Excess Wheat Estimates Trim Market Losses
Domestic 1917 wheat production forecasts exceed government June figures by nearly 40 million bushels, easing prices. July wheat at 2.23 and September at 1.96, with corn and oats also mixed. Reports cite improved export demand, favorable crop prospects, and Canada acreage gains, while warehouse lard stocks weigh on hogs and corn. Receipts and shipments data accompany grain and livestock activity across Chicago and Winnipeg markets.
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Chicago
Canada
Long Commission Co
Wee
SAH Hsrc
Eee
Grain Market Prices From Cities Across Midwest and East
Grain prices across Chicago Minneapolis Omaha and St Louis show mixed wheat and corn quotes with No 2 yellow and No 2 white oats varying by city. Cash and futures readings include July wheat at 2.96 in Minneapolis and No 2 yellow corn around 1.64 at several markets.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Jung
Upward Trend in 10 Businesses and Markets Ahead
Dun's New York reports signs of revived activity across branches after a slow spell. Retail trade shows seasonable improvement with warmer weather, farm products moving faster, and wholesale quoters rising. Textiles steel and iron lead gains with prices likely to climb further. Weekly bank clearings total 5.471 billion dollars, up 31.6 percent from last year. A humorous aside notes widows as marrying options for men over forty.
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New York
Corn and Oats Market Letter Notes Bullish Signals
Long Commission Co reports corn futures rally after KC Board of Trade bans on July trades and raises old-position limits amid cash corn at 1.67 to 1.69. Oats rise on July demand with Goodman citing 1.45 billion bushels prospects. Canadian acreage up 2 million acres. Permanent gains viewed as doubtful given favorable planting prospects and supply.
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Kansas City Board of Trade
Goodman
Price of hogs is ten cents higher on market
On Friday the locative stock market quoted hog prices a dime higher. Nine farmers delivered hogs to the city. Hay arrivals included four loads with one at 21 dollars per ton, two at 22, and one at 25. Three baled hay loads sold at 22, 22, and 23 dollars per ton. Two loads of vata sold for 73 cents a bushel.
Local Markets Report Mill Products and Livestock Prices
Milling and grain prices listed including No. 2 wheat at 2.65, corn 1.50, oats 0.74, straw 3.50, hay 9.50, millet seed 1.25, protein digester 42.00 per cwt, alfalfa molasses 200 per cwt, dairy feeds 2.05 per cwt. Hog and beef quotes show range from 12.95 to 14.75 for hogs by weight, fat steers 3.50, veal calves 11.50, and various poultry and hides prices. Market corrections reflect daily figures from Davis and Cleaver & Co. and Leven Butchers.
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Frodurts
Kuellenberg Milling Company
Sian
Cie Seruten
Mississippi River
Bw & Q
Slucek
Ciyvice Bles
Leven
Anck Srothers
Davis and Cleaver & Co
Bolles & Rogers
Toledo Market Rates and Dated Prices Report
June 16 report from Toledo lists lower seed Prime cash at $10.90 for October and $11.65 for December, Alvike Urimeo cash at $11.40 for September and $71.46, Timothy-Prime cash at $3.60 for September and $4,095, with Chicago quoting Rye-No Barley at $1.15 and 1.48 and Timothy at $8.50. Clover quotes $12 qh 17. Close quarters are to be found in a stingy man's dollar.
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Toledo
Alvike
Chicago
Timothy
Liberty loan end capsized market in unsettled New York
June 16 saw the Liberty loan campaign end with over subscription and a six percent call money rate causing unsettled prices. Liberty bonds opened near par with minor early gains eroded by money scarcity, while high grade rails and specialties improved only marginally. Total sales reached about 85,000 shares with par-value dealings around 2.7 million in U.S. bonds and equities anchored by major issues like New York Life and American Sugar.
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New York
New York Stock Life
A. T
Loco
Atchison
Nor. Pac
Penn
Esia
Peoples Gas
N. W
Elee
Nor
Siccen
Lehigh
ORK Mo. Pac
Lo. L,l N
Dock Island
Studebaker
Sis Union Pac
U.S. Steel
Bow
Wee
Erie
M. K
N.Y
N.iLandli
Pac
U. S.steekl
Willys-Over
Livestock Market Totals and Prices From CIMCAGO and St Louis
Zebra: Receipts around 7 000 to 10 000 cattle hogs and sheep reported across CIMCAGO and St Louis markets with mixed to strong bids. Cattle and hog prices ranged from native beef cattle at about 6.15 to 9.70 per cwt, hogs steady to higher with heavy weights near 15.80, and sheep showing strength on lambs around 12 to 17.50 per cwt. Kansas City and other markets show similar activity with varied steady to higher gains across hogs cattle and sheep.
