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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
13
Wheat futures rose briefly on export demand signs but capped by ample supplies. December led declines before a late rally in oats and rye. corn and cattle prices firm, hogs weaker due to revision. Iowa crop damage notes influenced sentiment as November contracts moved higher.
Minneapolis Minnesota September 22 Wheat prices declined across bulk grades with bids around 6.30 to 7.50 for various terms. Cattle receipts total 3,200 with best steers mixed quality and lambs trading up to 8.70 for top woolly sheep. hogs around firm to steady, notes of weakness in some categories. Potatoes and seeds also cited with Chicago and Toledo markets referenced.
Slaughter cattle receipts and steady demand with heifers and calves noted. Sheep catalog shows 305 ewes offered, price range around 3 to 4 dollars per head, with overall steady activity and preparatory buying for next sale.
New York Sept 22 prices for butter eggs and dairy products rise and fall with receipts, creamery and standard grades noted. Chicago reports higher butter and steady turkeys and unchanged eggs and poultry values. Kansas City shows unchanged prices for butter legs and poultry. Trade mentions bonds, currency exchange, cotton prices, and livestock values across markets.
Hawk County Abstract Co reports bank clearings for the week ending Sept 21 1921 with totals across days and mortgage activity. The metal markets show copper steady around 26.73 with nearby futures and coffee futures in New York closing weak for October through March contracts.
After the Federal Reserve Bank cut the discount rate, active buying led today’s opening in New York stocks. Rails, equipment, oils, and motors led gains with Reading Baldwin Harvester and Pan-American Petroleum up about a point. several others followed while Food Products fell to a new low.
Chicago cattle receipts 9,000 with beef steers rising as much as 25 cents higher on strong demand. Hogs 25,000 seen mixed with 10 to 20 cent declines for better grades. some classes steady to lower. Sheep 18,000 with western fat lambs 23 cents lower and native lambs and feeders also softer.
Kansas City today's cattle receipts 6 500 with fed steers steady to strong selling from 7.25 to 9.25 per cwt. grassers 4.75 to 6.25. heavy calves weak. Hogs receipts 2 500 with prices 7.60 to 8.90 for 160 190 250 pound weights. sows about 230 lower. Sheep receipts 1 200 with best western ewes around 8.40 and native lambs strong at 7.00 plus.
Receipts 2200 cattle and 6500 hogs and 1200 sheep. Cattle bids mixed with cows steady to lower. stockers steady. Hogs active with most prices steady to slightly lower. top around 9.40 with loads 8.10 to 8.35 for heavies. Sheep slow, prices mostly down 25 cents with lambs around 6.75 to 6.50 and culls weak to 4.00.
Livestock receipts near 600 with steady to strong demand. Cattle prices ranged from about 4 to 10 dollars for various groups including steers yearlings and cows. Feeder cattle and heifers traded around 3.50 to 6.40, with mixed fat cattle and feeders showing activity. total receipts near 2,000 for the period.
Enrollment in western schools falls by large margins this year with 45438 fewer pupils than last year. Total volume stands at 3,521 last year and declines occur in Lowell Vies Emerson Central Washington Irving Edison Whittier Emerton Ray and Wingsmere, while Kingsley and the high school show small gains. The Emerson school records the steepest drop with 148 fewer students.
A gray homing pigeon with brass tag and band bearing number 4945 was crushed to death on the third floor of Waterled Cedar Falls Union Mill on Bridge street after entering the belting as machinery started. Believed to be part of a Britt released flock lost during a test flight.
The body of Jacob M. Meyer, who died at Waverly, was buried per Jewish rites at Hillcrest. His outer clothing was cut away after death, leaving mutilated garments discarded by the roadside near Lafayette street. Police later recovered the torn garments.
Letters to the editor invite end comments directed to Edster Farm Department of the Evening Courier and reporter in Watertoo Iowa with contact phone 3330 for communications and replies.
Civil War veterans and women's auxiliaries, headed by Thomas F. Shannon, depart Iowa for the national G A R encampment in Indianapolis. Delegates include Mrs. Carrie Riley and Mrs. Anna Weaver Becker. Attendance declines with age. Iowa memberships fell from 10,257 in 1910 to under 5,000 by 1921. An effort aims to bring the 1922 encampment to Des Moines.
A whimsical note marks the date as September 22 signaling summer's last flirt and Miss Autumn stepping in with woolen stockings and plaid skirts. Trees brace for Jack Frost as the season shifts, a gentle nod to the changing atmosphere and color.
Cecil Gist was bound over to the federal grand jury by United States commissioner J E Dempster after arrest by Officer William Venable for narcotics. Gist posted $2000 bond and possessed narcotics along with a mailed package. A P Houston, deputy U S marshal, was present. Nubuque investigator Nubuque attended the case.
