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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1921
Page
11
Wheat futures eased on slowing export inquiry and German mark weakness, with losses in December and other months offset by some buying due to mixed accompanying data. Grain prices swung in Chicago and across leading markets as traders weighed rain forecasts, visible supply, and hog value strength.
Prices across commodities in New Korn New York and several other cities show firm butter receipts and varied quotes for creamery and firsts, with creamery butter around 43 43 ½ to 43 ½ cents and stock butter peaking near 64 cents per peck. Hess dairy reports irregular receipts with fresh gathered extra firsts around 42 cents and firsts 34 ¾ to 34 ¾ cents. Eggs steady in several markets with firsts around 29 ½ to 31 ½ cents, ordinary firsts 24 to 27 cents, and miscellaneous 27 cents. Poultry prices rise for live birds and dressed items, with fowls around 32 to 34 cents, springs about 25 cents, and broilers near 23 to 26 cents.
Bradstreet's index for wholesale food prices edges down to 32.95 per pound based on 32 items, with 20 up, 12 down, and 148 unchanged from the prior week. The report lists increases in flour, wheat, oats, lard, butter, and copper among others, while decreases include wheat spring, beef, hams, cheese, and condensed milk, with diverse unchanged items. Currency and bond markets show irregular exchange and steady time loans, with several international currencies cited.
A large throng of relatives including children, grandchildren, and siblings paid tribute to Ellen Deeming on her eighty third birthday at her daughter’s home three miles northwest of Waterloo. The crowd included 55 guests with 14 great grandchildren. A nine pound birthday cake adorned with 83 candles and white clematis decorated the center of the dining table amid many bouquets and gifts. Additional details list property and transactions in the Waterloo area from the same issue.
Chicago market report notes hog receipts 35,000 with held-overs 2,717. Prices steady to Saturday’s, with spots 10 to 15 cents lower for packing and heavy butcher grades. top at 92.25, bulk lights 38.75, 9.10, bulk packing sows 6.75 to 7.25. Cattle receipts 21,000, slow. beef steers and stockers steady to weak. Calves weak. yearlings traded around 40.00. Sheep receipts 29,000. lambs stronger by 2.60, native top 8.25 to packers, 9.73 top westerns, feeder lambs 9.25.
Kansas City livestock report shows receipts of about 33 060 cattle with varying prices. Steers steady to 25 cents. newer drafts top near 2.40. grassers around 5.0 to 5.5. calves steady to 26 cents lower. Hogs receipts 6,000 with sales mostly 0 to 0.10 higher. best 290 to 210 lb hogs $8.85. sows $6.25 to 6.30. Sheep receipts 9,000 with killing classes up. top western lambs $9.40. some prices higher.
East St. Louis market reports receipts across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle steady to strong with veal calves 11.00 to 11.50. hogs 15 to 25 cents lower top 9.95. sows steady to 25 cents lower. run of sheep active with best lambs higher and bulk around 8.00 to 8.99, ewes 4.00 to 3.73, Southwestern lambs noted.
Hog receipts 5,000 with prices steady to lower for some grades. top at 8.50, bulk 7.25-9.00. Cattle receipts 15,500 with fed steers steady. veals weak, yearlings at 9.10, stockers steady to lower. Sheep receipts 22,500 with killing grades up to 5.85, lambs to 9.25, feeders strong. feeding ewes 3.23, lambs 7.00. New York stock market opened higher, but oils and steels fell. rails and certain majors held firm amid broad declines and weak closes.
Sioux City and St. Joseph stockyards report receipts for cattle hogs and sheep. Sioux City prices show mixed values with lower cattle and steady to lower hogs and higher sheep. St. Joseph notes steady to strong hogs with top around 8.70 and cattle mainly steady to lower, plus lambs up and ewes steady.
Flora Craig, film star, joins Paul Davis Dry Goods for a fall fashion revue at Garden Theatre over three days. Twenty four models from children to women present garments from suits to coats with dances, solos, fur displays, and a Bebe Daniels film closer. Admission 15 and 30 cents.
Cedar Falls Sept 12 Special The journey of 4690 miles by Peter Nielsen to attend the silver wedding anniversary of his son Niels Cedar Falls will not be in vain as he has been released after three days detention in New York following quarantine influence from New York friends. He will reach Cedar Falls tomorrow morning and attend the celebration tomorrow evening. Nielsen a Denmark native has two sons in the United States Lars Cedar Falls and Peter Chicago and is expected to return to Denmark after a stay there.
