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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1930
Page
7
The report shows mixed futures and spot quotes for corn oats rye barley and wheat with various months listed. Prices move within narrow ranges and reflect differing grades including No 2 and No 3 for corn and white yellow oats and rye with several noted months and percentage changes.
Chicago August 5 AP corn prices surged to new high records in late dealings buoyed by President Hoover relief talk. Wheat followed with gains as traders eyed crop losses and heat driven feed substitutions, while oats and provisions rose. Chicago livestock markets showed mixed gains with hogs and cattle fluctuating amid large receipts and overall price strength.
Hay receipts total 98 cars with prices steady to unchanged. Alfalfa grades See No 1 22.50 24.00 No 2 1 19.50 11.00 No 1 20 21.00 No leafy 18.50 19.50 Prairie No 2 10.00 10.50 Timothy No 1 12.50 13.00 No 1 1 6.0 12.00
Chicago August 1 reports from the AP noting a steady market for potatoes. Prices vary by region with Kansas and Missouri offering sacks of Irish Cobblers around 1.40 to 1.58 per unit, Minnesota early Ohio and paths Maryland barrel Irish Cobblers near 2.75, while other regions show fair trading and a generally steady tone.
Aug 5 report from Kansas City notes firsts 6.00 and butter market details. Creamery butter 49 in large quantities 38, packing butter 14, paltry butter 11 to 16. Hens 11 to 16, broilers 16 to 20, roosters 11 to 13. Prices reflect supply levels.
Grain items list prices for white corn yellow corn soft wheat 58 Ibs or better 72 kaffir 1.45 per hundred oats 38. Poultry prices include heavy hens over 4 Ibs 15 hens under 4 Ibs 11 white and buff 16 broilers 17 Leghorns 16 roosters ducks 7 geese 5 springs over 2 Ibs 19. Eggs firsts 23 ordinary firsts 15 seconds 12. Hogs 7.25 9.00.
New York stock action shows U S Steel advancing to over 170 while many favorites drift, with broad profit-taking and a heavy close on about 1.35 million shares. Crop damage news and rain add uncertainty, grain and nonferrous metals firming modestly, and August call rates adjusting amid hopes for better long-term credit.
Hogs 5 000 head mostly 10 20 higher top 9 50 180 220 lbs. Cattle 7 000 calves 1 000 slaughter steers weak vealers strong others steady early top mixed pens 8 35 900 1190 lbs Heifers 5 50 10 75 cows 5 00 7 00 vealers milk fed 5 50 9 50 stocker and feeder steers 6 50 8 50 Sheep 3 500 lambs 15 25 higher Idaho lambs 9 15 good and choice 90 lbs down 6 50 8 00 ewes 2 25 4 00.
Kansas City markets show cattle steady to lower, beef steers and long yearlings weak. hogs and sheep steady. Grain receipts include 418 cars, wheat unchanged with varying bids for No 2 dark and No hard wheat, reflecting a quiet trading day in Kansas City.
Oskaloosa residents hosted and visited relatives as church and community events filled the weekend. Among the highlights were guests in the Jacquemin and Bowers homes, trips to Manhattan for summer sessions, and plans for nursing training, missionary teas, and union services in the park.
Crossword shows a jumble of clues and apparent garbled words with scattered proper nouns. Entries include references to India Mexico Italy and diverse terms like feminine garments and corrupted phrases, suggesting a crowded grid of cryptic style hints and errors.
Week of visitors includes Mr. and Mrs. George Raines Lieut Frank Roberts and wife in Manhattan, Nellie Shuck and Mrs Goff in Ivar Anderson home, and Lawrence Wesley from Bancroft pursuing school interests. Reports of new coach hire, family visits from Texas and Ohio, fire relief for Glock home, and Dr R G Henry trip to Mission Texas with Mexico crossing. Also updates on weddings, garden projects, church services, and a county band concert program. Helium plant in Amarillo reports record May output of 1 230 359 thousand cubic feet of gas containing 97 percent helium.
Washington AP notes the mail coach helped create the first great American highway the old Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore turnpike.
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