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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1921
Page
11
Chicago market reports a mixed to bearish day for grains with no export uptick from Argentina and weak French demand cited. Wheat prices fell while corn and oats also declined, with trading influenced by ample receipts and thin export business. nearby futures closed lower as hedging pressure dominated.
New York receipts show higher prices for creamery products and eggs with 38 cent ranges and 63 cent eggs. Butter and cheese trade steady to higher as packing stock and fresh gathered items move. Chicago reports mixed butter and poultry gains while Kansas City notes higher eggs and unchanged butter.
The Courier Market page is tailored for farmers, quoting prices from stock exchanges after close of business and incorporating information from the Associated Press and United Press. It emphasizes thorough, reliable market reports and aims for broad coverage of valuable items for agrarian interests.
Cattle receipts 7,000 with bulk steers at 7.75 to 8.25, some above 10. Fat cows and heifers mostly 6.75, canners and cutters 4.50 to 5.00, real calves higher to 13.00. Hogs receipts 32,000 with weights under 200 pounds mostly 9.60 to 9.90, 260 pounds and up 9.25 to 9.50, tops to 19.10, pigs 10 to 15 cents lower. Sheep receipts 19,000 with weight classes strong to higher, lambs around 11.00, yearlings 3.50 to 4.00.
East St Louis livestock market shows early sales steady to strong. Hogs receipts 16,000 with higher values. hogs 160 to 210 pounds top around 32. Veal calves and cows mixed. sheep receipts 2,000 with slow sales, Colorado lambs remaining mostly unsold.
Kansas City market notes show hog receipts at 4,500 with steady to 10c higher results, cattle receipts at 8,300 with beef steers steady to lower and top around 39.00, stockers and feeders weak to steady with better grades around 8.25, and sheep at 9,000 with lambs steady to 25c lower. Colorado lambs priced near 10.60.
Omaha Nebraska hog receipts reach 14 000 with prices steady to up 1 cent on lighter grades and weak on heavy ones. Best heavy steers around 9 14 per hundredweight, lambs top near 10 dollars, ewes 4 50 to 5 25. Sioux City reports 8 100 hogs, up 25 to 35 cents, with heavy and mixed weights fetching 9 09 to 9 55. Cattle strength noted with fed steers and yearlings at 6 to 11 dollars, cows 6 to 8 50, veals 3 50 to 8 60, stockers 5 dollars. Sheep receipts 1 900, market strong.
HOGS steady to 10 cents higher top 10.50 with bulk around 9.15 to 9.43. CATTLE receipts 3,000 steady to 9.50 with cows and calves about 6.50. SHEEP receipts 5,000 steady with lambs 10.00 to 10.75 and olds around 4.50. Net balance shows 4505.00 dollars.
New York trading opened higher with General Asphalt rising around 2 percent and Crucible Steel up about five. Mexican Petroleum climbed, rails showed strength led by Southern Pacific, Reading and other steel issues advanced, while foreign exchange posted gains and call money held firm. Market activity noted highs not seen since mid year with uneven close anticipated.
At the county Farm Bureau annual session leaders outlined goals for stronger homes and communities. J J Hemmerling returned from the Midwest Redub show with top Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks prizes, highlighting local poultry success.
A reader from Waterloo argues Iowa women have long pushed for road improvement and good roads education. The piece cites Mrs. Henry Taylor’s Ames talk on self determination for hard surfacing and notes progress in progressive counties, plus concerns over billboard damage to Rainbow Drive and the need for broader community benefits.
Ames Iowa Jan 26 Prof M Mortensen head of the dairying department at Iowa State college is author of a new book on Management of Dairy Plants issued by MacMillan company He is recognized as a leading authority on dairy manufacture and management The work details creamery equipment production costs marketing advertising and bookkeeping
Livestock valued at 533,752 was shipped from Hamilton County in under six months by nine associations. It required 373 cars to move the animals. Six new associations formed in the past year. Nine Jersey sales in Illinois last week averaged 81.30. The top sow sold for 725 and the top boar for 516.
Washington January 26. Farm labor wages rose to the highest national level in 1920 per the Agriculture Department figures. Monthly hires with board averaged 46.89, without board 64.95. harvest day labor with board 3.60, without 4.36. other day labor with 2.86, without 3.59. War conditions propelled the rise beginning after 1896, with notable jumps through 1917 to 1920.
Amesia Jan 26 C F Curtiss dean of agr culture at Town State college invited to speak before the Harvard club in New York City. Jan 27 Our Trade Relations with South America. Curtiss has traveled in South America and is known for agricultural conditions relating to livestock and exports of purebred stock.
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