Hog Market Outlook From Moorman Bureau in 1924 Graettinger
The Hog Market Outlook analyzes price recovery and producer risk as hog values rise from 6 to 10 dollars a hundredweight, while soft corn shortages loom. It warns of continued liquidation, higher future prices, and a tight feed supply driven by a 2.513 billion bushel corn forecast, with emphasis on feeding practices and risks of digestive issues.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
A. Alm
E. M. Thompson
Twin Cities
Taylor Falls
Superior
Duluth
Virginia City
Hibbing
Two Harbors
Two
Emmetsburg
Soft corn market and hog outlook discussed
The report analyzes soft corn as feed equal in value to hard corn on a dry basis, noting its higher risk in feeding hogs. It predicts fluctuating hog prices with spring receipts, possible price rises after winter, and warns forecasters to avoid premature marketing. It also covers foreign pork demand, Dawes plan effects, and future prospects for hog producers and fall pig profits.
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United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Local Notes Spur Lighthearted Oddities and Jokes
A collection of scattered anecdotes and observations from Floyd county and beyond. Items include rain delays in China, a claim about saxophones dating to 7122 B C, odd grafting gossip, a gleaming ad line about a brighter honeymoon, and a New York style quip about Dr Lulu Hunt Peters. Also anecdotes on Jackie Coogan in London, the Prince of Wales curiosity, fall crops near Oskaloosa, Lisbon Kraut Day, and a quirky inheritance tale about a schoolteacher who resembled her grandmother.
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Floyd County
China
B.C
Yen
Lulu Hunt Peters
Detroit News
Hans
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the Graettinger Times
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Graettinger,Ja
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Jaqua
Humboldt Republican
Lincoln
Nebraska
Rorhember
0. R. Gardner
Emmataburg
Hippodrome
Fred Simonsen
Emmetaburg
Wall
Spencer Fair
Burt Monitor
Jackie Coogan
London
Jackie
St. James Palace
Palace
Prince of Wales
Oskaloosa
Lisbon
The
Algona Republican
Burbank
Foote
Houtls
Frea Laneh
Durgo Jersey Hogs
Deyr
Lin
Huber
Rock Island
Davidson & Foote
Rinderknecht & Hansen, Aucts
R. M. Butler
Kead
Hart Schaffner & Mark
Burkhead & CO
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