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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
11
Wheat prices slipped amid lack of substantial evidence of widespread crop damage from screen bugs and cooler weather. Chicago and regional quotes show mixed shifts with futures results softer and farmers offering more grain, while hogs and cereals pulled down provisions.
Chicago spot market reports cattle receipts at 9,000 with steers and stockers up 5 to 25 cents. Top beef steer at 10.40, bulk 8.25 to 9.50, cows and bulls firmer. Hogs at 4,400 with prices steady to 10 cents lower. top around 16.10, 200-pound classes 9.75 to 10.00. pigs steady. Sheep receipts 8,000 with lambs and yearlings firm. best handy lambs above 9.00, yearlings 6.50, shorn ewes 4.90 to 4.00.
Omaha stock market figures show receipts of 15,505 cattle and hogs with steady to firm pricing. Cattle include 3,200 beef steers and heifers with tops near 9.00, while hogs reach about 9.00 for light weights and 8.96 for mixes. sheep and lambs see gains on light and handy weight lots. Sioux City and St. Joseph reports list higher cattle and hog prices, with steady to firm sheep and calf values across markets.
A condensed financial wire from Peoria to Minneapolis and St. Louis lists bank clearings, wheat and corn price quotes, and futures for February 17 with scattered figures for receipts, car shipments, and various grain grades. Includes prices for seeds, cloverseed, oats, coffee, flour, and noted weekly clearings.
New York reports higher creamery butter 47c with 92 score, eggs at 39c. cheese unsettled with mixed runs. Chicago and Kansas City show firmer butter and higher duck eggs with unchanged poultry. Stocks edge higher in opening trade led by Mexican Petroleum and California Packing while several rail and leather firms slip. Local notes include marriage announcement for Miss Ethel Schluter and Karl Norder and social gatherings in La Porte City.
Market prices for butter lard and hogs alongside grain and hay values appear from Waterloo and Readlyn. Trade items include potatoes, hides, wool, and metals, with brief city notices and local society updates interspersed.
Kansas City livestock market reports receipts for cattle hogs and sheep. Beef steers firm to 25 cents higher with top around 910 dollars, heifers and stockers steady to higher, canners and bulls steady. Hogs active but mostly 25 cents lower. best light to shippers about 9.40, bulk 9.25 to 9.25, fat hogs up to 10.00. Lambs steady to slightly lower at about 7.85 per hundredweight.
East St Louis market reports 6000 cattle receipts with strong steer and stocker demand and softer heifers. Hog demand fell 10 to 20 cents with top at 10.25 on a load of 150 pounds. light and medium hogs around 9.25 to 8.75. Sheep receipts 7000 with steady undertone and no early trading.
New York stocks opened irregularly as the late yesterday buying rush faded. U.S. Steel edged down to 84 and Baldwin Locomotive fell a point, while Studebaker slipped to 60. Crude industrials like Crucible and Kelly Springfield also declined with other leaders showing modest losses.
Chicago Feb 17 The national dairy show of 1921 to be held October 8 to 15 in Minnesota at the state fair grounds. Delegations from St Paul and Minneapolis urged the executive committee of the National Dairy Association to relocate the event, backed by Northwest dairy progress and support, lifting the show from Chicago where it had long been staged.
Iowa State extension agents urge farmers to dedicate time this winter to inspect and repair equipment. A week devoted to fixes helps secure parts, prevent spring delays, and keep machines ready for instant use when the season begins. Farmers should tag broken parts, list needs, and order replacements promptly.
The American Farm Bureau Federation relocates from Ames to Des Moines with new 11th floor Garland Building offices at Wabash and Washington. The 3,300 foot space will house eight private offices plus large conference room, supporting a growing staff of 33.
Charles E. Gunness reports that in the first 20 days of 1921 affiliated state Farm Bureaus paid nearly as much into the national treasury as in the first six months of 1920. Brigham county Idaho launches a $25 membership drive with strong signups. Minnesota Bureau asks Congress to block duties on lumber imports.
A survey shows central western and other states pushing farm legislation focused on marketing co operatives education farm finance and tenant protections. Proposals include state agricultural commission reforms rural police rural protection banking and land credit measures with emphasis on cooperative buying selling and standardized product grades.
Public Hereford sales for 1920 totaled 14 432 animals sold across 264 auctions in 27 states. Average price was 414 with 862 animals at 1 000 or more and 19 above 10 000. Iowa Nebraska Missouri Kansas South Dakota Minnesota Indiana Illinois supplied much of the stock. Hereford prosperity linked to cattle and wealth in the Midwest. Also noted is Taylor Farms annual sale in Chicago with Woodford 4th at 1725 and top female at 2070.
President Toward endorses notion while President Monard notes farmers grow to value county agent’s educational work. The agent should avoid becoming a business organizer for the county farm bureau. The bureau counters that educational duties must not be jeopardized. Farn Bureau attends ways and means committee hearing on wool duties. J Kaweett stresses need to protect domestic wool producers amid tariff discussions.
Janesville Ta February 17 Finehroni Wea home talent play in Commercial hall Tuesday evening to a good house. Leonard Koster's condition has improved from a week ago.
Harry Ulrich visits the Dorms of Suman Ulrich and ties to grandmother Berthe Johnston. Berthe Johnston is taken to Wave Orly Hospital Wednesday evening while Fhil Askey faces transfer to Juneaville as plans unfold.
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