Peace Moves Drag Corn Market After Highs
Chicago July 14 peace gossip pushed the corn market down after new highs. Sept at 1.58 33 to 1.68 and Dec at 1.12 to 1.12. Wheat finished unsettled. oats and provisions also moved. Domestic and export concerns, sparse receipts, and rain prospects influenced trading with quotes for No 2 white and yellow corn noted across several exchanges. Northwest car lots and regional receipts show varied activity and forward projections.
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Chicago
Hear Sh
Baltimore
Board of Trade
Washington
Long Commission Co
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Winnipes
Local Markets Mill Products and Live Stock Prices
Prices paid for grain and milling products show No. 2 wheat at 2.00, corn at 1.00, oats 1.65, straw 5.00, baled hay 204.24, loose hay 15.20, alfalfa hay 14, millet seed 2.00. Milling prices list various flours and meals, hog prices by grade and weight, wagon load hogs, butcher quotations, poultry and dairy items, hides and pelts values, with detailed per cwt and per unit figures from Knollenberg Milling, Blatchford’s, Davis and Cleaver, Anck Brothers, Bolles & Rogers.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
Graham
Uwl
L.sé
Swift
H P
I. P
Anck Brothers
Davis and Cleaver Co
Bolles & Rogere
Seed Market Report And Bond Prices Across Cities
In Toledo Clover Reed and Timothy futures show prime cash and September dates with modest gains. Alsike and Timothy futures are listed with September and September dates. In Chicago rye No 2% nominal and barley prices are given alongside Timothy and Clover grain values. In New York Liberty Loan bonds a $3 000 lot sold at 99 40 50, a loss of $2 per $1 006 bond, with a subsequent price rise noted for a $4 000 lot at 99 38 50.
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Toledo
Toleno
Chicago
Timothy
Liberty Loan
York
Liberty
Corn-Shorts Decline Amid Peace News And Export Embargo
Long Commission Co.s Daily Market Letter reports early Friday gains in corn and a new high for September delivery. Heavy liquidation pushed Dec down six cents as persistent peace news weighed on futures, with later export embargo action renewing pressure. Cash oats show steadier trading amid favorable harvest weather and ample movement expected in two to three weeks.
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Seaboard
National Export Council
Five Farmers Sell Stock and Crops at Local Market
The local live stock market Friday held steady as five farmers weighed and sold their products. A load of new mixed hay brought 312 a ton, loose hay 18 a ton, oats two loads at 65 cents a bushel, and corn sold at 1.70 a bushel.
Trade and industry hold steady amid war adjustments
New York July 14 report notes sharper war induced economic problems but no loss of confidence in trade and industry. Businesses cautious pending future clarity yet improving grain prospects and comfortable money conditions offset concerns. Weekly bank clearings reach 5 329 936 708. A woodpecker, large, fancifully colored, is described briefly.
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New York
Wall Street falls on rising gall loans and bond worries
In New York the market dampened as a rise in call loans and fears over liberty bonds and a shaky government steel deal spurred selling. U S Steel slumped 3 5 points to 1225, with other majors like American Locomotive and Baldwin easing. rails steadied and shippings held firm as volume reached 880,000 shares.
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New York
Wall Street
Bears
U. S. Steel
Baldwin
AL T. and
Loco
Tray Atchison
AL T. Vo
Can
Pac. Seers
St. P
Co and
N. W
Gen
Etee
Idle A
Nor
Pfa
Lehigh Oo
M. Ko
N.Y. Cent. O
N.Y
N.blandh
Nor. Pac. Poo
Bonn
Peoples
So. Pac
Studebaker
Hinton Pac
Lings, Tas
U.S. Steer
Union
Livestock Market Prices Across Major U.S. Hubs
Chicago hogs receipts 15 000 weak. bulk 14.75 15.75. Cattle receipts 1 000 steady. Sheep receipts 15 000 strong with lambs 10 15.75. St Louis hogs receipts 4 100 higher. cattle 1 800 steady. Kansas City hogs 2 009 receipts up 6 to 10 cents. cattle 2 000 steady to strong. Omaha hogs receipts 9 400 steady to 10 cents higher. cattle 450 steady with native steers 9.65 8.65 and stockers 6.50 9.50. Sheep receipts 1 400 steady with lambs 14.50 15.60.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Market report on dairy eggs poultry across cities
Chicago dispatch notes changes in receipts and prices for eggs butter creamery and poultry with figures from Chicago St Louis and New York. Entries show 10 389 cases eggs and varying creamery prices 4 3 dollars and 2 50 per unit, with hens roosters and turkeys listed alongside regional quotes.
