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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1928

Page

8

Wheat Prices Slide in Mixed Grain Market Update

Chicago and Liverpool quotes eased as wet spring weather weighed on the spring crop belt. US wheat visible supply fell by 3.3 million bushels with little market impact. Corn slipped but July delivery rose, oats edged higher, and provisions firmed with hogs rallying. Live fowl and dressed poultry prices showed mixed moves amid ongoing supply trends.

Chicago Liverpool Kansas United States

Commodity price report from Chicago wheat corn oats and seeds

Wheat No 4 northern spring0.38% per bushel. corn No 2 mixed 1.02 to 1.03 dollars. various No 2 to No 6 mixed, yellow and white grades listed with prices. oats No 2 white 69%1.72 dollars, barley around 97 dollars, Timothy seed 4.78, Clover seed 19.75 to 27.00. Prices shown for multiple grain and seed types in Chicago markets.

Chicago

Local market quotes for poultry eggs and livestock

Local market listing shows Swift & Co prices for poultry hens four pounds and up at 18c, Bent Leghorns and blacks at 14c, Eges-No. 1 at 24c and No. 2 at 20c. Livestock quotations from J P Squire Co include Good butchers 399 pounds at 9.59, 299–259 pounds at 9.51, 189–299 pounds at 9.50, and packers 259–399 pounds at 8.49 and heavy packers at 8.

Swift & Co Eges J. P. Squire Company

Kansas City Produce Prices Report

Kansas City Missouri June 18 AP Eyes Firsts 25c seconds 23c butter Creamery 47c in large quantities 46c Poultry Hens 17c to 20c geese spring 39c broilers 26c 29c young ducks 20c roosters 7c

Kansas City

Chicago Produce Market Report June 18

Butter receipts up with Creamery extras at 43c and 42 1 2c. eggs down to 28 28 1 2c Firsts and storage packed at 30c. potatoes on track 179 cars, total 1 029 cars. market stronger on triumphs, weak on white stock. Bliss barrels steady, Irish cobblers $2.50 to $3.00, Wisconsin sacked whites 85 5c to 95c, Idaho russets around $1.00.

Chicago Til U. S Alabama Louisiana Texas North Carolina East Shore Virginia Wisconsin Idaho

Butter and cheese prices and receipts up on New York market

Butter steady with 9 952 tubs received as creamery prices rise for extras and firsts. Cheese firm with 102 412 pounds received. state milks show flats and specials at 25 32 cents. Eggs steady with 17 158 cases received. fresh gathered extra first to first and seconds quoted with nearby varieties noted.

New York Hennery White Mery White Hennery Brown

Receipts of Cutter rise on eastern markets in Chicago

Receipts of Cutter on eastern markets show continued increase with liberal shipments in transit. Much of arrivals is contracted by regular trade or for storage, and supply is not excessive. Speculators hold off while new buyers clear up supply. Chicago 99 score Standards quoted 42.5 cents, up a quarter cent, with 2 score extras at 44.13 to 44.5 cents.

Swift and Company Chicago Ill Cutter New York

Poultry Prices From New York Market Roundup

Live poultry not quoted with dressed steady. Chickens fresh 39 to 42 cents, frozen 246 to 244 cents per pound. Fowls fresh 22 to 32 cents, frozen 22 to 32. Old roosters 16 to 4? cents. Turkeys fresh 25 to 34 cents, frozen 39 to 41 cents.

New York

New York Sugar Markets Steady As Trading Quiet

Raw sugar in New York unchanged at 4.21 for Cuban and refined sugar steady from 6.05 to 6.10 for fine granulated. Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow include cattle 7,000 head hogs 23,990 head and sheep 5,000 head.

New York

Chicago Livestock Market Report June 18

Chicago livestock receipts totaled 46 900 hogs and 19 999 cattle with gains to 25 cents higher. Hogs topped at 19.40 for 185 to 260 pounds while cattle saw generally steady to higher bidding across grades and weights.

Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Rise on Omaha Market

Hogs receipts 8009 with higher prices for 290 to 3090 pound butchers 9.65 to 9.90, top 10.99. packing sows 8.66 to 9.99. Cattle receipts 6099 with strong gains. fed steers 12.75 to 14.00, yearlings to 14.25, weighty steers about 1550 lbs 14.50, beef cows 8.75 to 9.50. Sheep receipts 4900 with fat lambs 15.00 to 15.25, natives 14.50 to 15.90.

Livestock Prices at South St. Paul Auction

Cattle receipts 5700 head with early bidding weak to 250 lower. Calves 2300 head 5 percent lower. Hogs 12000 head opening strong to 25 cents higher on lights and butchers, butchers bidding mixed. Sheep 200 head with lambs and ewes steady to lower on culls and yearlings.

East St. Louis hog market gains with higher bids

In East St Louis Illinois June market hog receipts reach 16 590 head with most bids up 15 to 25 cents. Top hogs at 10 45 to 10 90 for 179 to 198 pounds and light weights 8 75 to 9 75. Cattle receipts total 3890 with 2500 calves as packers stay bearish on steers and prices soften.

