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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
19
Public letters to the editor are invited on farming topics. Communications should be sent to the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa, care of the Farm Department. Phone contact is listed as 3330.
Logan B. Urios resigns after three years as Benton County Agricultural Society secretary to focus on private business. No successor named yet. The report also details experimental feed rations and profits for multiple steer lots, noting the value of better quality feeders and protein supplements in producing profits.
An estimated 350 farmers and feeders from across Iowa attended the Iowa State College cattle feeding day in Ames. Dean Curtiss led discussions on feeding trials, foreseeing corn shortages and urging farmers to raise their own feeders. Seven test lots showed profits, with hogs boosting some margins despite wet roads and continued weather.
Littleport, Va April 13 to April 1 reported the first lap of the Littleport contesting association year. Walter Junge tested members revealing new and convincing data. The high cow for the month was a purebred Holstein producing 667.1 pounds milk and 57 pounds butterfat. The high herd of nine purebred and two grade Holsteins averaged 1120 pounds milk and 40.3 pounds butterfat, owned by W. L. Pleck. Another top Holstein owned by J. L. Cords yielded 1443.3 pounds milk and 49.4 pounds butterfat. The association’s average for the month was 663 pounds milk and 94.2 pounds butterfat. Over 19 cows produced more than 40 pounds butterfat and three exceeded 60 pounds. Cost per pound butterfat ranged from 25.9 to 90.5 cents. Farmers losing money learned how to cut costs. Cream separators were tested and skimmilk fat varied from .015 to .12 percent. one separator leaving .11 percent fat cost its owner 1.1 pounds butterfat per 1000 pounds of milk.
The Heart of America Dairy Show will be added to the National Holstein-Friesian meeting in Kansas City. Breeders from the southwest and Benicar colleges join to showcase educational exhibits, dairy equipment, and features from the U S Department of Agriculture with special railroad rates for farmers and breeders in the region. The event coincides with the national Holstein convention and sale drawing national inquiries.
Gov. Kendall to announce a new state food and dairy commissioner before May 1 as Commissioner Barney retires after 10 years. Candidates include R. G. Clark Webster City M. A. Wentworth Des Moines and Guy M. Lambert Newton with Clark a former legislator and butter and creamery operator Wentworth Ames graduate and Iowa Dairy Council secretary Lambert former assistant dairy commissioner involved in Newton creamery business.
Results from state germination corn tests for samples from Clayton Allamakee Delaware and Fayette counties were mostly favorable. Clayton showed 50 to 92 percent strong with some weak and dead seeds, Allamakee 92 to 96 percent strong, Delaware 72 to 74 percent strong, and Fayette 73 to 98 percent strong with varying weak and dead seeds.
Canada sees rising land values after wartime inflation and readjustment. Alberta shows low-cost land with wheat yields boosting returns. Alberta land at $28 per acre and 14.76 bushels per acre wheat over five years. Other provinces list varied acre values, with Ontario near $63 and Atlantic provinces lower. Agricultural officials note rapid, steady value growth and continued settlement potential across the country.
Wheat advanced on higher Liverpool quotes and bullish crop reports from the southwest. Export demand in Libya sparked renewed strength, with May futures near 1.14 and July around 1.23. Corn and oats followed wheat higher but closed little changed as hog prices pressured provisions.
Market notes show Omaha bids and Chicago quotations for cattle and wheat with receipts around 8,000 to 10,000. Cattle futures and hogs prices mixed as reports detail No 2 white oats and No 2 yellow corn values across Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Peoria with foreign exchange steady.
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending April 12 1923 total 1 213 625 60 with 28 reports from the Waterloo Clearing House association. The week shows various daily totals and a comparison to 1922 and 1920 figures. Mortgage totals for the week reach 73 391 90 with prior week 193 920 75 and 1922 figures noted.
Chicago and Sioux City reports show hogs 10 to 25 cents lower on many lots with some firmness in light weights. Cattle and calves mix of gains and declines with steers up to 26 cents in parts and fat lambs weaker. buyers active about 7,000 receipts in a fluctuating market.
Kansas City Mo April 13 hogs receipts 6 000 market sharply lower herd sows and boars steady to 4 0 calves 4 40 to 7 00 sheep 2 600 slow prospects lower lambs 9 15 to 15 00 New York wheat prices steady No 2 red winter 1414 spot 1414 14 14 50 No 2 mixed 414 450 barley steady export 45 pounds hay prices and cotton consumption figures released by Census Bureau N Roundup of farm market data from New York and Washington DC with futures and cash prices for grains hay and cotton.
Prices fluctuated at the opening of today’s market, with gains in copper, tobacco, and certain food products while others slipped. Shares in Gulf Mobile and Northern assets led the day’s activity as broad investment volumes remained subdued. Commodity receipts and futures edged up or down in line with the session’s early momentum.
Opening day coincides with the new potato and onion season as U.S. markets report ample supply. Prices ease for potatoes onions and celery while heavy movement continues for potatoes and apples. Eastern apples rise modestly and cabbage trends upward irregularly as Louisiana shipments flood markets. At week end 24 pint crates sold for 4.00 to 4.50 dollars.
Wholesale prices for butter cheese eggs and poultry across New York Chicago and St Louis reflect steady to mixed changes. Notable figures include creamery butter at 36 to 38 cents per tub and nominal wholesale price for butter at 2.39 per 100 pounds, with various weights and product types listed across regions.
Fragmentary OCR shows primos and cash prices with months and amounts incomplete. Appears to reference prime seed or crop item pricing with figures ranging around 12.7 to 14.4 and several months including April May September.
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