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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1927
Page
7
Farmers in Black Hawk county split on yesterday’s rain with oats faring well on most ground while pastures and potato crops suffer from scant moisture. Corn remains green and robust though haying overlaps, and a brief Waterloo shower offered minor garden relief amid a dry spell in Iowa.
Forty Chickasaw county farmers toured Iowa State College at Ames during a July visit. They lodged at Elm Lodge and began with a museum tour followed by stops at agricultural engineering, dairy and poultry farms with faculty talks. They later split by gender visiting home economics, the library, alfalfa plots, and the agronomy farm before meeting at the radio station.
Wholesale ham and bacon pricing has dropped from a year ago offering economy for summer menus. Hams suit hot or cold service with versatile prep options. Butt half excels for baking, shank half for boiling, whole ham works for either method. Central slices ideal for broiling or frying and can be cut from a half ham before cooking.
Musings by the Sage of Bardar rclay Township note Casper Schmitts completed barn. Farmers harvest hay and cultivate corn for the third time as drought grips the area. John Ortner delivered 20 loads of clover hay while oats near ripening in two weeks. A Farmers Union meeting occurred at Lester Township Community Hall.
Readers are invited to mail questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department at Was serlon Evening Courial Water lon, with phone contact 6100. The clipping suggests a local newspaper community feedback line for agricultural topics.
Birds eye view shows 16 major buildings on a 30 acre tract along Rainbow drive for the Dairy Cattle Congress. New barns add capacity to housing 1000 cattle and 275 horses, with exhibition space expanded to three halls and a poultry house for 3000 birds. E. S. Estes expects better exhibits and facilities at the 1927 exposition.
Oelwein Iowa July 13 Leader in Fayette County Cow Test association No 1 was George B Fox s 12 year old purebred Holstein Miss Maggrath Mercedes Clothilde who produced 20 558 pounds of milk and 747 4 pounds butterfat last fiscal year The rare cow cost 133 04 in feed and showed a profit of 273 48 The two year old Miss Maggrath Mercedes Byrd produced 12 495 pounds of milk with 4 06 percent and 504 3 pounds butterfat in 10 months and 11 days ending June 1 The eight cows in Fox s herd set a high county record for the test year
A colt born Sunday night at the Mt Vernon farm near Black Hawk county presents a rare deformity with no front legs and blindness. Carl King reports the foal struggles to stand, floundering on the barn floor as the dam mares a Belgian and the sire is a robust Percheron. The creature is described as a moral enigma and possibly the first known in the county.
Eight men with teams plowed a corn field for BE Smith, bedridden in St Francis hospital Waterloo, last Saturday in Jesup IA. The act of neighborly help is highly appreciated by the Smith family.
A humorous agricultural column by Edward Tufft distributed by the Associated Press offers light verse about farming life with playful rhymes and observations on rural work.
A fragmentary regional piece portrays Sylvester Cobh resisting requests for farm equipment including drills pitchforks and sacks. The speaker extols self reliance, criticizes borrowing from neighbors and recalls a history of aid and social ties tied to a community figure named Cath.
Fayette county farm women gather July 20 at Centenary church south of Fayette for an annual picnic and achievement day. 4-H girls invited. poster contest and home furnishing articles displayed. Picnic lunch at noon. bring dishes and a favorite dish. Afternoon program features Mrs. Jacob Solberg addressing the group and a five minute troop stunt. home dyeing demonstration by Mrs. R F Turner.
Jersey breeders from McGregor to West Union and New Hampton join a July 28 program tour. Depart 3 a.m. from McGregor, supper at 6:30 p.m. in New Hampton, program on courthouse lawn at 8 p.m. featuring Prof Earl Weaver Floyd Johnston Iowa State Dairy Association secretary and E M Sherman Charles City.
Buttermakers from the region will gather in Aplington Thursday afternoon July 14 for a program. Floyd Johnston secretary of the Iowa State Dairy association is listed among the speakers.
Freeley Stumma, a farmer near Shady Grove, sent a carload of Belted Hampshire hogs to the Chicago market last Sunday from his Jesup area farm.
