Wheat Market Sags After Bearish 1915 Yield Forecast
Estimates of a near record 998,000,000 bushels of U.S. wheat for 1915 triggered a market downturn after earlier strength. Chicago prices closed easier, with Dec at 94 3/4 c and May at 96 3/4 c, while corn and oats fell on good weather and bearish crop expectations. Estimated Saturday receipts show wheat 103, corn 336, oats 180, hogs 10,000, cattle 200, sheep 3,000.
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Liverpool
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Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Weather and traffic numbers from regional reports
Minneapolis Duluth and Winnipeg figures show today counts, weekly changes, and prior year comparisons for listed metrics. Data indicate Minneapolis 750 today versus 610 last week and 726 last year. Duluth 905 today versus 78 last week and 348 last year. Winnipeg 1748 today versus 1199 last week and 756 last year.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Winnipeg
Grain inventories reported for Wheat Corn and Oats
Readable lines show Wheat 2,016,000 units and Oats 605,000 units with Corn listed as none. The fragment ends mid sentence suggesting further figures or notes may follow.
Market Figures for Wheat Corn and Oats
Wheat shows 99 contract today with 21 estimated and 199 last year. Corn lists 296 contract with 259 estimated and 109 last year. Oats at 193 contract with 4 estimated and 342 last year.
Grain production today and last year totals
Wheat today 2 962 000 compared with 2 620 000 last year. Com today 902 000 versus 527 last year. Oats today 1 160 000 while last year was 1 825 000.
Wheat Corn And Oats Production Figures
Wheat today 1 635 000 compared with last year 1 284 000. Corn today 626 000 versus last year 209 000. Oats today 678 000, last year 1 054 000.
Chicago market reports dairy eggs and poultry prices
Chicago dispatch notes butter and eggs rising amid higher receipts of 3 154 cases with ordinary and firsts priced around 23 24 cents per dozen. Poultry trading lower with fowls at 11 13 cents and shipments noted. Potatoes up with 50 car receipts from Minnesota Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin whites quoted 40 to 45 cents.
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Chicago
Creamory
Minnesota
Kansas City Market Notes From October First
Kansas City report lists butter and packing figures with figures for firsts seconds and totals. Mentions foges and ti firsts with associated second counts and roosters and broil totals. Names include Sener, Foges, and Paul with several numeric tallies.
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Butter
Foges
Paul
Roosters
Wheat and grain prices in St Louis cash market
St Louis cash grain report lists wheat with various red class prices from No 2 red at 1.13 to No 4 red at 0.81 and numbered hard varieties near 1.07 to 1.04. oats shown for No 3 white at 0.35 to 0.53. mixed figures for yellow white and other categories with several illegible entries.
Market quotes Kansas City grain prices Oct 1
Wheat No 2 hard ranges 1.02 to 1.05 with other grade prices. No 3 hard 0.98 to 1.03. No 4 hard 0.88 to 0.97. No 2 red around 1.16, No 3 red about 1.09 to 1.10, No 4 red 0.99 to 1.01. Corn No 2 64 to 63, No 3 61 to 62, No 2 yellow 65 to 64, No 3 yellow 64 to 61. Oats No 2 34 to 34.5, No 3 32 to 33, No 2 white 86 to 37, No 3 white 34 to 35.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Liverpool Grain Prices Reported for Wheat and Corn
Liverpool grain markets list Wheat No.1 northern Duluth at 514d No.2 red Western winter 10s 4d No.2 hard winter 114d Corn American mixed new 8s 8d
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Liverpool
Duluth
Toledo Market Prices for Clover and Timothy Seed
Clover seed quoted for October at 12.90 and December at 12.55. Alsike seed noted cash October 10.15 and March 10.55. Timothy seed listed prime cash October 3.70 and March 3.37. Prices appear with irregular formatting and stray characters.
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Clover Seed
Alsike
Timothy
Minneapolis Wheat Prices Report from the Market
Minneapolis market note shows wheat prices drifting lower with receipts around 750 cars. Cash bids list No 1 hard about 98 to 101 and No 1 northern near 97 to 95, with other grades quoted around 88 to 94. Comparisons note 126 cars and a year ago.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Corn and oats price quotes from Peoria market report
A Peoria market snippet lists assorted corn prices by grade including No. 3 white at 64 and No. 2 yellow at 64 with other yellow and mixed lots shown. Oats are listed unchanged with No. 3 white at 34 and No. 4 white around 32 to 34, reflecting typical grain trading quotes.
New York cash grain quotes and futures drift
New York spot wheat shows irregular trading with No 2 red at 1 1/4 to 1 1/4 cents under f.o.b New York and No 2 hard at 1 1/4 cents, No 1 northern Duluth at 1.03, and No 1 northern Manitoba at 66 1/4 cents f o b Buffalo futures steady with December at 1.0234. Corn spot weak at 7 6 3 4 cents, prompt shipment, oats quiet.
