and other divisions also gain. Breed associations helped assemble the prize lists.
A. W. Brown, president of the exposition, has long been a pivotal figure at the Dairy Cattle Congress as the seasons approach. He devotes major attention to ensure the hinpoilome show runs smoothly and everything proceeds correctly on big weekly stages.
Forty teams entered the boys and girls dairy judging contest at Dairy Congress, with many applicants turned away. County and school teams from Boone Cedar Greene Hamilton Avion Grundy Big four Calfer Mrrdin Aflumakee Guchana Chickasaw Worth Mitchell Webster Franklin Fayette Black Hawk Themer Butler Hanesck Howard Serro Gordo Marian and Stanhope Bike Grundy Center New Hampton Rippers Quasqueton Liberty township Bludson Wakee Inwood Grand Junction Jesup Dunkerton Tipton Postville Maxwell Creses Orange Taton compete as the state prepares to name a 4 H dairy demonstration team forthcoming week with bids from Trem rion Bremer Buchanan Black Hawk Hancock counties.
Severn musical groups will provide continuous entertainment in the Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belgian Horse show venues next week. The Steam of Hand and Jaar Orchestra will perform in the automobile building and exhibition halls with soloists, melody singers, and a nine piece quartet. The Third District American Region Band returns with soloists and Southern Mel Singers and others to feature numbers. Waterloo high school bands, the Black and White Orchestra, and Hudson staff ensembles also contribute.
Calves from Iowa and surrounding states compete in the seventeenth Dairy Cattle Congress junior calf department September 27 to October 3. 250 head from five dairy breeds, with grand prize challenges, as youths parade heifers under judges, while county agents and parents watch. Names from multiple counties field entries. superintendent Floyd Johnston and assistant C. Jackson coordinate the junior entries and events.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous donors and residents by county and town across Grundy, Black Hawk, Cedar Falls, Clinton, Wright, and surrounding areas. Names include Snydergaard, Cunningham, Thompson, Johnson, Roberts, Stroud, Gaede, Kuethe, and many others linked to towns like Cedar Falls, Grundy Center, and Waterloo, reflecting a survey of local figures and contributors.
A dozen thrilling circus acts are booked for afternoon and evening programs at the hippodrome during the Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belgian Morse show. The lineup includes Taketa Japanese trio slack wire stunts, Adair and Adair horizontal bar feats, and a South American troupe the Yacopi family. Joe Melvin & Company present diabolo and boomerang acts, with Lester Bell and Griffin among renowned clowns delivering buffoonery and laughter.
Special accommodations will be maintained on the Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belgian Horse show grounds. A children’s playground for up to 12 years will be provided with supervision from 10:20 a.m. to 7:38 p.m. by Waterloo Playground Commission and staff. Parents may leave children while they visit the show. Restrooms in the hippodrome and women’s/children’s building will be supervised by YWCA. Information bureau at the grounds offers room listings via the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. booths and the annex to the nisin exhibition hall contains a complete list of Waterloo homes.
Guernsey Queen, owned by W. W. Marsh, won senior yearling heifer honors at the Sesquicentennial exposition last week. The standout Guernsey from Marsh’s exhibit will be shown at the Dairy Cattle Congress, noted for her many good points and strong appeal.
Banquets and meetings are scheduled daily during the Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belghin show week. Exhibitors from cattle horses machinery and supplies will attend banquets hosted by Waterloo businessmen at the Gateway club and Hotel Russell Lamson. Breed associations Brown Swiss Ayrshire Holstein Guernsey Belgium breeders and dairy calf clubs hold banquets with addresses and brief business sessions.
Dairy Cattle Congress officials struggle to find fence rails in Iowa to surround Brownie the Ayrshire cow for a display at Waterloo. C T Conklin ships rails from Springfield Mass to ensure proper setting for the world’s champion dairy cow, who posted high butter fat and milk yields last year. Brownie’s eastern home and rail-fence traditions underscore the supply gap in the region.
A dozen owners of light horses entered their saddle and red harness exhibition at the Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belgian Horse show, with daily performances in the hippodrome and cash prizes and savoy ribbons for winners. Entrants include BR, C. Munday Des Moines. Salty T. Carpenter Des Moines. Bruce Robinson Des Moines. CHen Bown Waterloo. others listed in the Des Moines to Waterloo region.
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