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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1923
Page
11
Readers are invited to send comments to the Farm Department at the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be addressed to the Editor with the newspaper’s phone number 2430 for contact.
Farmers in Reinbeck Iowa attended a Chicago Great Western sponsored institute focusing on farm production. Leader Forest Henry and assistant J J Sprenser steered practical conversations on lime for clover, manure use, and green manures to boost yields. Charles Dillon and Lloyd Todan answered questions on freight rates.
Waterloo Township Farm Bureau will host a Friday evening event at Erden Grove schoolhouse on February 23. The program features the play What Every Woman Knows with Eric Mattingly and Mrs. Mitchell, a duet by the Black-Faced Comedians Silver brothers Te, and a closing talk by Elizabeth Hudson. Committee appointments include Waloo Hotchkiss, Hubert Kweltzer, Mrs. W. M. Hotchkiss, Mrs. H. Vichty, KK. B. Shaw, and Fred Camp.
Otto Renken, residing in the northern part of Grundy County, reports selling 148 hogs for 3432 dollars. The average per head runs around 23 dollars, reflecting a steady market.
Black Hawk county hosts a meeting during lunch hour to form a modern home economies club. Miss Violet Ashbrenner of Finne son is elected president, with Mrs. W waning of Watertown as vice president and Margaret Ferris of Waterloo as secretary treasurer. Iowa extension specialist Miss Margaret Baker outlines plans to extend memberships to homemakers with training in home economics. The group will hold four meetings yearly with a March 17 gathering at Bishop’s followed by an event at West High School after lunch.
Ames Iowa Feb 2 Notebooks and blue pencils highlighted a home economists week at Iowa State College with Earnestness noted as the main quality Attendance reached above 150 with 116 from 49 counties Local and out of town women attended to hear experts on public and private health recreation community health and motherhood legislation Three daily programs plus evening entertainment and a final round table discussion capped the event.
Independence Iowa reports Buchanan county will run a milk utilization drive March 12 to 17 with local meetings across the county. Campaigns are active in St. Joseph and surrounding areas, with similar efforts planned in Milwaukee and Benton counties highlighting milk’s health link and calcium needs for growing children.
Spring Creek women gathered at Mrs Oran Fry's home for a cheese demonstration by Elizabeth Hudson, the home demonstration agent. An all-day meeting approved holding future sessions on the third Tuesday each month, aiming for increased satisfaction and shared home economics instruction.
In Hardin County 1921 hog numbers rose while sows kept for breeding increased. Dr. K W Stouder of Iowa Agricultural Extension will visit Buckeye on Feb 27 at 1 30 pm and in other Hardin township sites, to study swine management and profitability, with accompanying local events and school notes from Finchford and Prairieville.
Washington Township notes move ins and outs with Paton settling Cedar Falls from Refsharge place. Roger Morgan sprained head and Tits Rares injured. John Molam home residents ill with molases and scarlet fever. Watson Goerner Sunderlin children back in school after illness. J Tiller and Hod fey Baker listed sick. Ross Shafter visited friend John Farsh in Janesville. A temple pond in Taki yields a six feet long mandee found weeks after.
Figures show Monticello in second with 41 948 pounds of butter. High performers include Boyden 835 802 Hull 818 071 Buckhorn 751 141 Decorah 734 679 Sioux Center 721 009 Liana 574 009 River 543 223 Postville 836. Other plants tally 1 085 225 pounds.
Cedar Township Farm Bureau meets Sunday February 23 at John Holbach farm, about 2 1/2 miles south of Washburn. A radio program supplied by M. M. Moore of Waterloo will be the feature, followed by refreshments, as announced by the committee.
Des Moines February 21. W A Wentworth reports December averages from Iowa creameries show 57.36 cents paid, up from 45.34 cents last year. Total butterfat handled reached 13,181.08 pounds with 2,062.3 maximum and 293.7 minimum. Jesup Cooperative Creamery tops the list among those producing over 500,000 pounds in 1922.
In Sprinper ville a storekeeper and postmaster joins a young man Tom Lawrence in a plan to save beloved elm trees at the Grant house. Tom uses business psychology to win Mrs. Grant and Mr. Grant over, discovering a hidden diamond jacket in an oak and a 15 year old marriage mystery tied to the two green doors. The tale blends romance, local color, and a small town mystery with a hopeful ending as the couple's past influences the present.
