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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1921
Page
11
With the Farmers Questions and comments invited. Address communications to Editor Farm Department. Evening Courier and Reporter, Waterloo, Iowa. Phone 3330.
South Dakota farmer Charley Brennecke recounts visiting a Mitchell County pasture plagued by quack grass and weeds. He notes a 11 acre field sown with Sudan grass producing abundant forage, while nearby weed-dominated land under similar conditions yielded thin stock. Sudan grass proves drought tolerant and enriches land for future seasons.
Iowa dairy and food department led by W. J. Barney reports 3,342 inspections in September across gas pumps to dairy farms, earning $4,730.20 in fees. Laboratory experts conducted 409 analyses of milk, cream, liquors, and other foods, while the first three months of the year show 9,925 inspections, about half of last year. Surrounding states seek to emulate Iowa’s efficient dairy and food commission methods. In Independence, a three-acre field yielded 220 bushels of corn with 76 rows, about 20 bushels left on the ground, from light soil.
Lincoln, Oct 31. Gov McKelvie notes Nebraska farm conditions improving yet stresses low farm prices, high costs, and freight rates. He highlights yields of 59.5 million bushels of wheat and about 217.5 million of corn, with much corn stored. He calls for value readjustment between raw farm products and finished goods to revive business and foresees eventual agricultural prosperity returning first.
Iowa auditors report net profits of 116404.27 from state owned dairy herds for the year ending last Aug 21. Cherokee led per cow profit at 233.07, with 151 cows producing over 10,000 pounds and total milk value near 184986.29. Mt Pleasant and other farms show varied outputs as state policy supports livestock production and the 1921 International Live Stock Exposition highlights herd merit.
The Americ an Legion held a fall carnival in Plainfield on Saturday night featuring a colored minstrels troop. Local residents and visitors attended as families and friends gathered from Nashua Waterloo and nearby. Several community members traveled for events and a Baptist convention in Waterloo was noted. Baptismal services occurred Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
On the eve of the 1921 Chicago livestock exposition, set for November 26 to December 3, an aristocracy of pedigreed draft horses, beef cattle, swine and sheep from North America and Europe gathers. Despite a rare low mood, breeder interest remains high, with a strong entry slate demonstrating the exposition’s core appeal and quality.
Nathan J. McManus aged 48 died at St Francis hospital from septic poisoning a month after a fall from a locomotive in Illinois Central yards. Immune by low vitality blood poisoning led to death. Survived only by widow. funeral at 2 PM tomorrow at O Keefe Towne mortuary and burial in Farley Iowa.
Mrs Josephine Van Schoyck aged 61 died at Presbyterian hospital from complications arising. She lived in Waterloo most of her life and had recently returned from Long Beach California to be with family. Survived by husband and several children including Lloyd and Roscoa with many siblings and relatives. Funeral services planned at Christian church with Rebekah lodge members attending in a body.
Portents of porch furniture in trees and ticktacks echo Halloween prep in Waterloo. Local Scouts plan masked parades and campfire activities as families and schools join the city’s celebrations while a funeral and obituaries mark the day’s somber notes.
Des Moines reports the funeral of Harry C. McHenry captain of Company B One Hundred Sixty eighth infantry and among the first Iowans killed in action in World War I will be held on the state capitol extension grounds on November 13. Maj. Glenn C. Haynes announced that city county and state officials will attend.
Waterloo health officials led by Dr Barry W Sigsworth and Mayor N W Frisbie warn that three recent diphtheria deaths sparked an epidemic scare. They urge early antitoxin use, note parental religious refusals prevented treatment, and state antitoxin and vaccine are available free if needed.
The Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago grain and potato markets show varied wheat, corn and oats quotes. Prices range from No 2 hard wheat around 1.04 to 1.10 per bushel, corn mixtures near 0.40 to 0.50, and potato prices steady with regional shippings cited.
Market page listing flour spring and winter wheats, meal, barley, rye, oats, and produce prices. Butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, hides, and hay values noted. New York and Chicago price reports cover butter, cheese, poultry, and foreign exchange rates with regional quotes and commodity movements.
Prices per pound for 31 listed commodities show 14 gains and 46 unchanged from the prior week with flour, beef, wheat and butter among the items advancing. several entries fall or stay level while steel, oil, and other industrials are noted with fluctuations. The week ending Oct. 28, 192, reflects a mixed movement across food and related goods, with a general rise in some staples and declines or steady rates in others.
Prices for cattle mixed Friday with 15 to 25 cent drops for cattle and 25 to 40 cent gains for hogs. Receipts show 25 000 cattle including beef steers and butcher stock, hogs around 27 000, sheep 16 000 with fat lambs steady to higher. Top cattle near 9.05, hogs up to 32.05, native lambs around 8.30 with best westerns near 8.00.
Receipts up to 4 800 cattle and 3 000 sheep at Omaha and Sioux City with hogs firm to higher. Cattle tops reach around 9 25 for heavy steers and veals steady, while sheep show 25 to 50 cent gains. Hogs close mixed with light and mixed bids strongest near 7 75.
New York shares show scattered results as Mexican Petroleum slips while Ballwin Locomotive gains. Pacific issues strengthen slightly and several equities such as American Locomotive and Bethlehem Steel move within narrow ranges. Bond activity firm with liberty issues steady, and cattle and sheep futures move modestly higher in New York trading.
Kansas City area stockyards report Oct 3 receipts for cattle, hogs, and sheep, with varied demand. Cattle bulk steady to higher on some grades, calves strong, hogs mostly higher than Saturday, lambs firmer with top around 7.60 to 8.50, weights and feeders showing active movement. East St. Louis and other markets echo mixed trends with cattle steady to firm and hogs steady to higher in parts.
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