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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth cattle prices rise with beef and calf figures. Beeves, stockers, cows and calves show wide ranges. hogs steady with top around 7.50. sheep and lambs mostly steady with flock notes and feeder values.
Kansas City cattle numbers 13 000 with calves 3 000 and prices for fed steers 1 50 to 9 00 and heifers and canners 2 00 to 3 00. Hogs 16 000 steady with top 7 25 and bulk 7 09 to 7 20. Sheep 6 000 higher with lambs 13 25 to 13 35.
Chicago market notes show June prices for hogs at 7.30 to 7.40, packing sows 6.40 to 6.75, killing pigs 6.90 to 6.25, cattle 14,000 head higher with matured steers at 19.75, vealers from 8.50 to 9.00, stockers 7.50, sheep 17,000 head higher with fat native lambs at 13.00 to 13.25. Bologna balls listed at 4.85.
Hog receipts total 800 with a steady market and top price 7.26. bulk sold 7.15 to 7.20 and top cutouts 6.00. Cattle receipts 1,800 including 400 calves. market slow and draggy with beef steers 5.00 to 7.00, beef heifers 3.50 to 6.00, cows 3.25 to 5.26, bulls 2.75 to 4.10, veal calves 2.50 to 6.50, stockers 2.50 to 5.76, stock cows and heifers 2.25 to 3.75.
Amarillo Texas based Cotton & Grain Exchange reports stock figures from Prewitt and Sullivan. McCook, J. Kr. serves as manager Alex Hyman & Co. operates with New Orleans office. Provisions updates cover cotton grain stocks and market movements.
Damaged OCR lists assorted poultry and produce prices including hens under 4 lbs at 12 cents, broilers 25 cents, leghorns and blacks 20 cents, old roosters and toms 16 to 19 cents, and eggs with new cases noted. Also references butter at 14 cents and turkeys with hens 12 lbs and toms 12 lbs plus other lines.
Great West Mill and Elevator lists local price quotes for farm commodities including Wheat No. 1 hard at 1.00 per bushel, Kaffir per 100 pounds 1.00, Oats 0.46 per bushel, Maize 1.05 per 100 pounds, Barley 0.42 per bushel, plus regional price entries for nearby markets likely in Amarillo and Fort Worth. The clipping notes general grain market rates used by growers in the area.
The article argues the Panhandle should shift from sole reliance on wheat to dairy cattle, hogs, and chickens. It predicts milch cows will provide steady income, with prosperity rising when wheat yields are good every few years. The author calls the dairy cow the region’s greatest ally and foresees many dairy barns across the plains.
The report notes Liverpool markets down 5 to 14 points on New Orleans and 4 to 10 on New York, while New Orleans opens lower and closes 10 to 11 points down for October and December. Weather shows scattered showers belt wide, heat remains high in the West, Fort Smith reports rain and cooler air, Pharr reports ideal Rio Grande weather. Weekly cotton goods reviews show better activity in some lines and rising yarn volumes. New Orleans notes stronger spot cotton demand. Bremen shipping and Manchester cabling indicate loaded July August freight. India trade improving. Government to issue cotton condition report July 2 at 12 30 pm EST with three parts. Markets close July 4 5 for Independence Day. New Orleans cotton on shipboard 19 878 bales versus 3 874 last year.
The convention lingered in a deadlock with McAdoo leading after nine ballots. McAdoo held 443.6 votes to Smith’s 260 on the fourth ballot, with Louisiana shuffling between Robinson and Carter Glass earlier. Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma kept or shifted support as leaders sought a break before a planned 5 PM recess.
The Amarillo Globe column recaps home sickness of Dorothy Pennock, a new Bughouse Fables on the sports page, park signage in Wichita Falls praising law and obedience, and a run of hard luck for oil investors. It mentions Mrs. Miles Bivins at Palo Duro, quotes Dick Seay, Panhandle dairy development push, and rainfall and corn trends affecting cattle.
Work on stalls and finishing touches for the Amarillo Tri-State ex position track are under way for two days of horse racing on July 4 and 6. More than thirty top Southwest harness horses are groomed for the events beginning at 2:39 o clock each day. Dan Patch will have two or three foals pacing out for the races this week. Famous trotters and pacers are expected to outpace last month’s automobile races on frozen ground. Everything is ready for the races.
Lost brown leather purse containing between 49 and 50 dollars at block west Real Service Station No 2 San Jacinto. Return to Allie Dewey 705 Fillmore. Liberal reward. Phone 2447 W. 116 FOR RENT. Unfurnished 8 room modern apartment 1207 Buchanan. 115 FOR SALE A good Brain bed Call 101 A Cleveland lo FOR SALE One 3 piece living room suit brown mahogany mulberry One wall nut bedroom suit 1300 Van Buren. 1300 Van Buren. We WANTED Room in private family access to bath garage preferred by gentlemen. G eo Globe. FOR RENT Large bedroom to lady also garage 900 Tay Pere 15 lor. BEST cash offer or good car takes my equity in new modern east front bungalow San Jacinto Balance easy Call Mrs Harris 2612. 115
The crowd cheers as TI Derden's band plans a daily afternoon finish, with a concert starting at an unspecified hour to mark the occasion.
Felix Franklin has returned to Amarillo after treatment by a specialist in Wichita Falls. He reports feeling much better and is recovering at home.
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