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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1921
Page
13
The Chicago market opened with wheat higher on fresh southwest crop damage worries and unsettled forecasts, then backed off as selling faded and futures closed steady. Corn and oats followed wheat trends with modest gains, while hog provisions eased. cash quotes showed varied grain prices and livestock bids across Chicago and East St. Louis markets.
Omaha Nebraska cattle hogs sheep and grain prices shown with receipts and declines. Beef cattle and hog markets were uneven with slower demand. lambs and calves posted varied values across regional quotes and futures drifted. Local grain prices and futures also noted with mixed showing in wheat corn and cotton.
New York markets show irregular butter receipts at creamery levels with higher extras and varied prices. Eggs remain firm with steady carry and state cheese unsettled while financials show strong exchange rates and government bonds steady. Waterloo reports mixed prices for flour barley and oats with livestock, hides, and silver values noted across markets and a federal court session ongoing in Dubuque Iowa.
Cattle receipts 5000 with beef steers, stockers and feeders firm to 15 cents higher. Heavy steer bids around 9.15, yearlings 9.60, bulk beef steers 7.75 to 8.75. Hogs receipts 20100. lights active, others slow, top 9.00. Sheep and lambs receipts 17000. woolled lard top 11.85, bulk 11.00, city butchers 14.15, packers 20.00 to 20.15. Shorn lambs 12.75, yearlings 5.35, ewes 7.00.
Receipts show beef steers mostly steady to strong with higher bids for select lots. Hogs arrive 15,000 with prices 25 cents lower overall. best lights and mediums to shippers and packers around 8.30. Sheep receipts 7,500 with sheep and lambs firm to higher, top wool lambs near 11.25.
The stock market opened with rails advancing while industrials fell. Readings led transport stocks with gains, Lehigh Valley and several railroads rose, but Pierce Arrow and Bosch Magneto dropped sharply. Dividends rumors pressured Republic Iron and Vanadium. rails borrowing remained firm and money in free supply.
Britain asserts no formal recognition of the Soviet government in Russia. The foreign office says the Anglo Russian trading agreement was not diplomatic recognition but similar in effect. A trade board survey altered consular plans, with Krassin's Russian commercial mission the only official Soviet presence in England.
The debated topic was whether the Nonpartisan league has harmed or helped North Dakota, with A C Townley national head and former attorney general William Langer facing off. A large tent housed the audience as more than 2,000 people attended. Salina Kansas served as the league movement hub drawing attendees from nearby counties.
Thomas Van Lear, backed by labor and Brig. Gen. George Leach, led the five candidates in yesterday's Minneapolis city primary with incomplete unofficial returns. Their ticket is the Republican city convention choice for mayor.
New York May 19 The New York coffee and sugar exchange will close every Saturday afternoon from May 2 to September inclusive. Advertisement notes upcoming cinema listings and a film reel schedule.
In Appleton Wisconsin May 10 posters at the fourth annual Wisconsin industrial service conference promote factory safety. Highlights include warnings about long hair near moving machinery and the risks of gloves torn sleeves and neckties. The entire industrial cycle is displayed with posters and dental care slides. Blueprints and tone charts explain Wisconsin Industrial Commission operations under the conference auspices.
The Jesup fair and stock show August 23 to 25 will enlarge its premium list to 6500 dollars and improve exhibits. Plans include more farm products and livestock, added newcomers, and judges for all classes. A long lineup of free attractions will accompany the event.
Dairy cattle are in higher demand than ever, says Hugh Van Pelt president of the Waterloo Jersey farm. He notes inquiries arriving from 12 states and abroad as the farm expands and coordinates sales with buyers nationwide.
Rural youth from Black Hawk and Grundy counties plus their families prepare for the May 14 Iowa State Teachers College campus picnic. The day includes a parade of floats, a welcome address by Homer H. Seerley, multiple activities, a noon picnic, a 2:30 p.m. field meet, and a rain plan for gym events.
Seven Town State college graduates and three faculty members from Ames Iowa were elected to Alpha Zeta an honorary agricultural fraternity The students named C H Harmey Ocheyedan Sherwood W Bell Storm Lake Charles F Bassett Fort Dodge Fred E B Ferguson Laurens Dirk D Offringa Low Moor R E Wilson Morning Sun and J A Sterrack Ames The faculty elected were R K Bliss director of the extension department L W Fordman of the soil department and Milton H Knudson of the animal husbandry department
The Fayette Farmers' Creamery in West Union begins grading butter cream at the farm. Cream will be sorted into two grades sweet and tainted free, and higher quality cream will be used for churning. Haulers receive two tanks to separate grades, with patrons aiding the effort.
George W. Hemming, longtime dairy cattle herdsman linked with Percy Jones in Waterloo, will take charge of the E. T. Meredith Jersey herd in Des Moines. The Meredith stock is among Iowa’s best bred, with foundation stock purchased in Waterloo years ago. Hemming’s leadership promises a strong showing at the Dairy Cattle Congress and continued Waterloo show advocacy.
Two farm community meetings set for Wednesday evening at Jubilee and Gerholdt school buildings will address cooperative marketing. A. L. Middleton of Eagle Grove will explain the grain marketing system. Adam Wagner of Cedar Falls will discuss the financial impact on farmers.
A series of talks led by home demonstrator and other authorities is planned at Gerboldt school, weather permitting. Officials praise the event as a high honor and urge farmers to attend, while a countywide women’s meeting will be held May 18 in Waterloo to plan matters for the coming year and elect chairs for the women’s division of the farm bureau.
Des Moines reports revised Iowa figures for 1921 crop year with winter wheat at 426000 acres sown versus 458000 last fall, 1 percent destined to not be harvested. Forecast barley yields rise, rye acreage at about 63,000 with 97 percent of normal, and hay up 3 percent at 1112000 acres with 53 percent condition. Plowing and sowing progress strong. pastures at 92 percent and livestock losses per 1000 head show varying disease and exposure deaths.
Fayette Ind May 10 Farmers in Fayette county plan a Pure Bred Filly club as a new agricultural group for people over 15. The aim is to buy yearling fillies for two year olds and hold countywide prizes on the same basis as existing calf and sow clubs.
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