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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
11
Iowa hog market notes show Cedar Rapids prices with standard ranges across weight classes from 150 to 395 pounds and higher for packers. Mason City reports prices up to 350 pounds with several weight bands, while Waterloo and Ottumwa list hogs unchanged.
Iowa hog market report shows 41 800 hogs received over 48 hours at 20 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, down from 44 000 last week and 28 200 a year ago. Prices vary by weight with loads and quotations noted from 140 to 550 pounds, steady to higher vs Friday, long hauls show shrinkage and hogs overfilled.
Local grocers list egg market at 144 417 percent. Heavy poultry over 3 pounds quoted at 22 cents. Leghorns over 1 pound at 20 cents. Old roosters over 4 2 pounds priced at 10 cents and under 4 percent.
The report notes hog prices vary with buyers often paying slightly above or below quoted figures. Hogs bought at the shipping point are excluded from the quoted quotients, affecting how values are reported.
U S Dept. of Agriculture notes hogs 1 0 with 8 000 direct steady to 5 cents higher. top 10.20. cattle 15 000 and calves 2 500 steady to weak with weighty steers under pressure. yearlings steady. heifers down to 6 25 7 50 range. bulls 6 25 down. sheep 5 000 steady to weak. spring lambs $11 25 to 12 10, few at 12 25. California ducks above 11 50 in places. note lambs born spring 1935 classified as yearlings.
Livestock prices show feeders and cattle softening. hogs steady to firm with top hog price near 9.85. Cattle bids open weak to 2 cents lower. stockers and calves slow, varies by weight. Sheep killing classes steady to weak with spring lambs around 11.75 and yearlings near 9.00 to 11.50.
Hogs 8 000 head including 300 direct slow butchers 280 lb down unevenly weak light weights least decline top 9.80 to shippers. cattle 9 000 calves 500 fed steers and yeardings very slow undertone weak to lower vealers around 8.50. stock steers to 7.59. sheep 5 000 spring lambs 11.00 to 11.25 with best above 11.50.
AP market report shows butter at 15,751 steady with creamery specials and various grade prices. Eggs quoted at 38,989 with easy extras. poultry values list live hens and roosters with multiple regional prices. potatoes and U.S. stock shipments noted. Futures closed with butter at 281c and eggs at 23 7/8c.
New York market notes show butter and creamery products with varied grades and quotes across fresh receipts. Poultry by freight remains steady with chickens broilers fowls roosters turkeys and ducks priced within narrow ranges.
New York equities finish with scattered gains and losses as investors digest mixed signals from industrials and utilities. Key names including General Electric, DuPont, Chrysler, and International Harvester show varied moves while several rail and consumer firms reflect cautious activity in the June session.
Wheat markets showed firmness with limited follow through on demand. Damaged spring wheat in central South Dakota was noted while cooler NW weather and showers tempered price hopes. July closed at 84 1/8 to 1/4, September 84 1/4 to 3/8. corn down 1/4 to 5/8, July 59 1/8 to 1/4. oats down 3/8 to 3/4. provisions steady to up 7 cents.
Cash wheat no sales reported. Corn quotes include No. 4 mixed 58 14c No. 5 mixed 58c No. 1 yellow 61 c No. 2 yellow 61% 16c No. 3 yellow 59 60% c No. 4 yellow 58 14 59%4c No. 5 yellow 57 58c No. 1 white 67c No. 3 white 66 67c No. 3 white 65%4 66c No. 4 white 60 4963% c No. 5 white 59 14 61'sc sample grade 25 27c. Oats No. 3 white 25 27%4%c No. 4 white 23 4 25c sample grade 21 23c. No rye. Soy beans track Chicago No. 2 yellow 544c No. 3 yellow 83 84c No. 4 yellow 34ac Barley actual sales No. 3 Illinois malting 90c seed 30 48c nominal malting 45 792c nominal. Timothy seed 2 9903 15 cwt. Clover seed 12 25 19.00 cwt. Lard tierces 9 90 loose 9 27 bellies 12 50.
New York dealers reported strong interest in the U S government issue totaling 2 billion dollars for June financing. Rates and maturities were in line with expectations as early trading showed slight shifts in specific issues. Corporate and foreign lists were subdued with minor declines in several equities.
New York rates list currencies and implied values in cents per unit for many nations and cities including Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Rumania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal and New York in Montreal with nominal values noted.
In Boston on June 1 bids for original 12 months Texas wool reached 82 85 cents a pound secured basis, with dealers reluctant to sell near the low end of the range. Some houses reportedly held their choice lots at 86 and 88 cents secured basis.
