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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1925
Page
9
Allison Iowa November report shows 10 top cows averaged 137.68 dollars above feed costs while bottom 10 averaged 28.79 dollars. Top producers, 454 pounds butterfat and 11,699 pounds milk, used best feed efficiency with strong returns.
Eight teen baby beeves from the Delaware county junior club sold in Chicago at the boys and girls club auction in Union stockyards for an average of 3.39 dollars per hundred pounds. Average weight 644 pounds. Howard Travet had the top Delaware county bid at 33.25 dollars for a 70 pound calf. Represented by 32 bidders from seven counties of Iowa and Illinois, with a top price of 12 hundred for any Minnesota calf. Genevieve Hunt and YSler champion canning club team of the state will spend a week in Chicago for the International Livestock exposition after winning the state fair.
Grundy Center Iowa November 27 Special leaders from several townships met with WH Stacy and J J Melesh to plan township programs and promote publicity use of Lews papers. Local leaders praised tuberculosis eradication boys and girls club work and better neighbor ties through farm bureau activities boosting rural life and citizenry.
A government agricultural department report outlines methods for estimating crop and livestock production from farm samples. It stresses sample accuracy, nationwide trends, and the role of farmer data in guiding distribution, prices, and policy.
Government inspectors tested George Rademaker’s cattle near here for tuberculosis and found 21 head infected. The report notes a TB outbreak within the herd and implications for herd health and containment measures.
Turbulent wheat and corn trading described with strong prices in March and May contracts, fueled by demand signals from Liverpool and Argentina crop worries. Prices showed wide fluctuations with December, May, and other futures quoted, while oats and rye moves appeared mixed across New York Minneapolis and St Louis bureaus.
The fragment lists assorted commodity prices and letters, noting cash quotation terms. It references items like Cloverseed, Provinians, and Belhes with prices such as 40aatHS Shin and 650 in unclear currency.
Chicago stockyards report mixed results with hogs showing strength at midweek trade. Receipts near 33,900 head. prices rise for heavier and desirable lots while lighter weights soften. Cattle receipts about 8,000 with steady to strong demand and good stocker and feeder volumes. slaughter hogs average around 11 to 12 dollars, lambs and yearlings firm with selective high-end bids.
St Paul and Sioux City markets report mixed cattle hog and sheep prices. Cattle steady to firm with feeders and stockers in demand. hogs up to 15-30 cents higher. sheep and lambs stronger. Representative sales by Lainson Bros show varied but active activity across billy classes and weights.
New York Nov 27 The upward movement on the stock market gathered momentum and buying branched out into various groups as reports of earnings by major companies and prospects for record holiday business boosted sentiment. The list of leaders included Du Pont American Can Westinghouse and United States Steel with early gains and a strong closing, while many industrials like General Electric General Motors and Studebaker posted gains.
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending November 28 show 923, with detailed figures for the Clearing House association and daily breakdowns. Corresponding week in 1924 recorded 1,047,826.08, and overall instruments and mortgages data appear for week ending November 25.
Produce prices at Chicago and New York Marts show butter cheese and poultry listings with varied grades and receipts. Butter creamery extras firsts and packing stock listed with multiple price points. cheese including Twins daisies longhorns and Young Americas. poultry prices for turkeys chickens roosters ducks and geese across Chicago and Kansas City markets. cattle hogs and sheep pricing and receipts noted for Kansas City East St. Louis and Minneapolis reports.
Nov reports show cotton prices at New York open with declines from prior close as December and January futures slip while March and May open lower. Chicago market notes slow potato trading with shipments and varied Wisconsin prices for bulk and fancy shades. overall activity remains subdued after the holiday season.
Champion birds from 319 Iowa flocks will compete for cash prizes and ribbons in a Dec 10 to 14 Des Moines show. Flocks, following a four year feeding program per Iowa State College extension, submit monthly reports on feed costs, eggs produced and revenue. Each flock enters four pullets and a cockerel. prizes based on standard traits, low cost, high production, and 12-egg scoring.
Chicago November 27 Chinese meals rely heavily on cereals with meat and milk making up small shares of the diet. Herbert C Hooks notes 87 percent of calories come from cereals and only about two percent from meat and dairy. He points to Shantung spending where meat and fish are six percent of food dollars, fruits and vegetables fourteen percent, and other foods two percent. He says Chinese prefer soybean value over cattle pasturing and have adapted to near starvation without high disease rates.
A postal card from Elizabeth Hudson home demonstration agent reports she traveled to Memphis on vacation. She planned to visit Baton Rouge but heavy rains delayed her return to Waterloo. She notes the cotton crop is only about one third picked.
Miss Fern Lippincott will move from Linn county to Woodbury county as demonstration agent on Jan 1 1926 with a 250 yearly salary rise. She succeeds Miss Fannie Gannon who joined the state extension service. Also noted: Jasper Van Deest lists a 40 acre farm near Beabough for 15000 cash, price per acre about 168. Halley’s comet return mentioned with Bayeux tapestry reference.
A feed company with over 125 years in business offers Blatchford's Egg Mash. The firm, Balensiefer Feed Co, markets its product as tested and reliable. Phoetic 5012.
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