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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1921
Page
9
Chicago reports wheat prices moved with traders citing bearish factors already discounted and a looming rally, aided by export demand yet pressured by rainfall and rural buying. Corn and oats fluctuated with mixed gains. hog prices rose slightly, while cash quotations showed varied grain values and supplies.
Kansas City market reports show receipts of cattle, hogs, and sheep with diverse price ranges. Cattle top steers near 9.25, stockers and feeders up to 9.00, hogs uneven with top around 9.60 for 200 pound averages, sheep receipts 114000 with lambs slow and sheep steady. Sioux City round also notes cattle gains and steady sheep at April 4 markets.
New York and St. Louis reports describe a cautious session with gains in some motors and steel shares while Crucible and Bethlehem Steel slip. A concerted steel short attack is noted amid signs of impending price and wage readjustment. futures and spot prices for wheat, sugar, and other commodities fluctuate across markets with varied early activity.
April market roundup lists grain and dairy prices in Banbas City with oats, butter, creamery products, eggs, poultry and live stock Figures show mixed changes with prices for butter and eggs steady to higher, while poultry and beef vary. New York coffee and money markets show Rio coffee futures and various exchange rates with slight shifts in government and railway bonds.
Toledo reports prime Cloverseed cash prices for 1920 and 1918 timothy ranges, with April and September quotes. Kansas City notes butter and poultry price shifts, while New York lists wholesale price trends and weekly changes. Additional lines cover transportation goods, farm products, and varied commodity pricing across cities.
Chicago reports the purchase of 8,000 acres in Portuguese West Africa by the Methodist Episcopal church for a model farm and trades school for African Negroes, modeled on Hampton and Tuskegee institutes. The move is announced by the church’s committee on conservation and advance.
Cattle bulk steady to higher with steers around 9.85 top and calves mixed. Hogs mostly 15 to 25 cents higher. light pigs and packer sales steady to higher, with top around 10.60 and bulk near 9.25 to 10.25. Sheep cash values softer on overall receipts. lambs near 10.00 at city buyers.
At the Cedar Valley Livestock Association annual meeting in Cedar Falls, the sales pavilion built in 1919 at the fair grounds is reported to have nearly paid for itself with only 515.82 in debts. From September 1919 to April 1921, 32 cattle, hog and horse sales yielded 2,605 in revenue. C A Holtis of Cedar Falls was re elected president and manager, W D Strayer of Hunson was secretary.
Iowa Canning informs growers that only about 40 percent of last year's sweetcorn acreage will be planted this year. Snapped corn price at the factory will be $8 per ton, $44 lower than last year. Town Canning, a major canner, owns multiple plants and recently acquired the Vinton Canning plant. both Vinton plants may operate this fall amid farmer obligations.
Murphysboro Illinois hosts a three year national egg laying contest starting November first with four hundred hens entered. Paul Arndt and his class of 44 vocational education students organize the event backed by local businessmen and poultry breeders from distant areas. A market in St Louis is lined up to offset costs as the boys plan egg sales and feed arrangements.
In Cedar Rapids on April 4 Henry Krouse of Monroe township considered Chicago prices after being offered 9 1 2 cents a pound for cattle locally. He shipped them and got 8 1 2 cents, ending up $301.74 worse off. He warns to value local markets over distant hopes.
Boston truck firm owner C Bowen notes unlimited demand and rising prices for heavy draft horses, with horse drawn trucks cheaper for short hauls than motor trucks. Reports from Allamakee County Iowa confirm strong drafts demand, with carloads shipped to eastern markets and prices up to 450 dollars for a top team. Chicago buyers visit Cass County but fail to secure enough horses as Farmers’ Cooperative ships a record carload.
In Washington township Janesville Ta April 4 the second annual three day rural life institute closed. Dr E A Roadman of Upper Town University Fayette led sessions in the M E church with L H Joslin pastor supervising. Educational rally Friday, consolidation talks Saturday, farming and finance remarks, and closing religious sessions marked the event.
Floyd county wolf hunters are $460 richer this spring as a result of their work last winter. Six large timber wolves, for which a bounty of $10 each is paid, were killed in this county this winter. The large timber wolf is nearly extinct in Iowa, but occasionally prairie wolf is seen or heard.