Receipts 3000 cattle slow market. Fat steers and yearlings $8.75 to $14.00. bulk $10.00 to $12.00. Cows and heifers $7.50 to $11.50. grass stock $6.00 to $8.00. Bulls $5.50 to $6.50. Hogs receipts 11400, up 2 cents. top $6.75. most $7.60 to $7.80. Sheep 3000 receipts, market steady.
Clover imported at 13.90 with October 16.90 and December 16.50 asked. Timothy new seed quoted at 2.60 with December 2.50. Prices reflect domestic Timothy and Clover seed quotations for July market observations.
In Minneapolis Minnesota the flour market shows Garlogd family patents valued at 8 409 50 a barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 32 616 barrels with bran priced at 34 75 to 25 00 per unit.
Chicago July 13 with generally favorable weather observers optimistic on black rust wheat prices average lower here today. Relative strength at Winnipeg tended to check selling while harvests progress rapidly in the central west with Illinois and Indiana yields disappointing. Wheat closes irregular with small declines and gains. oats up modestly. corn mixed with showers in Nebraska Iowa and Illinois. Provisions ease slightly on selling offset by hog value strength. meats firmer.
Spot cotton in fair demand with 12,000 bales sold and receipts of 3,000. Midlands fair at 11.05d. strictly good mids 10.55d. good mids 10.20d. mids 9.50d. strictly mids 9.85d. low mids 8.80d. good ordinary 8.45d. futures opened quiet with July 9.330 and other contracts showing slight movement. In Chicago, cotton opened 2 to 5 points lower with October 17.65c and March 18.14c.
Kansas City grain notes July 13 list receipts at 392 cars with wheat prices for No 2 hard and No 3 dark hard around 1.32 to 1.38. No 2 red near 1.36. corn prices show No 2 white around 1.04 with others between 1.00 and 1.06. oats unchanged with No 2 white at 42 to 44 cents.
Wheat and corn prices listed across grades with No 2 red at 1.43 and No 2 yellow at 1.04. Oats No 2 white 48 to 49 percent, barley 0 to 80 cents, timothyseed 4.50, cloverseed 30 to 30.00, lard 12.77, ribs 12.50, bellies 14.25.
Chicago July 13 hog receipts 15000 and more active bidding. 180 to 210 pound hogs mostly 10.15 to 10.20 dollars, 220 to 240 pound hogs 9.65 to 10.00, sows 7.90 to 8.25, slaughter pigs 8.85 to 9.50, packers steady on heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 12000 mixed steady to 25c lower, best heavy steers 14.50, yearlings 13.35, fed steers 11.50, grass cows 3.25 to 8.25, vealers 13.50 to 14.50. Sheep receipts 9000 fat lambs steady to 25c lower, Idaho lambs 14.85 to 14.95, natives 13.50 to 14.00, fat ewes 5.00 to 6.50.
Receipts at South St. Paul include 2500 cattle with steady prices, 3000 calves up $1, 13000 hogs with early gains and lighter weights around $9.75 to $9.85, 400 sheep and lambs mostly steady with natives around $13.75 and many culls near $9.00. Bulls and stockers kept firm, feeders steady.
Hogs receipts around 2000 with top around 39.33 and light lights 7.00 to 9.50. Mediums 9.25 to 9.65, heavies 9.15 to 9.83. Packers 6.75 to 8.25. Cattle receipts liberal with steadier market.
In St. Louis on July 13 market notes show No 2 red wheat at 1.432 to 1.45 per unit, No 1 hard at 1.4244. Corn prices include No 2 mixed 9 cents, sample 9 cents, No 2 yellow 1.075, No 3 yellow 1.05 and 0.5 percent uncertainty.
Futures markets in Chicago on July 13 closed with butter standards and storage notes moving at 403 1/2 to 425 1/4 cents, while eggs refrigerator standards for November traded around 303 1/4 cents.
Investors' cash boost lifts stocks with United States Steel to 125 percent, Louisville and Nashville at 14 916, and notable gains across industrials. Reid Ice Cream shines as seasonal earnings boost stocks. some rails rise, while Collins, Aikman, Columbus Gas show weakness. Foreign exchanges open easy with sterling near 4.85 and francs above 3.91 cents.
