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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1927
Page
8
D C Iseminger of New Mexico origin feeds Hereford calves using an old silage cutter to process corn and alfalfa for bulk. Calves, about 450 pounds, are being shaped toward 900 to 1,000 pounds with staged feeding and planned finish, after a prior successful import of cattle from the region.
Octobers results from county dairy associations show low activity with many cows in October. Wapello Valley Cow Testing reports 364 cows in milk and 45 dry with 16.4 pounds fat and 393 pounds milk per cow. hospital herd leads with high fat production and top averages. Colesburg clubs list 32 cows among top herds, average butterfat 134 pounds per cow, few above 40 pounds.
Chicken thieves raided the Paustian farm southwest of Treer taking 300 chickens worth about 300. The Paustians were away that night. thefts went undiscovered until the next morning. Nearby farmers report many livestock losses and fading stock worth thousands due to disease and theft.
Waterloo Evening County hosts a forum inviting farmers to share questions and comments with the Halter Farm Department. Public participation encouraged via telephone contact 6100.
The National Grange plans to memorialize Congress during its sixty first annual convention in Cleveland November 16 to 25 to adopt the export debenture bill and bolster the merchant marine. The eight hundred thousand member group from 33 states is calling for farm policy reform rooted in earlier ideas by the Virginia Grange and David Lubin. Louis J. Tabor and A S Goss are expected to be renominated for leadership at the Cleveland gathering.
Wet weather at Winnebago Minnesota hampers the national cornhusking contest with 14 entrants. Defending champion Fred Stanek of Fort Dodge seeks a third title in four years, joined by former contestants Bert Hanson and Charles Budd and a slate of newcomers from Minnesota South Dakota Missouri Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Maine candidates.
Calves are being procured this week to start feed in the Baby Beef Club of Black Hawk county for the coming year. A dozen members will work under A. T. Evans an agricultural instructor who leads the group. Most leaders have grown from time when calves could be procured, with expected costs not less than $5 a head. The club has held annual fairs for the last three years with members typically feeding and showing calves. One member missed a year due to the death of his calf.
Walters & Son purchased the top cow from Stickney dispersal for $195 and a ling daughter for $127,350. Poiratz Brothers and Sumer buyers added notable herd additions with a seven-day record seven-year-old LB cattle valued around $145. The Seckley herd bull sold for $105, reflecting his show prizes and notable sire Kynz Aaggie.
Junior 4-H club boys from across the state will gather at Iowa State College December 27 to 30 for their first separate unit short course. Girls' group meets next June. Highlights include class work recreation and a major stock judging contest with many counties represented. Prof P C Tait says about 800 boys may attend.
Delaware County begins compulsory tuberculosis testing for cattle on November 1 with 85 percent of herds already tested. Testing will roll through Adams township starting November 21 and cover new and retested herds together. Dr O Brien Ryan leads Adams township with vets from Des Moines assisting as areas are checked. Farmers generally welcome the effort to remove infected herds quickly.
D. D. Lovejoy of Waverly will present a paper on roadside selling of honey at the sixteenth annual convention of Town Beekeepers association in Ames November 17 and 18. He will discuss selling honey along a primary highway and is a local postal employee. The program opens November 17 in the science building at Iowa State College with several speakers listed from Ames Council Bluffs Sioux City and other cities.
Noble's Grace Loretta from Sherman Nurcety Co breaks state class cow over five years record. Test started at age 11 years two months, producing 234 days on test with 608.94 pounds fat and 11 594 pounds milk. Fat% averaged 3.26 with six months above 70 pounds fat. highest month 94.55 pounds fat. Surpasses Financial Fern Sultane who held 541.64 pounds fat and 9 329 pounds milk. Loretta previously yielded 415.79 pounds fat and 7 569 pounds milk at six years three months. Sire Nobleman King Edward dam Loretta Meme Creston Ta. Nov.
Reports of rust and frost injuring Argentina crops plus renewed North American buying lift Chicago grain prices. Weather across the belt remains unfavorable with rain forecasts and exports showing demand. wheat, corn and oats advance while provisions ease.
