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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1915

Page

10

Wheat market buoyant on war risk and shipping news

Wheat futures rallied as war risk around the Suez Canal spurred higher prices. May and July contracts posted gains amid stronger oats and corn, with receipts and shipments supporting bullish sentiment. Reports of Canadian wheat sales and Argentine shipments influenced traders, while Liverpool quotations and British mill purchases added to the market lift.

Chicago Suez Canal Suez Australia India Liverpool American Northwest Minneapolis Duluth Asoon Seaboard

Livestock Markets Across Cities See Mixed Hogs Cattle Prices

Chicago and St Louis report higher hog prices with strong receipts. cattLe values steady to higher in native and western markets. Kansas City shows higher hogs and steady cattle, with lambs and yearlings varying across regions.

SPECIALTIES NOTED GAINS IN DAILY STOCKS AND LIVESTOCK SUMMARY

New York stocks show no clear trend amid a high professional tone with oil issues leading gains. Mexican Petroleum rises 63. t0 to 1141, California Petroleum up 1 3 to 81, Associated Oil 5 to 8, Texas Company 54 to 234, other active issues including war shares, Copper, American Hide and Leather, Corn Products, Tobacco, Fertilizers, and Express firms advance. US Steel fluctuates, rails gain with St Paul near yearly high. Total stock sales 460,000. Omaha hogs rise with heavy at 6.35-6.50, lights 6.30-6.50, pigs 5.25-6.25. Cattle steady, steers 6.00-6.90, calves 5.25-7.00. Sheep lower. yearlings 7.00-7.80, lambs 8.70-9.25. East St Louis hogs higher. cattle steady, top beef 10.56.

Chicago ST. Louis Kansas City New York Mexican Petroleum California Petroleum Associated Oil Texas Company Crucible Steel Express Adams Express Wells Fargo United States Steel Iries St. Paul Canadian Pacific Omaha Lambs East St. Louis

Market Dairy and Poultry Prices Across Cities

New York reports butter quiet with 92 score creamery extras and 33 to 34 cent ranges for firsts and seconds. Eggs show mixed grades with nearby hennery whites at 28 to 33 cents and browns around 38 to 40. St Louis lists chickens 10 to 12 cents, turkeys up to 16 1/2, and butter around 26 to 27 cents. Kansas City notes creamery butter 33 cents, firsts 31 cents, seconds 3 cents. eggs firsts 26 cents, seconds 21. poultry hens and turkeys priced accordingly.

New York Finn Hennery St. Louis Kansas City Springs

Market quotes and rates from New York December 30

Mercantile paper 34 3 fourths, bar silver 54.74, Mexican dollars 42. Time loans 2 1/4 3, call money high 2 low 134, closing bid 1 1/2.

New York Mercantile

Government Bond List and Coupon Details

Fragmented text lists U S government bonds with references and coupon notes. Mentions registered securities with 101 percent and 110 Panama, unclear details, possibly a bond listing or prospectus snippet. Entities include U S, Panama, coupon, registered, and percentages.

U.S U. Ss

Corn Makes Gent Advance

Receipts in the local market yesterday were fair with eleven loads of hay corn and straw sold. Corn sold at 62 and 63 cents per bushel, an advance of a cent. Hogs rose 10c per hundred, hay sold at 12 to 14 dollars, two loads of corn at 63 and 62 cents, balked hay at 13 dollars per ton, mixed hay at 9.50 and 10.50, baled straw at 5.00.

St. Louis Crover Timothy

Local markets for grain and forage prices

Local prices list wheat at 1.1 dollars, flour 6.40, corn 0.62 0.63, oats 0. Oats straw 6 7, wheat straw 5 to 14, baled prairie hay 10 to 14, shredded fodder 8, new loose hay 9 to 14, alsike clover seed 9 to 10, new clover hay 7.00 10, crab grass 7.5, clover hullings 10, baled straw 6 to 6.5, clover seed 7.5.

Knollenberg Milling adds retail prices for flour and hogs

The Knollenberg Milling company lists selling prices for flour and mill products and assorted live stock. High patent flour six dollars, straight patent six forty, hard wheat four six sixty, bran and shipstuff per ton, corn meal per hundred pounds, and retail wheat six thirteen. Hog prices cover weights from 96 to 500 pounds with various per pound ranges, plus prices for hens ducks geese turkeys eggs butter and other stock items.

Knollenberg Milling Company

Hog and cattle prices listing from livestock market

Choice light hogs five fifty to six oh five. Rough sows and stags five seventy to five eighty five. Fat steers five fifty to six. Fat heifers five fifty to six. Pair cows three to four. Veal calves eight to eight. Bulls three to four fifty. Spring lambs six to seven. Sheep three to four.

Market Prices for Hides Wool Pelts and Livestock

Report from Bolles and Rogers listing prices for hides including No 1 cured hides at 15c and No 2 cured hides at 14c, green hides, calves, kip, horses of various sizes, glue and pony, colts, tallow, grease, wool pelts and lambs. Includes per pound rates and per animal values.

Bolles & Rogers

Market letter from Long Commission Co on Chicago grains

Chicago reports explain wheat strength amid profit taking and absorption of sales. Cash wheat lags May delivery but buyers persist at lower prices. Corn moves with slight gains not holding, receipts and empty car demand noted. Oats show firming tendency, bran offered cheaply, and provisions see modest bullish sentiment despite packer opposition.

Chicago

Horses and Mules Market Report from St Louis

In St Louis on December 30, horse and mule sales show scarce suitable stock and modest receipts. Auction activity is fair with Italian buyers predominant for suitable horses and mules. prices vary by type, with fat cotton mules in strong demand, while many half-fed animals linger and should remain in the country. Hay and straw markets also slow with firm prices for quality hay and scarcer supplies of straw.

St, Louis Sayers

Dust Rats Cement Used In Construction In Dry Corn Crib

Specialists in rural engineering release plans for a two crib corn drying and ratproofing structure. Each 32 by 42 feet, capacity 1,000 bushels, with a 12 foot driveway, gable roof, and concrete or dirt floors. Details cover foundation, ventilation, rats, doors, and movable shafts for air circulation, plus guidance to adapt to smaller structures. Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering offers working drawings and a bill of materials upon request.

Corm Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering U. S. Department of Agriculture

Alfalfa Profits Compared With Corn Yields

An agronomy discussion argues alfalfa is practical and profitable on soils suitable for red clover, often yielding far more per acre than corn. It notes alfalfa may remove more plant nutrients and can justify higher land values, with Illinois and Wisconsin data supporting higher returns.

Illinois Wisconsin Whiteside County Ilinois

Coughs and Colds Labeled as Dangerous

Public health notice warns that coughs and colds are dangerous, citing lung disease risk and urging use of Dr. Kivie's New Medicine to strengthen the body against cold germs. Advert says it has been used over three generations and is widely sold by druggists.

Dr. Kivie Una Young Dageista

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