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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1928
Page
6
Nine boys from Tinton high school in Iowa are leading a poultry laying contest. They housed 1 050 hens on Nov 1 with aim of 150 eggs per hen. current production 15 percent, expected to rise to 25 30 percent in a few weeks as new feed takes effect.
The 1928 national dairy exposition in Memphis brought together leading Jersey breeders Ed C Lasater of Texas D O Bull of Brampton Ontario and Eugene Perredes from Jersey Island. Lasater famed cattle baron owns 100000 acres and a large Jersey herd. Bull markets 1500 quarts daily and imports Jersey stock. Perredes judges and breeds 153 Jerseys across three farms.
Iowa won most prizes at the Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show in Omaha with 444 steer entries. Iowa champion Brice Domino, a Hereford owned by Iowa State College, Ames, heads the results. Domino is 73 months old, weighs 1025 pounds, and is a half brother to last year’s 4-H beef champ. Iowa State College also claimed the grand Angus title with College Lookout. Two Kirschbaum sisters of Dena n ce placed in junior showmanship and open division. Lad die, a Shorthorn owned by Clifford Burnside, captured the breed championship.
Readers are invited to send questions and comments to the Editor Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo town. Address communications to Editor Farm Department and call 8100 for submissions.
Paul Sauerbry, 15, head of Fayette county 4-H dairy calf work, has raised ten calves for county, state and national shows. He led the Jefferson Township 4-H club as president and earned a trip to the National Dairy Show as outstanding dairy calf club boy of the state. Paul competes on state grain judging and livestock judging teams. his Holstein heifers include Colantha Maid, his stage heifer daughter. He plans to enter dairy business, feeding calves skim milk and a mix of oats, corn, wheat bran and oil meal.
A weekly report from the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association shows a record surge in hog cholera across 71 localities, up from 53. Losses are heavy on several farms, with many hogs dying, and veterinarians cite concurrent flu as a factor. Counties and towns across the region list cholera cases and other livestock diseases including hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle and pneumonia in hogs, underscoring widespread farm animal illness.
The Iowa corn husking championship will be decided Saturday at Bernard Peterson farm near Red Oak with 12 county champions advancing. Grundy Center’s E. H. Hendricks and Ben Grimmins qualified for the finals by performance, with Hendricks husking 2,046 pounds and Grimmins 1,892 pounds. Grimmins is a 1924 state champion.
Iseminger, a Hudson cattle feeder, shipped 1277 pound steers to Chicago for $17.40 per hundred. The load, last from a lot started in New Mexico a year ago, had been on feed since mid May. He plans to feed 94 head consigned Thursday through the winter and next summer.
Heavy rains and flooded fields halt corn husking operations in the area. Many fields remain submerged, delaying picking. Some farmers nearby could finish husking this week if weather improves.
In Cedar Falls October butterfat production race, Anton Christiansen’s grade Jersey leads with 61.8 pounds, edging a Black Hawk county grade Holstein at 61.6. H. R. Knowles herd tops with 24.8 pounds butterfat and 824 milk. Thirty two seven cows milking, 125 dry. October average 15.4 pounds butterfat and 413 milk. Other top cows include Grapp Fenner and Place Whitney.
Grundy Center Iowa November 8 Ed Syndegaard former calf club member tops meat judging prospects on Jawsa State College team at American Royal Kansas City November 17 to 24 and International Livestock exposition in Chicago December Lyndegaard holds high live stock judging average at Iowa State. Winfield Rosenberger now a tester in Fayette county fed reserve champion baby beef calf at state fair in 1924 and has two years at Ames.
Cedar Falls leader Mattingly Will Go to the National Farm Bureau convention in Chicago December 10 through 12 as Black Hawk County Farm Bureau representative. At the regular monthly meeting, Mrs. W. R. Eyestone and Miss Liam Moser were named to plan the annual county banquet on December 17, with over 500 attendees last year. Location for the banquet remains undecided.
Liverpool on November 8 reports a lively session with 6,000 bales sold and 25,000 bales received. Prices show middling fair at 11.144d, with various mids and strict middling levels quoted from 10.29d to 9.79d and 9.04d for good ordinary. Futures begin with December and January around 9.73d, 8.75d, and July at 70d, October 46d.
Minneapolis flour market notes show unchanged shipments at 46,100 barrels with bran prices listed as 28.50 to 29.00 cents per barrel. The data reflects a stable period with no major price shifts or supply changes detailed beyond this quotation.
Chicago market reports corn showing strength after an early wheat weakness. European corn crop totals decline versus 1926 and 1927, with small remaining Argentinian surplus and new Argentine harvest not until April. Wheat edges up while oats rise modestly and provisions vary, with limited receipts constraining trading activity.
