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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1921
Page
11
Chicago grain prices fell to season lows due to heavy supplies and weak foreign demand. Wheat, corn, and oats opened lower with partial recoveries later. oats and barley softened. Provisions remained weak, hog value rising slightly, while cash quotes showed mixed movement across wheat and corn grades.
Lack of outside interests pushed stocks lower after the opening bell. American Sugar hit a new low. Mexican and Pan American petroleum issues, General Asphalt and Houston Oil, Arucible Steel, American Woolen, Sumatra Tobacco, Baldwin Locomotive and others fell. Foreign exchange quotations were higher with sterling strengthening as early trading showed uneven activity in rails and industrials.
Surviving members of the Modern Brotherhood of America win a pivotal injunction appeal. The lower and supreme courts maintain the injunction blocking increased insurance rates for insurgent lodge members. The case centers on 29 policy holders across Tama Cedar Rapids Waterloo and other towns facing substantial extra assessments to their policies.
Local notes from Jesup Iowa include births, visits, and travel. Families like Rogers Fox Parker and Hogan are mentioned with typhoid illness and new residences. Community members attend church events, celebrate birthdays, and host relatives, with several relocations and visitors noted.
Cattle receipts near 9 000 with cornfed steers and yearlings robust to higher values led by prime 170 pound steers at 11.25. Hogs at 13 000 held over with mostly 14 higher than yesterday. top hog price 8.55 with bulk lean cuts around 7.50 to 7.15. Sheep receipts 41 000 steady for killing classes while feeder lambs gain and western lambs price up to 7.00.
Kansas City and East St. Louis markets report cattle receipts around 12 009 with steers steady to higher and calves and cows moving at varied prices. Hog prices show active demand with top around 8 65 and bulk 8 25 to 8 63, while sheep receipts range and bids mixed, with best lambs noted at 8 50 and culls at 4 50 to 5 00.
Livestock receipts at Omaha market show cattle and sheep activity with varied prices. Cattle receipts about 6,590 with beef steers and heifers steady to 15 cents lower, yearlings up to 10.10, bulls and veal mixed. Sheep receipts near 27,000 with lambs rising to 8.00 8.50 for bulk western lambs and top at 9.75. ewes around 4.50 and feeders steady at 6.75 7.05. overall market mixed with weaker cattle notes.
Savue wiy 4aEt e Receipts 3000 slow to strong yearlings 0.60 10.00 grass steers and yearlings 34. com 0 0 fat cows and heifers 4.00 0 canners and feeders 1 000 feeders 4.1 feeding cows and heifers 7 grass cows and heifers 2.78 5.50 HOGS Receipts 5000 market light steady 15c higher heavies steady 25c light 27.59 8.25 mixed 6.75 heavy 5.75 7.00 bulk of sales or SHEEP Receipts 1000 steady 25c higher
The Iron Trade Review reports that iron and steel plants are increasing production as consumer demand grows. In the Chicago district largest producers run at 38 percent capacity, independent mills at 28 percent, Mahoning valley mills at 30 percent with output at 78 percent, and America Sheet and Tin Plate at 78 and 63 percent respectively. Eastern plate mills report strong bookings. additional blast furnaces are returning to production as prices trend higher. Carnegie Steel excludes certain low quotations for bats and plates. overall market shows firmer tone and rising weekly averages. Northern Ohio sees a 3000-ton nine order. Texas prospects call for 200 miles of 4 to 10 inch structures. structural settings increase but total tonnage remains moderate. Radiator and sanitary ware demand up as construction activity continues. sanitary ware plants purchase large tons, with iron pipe foundries also increasing intake.
Official birth records list several new births with dates and parents at St Francis Hospital and local addresses. Conley inquest into a Mason City death after a night of moonshine drinking is expected to conclude soon, coroner says.
