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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1927
Page
8
Heavy rains the past two weeks threaten stand loss as rotted seed prompts replanting. Low temperatures hinder germination and correlation with later maturing corn concerns. Farmer A A Burger notes some seed discard and a car tested price of 4 dollars per bushel. County agent says June weather will decide final outcome.
In Vinton Iowa on May 24 seven farmers sent 50 ear samples for a modified rag doll test to detect diplodia and corn root rot. Over 50 percent of ears showed disease. The test uses a wrapped doll, germination in warm rooms, and growth of roots reveals infection. Farmers include Chris Kinsel Gresser brothers W C Kray Grovert Newhall Frank Kouba Milo Heck Blairstown M J Barry Van Horne.
Jerry N. Spencer, over four years with the Town State college dairy husbandry extension staff, resigns to join Sugar Creek Creamery Co. Danville Illinois. He will conduct educational work across Illinois Missouri Kentucky Indiana and Iowa. Spencer helped organize many local cow testing associations testing about 30 000 cows monthly and supervised them. He is well known to dairymen in Black Hawk and nearby counties. Originally a northeastern Iowa man.
Fragmentary note references farmers and communications to the Farm Department. Text includes unclear place names and numbers, with mentions of a water issue and a courier. The readable portion suggests a formal inquiry or comment period. No clear event, date, or team identified.
Cedar Falls officials urge Illinois Central to reopen a gravel bed quarry to supply agricultural limestone at 1.75 dollars per ton to farmers in the Cedar River valley. A crusher would be installed to make the limestone ready for spreading, aiding sandy soils where alfalfa could thrive.
In Benton County Iowa 62 calves are being fed by 40 4H members as part of the baby beef club. John Day and CG Heezen observed improved calf condition despite rain delaying some visitors. Calves will be shown at the Benton County Fair August 22 25 with possible state fair participation. The group joined a rally at the State College for the Blind featuring student performances and demonstrations on reading writing and arithmetic. Local club leaders and participants include Miss Josephine Arnquist and Day with a picnic at the college.
Sam Thompson president of the American Farm Bureau federation will deliver the principal address at the Benton County Farm Bureau picnic in Van Horne on June 30 1927. The event at city park includes music recitations plays and sports with plans for two baseball teams.
Benton County Farm Bureau directors offer a 50 dollar reward for arrest conviction and imprisonment of anyone stealing from farm bureau members. Sheriff attends meeting at farm bureau office and pledges department cooperation to stop petty theft across farms in the county. Members are urged to display protective signs on barns posts or premises to show they are protected.
Wool growers in Benton county plan to pool their clips through the Iowa Fleece Wool Growers association again this year. Shipments will be made from Vinton and Van Horne about mid next month. Twenty five shippers marketed 4000 pounds last season.
Cedar Falls May 24 Judges for the 1927 Cedar Valley Fair and Exposition have been selected by W. D. Strayer secretary. Events run Aug 23 to 26 with notable livestock judging by James Pedley L W Plager and A L Lynch. County officials and educators will judge dairy poultry art and pantry stores. Eight township booths are set and 35 race horses have been lined up.
Liming of an acre and a half on the school grounds adjoining the football field cost 16.30 after the board of education set aside land for alfalfa. Limestone from a county quarry was priced at 2.25 per ton with 6 tons used. Spreading and labor added 2.80, and alfalfa seed will be sown in late July after planned acid phosphate application. Supervising were Prof. J. W. Crain and Supt. M. Holmes. board members include F. E. Finch Roy Metcalf Guy L. Rawson D. Carvey and R. F Anderson.
Buchanan county 4-H reports record number of clubs this year with five active groups in Washington Madison Cone Homer townships and a community near Jesup. Three more clubs are being organized this week. Clothing work tops summer projects with health music appreciation and parliamentary drill also highlighted. June 8 rally day in Delaware county aims to unite 4-H girls and parents for education and social exchange. Mrs Oldham of the state department to spoke.
Manchester Ila May 24 The farm bureau picnic long held at Delaware county fairgrounds will not occur there this year Instead directors decided to hold three or four picnics in different parts of the county in cooperation with the towns This change aims to ease attendance and each district event will mirror past county picnic programs
Chicago grain prices broadly advanced with July and September wheat and corn at season highs. Bullish factors include expected sharp weekly Chicago wheat stock reductions and strong Liverpool markets. Rye led gains, with deliveries at season highs and expectations for large rye stock draw, while oats and provisions moved on corn action and packing demand.
Wheat receipts total 161 cars with mixed gains up to 34 cents. Prices shown for No 2 dark hard to No 3 hard and red classes range from about 1.38 to 1.52 dollars. Corn and oats also quoted with small changes across Nos 2 and 3 white yellow mixed categories.
Liverpool reports a quiet trading day with prices steady. Totals show 10 000 sales and 12 000 receipts while Midlands fair quotations list ranges from 10.56 pence to 7.91 pence for various mid and low grade materials. Futures open steady with October at 9.000 and March at 9.124 pence.
