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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1923
Page
11
Readers invited to send comments to the Editor in the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Communications addressed to Editoriam Department at Phone 3330.
Franklin County farmers join a ton litter contest sponsored by Citizens' Nations Bank with W. B. Hamilton aiding. Pigs must weigh a ton in six months under supervision, using purebred sires and any dam type. Prizes include cash, expenses to an expo, and extra awards for top weights. past winner cited for efficiency.
Catlin of Jackson township intercepted the winning run and secured the grand champion award at the Vinton grain show with 19 ears of corn, winning the silver trophy for the third time. Kray previously held the title twice, while Catlin swept yellow and white classes and Kray finished first in the 40-car class with Catlin second. Freeman of Newhall placed second in the 16-car yellow class. Iowa Extension Service official M. A. Hauser judged grain and gave an address. An institute will continue next year with officers elected: President W. G. Kray, VP H. Smith, Sec.-Treas S. H. Catlin, Directors R. M. Baldridge, R. J. Harper, Chris Stnsel, Alfred Grea ser, Albert Neve, M. D. Fry, T. J. Houlihan, Glenn Van Nice.
Cedar Falls reports figures from McCaffree at Ideal Stocks farm east of town showing six purebred Jersey cows yielded 47,532 pounds of milk and 3,778.13 pounds of butter for the year. Each cow averaged 29.64 pounds of butter. fat tests reached seven and a half percent at Des Moines. Three cows were dry part of the year. calves and purchases from Tama county and Waterloo Jersey farm are noted.
Chicago Feb 9 Wire interest in the Shorthorn Congress show and sale to be at Union Stockyards Feb 2022 is shown by a report from the American Shorthorn Breeders Association that nearly 400 catalogs have been mailed in answer to inquiries up to last Friday. Iowa led inquiries, followed by Ohio Indiana Minnesota and Wisconsin in order.
W M Robe of Waterloo Iowa argues alfalfa best balances rations for cattle hogs and poultry noting its economical forage value. He discusses planting methods fertilization pasturing in year one and curing hay outlining benefits and cautions for durability and quality.
Wheat futures fell sharply in early trading as eastern holders pressed sales amid weather concerns. May and July contracts slid from daily highs to well below Saturday's levels, later rallying but leaving overall pressure on the market amid softer U.S. visible supply and lower hogs prices.
Washington report on Prof. B. G. Nourse of the Carnegie Institute of Washington addressing a Zonta luncheon. He notes US farm conditions differ from other nations, oats oversupply in Iowa and Midwest, and advocates local agricultural chambers of commerce to address production, sale, and consumer interests.
Charles City Iowa February 19 program for Floyd County Farmers Institute to be held at the auditorium February 21 and 22 features speakers on feeding carrots of cattle livestock shipping contracts dairy quality and marketing tuberculosis demonstrations cooperative marketing shipping associations and feeding values with farm women and school programs planned over the two days.
Des Moines reports 1922 Iowa crop value at 348,142,000 with corn leading at 245,999,060 and oats and winter wheat following. Dairy products total 126,848,012.98 from 1921 to 1922. Average farm value per acre is 227.09 and farm machinery value at 325.9. Iowa ranks high in livestock and farm property metrics.
Alison Iowa February 19. C W C Donald of Ames will conduct meat cutting and butchering demonstrations at D Tellinghuisen in Allison on February 20 W S Austin in Dumont on February 21 and frank TH pavilion in Bhell Rock on February 22 plus Chicago case quotations for corn wheat rye oats and cotton futures and New York and Kansas City grain prices across multiple markets with varied bid and ask levels reported.
Receipts reach 25,000 at East St. Louis with hogs mostly steady to weak and prices around 6.70 to 8.50 for heavy hogs. cattle and calves show mixed demand with steers 6.00 to 8.75 and cows 4.50 to 6.70. In St Paul, cattle prices steady to lower with feeders steady, calves around 10.25, hogs 7.50 to 7.75, lambs up to 14.50 and sheep around 6.00. Overall market softness noted across species with slow trading at many lots.
A sprawling financial wire reads like a chaotic market page with mixed reports on Bravenet boo Bravenet style notes and copper and steel movements. Copper and other futures show gains while steel and textile names surge and dip. grain exports, dairy receipts, and stock quotes mix with foreign exchange listings and farm prices.
The Plainfield and Taylor communities report ongoing illnesses, hospital visits, and family gatherings. H. S. Scott improves after a pneumonia bout, while Mrs. R. J. Starr visits her father. Numerous relatives travel for care, exams, and weekend seeings, with weather delaying a church meeting.
Kansas City and regional livestock receipts show hogs uneven to lower on lighter runs while steers and heifers hold or dip modestly. Bulk beef items edge toward steady, with heavy weights and veal calves showing mixed movement. Demand among feeders remains active but limited by overall supply. Stronger action noted in stocker trade and lambs steady to firmer in places.
Unclear OCR list shows varied produce items and prices in New York and Chicago. Entries include dairy like whole milk, poultry items, and poultry counts, with inconsistent formatting and many garbled terms. Notable items mention milk and several poultry products amid scattered numeric fragments.
New York reports demand sterling in the foreign market at 4.69 9-16, a fresh peak since March 1919 after the Percod line removal by the British Crown. market notes record the dollar value rise amid war-time exchange shifts, while a series of local notices follow.
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