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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
13
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa Address communications to the editor and provide contact phone number g3ne for responses.
On a 14 acre Iowa farm near Waverly Fred Feldman, a veteran poultryman, expands Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns, raising 10,000 navy chicks and 1,000 cockerels this spring. He uses homegrown cabbage for green feed, details shed layouts, mating house, incubator capacity for 3,090 eggs, fattening batteries, and a systematic year round advertising plan while storing corn in underground twin silos for winter feed.
Jesup Iowa plans its annual fair August 23 24 25 with a strong judging lineup headlined by Harvey J. Hess and Toloyd Loonan delivering expert oversight for cattle horses hogs and poultry. A $6500 prize pool and full carnival entertainment are promised with notable figures from Hess Brown Water ton Ames Independence and Cedar Falls guiding each division.
Cedar Falls July 27 300 bushels of winter wheat from Fred Marka farm near Finchfard were delivered to Union mills. Yield ranged 20 to 25 bushels per acre and weight was about 40 pounds per bushel. Wheat is scarce in the county and rye arrivals at the Insel market show 56 pounds per bushel for samples.
Eldora Iowa July 27 Fifty three tars of livestock valued at 89 064 were shipped from Hardin to Chicago during dine by county livestock shipping associations according to a report at a meeting. The average cost per hundred pounds for shipping including all charges was 67.8 cents. Shrink per car averaged 27 4 pounds with the greatest shrink 48 pounds and the lowest 14 2 percent. Overloading cars caused heavy shrinkage and increased dead and crippled animals. One manager notes five men heavily fill hogs before shipping. Such practice may harm health and value. All expenses of association shipping included freight feed yardage inspection insurance commission and local manager's commission and operating costs.
Waverly Iowa July 27 since June 1 about 110 herds in Bremer county have been tested for tuberculosis, county agent Theo Thorson reports. Of 2044 animals tested 506 were rejected and 265 applications exist for federal accredited status with about 210 herds already tested.
In Waverly Indiana on July 27 two purebred Chester White piglets sent from Balmd by Peter Barry to John Sager displayed unexpected bacon-type traits and athletic prowess. The three month olds escaped their crate in the baggage room and then leaped fences and crawled beneath barriers as a pursuing crowd followed.
Cedar Falls Va July 27 a broad campaign to combat tuberculosis in Black Hawk dairy cattle is underway with five meetings held last week one this week and four more planned. The film Out of the Shadows shows disease effects and is shown at meetings. F P Rehmeter county Y M C A worker oversees the films while M L Bowman Greater War Group Association secretary spoke to nearly 100 farmers at Baxuge Center on benefits of herd testing and timing. Government support for testing was emphasized.
Dissolution of The Atant Waterloo Co on June 30 1922 recorded in Waterloo Iowa. Probate notices list J M Casas will hearing July 1 1924 and Charles A Pierce estate administration under Harriet Pierce. Cedar Heights school district bids for concrete paving to be opened August 29 1922 with Nathan B Barker civil engineer. contractors must supply certified cash bid and bonds. multiple dates and officials named.
The article reports on a federal state health push targeting tuberculosis among cattle and milk, noting losses in cattle prices, proposed compensation for slaughter, and local meetings in Cedar Falls Waterloo and surrounding townships. It mentions the need for clean herds, milk testing, and public meetings to educate farmers about the health and economic impacts.
Chicago market notes list bids on grain and provisions with No. 1 red and No. 2 reg prices, mixed and yellow corn, various hard and white wheats, and rye, timothy, cloverseed. New York raw sugar and coffee futures quoted steady with September and December outlooks.
Mrs. Lawisy Annee Rose, just back from six months in Germany, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and England, says European and American women share goals. She will speak at the Waterloo chautauqua Monday, noting a wartime birth of a peace-focused movement and urging broader cooperation to prevent future conflicts.
The cattle market shows strength while hogs slip about 15 cents. Feeder cattle and packers vary, with mixed demand and prices across regions. Sheep and lambs receive modest support as wholesale volumes lag.
Early threshing in Marshall County shows exceptional winter wheat yields with several fields near Marshalltown, Gilman, and Taylor township producing 30 to 45 bushels per acre. Oats also yield strong figures from 60 to 80 bushels per acre across multiple farms. The 11 dollar per bushel wheat sale is noted at a State Center elevator.
Feeder cattle steady to strong while steer trades mixed with 2,500 head steady to 260 lower for cows. Hog prices opened slow, about 16,260 head down, with top hogs around $0.85 and packer interests active. Lamb and mutton receipts about 3,000 with rams steady and ewes around 60 to 70. Idaho lambs quoted at $11.75, overall ranges broad across stockers and feeders.
East St Louis livestock market shows steady to higher prices for cattle hogs and sheep. Native steers and pigs command top bids with bulk ranges noted for various weight classes and yearlings, while some categories reflect dull demand.
A volatile opening session featured fractional advances for Studebaker and several rail and steel issues. United States Steel rose modestly. Mexican Petroleum and Pacific group stocks drew caution as market breadth shifted with early gains and later weakness.
Sluggish early trade as 9,000 cattle and 200 pigs mixed with steady to lower bids. In Omaha, hogs 16,260 receipts, prices 7.25 to 9.75. cattle 2,600 receipts with steers to 1.30 per pound. sheep 14,000 receipts, lambs 12.20 to 12.50, ewes steady around 5.75.
Market notes from New York and Chicago show steady receipts across dairy and poultry sectors with creamery items, firsts and extras fluctuating. Prices list tubs, cases, and baskets for butter eggs and poultry, plus foreign exchange rates and bond figures reflected in regional communications.
Cattle receipts near 11,000 with a market that weakened about 25 to 50 cents. Prices listed include steers and yearlings at 6.50 to 9.00, cows and bulls from 4.00 to 7.60, veal and feeder grades varied, top cattle around 9.00, weights and grades described, with stronger demand noted for fat cattle and stockers. Receipts for hogs about 300 with strong demand noted.
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