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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1916
Page
5
Chicago reports a substantial Saturday drop in wheat as foreign selling shifted to futures. May and July contracts closed lower, while corn rose. Prices in Minneapolis and Kansas City show mixed readings with notes of national demand and weather influence.
Receipts show hogs and cattle steady to higher with hogs at 79.70 to 87.70 and cattle around 77 to 90. Sheep and lamb numbers mix with steady to firm demand. Wheat and corn shipments and total clearance noted, with Chicago and St Louis markets reporting varied prices and fresh receipts.
New York January 30 The week started with widespread pessimism as prices drifted and trading stayed light. Declines ranged from one to more than two points with Canadian Pacific New Haven and Copper and Munitions among the hardest hit. United States Steel fell about 2 percent, while Bethlehem Steel fluctuated before settling. Reading Company and Mercantile Marine preferred showed drops, and overall market leaders hit weekly lows as sales approached 205000 shares.
Rutter Saturday market prices listed steady for creamery products at 250.30. Receipts total 6,538 cases with firsts and related loads noted. Western and Dakota whites to 1000. Monocore and Dakota in Ohio. varied cheese and butter prices appear across multiple lines. Trade activity includes oysters, meats, and dairy items with mentions of St. Louis and New York markets.
Fragmentary OCR text describes poultry, turkey weights, and yard birds with garbled figures. Mentions young turkeys and old gobblers among unclear measurements and notes on pecking behavior.
The Friday grain market shows corn rising one cent per bushel to a top of 76 cents while oats gain five cents. Hog prices hold steady as eleven grain loads arrive despite poor roads and most sold by afternoon. A load of alfalfa hay plus loose hay and straw sales are recorded with prices from 40 to 111 dollars per ton for hay and 6 dollars per ton for baled straw.
Prices paid for hay and grain listed with No 2 wheat at 25 flour selling price b Gu. Corn 73 G Toc VUats 3u n Ae. Wheat straw 80.00 per 300 RR. Prairie hay Alfaha 14 GU. Cats straw 7 Ud shredded fiedder 38 tu Ube dae HSU a ahd.
Knollenberg Coimmpark reports retail prices for Hour and patent flour and corn meal with wheat flour at 6.80 and 6, rice prices listed. Shipments from west of the Mississippi at B&Q Estock yards show hog prices by weight: 200-300 lb hogs at 7.40 to 7.60, 160-200 lb at 7.16 to 7.60, 140-150 lb at 7.25 to 7.47, 116 lb pigs at 6.50 to 6.75, rough hogs 6.25 to 6.75.
Readable fragment lists cattle hogs and lamb prices with figures for fat cows bulls and lambs. Mentions numbers like 60067650 and 700a 850 and 3 00 4.00, suggesting market quotes and ranges, but specifics are unclear due to OCR errors.
The 1916 January government livestock report shows no depletion in farm animals and that farmers hold more hogs and cattle than last year. It argues farmers adjust grain and livestock to future needs, not profit, and defends meat consumption amid price debates. It notes Washington's critics misjudge farmers and highlights Europe’s wheat demand and spring conditions affecting the market.
Incomplete and garbled text fragment mentions horses, some numbers, and unclear phrases. Unable to determine a coherent event, names, or location from the provided OCR snippet.
The piece reports on tractors gradually replacing horses due to efficiency, with Glenn Grayes predicting tractors will shift horse breeding as heavy work shifts to mechanized power. It highlights farm homes gaining running water and electric lights as part of modern conveniences expanding in rural areas.
In the study the cottonseed meat is evaluated for its role in dairy feed. The analysis notes how inclusion affects milk yield and fat content, with references to protein value and digestibility in rations for dairy cattle.
New York reports a local agricultural sale at the Reed Farm in Heunne veil Missouri with prices quoted for mercantile paper 323 percent bar silver 5674 percent Mexican dollars 48 percent as part of the public sale listing.
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