Farmers in Muscatine county who signed up for the government soil conservation program will receive notices of their soil depleting bases starting this week. Bases are calculated by township in order of final reports. all 14 township reports are in, with total applicants over a thousand. State officials designated county and township bases weeks ago. The piece ends with a note about the male kurtus fish that fastens eggs to its forehead for hatching.
The salmon migrates thousands of miles to freshwater for spawning while the eel journeys vast distances to the sea, illustrating contrasting life cycles within the same fish family.
State police widen the Black Legion inquiry linking the Poole slaying on May 13 to a chain of about a dozen deaths under suspicion. Roy Pidcock, 32, vanished the same day and was found hanged on a Canadian island in the Detroit River.
Newell D. McCombs former Cherokee superintendent of schools assumes head of Muscatine public schools succeeding H Van Hettinga who resigned a month ago. The Cherokee man won a year term starting June 1 and has spent the past week meeting with Hettinga and studying the local system. He plans to move his family to Muscatine soon. Hettinga has gone to Chicago to join Ginn and Company as sales representative. the Van Hettingas will reside in Ann Arbor Michigan.
Muscatine began its biennial school census to enumerate all residents aged 5 to 21, with five enumerators to finish by June 15. Superintendent Newell D. McCombs urged public cooperation as census figures determine state school revenue, noting a rise in listings two years ago. The count covers those five to under 21 by July 1, 1936, with countywide efforts led by district secretaries.
Regular meetings of three Masonic organizations are set for this week per secretary F G Wilford. Iowa lodge No 2 A F and A M will hold third degree work Tuesday night. Triune lodge No 641 A F and A M meets Thursday night. Rose Croix shrine No 5 White Shrine of Jerusalem hosts a card party and refreshments after the meeting tonight.
Funeral rites for Woodrow F. W. Schroeder held at Fairbanks Home for Funerals at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Leroy L Weis of the First Methodist Episcopal church in charge. Burial followed at Memorial Park cemetery. Flower attendants were Mrs. Ralph McBride and Mrs. Sam Dye. pallbearers were Sam Dye, Ray C. Bloom, Charles Fulham, Frank Schafer, A. Jackson and E. D. Schultheis.
Defeats mark a busy weekend with Davis cup doubles boosting Australia to a 2-1 edge over the U S in the American zone final. Philadelphia Cornell secures the 60th intercollegiate A A A track title with 2914 points as O Brien sets a 47.1 seconds 400 meters mark. Berkeley Ten meet records fall as Southern California dominates Pacific coast track championship. Washington William T Mc Mahon wins the national A A U marathon in a course record 2 38 14 1 5. London Omaha takes the Queen's Plate. Paris Perry defeats Boussus in a four setter. Von Cramm sweeps Bernard in French hard court semis. Indianapolis draws 116000 as Lou Meyer wins the 500 mile auto race at 109 069 mph. Ted Horn second, Kelly Petillo third. St Andrews Hector Thomas claims British amateur golf title over James Ferrier. Los Angeles Joe Platak retains National A A U handball title.
New York Holiday and Sunday games drew 113531 fans to Yankee Stadium as the Yankees routed Dann Marble 21 to 3 in a decisive win.
American leaders include Sullivan Indians batting .422 and Gehrig Yankees with 53 runs, Dickey Yankees 50 RBIs, and Ger hinger Tigers 17 hits and 17 doubles. Foxx Red Sox 13 homers, Werber Red Sox 11 steals. Pearson Yankees 81 wins. National leaders feature Terry Giants .426, J Martin Cardinals 40 runs, Medwick Cardinals 40 RBIs, Jordan Bees 64 hits, Herman Cubs 20 doubles, Riggs Reds 6 triples along with Camilli Phillies and Goodman Reds 6 homers, J Moore Phillies, Martin Cardinals 8 steals, Gumbert Giants 5 1 record.
The report notes a 6-5 win with the late run and a 7-5 Indians victory after Joe Vosmik's double to lift Cleveland over Chicago. It also mentions Stu Martin driving in three runs, including the go ahead in the 12th for the Cardinals against the Reds, and briefly notes John Moody as a pioneering figure in American theater who worked as a barber when not acting and managing.
Gail and Dick ride past villages and estates toward home on the Island. Lucille plans to wear a dress to a charity affair while Mrs. Searles may be involved. Dick vows to have another date if Lucille appears, and Gail senses a future comfort despite past doubts.
One of the best offerings of young cattle in weeks including White Face Angus and Short horn steer calves and yearlings 350 to 550 lbs. plus fleshy native 650 lb White Face yearling steers and heifers. Also Hereford bull Shorthorn cattle and several milk cows. Hogs include 26 sows to farrow soon with Durocs Polands and Spotted Polands vaccinated. Feeding shoats and boars. Sale begins 12:30 with courteous treatment and fair prices promised. R F Smylie Manager. Klotz Duncan Duncan Auctioneers.
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