Sumner records a farewell party for Rev Hollingshead and family relocating to Van Meter. PTA hosts a reception for Sumner school teachers. Local visits include Fortsch family with Eggleson, and Hattie Fortech with Lilian Eggleson. News notes illness of John Husband in Minnesota and travel of Paul Gresert's family. Frances attends Ames agricultural college. births listed for Frieler girl and Sweeney's recent visit. Hollingshead teaching resignation cited amid staff changes.
New Orleans association of commerce resolutions urge immediate federal appropriation to enlarge the Carryville home for lepers. They want funding to care for about 1160 on the waiting list and to reduce the risk of lepers at large in New Orleans.
Readers may address inquiries and remarks to the Farm Department at the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa, with the editor requesting communications through the stated phone number.
The Third congressional district farm bureau conference in Cedar Falls drew 40 delegates from nine counties. Mrs. Kilsworth Richardson urged women to actively engage in district and local meetings to boost farming, while I W Hunt outlined bureau progress and future plans. the event closed with community dinners, songs, and praise for Richardson and demonstration agent Elizabeth Adson. The gathering stressed turnout for the October 12 membership drive and urged preventive action against cholera in Buchanan County communities.
Seed corn from Sage brothers farm will be demonstrated by an Ames specialist next Saturday. Five samples from the same field show comparative yields and maturity. Ears will be harvested and displayed with moisture and yield data for free viewing at the Sage farm in Bennington township near Waterloo.
Outbreaks across Buchanan County threaten hog herds with violent illness and heavy losses. County Agent Tee announces farm bureau guidance and localities reporting infections, urging farmers to detect early signs and protect stock.
Buchanan County Dairy Calf club members celebrate receiving a valuable Jersey bull calf named Wego C. F. Sturhan of Connecticut donated the animal to outstanding Bayer youth in Jesup Iowa. The calf’s sire Sybils Gambarge is renowned and its dam is a top producer enhancing the club’s breeding program.
Des Moines October 5 A Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee discussed a nationwide Eat More Corn campaign while Iowa leaders urged broader use of meat dairy and corn products to bolster farm demand. Dean Curtiss Ames argued for an Eat More Meat plan citing corn input costs and freight savings, backing regional freight rate reductions and Great Lakes St Lawrence tidewater projects. He supported Governor Kendall’s October 12 conference and noted Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and South Dakota planned to attend. John P Wallace led a committee to push corn meals meat and milk use to restore farm operation normalcy amid labor and freight concerns.
Independence Ja Oct 4 Word has been received from Bertha M Molden of the state extension department at Ames that she will be here Saturday to address Buchanan county women A joint Farm Bureau meeting is planned for the afternoon with several speakers from the county to assist County Agent Lee Jin in laying out the program for next year and taking up member drive for October and November A picnic dinner will feature the day.
Ames Iowa October article quotes R A Pearson of Iowa State College urging that unemployment and business depression cannot be solved without aiding farmers. He says the agricultural situation must be adjusted as a condition for lasting improvement and explains how uneven pie division harms the farm economy. Pearson notes co op advertising service will aid distribution and public understanding of farmer cooperation.
The Farm Bureau will run a dairy feeding and management school in Independence in December with two bays and Ames specialists assisting County Agent Lee. Enrollment is open to any man or woman in the county with no fees.
The department of information announced the creation of a cooperative advertising service to act as an agent for Co-operative markets and farm bureau organizations. It operates in line with the American Farm Bureau Federation policy as farmers national service. The service stems from the national dairy mailing conference and will promote milk, dairy products, and other farm commodities through cooperative advertising plans.
Dairymen from Buchanan County attended the Yerry Cattle Congress in Werfaa last week. The event showcased top Jersey stock and included strong exhibits from Campbell of Jesup and local calf clubs coordinated with the Iowa State Dairy association. Agent Lee praised the congress as a major state asset, noting the three-year calf club program and plans to expand dairy club activities in the coming year. An aluminum bearing deposit near Tapolca, Hungary, valued as one of the world’s largest, was also reported.
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