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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
3
Chicago market reports a strong close as severe cold raises fears of winter crop damage. Wheat up about 1.34 to 1.17 cents, May and July prices near record levels, corn above 80 cents, oats at 50 cents. Provisions active with demand from Canada for dressed hogs and new export chatter. Additional data includes open, high, low, and shipment figures.
Wheat and corn prices posted mixed quotes in Chicago St Louis and other markets on January 12 with No 2 red wheat at 1.30 in St Louis and No 2 hard winter 12s 53d in Liverpool. Oats priced around 46-48c in Chicago, freighted notes from Peoria Minneapolis and New York show firmer spot prices and modest futures. Ohio River flood fears rose at Evansville with stage over flood level amid heavy rain.
Market notes show further shrinkage in earlyquoting special stocks with gains later as short covering emerged. Mexican concerns weighed early with Mexican Petroleum and American Smelting weak, while United States Steel led a rally to close up about one point. High grade rails and names like Canadian Pacific, Reading, New York Central also advanced. Mercantile Marine and American Can drew attention amid restructuring rumors and possible war contracts. Total stock sales reached 730000 shares as exchanges remained strong aside from remittances to France.
Chicago market reports show mixed cattle and hog prices with higher hogs and steady to strong cattle. Receipts: cattle 18,000. hogs 13,500. sheep 2,200. Prices note native beef steers around 6.60 to 6.95, western steers near 6.60, cows and heifers 3.20 to 3.60, hogs 7.50 to 8.25, and lambs around 9.00. Market activity varies by region including Kansas City and Omaha with generally firmer hogs and steady cattle.
Weather kept the market quiet with two loads of baled hay trading at 12 dollars per ton. Hog prices rose ten cents per hundred, while other livestock prices remained steady.
Local markets list wheat at 1.15 per bushel and flour at 36.40. Corn 0.66, oats 0. for weight. Several hay and fodder items priced: wheat straw 5.10, baled prairie hay 14.00, oats straw 7.00, shredded fodder 3.00, new loose hay 4.00, clover seed 10.00, clover hay 10.00, crab grass 7.50, clover bulllings 10.00, baled straw 6.50, and more prices for various forage items.
Retail selling prices for flour and mill products listed by Knollenberg Milling include High patent flour 6.0, Straight patent 6.40, Hard wheat 6.60, Bran 23.00 per ton, Shipstuff 31.00 per ton, Corn meal 2.00 per 100 lbs, Retail wheat 1.16, Chop coma 1.65, Graham 4.00 per cwt. Hog prices show Choice hogs 200–300 lb at 6.406.55, 160–200 lb at 6.1506.55, 140–150 lb at 6.10 6.50, and Choice pigs 9–16 lb at 5.000.525. Reveh heavy hous 495 05.15.
Listing of animal prices across weights for choice hogs at 200 to 250 pounds and 160 to 175 pounds with per hundred weight figures, along with prices for rough heavy horses, 40 to 125 pound poultry, ducks, geese, turkeys, butter, and packing stock. Includes various unit prices and totals.
The notice lists current meat prices including light hogs rough sows and stags fat steers fat heifers at cows teal calves bulls spring lambs and sheep with quoted ranges for each category. Prices shown vary by grade and weight across the local market.
Reported by Bolles and Rogers listing prices for hides by grade including No 1 cured hides at 1c and No 2 cured hides at 11c, green hides 13c and 12c, cured calf and kip ranges, horse prices from 1 to 5 dollars, glue and pony at 1.450, colts 40c, tallow and grease prices, wool pelts from 60 cents to 1.50, yearlings 25 to 50 cents, lambs 26, and a note on grading by weight and quality.
Market reports from Chicago and Kansas City show varied dairy and produce prices and receipts. Butter and creamery products rise with steady supplies, eggs firm, cheese steady, and eggs with higher firmer quotes. Turkey and poultry volumes appear mixed with modest moves across regions.
January market letters report strong export buying lifting wheat to high levels and supporting May corn futures near 80 cents. Mixed wheat quality and shipping limits constrain supplies while speculators and farmers weigh selling versus holding as weather risks loom in the central west.
A crowded St Louis livestock market posted a fresh stock mix mainly for Southern buyers and slower Eastern purchases. Strong demand centered on mules and horses suitable for pack work and wartime needs, with about 600 head received and most firm for cotton mated and large saddle stock while inferior offerings softened.
Gem City Pristory Koehler and Dye announce specialty printing services for letterheads envelopes cards tickets programs and wedding announcements located at 1224 South Fifth Street providing tailored historic style output.
Final returns from the Grundy county boys corn club near Bloomington name the township winners and prize recipients. Clyde Wills of Maine township won the county prize for growing an acre of corn at about 694 bushels per acre and keeping a production record. The article notes average county yields and urges continued effort with plans for spring planting, seed corn selection, and care for livestock, poultry, and herd economics.
An 19th or early 20th century veterinary guide discusses broken wind or chronic lung disease in horses. It describes symptoms such as labored expiration, abdominal breathing, and the use of gentle palpation to assess distress. Treatments are described as palliative with dietary adjustments and modest medicinals, not curative.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss patience virtue care and necessity in farming, mentioning a crep and sale price. The text notes a farm well situated despite season drawbacks, implying cautious market sentiment and ongoing trade. Names, places, or dates are not clearly readable.
The article discusses proper handling of farm stock including gate widths, bedding, and floor conditions. It emphasizes clover or alfalfa hay and root crops with grain for value, bran mush for idle and working horses, and extra care for ewes and sows as they mature. It notes crack oats for oil horses and recommends sow apartments as pigs grow.
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