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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
13
Wheat prices rose today amid reports allies warned Germany that Monday is the deadline for peace terms. March wheat moved to about 1.70 percent, May near 1.62, with gains supported by a government report on Hessian fly and expectations of increased receipts. Corn and oats followed the overall grain strength as hog prices lifted provisions.
Chicago wheat and corn prices mixed with various grades listed. Omaha and Kansas City grain and livestock figures show feeder steers and hogs firm to higher, while cattle and sheep move unevenly. Market roundups include prices for oats barley and flour, alongside bank clearings data.
Clearing figures show deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages for the week ending March 2 1921 with totals and comparisons to prior periods. The report lists instrument counts and monetary values across deeds mortgages and related categories, indicating weekly activity and year over year changes.
Market items from Flour Butter Cheese Creamery prices and receipts, potatoes and hogs. Stocks and bonds in New York mixed, copper and cotton futures steady. Local notices include Clarksville military funeral for Elmer Angel, burial at Antioch cemetery, and community moves and visits.
The Claymore stock farm of 680 acres sold today to Philip Nelson of Hardin County for $105000. The transfer was signed by Mary Clay Kayne and Dr. Thomas Kayne of Chicago. The land brought about $156 per acre. Mrs Kayne, a noted short story writer, and her husband are described as a Christian Science healer. The article also notes prior sale by H H Clay to Mrs Kayne in 1908 for $33506.
Chicago and East St Louis stockyards report cattle generally steady with beef steer tops near 10.40 while calves and vealers show declines. Hogs rise 25 to 40 cents with mixed bulk weights and porkers trading higher. Sheep slow with limited sales and lambs touching 10.25 in a small offering. Receipts: Chicago 9,000 cattle and 29,000 hogs. East St Louis 12 cattle and 10,000 hogs. lambs 20,000 through all centers.
New York March 4 United Press reports a firm tone in the stock market with optimism from business statements and dividend actions. Short covering supported gains in some issues while Atlantic Gulf fell after opening and then slid, traders eyeing potential dividend moves. Chandler showed possible dividend action while steel held steady and oils rose.
Supreme Court upholding the federal farm loan banks will cut farmer loan rates to about 5.25 percent within 60 to 90 days, per Black Hawk County Farm Bureau members. Lower rates raise farm prosperity and aid implement dealers, with banks freed from certain customer pleadings and more money to lend to other borrowers.
An University of Illinois bulletin analyzes 100 tractor users to decide if replacing horses with tractors is profitable on farms under 240 acres. It finds 75 percent of work falls in horse or doubtful tractor columns, and breakeven depends on horse costs, neighbor needs, and operator efficiency.
Washington reports farm census figures for four neighboring counties. Buchanan county shows a 3.4 percent drop in farm numbers from 1910 to 1929, while land and building values rise by 118.1 percent to $24,040,026. Grundy and Hardin counties also show mixed gains in land value but declines in farm counts and acreage. Franklin county records a 6.5 percent rise in farms with higher land value, while ownership and tenancy shifts occur and total agricultural acreage slightly falls.
Extension dairy professor C L Blackman advises keeping cows’ production steady year round for profitability. Feed laterally and rationally this season to sustain milk flow, using silage, clover hay, and a balanced mix of corn cob meal, oats, and high protein feeds. Replace oil meal with cottonseed meal if silage is unavailable.
Whitewash is claimed to kill mites and other vermin in poultry houses and roosts, with a recipe using lime, water, salt, and crude carbonate acid. Proper application, cleanliness, light, and ventilation are stressed to prevent and control lice and mites and keep fowls healthy.
Chicago reports February cattle receipts at 190,660 the smallest for February since 1916, hogs at 315,799 up about 200,000 year over year, and sheep at 342,461 the largest February total since 1914. Export shipments to England Scotland and Switzerland aided demand as Swift Morris and a Canadian firm moved stock abroad. beef cattle averaged 8.20, hogs 9.35, and fat lambs 9.20, with sharp price activity near year highs for various classes.
Hanlontown March report notes farmer Christian Ding disappeared after moving near Clear Lake last week. Believed to be due to hard finances and falling payments as livestock and grain prices stay low. No foul play suspected. third local farmer to leave unsettled affairs.
Secretary Cunningh am urges Iowa farmers via Farm Bureau letter to treat apparent land sale profits as overpayments. Taxpayers owning land on March 1 1912 or later who sold in 1920 should report zero net profit incluring the apparent gain. Pay full tax and declare the land profit portion as overpayment. If court invalidates the law the overpaid amount may be recovered.
Dallas county posts top averages in January for 19 high cows in the Iowa Cow Testing association with 1747 pounds of milk and 41.9 pounds fat. Mc Gregor ranks second. Delaware fourth. Independence ninth. High cow records include a Holstein at 2480 pounds milk and 59.3 fat. Jersey leads McGregor with 128% milk and 73.1 fat. In Delaware, H. C. Nieman Holstein tops with 2241 milk and 67.5 fat. Across associations, 247 cows surpassed 40 pounds milk and 96 exceeded 50 fat. 35 cows culled. Jersey cattle year shows 98 public sales in 1920, 4496 animals sold for 1,316,000 dollars. club registered 42,868 and 47,724 transfers. 91538 members.
Waterloo Poultry association plans to secure the Iowa state poultry show for Waterloo and Black Hawk county to boost the pure bred poultry industry. Twenty six fanciers attended, with Herbert Corning elected state secretary. government support includes 500 for the state show and 100 for local events, amid pending legislative funding doubts.
In Fertile Iowa a speaker at a Pilot Mound auction extolled farm luck while lamenting drought and grain fears. He backers tales of western land agents, gnawing gumbo soil and arid winds. The talk warned of unrealized value jumps and population hopes despite harsh conditions.
Shippers in session urged Congress to shield the lean egg market from cheaper canned eggs from China. A Peoria meeting was organized with reps from Armour Morris and Wilson, noting foreign producers avoid American sanitary rules, giving them an edge over U.S. packers.
Iowa State College entomology expert W A Parks explains that artificial mid ribs reduce drone production by reserving cells for honey work. Fewer drones mean more honey gathered per wax frame, improving hive efficiency.
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