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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1908
Page
6
Estimated receipts of Ii at principal markets yesterday include Chicago Kansas City Omaha St Joseph Sioux City St Paul Pittsburg Buffalo and total 300 100 1000 1800 400.
Receipts totaled 9500 hogs 300 cattle and 300 sheep up from last week and year. Demand from outside sources boosted the market for good to choice hogs with 180 pound and up weights lifting values. Prices ranged from 6.40 to 7.20 with most good hogs at 6.80 to 7.60 as trashy light hogs sold poorly. Cattle were in light supply with steady prices for butcher stock calves 25c lower. Sheep and lambs remained steady amid larger receipts.
The list shows price ranges for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, calves, hogs and sheep by grade and weight. Includes Good to choice, fair to medium and commissioning to best stockers with weights from 700 to 210 pounds and up, plus per hundredweight values.
Listed prices show common medium sheep at 50 to 200 pounds and per 100 pounds value from 3.00 to 3.50. Spring lambs fetch 4.00 to 5.75 per 100 pounds depending on weight and market conditions.
Sensational damage reports from the northwest lift the wheat market with Chicago and Minneapolis futures firming. September wheat closes higher about 75 cents. corn and provisions also gain on continued dry weather, strong hog prices, and looming receipts.
Receipts of hogs at Prince Western markets yesterday totalled several large lots including 4 50, 3 006, 5 000, 1 766 and 3 500 head in mixed consignments.
The Chicago market lists cattle and hog quotes with ranges for various grades. Cattle include good to prime steers at 7.75, inferior to plain steers 5.00 6.00, range steers 4.00 6.40, and cows 4.00 5.50, with calves 3.00 7.35 and bulls 3.50 5.00. Hogs show heavy packers 6.40 6.65, mixed butchers 6.75 6.90, prime heavy shipping barrows 6.85 7.10, and sows 2.00 5.00, plus Pigs and lamb categories with varied quotes.
Receipts show cattle light with steady market. hogs strong with heavies and yorkers at 7.40 6.50 and pigs 6.25 6.50. Sheep and lambs receipts around 1,000. top lambs bring 6.00 and top calves 7.75.
Hog trade showed strength in shipping grade but weaker demand for other classes. Prime hogs reached 7.10 dollars, 244 cents above prior session highs and overall cattle and sheep activity was low with limited packer involvement and steady to nominal prices.
Daily market snapshot from Logansport and Galveston sources lists grain prices such as wheat 83 cents, yellow corn $1.00, oats 42 cents, rye 60 cents, and various stock quotes for hogs steers cows and calves. Also includes country produce and poultry prices from multiple local firms.
The excerpt lists corrected daily prices for poultry and livestock from multiple markets including Royal Centre Adamsboro and Hoov ers Mexico. Figures cover chickens turkeys ducks geese eggs butter hogs steers heifers cows calves sheep and various grain prices such as wheat corn and oats.
Local poultrymen and fanciers anticipate a larger egg laying competition at Street Somerset under the Utility Poultry club. The 200 pens of six birds run Oct 1 1908 to Mar 31 1909 with 120 square yard grass runs two miles from Glastonbury. Prizes reach £45. Records noted include 276 eggs in 16 weeks by four pullets.
Will Spitler shipped several head of cattle to Indianapolis Friday. John Calhound plans to build a new dwelling on West Columbia street. E W Allbright will leave Monday for his firm on the road after a short hometown vacation. J M Clark of Rossville was in town on business Saturday. Samuel Voorhees and wife Geo Benson and wives will attend the Battle Ground meeting Sunday. Bee Lesh and Nate Ray resign at Taylor restaurant. Pete Landis filling the vacancy. R D Voorhees will visit town over Sunday. Mrs G Kitzmiller hosted Sunday school class at Main street rooms Saturday. Chas Voohes returned from South Bend Saturday.
Nap Lajoie and Hans Wagner continue their famous duel for batting honors. Lajoie reaches 2,002 hits after a three hit game to cross the 2000 mark, joining Wagner who has 2,041. The two players have 5,727 and 5,909 at bats respectively with strong averages. A later note mentions Barnhart entering a rooster in a contest for a $2 cash premium and recalls a past Rochester Sentinel promotion involving a cable-towed rooster in a window display.
The Fulton county fair will be held at Rochester starting September 2 with many Cass county attendees. Special premiums are offered including a $2 cash prize for the rooster that crows the loudest and longest in the poultry department. The contest begins after a mid day darkening of coops followed by lights. A committee will announce the winner. Editor Barnhart of the Rochester Sentinel has been nominated for Congress on the Democratic ticket.
Irma Hilbert returns from Valparaiso and goes home. Elizabeth Day with Elizabeth Fry visits Donaldson and plans stops at Knox and Hamlet. Disa Day visits Logansport. George S. Akers family return to Ambia. Gale Skinner and wife return from Bass Lake. Albert Farmer family home from the dredge for Sunday. Leonard Frye returns from Galveston where he worked.
Mrs Julia Cromer Kerlin of Coshoc ton Ohio will sing at both services today at Broadway M E Church.
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