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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
15
Wheat prices rose at the opening on mixed crop rumors from the northwest and heat drought. July and September futures climbed before profit-taking and stock-market weakness trimmed gains. Cash quotes showed varied values across regions and grades as traders weighed domestic and foreign demand.
Cattle receipts reach 5000 with bids lower across classes. bulk beef steers around 7.00 to 6.06, canner cows 1.75 to 3.26, veal calves about 7.00. Hog receipts 25000 with prices 8.35 to 8.75 top, 13 to Be on pigs. hogs firmer in top grades, many sold to big packers. Sheep receipts 15000. lambs 0.50 higher or lower by class, natives steady to weak. best light native ewes around 4.56 with heavies 2.50 to 3.00.
Kansas City livestock receipts total 9,708 with mixed cattle hogs and sheep activity. Cattle stockers and feeders weak with best steers about 8.30, cows around 3.50 to 6.25, canners near 2.00. general quality poor. Hogs receipts about 4,000 with prices around 3.60 to 8.45, weights 220 to 290 pounds. pigs up about 10 cents. Sheep receipts 1,200 with killing classes steady, Texas wethers around 4.50 and native ewes about 4.00. other figures incomplete.
East St Louis Illinois June 24 Receipts total 1 809 cattle with natives and quarantine steers mixed. Hogs reach 11 590 with early gains near 19 to 25 cents and tops at 5 80 per cwt. Sheep at 2 500 with large holdovers and indications of a sharp price slump.
Omaha livestock data show hog receipts at 10,509 with uneven trade and higher bids for lighter loads, top butcher weights selling around 6 to 6.40, sows 7.50 to 8.00. Cattle receipts about 2,000 with steady to slightly lower bids on beef steers and yearlings, lambs 0.80 lower with top westerns around 10.50.
Sioux City market receipts Cattle 1129 steady to 15 cents lower fed steers yearlings and cows and heifers ranges given calves and stockers with several price points. Hogs receipts 7660 opened higher then closed steady with price ranges for light and heavy hogs. Sheep not quoted.
Joseph MO June 22 cattle receipts 200 steers 6.59 to 7.00 cows and heifers 4.00 to 8.30 calves 5.00 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 1,600 lambs steady to lower with lambs around 20.00. Top bid for pigs around 8.69 with bulk around 8.20.
New York markets show butters steady with receipts at 23,043. Eggs firmer with 14,455 cases received and various firsts, specials, and average runs noted. Poultry prices vary by region with live broilers and fowls listed, while eggs and butter in Chicago and St Louis show flat or mixed trends. Exchange rates and government securities also described, with Sterling, Francs, Guilders, and Marks cited.
Waterloo markets report a wide range of commodities with prices on spring and winter wheat patents, creamery products, butter, lard, potatoes, veal, hogs, hay, poultry, hides, and wool. Cotton futures and metals quotes appear, along with sugar and potato receipts, reflecting a bustling midweek rural market scene.
New York June 24 market gains led by Mexican Petroleum General Asphalt Crucible Steel Studebaker Allied Chemicals and American Chemical Preferred. American Tobacco Sumatra Tobacco and Pullman firm while United States Rubber hits a new low. Bethlehem Steel Baldwin Locomotive American Sugar and American International show declines. Market remains upward though weak spots appear with several gainers and profit taking as closing remains firm.
About 1,500 people attended the farmers’ community picnic in Farner Mt Vernon township last evening. Music readings by the Dewar band lit the grounds with portable electric lights as interurban cars passed. The event was one of the township’s largest and most successful picnics.
A 1880s style rural column describes Hm and family news around Dewar including Lizzie Muhlig garden scenes, a two-snake encounter near a gate, heat affecting fieldwork, and local baseball scores. Mentions Miss Sophia Wingert, Mr and Mrs George Pfaltzgraff visiting Enos in Belmond, and mission society events. Also notes Dewar games with Raymond and upcoming July events.