The Associated Press reports wheat futures fell early amid renewed selling pressure and regional selling trends. Prices opened lower for May and showed volatility with some late recovery. oats and other grains rose modestly while provisions firmed.
Chicago market report shows hogs steady with stronger steer prices at 10.25 per hundredweight. Cattle and lambs mixed as feeders and veal calves hold steady. cattle receipts near 9,000 with steady to firm demand.
East St. Louis market reports mixed receipts of cattle and sheep with variable prices. Steers and bulls show wide ranges, cows and canners weaker. hogs and sows move unevenly. Sheep receipts near 1000 with feeder lambs and Mexican wethers noted at varied bids.
New York and Chicago report varied produce and dairy quot. Butter prices in New York range from 49 to 61 cents per lb with creamery and firsts noted. Cheese and eggs show firm demand. potatoes and flour futures listed. Chicago receipts and prices list butter at 60 to 62 cents, eggs firm, and potatoes and dairy products again quoted with mixed movements. Foreign exchange, wheat, and securities sections intersperse the market rundown.
Wheat and hay markets quoted in Chicago New York and Kansas City regions. Figures show No 2 red and other wheat grades, mixed yellows, white and yellow varieties, and basis for export and fob. Hay prices are listed by grade with per hundredweight figures from New York.
Omaha Nebraska February 21 market report lists grain futures and spot quotes for No 2 hard red winter and mixed feeds, No 2 white corn and denoted prices. Strong emphasis on futures values and grain class codes with mixed result for delivery months.
The bulletin covers St Louis grain markets with mixed receipts and price notes, Peoria grain reports, Liberty Bond quotations, metal prices including copper and antimony, New York loans, and coffee futures. It notes car receipts, assorted grades, and bid levels for several commodities and securities.
In St Joseph Missouri cattle and hog markets show higher receipts and firmer quotes. Hogs steady to 10 cents higher with 200 to 220 pound butchers to shipppers around. sows up 10 cents to about 7.19 per cwt. Cattle receipts near 4,000 with steady tone. beef steers around 785 pounds, cows around 5.00 to 6.00, veal calf top at 11.50, feeders around 7.60. Sheep receipts 6,000 with a cautious opening as buyers watch bids.
Sioux City livestock receipts totaled about 3,000 with fed steers and cows and heifers listed at around 6.00 to 7.50, calves 11.00 to 13.00, feeders 6.00 to 8.00, stockers about 5.25 to 7.50, and hogs near 7.00 to 7.80 per cwt. Sheep entries around 500 with lambs around 14.50.
Omaha Nebraska livestock market figures show receipts around 35 000 with slow trading and varied packing and butcher hog prices from 6 59 to 7 00 per cwt. Cattle receipts near 7 600 with lower demand and prices listed for different classes including cows bulls and vealers. Kansas City and St Louis reports note cattle and lamb receipts with steady to firm prices and range bids for various stock categories.
Harvey Bloomfield aged 78, a Civil War veteran, died at 11:45 p.m. yesterday at his son Uluirg U. Bloomfeld's home in Waterloo. Born July 2, 1846 in Anga New York, he served in the Thirty-eighth Iowa Infantry and later retired to family life. Survived by children including Cora Glalys Bloomfield Devorah Ira Bloomfield Claire Claude and Charley and a sister Mia Davenport. Funeral at Kismera's mortuary and services Saturday at 2 p.m. in Deorah Methodist Church conducted by George Anderson past. Burial to follow with flag.
Police rushed two squads to the 1600 block of Jefferson Street at 5 30 p m yesterday after a riot description. A crowd of boys erupted in a big fight, then dispersed when officers arrived. No arrests were made. R Miller reports two chilly rides home from the Forum. A thief stole a route from his car but the item was recovered along with a medicine case stolen from J R Thompson’s car.
New York reports Metropolitan Life Insurance Company set all time highs in 1922. The annual new business surpassed 1920 and 1921 figures, with industrial insurance driving growth. Officers credit improved business conditions and note industrial policies totaling over 375,000,600.
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