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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1921
Page
15
Chicago and Minneapolis note broad declines in grains amid weak foreign demand and reports of resale offers. December and May futures slip while corn and oats ease. hogs lift provisions slightly. Cash quotes show mixed wheat, corn, and oats. cattle and hogs firming in several key markets.
Cattle receipts around 2000 with cornfed steers peaking near 9.20 a hundredweight for 1400 pounders. hogs at 19,000 head up 10-15 cents with tops near 8.25 to 8.30. sheep receipts 14,000 and packer direct 41,000, fat lambs up to 8.75 while feeder and fat sheep limited and mostly steady.
East St Louis market notes receipts at 1200 cattle 6500 hogs and 2000 sheep. cattle steady with Texas and Kansas quotes, hogs weak to 10c higher with top 8.35 and 7.73 for medium. sows steady, pigs up about 15. Sheep steady with lambs 47.75 and culls 4.50, mixed pens at 3.50.
Kansas City market notes show cattle losses slow with 4,500 receipts and poor quality. Hogs near steady with most between 175 and 210 pounds. sows and stock pigs steady. Sheep receipts around 4,000 with prices seen 250 points under prior levels. westerns top noted.
Initial prices in the New York market were mixed but soon firm as renewed demand for rails and oils lifted many shares. Mexican Petroleum, Royal Dutch, and General Asphalt rose while leaders like Baldwin Locomotive and United States Steel declined. Call money firmed, foreign issues rose, and the bond market showed irregularity with liberty bonds and victory notes slipping.
The first annual poultry display at the Cattle Congress drew heavy crowds with over 7,000 visitors and 3,000 paid admissions. Judge Harry Atkins praised the birds as the finest seen at a local show, listing winners across ducks, geese, turkeys, rabbits, and pigeons from Waterloo and surrounding towns.
Waterloo school garden exhibit in the Hippodrome showcases products of youth labor. Giant peppers tomatoes pumpkins cabbages sweetcorn and carrots on display with a colorful fall bouquet. A tobacco plant in a tub is a notable feature. Demonstrations were given this afternoon under Mrs. Chester Caldwellader.
County offices at the courthouse will close Saturday afternoons in May June July and August from now on, while continuing to open other Saturdays for tax payments. Offices have closed all September Saturdays this year but will stay open September in future years.
Gebrie Hall showcases 27 Waterloo grown vegetables at the Cattle Congress Exhibition Hall. A 105 pound squash and a 44 pound watermelon highlight local gardening progress. Hall praises Waterloo gardeners for soil knowledge and land renewal over five years.
Frost covered pipes glow in the Baker Ice Machine exhibit at the big fair, a 8 ton plant cooling butter, cream, and ice cream. Lincoln sculptor I E Wallace’s delicate work remains preserved, under a subfreezing display. J M Speed of Des Moines oversees the Iowa office, with C A Hammerir of Omaha installing the system. Hugh Hinman learns of his brother’s Knoxville death and plans to attend the funeral. In New York Cotton futures opened steady with prices around 20.90 to 20.44 for various contracts.
Readable text shows numerous Jersey entries and Holstein and Belgian cattle awards at a Cattle Congress. Names such as Frelinghuysen Lasater Campbell Crownover Ritchie and parers from Ames, Malden, Waterloo, and Finan appear with multiple class winners and judge references. The document lists animal classes, ages, and prize placements across sire, dam, and progeny categories with numerous exhibitor names and farm locations.
The Holstein Breeders Association, by their directors, will align with the State Dairy Association and work on an extension program. They will clear up indebtedness by assessments on individual members and begin steps immediately to meet obligations.
The Greater Waterloo association announced today that 20 or 30 men may find jobs through their program. Only Waterloo men, preferably with families, will be considered. About 100 to laypersons are expected to benefit from the project, all under the Works project initiative.
An odd exhibition at St. Pat Minn features Senator J M Hackner prize Holstein and another prize cow undergoing a cleaning with a vacuum cleaner by Waterton Electr Supply. the bulls and cows appeared spotless, the bull taking senior bull class prize and the cow earning a separate award, prompting one observer to say the idea could be adopted.
A choice selection of young utls, reds, roans and white polled Shorthorns is offered at private treaty. Varin 8B mi. s, we of Waterton. Som e of Hudson. Lloyd J. Loonan, Waterlaa, Te.
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