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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1929
Page
11
Market news from Minneapolis shows wheat prices tumbling about 14 percent from the previous close as corn and flax show mixed moves. Oats and barley hold firm or rise slightly while cash wheat offerings stay light and milling quality remains in demand, with winter wheat scarce and high protein milling grades sought.
Sloux Cy Livestock report from Sioux City market on Friday indicates cattle at about steady with 1,500 head, slaughter steers and stockers weak to steady, vealers slow. Cows averaging around 9.25 to 12.00, feeder and heifer pricing mixed, hogs at 15,000 head including 1,000 direct sales. Breeding stock and other categories show varied demand amid ongoing market shifts.
St Paul area cattle with 2,300 head, calves and yearlings easing into steady ranges, hogs around 11.50 for medium to heavy cuts, light stockers steady. Sioux Falls shows weak hogs with top near 11.50 and cattle mostly steady. Chicago butter and cheese markets hold firmer tone but no major revision. eggs and dairy continue steady with various grade prices listed.
Chicago march 22 potato market summary shows 109 cars and 292 track shipments, total U S shipments 980. Russets steady, other varieties weak. Wisconsin round white sacks up 65 to 74. Minnesota North Dakota round whites firm, Idaho sacks russets 1 45 to 1 75.
Huron market report notes receipts of arnonr and lo Hog to noon today. Public market quotations are limited as Hur on yard is not a public market. Prices listed include No. 1 dark northern wheat 1.05, No. 1 red durum 0.78, mixed durum 0.83, white oats 0.40, flax 2.22 per cwt, with other items showing varied rates.
Poulery and butter trade notice listing prices for springs, stage leghorns, light hens, eggs, and live stock. Mentions breads, bakers, and pricing for No. 1 and No. 2 eggs, ducks, and hens. Indicates change notices and supplier terms with constrained details due to OCR.
A sweeping stock market reaction followed news of potential Fed rediscount rate changes. Bulls staged an early rally but selling intensified as Chicago hints of higher rates emerged. Downticks hit major names including Wright Aeronautical, Union Carbide, Johns Manville, Bethlehem Steel, US Steel, and others while total volume neared 5 million shares. Standard Oil stock closed firm at 64 on the curb market.
Students at Huron College began homeward travel as classes adjourned at 4 PM for the annual spring recess. Instruction will resume Monday at 1 PM, April 1, after a two week home study period in addition to the regular five day term.
Trenton Missouri reports Arthur M Hyde, born 1877 in Princeton, elected per a strong local vote, to be the next U S secretary of agriculture. Described as a capable attorney and farmer, Hyde is noted for humor and a varied career including politics, law, and business, with praise from local leaders and farmers.
Six thousand federal troops under General Lazaro Cardenas began a rail journey from Torreon to Mazatlan to relieve the rebel siege. The government split its forces to counter a rebel offensive along the Mexican west coast while assembling 13,000 troops to move against General Jose Gonzalo Escobar, as fears grew of a rebel movement advancing from Sinaloa.
Bloomington Illinois. Dr J R Holbert of the U S Department of Agriculture will set portable frost chambers over corn plots to study spring frosts and determine varieties best suited to withstand adversity. He will test stalk strength with a contraption that drops shot to break stalks and measure wind resistance while noting frost tolerance among strains.
State and federal officials cooperate in Hobert investigations focusing on breeding and hybridizing methods used to produce plant strains. The work aims to enhance strength and resistance, noting varying root-crown lifting pounds and a wide gap in root strength among samples.
Cornell scientists using spectroscopic photography revealed seven unexpected elements in cow's milk. Strontium and titanium linked to fireworks and smokeworks, vanadium in building, hafnium and silicon in earth crust, rubidium in radio tubes, and boron from volcanoes were among the findings. Researchers Dr. Jacob Papis k and Dr. Norman Wright led the study at the Hanza Dairy Research Institute in Scotland. The discovery builds on prior verification of zinc, copper, and potassium in milk.
Cornell researchers dried milky matter and applied electric current to ash, revealing interluminescent vapor patterns on photographic plates. The study notes some newly found substances may enter the cow’s diet, with trace zinc association near Franklin New Jersey. Samples hail from New York New Jersey Wisconsin Michigan Missouri California and British sites Somersetshire Derbyshire Aberdeenshire. Established elements remain in milk at higher levels including iron magnesium potassium sodium phosphorus and chlorine while traces of iron copper aluminum manganese and iodine appear.
Heavy snow began falling in Watertown at 9 30 this morning with a moderately high wind drifting it. Traffic on raft and highway faces possible disruption if the storm continues, as temperatures stay above freezing.
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