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I. F
Duluth
Manitoba
Buffalo
Grain and hay prices slip as oversupply eases
Reports from St. Louis show thin receipts and slow demand for ordinary hay grades while high quality timothy, clover, and alfalfa fetch stronger prices. No. 1 clover mixed commands 16 dollars, timothy No. 3 at 89, No. 2 at 10 13, alfalfa No. 2 at 12, No. 1 at 15. Straw sales 3 cars with wheat at 6.25 and a 6 to 7 range by quality.
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ST. Louis
Steel Leads Stock Market Push In Early October Trading
New York October 1 United States Steel led a market rally with gains across major issues. Trading volume reached about 340,000 shares per hour in morning spans and 1,610,000 total, with Steel contributing nearly 20 percent. Steel opened at 79 1 2 to 80 1 2, rose to 83 4 near the close, amid broad activity in copper utilities and large blocks in Westinghouse and General Electric.
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United States Steel
Stel
Towart
United Railways
Philadelphia Company
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Westinghouse
General Electric
General
New York Money Rates Oct 1 Mercantile and Sterling Quotes
Mercantile paper 86Sh. Sterling 60 day bills 468.50 demand 472.35 cables 472.85. Francs demand 57614 cables 5.75%. Marks demand 8414 cables 8436. Rubles demand 3414 cables 8214. Bar silver 4934. Mexican dollars 3814. Time loans steady 60 and 90 days 234 3 6 months 3. Call money easy high 2 low 4 quoting rate 2 last loan 2 closing bid 114 offered at 2.
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Mercantile
Omaha Livestock Market Report October First
Omaha stockyard data show hogs receipts 4 600 turn lower with heavy at 6 to 7 dollars, top hogs 7 50. Cattle receipts 1 500 market steady with steers 6 75 to 7 75, cows and heifers 5 50 to 10 00, calves 7 00 to 10 00. Sheep receipts 3 000 steady with yearlings 5 75 to 6 75, wethers 5 00 to 6 00, and another line noting wethers 8 40 to 8 75.
Market Report: Hog, Cattle and Sheep Prices Slippage
Chicago market notes show hog receipts around 14 000 with prices mostly 10 to 15 cents lower, rangeing from light to heavy and pigs $5.00 to $7.60. Cattle receipts unknown, native beef $6.00 to $10.25, western steers 6.50 to 8.65, cows and heifers 3.00 to 8, calves 7.75 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 10 000 with wethers 6.55, ewes 3.60 to 5.90, lambs 7.00 to 9.25.
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Chicago
Livestock prices from St Louis market report
Hogs receipts 5800 with prices 6.25 to 8.25 for mixed and butcher grades. heavy hogs at 7.75 to 8.05. Cattle receipts 1600 with native beef steers 7.50 to 10.25. yearlings 8.50 to 10.00. stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 900 with lambs 8.00 to 9.00. ewes and sheep 5.00 to 7.75.
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Kansas City Live Stock Prices and Receipts
Hogs receipts 2,500 lower with bulk 7.50 to 8.00. heavies 7.40 to 7.90. lights 7.60 to 8.05. pigs 7.00 to 7.75. Cattle receipts 400 steady. steers 6.50 to 10.10. cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.50. calves 6.00 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 4,000 steady. lambs 6.50 to 8.65. yearlings 6.00 to 6.75. wethers 5.50 to 6.50. ewes 5.25 to 5.90.
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Kansas City
New York Sugar Prices Show Mixed Movements
Raw sugar and refined products in New York trading show mixed quotes. Easy centrifugal prices rise to 3.89 while molas and other refined categories vary, with molas reported around 2.98 amidst a steady market sentiment.
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New York
Market Report Notes Mixed Grain and Straw Sales
A fragment records corn sold at 80 cents per bushel and 48 cents for another load. Baled alfalfa sold at 14 dollars per ton and 12 dollars per ton. Two loads of baled straw sold at 6 dollars per ton, with only three loads remaining unsold at the city market.