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Chicago
Cimcago
Siuno
St. Louia
ST. Louis
Kiavnask City
Kansas City
Market report on Butter Cheese Poultry and Sugar losses
NEW YORK June 16 butter unsaturated receipts 75469 creamery higher than extras 37 483 creamery extra 37 374 firsts 36 14 seconds 35 16 Brexs steady receipts 28793 fresh gathered extras 32 433 fresh gathered storage packed firsts 31 32 fresh gathered firats 29 30k Cheese steady receipts 6780 state fresh specials 22 23% do average 22% rts Live poultry quiet chickens 33 24 fowls 25 turkeys 184720 dressed steady prices unchanged Coffee Spot quiet Rio Ts 10 San ton 4s 10 Kansas City Butter creamery 36 firsts 34 seconds 33 packing 29 Poultry Roosters 14 hens 15% Drollers 26 CHICAGO June 11 Butter Firm creameries 32 26 14 ages Lower receipts 22 318 cases firsts 29 490 ordinary firsts 27 28 At mark cases included 28 730 Poultry Alive unchanged fowls 21 tg springs 28 47 30 New York Sugar New York June 16 Raw sugar quiet centrifugal 45 89 molasses 5 01 refined steady ting granulated 37 50
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New York
Kansena City
Kansas City
Chicago
Hay and straw market report from St Louis and Chicago
Market notes show weak hay demand with buyers pushing lower. price range $1 to $1.50 per ton down from last week. Clover and alfalfa scarce, demand quiet. good No 2 and better steadier, but ordinary stock unsettled. Mixed $18–20, timothy $18, clover $18–22, alfalfa $22–25. Chicago hay and straw prices list No.1 timothy $18.50–19.50. straw $10–10.60, oats and wheat straw bid at $10–10.60.
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St. Louis
Dimathy
Clover
Alftaly
Etraw
Chicago
Timothy
Stop Hog Cholera Losses Urges Quick Farm Action
The United States Department of Agriculture warns farmers to act immediately at first signs of hog cholera. Call a veterinarian or trained operator, send to town, and obtain serum to protect hogs. Promote preemptive campaigns, stock serum, and share contact details for rapid help to save meat supply and curb losses nationwide.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Missouri
Ilinois
States
United States
South
Arkansas
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Storage reports show large eggs and dairy stock declines
June 1 cold storage totals reveal 4,229,853 cases of eggs, down 7.9 percent from last year, with May increases noted. Butter stocks reach 8,431,140 pounds, up 202 percent from last year, while cheese holdings total 7,860,024 pounds, up 7.7 percent. A June summary cites chinch bug spraying trials and guidance from Farmers' Bulletin 657 for prevention.
Deep furrows to trap chinch bugs in cornfields
An agricultural notice explains timing and method to curb chinch bugs before they migrate to corn. Create deep field edge furrows, smooth dry-side slopes, and 30 to 40 foot spaced holes in the trench bottom. Bugs fall in, can be killed with kerosene oil, and a log kept to maintain the furrow.
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Farmers
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Food habits linked to waste and sugar production rise
The passage notes that lavish meals foster waste and overeating, harming health and efficiency. It also states world sugar output nearly doubled from 11 million tons in 1803-04 to 20 million tons by 1912-13, covering beet and cane sugar.
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Northwest
Duluth
Winnipeg
Grain Markets
Gmnba
Omaia
Peoria
Peorta
Wwe
St. Toute
Dun's
Long Commission Co.’s Daily Market Letter
Seed Market
New York Money
Farm News
Geo. Keller Sons
Quincy
de Laval
Wm. Vollbracht Co
Barry, Ill
Swift’s
Knollenberg Milling Co
8Th
York Streets
Quincy, Ill
Rock Island
Tonte
Geo. Keller & Sons Farm Machinery
Twine and Field Seeds Ltd
Maine
Sts
Quincy, Hl
Wright Bros
W. T. Wright
Mgr
Mendon, Ill
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