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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1925
Page
9
Rex Beresford Iowa State College extension urges feeders to study market grades and reports before purchase. He warns many buyers pay above market with little understanding and advises using commission buyers or dealers when knowledge is lacking.
Atles Sept. 24 Special report recounts how a broadcast frost warning on a Bloomfield radio helped C. G. Stiensmeyer mobilize agricultural students and farmers to harvest seed corn. Thirty farmers on a telephone chain gathered 110 bushels that afternoon, preventing loss when frost hit as predicted.
The first big farm sale of the season at the Dickman farm near Clarksville reported total receipts over five thousand dollars. The field sold for 25 dollars an acre, hay brought 16.56 dollars a ton, and livestock plus farm implements brought strong figures. The Dickman family will donate the farm. A separate note from Charles City reports painter Stanley Walker completed a 5 by 10 foot oil of Sherman Dairy Farm to be used at the Hart-Parr Co booth during Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo from Sept 23 to Oct 4 with tractor and plow in foreground.
Readers may send questions and comments to the editor of the Farm Department at the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be addressed with care and include contact details for reply.
Osterdock Iowa report shows Funk of Clayton county shifting from scrub cows to grade and purebred Jerseys. After joining the Colesburg dairy association profits rose to 162.53 per head with herd butterfat 21.9 percent. His initial herd of scrub cows lacked testing until Jerseys purchased for 37 to 90 dollars each proved profitable after feed costs and investment.
At the fifth calf club auction in Chicago stockyards Tuesday junior exhibitors from 1k counties shipped 176 baby beeves for an average of 15.05 per hundredweight. Top lot 17.75 matched last week's high. Grundy county youth Winfield Rosenberger, Whitten Jr., earned high honors with two calves averaging 15.42 per hundredweight.
Des Moines reports a mouth disease quarantine on Texas livestock within 250 miles of Houston. The action comes after Texas litigation halted a previous quarantine. Iowa officials call the embargo precautionary and expect little Texas cattle movement to Iowa markets.
Hog cholera outbreaks reported on three farms north of Toledo in Tama County. The farms of Reinhardt Brothers Lester Boles and a neighboring farmer are affected. Dr L M Bullington of the Bureau of Animal Industry is assisting to stop the spread.
Colesburg Iowa reports show the Delaware and Clayton County farming group achieved high efficiency in the Colesburg Cow Testing association last year. All 26 members used purebred sires with balanced rations and legume hay. 13 herds averaged 300 or more pounds butterfat per cow. 85 purebred progenies registered. some members fed grain to summer and dry cows. several culled for unprofitable production. association reorganized for another year. Roy owns champion. Sioux City interstate fair.
Fragmentary lines mention stock items, purse values, a shooter incident, and various names. Readers see scattered references to prices and equipment amid unclear listings. The text reads as a rough ledger fragment with no clear narrative or single event.
Iowa State College livestock specialist Lilay Quaife explains that litter size per sow drives pig cost at weaning, with larger litters lowering costs. He cites surveys from Audt and Humboldt counties and outlines brood sow traits for next spring, stressing long deep bodies, strong legs, and ample teats for rearing litters.
Chicago wheat prices fall below 1 35 per bushel with December down to 1 46 amid selling by holders and commission houses. May delivery also slides to a season low as surging U S supplies and weak European demand dampen bids. Corn oats and rye hit new seasonal lows with limited buying support and a broad market retreat.
Chicago and St Joseph report mixed livestock activity with hogs averaging higher and cattle and sheep showing uneven demand. Prices cited include top hogs at 13.35 to 13.80, sows around 11.60 to 12.60, and calves weaker. Cattle receipts about 9,000 with steadier to higher bidding, sheep slower with some steady tests, and feeder volumes noted. Representative sales by Lemsan Bros. Co. in Chicago and Furnished notes.
New York Sept 24 stock prices opened quietly amid mixed sentiment as speculative support waned for recent pool sponsored issues. Rail shares led by Atchison New York Central Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake avoided gains while General Railway Signal and General Electric moved lower. Framing the session tobacco issues set initial highs with American Tobacco Reynolds Lorillard and Liggett and Myers advancing.
Philadelphia reports bootlegging blamed for excessive counterfeit money in circulation. Secret Service head William Houghton warns players to keep money secure as counterfeit activity spreads, with mentions of bootlegging influence on the national money issue.
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK reports figures for CNS and related cattle categories. Prices shown include heifers and cows at various weights with bulls and yearlings listed. price ranges indicate futures and current bids across segments.
Chicago board of trade cash quotations list grain and livestock prices for wheat corn oats barley and seeds. Prices shown include No 2 Hard wheat 31.65 percent LOS and various white and yellow corn figures, oats flax and seed values plus lard ribs and bellies with specific dollar amounts.
New York and Chicago markets report varied butter cheese and poultry prices. Butter ranges seen with creamery extras, 6%07, 4,890 tubs reported. cheese lists include Wisconsin whole milk, Young Americas, longhorns, and several grade distinctions. poultry shows turkeys and chickens with several price points. eggs noted at 14 6c.
Tokyo reports government considers radical changes in rural schooling with textbooks tailored for farm life to make agriculture more enjoyable and profitable. Parlia mentary councilor Kawakami says current city textbooks fail to relate to rural life and youth need practical civic training and higher econ omic skills while still in school.
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