Board of Trade quotes show Wheat No 3 red 1.47 No 2 hard 1.29 No 3 hard 1.49 No 2 northern spring 1.41 sample grade 1.08 Corn varied across No 3 mixed 90 1 % No 4 mixed 88 1 20 No 6 mixed 86 8 64 No 4 yellow 87 88 1 6c No 5 yellow 86 8 ? No 6 yellow 85 1 42c No 3 white 91 4c No 4 white 88 4 90 4c No 5 white 87 8 74c No 6 white 86 $6c sample grade 75 8c Oats No 2 white 50c No 3 white 48 5 1 2c No 4 white 44 49c sample grade 43 14 47c Rye No 2 1 17 Barley 82 94c Timothyseed 4.00 12.59 Cloverseed 32.00 36.00 Provisions Lard 12.30 Ribs 13.00 Bellies 14.28
Hogs receipts about 30 900 with 10 000 left over and prices down 10 to 25 cents. Bulk better grades 150 to 200 pound hogs mostly 9.40 to 9.60, 210 to 250 pounds 9.20 to 9.55, heavy hogs around 9.75 to 9.85. Cattle receipts near 10 900 with steady to firm demand on steady quality. Sheep receipts 9 000 with fat lambs 10.40 to 14.00 and Colorado springs lambs above 16.75. Overall hog market dull, cattle strong in spots, sheep and lambs uneven.
At St Paul Livestock receipts reach 1800 cattle with steady best yearlings and bulls mostly mid grades. Hog trade weaker by 15 cents with heavy butchers down to 8.25 and light sows around 9.15. Sheep receipts 400 with fat lambs weak and clipper trade near 14.00.
Livestock receipts reach about 20 000 hogs and 5 000 cattle with trading mixed. Hogs show lighter weight sales around 9 to 9 1/2 per hundred weight and packing sows near 5 dollars. cattle trade slow with natives 9.25 to 10.65, heifers about 10.50, cows up to 8.50, and best bulls near 8.00.
Union Yards Chicago May 24 reports representative sales of livestock with market activity noted. Trade includes varied lots and prices as buyers and sellers assess demand in the mid spring market.
New York May 24. Calls on loans and a renewal rate rise were ignored by market buyers pursuing higher stock levels. Leaders advanced include Liggett & Myers, Baldwin, Brooklyn Edison, Hutland preferred, and Davison Chemical. Pierce Arrow preferred fell. Early gains centered in rails and utilities amid merger rumors and earnings. New peak prices set for Pere Marquette, Pittsburgh and West Virginia, and others. Overall tone firm as railroad shares showed strength despite some selling pressure on International Combustion.
New York on May 24 listing foreign exchange rates for several currencies. Great Britain pounds at 4.8515 dollars, French francs 3.914c, Belgian francs 12.89c, Swiss 19.23c, Italian lira 0.41?, Swedish krona 26.74c, Norwegian krone 25.4c, Danish krone 26.67c, German marks 23.6720, Greek drachma 1.32c, Spanish peseta 17. A le, Dutch florin 59.99c, Chinese taels 62.07c.
Futures closed in Chicago on May 24 with butter and bees prices quoted. Fresh standards for June trading at 41 3/4 cents, May at 40 1/2, August at 4 0 7 1/2, and July at 40 7 1/2 cents in storage. bees storage packed firsts May at 24 1/4 cents, May tune at 22 1/2 cents, refrigerator standards November at 27 4 4 cents.
Totatoes receipts show 48 new cars and 39 old on track with totals of 172 cars in U S shipments. Trading slow for old stock while market remains steady. Wisconsin sacked round whites fetch $4.25 to $4.50, new stock firmer with South Carolina Cobblers around $8.25 to $8.50 per barrel. Alabama sacked Bliss Triumphs listed at $4,154.75.
Peoria Livestock at Peoria TV May 24 reports hog receipts with top prices around 9.40 to 89.30 for heavies and mediums, packers bidding near 7.20 to 8.29, light weights and vealers noted. Cattle market described as fairly strong to higher with limited detail in readable text.
New York and Chicago trucking and commodity desks report steady to dull trading across butter eggs cheese and pork. Butter creamery and standard prices range around 40 to 41 cents, eggs receipts around 49 thousand cases with firsts up to 21 to 22 cents, cheese varied with twins near 22 to 23 cents, poultry including turkeys and chickens showing modest movements, and sugar and coffee markets hinting at softer tones.
Omaha grain market report dated May 24 shows Wheat bids for No. hard and mixed categories around 1.40 to 1.44 per bushel with durum at 1.35. Corn quotes include No. 3 white at about 0.624 to 0.87 and No. 2 yellow near 0.89 to 0.90. Oats No. 3 white ranges around 0.48 to 0.50 with sample white at 0.42.
Minneapolis market report notes flour shipments unchanged at 35,352 barrels. Bran prices listed at 28.50 to 29.00 per unit.
Kansas City stockyards report cattle receipts 10,560 with calves and slaughter stock mixed. Slaughter steers and cows show weakness, light steers and heifers steady, bulls weak to steady, stockers scarce. top steer price $11.90. Hogs receipts 14,000 with prices 10 to 20 cents lower, top $9.20 for 140–220 lb hogs, 170–230 lb hogs $9.59–9.20, 240–325 lb butchers $8.63–9.50.
Sally Richart appears in a fashion clinic scene where she critiques a man named McNamara, expresses disdain for several men, and notes her own ambition and beauty. The excerpt focuses on Sally’s vanity, social cues, and her interaction with friends Winnie and a shy male secretary as they move through an office setting.
In a workplace tale of scorn to romance, Sally Richart defuses jeers around John Hendricks the new bookkeeper by offering him a date. Hendricks reveals a humble life caring for his late mother, leading to a cafeteria lunch, a cinema outing, and a plan for promotion. Sally’s intervention leads to a future marriage as the office jokes fade.
A neighbor named Geof grows rich buying wheat options then loses his nerve and money. He boasts of fast cash, repeats bets, and ends humbled, returning to steady farming and prudent work after a feverish pursuit of quick gains.
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