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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
6
A collage of jokes and funny vignettes ranges from plane crash survivor quips to stock tips and bathing suit jests. Petty miscommunications, social nudges, and ragtime humor mingle with a milk accident scene and a mixed nursery rhyme punchline.
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research notes October 1939 poultry shipments from Texas to out of state totaled 43 cars, including 32 cars of chickens and 11 cars of turkeys, with interstate egg shipments at 21 cars. Last October saw 6 out of state egg cars, while prior year totals included Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and California.
Hogs receipts about 600 with active market and gains to 5 cents. Top hogs 7.90 for most 180 to 250 pounds. some early 10-packers to 8.00. Pigs 6.50 to 7.90 range by weight. sows 7.00 down. Cattle receipts around 1100 including 120 calves. trading slow with mixed truck lots. calves and cows mostly weak or steady. Steers and yearlings offered on grass. mid range 500 to 750 pound hogs around 7.50. grass yearlings to 400.
Cattle prices show variability with vales near 5 to 6 dollars per head and grass calves around 650 dollars for a few small lots. Plain calves drop to 4 dollars, rannies 3.5 to 4, bulls 3.5 to 4, and good weighty offerings up to 4.75 or more. Low cutters 2.75 to 3, dairy cows down to 2.5, butcher cows up to 4.5 to 5, medium stockers around 5.25 to 5.50, some 750 pound stockers at 5.50. Sheep receipts none, small yearling sheep arriving late sold near 4.5, goats ranged. Also note avocado oil mentioned as cosmetic ingredient.
Pecatonica News reports wild deer are becoming plentiful in northern Illinois counties. They eat and destroy crops and wander onto highways. State law restricts killing the animals, leaving farmers frustrated by crop damage and road hazards.
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