Livestock market report shows mixed cattle hogs and sheep
On Monday San Antonio market receipts totaled cattle 900 and calves 1 200 with calves strongest and fat cattle light. Calves weak to 25 lower, grass steers 5.25 to 6.50, good grass calves 7.25 to 7.75, medium calves 6.00 to 7.00, beef cows 4.00 to 5.50. Hogs 500 receipts active to 25 higher with top 12.00, 160–175 lb hogs 11.25–12.00, 140–160 lb 9.50–?. sows 10.25 down. Sheep and goats slow steady. lambs 4.00, Angora goats 275. Also note discussion of nonagricultural topics and budget forecast by Morganthau.
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San Antonio
Treasury Sees 1937 Federal Spending and Debt Rise
A U S treasury report notes fiscal year ending June 30 shows outlays of 8.001 billion dollars in 1937, down from 8.477 billion in 1936. The 1937 deficit stood at 2.707 billion with debt peaking near 36.5 billion, aided by unpledged assets including 1 billion in gold and 4 billion in recoverable loans.
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Treasury
A Tax on Everything Says Statesman A to Statesman Z
In a provocative exchange, Statesman A lists a sweeping array of levies from tariff and income taxes to wedding ring and stamp taxes, arguing no act is untaxed while Statesman Z warns that the deficit grows and a new tax on tax is proposed. The New Mexico Tax Bulletin notes 1936 gasoline tax collections reached 872,952,000 dollars, up 83,837,000 from 1935, marking an 11 percent rise as debate continues on taxation across the economy.
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United States
The Seven Wonders Then and Now Recalled
A note contrasts the ancient seven wonders named by Antipater with a modern list of discoveries and inventions that have transformed civilization. It highlights the Hang ing Gardens of Babylon and other ancient feats, then proposes radio, telephone, airplane, antiseptics, spectrum analysis, and radium as contemporary wonders whose impacts endure.
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Antipater
Palestine
Babylon
Diana
Ephesus
Zeus
Olympus
Rhodes
Pharos
Alexandria
Artemisia
Cheops
Man as a Failure and Poultry Care Tips
The passage contrasts a man absorbed in work with the need for humane attention, then shifts to poultry care. It advises opening ventilation, cleaning litter, allowing free range, planting green crops like cowpeas and brown top millet, mixing corn with peas, and maintaining mash and clean water to keep hens laying and in good weight.
Wet mash feeding urged to keep hens in production
A Progressive Farmer note by Frank E Mitchell advises daily wet mash feeding to sustain laying and delay molt. It recommends feeding only what birds will eat and starting now through summer to avoid production drops and help hens recover quickly.
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Frank E Mitchell
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Prince Charles
Gustaf
Sweden
Elsa von Rosen
Stockholm
Leopold
Belgium
Prin
Prince Charles Bernadotte
Elsa
RFC
Morganthau
Meme
U. S. Treasury
REP
W. F. Hausmann
Ellis Parker Butler
Statesman A
Statesman Z
Statesman
New Mexico Tax Bulletin
Iem
Texas
Elliot Roosey
By Percy Crosby
Jimmy
Patsy
Ball
J. L. Ball Dairy
Junction Cattle Loan Co
Junction, Texas
Cameron
WM. Cameron & Company, Inc
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