Minneapolis Minnesota notes unchanged flour shipments at 55 851 barrels as part of Union Yards market figures for November in the Minneapolis flour trade roundup.
Chicago November 15 board quotations show varied prices for Wheat Corn Rye Barley timothy and clover seed with exact figures for No 2 yellow No 4 white and sample grades plus provisions like ribs bellies and lard outcomes across multiple commodities and grades.
Values firm and trading active as hog receipts total 44 000 with totals over 6 000. Top hogs at 9.70 with numerous weights and sows around 8 50 to 9 25. Cattle receipts 13 000 strong bids around 18 00 to 18 50 for steer lots, fat lambs 23 50 downward with some up to 13 75 for good natives.
CATTLE receipts 6 000 with steady openings. cows and bulls in range 6.00 to 10.50. CALVES receipts 2 500 up to 11.50. HOGS 13 000 openings slow but steady with weights 170 pounds and up around 8.30 to 8.50. SHEEP 3 500 packers bid steady with fat lambs 12.90 to 19.00. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN Wheat receipts 288 with No 1 northern 1.24 to 1.28. No 2 dark spring 1.42 to 1.55. corn No 3 yellow 28 cents. oats No 3 white 43 to 44 cents.
Strength in United States Steel and General Motors led an upward move after a government report on European sugar production. Stocks surged two to four points with Midland Steel Products Pref rising a record six points. Irregular closing gave way to a generally higher drift with peaks for many issues and continued gains in select industrials.
Chicago market notes show wheat receipts for Duluth Minneapolis and Chicago totals. Futures closed with December butter storage standards at 424, January 4240, November 42. Eggs refrigerator standards at 32 1 2 to 36 1 2 cents. Grain prices include No 4 yellow latit and No 2 white at 49 to 54 cents. Sugar raw no change with Cuban shipments around 4.70 a kilo. Kansas City area hay dull with lower receipts.
Cattle and hog markets show steady to strong demand as receipts reach about 7,000 hogs and 10,000 cattle. Pigs top at 225 for 260 pounds. sows mostly 7,850 to 8,150. calves and yearlings higher with feeders steady. sheep receipts 4,000 with lambs rising to 13.26 for fed lambs and natives near 12.00.
The New York foreign exchange desk shows varied demand with several currencies quoted. Britain at 4.87, France around 0.?, Italy 4.340, Belgium 164c, Germany 23.850, Norway 20.480, Sweden 26.9c, Denmark 26.790, Switzerland 19.2820, Spain -17.02c, Greece 4.320, Poland 12.25c, Czecho Slovakia 2.964sc, Jugoslavia 1.76445, Austria 14.10c, Roumania 62%4c, At 42.15c, Brasil 11.90e, Japan Shanghai 4.00c. Montreal.
Ames Team from Town Eiste college livestock judging finished sixth at the American Royal Livestock exposition in Kansas City with 241 points as 14 colleges competed. Kansas State scored 4314, with Tenes A. de M. second and Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma also among top finishers. Verne Cooper of Corning led the 4-H baby beef show with Blanchard's Ideal, a Hereford calf from J.W. Cooper & Son.
New York reports receipts of eggs with varying grades and prices for fresh gathered extra firsts and storage, plus nearby browns and whites. Chicago lists butter and egg receipts with standard and firsts pricing, and poultry prices for turkeys fowls geese ducks and related items.
Daily commodity quotes show wheat and corn prices in Louis Grain Missouri Toledo Seeds and Omaha Grains with bids for No 2 hard at 1 31 and 1 24 to 1 26 per bushel plus various white and yellow seed values and timothy and cloverseed cash and future prices in Omaha and Toled o markets.
Receipts in Sioux City livestock market show strength with feeders and fed steers rising about ten to fifteen cents. Grass cattle and cows traded mixed with calves and stock beefs showing gains, while hogs fetched eight to ten dollars higher and sheep with lambs saw a firming trend plus a 25 to 50 cent advance on lambs.
A vintage ad promotes Meyers Red Fox Poison Kernels for rat and mice control. Ready to use Sure Bill No Funs No Mass appears as a product line offered at local drug stores.
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