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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1917
Page
10
Chicago Aug 11 corn prices ease as decontrol effects and weak demand weigh on futures. December and May contracts slip while wheat and oats fall modestly. Hog price strength supports provisions amid mixed regional quotes and export market activity.
Prices paid for hay and grain include No. 2 wheat at 2.30, corn at 2.05, oats 0.70 0.71, new oats 0.60, baled straw 0.60, alfalfa hay 0.24, and alfalfa seed 2.00. Milling products show patent flour 13.40 city, straight patent 13.20, March wheat flour 14.40, corn meal 5.30 per cwt, and kernels for other feeds and meals. Hog quotes from station and local buyers list weights 140 to 260 pounds with prices 11.46 to 15.95, plus wagon hogs and pigs ranges, while poultry and hides quotes are also given from local firms.
Dan's review notes that the repressing effect of existing neortalities ing becomes more sharply defined in key branches beyond mid summer norms. It calls out price doubts and export embargo scope, highlighting intensified government purchases as the priority. Weekly bank clearings are listed as 4,622,07,892 amid mixed social reflections.
The Daily Market Letter reports cash corn at a peak with bids scarce Friday as distillers exit the market to align with the recently signed food bill. Kansas City stops trading corn futures, signaling bullish early activity, while oats weaken under corn influence and show limited price inflation.
The price of wheat fell ten cents with No. 2 wheat at 2.30 per bushel. Hog prices rose 15 cents on Friday. Eight farmers brought products to the city lot as corn loads sold for 2.05, 2.06 and 1.97 per bushel. New oats went for 60 cents a bushel, old oats for four cents more. Baled gate straw sold for 8.50 per ton.
Market brief from East St Louis reports assorted cattle offerings and bid ranges with varied weights and prices. Entries include heavy draft mules and multiple grade categories with price quotes, illustrating a fluctuating livestock trade.
New York stock market faces a lower Friday trend due to weak July unfilled orders for U S Steel, Russia remittance lows, and Libor troubles. Gains come from relaxed call money and solid reports from Maxwell Motor and Utah Copper, while war shares slip and top issues waver. Total volume 470000 shares.
Chicago and other markets report hogs cattle and sheep prices with receipts. Hogs at Chicago reach 11 000 receipts and new high price records while St Louis Omaha and Kansas City show varied steady to higher quotes. Cattle and sheep also move with notable gains and steady levels across regions.
Chicago reports firm receipts at 9,160 cases with varied creamery butter and cheese prices, while Virginia and Ohio show price ranges and small variations in butter, eggs, and poultry. Kansas City and St. Louis list modest changes in poultry and dairy, New York notes higher creamery butter and cheese values, with coffee futures easing and receipts around 9,970 to 12,954.
Toledo aug 11. Clover seed prime cash prices listed for October December and March with December at 12.76 and March 12.65. Alsike seed prime cash prices show September October at 11.20 and 11.20 respectively. Timothy seed prime cash prices indicate September at 8.80 and October at 3.97. Also grain figures include Rye No 2 Barley 1801.80 and Timothy 47.50 and Clover 12 1f.
Mrs. Jenette T. Sweeney died at 10 45 p m Thursday at her home 113 College avenue Carthage aged 76 years 2 days due to cancer Born August 7 1842 in Indiana she married George W Sweeney August 15 1861 and lived in Carthage area Survived by husband six of eleven children 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral plans pending Relatives from distance expected to attend Carthage note succession of personal notices follows in local items.
Palmyra Aug 11. Hannibal and Palmyra Commercial clubs and friends traveled to Emerson for a fine chicken supper served by Emerson church ladies. W H Scott Thad R Smith and party boosted the Palmyra chautauqua. Others returned from Kirksville after summer teaching courses. Reports from Fabius township crops show wheat 15 to 17 bushels per acre and corn 40 to 60 bushels per acre.
A Washington report summarizes the August crop forecast for Illinois by the U S Department of Agriculture. It lists corn 420,009,000 bushels forecast with last year at 306,808,000, wheat 28,400,000 forecast, oats 202,000,000 forecast, barley 2,200,000 forecast, potatoes 15,270,000 forecast, sweet potatoes 797,000 forecast, all hay 8,830,000 tons forecast, apples 2,740,000 barrels forecast, peaches 442,000 forecast. Prices on August 1 show wheat 26/114 cents, corn 208/768 cents, oats 68/86 cents, hay 314.80/39.60 per ton, hogs 30/20 cents per dozen.
The Newton Illinois experiment field report shows soil treatments including manure limestone and rock phosphate yield differences of up to twenty bushels per acre. It emphasizes limestone and phosphate as essential soil enrichers for normal soils and advocates removing front building walls for fresh air intake. Feeding poultry with cottage cheese is recommended as a meat substitute.
Farm Notes discuss horse labor, training, and neglect’s harm to vitality. It stresses exercise, feeding bees, late root crop plantings for winter storage, testing seed purity and germination, and preventing poll evil in horses by avoiding misfitting head gear and head impacts.
Open an account with the poultry by charging all items including feed and apparatus and credit them with eggs and chicks produced whether sold or eaten. Advice covers pig to dairy cow ratios, vigilance in chick-raising, soil adaptation, and millet as a breakfast grain.
The passage notes that a single spoiled egg is minor, but the accumulation of broken and bad eggs on a farm leads to an annual loss of $5,661,000 when eggs sell at 80 cents per 2 dozen.
Prune annually but not heavily as wounds heal fastest in spring. Heavy pruning stimulates wood growth and can harm the tree. Do not use a hatchet to remove suckers and avoid injuring the cambium layer at any time.
During the heated portion of the year poultry houses should be open as much as possible with all the windows raised to improve ventilation and reduce humidity and odor.
In Washington on August 1, Senator Sherman’s resolution to authorize a congressional investigation of the East St. Louis race nets was ordered reported by the committee responsible for approving the required expenditures.
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