Chicago Livestock Market Ends Year With Higher Value Despite Fewer Receipts
Chicago stockyards report 1935 total livestock value at 247 million dollars, up 14 percent from 1934, while receipts fell 32 percent. Cattle dominated value with 1,923,223 head, hogs at 3,572,867, veal calves, sheep and horses adding to the total. Overall 1,191,541 head valued at 268,240,109 dollars across yards and outside markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Packer
Nipner
United States
Cattle and Hog Markets See Record Truck Receipts in 1935
Chicago market reports show a record 695000 cattle truck arrivals surpassing 1934. Imports from Canada and Mexico rose sharply with 124000 Canadian head and 312557 cattle in ten months. hogs averaged 9.14 dollars, lambs strong, and beef prices hit new peaks amid drought relief and contracting corn supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Chicago
Corn
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Virginia
South
Nevada
Corn Belt
Livestock Receipts at Chicago Stockyards Fall in 1935
The 1935 Chicago stockyards receipts are the lightest in over fifty years with total carloads estimated at 134000, down from 201078 in 1934. Cattle and sheep volumes rose to record highs while hog receipts fell sharply and imports surged amid price advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Farm Auction Schedule Highlights Dec 26 27
James Vilasaty closes out sale 2 miles NE of Marengo on Thursday December 26. On Friday December 27 the Iowa Livestock Exchange conducts sale at Cedar Rapids with Henry Bailey public sale 3 miles north of Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Vilasaty
Sale
Marengo
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Henry Bailey
Mt. Vernon
Mount Vernon
Rock Road
Mary Ellison
Iowa soybean crop valued at 4.69 million dollars
Des Moines report by federal statistician Leslie M. Carl says Iowa’s 1935 soybean harvest reached 6.8 million bushels, nearly four times 1934’s 1.884 million. Total value stood at 4.692 million, with hay acreage rising to about 600,000 acres and soy production ranking second in 1935 behind Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Iowa
Carl
Towa
Illinois
Indiana
North Carolina
Clermont Creamery Pays 37 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Clermont Valley Creamery were paid thirty seven cents a pound for sweet cream butter fat and thirty six cents for No 1 cream received in November. G J Junker is buttermaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Clermont Valley Creamery Company
G. J. Junker
231 Capons Sell For 527.50 On Market
John ston bought 231 White Giant capons from Bert Ballou of Olin for 527.50. The birds averaged nine pounds, with some at eleven and a half pounds, purchased for a produce company at Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Springville
A Johnston
Bert Ballou
Olin
Central City
Cattle Shipped to Chicago by Hale area feeders
John Carstensen Hale and Arthur Ahrendsen feeders near Hale sent a carload of cattle to the Chicago market on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
John Carstensen
Arthur Ahrendsen
Chicago
Whispering Campaigns at Home and a Calf Cost
A rural household endures a ten day whispering campaign as a wife tests voice power to shift chores and communication. Family disruption, door to door calls, and telephones hinder routine while misread gestures clear the doorstep. The piece notes a heifer calf raises over seventy five dollars in cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Cedar County Farm Bureau Names State Contest Quartet
Four male quartets competed for the county honor to represent Cedar county at the state contest during the Town Farm Bureau federation convention in Des Moines January 15 to 17. The winning quartet was William Davidson Stanwood Earl Elijah Clarence Ralph Wilson Stanwood and Melvin Rouser Mechanicsville with accompanist Mrs Earl Elijah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specia
Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
William Davidson
Stanwood
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Ralph Wilson
Melvin Rouser
Mechanicsville
Ace
Walter Hodgson
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Allen Kline
Vinton
Benton County Farm Bureau
H. H. Crist
County Farm Bureau
Alvin Stonerook
Ben Penningroth
Jim Reeve
Hy von Muenster
Ben Schroeder
Glen Ridesnour
Crist
Corn Brings 60 Cents At Webster Auction
Corn sold for 60 14 cents a bushel at the Jesse Higgins closing out sale two and one half miles west of Webster. Horses topped at 205 dollars a head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Jesse Higgins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seeey
Lambs
Largroun Sears
Pont
Cold Stoke
Loesteck
Canada
Mexico
West
Aker
JOVE
Too
Uke
Williams
Olick
SA Wluams
Clermont Creamery
H. E. Henderson
Poland
Farrow
Henry S. Bailey
Carl Mohn
W M. Bennett
Cedar County
Davidson
Elijah
Wilson
Rouser
OWA Livestock
C. R. & J. C. Stock Yards
Agat
12Th Ave
Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
Martdgers
16Th Avenue Bridge
Rapaports
Best
Kneip
Tittle Bros
J. C. Penney Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!