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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
19
Early trading shows grain lower and provisions up while wheat rises at the board opening. Cattle steady across classes with hogs advancing 25 to 50 cents, and mixed activity in calves, sheep, and east St. Louis market notes reflecting a cautious day with some higher bids and overall firmness only in select grades.
The Associated Press reports a continued downward trend in stock prices at the New York open with rails and tobaccos leading losses. Wheat prices weaken along with oats and corn showing mixed early moves as export demand nudges hog markets higher. Chicago and Omaha cash quotations reflect broader commodity softness and a cautious overall tone.
St Joseph Missouri receipts for hogs 700 with top at 10.00 and most between 9.25 and 10.00. Cattle receipts 200 with steers around 4.60 to 10.00, cows and heifers near 3.25, calves 8.00 to 9.00, feeders 6.50 to 3.50. Sheep receipts 3,800 with lambs around 7.50 to 5.0 noted as steady.
Prices across butter eggs cheese and poultry show varied firmness and declines in some lines. Reports from Chicago Kansas City and St Louis note steady butter and unchanged eggs while live poultry remains firm with strong broiler and turkey demand and steady potato markets in Chicago.
Waterloo Clearing House reports bank clearings for the week ending March 17 1921 totaling 1 536 889 42 dollars up from the prior year. Instruments filed include deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages with values and counts noted. Liberty bonds and commodity futures are also listed with prices and market activity.
Sioux City records show steady cattle prices with fed steers at 7.50 to 6.00 and cows, veals, and feeders within listed ranges. hogs strong with receipts around 4,800 and tops near 9.85. Kansas City market notes dull cattle, open be active hogs up to 9.85, sheep with strong killing lambs and high yearlings around 8.15.
A sea lion about 12 feet long and weighing 200 to 300 pounds has appeared almost daily over nine days near Tottenville and Huguenot on Staten Island. Sightings by Charles Peters Sea Breeze, Abram Latourette, and William Mersereau describe the creature off Pleasant Plains and near docks, with it fleeing when approached in a boat.
A guide to recognizing broody hens and moving them to a dedicated nest. It covers signs like warm breast, staying on the nest, and clucking, plus step by step care including dusting with insect powder, nest placement, feeding, and managing multiple sitting hens.
East Waterloo township, partly in Waterloo city, tops county orchards in sweetcorn acreage and tonnage for 1920 1012 acres planted 1783 tons yield with over 25000 dollars in proceeds. The township shows strong poultry eggs silos dairy and farm equipment statistics including 57 silos 5643 tons ensilage and 147 farms in 18,851 acres of taxable land.
The 1920 average price of plowland fell in Kentucky to 54 per acre from 70 in 1919, a drop highlighted by the agriculture department as greater than in most states. Iowa tops the list at 200 per acre, Illinois next at 175, while Alabama and Mississippi are near the bottom at 26. Western states show the smallest declines with California up to 135 from 120 the prior year.
Cedar Falls hosts the sixth annual registered Percheron mares sale at Cedar Valley fairgrounds by Fred H. Roppert for James Loonan & Son. Forty-one animals sold with top price $805. average per head about $521. Purchasers included F. A. Clayton Jesup John Cunningham Waterloo and others. top buyer was W M Metcalf Glen Haven Wis for a 3-year-old mare. Fra gier & Layton Humboldt Ia secured two teams at $656 average. A Winegar Westgate Ia paid $480 for two teams.
Waterloo poultry enthusiasts report an early spring with beginners and breeders advancing flocks. Thomas N Randall at 832 Kingsley avenue hatches eight White Leghorns in a hot water incubator. Other breeders may have broods matching or exceeding this size as Easter preparations begin.
A historical notice urges testing seed corn before spring planting. It argues that germination tests from each ear identify weak, diseased, or moldy seed, with home grown seed yielding more than imported stock. Start by sorting, shelling, and saving the best 100 ears for future rows.
Our Readers Say letters discuss renewals and payment notes for a daily paper. F Camp of Independence sends six dollars for another year while praising the paper. Agnes Ewald of San Jose apologizes for missing a renewal and values the paper. Mrs. Janett Jackson of Sumner stresses habit and need to keep receiving the issue.
Iowa owns about 1 200 000 acres of native timber and 200 000 acres of planted groves and shelterbelts. The red cedar is the only widespread native conifer. white pine is scarce in the northwest. A long list of hardwoods includes oaks, hickory, elm, ash, basswood, butternut, walnut, cottonwood, aspen, and maples. Non native plantings include European larch, Norway spruce, Scotch pine, Austrian pine, catalpa, and Osage orange. The program notes will cover Evvard’s results and winter feeding of lambs and hogs, with packing-house representatives to discuss fat cattle.
Iowa State College will host an Iowa cattle feeders day on April 11 led by John M. Evward. The event presents tests over two years showing cane and beat molasses as beet producers. Earlier trials compare beltion and molasses feeds with corn performing well when prices rise. Silage value will be discussed amid growing interest in seasonal feeding margins.
An advertisement from Des Moines shows buy and sell offers for life insurance and annuity products, plus several mortgage and fire insurance providers. It lists balances and commissions with companies including Universal Life, Iowa National Fire, Prairie Life, Bond & Mortgage of Tow, Southern Surety, and North American Fire.
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