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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
10
Chicago June 23 Bullish Kansas crop report boosts wheat prices with July at 2.10 and September 2.84. Corn and oats gain, pork hits record high, and export tonnage aid from Japan cited. Receipts and shipments detailed for Chicago and Northwest Car Lot figures.
Local markets list May prices for wheat corn oats and milled products from Knollenberg Milling. Includes hogs by weight at C A Q stockyards with varied price bands, plus live poultry dairy feeds hides and fats values from Bolles Rogura and Davis Cleaver Co. New York wheat and corn spot quotations noted.
Grain prices across multiple markets show Wheat No 3 red at 2.27 and No 3 N S at 2.40. Corn varied with No 2 mixed near 1.71 to 1.72. Yellow No 2 at about 1.71. Oats and Flax noted with mixed values. Minneapolis Omaha St Louis and Kansas City reports list regional No 2 and No 3 grades with prices around 1.64 to 2.60 for hard, yellow, and mixed grades.
In St Louis and Chicago on June 23 hay and straw markets show steady demand with limited supply. Prairie clover and alfalfa scarce, timothy at 17 to 21 dollars, alfalfa 16 to 16.25, straw about 9 dollars in St Louis and 12 to 13 for rye straw in Chicago, No. 1 hay 18.60 to 19.50, lower grades 16.4 to 17.
Toledo reporting Clover seed prime cash prices at 10.85 with subprices noted for June and December. Timothy seed shows prime cash around 3.85 to 3.95 with months listed. Chicago market notes rye No 2 and No 3 prices around 1.36 and Timothy figures echoed, amid unclear OCR.
Long Commission Co reports corn prices at terminals holding high due to enlarged export demand. Cash premiums are central to the bull case, with supply challenges for buyers as weather and late spring temper expectations. Oats show strength as export sales rise and visible supply falls, with crop conditions near perfect and harvest moving north.
The hog and wheat market stayed steady on Friday as 27 loads of farm produce were sold. New alfalfa hay sold in three baled and loose lots with prices from 14 to 21.50 per ton, corn brought 1.70 a bushel, and straw sold for 8 a ton.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses horses and markets with references to measurements and prices, alongside a reflective quote about self-made men and disproportionate talk.
Recoveries from early week weakness lifted market but trading remained tentative. War stocks led activity with U S Steel and oils showing gains, rails lagging while bonds fell. total volume 635,000 shares and par value $1.8 million. New York money and exchange markets showed tight time funds and a restrained monetary outlook.
Chicago hog receipts 20,008 with prices $14.60 to $15.90, cattle at 2,000 receipts and mixed grades, St Louis hogs 8,400 receipts and cattle 1,606, Kansas City hogs 3,000 receipts and cattle 3,600, Omaha 9,000 receipts with hogs heavy to mixed and cattle 200 head. Lambs and sheep operate steadier in several markets.
New York markets show steady butter and cheese with varied creamery receipts and fresh gathered firsts and seconds. Chicago reports steady butter and higher eggs while Minneapolis notes a 60 cent drop in fleur. Kansas City lists butter and floats with fowls and hens, and New York sugar remains steady while raw sugar tightens in trading. A note on a mechanical floor scrubbing machine highlights innovation.
In Carthage on Thursday Edward Stephen Martin and Myrtle Ada Zimmerman wed at the bride's home on Wabash avenue with Rev. Ward E. Boyd officiating. The ceremony was followed by a dinner and a brief Chicago honeymoon. Martin, a law graduate, works with the firm Hartzell Cavanagh Green Martin with offices in Quincy Carthage and Warsaw. The couple will live with the bride's parents until fall. Also in Dallas City on June 20 Joseph W. Fitzpatrick of Lincoln Illinois and Agnes Dettmer joined in marriage at Sacred Heart church with a Catholic ceremony. Attendants included Elizabeth Dettmer and Edward Fitzpatrick. A wedding dinner followed at the Dettmer home and out-of-town guests shared in the celebration before the couple's Chicago and Lincoln journey.
Bradstreet's notes hustling activity in iron steel lumber textiles coal and shipbuilding with broad government buying offsetting weaker wholesale trade. Crop prospects improve retail trade rises as prices for some foods fall though labor and raw materials shortages persist and there is uncertainty over price controls and military drafts. Weekly bank clearings total 6 621 839 909. The playful line about wives and lawyers appears as a humorous aside.
Illinois and Missouri grain dealers report better corn and oats conditions than last year amid high water loss to southern wheat. Wheat acreage is down 26 percent with 30 percent condition. Despite losses, dealers remain optimistic for a successful season.
An agricultural note advises dairy managers to keep cows in good condition before calving. It stresses dry periods of six to eight weeks with liberal feeding, then gradual return to full feed after calving, and highlights the value of bran oats silage and careful udder care to prevent milk fever. It ends with an odd non sequitur about a wife receiving a love letter with a check.
Practical notes warn small farms that without a skim mill pigs are unprofitable on high priced land. Recommendations cover pasture use, worm control, Bordeaux spray, trench bait, and tools to boost daily work. Topics touch on fowl feed, egg yield, soil humus, manure, and old hens.
A pithy remark on medicine and income, noting that only a man never ill would question how doctors earn their living. The sentence hints at skepticism toward medical practice without detailing individuals, events, or places.
Simone of St Saviors Tops sale at Linden Grove Jersey auction in Coopersburg Pa reaching 4000 dollars. The event saw 21 head sold privately and 108 animals raise 82430 dollars averaging 763 24 with 87 Jerseys averaging 688 85. White Horse farms bought first choice at 1100 dollars and Simone Milks 50 pounds daily in butter tests.
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