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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1921
Page
12
Chicago May 24 Wheat prices moved higher later day as rains and export buying steadied the market. Initial declines due to cooler weather were reversed by demand from exporters and bullish crop reports. Cash oats and corn also firmed with limited selling as traders awaited further weather news and reports from the Midwest.
Butter and eggs prices firm across markets with creamery butter extras and firsts up, receipts in thousands. Chicago reports similar gains with butter and eggs steady prices. Poultry and cheese show mixed state receipts and slight declines. Foreign exchange shows firm sterling and varied international rates, with time loans steady.
Chicago May 24 cattle receipts 9000 beef steers slow to 25 cents off top $9.00. hogs 36000 with 10-15 cent drop, top $3.75, bulk $3.20-$3.65. sheep receipts 12000 opening slow and lower bids. East St Louis reports cattle 4700 with undertone softer, hogs 22000 fairly active 25-35 cent lower, top $8.60, sheep 5600 fairly active with spring lambs about $11.75 top.
The report covers cattle, hogs, sheep, and stock movements at Kansas City and Omaha with receipts around 11,000 to 15,000, noting beef steers and cows steady to weak, hogs mostly lower on heavy grades, and native lambs at mixed to lower quotes. Also lists Sioux City cattle and hog prices, plus a New York stock market roundup with declines in motors and rails and a brief note on Liberty bonds and oil shares.
Ed Madigan, county treasurer, certified four lists of delinquent motor vehicles to Sheriff Herman T. Wagner under the motor vehicle law. Wagner now oversees collection of fees on about 673 cars, with sheriff fees set at 2 dollars for seizure writs, 10 cents per mile, and 1 dollar per day for car care. The process allows seizure, public sale after notice, and remittance of excess proceeds to owners. The county treasurer notes many vehicles may have been junked, signaling busier times ahead for the sheriff’s office.
Iowa Holstein breeders and handlers plan to attend the Holstein-Friesian Association of America convention in Syracuse on June 1. The Hawkeye delegation includes Chesley Jenness, W. B. Barney, Watson French, Ray Arnold, H. C. Hargrove, and possibly Zell Thornburg. No Iowa sale entries amid freight-rate concerns. discussions will cover a permanent national home and a 1922 Des Moines meet. Reduced rail fares are offered for Illinois and western breeders. officers and board elections close the program. The piece also promotes “Give the Boy a Heifer” as farm education.
The era sees women behind New York market counters replacing men with praise from shop owners saying they waste less meat and keep blocks clean. A remark notes no radical change, recalling paternal farm work and maternal labor efficiency amid urban retail shifts.
Soil saving demonstrations will be given by the Grundy county farm bureau in Reinbeck and Fairfield township cooperating with Iowa State College. Demonstrations cover soil erosion relief on May 28 at Jens J Christensen’s farm and May 29 at Charles Reete farm. Major farm sales and shipments noted include Alvin Mann selling a 108 acre farm for 350 per acre, and cattle shipments to Chicago from Dike with Plaehn & Sorensen. Henri Rich builds a new barn after a windstorm damaged the previous structure.
Pawnee City Nebraska May 24 A farmer near town says his Jersey milk cow weighs 350 pounds and is 18 months old. He has tracked daily output averaging five pounds per day and reports the milk tests at five percent butterfat.
Independence Iowa May 24 A hen owned by Thomas Potts of Independence has taken on a guardian role for a litter of kittens. The hen follows the brood about as if the kittens were her own, while the mother cat sits nearby seemingly content with the brood roaming.
Gen Pershing told the senate post office committee that farm to market roads should be prioritized by both federal and state governments. He favored gravel farm to market routes alongside main lines, noting France’s narrow roads handle heavy traffic well. He downplayed the military importance of transcontinental trunk roads and saw little danger to railroads in wartime.
Dr. H. H. Harrington former president of the M college and vice director of the commodist organization department of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation has been appointed to the University of Texas board of regents. Governor Pat M. Neff announced the appointment in Austin May 24.
Independence In May reports Clyde Warburton of Washington DC, son of W H Warburton, visiting North Dakota and Washington last week. He says the recall will not satisfy all, regardless of outcome, and notes officials may be recalled but results unlikely to please everyone. An advertisement for Banana Kits and related products appears.
Fargo North Dakota May 24 Farmers in North kota will assume control of nearly all 47 co operatively owned United States Consumers Stores outlets and run them as independent cooperatives per receiver G W Reichert. Crops failures hindered stock payments and 31 communities have formed local cooperatives while only three stores are abandoned. Reichert notes creamery near Minot may remain a cooperative project if it pays premiums over private creameries. End of year settlement expected if crops hold and stockholders pay remaining dues. Assets listed at about 1 001 801 with 298 866 liabilities. much of the value tied up in unpaid notes from farmers.
A Butler county farmer reports a mother hen on the Frank Hunt farm adopted nine piglets. The hen tries to brood the piglets with cluck cluck calls and scratch feeding, while the piglets prefer corn and worms. The scene amuses and intrigues the farmer as the hen continues her unlikely maternal effort.
In Cedar Valley Fair cooperation, Prof. Fuller and H. E. Moeller distributed 10 egg settings and 100 pecks of potatoes to 260 Black Hawk county 4-H members. Examinations covered rural schools with 1,600 final papers. 200 winners earned prizes. Winners’ communities include Barclay, Bennington, Big Creek, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, East Waterloo, Finchampord, Poyner and many townships.
At the Herman Pries farm near Tripoli a litter of pigs born with two heads and two sets of legs was found. The Siamese twin pig was born dead and preserved as a curiosity, reported May 24 by William Propp.
Washington Iowa congressman Horace M Towner coauthor of the Sheppard Towner maternity infants welfare bill backs it before the Senate as part of a nationwide push led by the Sheppard Towner Emergency Committee chaired by CG Hathaway Good Housekeeping publisher The measure aims to fund federal care for mothers and babies with critics arguing economy concerns and naval expenses are cited in debate
County farmers and Cedar Falls business men will gather Thursday at the Regent theatre to discuss building a shared community center. P G Holden and J L Tipton will speak on the need for more community enterprises, with the Cedar Falls Commercial club backing the event and a band and local businessmen planned as part of the program.
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