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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
13
Wheat prices held steady with modest gains and losses as traders weighed export demand against signs of stall in export calls. Corn and oats fell modestly while hogs supported higher provisions, with September futures around 56% to 57% and December near 56.
Market updates from Omaha Sioux City and St Joseph report cattle sheep and hog receipts and prices. Wheat and corn quotations and grain prices appear with mixed bids and daily volatility across listed markets.
A compact price roundup lists coffee and dairy quality notes, meat and poultry rates, and wholesale versus retail gaps. It covers New York mercantile quotes, Nebraska cheese receipts, butter and eggs, cattle and hog prices, live poultry, and money exchange along with cotton futures and raw sugar trends.
Weakness expands in New York market as several industrials slip with 1% to 2% losses. Early gains in rail and select issues trigger short covering while some issues retreat to new lows amid overall steady call money and muted foreign exchange.
In the week’s lumber market review, activity improves with prices at loss-making levels for manufacturers. Hardwoods remain weak with hand-to-mouth buying, yellow pine shows firmer demand and railcar shipments rise. California redwood improves, other woods steady. East leads in activity. wool and metals summaries follow with mixed signals.
Chicago August 12 reports show hog receipts at 21 000 with prices up 25 to 35 cents and most superior hogs sold. Top hogs fetch 11.00, light butchers 10 31 2, sows 8 25 9 65, pigs 9 50 10 00. Cattle receipts 3 000 steady with beef steers 7 09 to 7 50, fat cows 4 00 to 6 00, calves 8 90 to 9 50. Sheep receipts 6 000 with packer direct sales, top lambs 10 25, most desirable 10 00 19 25, ewes moderate.
Missouri and Illinois markets report cattle hogs and sheep activity. Kansas City receipts 2500 cattle 1000 hogs 1500 sheep with mixed prices and weakness in cows and top steers. East St Louis reports 2000 cattle 6500 hogs with higher top and strong demand for light weights and packer sow gains.
Local notes report Roger R. Mueller spending vacation in Hachoya Minnesota and Lois Mann visiting Manson Iowa before teaching at Marathon Iowa. George W. Fowler Sr. improves after illness while K L Niles family travels to Cresson Minnesota for sister's critical illness. Katherine Mears visits Grimnes College in Mansou Iowa with her parents. Will A. Sage and family visit Indianola where he formerly worked in banking. Floyd Cole party returns from northern Minnesota trip noting better roads there. J Fellingaman, age 81, travels to Laford Cam to visit relatives and celebrate fitness. Powell Wallace wedding set for Cedar Rapids with 300 invites and lawn ceremony. Ads for Grandma's doughnuts and a YWCA rummage sale note forthcoming October sale.
Police stopped a speeder and found several bottles of homebrew beer in the car. The driver led to the seller, and Chris Sorensen was arrested at 415 Saxon Street on liquor nuisance charges. A later seizure from a store reported moonshine labeled Spirit of Nitrous Ether tied to Churchill Wholesale Drug. No arrest yet on the second item.
A divorce and injunction suit was filed today by Vena Doris Hill in district court against M H Hill. Papers were removed from the files by the plaintiff’s attorneys. The article notes Hill’s past as lieutenant governor on the Socialist ticket in 1920 and includes unrelated local society items from Janesville and Waterloo.
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be addressed to the editor and may include inquiries on agricultural topics and farm news.
United States Department of Agriculture surveys show runtiness accounts for about 7 percent of farm animals with inferior breeding, poor feeding, and parasites as the main causes. Hog runtiness is most prevalent at about 10 percent, while proper feeding and care can develop runty animals into good stock. Most farmers say eliminating runts would raise profits by 5 to 10 percent, though some doubt demand and practicality.
G H STANGE notes legislature increased appropriation for bovine tuberculosis control from 100 to 250 dollars and credits the animal health commission and livestock owners. He stresses public protection, rapid herd cleaning, and the need to prevent spread, with emphasis on breeding stock and purebred herds as infection sources.
Des Moines reports the Iowa executive council explains farm land assessments were not increased but adjusted to reflect two years of taxes. Some county auditors used lower values for reporting, prompting raises to align with previous tax bases. Livestock values were reduced from prior years.
About 15 to 20 Tama county boys form a stock judging team. They will visit Black Hawk county farms including F.S. Miller, Marsh, C L Hamer, and possibly Waterloo Jersey farm. J P Eves accompanies the party. James Loonan and William Crownover horse farms may be visited in the afternoon.
J E Bragdon of 717 Third Street West has cultivated a remarkable group of tomatoes from seeds received 30 years ago from Martin Grady. A window display at Sinnard Grocery features six tomatoes weighing seven pounds total, with Bragdon noting the fruit’s size correlates to canning needs and seeds. He emphasizes continual improvement by selecting smooth, best yielding specimens, averaging 12 to 15 ounces, and comparing their type to the Ponderosa.
Michigan will represent wool growers at Senate Finance Committee hearings on a proposed wool tariff. Producers seek a flat 30 cents per pound import duty on scoured wool, with the current 3.5 percent ad valorem rider removed. Michigan pool sales and efforts to market virgin wool products are noted as part of a broader campaign.
In north Tama County hog cholera returns after a quiet spell. John Tierney loses almost his entire 14 hog herd, Frank Lockard drops about 125 head, with about half a dozen survivors. Other farmers including Olver Merritt E. Lambert John Thomas Bratton Bros Lester Fleming and Wills Steuben report heavy losses mainly from spring pigs 74 to 100 pounds. Veterinarians vaccinate affected herds.
An Associated Press report from Pierre D. Aug. 12 describes a plan by Will H. Lyon of Sioux Falls endorsed by South Dakota farmers groups. The proposal would have the national government guarantee farmers the average cost of producing staple crops plus a profit, purchasing surpluses at year end, controlling imports, and selling abroad at guaranteed prices to stabilize farm income and related business.
Kansas researchers report Kanred wheat outyielding traditional varieties across tests in the state and beyond. Early estimates show yield advantages of 3 to 5 bushels per acre on average, with one field producing 36 bu/ac for Kanred versus 24 bu/ac for Turkey. Officials plan a first area-wide seed use estimate as Kansans observe strong performance nationwide.
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