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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1924
Page
7
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The Cass Farm Holstein sale at Sumner dispersal drew 47 buyers bidding on 106 head. Top prices reached $500 for Bessie Homestead Baby Girl and Auggie Milford Ormsby. Buyers from Iowa South Dakota Indiana Missouri and Texas purchased stock totaling just over $15 000. Groves led with 10 head followed by Ward with nine. Notable consignments include descendants of Jessi s Homestead and prize toppers King Auggie Hengerveld and Fayne Bessie Homestead. A second two day sale is planned at Dairy Cattle Congress grounds March 34 and 7u with more top animals.
Maynard Louisiana February 21 Maynard Co operative Commission company shipped 336 cars of livestock in 1923. Farmers delivering 31 co operative received last year. The report lists 8812 hogs 1491 calves and 273 cattle. The sinking fund was enriched by 540.2 dollars. Officers for 1824 were elected: President Irving Pardaze vice president Floyd Simpson secretary Frank Cummings treasurer Marncard Savings Bank.
Grundy County Farm Bureau hosts two hog house ventilation meetings in Feb. at Lincoln Center area farms. Friday’s demo at Harvey Schulte farm shows a complete system installation. Saturday’s session near the city at H B Brown farm offers assessment of other methods.
John De Wilde, living east of New Hampton, reports improved dairy herd health after installing automatic water cups and using a strict ration. His 21 Salstein cows average about 18,000 pounds of milk per year, with butterfat tested to gauge profitability. He sells milk in town.
The seventy Annual Shorthorn Congress opened at the International Livestock Exposition stockyards with about 200 breeders present. Kingston Autocrat, a white yearling bred and owned by Dean C. Curtiss of Iowa, won the bulls championship while Sentry, a white long yearling from FP. G. Floss Mans Fleet of Ohio, took reserve. Directors of the American Shorthorn Breeders Association planned similar prize funds as last year to broaden local fair and cattle club support.
Hardin County Cow Test association held its annual meeting in Eldora on Monday February 21. Members praised cow test work as vital to dairy profit with yearly tester reports showing per cow gains for tested herds. Officers elected include Charles A Mark president Roy N Finster vice president and J N Martin secretary Directors are Emil Lottow CT Finmert and William F Dreyer Enrollment continues aiming for 26 members to form another test association.
The Waterloo Poultry Association hosts a free public meeting tomorrow at the Greater Waterloo association rooms. Dr. G B Kent, a noted poultry specialist, will lecture on better poultry husbandry methods with illustrations and special music. The event invites both women and men and marks a new educational policy by the organization.
Glen Richards formerly managed a Galloway area poultry farm is in Waterloo to judge and supervise Jamesway Manufacturing company displays at the American Poultry Congress. He will be joined by Oscar Grow of Cedar Falls and G W Hackett of Minneapolis as judges at the Waterloo exhibit.
Grundy Center Iowa February 23 The December county farm record shows Mrs J C Wilson Stout achieving the highest flock efficiency at 29 1 percent for the month Forty birds yielded a little over thirty dollars profit for Mrs Stout during December Other poultry record flocks ranged down to about 3 percent production
Ward of Cass County purchased Holstein cattle in Des Moines and Rock Valley auctions. A dairy project aims at large scale production with milk sold at about 26 cents a quart, while feed costs rise with high grain purchases. Ward bought a cow for around 450 dollars as bidding escalated with rival buyers.
Holstein breeders from Mardin county plan a joint gathering with Rotary and Commercial clubs next Tuesday February 26 in Waterloo. A dinner will be served in ROT Hall. W. Gleam of Webster City and Fred Ferguson of the Iowa State Dairy Association will speak on their groups’ work.
New York and Chicago dairy and meat prices listed for Feb 21 and Feb 2. Butter and cheese notes across creameries, with Chicago receipts and varied poultry, eggs, and hams. Livestock markets show calves, steers, hogs and lambs with weights and prices across regions.
Copper tin iron zinc antimony and cotton quotes show steady or quiet firming trends across futures and spot markets. City briefs report local recoveries, furloughs, travel plans, court actions, a missing child, a lost watch, a pending divorce, and a sale notice for hats at Scott's Millinery.
In Britain reports circulated that a dock strike ended or weakened. The market showed renewed strength in early dealings with mixed signals on wheat and futures. European demand for Canadian wheat remained strong as traders weighed receipts and holiday activity.
Hogs mostly 10 to 15 cents lower with lighter bids in Chicago and surrounding markets. Beef steers steady to higher on strong country demand, with top calves and yearlings reaching around 10.50 to 14.25. Receipts heavy in Omaha and East St Louis with porkers, sheep, and cattle showing varied but active trading conditions across multiple yards.
Opening trading sees narrow changes with gains in Gulf States Steel and Pacific holdings while rail and oil issues show uneven results. Longs extend operations on favorable business signals as offshore issues and chemicals offset declines in certain rail names.
Waterloo Clearing House reports bank clearings for Feb 21 1924 week totaling 1 982 200. Corresponding week 1923 shows 1 092 000. Instruments recorded deeds mortgages chattel mortgages and listings of wants ads including domestic help and employment notices appear in the same section.
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