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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1923
Page
11
Iowa farmers face a favorable outlook as a state crop report indicates corn yields near 40.5 bushels per acre and total production around 422.2 million bushels despite late-season moisture. frost risk remains limited with a majority of acres expected to escape early frost by late September.
Fayette county selects three dairy tattler judges to represent at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo on September 24. Rex Pieplow of Aurora Harold Schroeder of Clermont and Irving Stewart of Maynard form the team, each bringing cattle experience from county shows and family operations. Under county agent Clyde Combs they practice daily, after winning the Fayette county fair contest for the spot.
Three county farm bureaus join Dairy Cattle Congress and town home economics extension to host a seven day educational program at the exposition starting Sept 24. Black Hawk county leads Monday with talks on sanitary milk and utensils plus healthful milk service and a sanitary milk film.
Miss Viola Alshouse and Miss Fielen Lincoln from Scott township Fayette county won the Iowa girls canning demonstration championship at the Iowa State fair. They earned a trip to the International Livestock Exposition awarded by a fruit jar manufacturer for their work last week. Mrs Hall assisted as chaperon. Fayette county also led in canned goods with a first in display, as clubs from Jefferson Scott Harlan and Smithfield townships organized last spring. Washington reports 1921 extension gains across northern and western states, noting 35 500 more women joined, 4 864 new communities adopting programs, and rising local leadership in clothing nutrition health and home skills.
Cedar Falls September 12 J C Johnson recently bought the 160 acre farm of Boysen brothers in Fairfield township Grundy county for 200 dollars per acre and already has a crew tiling the entire tract estimates 600 to 1000 rods of tiling will be needed per acre?
Allison, Sept. 12. The Butler county fair wrapped its sixty-seventh exposition with expenses cleared, despite rain that dampened gate income. Games of chance were eliminated, home talent programs substituted for fireworks, and livestock sections drew crowds. Baby contest had about 40 entries. winners later announced after percentage calculations. Management called the fair a successful show amid improving conditions.
Esther Bailbaugh, national girls champion canning demonstrator from Iowa who toured France, was chosen as judge for the Grundy County fair girls contest. She will teach domestic science in Conrad this year after returning from the trip. Four Grundy clothing clubs demonstrated, each sending two girls. Season leaders include Mmes George Cowie, Carl Rice, C. W. Holeman and Miss Jenevieve Jepperson.
Des Moines announces that fourteen counties including Polk, Wapello, Appanoose, Palo Alto, Monroe, Humboldt, Waddster, Harrison, Cedar, Hamilton, Kossuth, Calhoun, Mabaska, and Dallas have organized local boards under the new warehouse loan act. Preliminary work is underway in other counties to set up the loan machinery within weeks. The act allows farmers to store grain in their own warehouses and obtain loans on it, reducing the need to dump crops into unfavorable markets.
Des Moines report notes temperatures and sunshine near normal but corn progress poor due to month of bad weather. Only a small share of corn is frost safe and two warm weeks are urgently needed. Threshing also slowed with 35 to 40 percent completed in some counties. Serious damage to shocked grain, especially oats, is reported. Winter wheat feeding preparations await the Hessian fly free date.
County board took no steps yesterday to fund a tuberculosis eradication area plan under state law. Petitions gathered by the farm bureau and others slowed by more than 6 percent of cattle owners for the area plan, which would authorize a levy to exceed 3 mills with federal and state testing funds. The drive, led by townships, shows Bayt Waterlop with the most supporters, 114 signers, and over 130 additional signatures since Monday, signaling a comfortable majority beyond 51 percent.
Two Waterloo residents, BD Detts and George Detts, left Waterloo for Saskatchewan to thresh grain, with BD in charge of a crew and George on the crew. They stopped at the Minnesota State fair en route and reported an interesting show.
Chicago and New York grain desks report wheat prices slipping after Winnipeg quotes faltered. December delivery hovered around $1.05, May near $1.40, with local trade and bearish Canadian crop estimates weighing on the softs. Oats and corn moved less decisively as market nerves persisted and hogs pressured provisions.
Livestock bids and receipts across major western markets show cattle slow with top values around 92.25 for fed steers and weaker prices for some categories. Hog prices slipped about 2 cents, while sheep and lambs posted modest gains. Kansas City and St Louis reports note mixed cattle demand and ongoing packer activity. Market tone remains cautious as Western feeders and yearlings command strong interest amid steady to higher wholesale demand.
A New York market summary notes stronger buying in major wholesale centers, with the general price structure steady and minor readjustments on some items. Deliveries improve though shortages persist on standard tools. coal strike not yet disruptive. oil gas and wood stoves in strong demand while manufacturers push jobbers to pre-book winter needs.
U.S. stock market opened with uneven momentum as several major shares showed slight gains while others edged lower. Traders monitored early price movements across oil, technology, and financial sectors amid a cautious tone and broad market uncertainty.
New York and Chicago report wholesale produce price movements with butter, cheese, poultry, milk, and potatoes. The listing cites Butter Creamery and various brands, with prices around 46 to 48 cents per pound, and cheese lots including young Americas at 26 cents. Poultry and milk receipts appear, with farm and city markets noted and a Waterloo Creamery milk and cream receipt tally of milk 17,420 and cream 710 pounds.
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