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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1961
Page
6
Hog prices showed uneven but mostly steady to firm trading in Indianapolis with No 1 to 3 hogs 240 to 270 pounds quoted around 15.75 to 17.50 dollars and heavier loads around 16.75 to 17.50. Cattle and sheep also moved, with steers and heifers selling stronger and cows and bulls steady to higher as buyers remained active.
Corn and soybean demonstration plots were planted on the Whistler farm in Adams Township on May 25 and 26 by County Agent Harold R. Berry. The test compares stalk-rot resistant hybrids with non resistant varieties and examines population differences using Indiana 253 and Indiana 645 at 12 000 16 000 and 20 000 plants per acre. Soybeans include Lindarin Harosey Hawk Eye Shelby Clark and Kent with six varieties tested. A field meeting is planned this fall to share results with farmers.
Chicago AP reports grain futures showed little movement as commercial activity faded. Soybeans led gains with July futures up about 0.91 to 2.93 92 per bushel, while wheat, corn, oats and rye fluctuated within narrow ranges on a dull trading day on the Board of Trade.
Art Linkletter, slated to visit Indonesia to film a TV show aboard the hospital ship S S Hope for NBC, was blocked by President Sukarno over network photographers. He criticized the decision, noting no fault of his as he plans other travels but remains stranded for months.
A dense roster of area businesses with addresses and phone numbers including Coca-Cola Bottling Davis Dairy Farms East Side Jersey Dairy Frank Krall Appliances Burkett's Furniture Central Tire Gospel Trumpet Company Ey one The Giant Store Harrell & Boyer Printing Hunter Wrecking Hudson Printing Kweep Cities Service McCullough's Standard Service Nuce Texaco North Side Pharmacy No 1 Beverage Company Nixon Sunoco Regenald Pontiac J P Johnson Sibert's Texaco Stratton Electric The State Theater Simplex Machine and Welding Stahl Sadler Pure Oil The Good Earth Restaurant and 417 E 21st.
Muncie Livestock Market ends trading at 2:00 p.m with late arrivals carried over. Hogs prices listed by weight from 14.75 to 17.50. Cattle steers heifers and cows show steady to mixed ranges, calves and lambs with varied bids. Market notes include Tuesday context and partial memori listing.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs. Clarence Cooper's home in Middletown with Mrs. Russell Adams presiding. Devotions were led by Mrs. Orizada Davis, and the program was directed by Mrs. Dan Scothern. Several visitors and relatives from Anderson Greenfield Cincinnati Oakdale and Richmond visited local families over Decoration Day weekend.
Market summary shows sows at 14.75, good steers and heifers 20.00 to 22.00, choice steers and heifers 22.00 to 23.00, calves 30.00 and down, cows and bulls 19.00 and down. Grains include oats 63 cents, beans 1.02, corn shelled 1.02 per 56 lbs, ear corn 7. Market closed Tuesday for Memorial Day.
A small Monday supply of 7,000 hogs steadied the market with prices firm to 25 cents higher. Heavier 250 lb plus weights led the peak at 18, while 190-230 lb ranges moved 17 to 17.85, and lighter hogs showed varied results. Slaughter steers rose modestly as supply declined to 15,000, with prime and mixed prime selling up to 25.75 for heavy weights. Heifers rose 50 to 75 cents, vealers scarce, lambs steady with prime springers at 18-19.50.
Three Williams College students pled guilty to cruelty to an animal for placing a cat in an automatic clothes dryer. Judge Levine fined each $250 with suspended 30 day sentences and lectured them. The Sigma Phi members were suspended from the college for at least a year.
With only 8 percent of the world’s commercial forest area the United States produces 44 percent of global lumber 58 percent of plywood and 43 percent of wood pulp reflecting a dominant wood processing capacity in the country.
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