Numerous notices from New Hartford share travel, family visits, and community events. People from Oakland to Des Moines and Spirit Lake visit relatives, attend conventions, or return from universities. A Farmers State Bank officers election occurs, and local societies host fundraisers and meetings. A note highlights a silent but effective salesman in the Courier’s For Sale ad.
In St Louis, the lumber week shows regional variance with New England demand rising while New York prices ease on Douglas fir. Midwest holds steady as Chicago labor talks ease, Kansas City sees hopeful orders, and southern cities report summer buying slack. Western markets face shipping and marine strike woes. hardwoods remain in slack demand.
Questions and comments invited. Address communications to Editor Farm Department, Evening Courier and Reporter, Waterloo, Iowa. Phone 2330.
Washington report details a congressional joint commission formed to uncover facts on farm troubles. Iowa lawmakers led by Rep Dickinson push for rigorous inquiry, hearings will gather input from farmers and business figures to shape a prospective economic policy for agriculture.
Fairbank Iowa June 24 A horse shoe pitching tourney patterned after the Waterloo Evening Courier event will be the feature attraction at the Gray township picnic at De Wald School June 28. The meet starts at 1 20 o clock with cash prizes for the top three teams. An entrance fee of 50 cents per team is charged. At noon pitchers will join a huge picnic dinner with free ice cream. M A Hawser crops specialist from Ames will speak after dinner, then married men will play single men on the ball diamond.
In Nashua Iowa on June 24 W E Tefft and sons reported three of their best work horses died after breaking into a cattle feedlot and gorging on silage. Two veterinarians treated the animals but the losses impact their farming operations.
John Lanz of Waukegan Illinois claims to have discovered a bug that kills potato bugs for sport after watching a mortem combat between a potato bug and a strange bug. He raised a brood of 19 this winter and says they eradicated the potato bug in his garden this spring. He sent a pair of the mysterious insects to the U S department of agriculture in Washington.
Lieut. Gov. Hammill addressed about 2,000 farmers and business leaders at Morgan's Grove during Benson creamery's annual picnic. He praised farmers' organizations as essential for legislative and economic influence, urged better records and pricing, and called for freight rate cuts and stricter naturalization to preserve loyalty. Local figures A. A. Burger and Leona Short supported the program with industry talks and readings. The event featured community singing, a Cedar Falls band, and a daylong athletics program.
Farm Bureau units from Michigan to Texas push for laws and reforms to curb filled milk and tax free securities. Denton and Columbus reports cover calls for legislation, federal reserve views on coop marketing, wool pool growth in Utah, Missouri Farm Bureau membership rise, and Ohio seed certification plans.
Independence Ind July 24 The Buchanan County Farm Bureau plans a picnic on August 4 at the Bantz farm. W J Campbell chairs the planning committee and lists subcommittees for general reception sports and games speakers horseshoe pitching music and other arrangements with several local volunteers named.
Bristow and Traer reports on June 24 describe livestock losses due to extreme heat. In Bristow, F E Needham and August Shrage mourn the deaths of valuable work animals while corn benefits from heat. In Traer farmers report multiple horse deaths after two weeks of hot weather.
Louisville June 24 Associated Press report quotes Matthias Ludlow of Newark as he urged the Hardware Association to address tax policy rather than blame retailers or buyers. He argued overproduction of false prophets and underproduction in industry, urging broader tax reform to restore prosperity.
United Press reports San Francisco July 24. G Hinshaw plans to bring real chickens to Broadway. En route to the Dempsey Carpentier fight he carried a basket with newborn peeps. He promises Easterners Californians breed summer furs on chicks and hopes to prove their pep in New York. Eyes from Petaluma supply the first peeps.
A choice selection of young Dulls beds roans and white cattle is offered at private treaty. Farm and mile west of Waterloo two miles of Hudson. Eloyd J. Logan, Waterloo, R2.
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