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Yesterda
Prices and hay and grain prices from Prairie region market
Prices paid for hay and No 2 wheat 1 flour selling price 7.00 corn 761 80c oats 37 40c prairie hay 6.50 8.00 baled prairie hay 8.50 10.00 oats straw 6.50 7.50 shredded fodder 0 hay 10.00 14.00 alsike clover seed 9.00 10.00 new Clover hay 7.00 8.00 crab grass 7.50 clover hullings 10.00 baled straw 6.00 6.50 clover seed 7.50 9.00
Flour and mill product price report by Knollenberg Milling
The Knollenberg Milling company reports high patent flour six fifty, straight patent flour six thirty, hard wheat flour six fifty, bran twenty four per ton, shipstuff thirty two per ton, and corn meal two dollars per hundred pounds.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
Poultry and Eggs Market Rates
Poultry and eggs market notes list hens 1134c roosters 7c sprig chickens 12%4c eggs 20c turkeys old gobblers 914c young gobblers 914c turkey hens PAC geese 614c ducks 814c butter packing stock 17c choice country No. 1 25c
Vegetables price list from Wm. Malambri
Reported by Wm. Malambri prices include carrots three bunches five cents beets three bunches five cents cauliflower per each ten to twenty cent cauliflower per item twenty five cents wax and string beans per quart five cents new potatoes per bushel forty cents onions per bushel seventy five cents tomatoes per pound ten cents sweet corn per dozen twenty to twenty five cents turnips per peck twenty five cents
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Malambri
Hides and Wool Prices From Bolles and Rogers
A list of commodity prices shows No 1 cured hides at 15 cents No 2 at 14 cents No 1 green hides 13 cents No 2 green hides 12 cents No 1 cured calf 16 cents No 2 cured calf 15 cents No 1 cured kip 15 cents No 2 cured kip 14 cents Dead green 2 cents per pound Large horse 4 00 No 1 horse medium 3 75 No 1 horse small 3 00 No 2 horse 1 00 less glue and pony 1 50 Colts 40 cents No 1 tallow 55 4 cents No 2 tallow 44 4 cents White grease 44 5c Brown grease 31 4 4c Wool pelts 60 cents to 1 50 Shearlings 25 50 cents Lamb 25 75 cents Graded by wool amount 18 cents to 31 cents by quality
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Bolles & Rogers
Elgin Market Butter and Dairy Prices Report
Elgin Ill butter prices strike at 26 cents for Oct 1 with New York market showing firmer creamery extras at 92 28 28 4c and firsts 28 34 29 14c. Eggs steady with extras 33 34c, firsts 27 29c, seconds 23 26c. Nearby hens: whites 46 48c, browns 35 36c. Cheese steady with state whole milk flats at 15c and colored 15 4c. whites and colored average fancy 4 3 14c.
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New York
Hennery
Agricultural market wrap on grain and livestock trends
The article surveys wheat corn oats and provisions with prices and demand shifts. It notes a radical adjustment in cash wheat due to September contracts and off grade demand, forecasts a 3 000 000 000 bushel corn crop, and mentions winter risk from frost. It also cites hog markets, cholera quarantines, and nearing meat demand. It cautions watching weather and feeding demand closely.
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Missouri
Illinois
Chicago
Dan's Review Foresees Renewed American Enterprise
A New York report previews tomorrow's Dan's Review noting foreign loan negotiations bolster American enterprise and finance status. It cites rising fall business, buoyant dry goods, and improved textile conditions, with steel delivery pressures and rail equipment orders. The piece highlights industrial boom spreading nationwide, with weekly bank clearings reported at $3,673,829,572.
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New York
Dan
ST LOUIS HORSES AND MULES QUOTATIONS AND EAST ST LOUIS LIVESTOCK
ST LOUIS October 1 horse quotations list army horses heavy draft and eastern and southern lines with multiple price ranges. Mule sizes and plugs priced from 16 to 15 hands, with various values. East St Louis live stock sample shows hog receipts at 6,500 with prices 10 to 15 cents lower, cattle steady with top at 10.25, sheep receipts 700 steady.
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East ST. Louis
New York Coffee Prices Steady on Oct 1
New York Coffee Spot shows steady markets with Rio No 7 at 6 1/2 cents and Santos No 4 at 9 cents on October 1 as trading closes. The report notes firm demand for Brazilian and Colombian beans and limited supply from growers, with no major price shifts expected in near term.
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Rio
Santos
Lost and Found Ad Request in The Whig
A notice invites readers to telephone The Whig with details of any lost item such as a watch parasol or similar objects. The prompt seeks reader help to locate the missing item and publish the report in the newspaper.
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Whig
Wheat and Corn Markets Face Bearish Pressure and Uncertain Demand
The market reports pressure in wheat with moderate losses versus last night as exporters stay busy though ocean freight costs restrain larger business. Wheat export clearances remain strong but the overall tone is nervous. corn weak on cash basis adjustments and heavy receipts, with some export bids and bearish sentiment. Oats and provisions follow the trend as shipping demand stays solid, and the monthly stock report shows decreases in some products but ample total stocks versus a year ago.
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Smarket
Hessian fly infestation in volunteer wheat warned again
State entomologist Stephen Forbes notes an unusually wet summer has boosted volunteer wheat growth in Illinois. Hessian flies are present in young volunteer plants, with many eggs and maggots found in fields across Randolph, Johnson, Perry, and nearby counties. Farmers are urged to destroy volunteer wheat promptly to protect next year’s crop.
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Chandler
Randolph
Johnson
Perry
Marion
Jefferson
Williamson
White
Saline
Central
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