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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1921
Page
11
Chicago May wheat led declines in a broad market slump with others like rye, corn and provisions following. Trading cited wavering demand and scarce buyers, with quotes showing lows for the season before a slight rally that faded. Chicago cash and regional quotes followed the same trend amid unsettled futures.
Notice served on Cedar Falls officials reveals Citizens Gas & Electric Co files federal action to enjoin city from gas rate adjustments. Cedar Falls must appear in Dubuque federal court on April 26. Earlier items list marriages, local meetings, and brief notes on building wage talks across Iowa towns.
An advertising column urges amateur gardeners to enjoy backlot plots and borrowed spaces, stressing practical planting, dairy records, and a mix of flowers. It promotes pests control with Lady Nicotine, soil fertility via manure and bone meal, and emphasizes timing for peas beans corn and hedge plantings including lilac and Rugosa roses.
Ames Iowa April 12 cattle feeding in Iowa is seen as rising in popularity by experts and 1 000 farmers and breeders at a Conference led by Prof John M Evvard and aides. Dean Curtis and others warn of higher costs and tighter markets while experiments show molasses supplements are not economical with the standard corn belt ration.
CATTLE receipts 8,000 with beef steers steady to strong and top finishing at about 9.30 per cwt. cows and calves also steady with bulk fat cows 5.25 to 7.80. HOGS receipts 28,000 with bids 25 to 40 cents lower. bulk 200 lb hogs around 9.15. over 300 lb hogs slow. SHEEP receipts 19,000 and steady with shorn lamb top near 9.23, bulk around 5.00 to 9.05. woolled lambs 2.60 top.
East St Louis reports receipts of 3,300 cattle and 14,000 hogs with prices higher for steers and mixed activity for hogs and sheep. New York and Chicago bulletins show butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, and grain futures with varied movements and closing prices. Kansas City markets note cattle, hogs, and sheep activity with price shifts amid supply pressure.
Charles Eby formerly assistant city engineer under C T Wilson and most recently based at Chariton Iowa has accepted the post of assistant engineer for the 1 W C F N company replacing Reaney who resigned weeks ago. He will move to Watatie soon and begin duties on March 1.
The Society of Automotive Engineers with T. C. Menges named national vice president will hold a junction meeting at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Waterloo. The conference is hosted due to Waterloo's prominence in stationary gas engine business and attendance is expected from several prominent engineers to discuss important business.
Orange township stands out for housing and education while egg production declined. The assessor notes 91 homes with furnace heat and 77 illuminated by electricity, 137 farm owners with 141 automobiles, ten trucks and 27 tractors. Dairying thrives with 1,070 cows milked and 1,885 bushels of corn harvested. the area features a gravel road project and a cooperative egg market plus creameries and threshing outfits.
The Delaware county Duroc breeders formed a youth club for boys and girls ages 10 to 18, supplying sows for 55.20 and offering a free trip to the Chicago livestock show and 75 dollars in prizes. Oliver Simmons of Guthrie county sold a pig for 200 dollars to a California breeder after winning at the Iowa state fair. Butler county media aid and county fairs back the effort with prizes and support. Dwight Campbell of Buchanan county, at five a charter member, demonstrates early enthusiasm in the Jersey calf club, eyeing a win at Longview and showcasing calves and heifers statewide.
Agricultural data for Barclay Township show taxable land at 21 220 acres with 435 farms. Grain outputs include corn 6 407, oats 4 435, wheat 45, barley 768, rye 75, buckwheat 26, and tame hay 1 959. Livestock counts include 1 038 horses and 16 mules, 5 162 swine on 1 July 1926 decreasing to 3 960 by 1 Jan 1921, 12 280 poultry producing 56 250 dozen eggs, and 1 017 dairy cows.
Readers praise the Courier and send remarks from Alice Rhinesmith Ed Borheister and Chris Nolting. Brief birth notices include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Robert Carroll on April 2 and a son born to Mr and Mrs Walter Daniels southeast of town. The Buck baby died Thursday morning.
St Ansgar Iowa April 12 Miss Tiliie Knack spent winter in Minneapolis and returned Wednesday Mr and Mrs L S Gransee left Tuesday for Evansville Wisconsin they attended the Evening fascial Miss Laura Kittleson has suffered rheumatism for some time and went to Mason City hospital Miss Smma Gunderson is visiting her sister Mrs Alden Boyer Harold Van Berger died Sunday at his home at west of town He was 16 Ray Gerlach returned home from teaching in an auto schedule in Minneapolis this winter
Agricultural experiments at the Iowa Experiment Station test feeding orphan pigs. Trials compare sow milk with modified cow milk, sugar, cream, orange juice, eggs, tomato juice, and wheat embryo, noting weight gains, vigor, coats, and bone strength across multiple pig groups.
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