East St. Louis Ill IAF Department of Agriculture

Hogs and Cattle Market Summary From June 18

Receipts total 2 500 hogs and 1 999 cattle with calves 209. Hog market active up 16 to 20 cents. top 9 90. bulk 180 270 pounds 9 65 29 89. packing sows steady 8 25 8 75. Cattle market active. fed steers steady to a dime higher. yearlings 2 to 2c higher. top yearling 14 99. bulk steers 12 50 13 75. grass fat steers 11 90. slaughter cows 13 25 down. beef cows 8 00 9 75. cutters 6 25 7 25. fat cattle 11 00 11 40. lamb market slow. Colorado lambs 15 25. Idaho ewes 6 00.

Chicago U. S. Department of Agriculture South St. Paul Minn J. Joseph Colorado

Sioux City Market Reports Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices

Sioux City Iowa June 18 market report shows cattle receipts 3500 head with steady to strong prices including fed steers and yearlings 11.59 to 14.50 with bulk 12.75 to 13.75. hog receipts 6500 head with prices rising to about 19.69 for top butcher, sows 8.75 to 9.90. sheep receipts 500 head with markets steady.

Price Movement Not Uniform At Market Opening

Opening stock prices showed no uniform movement as motors steels and coppers led heaviness. General Motors fell 1.25 points while Woolworth Bethlehem Steel and Anaconda Copper dropped 0.75. Wright Aeronautical rose 2 points and Radio Consolidated Gas Nash Motors gained 1 point or more.

New York Motors General Motors Woolworth Bethlehem Steel Wright Aeronautical Radio Consolidated Gas Nash Motors

McGuire Impresses Cubs Fans as Adams Replaced

Joe McCarthy may lack Sparky Adams at second base but finds a replacement in Mickey McGuire. McGuire, resembling Eddie Collings in looks and play, excites Chicago fans, overcoming earlier Giants dismissal for presumed daily strain.

Joe McCarthy Sparky” Adams Mickey” McGuire McGuire Eddie Collings Chicago Adams Giants

Public School Costs Rising Across United States

The federal bureau of education attributes rising public school costs to reduced purchasing power of the dollar and the provision of improved facilities. Costs per pupil have more than doubled since 1920, with 1913 figures at 338.31 dollars and 1925 rising to 98.45 per pupil, and total grounds and buildings outlays hitting 433 million in 1925 before a dip the following year.

Federal Bureau of Education Bureau United States Bureau of Education

New York Bonds June 16 Report from Mascatine State Bank

The Mascatine State Bank furnishes bond notes for New York markets dated June 16. The brief summary notes bond listings, yields, and closing prices with emphasis on municipal and corporate issues traded in New York.

NEW York Bonds Mascatine State Bank

Township Groups Meet During Week

Farm Bureau township groups in Muscatine County schedule meetings this week. Wapsinonoc division meets Tuesday at Mrs. Charles Miller’s home to study Meal Planning. Moscow township women hold an all day gathering Wednesday to prepare posters for Achievement day. Goshen township members meet Thursday at Mrs. Nellie Brand’s home for an organizational program. Miss Perkins leaves Friday for Des Moines to attend sessions of the national home economics conference.

Muscatine

Hoover Plans Campaign Movements Across Iowa and Nation

The item describes William Hoover's potential campaign strategy focusing on Iowa and West Branch birthplace ties. It notes discussions of a porch campaign in Iowa, Hoover's affection for the state, and past careful campaigning in Town, with support from his home Fifth District and Mr Lowden's candidacy context. Nebraska reports hog numbers and value: 4,599,900 hogs valued at $60,900,000.

Mr. Hoover West Branch Cedar Rapids Crees Iowa Hoover Mrs. Hoover Washington Town Society of Lowden Fifth Nebraska

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Minneapolis Saylor-Wichelman Saylor & Wichelman Hershey Jackson Bros. Boese Chicago Cash Grain Produce New York Poultry New York Sugar Chicago Livestock Omaha Livestock Omaha Neb South St. Paul Livestock East St. Louis Livestock St. Joe Livestock Sioux City Livestock Sioux City Woolworth and Beth Lehem Radio Up CUBS Lowigh American Telti & Tel Anaconda Coopper Armour Delaware Australia Baltimore & Ohio Belgium Bethlehem Steel i Alifornia Petroleum Ee. Aa Chesapeake Corp P. Ry Duquesne Light Goodyear Tire International Tel. & Tel Philadelphia Co Okay Shell Union Ar Sinclair Conson Standard Oil N. Y Southern Cal Edison T. Eerests Union Pacific R. R Youngstowns & T Ozarks China Lumal Weiss J. B. ST. Clair Bottling Works, Inc Mulberry Avenue Muscatine, Town Messrs. Dunn and Bradstreet Congress
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