Foreign exchange prices listed for July 13 in New York show Pound sterling at 4.8518 dollars, French francs 2.915, Belgian francs 13.89 cents, Swiss francs 19.2415 cents, Italian lira 5.43 cents, Swedish krona 26.76 cents, Norwegian krone 25.81 cents, Danish krone 25.72 cents, German marks 23.72 cents, Greek drachma 1.33 cents, Spanish peseta 0.06 cents, Dutch florin 0.40 dollars, and Chinese taels 62.50 cents.
East St Louis receipts 12 500 hogs steady to 25 cents higher with top 10.40 and late tone weak. Cattle receipts 300 calves steady. western steers and cows steady to strong with top steers 12.75 and best heifers 11.50. Sheep receipts 8 000 with lamb bids 13.35 and other classes steady. no early sales.
Minneapolis grain prices and receipts for July show 138 cars received, down from 167 a year ago. No 1 northern priced around 1.435 to 1.48 percent and various grades of northern spring and Montana hard spring quoted between 1.40 and 1.60 per bushel. Corn No 2 yellow at about 1.03 to 1.04, oats No 3 white around 0.447 to 0.455.
Market briefs from New York and Chicago report dairy and poultry prices. Butter receipts and creamery grades edge around 40 to 45 cents, eggs vary by grade from 21 to 40 cents, cheese stable with familiar brands listed. Poultry prices show turkeys around 30 to 46 cents, chickens near 20 to 24 cents, and ducks around 12 to 22 cents, with regional variations across St Louis and Kansas City markets.
Chicago July 13 reports show 82 carloads of potatoes on track and 132 total shipments nationwide. Trading steady with Virginia Irish cobblers at 4.50 to 4.55 per barrel and Kansas sacked Irish cobblers at 2.25 to 2.40, mostly 2.30 to 2.35.
Daily price rundown from Omaha Nebraska listing grain values on July 13. Wheat categories No 1 hard to No 3 hard smutty range from 1.33 to 1.38 dollars. Corn prices show No 2 white 38 cents and other grades up to 1.00 dollar. Oats No 2 white 48 cents and No 3 white about 47 to 48 cents.
Kansas City livestock show receipts of 7000 cattle and 7000 sheep and hogs. Cattle steadies with top Kansas grassers at 12.50 to 13.00 for light weight steers while other classes vary. hogs rise about 19 to 25 cents with top around 10.00 for stock pigs. sheep and lambs mixed with Colorado and Arizona offerings shaping prices from roughly 12.75 to 19.40 for natives and yearlings around 10.00.
Receipts show Hogs 13,000 with uneven demand and higher bids. Top hogs 9.80 per hundredweight for 250 to 390 pounds. Cattle receipts 7,000 with steady to lower bids on stockers and feeders and cows 6.25 to 8.25. Vealers 10.50 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 10,500 lambs slow and weaker, fat lambs 14.00 to 14.25, native lambs 13.50 to 15.75, feeders weak. Ewes steady at 6.00 with upward feeding lambs to 13.00.
St Joseph Missouri July 13 Hog receipts reach 8 500 with hogs trading 109 to 15 cents higher. Top hogs hit 9.90 while bulk hogs move 8.90 to 9.75. Cattle receipts total 8 000 with steers at 9.50 to 12.00 and cows and heifers 4.00 to 10.25. Calves 5.50 to 11.50, stockers and feeders 7.00 to 9.25.
Local members of the K. P. lodge announced that no picnic will be held this summer. The committee may arrange a late September event after members return from vacations.
More than half of Black Hawk county's criminal convictions in the past year were liquor law violations, per J W Thompson clerk of the district court. The report records 63 liquor convictions and 120 total indictable cases, with costs of convicting at $34,163.56.
Three suits totaling almost 5.2 million dollars were filed in United States district courts in Florida and Jacksonville by the Highway Construction Company of Ohio. They ask receiverships for Homeseekers Realty Company Hollywood and Hollywood Land & Water Co Hollywood. Joseph W. Young, founder of Hollywood, is named as defendant. Suits cite balance due on paving contracts and profits lost when construction was halted February 1 1927 after the hurricane impact.
About 60 local residents attended a College Hill meeting in the college auditorium basement to discuss forming a community church. They voted to reconvene at the president's call.
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