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Chicago
Sycomery
Siu
Virginia
Kentucky
Springa
Cabins City
Kansas
New York
Farm News Urges Saving Manure In War Time
Washington July 14 Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman calls farmers to curb manure waste, estimating half of US manure is unused as fertilizer worth about 1200 million dollars annually. He details methods including concrete manure pits and paved feeding sheds to save nutrients and boost wartime production.
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Washington, D. C
Carl Vrooman
Vrooman
United States
Department of Agriculture
Leghorns Prove Cheaper Egg Producers in Tests
Washington July 14 Leghorns produce eggs cheaper than hens of general purpose breeds such as Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons. Tests by the US Department of Agriculture show Leghorns eat about 55 pounds of feed per hen versus 70 to 85 pounds for other breeds and yield more eggs in later laying years. Across three years the Leghorn pen netted $6.54 per hen over feed cost versus $0.43 for general purpose hens, with higher spring and summer production and fewer broody hens.
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Washington
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Rhode Island
United States
Bombardment Begins in Peking Amid Assault by Republicians
Shanghai telegraph reports the republic attacked Peking at four o'clock Thursday morning using artillery machine guns and airplanes. Five or six foreigners on the city walls were wounded while legations brace for protection. Telegraph lines reportedly cut. England Wales canals total 3639 miles, Scotland 183, Ireland 848, UK total 4670. railways own 1363 miles.
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Shanghai
Peking
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Hay and Straw Price and Receipt Report
Hay and straw prices list Timothy, alover, and alfalfa with quotes from 18 to 26 dollars. Strong receipts show 1801 tons received and 50 tons shipped. Timothy ranges 18.4 to 20.5, No 1 17.66 to 15.50, straw rye oats and wheat prices cited with small figures.
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St. Louis
Louis
Hay—Timothy
Alover
Alfalfa
Straw
Chicago
Summer Feeding of Dairy Cattle Urged
W B Nevens of the University of Illinois Dairy Husbandry department advises summer feeding to maintain milk flow when pastures are short in July and August. He recommends hay, teen crops, or corn silage to supplement pasture, with barley and oats cut green or cured for hay. Early corn may feed in late July or August. silage offers economical, labor-saving pasture supplement during busy season.
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W. B. Nevens
Department of Dairy Husbandry
University of Illinois
How to Can Tomatoes
Washington July 14 select firm well formed tomatoes. Scald 145 minutes or until skins loosen. Dip quickly into cold water. Peel remove stems and cores. Pack directly into cans or hot jars. Press down with a tablespoon add no water. Add a level teaspoonful of salt per quart. Put rubber rings and caps in position but do not tighten fully. Seal tins. Place packed containers on a false bottom in a vessel of water to cover by one inch and boil for 22 minutes with hot water bath canners.
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Washington
Reinhart Ranch Busy Harvest Season Near Palmyra
Reinhart ranch three and a half miles east of Palmyra forms a bustling hub as sixty men guide 100 horses and mules and 16 binders harvesting 1,800 acres of wheat yielding about 30 bushels per acre and 40 acres of oats at roughly 50 bushels per acre. A second alfalfa crop covers 100 acres while 1,400 acres of corn await harvest. Storage capacity reaches 40,000 bushels. estimates project 54,000 bushels wheat, 20,000 oats, 4,000 corn, and 300 tons alfalfa.
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Reinhart
Palmyra
Caterpillars Threaten Quincy Trees Says Forestry Expert
An expert warns caterpillars are again causing foliage damage in Quincy. They feed on lower branches and can be pruned away, but if they climb higher a torch may be required. A Detroit bank added 7,500 depositors in weeks after an intensive thrift campaign while another bank marked its first birthday with 5,000 new names.
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Quincy
Detroit
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Wiest
Grain Markets
Standard
Peoria
Receipta
Carrie
Daily Market Letter
Mercantile Paper
U.S
U. S&s
Panama
St. Loui
Farm News
Reinhart Ranch
Cork
Emerson
Geo. Keller & Sons
Ninth and
Maine Sts
Quincy, Ill
Ford
Hudson
Collins Plow Co
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