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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1939
Page
7
Iowa crop reporter Charles D. Reed notes Muscatine County avoids the worst of heat and drought as oats barley flax and other spring crops suffer statewide. Corn planting 93 percent complete with ungerminated seed. rains in nine counties boost start. some fields adapted to soybeans or other forage.
Cedar County Farm Bureau hosts a spraying and orchard care meeting at the A. V. Mather farm east of West Branch on May 31 led by L. C. Grove from Iowa State College. A rat poisoning week activity includes a demonstration at the Clare Nebergall farm south of Tipton at 1 30 p m Thursday.
South Carolina senator E D Smith says he will fish instead of greeting England's king and queen in Washington. He dismisses formal bowing as foolish and insists on shaking hands like ordinary Americans.
Mercer county farm bureau members who joined the 1938 farm account project will host a farm management representative from the University of Illinois and Earl D. Peterson on May 31 or June 1. The 1938 books will be returned after checking and summarization. each cooperators receives a county summarization. Interviews are being scheduled. all figures remain confidential.
Muscatine County Farm Bureau women’s chorus will not take part in the NBC national program at Ames in mid June during the state Four-H girls convention. Miss Mary Grace Martin said the decision came because some chorus members could not attend Ames at that time.
Dr J D McPike will present an illustrated travel lecture at the Muscatine county Junior Farm Bureau meeting scheduled for Thursday night June 1 in the Farm Bureau quarters in the post office building. Myrtle Jenkins leads community singing before a recreational period. the program is led by Bonnie Martin Merion Hetzler and Edward Brown.
Cedar township Farm Bureau will hold a meeting Friday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Ward Harvey announced by County Agent Ralph H Olson. The program features accordion music by Mary Alice Shellabarger a reading by Opal Fry agent reports and motion pictures Families attending are asked to bring pie Coffee will be provided by the committee.
A compact list of closing quotations shows many major stocks with varied percentages. Notable movers include Amoco, General Motors, Ford, Radio, Remington Rand, and Eastman Kodak along with utilities and regional peers.
The Seventy-Six township boys Four-H club met at Kay Eliason’s home Tuesday night with nine members present. Donald Schafer led the erosion control discussion while County Agent Ralph Olson spoke on rat control methods. The group planned forming a softball team and refreshments were served.
The Twain was freed at 11 a m Tuesday after two days delayed by shoals below the New Boston dam. Operators abandoned a barge of shelled corn fearing further trouble downstream. Part of the barge will be unloaded before resuming downstream, while the other two barges proceed light. The New Boston pool dropped about three feet. at Davenport flow stood 24 000 cfs, with Muscatine river stage at 4.2. Dredges Rock Island and Geyser plan further dredging to restore navigation and aid nearby canals.
A Bolivia stamp holds the record as the smallest postage stamp in the world. The miniature issue showcases national symbols and reaches collectors with its tiny size and curious design.
Muscatine county will send about 25 Four-H club girls and leaders to the state Four-H girls convention in Ames from June 14 to 17. Miss Mary Grace Martin announced the delegate list, naming representatives from Wapsie Best Goshen Wapsie Bloomington Best Fulton Royal Workers Pike Lassies Fruitland Sunshine Fulton Industrial Green Valley Hustlers Sweetland Sunshine Wilton Busy Bees and Seventy-Six Sparklers plus club officials and the county club committee chair.
The Des Moines OWA Hog Market Review reports 24 hour hog receipts at 19,100 across 20 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, up from last week. Barrows and gilts and sows show varying price ranges by weight, with deliveries and transactions through 11:30 a.m. today.
Salable hogs 3700 with top at 6.50 for 180 to 225 pounds. packer limits 6.10 to 6.50. sows 5.15 to 5.50. Cattle 5300 with most good light steers and yearlings 8.25 to 9.50, shipper steers around 10, cows under pressure 5.50 to 7.25. Sheep 6.00 salable, fat lambs slow, native spring lambs about 10.00 to 10.25, clipped lambs 8.50 to 8.65.
Chicago markets show cash wheat prices for several grades with No. 3 hard at 81 4 cents and No. 3 yellow hard at 82 cents. Corn bids include No. 2 mixed at 52 2 to 53 cents and No. 1 white at 58 4 to 59 cents. Oats and barley values listed for mixed, white, malting, and seed grades. Seed costs for timothy and red clover, with red top also noted.
Chicago May 24 official livestock receipts show cattle 4 500 hogs 9 000 sheep 2 000. Hogs failed to rebound from five year lows with prices steady to 5 cents lower in fairly active trade top at 6.90. Receipts about 10 000 hogs with 2 000 more than expected. Heavies and mediums around 6 55 to 6 90 for various weights. Cattle sales slow with steers at 10.00 and calves 13.50 to 11.25, underscoring weak undertone.
U S Department of Agriculture report shows hogs 1,800 head with top prices at 6.50 for 160-260 lb and 6.00-6.50 for 270-310 lb, sows 5.15-5.40. Cattle and calves totals listed. Colorado steers at 10.35, light weights 10.25, yearlings 10.00, cows 5.75-6.75, vealers 7.50-9.50. Sheep totals 7,500 with native lambs 10.00 and clipped lambs 7.00-7.25.
In New York on May 24 bonds moved up slowly with moderate activity. U S treasuries slipped slightly while corporate loans drew interest. Notable gains appeared in Warren Brothers 6s Western Union 5s of 69 Pennsylvania general 4s 65 Nickel Plate 446s Consolidated Edison 3s American and Foreign Power 5 including Latin American issues.
Offerings at 7.25 down with dealers 9 to 10 and stockers 9.75 to 8.00. Fed clipped lambs and native spring lambs 8.75 to 10.00, salable sheep around 2,500. Western ewes not on sale. native springers 10.00 to 10.50. fat ewes steady. Prices for specific lots range from 8.99 to 19.50 per hundredweight with varied weights.
Grain prices surged in heavy Chicago trading with wheat leading gains. July and September futures hit new highs, corn oats soybeans also moved with mixed results as grains rallied across the board amid brisk session volume and profit taking.
Butter and eggs show limited movement with prices largely unchanged. Poultry and potatoes also hold steady as U S shipments total over one thousand cars with light demand. Regional varieties including Alabama compliant Bliss Triumphs Louisiana Long Whites and Idaho Russell appear in quoted prices amid aging storage standards and futures data.
Local grocers and markets report prices for hens and cocks with poultry prices per dozen and hogs across weight ranges from 120 to 400 pounds. Packaged butcher and extra heavy hogs show varied quotes, with each band priced per hundredweight and supplied by the John P. Squire Company.
New York May 4. Eggs 329820 steady mixed colors fancy to extra fancy 18 20c standards 17%c firsts 1644c seconds 15 15%c mediums 14 12c dirties No 1 14% c average checks 13%c storage packed firsts 17 17c Butter 1086525 firm creamery higher than extra 24 24%c extra 92 Score 23%c firsts 88 91 22 23c seconds 84 87 20 14 2116c Cheese 257407 steadier prices unchanged.
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