Minneapolis market notes show wheat receipts at 253 cars versus 284 last year with No 1 northern priced around 1.09 to 1.11 per bushel and 14 percent protein 1.27, No 1 dark northern at 13 to 14 percent, No 1 dark hard Montana 1.24 to 1.26, red durum around 1.90 to 1.91, December near 1.09 to 1.10, May 1.58, corn No 3 yellow and oats No 3 white also listed with small price ranges.
Potatoes receipts 137 cars on track and 487 cars total U S shipments 638 cars. Trading slow but market steady. Wisconsin sacked Round Whites 75 to 90 cents, few fancy higher. Minnesota North Dakota Round Whites 75 to 85 cents, Red River Ohips 90 cents. South Dakota Early Ohio s 80 to 85 cents. Idaho Russell 1 55 to 1 75, few fancy 1 80.
Raw sugar gained strength with a 1-1 1/2 cent uptick to 3.83 cents a pound duty paid. Refined sugar held steady. Fine granulated sugar unchanged at 0.106 dollars per pound.
Kansas City Missouri November hay receipts total 31 carloads with market trend holding firm to higher in early trading.
Commodity prices listed for Wheat Corn Oats and seeds with bids from No. 2 hard to sample grade mixed plus oats white and No. 5 yellow. Also prices for Natalee Barley Timothy seed Cloverseed and Provisions including Lard Ribs and Bellies.
Chicago market notes hog receipts $5,000 left over $5,000 down 10 to 15 cents, top $9.45 for 240-260 lb loads. cattle receipts 7,000 with dull, lower trade. steers 1,300-1,600 lbs $13.75-17.75, heifers and cows varied. sheep receipts 8,000 with strong to 25c higher, top $14.00, fat lambs $13.25-13.76, feeders active.
Cattle receipts 3,000 strong market across killing classes. Mixed yearlings at 17.00, cows and heifers 7.25 to 9.50, cutters 5.75 to 6.75, bulls up to 9.25. Calves 12.50 to 13.25 for good lights. Hogs 7,500 receipts, most 9.00 to 9.10, sows 8.25. Sheep 9,500 receipts, fat lambs 13.50 to 13.75, heavy throwouts 10.50, ewes 5.00 to 6.00.
Chicago futures report shows butter storage standards for December at 46 40 cents and January at 46 50. Eggs futures for February at 27 cents, firsts refrigerator standards for November at 12 12 cents, December at 12 42 cents.
New York November 8 The Hoover market surged with buying across copper oil motor merchandising and food issues led by high priced names. Montgomery Ward jumped to 372 a 23 point gain while Wright Aeronautics rose into the 200 class. Coty Baldio and Western Union also advanced as Standard Oil of New Jersey hit 62. Trading topped 4 800 000 shares before a later pullback.
Foreign exchanges in New York show firm demand with bid quotes for currencies including Great Britain at 4.84716 dollars per pound, France 3.90516, Argentina 42.20 cents, Tokio 46.45 cents, Shanghai 64.18 cents, and Montreal 99.90 percent cents, among others.
New York and Chicago wholesale markets report butter receipts 18 786 and 5 371 tubs respectively. Cheese steady, eggs varied with common firsts 37 42c, top checks 24 25c, turkeys and poultry prices listed for dressed and live stock.
CATTLE receipts 1500 with beef steers steady to firm and stockers and feeders steady. Fed steers and yearlings mid to high teens with long yearlings around 17.00. HOG receipts 3500 with steady to slightly lower prices, top around 9.10 for 190 lb plus. 160 to 180 lb hogs around 8.60 to 8.75. sows from 8.15 to 8.35.
In New York trading, bonds rose as oils and rail issues led gains. Andes Copper 7s climbed near the year’s high, while Anaconda Copper mixed with selling pressure. Barnsdall 6s with warrants hit a new high around 145, and St Louis Southwestern First 4s plus St Paul 5s of 2000 advanced.
Bank debits for the week ending Nov 7 1928 in Waterloo total 4 025 330 with daily figures from Thursday to Tuesday Election Day. Instruments recorded include deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages for the week ending Nov 7 1928 and totals by type and week. Number of instruments filed to date is 13 411, up from 11 624 year over year by 1 887.
Hogs receipts 7000 active mostly 20 25 cents lower with top at 9.10 and bulk 190 to 290 pounds 8.90 to 9.05. Cattle receipts 2000 calves. slaughter steers and yearlings active fully steady. Fat cows 7.50 to 8.75. bulls 7.25 to 8.50. top steer dealers 14.00. Sheep receipts 5000 fat lambs steady, western lambs 13.50 natives about 13.00, sheep and feeders scarce.
Peoria Illinois livestock market reports hog receipts at 1500 with prices soft. Top hogs traded around 9.25 dollars, bulk sales near 9.00 dollars, indicating weaker demand as buyers pared bids.
Cotton futures opened lower in Chicago with December at 18.28 cents down 4, January 18.25 down 7, March 18.22 down 10, May 18.12 down 8, and July 18.05 down 5 as trading began.
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