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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1916
Page
10
Chicago files report a strong start to the week as exports exceed 2 million bushels boosting prices despite a weak opening. Wheat leads gains with May and July futures near session highs while corn oats and provisions show mixed moves and expectations for Tuesday receipts.
Grain prices move across St Louis Kansas City Liverpool Toledo Omaha Minneapolis and Peoria with Wheat No 2 hard near 1.24 to 1.28 in markets in the US and Canada and mixed corn and oat quotes. Liverpool and New York quotes noted with futures firmness and cash values in several grades.
New York stock prices opened with declines of two to six points in many issues. Bearish sentiment grew by midday on anticipated railroad labor tests and doubts about disbursement of United States Steel. United States Steel fell to 84 1/4 before closing near 83 1/4, down 4 percent. Bethlehem Steel dropped 17 points to 45 5, then recovered. Rails and other major names eased, with Mexican Petroleum, Texas Company, and California Petroleum showing weakness at intervals.
NEW YORK early trading shows butter steady to firmer across grades with creamery items around 92 score and Firsts at 21 3/4 to 28 cents. eggs steady with fresh gathered extra fine and firsts noted. Chicago lists butter steady and eggs lower with receipts. New York dressed poultry market strong for western chicks, live market weak for western chickens. St. Louis notes poultry prices, butter and eggs, while Kansas City cites miscellaneous prices. Read as a compact market snapshot across major regional exchanges.
Chicago receipts show hogs weak with price ranges from 7.00 to 7.75 and lambs at 8.50 to 12.11. St Louis hogs rise slightly, cattle mixed, and Kansas City and East St Louis markets show steady to higher or slower trends. Omaha and Indianapolis note higher hog prices and slow cattle movement amid broad market activity. Government bond list appended. The line ends with a proverb about dogs and cats.
Receipts were good in the local grain market Monday with 14 loads of corn hay and straw entering from the country and all sold by late afternoon. An advance of 10 cents per hundredweight occurred as buyers paid 71 cents per bushel for six loads of corn and 70 cents for two loads. Hay sold at 14 and 12 1/2 and 10 6 per ton while straw brought 5 1/2 and 5 dollars per ton.
No. 2 wheat sells for 1.20 per bushel while flour ships at 6.40. Corn ranges 66 to 71 cents. Oats 30 cents. Wheat straw 5.00 to 5.50. Baled prairie hay 0.00 to 13.50. Oats straw 6.00 to 7.00. Shredded fodder 8.00. New Iose hay 9.00 to 14.00. Alsike clover seed 9.00 to 10.00. New clover hay 7.00 to 11.00. Crab grass 7.50. Clover hullings 10.00. Baled straw 6.00 to 6.50. Clover seed 7.00 to 9.00.
Retail flour and mill product prices listed by Knollenberg Milling Co. High patent flour 6.60, 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 1.20, Chan com etc. Graham 4.00 per cwt. Hog price notes show car lot values for stock at C B & Q stockyards, with hogs from 140 to 300 pounds ranging from 6.60 to 7.30 per hundredweight and rough heavy hogs 6.35 to 6.60.
Market quotes list choice hogs averaging 200 to 250 pounds at 7.10 to 7.25 dollars, 160 to 176 pounds at 6.85 to 7.10, 140 to 150 pounds at 6.60, rough heavy hogs 6.10 to 6.35, pigs 90 to 125 pounds at 5.85 to 6.35, and 90 to 123 pounds at 5.95 to 6.20 dollars.
Corrected daily poultry prices list roosters and hens with various weights and ages. Includes ducks geese young turkeys old gobblers eyes and butter packing stock with prices noted in cents. Local market snapshot reflects per unit costs for farm goods and country stock.
Local butcher shops report live hogs priced at 5.50 to 6.05, rough sows and stags 6.50 to 7.00, fat steers 5.50 to 7.00, fat heifers 5.50 to 6.50, fat cows 4.50 to 5.00, real calves 6.00 to 8.00, bulls 3.00 to 4.00, spring lambs 6.00 to 7.00, and sheep 3.00 to 4.00.
Reported by Bolles and Rogers lists prices for cured hides green hides cured calf kip horse and pony values per unit and weight, tallow white and brown grease wool pelts yearlings lambs and graded wool quality. The note ends with a proverb about silence.
Chicago January 24 The market discusses winter wheat futures with demand from investors and exporters absorbing offerings. It notes a thawing spell may be followed by cold weather and that May cannot match July in undertone. Corn faces poor receipts limiting gains while oats see moderate ranges and easy selling of deferred delivery. Provisions show weak prices with commission houses as buyers and packers as sellers.
Paris Jan 24 French bottle deficit reaches about 2335 million due to occupation of key glass works in the North and Marne. Normal output is 323 million yearly but current plants make only 90 million. prices for mineral water bottles and wine bottles surge as shortages bite. War mobilization and loss of skilled workers aggravate the crisis.
Lincoln, once a British MP, later spied for Germany and fled to the United States. He told his story here and was arrested on forgery charges. Confined at Raymond Street jail Brooklyn, he was escorted daily to another office to write. He later invited his keeper to dine in a public restaurant, then slipped out a back door through the washroom.
Daily farming notes advise extensive prevention over remedies for blackhead. It outlines that many birds are susceptible, lists preventive steps such as isolating new stock, rotating turkey grounds, leg-banding and weighing birds, reducing sparrow and rodent presence, and cautious feeding in acute cases to limit spread.
Public sales listed for Jan 29 at Obelander estate Court House Quincy and Jan 31 at S M Reed farm Hume Well Ma. Also an advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promoting relief from la grippe cough with a testimonial from R G Callins ex postmaster Barnegat NJ.
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