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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
11
Readers encouraged to send questions and comments to the editor at the Farmers Department of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should address the editor and include contact details for response.
Farm editor reports J Wy McCaffrey at an east Cedar Falls farm runs a 91 spring pigs herd with 50 sows and multiple boars. He touts purebred Duroc Jersey stock, pride in ideal breeding, and notes strong demand and rising prices for quality hogs. His daughter manages runt care while he keeps records and oversees stock.
The Jews County Farm Bureau reports a record of actions including defeating the Nolan bill and the Sales Tax bill, repealing Daylight Saving, organizing a farm bloc, and backing a constructive agriculture program. It cites savings from reduced railroad valuations, support for tariff relief, and agricultural modernization efforts.
Aug. 3 Tripoli reports roasting ears from field corn tagged July 4 at Martin Jasper farm. Corn is large and well filled with good crop prospects. Districts list names including Adam Schieb and F W Kirchner among others. Big Grove township includes H G Shaw and Hart Merchant officials.
R A Carr of the Waterloo Jersey farm urges a well drained seed bed for alfalfa seedings. He notes six acres on the dairy farm produced about two tons per acre in the first cutting this year. Carr recommends post harvest cultivation to manage bluegrass, liming prior to sowing, and timing sowing between August 15 and 25 to ensure regrowth and stand establishment. Alfalfa is used year round with shipments from Nebraska when local supply runs out.
Janesville Iowa August 3 A car of Turkey Beg dark hard winter wheat rated best in years was sent to Union mill Waterloo containing 1000 bushels. Shippers include Ralph Newell S D Newell Grant Becker and John Lantz. Yield ranged 20 to 33 bushels per acre. Milling quality improved after drying and aging. Another high quality car is being loaded by August Vosberg.
A large turnout of over 175 at Eagle township school supported tuberculosis testing in Black Hawk dairy herds. The event featured the film Out of the Shadows by F P Rehmeier and a talk by M L Bowman on early testing benefits, with Lford Brown named township campaign chairman.
In Hom er and Big Grove townships Benton County plans to test cattle for tuberculosis this winter. Committees will arrange herd testing with a veterinarian, aiming to test four or five herds per trip to save mileage. County agent O W Brant notes 800 herds were tested last year and urges farmers to contact committee members early.
Nashua residents host visitors from Charles City Chicago and Clarion while Alva Jones moves to Waterloo. Ira Meade Nashua’s oldest resident is laid to rest at Oak Hill after a Congregational church service. The community gathers for a funeral as relatives and friends travel from nearby towns for the rites and other locals head to Yellowstone by car.
Federal prohibition director FE Hunt told Des Moines crowds that 87 percent of bootlegging is done by aliens and urged naturalization as a remedy. He praised Iowa Anti-Saloon League efforts and cited rising prohibition effectiveness amid crime declines.
Market reports show declines for peaches apples and sweet potatoes in most regions though watermelons stay steady to firm and cantaloupes hold firm. Eastern markets see light supplies while Boston and others experience plenty of watermelons and a general dull demand for early apples with Delaware and Maryland varieties down.
Wholesale dealers in Washington announce a two cent reduction per gallon in gasoline prices. Milwaukee reports no change despite earlier two cent cut effective July 19. Pittsburgh sees a two cent cut from Gulf Refining and Atlantic Refining, setting the price at 27 cents per gallon.
Market notes from New York and Chicago detail butter cheese creamery milk eggs and poultry prices and receipts. Liberty bonds prices are listed with changes, and local notices mention residents, visits, and upcoming family events around Nashua and Decorah.
A speculative note reports vast quantities of condensed milk used annually enough to circle the earth five times. It also claims nearly 200 alphabets exist, with about 30 presently in use, mixing ancient and modern scripts.
Wheat fell to a new low for the season amid selling and harvest hedging. Reports indicated export purchases of 10,000 bushels and 90,000 bushels taken for Atlantic markets, with prices slipping to around 1.06 to 1.08 for the September and December contracts.
Bank clearing figures reported by Waterloo Clearing House show weekly total 1 131 739 38 with daily breakdown Thu 208 078 18 Fri 136 888 02 Sat 274 004 32 Mon 200 861 84 Tue 64 033 42 Wed 247 881 41 Also listed are instruments recorded mortgages and chattel mortgage totals for the period and Waterloo market prices for flour, meal, butterfat potatoes hogs and dairy items with various price quotations from local packing firms.
A Waterloo bookseller notes revived interest in 19th and early 20th century fiction. Titles like Pretty, Tira Rosebud and The Curse of Pocahontas remain best sellers in original paper. Thorns and Orange Blossoms and Tshmad attract steady sales as producers push period pieces for screens and stages. The bookman argues older writers felt their characters and emotions more authentically.
Cattle receipts 18 000 and hogs 21 000 with steady to higher tone. Steers 15c higher and light hogs 10c firmer, calves up 2s. Stronger packer demand supports top hogs near 10 80, cattle near 10 40 to 10 70, lambs also firm with top natives about 12 75. Kansas City and Oklahoma offerings show similar strength across cattle and hog classes.
A subdued session on the New York Stock Exchange showed an overall upward drift led by Standard Oil and Woolworth while many less prominent issues lagged. Mexican Petroleum and American brands advanced, with gains in American Car & Foundry and American Smelting, while Republic Motors and some tobacco issues slipped on profit taking. Call money opened at 4 percent as trading drew to a firmer close.
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