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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1924
Page
9
Local Waterloo Evening Courier invites questions and comments addressed to the Editor Farm Department in Waterloo Iowa. Communication channel listed as phone 6100 for readers to reach the department.
Thirty Purebred Percheron mares offered at Cedar Valley sale grounds by James Loonan & Son attracted buyers from Wisconsin to Minnesota. The average was 208.89 with a top of 375 for the mare Louche weighing 2250 pounds. Notable bidders included Walter Hodgson & Sons of Arena Wisconsin who bought four mares and won a resale profit. Other high prices included a 2900 pound mare selling for 2035 to a Minnesota Holstein buyer, and a promising yearling mare at 225 to George Schafer of Galesburg Illinois and Finney Brothers of Montour Ki. The market emphasized strong work horses for farms and field use amid cautious agricultural economic conditions.
Buckingham March 7. K. M. Gunn a well known farmer near here conferred in Washington with Henry Wallace secretary of agriculture on agricultural questions. Gunn also registered his approval of the McNary Hatten bill according to a dispatch from the national capitol.
Market notes from Toledo indicate hogs tied to the Tuesday sale in Chicago with prices at TOP-ET per hundredweight and a steady demand. Trade details mention a large load moved in, reflecting strong activity in the hog market.
The February test year shows the Holstein Shaulis producing 2239 pounds milk and 67.2 pounds butterfat with milking three times daily. Hansen-Morner herd leads butterfat averages, while Thomas Hansen and Merner herds follow with 42.8 and higher fat per cow. J Wilbur Miller advances among top five herds as FHinsen-Morner dips from the lead.
Dr. G O Stong and Dr A G Howard announce area work in Cedar and Big Creek townships. Stong plans to start in Poyner township within 7 to 16 days, urging clean up of herds. Howard, government hand, will soon serve two school districts in Big Creek.
Benton county hosts a chain of township meetings March 17 to 22 to discuss tuberculosis eradication and livestock program led by U R Davison, chief livestock commissioner. Readable schedule lists several townships and times across March 17 to March 21 in various churches and town halls.
The Dairy Cattle Congress announces exhibit space contracts for the national Belgian Horse show and large machinery manufacturers in Waterloo circuit. More exhibitors seek space, with contracts received for youths in the main exhibition hall. Space in the building will be reserved by March 15.
A Greenville report states a milk company is accused of stealing water. The council debated the charges, with official involvement from local figures including W W Bidnecer. The case notes a proposed offer to settle, which the council reportedly refused.
Cedar Falls March 7 plans for a meeting of Cedar Falls Township farmers to hear an explanation of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill and the proposed export corporation plan. The gathering seeks in congress leading issues and will be held at the Commercial club rooms with date to be announced.
Black Hawk County reports high reactor rates in past tuberculosis eradication efforts. A government tester notes progress as re tests completed last week show only one reactor among 245 cattle examined, indicating control under current methods.
A Mystic county report details Hubam clover grown with oats on a 21 acre field. Farmer Horridge limed 5 acres, sowed 20 pounds Hubam per acre with oats, harvested late November, and obtained about 60 bushels of unhulled seed plus $77.90 per acre in returns. Cows preferred Hubam straw and the crop showed strong growth 18 inches tall by August. Early fall lime, proper inoculation, and careful seeding were key practices.
In Bennington township farmer Friedley and his wife are making maple syrup as the sap begins to flow. They started boiling sap about a week ago and expect a good day for gathering. They note past seasons yielded up to 100 quarts of syrup with steady local demand. Wriedley watches sap and boils it outdoors in a large vat with Mrs. Friedley finishing in the kitchen to produce sap reduced to syrup.
Robinson mails seed directory for Iowa certified growers listing names and bushels by four geographic divisions. Jac L. Robinson of Iowa State College Ames notes seeds are registered free of noxious weeds and foreign material, weigh two pounds per bag, and are sold sealed with standard purity.
United States Department of Agriculture studies link lines of service to farmers and suggests cooperative farming programs become more useful. The effort focuses on integrating service lanes and cooperative structures to enhance efficiency for agricultural communities.
Associations assign coordinators by linking surveys of existing marketing machinery and indicating possibilities of new machinery or improving the old. It now plans to help farmers marketing organizations from the preliminary survey to reviewing the actual functioning of the marketing machinery.
Iowa State College dairy head Earl Weaver warns farmers not to turn cows out on the first warm days of March. He cautions that cows gain little from pasture exposure and may suffer when cold snaps follow warm spells. March remains difficult for dairymen due to erratic weather and lower milk production.
Earthquakes rocked Derbyshire towns in northern England causing furniture to topple and residents to flee into the streets. No casualties were reported.
New York and Chicago market notes show fluctuations in dairy meat and poultry values. Creamery butter and milk products remain steady with slight price shifts, while eggs and other poultry items edge higher or lower in varying lots. Chicago reports similar trends across butter eggs and poultry, with some items steady.
Chicago reports hogs 10 cents higher with demand for 140 to 190 pound feeders and 200 to 325 pound butchers lifting. Slaughter hogs and sows show varied gains while cattle receipts near 4,000 head with beef steers steady to mixed. Lambs and sheep trade remains active with fat lambs quoted around 16.50 to 16.65 in similar mixed tones.
Kansas City market reports show receipts of 1000 cattle with mixed slaughter classes and steady to uneven demand. Hogs, 500 head, steady to higher on ship and market measures with top at 9.44, bulk around 7.23 to 8.90, and pigs weak to lower. Sheep and lambs, 1500 head, demand for killing classes. best weight lambs around 15.15 per cwt.
Receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle: fat cattle and yearlings around 6.00 to 7.30. feeding cows 3.00 to 4.50. stockers 3.50 to 7.23. bulls 3.50 to 6.50. Hogs: receipts rise. values from 5.25 to 8.50. sows higher. native pigs 4.00 to 5.25. Sheep: 590 receipts. lambs around 9.55. ewes around 9.55.
Receipts show hogs up to 370 pounds and heavier, with prices about 7.50 to 7.55 per 100 pounds. Cattle include steers and yearlings higher, cows ib to 25 cents higher, vealers 5.50 to 10.00. Sheep steady with ten lambs at 15.75 and best fat ewes noted. Representative sales by Lamson Bros. & Co. March 7.
Speculative selling in corn eased price pressure as pit traders led declines. May corn fell to 1.00? with other months slipping while buying by commission houses later rallied the market. Wheat followed corn downward then surged on Canadian export demand, oats stayed volatile and provisions firm in line with hog futures.
Irregular gains led the New York Stock Exchange opening with DuPont and Pacific and Davison, Chemical among risers. Woolworth and J. I. Crane firms paced a selective advance while Utah Copper and Gulf States Steel fell. sugar and dry goods rallied later as Associated Dry Goods hit a rise and several industrials showed profit-taking.
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