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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
15
Wheat prices show moderating strength as seaboard buying factors influence trades, with May and March futures slipping from recent declines. Chicago and Midwest Cash Quotations reflect mixed demand, while oats and corn drift as traders weigh six months credit news and market signals.
Receipts at Omaha 15 000 with mixed cattle hogs and sheep activity. Hogs seen 10 to 20 cents lower. best bids around 9.00 while bulk traded 8.65 to 9.00. Cattle receipts 2 700 with dull demand and steady to lower tendencies for steers and feeders. Sheep receipts 2 000 with prices up to 12 5 cents higher and top lambs around 10 50. Markets also reported St Joseph and other regional quotes, slight declines in stocks and bonds amid overall market weakness.
The report lists unsettled butter and eggs with high receipts and varied prices, mixed chicken and fowl quotes, and steady live poultry values. It also covers Liberty bonds prices, metals like copper and zinc, cotton futures, silver and sugar markets, and livestock and hay prices in different locales.
The Farmers page notes prices reflect data from stock exchanges up to the next day’s close. It states market reports come from the Associated Press and United Press to ensure comprehensive coverage. The page promises daily reliability and accuracy, focusing on farming interests.
Receipts show hogs 35 to 40 cents lower with fair activity and top at 9.60 for small lots. cattle trade generally slow to lower with bulk feeders 5 to 7 dollars under yesterday. Sheep trade steady to strong with lambs topping near 31.0 to 10.75 and ewes around 35.75.
East St. Louis stock show dull activity with steers and canners steady. Hog receipts reach 18 000 with mixed prices, light and medium weights around 9 60, heavy hogs 9 25 to 9 00, sows 35 to 50 cents lower, pigs down 30 cents. Sheep receipts 150 small, few sales steady, good lambs at 10 80, yearlings and common types weak.
Kansas City stockyards report dull cattle receipts 300 with mixed classes. Calves and good stock dealers steady to weak with prices around 11.50 to 150, heavy cows 6.25, good heifers 7.00, steers 6.50 to 7.50. Hog receipts 4,000 active, 9.35 top, most sales 4.75 to 9.00, pigs steady. Sheep receipts 2,500 early slaughter lambs steady, 7½ pound fat lambs around 10.35, late heavy lambs arriving not sold.
Early trading on the New York Stock Exchange showed broad weakness in industrials with Steel common down 4.82 percent and Crucible slipping to 9 4/4. General Asphalt opened at 67 and fell to 66 1/2. Mexican Petroleum opened at 163 and dropped, while International Paper and Texas Pacific gained over a point.
Otia Synes, 22, tracked a mountain lion for hours in Montana, crawled into a cave, and killed the animal with a shot to the eyes. The lion, about six feet long, weighed 140 pounds with a two inch claw span, and Synes hauled the carcass to his pack horse. He said he would not likely do it again but was glad he did it this time.
An Iowa field north of Cedar Falls shows alfalfa thriving on sandy, previously unproductive soil. Plowed in spring with manure, lime, and inoculation, the crop grew deep roots, improving land fertility. Notes compare Grimm and Cossack alfalfa, soybeans as green manure, and seed recommendations for sandy terrain.
County Farm Bureau officers expect a large turnout of 1400 members from every township for the annual meeting at the Forum on Sycamore Street Tuesday January 25. Morning session at 9 o'clock will cover reports and officer elections. a basket lunch follows at noon. Speakers include Miss Neale Knowles Ames and L B Fisher Farm Bureau Federation executive committee member. All farmers are welcome.
Wages for hired farm workers have more than doubled in the last decade and risen sharply over 20 years. The Agriculture Department shows monthly wages with board averaging 64.95 dollars nationwide last year, with regional extremes from 41 to 107 dollars. Harvest time pay rose to 7.40 dollars a day in North Dakota, while non harvest time pay peaked in South Dakota at 5.90 dollars.
A Cefiar Falls farm group discusses dairy prospects amid low farm prices. One farmer reports milking 23 cows for near $4,000 annual milk income and calves selling around $200 each. Others echo profits and plan larger herds despite uncertain figures.
University of Wisconsin home economics experts describe tests to detect wool and cotton content in fabrics. A 2 tablespoon lye in water test dissolves wool but leaves cotton, aiding identification of all wool or blends. Olive oil and burning tests help distinguish linen, silk, and blends.
The Black Hawk County Farmers Institute at Hudson January 26 to 28 will host statewide speakers for both men and women. Notables include L S Fisher Ames H H Kildee W H Stevenson M McDonald Macy Campbell M Mortensen Glenn Bakhkum and A A Burger. Demonstrations by cooks and seamstresses are planned plus health lecture by Throckmorton.
Aplington notes report the high school boys face Blairsburg at home and the girls meet Blairsburg Friday night. Community items include Mrs Barber hosting Presbyterian ladies, Mrs Ander and children visiting Minnesota, and Joe Fecht starting a drag line. The declamatory contest is set for January 28.
Washington reports 1920 as the greatest corn year with 3,282,367,000 bushels produced. Iowa averaged 46 bushels per acre, Vermont led state yields at 47, while Maine set a 60 bushel record in 1939. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and other New England states also show high yields in a decade of top performances.
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