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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1921
Page
11
Chicago AP reports demand and rain expectations shift sentiment as July wheat hits season low after early declines. May and July futures move with mixed gains and losses while corn and oats follow wheat, hogs support higher provisions.
Chicago market prices for wheat and corn prevail with multiple grades and prices listed. Kansas City and Omaha grain rates shown, followed by Minneapolis and monetary exchange figures, then commodities like coffee, butter, eggs, and poultry with varying price levels.
Receipts: steer section slow with prices down to 25 cents. hogs advance 10 to 15 cents as buyers show steadier demand. Calves, cows, and feeders mixed with limited sales and uneven prices. hogs led by good demand for lighter weights and top values around 10.50 to 10.60. Sheep and lambs scarce with top prices around 8.00 to 9.50 for shorn yearlings and ewes mixed in the ewe market.
Kansas City live stock market reports show beef steers mostly steady to 25 cents lower with best heifers around 8.35 and cows near 7.00 to 7.00. Hogs mostly 10 to 15 cents lower with top around 9.30 and bid packers at 10.75. Sheep receipts 6,000 and varied with steady lighter weights. East St Louis trades similar with cattle 9.35 top veal 5.50 and hogs slower, top 10.25 with several buyers.
Omaha and St Joseph livestock markets show varied results with large receipts. Cattle and hogs sold mixed for the week with steers $6.50 to $9.50 and hogs near $9.15 to $9.48, while sheep and lambs jumped in Omaha and rose in St Joseph with lambs around $8.20 to $8.35 and ewes firm.
Initial market readings were irregular with mixed advances and declines. Studebaker led gains while Royal Dutch and Atlantic Gulf sagged. oils and rubbers rose as general sentiment improved on loan rates and ongoing trading activity across American Can American Sugar American Car & Fdx.
In Oelwein a three year old child of E. Mayers near Maynard was struck by a passing truck. One leg injured but no permanent harm expected. Local notes report visits, hospital returns, and various community events including Irish relief fundraising and school institute updates.
Mrs Martha L Jones 16 a pioneer resident of La Porte City died Sunday at 3 30 am after pneumonia at her daughter Mrs Henry Smelser’s home. Born Winchester Guernsey Co Jan 30 1843 she came to town in 1835 with her parents William and Manfant Heim. She lived quietly at home a devoted neighbor and family member.
Chicago April 5 James R Howard president of the American Farm Bureau federation will deliver the keynote at the grain marketing conference opening tomorrow at 10 p m Delegates from 17 states will discuss ratification of the Committee of Seventeen plan and later details for its operation Henry C Wallace secretary of agriculture will give the principal address following lunch The meeting features wide representation from state farming groups and cooperative organizations with delegates from Colorado Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Wisconsin and other states.
The Iowa State Fair adds a major junior department with a 7600 prize list across livestock canning and home arts. Clubs in Buchanan and Ossuth counties show strong activity with pig and poultry programs and 400 junior farmers involved.
J P Eves state dairy expert praises boys and girls calf clubs as vital extension work teaching ownership, breed selection, feeding and care. He notes diversified future agriculture depends on specified cattle breeds and farmer youth gaining satisfaction, profit, and opportunity from Dad’s farm.
A special meeting of Orange cooperative creamery stockholders is called for tonight at the Orange township school. The fate of the proposed Waterloo Milk Producer Company rest will be decided after a larger turnout follows a previously favorable vote that failed to draw many stockholders.
Nels Kiar a Washington township farmer near Janesville on the Lev eseo road says he will reduce corn to at least 40 acres this year and increase oats hay and grass land. He plans to start seeding this week and finish by early next month with about 14 acres put to oats that will be sown soon.
The old treatment for potato scab used one gallon of formalin to 30 gallons of water with a one hour soak before cutting. The new method uses two pints to 20 gallons heated to 122 degrees and a two minute soak. So treated potatoes dry on clean land or cover sod before cutting.
Allen and Hoffman, owners of Klinefelter's livery, announce a public sale of their equipment this Friday and Saturday as they face uncertainty about future plans. Harlen L. Allen says the business is unsettled, with Hoffman also involved in nearby feed barn interests at 226 Mullan Avenue West.
Joseph H. Eddy died at a Des Moines hospital Sunday. Funeral services were at his former Boone home. Eddy worked in engineering at William Gallaway Company and lived at Cedar Heights. He is survived by his widow and two children.
Executive Committee of the Iowa Retail Clothiers Association meets in the city to discuss matters of interest to members. After luncheon, attendees including Burt Butler Ai lant T Cook Will Kerwin Harri D Simon and C R Rohde confer in the state association’s office at First National Bank building. Also listed are marriage licenses for Henry Arthur Meyer Katheryn Marie Kabler Cord I Austin Marie Streeter and notes on Kiwanis lunch with W N Northcott describing Y M C A activities.
The report notes Paul Fuchs tired to Gust Sehamid and Wil Sehmitt moved to a Bennington township farm. Farmers seed oats from Joe Ortner and many fields are being sown. Gust and John Meier built a St Francis parish garage. Jim Baish's family visited John Ortner. Nick Wellner is sick. Grant Cames shipped calves and cattle. Seeding is two weeks ahead of 1920. a county 2000 convention was in Waterloo. The poor will be collected for Ireland at St Francis church next Sunday.
Waterloo civic leaders and allied organizations gather in the Greater Waterloo association rooms at 7 29 p m to decide funding and method for a permanent bathing beach improvement. The plan favors submerged dikes to create a safe six foot maximum swimming pool, backed by city engineers and backed by a legal opinion from City Attorney Elmer Feely.
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