North Black Hawk county farmers in Washington township plan larger seeding than rivals as grain seed prices drop. Charley Taylor of Janesville reports seed sales over four times higher than last spring, noting cheaper grass seed and a shift to reduced corn planting and less hired help.
C V Wright of Yakima valley Washington, formerly a Black Hawk farmer near Wattello, says farming relies on hard work and irrigation. He notes fruit growing dominates Yakima agriculture, reports frost damage none so far, but a crisis looms around early May. Wright and family plan to return home in late May or June after visiting Cedar Falls relatives.
Fort Dodge Iowa April 4 Webster county will produce 10000 acres less grain this year than last year according to A W Monosmith county agent estimates There were 60000 acres of grain raised above the prewar acreage and the decrease will not return to prewar levels The report notes a bigger brass seed demand this year indicating a shift away from excessive grain acreage by Webster farmers.
Decorah Iowa April 4 last week’s shipment from this area held 72 000 dozen eggs totaling 864 000 eggs. If laid end to end they would span about 15 miles with two inch eggs. Six cars carried the haul surpassing prior local records and likely among the best in the west.
A 13-year-old boy writes to County Superintendent Mc Moeller praising the county poultry club run by the rural extension department of State Teachers College. He describes eight Barred Rocks pullets and a cockerel, earning six eggs some days and four or five on others, plans to attend Cedar Valley fair, and thanks officials for their support.
Allison Iowa April 4 A hen in Mrs Herry Codners flock achieves a perfect hatch rate with 183 chicks from 185 eggs plus three orphan eggs awaiting hatch Next in Butler county the tale contrasts with Holstein cattle sales in Waverly where top price hits 400 and average 254.
Waterloo Boy Scouts embrace earnings to fund uniforms and summer camp. Thirty scouts attended a Saturday safety-training call as the extension division of Iowa State Teachers College presents the third leadership course at 7:20 p.m. in Greater Waterloo Association rooms. W Helstey, high school principal, will speak on Prof Alley Gang to Eagle Scout. Marion Kenneally and Herman C. Miller will show signaling and map work. A model troop meeting concluded the session.
Health officers and doctors in Waterman warn of a third influenza visitation around April 15. Dr John Dill Robertson of Chicago notes the 15 month cycle, citing multiple waves since 1919 with bronchial pneumonia and digestive complications. Authorities fortify measures to conserve lives, hoping prior attacks confer immunity.
Frankness and apparent sincerity secured for F. J. Andrews a suspended 4 fine with $25 cost in municipal court after pleading guilty to intoxication. He gave clear details of finding homebrew near the viaduct with a companion and taking it, promising to pay costs. A.C. Williams forfeited a $10 bond on a charge of passing a streetcar while discharging passengers.
An 18 inch venomous green snake was found in a banana stock at Independ ent Fruit company shop Saturday evening. The snake emerged from the fruit as a woman cut toward the top of a bunch, prompting a rush to remove most of the stock before capture. It was killed in the alley. The incident follows rare sightings of tarantulas in banana shipments. The article also notes a G A R program committee meeting set for Tuesday at Memorial hall at 7 39 p m with C H Kelley attending.
Wang and Miller shoe shop, closed Saturday on a writ of execution to collect judgments, reopened at 4 p.m. the same day as creditors released the execution. The firm seeks to overcome its financial difficulties. Hansen and Hansen drop fountain operation to run as a clerks shop with no soda fountain, aiming to specialize in a focused line.
Sam Brown Jenkins and Mrs Fankins, all parolees from Iowa, were arrested near Holdridge Neb for stealing a Buick from Nick Wolfe. They confessed to taking the car after a confidence game at filling stations. Detectives tracked them after a long chase. prize money offered for return to parole board. The prisoners were to be sent to the Nebraska town and then to Iowa authorities.
City attorney Elmer Feely says the River Front Commission has absolute title to the river and its banks and may use its funds to finance proposed submerged dikes and beach improvements. The river body could authorize payment for the project, exceeding the Park Commission’s financing capacity, with benefits seen for a wide public audience. Garland Flowade to Minke Good.
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