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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1923
Page
19
Readers invited to send comments to the Editor Farm Department of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterlos Iowa. Contact phone 2430 for communications and submissions.
Directors of the Dairy Cattle Congress decide not to add a swine exposition this year due to financial pressures and lack of a strong local swine breeders association in Black Hawk County. The resolution urges breeders to organize for a future Dairy Cattle Congress, noting swine farming as a major livestock sector.
Black Hawk county farm bureau runs a corn yield contest to boost germination power. About 15 percent of tested ears are discarded for weak tendency. participants submit seed samples with signed declarations and planting details. The program seeks to identify high yielding seed and improve corn varieties for farmers statewide.
Des Moines reports that Louis Bernard Schmidt published a study via the State Historical Society of Iowa tracing corn output by decade in the United States. It highlights Iowa's rise from seventh in 1869 with 42 million bushels to leading producer by 1919 with 371 million, alongside Illinois, and notes both states together produced about 28 percent of national corn.
Nashua Iowa March 2 Harold Massey purchased a pure bred Spotted Poland China fall boar at Henry Field's Shenandoah sale last week. The hog topped the sale at 120 dollars. Massey also brought home a Cull sister to Field's 1922 top hog, strengthening the Massey herd.
Des Moines reports C W Hunt president of Iowa Farm Bureau argues against federal price fixing. Delegates from Nebraska Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa oppose price fixing while Minnesota North and South Dakota and Kansas back the Gooding bill. He warns artificial wheat support would disrupt markets and harm farmers nationwide. Diversified Iowa farming cited as a strength amid northwest wheat downturn due to weak European demand.
Independence Iowa March 2 Guernsey breeders have been busy furnishing sires to farmers. M C Joyce south of here added a bull calf for 200 to R K Quass D H Love and Merton Boyack. John Meyers and son sold a mature Guernsey bull to Blut Plaskerude Calmar shipping the best of the week. R A Nelson sold a bull calf son of Molly Lon champion butterfat cow to Fred R Dudiey Caggon for 325. Breeders report strong demand for surplus stock at good prices.
Twenty neighbors attended a surprise anniversary party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Iver Guldager in Cedar Falls to celebrate their twenty five years as tenants of the Clark Streeter farm. During his 25 years, Mr. Guldager purchased an 80 acre tract nearby.
Independence March 2 Ninety four Buchanan county juniors take eggs under fair association offer Each will exhibit two to five chickens at the county fair in August One or two birds will be sent to the association for remuneration leaving enough to start a small flock
H E Nichols of the Iowa Agricultural Extension service, with Farm Bureau help, will lead two pruning schools in Benton county. The first on Monday March 12 at 10 a.m. at the W C Hauser place in Eden township, the second at Willis Daugherty's in Benton township on March 13 at 10 a.m. Nichols will discuss spraying and answer questions.
Receipts of milk and cream at the Waterloo Co operative Dairy plant showed 24 440 pounds of milk and 939 pounds of cream recorded yesterday.
Iowa Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association calls a special meeting at Hotel Russell Lamton on Thursday March 8 to review the nine member dairy marketing committee report and discuss legislation on filled milk and milk product regulations. The group aims to outline a plan for a national cooperative sales agency for dairy products and considers a House file 40 bill seeking dairy product regulation and pasteurization standards.
D A Val enting reports a hen laying a large double yolk egg daily and a fully developed egg within another segment last week. He also notes a flock of meadow larks west of town observed during winter while he ferries students.
Bank clearings in Waterloo for the week ending March 1 1923 totaled 141 575 660 69 with daily totals noted from Friday to Thursday. The report compares with corresponding weeks in 1922 and 1921 and includes figures for Liberty Bonds and other market notes.
Chicago trading shows wheat prices slipping with leading traders turning cautious. Prices for May and July fluctuated as harvest fears and weather news in Nebraska and the Southwest affected sentiment, while corn and oats also moved, with hogs supporting the market.
New York prices for butter, cheese, poultry and eggs show steady to firmer trends with creamery receipts and specials noted. Chicago reports butter and cheese receipts, poultry lots, and wholesale price ranges with firsts and extras listed, alongside foreign exchange and loan market notes.
Kansas City and Omaha markets show cattle steady to mixed with hogs fluctuating. Prices for steers cows and bulls vary by market with top hogs around 8.15 to 8.40 while sheep and lambs hold firm in mid-teens to low twenties.
Saint Joseph market notes Tuesday receipts hogs 12,000 steady with $6.25 to $8.00 range hogs top $8.00 per cwt. Cattle and calves mixed steady to lower with feeder cattle and butcher cows quoted. sheep and lambs show demand at modest prices with best fed Western ewes around $6.60 to $8.00 and lambs near $14.50.
Openings in commodities and stocks underlined profit taking as downturns and minor gains shifted in quick succession. Wade and Slade Valier opened fractionally lower while petroleum and chemical shares showed varied strength, with copper advancing and general markets buoyed by selective buying.
Boston March 2 The Commercial Bulletin reports oil trading has tapered over three weeks with this week the quietest in some time. Moderate business is noted with prices generally steady amid limited demand and a broad market lull.
New York, March 2. Ploue prices at the mills show quiet activity. Spring patents listed at 80, 6, 7h2 inches roll. winter patents 000, 6 20, clears 26.50. winter patents 6.90, 6.30. clears, FL2s WG.
Fragmented OCR notes report clearing balances and federal reserve credit figures. Mentions New York data from March and March 3 with various totals and balances, including large monetary figures and unclear items.
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