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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
14
Chicago AP reports hog values steady as 23 000 head tracked with receipts from prior weeks. Trade showed 9 000 hogs direct consignment and 8 000 carried over. bids held at about 7.85 to 8.00 per hundredweight while lighter weights near 8 16. Cattle and sheep stock offered were scant with modest prices and limited buyer activity.
Eggs quoted 27 to 31 cents per dozen at grocers and markets. Heavy hens 14 cents, light hens 19 cents, heavy springs 14 cents, Leghorn springs 10 cents, stags 8 cents. Good hogs 109 to 140 lbs at $7.00, 159 to 176 lbs at $7.15 to $7.25, 180 to 210 lbs at $7.15 to $7.25, 220 to 260 lbs at $7.90, 260 to 300 lbs at $7.25, extreme heavy butchers $6.65 to $7.15, butcher packers $6.49 to $6.65, heavy packers $6.15 to $6.40.
Hog price report from multiple Iowa markets shows prime, light and heavy hogs trading in a wide range. Prices vary by weight and product line, with Des Moines and Waterloo quotes near seven dollars per hundredweight and several markets listing good packers and sows at mixed levels.
U S Department reports Chicago livestock receipts hogs 23 000 head cattle 2 700 calves 1 000 sheep 11 000. Prices vary across weights and classes with highs near 8 15 for hogs and steers 10 25 to 14 25 while cows 5 25 to 7 50 and lambs 7 25 to 8 50. Slaughter grades and stocker figures listed for feeders and milk fed cattle.
U S Department of Agriculture report shows cattle receipts 1 head to 200 head calves and fat stock dull with prices around 12 dollars for heavy beeves and 4 75 down for bulls. hogs 5 500 head slow to 10 cents lower with top 7 65. sheep 6 000 head fairly active with fat lambs 7 10 to 7 65 and feeders around 7 1/2.
U S. ey of Agriculture notes cattle receipts at 1 head with firm to higher prices over two days. Steers and yearlings in moderate supply with some desirable yearlings around 11.00. Calves 1,800 head with vealers strong. hogs 10,000 head steady to strong. sheep 6,000 head with fat lambs steady to weak.
Receipts totaled 9 000 hogs with prices from 7 50 to 7 75 for 170 to 300 pound butchers and lighter weights. Cattle listings show 1 800 head with fed steers and yearlings weak to 25 cents lower, several price bands for light steers heifers and cows. Sheep receipts 7 000 head with slaughter lambs 10 to 20 cents lower and best feeding lambs around 7 00 to 7 15.
Hogs receipts total 4 000 head with demand active for light weights at 10 to 15 cents higher. butcher hogs steady to yesterday's averages with top at 7 85 for 150 to 160 pounds. Sows steady to weak, most sales 65 07 10. Cattle receipts 1 300 head with calves 400. slaughter steers and yearlings slow, packers lower, stock scarce but steady after early sales. Bulls weak, steers at 8 00 to 10 25. steers and feeders about steady. plain cattle selling. Sheep receipts 4 509 head, conditions softer early with indications of lower prices.
Peoria Illinois AP reports hog receipts around 2 000 head with strong demand top price 7 90 per cwt bulk sales and cattle receipts about 150 head.
Sweetland M E Circuit pastors Rev A F Polk and Rev C E Ward announce Christmas messages and Bible school times at Sweetland Moscow and Island churches. Epworth League leads 7 30 pm program with speakers Mrs William Pelton and Miss Izola Graham. High Prairie delivers Christmas message at 11 with Bible school at 10.
Fall sowings of winter wheat reach 42 042 000 acres, 1.1 percent below last fall while rye sowings rise 4.1 percent to 4 158 000 acres. Chicago trading sees late rallies lift cereals briefly above Thursday closes before selling pressure returns. Wheat May 81 1 2 to 5 8, July 68 1 8 to 1 4. Corn December 67 7 8, May 73 3 4 to 74 1 8. Oats up 1 8 to 1. Provisions mixed.
Miniature golf has grown into a business in London with a Kensington course hiring a special nurse to care for married women's children while they play in the afternoon. Dogs are also cared for by the nurses with quiet dogs and babies given priority during the day.
The report lists wheat and corn prices by grade and mix, including No. 1 hard wheat at 78 cents and various No. 3 through No. 6 corn values ranging from about 60 to 66 and a half cents. Oats and special seeds are also noted with specific quoted ranges for No. 2 and No. 3 white oats and Timothy and Clover seed prices.
Minneapolis Minn AP Flour quotes show no change with Bran at 15.00 per barrel and Mudlinge at 15.00, base price 14.30, with 32 540 barrels noted as stock.