Ames, Sept 22 That local farm bureau organizations can go far in cooperative buying of farm commodities and injure farmers by competing with existing business is the view of county agent Clarence Pickard of Blumboldt. He explains he now favors allowing farmers to form their own co operative societies to bypass dealers, while noting dealers provide essential services and must be paid.
The combined seedcorn pack for Vinton Shellsburg LaPorte City and Waterloo totals 293 550 cases, well below last year per the CR I P crop report. Corn stands safe beyond frost risk in northeastern Iowa with silo filling nearly finished. Crop condition along the Rock Island line is good except in the far south where drought has reduced yields.
Black Hawk juniors potato club members offer 20 bushels of Trish Cobbler and Early Ohio certified seed potatoes for sale in connection with the pig club auction at the Cedar Valley fairgrounds Saturday afternoon. Potatoes were on exhibition at the Cedar Valley district fair and are of fine quality, raised from certified seed imported from inside ing slate.
Independence September reports indicate a surge of clover planting in Buchanan County as farmers like Harry Holt north of town plan next week to start field work. The shift reflects the county farm bureau led by Roy T. Lee and aims to grow sufficient seed locally to meet demand.
Ames Iowa Sept 22 Fred B Butcher a Kansas State College agriculture graduate has been appointed entomologist with the extension service at Iowa State College He becomes the first full time entomologist at the college and will begin duties Oct 1 Also a classified sale note appears in the Courier
Iowa experts warn that the European cornborer may ruin cornfields in Iowa Hamilton of Iowa State College reports from the national conference at Sandusky Ohio. The pest targets early planted varieties and can ruin stalks and ears, turning fields to ruin similar to being run over. Farmers are urged to monitor for suspicious signs and report to entomologists promptly.
Sioux City United Press reports Nebraska’s champion cornfed steer, named after a movie comedian, will be slaughtered after failing in a fare dispute at the Chicago stock show. Owner Tom Mrayton of Orchard says the name is under a cloud and the steer will not win another prize.
In Jesup Iowa on September 2 farmers report soybeans as a promising ensilage option. Guy Stoddard tests Mongol beans showing inoculated nodules and soil-building value. J E Brame in Buchanan County favors Manchu for tall, early ripening and good silage with corn.
In Oelwein Iowa Bob and Mike Stewart won $15 prizes for best heifer records. Bob’s heifer yielded 21 pounds of butter from 405 pounds of milk while Mike’s produced 17.2 pounds from 328 pounds. They are sons of Paul Stewart who runs a dairy farm northwest of Gelweit and northeast of Oelwein. Their win at the state fair in Des Moines brings pride to the local farm bureau.
A farmer reports that proper feeding increases eggs and profit. He notes selecting stock, feeding three times daily, and using ground mash with self feeders. Cabbages for greens, water, and exercise from feeding height are cited as essential for strong layers and higher returns.
The Third Stylet Shorthorn Breeders will convene in Waterloo on September 28 for a regional cattle congress. Speakers include Frank Thomson and J I Reve as county agents, with district directors named to mobilize breeders across Hardin, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Dubuque and other counties.
Iowa State College dairy judging squad for the Derry Cattle Congress is in final trials under Prof Weaver. Five men remain, with three to represent Town in the interstate meet, drawn from Cedar Rapids to Low Moor and Raleigh North Carolina, all selected from across the state. Last year the Iowa team placed second at both Dairy Congress and National Dairy Show.
The Farm Bureau Ladies Picnic is booked for Friday September 23 at Cedar River Park. Elizabeth Hudson county home demonstration agent leads the event with about eight dollars raised for a large turnout. The goal is to encourage women to participate more in county affairs and strengthen the bureau through active involvement.
The report notes Sam 22 f Meth of Warner township earned the distinction as the only farmer in Buchanan County to certify oats with a pure, clean field free of contagious weeds. The farm’s yield and seed stock are highlighted, with plans to sell a portion next spring and to store most of the seed locally in Buchanan County.
Mrs Palle Martin, a pioneer settler of the county, died at her daughter's Cedar Rapids home on Menday morning. She had lived in Eden township for years, and with her daughter since her husband died over a decade ago. The body was moved to Vinton for burial at Grove cemetery.
The doctor visits Waterloo offering treatment for men and women with a focus on eyes ears nose throat lungs heart and skin as well as digestive and rectal diseases. Consultation is free and most patients come by recommendation. LENBERG WILL MAKE HIS 858TH VISIT AT HOTEL SELL LAMS WATERLOO SATURDAY SEPT 24.
A Waterloo reader praises Trutona tonic for relief from nervousness digestion sleeplessness and general weakness. The testimonial claims improved digestion liver and kidneys and disappearance of fainting spells. It cites local druggists Wangler Bros. Drug Store Cedar Falls Pfeiffer Company and nearby retailers for purchase.
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