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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1921
Page
15
Chicago reports light May delivery congestion for wheat with futures up to 25 cents. Cattle receipts around 1,000 show steers up 2.50 to 3.00 and fat cattle firm, while hogs gain 10 to 25 cents. Wheat futures rally on export demand and storage concerns. oats and corn mixed. hogs, cattle, and sheep show narrower price moves amid daily commodity fluctuations.
May reports from Omaha and other cities show wheat prices across grades with No. 1 hard and No. 2 dark hard leading the market. Corn and oats varied by grade, with No. 2 white and No. 3 yellow figures. Local pork and ribs values cited. receipts noted in Minneapolis and Peoria. potatoes listed as weak with northern white prices.
Minneapol is May 3 Grain and livestock prices from Wateelo Market report show spring wheat patent hulls and butter prices mixed. Cattle, hogs, and sheep quotes across Sioux City and St. Joseph markets reflect firm demand with steady to higher tendencies.
Prices for dairy butter and creamery goods in New York May reports show higher receipts and varied scores across creamery products. Cotton futures opened steady with several contracts cited, alongside steady bar silver and metal prices from copper to tin and lead in New York and Chicago markets.
Kansas City Missouri May 3 cattle receipts and prices show higher trends with top steers around 9.00, best heavies 8.60 to 8.65, stockers and feeders strong, cows and heifers near 7.50 to 9.75. Hogs receipts 16,000. most sales 7.65 to 8.15, top 8.25, hogs up 20 to 25 cents. Sheep steady. wethers Texas 36.90, lambs 10.25 to 13.75, 98-pound kinds 3.65.
Receipts total 3 000 steers and yearlings with higher prices up to 25 cents. Cows 10 to 60 cents higher. veal calf top $10.00. Hogs 14 000 with gains around 10 cents. packer sows up 25 cents. pigs steady. Sheep 1 200 active with higher prices. top lambs $10.00, 72 head 72 pound spring lambs at $12.50.
The stock market moved higher with oil, shipping, motors, and steel shares leading gains. Major names like American Petroleum, Royal Dutch, Gulf States Steel, Pierce Arrow, and Chandler advanced, while trading narrowed in late morning and some firms slipped before midday.
W B Loveland of Washington township Black Hawk County built a Holstein herd and trained three sons in dairy farming. A J Loveland farms near home with 100 acres, J E Loveland runs Loveland & Pipen in Mt Vernon Township, and Horace Loveland, age 12, manages a fine heifer calf. He moved to the 189 acre Jonesville area farm 30 years ago and developed a well equipped, highly productive farm focused on registered Holsteins. He notes soil can yield much with proper care, citing alfalfa and clover yields and successful liming, inoculation, and crop rotation. The county picnic for Hardin County Farm Bureau is planned for June 18 with speakers Sewell Otterheim and C W Hunt.
David Carstone, Windermere editor, faces a social duty to visit Mrs. Mather and Constance. Mrs Mather explains their reduced means and Constance’s aloofness, while a parishioner reveals the family’s fading fortune and social pressures. The Reverend Garstone plans to intervene.
The Evening Courier notes buyers and top prices from a Waterloo Iowa sale. Fred Moyers paid 250 dollars for Roan Butterfly Mitt Trent and Albert Friedy each bought four head. Dr E C McMillan secured five helters for a Colorado herd foundation. Other buyers included H Soules Lloyd Milter Whittaker Knoop Albert Smith and A A Wilson. Toney Olsen Cedar Falls paid 157.50 for Scotch Dale Knight a white 11 month old gelding.
Manchester Iowa May 3 Alson H Blake 81 pioneer in business died Monday forty four days after his wife, whom he married Sept 21 1865. He survived by a son and two granddaughters and was active in retail dry goods and local banking. He spent time in Andersonville prison and kept records of soldiers from Vermont. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 30 at the Congregational church led by Rev H Goughnour.
Frederika Iowa May 3 Lewie Brase recently returned from Florida and purchased the H H Reasoner farm near Republic. The price was not made public. A humor or social commentary piece follows about women drivers attracting crowds and a stylized scene of car trouble with a stenographer as a distraction.
The Nebraska legislature passed a cooperative banking law enabling farmers to organize banks under state co operative corporate rules. It limits individual ownership to 4 percent of capital stock and caps dividends at 10 percent annually, with patronage distributions on net earnings above that limit to stockholder borrowers or depositors. Directors may be elected from stockholders and need not hold at least 4 percent of capital stock.
Hudson Iowa May 3 A large crowd of farmers attended the Loonan Shorthorn sale at the Loonan farm near Hudson. An average of 115 dollars was paid for the 40 cataloged lots. The report notes registered cattle price declines align with other farm products and favors producers of purebreds over scrub stock.
Under C P Archer, superintendent, Hudson consolidated school, three strong clubs form the core of youth clubwork. A general garden, potato and poultry club exist with a cooking and canning club planned for high school girls. Members’ seed plans were approved, and a pig feed contest and crop livestock record keeping spur active participation.
Guthrie County baby beef club members report calves gaining from 30 to 50 pounds per month under County Agent W A Geiger. Acre corn yield contest figures loom, with cost of production a key topic. A Guthrie Center rear 21 show will award prizes from the farm bureau and local merchants. Club leaders met with Mr Hobson from Washington DC and M Quist from the state extension service. George Siglin 14 lives Cedar Heights reported a sow with 14 piglets, 13 alive and thriving. three piglets bottle raised. Siglin plans to show his drove at Cedar Valley fair.
The report shows in 1920 Iowa had 156 sow and little clubs raising 2,903 animals valued at 73,800 dollars. Dairy calf clubs totaled 7 with 158 purebred calves worth 27,920 dollars. Baby beef clubs numbered 32 with 335 animals weighing 137,350 pounds in total.
Military rites were held yesterday in Shell Rock Ta for Dee Avery who died in France. The local American Legion post honored him with church ceremonies at the Baptist church due to rain, conducted by Commander George Benning and pastors Rev C G Forts and Rev Wol Adams, followed by military rites at the cemetery.
In Rock Island material the Rock Island system and Colorado routes are praised for popularity. The Island agent notes Rock Beannais Limited and Coldr Express as popular transits including Denver Springs. Dining car meals aboard Rock Island are highlighted amid global travel comparisons.
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