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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1922
Page
13
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The farm editor reports widespread spring pig losses blamed on abundant corn and cold snaps. Farmers, including Charles Hill of Bennington township, note sows overfed before farrowing, causing weak litters and hairless, small pigs. Prospects for market pigs remain, with experts predicting a two sided market and a likely favorable year for hog revenue. Henry Beckwith stresses careful feeding and exercise for sows and piglets to improve outcomes.
Waverly Iowa April 22 a registered Morgan stallion was shipped to Sutherland Nebraska in deluxe style. J J Lynes a local Morgan horse breeder sold the two year old stallion to Lamunyon ranch owners and sent him to the new owners by express in a specially constructed crate. The animal arrived in good shape and at a cost seven dollars less than freight.
An April Ledger editorial chides the free seeds graft amid congressional funding fights for the Agriculture Department. It notes House approval and Senate rejection before a narrow reconsideration. The piece also urges cooperative marketing and cites differing views on the Great Lakes waterway from Sen Calder and Sen Townsend.
Ames Iowa April 22 A cup for the top freshman animal husbandry student in score judging Shorthorns is donated to Iowa State College by William Watson Balcairn Old Meldrum Aberdeenshire Scotland Watson who judged at the Chicago International Live stock show and praised the college livestock program after touring Ames will award annually the prize alongside the Charles Gray medal for best steer around judge in freshman contests.
Dunkerton Iowa April 22 W H McIntosh local Holstein breeder has an animal listed in the Holstein Friesian cows on test report Oak Glen Ormsby Girl age three years three months is credited with 427.6 pounds milk and 16.844 pounds butterfat or 21 pounds of butter in a seven day test K 3 P Lily McKintey formerly owned by Dave Mexwell Waterloo holds the state record for junior three year olds with 581.9 pounds milk and 36.046 pounds butterfat
In Dunkerton Iowa on April 2 a load of baled hay will be sent to Wisconsin with next week’s plan for 1 carload shipments. Frank Meyers sustained injuries from a hayrack blow while Archie Hayes assists on the farm. Community notes include visits by F H Rehmeyer and Mrs J N Trinnell with May 2 meeting plans, cleanup week on April 24 39, trips by Fred Sickels and Don Trotter, a Seattle Chicago shipment, and a Dunkerton high school basketball trip to Porte City. Burial for Mrs C Wright held in Oelwein.
Mrs Lydia Brown travels from the city to St Joseph Missouri to marry Harry Barker of Morrill Kansas. The couple plans to reside on Barker’s farm near Morrill after the ceremony. Lydia Friend formerly of Marshalltown became Mrs Brown after her first husband Harry Brown died a decade ago at Dodge Center Minnesota.
Cedar Falls April 22 Mrs Christina Ricovitch of Eleventh Street East is among the first in Cedar Falls to have her garden plot ready and seeded. Nearly eighty five, she tends two lots with daily market trips in a wheelbarrow laden with produce. Her neat garden supports a thrifty livelihood and steady cash dealings with merchants.
A man named Billy Tweet conducted a solo raid on a Chicago garbage can bank. He forgot to empty the can, prompting a chase as the garbage man sped away and the thief finally recovered $156 buried under two feet of refuse.
Livestock prices rose modestly as hogs gained about 10 cents while cattle and sheep showed mixed to steady movement. Receipts reached around 3,000 to 4,500 head across Sioux City and St Louis markets with top hogs around $10.60 and spring lambs near $16.75, fat cows steady to higher, calves firm, and feeders weaker.
Market summaries from Kansas City and Peoria report receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep. Beef steers and stockers show mixed shifts. hogs steady to higher, tops around 10.20. lambs firm to higher. Peoria notes nominally steady hogs and light cattle. coffee futures steady and U S bonds notes.
Market quotations from Waterloo FA Co op list grains and livestock with prices for flour spring wheat barley oats butter milk lard potatoes cattle hogs and hay. Prices reflect noon quotations from Pattison leading firm and show categories like good steers heifers cows lambs heavy and light hens horse hides and salted hides.
April 22 market notes show butter prices steady with creamery and firsts between 38c and 40c, cheese at 22c to 24c for various grades, and poultry values for turkeys chickens and ducks listed. Foreign exchange rates, flour prices, and seed quotations from multiple cities are included with figures for butter receipts and cheese varieties.
Wheat prices rose as late buying supported a market that opened weak and stayed subdued. May futures climbed to around 1.45 and July to near 1.40, with corn and oats following wheat higher in quiet trading. hogs supported firmer provisions.
The slain woman found in an abandoned van on the vacant south side lot has been identified as Annie Lehr, a divorcee. Police say Thomas Howie, a street car conductor, has confessed to the murder and are seeking her relatives.
The market showed gains across steel, utilities, and transportation, led by strong oil and chemical groups and notable names like American Telephone, Brooklyn Union Gas, and Kennecott Copper. Locomotives, steel, and metals firms rose while tech and auto components posted solid advances with high volume trading and a closing strength.
The Associated Press reports on May delivery wheat trends with rising prices. Corn and provisions show gains while storage and transport issues affect shipments in Canada and the United States. Market activity centers on Kansas City and Omaha as traders weigh futures and supply expectations.
Butter prices show a firmer tendency as stocks tighten amid recent adverse weather. Producers report slow movement to markets and limited supplies to meet buyers' needs for the week ending.
Market reports indicate generally steady to active trading with a tendency for higher prices. Weather disruptions limited gains in larger markets while some smaller markets showed modest increases in turnover. butter demand remained strong and commodity prices rose compared with prior weeks.
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