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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
17
Farmers faced heavy drifts and impassable roads as a blizzard delayed milk and cream deliveries to creameries. Public auctions and farm events were disrupted. some haulers used horses as trucks stalled or couldn't arrive. Weather reduced turnout at training schools and meetings, with several officials and associations delaying or canceling activities.
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor of the Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Town. Communications should be addressed to the editor with a waterloo city contact in mind.
Dysart Iowa December report notes John and Mrs Hach own Tama county’s largest peach orchard with three quarters of an acre of trees. They earned about $500 from a 320 bushel crop sold at 1.50 per bushel. Local visitors bought fruit direct from the trees and the Hachs hired help to pick up to 30 bushels daily. The orchard, planted years ago, has trees eight feet apart and sheltered by a north grove and buildings. It also serves as shade for chickens in summer.
Ames readers show a link between reading material and living standard across 451 farm families in Boone Story Sac and surrounding townships. Higher standards correlate with national magazines and daily papers, while local papers align with lower schooling and living levels. Average annual reading expenditure was 17 dollars per home.
Ivester Farmers' Institute in Melrose township runs December 20 and 21 with H A Wallace of the Wallaces' Farmer as principal speaker on Wednesday afternoon December 21 on hybrid corn. Poultry exhibits and judging led by R L Watkins. junior exhibits planned for boys corn potatoes livestock and girls clothing and baked goods. Exhibits enter by 11 am Tuesday with judging that afternoon.
Brothers Cizek and Charles plan one of the county’s largest orchards with 280 apple trees, split evenly between Golden Delicious and another Delicious variety. The run-down farm near Clutter will be renewed after years of neglect as Wilt 43 prepares to move in the spring. Joseph Dvorak nearby also expands into apples, setting out manyfruit trees.
Ames Ia Dec 8 Most top records in the first Town pork production contest were from farmers using mature breeding stock self fed pigs on clean ground and often cross breeding Adolph Larson of Wellman Washington counts won with 1920 5 pounds pork per sow He fed sows whole oats linseed oilmeal alfalfa meal and tankage and kept sows and pigs in confinement after farrowing then on clover pasture with self feeders waterers and ground oats mixture. The contest drew about 35 of 250 entrants with prizes from packing firms exchanges and stock yards The aim was to measure pounds of pork per sow for six months under any feeding system.
News record summarizing November activities across Prosperity and North Tama with mixed outcomes. Mentions domestic market references, price notes for meats and hides, and fluctuating grain and flour prices in New York and surrounding regions. Key items include Texas and Ohio market mentions, and mill price quotes for various spring and winter wheat straights and clears.
Chicago trading notes report a large corn supply with prices dropping sharply to start the day. Estimates on yields vary with unofficial crop forecasts suggesting totals around 2.65 billion bushels, while official outlooks show lower figures and wheat remains weak. Market sentiment is broadly bearish with corn leading the decline and oats and provisions following.
The column lists mixed futures and spot quotes for wheat, maize, and yellow corn grades. Prices include No 4 yellow, white and mixed varieties, with tens and hundreds figures shown and several cents per bushel spread noted. Broad ranges indicate bid and ask levels along with provisional values and currency formatting from the exchange desk.
Financial notes show US Steel lagging after dipping below 140 while General Electric retook gains. Mixed early moves across rail and industrials with rate hints and uneven activity. commodities and currencies steady, with subtle shifts in bonds and futures.
Reports from Chicago and St. Joseph describe demand for heavyweight hogs 210 to 240 pounds with bids around 34.90 and above, bulk 210 to 240 pounds, and prices near 9.09. Cattle shows steady to higher activity, with strong bids for fed steers and good weighty cutters, calves around 14.00 to 14.50, cows near 8.50, and sheep receipts at 6,000 with strong fat lamb prices reported. Commodity prices reflect a generally active market with lighter pigs and smaller local shipments also noted.
The issue records volatile livestock prices with steers, cows, calves and hogs showing varied gains and losses across feeders and slaughter categories. Cotton production figures hint at seasonal shifts, noting December and March estimates amid broad market signals.
Fayette, Dec 8. B W Lodwick county agent returns from Chicago after five days at the International Livestock Exposition and American Farm Bureau federation convention. He won first prize in the alfalfa contest within the state and showed a strong program for alfalfa advancement. Lodwick attended crop improvement sessions and other gatherings. Iowa ranked among the top three of eight states in alfalfa advancement.
Women of Washington township are invited to Mrs. W. AL Wright home Tuesday afternoon December 13 for the fourth clothing project lesson on altering patterns. The session will be a Christmas party with each attendee bringing a 10 cent gift to exchange and bringing a friend. Light refreshments will be served.
Receipts mixed across hogs cattle and sheep with bids steady to higher on hogs and calves, feeder cattle steady to strong, prime udders and light weights showing activity. Cattle and sheep receipts around 7 000 and 5 000 respectively with varied prices and several heavy steer and lamb lots noted.
New York market notes list varied provisions and dairy items with fluctuating prices. Creamery butter and cheese factors appear, with Express and freight terms, receipts counts, and regional references including Chicago and Pacific coast whites.
Market reports from St Louis and St Paul show hog receipts around 9 000 to 10 000 with steady to strong demand and varied weights. Cattle receipts near 1 600 with uneven but generally firm to higher prices due to storm and quality. sheep receipts around 400 with steady to higher lamb and fat ewe values.
Bank debits for the week ending December 27 in Black Hawk County Waterloo show daily totals from Thursday to Wednesday, with a weekly debit of $5178.00. Instruments recorded include deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages for weeks ending December 1 1927 and December 6 1926, with various large sums and prior weeks for comparison.
Dysart Iowa December 8 A public sale on A J Stocker farm near Manchester fetched strong prices. Corn in crib sold at 75 cents per bushel. Eight milk cows averaged 891 each. Fifty two fall pigs eight weeks old brought 4.10 and 13 hogs averaged 13 each. Gearhart farm sale nearby with cows at 87 and durations, mules at 130, chickens at 90c each. Machinery and tools were disposed of.
Washington report notes light offerings at Teed Markets Firm with buyers focusing on current needs. Grain prices hovered higher for feedstuffs while U.S. agricultural inputs showed varied gains. New York market quoted wheat and corn with mixed strength and moderate activity across staples and hay.
Sioux City Iowa December 8 reports hogs at 8.00 to 8.70 for bulk sales with sows 7.40 to 8.00, cattle receipts around 400 with feeders 8.00 to 11.00 and stockers 6.50 to 11.00, vealers to 7.50, sheep strong with lambs near 19.65 to 13.75 and ewes 6.78.
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