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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
15
Readers' inquiries to the editor from the Courier and Reporter in Waterloo, Iowa. The column invites forestry and agricultural queries and notes contact via the farm department.
Black Hawk County farm bureau board met at the Greater Water Association to discuss the tuberculosis fund supporting two veterinarians, dues collection, and member recruitment. Pedersen urged township action to expand the program, while debate arose on reducing production to regulate supplies.
In Garnaville Iowa the Garnaville Cow Test Association elected officers for the coming year with A H Stickford as president and B R Tuecke as vice president. Elmer Kregel secretary Fred Meder treasurer and A J Wirkler Arthur Kregel and A G Backhaus named directors. Carl Stoltz tester was re hired for another year. Brass foundries were active in Korea at the start of the Whitetlaners. The text ends with unclear astronomical line.
Fayette and Clayton counties will meet to decide which county has the stronger case on whether the producers contract is essential to cooperative marketing success. Clayton won its recent debate with Delaware county at Woodman hall, and Fayette defeated Black Hawk county at Fairbank. Judges included ALT Carpenter and Eldaker, with timekeepers Evatt and Dunlap.
Farmers clear woodlots as winter uses days for cutting. E R Douglas near here recalls a 50 year old soft maple grove damaged by a wind storm. He urges leaving young trees along creeks and planting new ones where crops fail. Trees may help moisture and drought resistance and woodlots provide unexpected profits.
Cedar Falls March 8 Black Hawk County Farm bureau will receive corn samples for the 1923 yield contest. Five farmers share each contestant’s sample, with a farm bureau check sample. Five weights per entry, two pounds per contestant, plots exhibited at Waterloo in fall.
Grundy Center Iowa March 5 Jon A Akerman Grundy county sold cattle at 9.50 on the Chicago market and hogs at 8.35 He notes few cattle on feed and most hogs shipped out while sows bred in his area are about normal.
Farmers urged to replace scrub bulls with purebreds. Proposes selling scrub bulls for beer, trading a registered bull, or using scrub bulls as partial payment toward a serviceable purebred. Suggests forming a bull club, requesting county breed secretary and agent help, and borrowing a neighbor's purebred for two years’ use.
Frederika Iowa leaders were elected at the annual Bremer co operative creamery meeting with J. H. Gunsainlies Charles Golding and Will Hansa named directors. Average butterfat price 43 cents per pound last year with 178 186 pounds of butter from 146 106 pounds fat and an overrun of 23 8 per cent. Jack Ambrose rehired as termaker. Similar reports from Tripoli and Western Douglas creameries show 38–43 cent averages, hundreds of thousands of pounds of butter produced.
Segabarth from Fairbank Buttermaker won the monthly state butter scoring contest with a 94.3 score. Otto Weger of Stinner y Point followed closely. third place went to Kiemme with 94.7. Thras were reported at 93 percent, with several entries at 92 and 93 to 94. The judging panel included J Brunner Ames and H D Reynolds Mason City.
Market reports show 1,269 carloads of apples moved to Western markets this week, 1,940 to Washington, and 725 to markets with New York shipments up. Prices remained strong with top quotes near six dollars a barrel. cabbage and other produce also edged higher amid steady demand.
Chicago reports a moderate advance in wheat with early gains fading later as traders awaited government reserves data. Corn fluctuated after a higher open before paring losses, while oats moved higher for May and hog prices stayed down despite firmer provisions.
Chicago reports wheat and corn prices with multiple grades including No 3 red, No 2 white and mixed categories. values range around 1.0 to 1.4 dollars per bushel for wheat and near 0.68 to 0.80 dollars for corn, plus rye, barley, Timothy seed, and clover values. St Louis Omaha Milwaukee and Kansas City market quotes listed.
New York and Chicago price reports show butter at creamery extras and firsts, cheese with state whole milk specials and irregulars, eggs at fancy and near white levels, and poultry moving with dressed chickens and turkeys. Chicago receipts and packing stock movements listed. Kansas City and St. Louis markets report butter, poultry, cheese, and veal pricing with unchanged trends.
Chicago markets show hogs trading 10 to 15 cents lower with feeds firm, while cattle receipts and prices edge higher or steady across multiple regional yards. Kansas City and East St. Louis reports mirror mixed movements with hogs softening at lighter weights and cattle showing strength in select categories.
March trading showed uneven gains with several sectors slipping while others rose. Steel, textiles, and coal stocks posted gains, while American Woolen stood out as a rare strong performer. call money opened firm and cotton futures moved with mixed sentiment by session end.
The report details weekly bank clearings with figures from Waterton Chicago and related markets. It lists March values and compares with the previous week, noting totals around 487,988.06 and 280,761,865 in various currencies and indicators.
The page lists global currency demands and quotes including Italy Germany Norway Sweden Denmark and other nations. It records Liberty bonds prices on March and notes population estimates of ancient times.
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