Chicago AP market notes show poultry receipts 5 cars 18 trucks firm with various prices for fowls and turkeys. Potatoes receipts 117 cars on track 242 total on U S shipments 527 steady on McClures weak on other stock. butter prices and egg futures listed with multiple grade scores and monthly futures.
New York butter and canker prices show mixed movement with base prices firming for some items. Receipts include 9 891 tubs and various grade distinctions noted for firsts seconds and extras across multiple weights and packaging.
Market notes show cheese receipts at 71 764 pounds steady. Nearby and western hennery whites selected extra 34937’ c do average extra 31 33c. Pacific coast white 1 treated extra 354% 36c do extra first 31 35c.
Kansas City prices shown for butter and other produce with quotes like 33c for standard butter and 32c for other quantities. Packing butter 10c and butter fat 17 22c indicate varied pricing. No other changes noted for produce.
New York poultry prices steady with dressed poultry and turkeys listed. Kansas City and St. Louis hay markets show receipts and unchanged bids. New York sugar market reports raw sugar unchanged at 3.25 with futures down and refined prices steady.
The Commercial Bulletin reports the wool market remains sluggish with prices favoring buyers. Little weekly value change, watchful on piece goods markets, hopes for demand after year end. Australian pre-shear sales hit October levels, New Zealand crossbred prices firmer, and National Wool Marketing Corp cuts per head loans on a graded basis.
New York AP reports Ernie Schaaf of Boston and Max Baer of San Francisco meet in the featured 10 round heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden. Baer, debuting in the east, has 24 knockouts in 27 fights and predicts a first five round stoppage. Schaaf seeks a major breakthrough with wins over Tommy Loughran and Johnny Risko, as fans crave fresh heavyweight action.
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson announced his candidacy for a fourth term at his office. A Republican ward committeemen group presented a memorial urging him to run in the Republican primaries next February. Thompson expressed hope to rebuild the Cook County Republican Party.
Mayor Thompson lauds his four year record and pledges fulfilled aims including school hero George Washington, Chicago river work, traction solution, and subway plans. He blasts County Chairman Snow and criticizes an anti Thompson faction while endorsing Calvin Coolidge for president.
New York stock and rail securities showed a firm, orderly mood as trading slowed to a leisurely pace. Major rails such as New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio gained several points while credit conditions remained easy and brokers loans fell by 91 million dollars, with silver firming and copper exports improving.
Clarence Drahos ten month old son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Drahos of 1202 Indiana street died at 5 30 p m Thursday after an illness with pneumonia He was born January 20 1930 in this city Funeral services will be at the Church of the Nazarene at 230 Saturday afternoon after services at the home at 2 o'clock The Fairbanks Home for Funerals is in charge
Mrs. George Crull of Fredonia dies at 51 in Columbus Junction. Funeral at Fredonia church Saturday at 2 with Rev. Lamp officiating. burial in Indian Creek cemetery. Survived by husband George, son Guy, daughter Esther Alterbernd, sister Mrs. William Graham, and grandson Fay Crull. Also reports officer elections for Columbus City lodge 107 A F and A M and Royal Arch Masons officers. An operetta Alice in Wonderland was staged at Columbus High School. Other local notes include deaths of Shirley Ann Lowe and visits by residents from Conesville Letts Chicago and Wapello.
Mrs. Leland Brown of near Wapello was injured but not seriously when the car driven by her husband slid into a ditch on highway 61 about six miles west of Muscatine. She suffered cuts and bruises to the head and both knees and was treated at Dr. Beveridge’s office before returning home.
Snow flurries were observed this morning as west skies stayed cloudy. The river level fell about 1.5 feet, a drop of 0.6 feet, while snowfall measured 0.10 inches before melting.
City Board of Health met in regular session with Mayor Thompson presiding. Reports from health physician and milk inspectors listed numerous dairy samples with bacteria counts, sediment status, grades and cream test results dated Dec 4 to Dec 16 1930. Motion to adjourn followed. FR A Van Dyke clerk.
The State Highway Commission will receive bids on Jan 6 to pave 75 miles of Iowa primary roads. Projects include 12.2 miles between Greenfield and Winterset, 14.5 miles from Harlan to the Crawford county line, 12.7 miles from Fort Dodge to the Calhoun line, and 6.9 miles from Red Oak to the Page line. Additional graveling and bridge work are also included in the bid package.
Weather tonight and Saturday will be mostly fair and slightly colder with temperatures around 30 degrees this morning, similar to Thursday. Winds were described as light to moderate with no notable gusts expected, except in the extreme west and south where conditions may differ.
London AP reports the Prince of Wales shows improvement after a chill. At York House officials say his temperature is down and he is cheerful and resting after a hunting day, with no need for official bulletins.
London meteorologist Sir Napier Shaw says the famous fogs are thinning and will fade this winter. He attributes the decline to reclamation and drainage of surrounding sodden ground.
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