B H Gustafson, president of U S Grain Growers, Inc, plans a swing through Iowa September 13 to 18 with talks at Mt Pleasants Ottumwa Osceola Corning Creston and Red Oak. County agents will organize mass meetings as farm leaders push for membership in the cooperative elevator movement.
The article notes a steady shrink in beef cattle, with US population up 40 percent in 20 years while beef cattle declines 30 percent. It cites census figures showing 127,424,458 cattle, down from a decade earlier, and warns of possible liquidation and restocking as conditions improve. It argues supply lags population and a genuine shortage could emerge.
Lamont Ta Sept 121s neighbors mocked Lamont Maudlin for six acres of Hubam clover now thriving. Sown April 10 the crop grew slowly at first but later surged to over five feet. He aims to expand seed production next year and believes Hubham could fix humus issues, praised by County Agent Lee amid local taunts.
West Union farmers challenge nearby agriculturists to match their harvests as K. Osmundson displays a fully matured corn ear 13 inches long and F. C. Chandler shows a watermelon weighing 47½ pounds and 28 inches long.
Buchanan county breeders prep for a Guernsey day with A Nelson predicting extensive Iowa turnout. Leaders promise participation as Molly Lou, Nelson’s aged cow, nears the year’s mark and aims to set a new world record for aged Guernsey cows.
Ames Iowa announces dairy instruction by State College dairy department. A six month course starts Sept 28, for butter ice cream and cheese making with two three month periods. Applicants must be 17 and have completed eighth grade. A 10 day short course for experienced operators runs Feb 6 to 15, 1922.
Lamont Iowa September 12 Lamont Poultry club closes its year with 19 of 27 entries in final competition. Otto Pateh wins top cockerel and second pullet at the state fair and helps the poultry demonstration team. G F Ekstrom leads vocational work. C Earl Iowa State College praise the club as highly constructive and practical. Madison township farm bureau expected to back a strong club program in 1922.
Independence Iowa September 72 County Agent Lee will hold soil meetings in Buchanan County to aid a soil improvement campaign with September and October the best months. Several farmers applied for a vaccination school similar to Black Hawk county event, with potential October scheduling if enough interest exists.
Ames Iowa September 12 M RK Irwin a graduate of Iowa State College class of 1921 will sail for Salonika Greece to teach agriculture at the Salonika Institute financed by American capital. The school has 106 students enrolled.
At a recent Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers meeting in Des Moines the annual corn show was set for Iowa State College Ames during the winter short course January 30 to February 4 1922. It will be the largest corn show in the United States and a feature of Farmers Week. The association also planned Chicago representation during the International Grain Show. E N Bressman elected assistant secretary and G A Ipis Marengo named vice president for the ninth district.
Frank Farrell of Waco Texas and B. Newman of Utica New York rode the front of a freight car near Buffalo to Carmel Harmon on Hudson. They were confronted by 12 armed men who demanded they dismount and warned against stealing government bullion. The car carried 1.25 million dollars in gold bound for Wall Street. The pair were fined three dollars each in Croton police court and urged to avoid freight hopping. In Kentucky a wasp sting saved two women from a house fire. Mrs. Mitchum alerted her adopted daughter and escaped with her as the home collapsed, the wasps forced occupants out and the only injury was a sting on Mrs. Mitchum’s neck.
The Aurora fair closed with strong finances and good weather, expected to net several hundred dollars after claims. Crowds filled grounds Wednesday and Thursday as livestock and poultry displays impressed, with notable Shorthorn cows, Holsteins, hogs, and a poultry club showing. County Agent Lee judged the agricultural exhibit while O. M. Smith led the calf and pig club contests.
Allison Iowa September marks the Butler County Fair’s closing after its sixty fifth season with record exhibits across cattle horses fowl sheep and merchandise. Pens for sheep and swine doubled capacity causing stock to spill over. barns were hired near the show grounds for extra stock and race horses. New chicken exhibition pens were filled two weeks early and exhibitors supplied peas for chickens. Domestic science and agricultural booths overflowed in the main building while school exhibits showed notable improvement in workmanship and numbers. Baseball and other entertainments drew favorable comment from visitors.
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