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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1925
Page
16
Dairymen in the Waterloo area push toward a new cooperative with 86 percent of producers signed. A June 18 meeting at 3 p.m. will discuss organizing a 100 percent membership and selecting nine directors from the top nominees.
Eight Milking Shorthorns and 13 bulls sold for an average of 135 dollars at the Tri State Milking Shorthorn sale in St. Kant. The top price was 246 dollars for Jaklawn's Milkmaid shown by L. H. Engle and Son of Vantoma Wisconsin. Cattle were cataloged by W. J. Hardy and auctioneered by B. Allen Ravenna Ohio.
The 926 convention city of Holstein breeders' association of America was chosen at the national meeting in Grand Rapids Michigan. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois was reelected president. Four head of cattle consigned to the national sale by Minnesota Holstein company averaged 1469 dollars each.
Address communications to Enitor Faro Department Veterlan Evening Courier Wa Mirlon Iowa. Phone 5100.
Animal health notice explains how sniffles and sore mouth arise from mouth wounds, mud, and bacteria. It recommends clipping pig tusks, keeping huts clean, sunlight exposure, fresh pasture, vaccination, and prompt isolation or culling of severely affected pigs to curb outbreaks.
William H. Mitchell of 1700 Baltimore Street reports a short strawberry crop this year due to insufficient rainfall. Despite frost not causing major damage, many berries are small or misshapen from dryness. He notes some berries may mature after recent showers, but prices will likely be high. Mitchell manages the beds by thinning, and winter straw covers remain in place.
Cedar Rapids' Arthur Huntington will speak at Tama County Farm Bureau picnic in Toledo. He will discuss Should Farmers Adopt Business Principles? at 2:30 p.m. after a 10:30 a.m. picnic start, with a baseball game and other sports on the program.
Warm days and ample moisture push corn from ground with many farmers starting a second cultivation. If moisture persists, corn will be knee high by the Fourth of July with a strong stand and few weeds threatening stands.
Tama County Farm bureau closed a membership drive adding 260 members for a total of 780, forty nine more than last year. Orange Township Farm bureau plans a meeting next Tuesday at the school house with community singing and a demonstration plus a duet by Miss Meyers and Mrs Sanderson. Charles Hanus bought the Schnare farm south of Traer for 188 per acre, a good price as the land had been rented long term.
Allison, Ta June 6 R M Skillen Greene led with highest producing cow in Butler County Cow Test in May per Homer Tague. Queen Ana Jewel freshened April 28 and yielded 2662 pounds of milk and 751 pounds butterfat for Mr Skillen. Best herd average 39.7 pounds butterfat by ring grade Holsteins owned by Glarenca Skillen. Guernseys owned by Dayton Mather and W F Starkweather averaged 8.2% butterfat. Jerseys: Lewis Nordthan 5% on his herd. Six-month records show Will Cheney Greene top with 336.4 pounds butterfat. Serenus Hansen Bristow second with 321.2 pounds. Others include Hansen cows and Kick er, Hardman, Darby, Mather, Riggons, Milde brand. May top producers list includes Skillen, Mather, Cheney, Yarcho, Hansen. May average: 293 cows at 723 pounds milk and 28.1 pounds butterfat.
Heat wave damage spurs oats market surge with oats hitting 35 4 8 c for September. Wheat also climbs with July 1 69 34 and September 1 65 74 amid upturns before easing later. Corn and provisions move mixed as overall day ends with oats strongest and grains outlook cautious.
Chicago and St Paul reports show hog receipts around 5 000 to 12 000 with mixed quotes. Prices ranged from about 10.25 to 12.50 for various weights while heavy and packing hogs sold around 10.90 to 12.00 with some 12.50 close. Cattle and sheep receipts totalled hundreds with steady to higher bids for fed steers and yearlings and softer prices for some cows and lambs.
New York stocks opened firm with heavy trading and broad gains led by oil, auto, and rubber shares. Government data showed April gasoline stocks down 60 million barrels while Moon Motors and American Radium? firms hit year highs. rubber stocks such as United States Rubber and Goodrich advanced over 2 points as expectations of rising car production boosted demand. Market breadth remained strong with Lehigh Valley and several rail and chemical issues posting gains and total volume around 650000 shares.
Kansas City Missouri cattle and hog receipts show steady to modest gains across classes. Mixed yearlings and steers advance, beef cows steady, hogs sell to about 11.90 per hundredweight, sheep and lambs largely unchanged with limited activity. Siou x City and Peoria brief figures included for comparison.
New York markets show steady to firm butter and cheese tones with varied quotations. Chicago outputs list dairy items and poultry with mixed pricing, while cotton and foreign exchange futures wrap the commodity page.
Weather and heat drove sharp price moves in the wheat market with heavy damages reported in Indiana Illinois and parts of the Midwest. The report notes declines for corn small gains for oats and mixed changes for provisions with forecasts of large crop losses across several states and a potential national drop in winter and spring wheat.
List of students across grades from first to eleventh achieving perfect attendance for the year at St Marys school. Names include John Frank Wilma Kurth Edward O Hare Amalia Singer Tucilla Smith and many others across multiple grades reflecting widespread reliability.
Waterloo Mills Co reports market prices for grains and flour including wheat corn oats barley and various flours. It lists fats lard butter and potatoes, along with beef and poultry items from Rath Packing Co and Barclay & Son. The column also notes local farm updates from Winthrop Iowa and Tripoli Iowa, including a cyclone impact in Bremer County.
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