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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1925
Page
7
A Corfe Correspondent member notes farmers produce plenty, but marketing ideas lag. Extension leaders can teach marketing, yet surveys show farmers favor production projects. Farmers seek practical demonstrations and readings to cut costs, while experts serve as marketing resource partners.
Iowa baby beef clubs reported a 1924 total profit of 23609.61 with 14679.55 in premiums. Across 76 counties, 115 club groups and 1,504 members enrolled, 1,572 completed work, and 206 meetings drew 2654 attendees. Calves fed 1744 at 77,778.93 cost, total project costs 139,270.70, selling price 166,860.31. Cash premiums reached 12218.15 plus 2461.40 in other honors.
Readers address inquiries and remarks to the Waterloo Evening Courier Farm Department in Waterloo Iowa with contact by phone 5100. The item invites questions on farming topics and public agricultural issues and notes correspondence should be directed to the editor.
Waterloo resident F W Sargent grafted diverse apple varieties onto a single tree, aiming for variety while waiting for newer trees to bear. The tree now yields up to twelve kinds, including Delicious and Jonathan, with plans to graft more. He notes grafting speeds fruit variety and shares tips for starting trees. Clarksville reports Dalea clover as a new soil builder praised by Ames extension agents, suitable for poor soils and acid land, with seed sales and seeding methods outlined.
Ames April 22 Farmers may obtain small samples of four promising corn strains tested in Iowa state trials. A one found sample of each strain costs 2.5 dollars and is mailed post paid to interested buyers to compare side by side during the growing season. Limited quantities available through the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association at Ames. Also notices of local meetings including Mt. Vernon Township Farm Bureau and Bennington township Farm Womans nutrition gathering.
Rainfall in the week ending yesterday averaged just over half normal, sustaining drought and water shortages across Iowa. Corn planting has begun in several counties about three weeks earlier than usual, with oats and spring wheat in fair to poor condition and winter wheat heavily plowed under for corn or oats. Gardening progresses, fruit blossoms fertilized, but overall moisture remains scarce and unevenly distributed.
Three state dairy breed associations Holstein Jersey and Guernsey will award trophies for the highest butterfat herd in each breed. trophies announced by the dairy extension service Ames covering the association year from September 1924. Trophies to be presented at the Dairy Cattle Congress breed banquets at Ames fair. Each entering herd must be one breed and include at least eight milking head in the year.
William McGinnes, ex state inspector for the territory including Black Hawk Bremer and Butler counties, visited Waterloo on business for his Nora Springs creamery operation. Brill says he found satisfaction in the dairy business after leaving inspection staff, despite interest in local work.
Mrs. Carl Detrick of La Porte City died at home after a year with tuberculosis. Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church in Mt Auburn on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial followed in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. She was 26, daughter of Ed Smalley, survived by husband Carl Detrick, daughter Helen Lavonne, father Ed Smalley, and brother Dodd Smaller.
Wheat prices moved higher in Chicago on reports of strong export buying and dry southwest weather. May and July contracts climbed, with further gains after unfavorable crop news and expectations that large wheat deliveries to Chicago would be limited. Corn, oats, and provisions followed the grain strength with varied but supportive moves across futures.
In St Paul and Sioux City markets, receipts show 3 500 cattle and 16 000 hogs with slow demand. Fat steers, yearlings and cows move weak to steady. calves and stockers mixed. Hogs mostly down around 10 to 15 cents. sow and porker activity steady to lower. Cattle slaughter and feeder demand mixed, with lambs and veal showing narrow ranges.
New York April 22 Confused price movements marked the opening of today’s stock market with selling pressure renewing against Maxwell Motors A Baldwin American Sugar Refining and Frisco. Willys-Overland preferred rose on dividends while United States Cast Iron Pipe fell to new lows. Foreign exchanges opened irregular as frenzied trading touched many issues.
Peoria Alabama April 22 hogs feeder heavy and packer prices mixed with longs and sows trading broadly steady to uneven under pressure. Cattle receipts steady with light to moderate demand. market held around typical regional levels. Potatoes show mixed shipment activity with prices alongside prior sessions as Wisconsin and Florida items appear in listings.
Chicago April 22 AP hogs receipts 17000 with 13006 leftover and prices uneven steady to 100 lower. Better hogs around 12.30 to 12.45 with top 12.45, butchers 12.15 to 12.30, packing hogs 10.70 to 11.00, light weights 11.78 to 12.00 for heavy, sows 10.75, slaughter pigs 10.75 to 12.25. Cattle receipts 9000 with steers and yearlings steady to weak, some quality mixed, top steers around 11.00 to 11.60, stockers scarce. Sheep receipts 13000 slow with lambs steady to 14.25, clipper lambs 13.85 to 14.50, wethers 6.49 to 7.50.
Receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep at Kansas City Livestock near Amel. Calves and yearlings steady to higher with heavy steers advancing. hogs mostly steady to weak with top around 11.85. sheep steady to slightly higher with top sheep skins at 13.50 and Arizona consignments at 14.50.
Waterloo Mills Co and partners list prices for flour produce eggs butter lard potatoes and hay from several firms. Cattle hogs and poultry bids shown with weights and packer terms from Rath Packing Co Barclay & Son and Cohn Bros. Includes horse hide and pelts with pricing brackets and weekly market tone.
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