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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1941
Page
7
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Unfurnished light housekeeping rooms available at 1135 Pa Street. Inquiries at 1127 Pa Street. Phone 2405 W.
Public sale announced by Mrs. P. F. Johnson and Sons on Monday September 8 1941 at 10 o'clock am. The event occurs four miles west of Baldwin on highway 50. Auctioneers Myers and Sons list the sale as conducted by owners premises.
We quit farming and sell at public auction 4 miles west of Baldwin or 1 mile east of Baldwin Junction on highway 50 starting 10 o clock. Items include 27 black horses, 24 Guernsey and Holstein cows, 33 breeding ewes, 13 spring lambs, 10 tons feed, 6 acres soy beans, 6 acres corn, farm machinery list, 150 ft hay rope, barbed wire, and more. Mrs P F Johnson and Sons owners. Baldwin State Bank clerk. Myers and Sons auctioneers. Cash terms. Lunch served by Pleasant Grove CPA Ladies Auxiliary.
New York and Chicago reports show steady to higher grains with cotton leading gains. Wheat and corn varied as soybeans and oats hit notable highs, while hogs and cattle in Kansas City and Chicago moved lower on profit-taking and demand changes.
Hogs unchanged while cattle show weakness in beef steers and yearlings. Stockers and feeders stay steady with 900 lb fed yearlings around 12.50 and grain fed steers 11.00 to 12.25. spring lambs rise up to 25 cents with top Colorado lambs near 12.50 and Colorado ewes at 5.35. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 5,000 calves 700 hogs 2,000 sheep 3,000.
Kansas City AP report notes mixed grain quotes for September 2 with wheat at Nos. 2 and 3 dark hard and red varieties trading around 1.08 to 1.14 per bushel, corn making around 0.69 to 0.75, oats near 0.43 to 0.44, and Milo maize around 1.16 to 1.22 per unit across several grade categories.
The report lists various grain contract figures with adjustments over the September price for several classes. No 1 hard and dark wheat shows 1% to 6 cents over, No 2 red ranges 2% to 9 cents over, No 1 rye and barley figures appear with specific nom numbers, and corn grades display mixed cents over or under figures.
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