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Newspaper
Daily Captial News
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1927
Page
7
Market roundup from East St Louis on June 6 shows hogs weakening with top at 9.25 and various weight classes down, cattle and calves mostly steady with vealers up 25c, sheep and fat lambs rising up to 16.25. Traders cited showers, Argentine corn imports, and Illinois politics as factors shaping futures and feed costs.
Dr. M. C. Hall of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry warns farmers of a parasite drive in warm weather. Mites lice and worms hatch rapidly and enter animals via water grass or skin. He urges targeted pasture and housing changes for pigs colts calves lambs and chicks to reduce losses this season.
A classifieds item list offers an oak duo fold nearly new at 1207 Monroe with phone 1221 Green, a nine piece gray dining room set, Herrick ice box, and a slightly used baby grand piano near Jefferson City. Send inquiries to Postoffice Box No. 172 Chicago Ill.
Associated Press reports Kansas City grain prices with wheat trades mostly down by fractions and corn firmer. No. 2 dark hard wheat ranges from 1.40 to 1.52 while corn futures show July around 97 5 8 cents and December near 94 5 8. Rye and oats show minor shifts.
Chicago June 6 grain markets decline as traders expect the Kessinger bill to advance. Corn unsettled down 13 to 15 8 cents, wheat off 11 8 to 13 8 cents, oats down 7 8 to 13 8 cents, and provisions drop up to 32 cents. Late buying power shrank as plowing and planting delays, plus widespread wet fields, weigh on sentiment.
June 6 closing livestock quotations show cattle steady with select steers at 11.75 per hundredweight and Colorado stock at 10.50 to 11.85. Texas grass cattle and cake feds ease up to 15 lower. hogs and sheep hold steady.
In St Louis on June 6 hay prices are listed with No 2 Timothy at 17.00 to 19.00 per unit, No 2 Clover mixed light 17.00 to 19.00, No 2 Clover mixed heavy 18.00 to 19.00, and choice alfalfa 28.00 to 29.00 per unit.
Kansas City June 6 Butter creamery 45 packing 25 Butter fat 35 premium extra quality 3 cents Eggs firsts 19 seconds 15 candled current receipts 17 Poultry heavy hens 17 light hens 14 springs 29 roosters 11 white ducks 18 colored ducks 17 geese 10 Potatoes northern whites 3.25 to 3.40 per cwt Minnesota russets 4.75 to 5.00
St Louis June 6 eggs rise 1 2 cent for fresh firsts to 18 1 2 cents. Butter and creamery extras steady. Springs and turkeys unchanged. Ducks and geese price unchanged.
Kansas City notes show a drop and rise in hay and feed prices with items including Timothy No. 1 from 15.00 to 15.50, alfalfa No. 1 from 15.00 to 16.50, prairie No. 1 from 18.50 to 14.50, and clover mixed light No. 1 from 14.60 to 14.50 across 59 cars.
St Louis grain prices list cash quotes for Wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard at 1.49 and 1.48. Corn prices include No 6 mixed at 91 cents to 1.10, No 4 yellow 96 to 9, No 2 white 1.03, No 3 white 1.01 1-2. Oats show No 2 white 52 1-2, No 2 white 49 1-2 to 50.
Dr Abraham Zingher, 42, famed bacteriologist, was found asphyxiated by gas in his city research lab. Friends view his death as a martyr to science while officials note no suicide evidence and cite possible prior paralysis as a factor.
Wheat futures show hard July at 1.41 7 to 8 asked and hard September at 1.40 3 to 4 asked. Corn futures list July at 1.01 3 to 4 asked and September at 1.05 1 to 2.
The Capital City Telephone Company will issue a new directory in July. Subscribers wishing to change their listing must notify the company on or before June 11, 1927.
Seventeen homes and four room layouts offered by J W Hobbs Company at 223 FE High Street Elston Missouri. Various acreages priced 3500 4500 with ten percent down balance in monthly payments. Low interest terms and concrete street access in east part of town. Call 27 L for details.
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