Chicago Feeder Sale Nets Over $1 Million and 257 Carloads
A record 257 carloads of feeder calves sold for well over a million dollars at the 7th annual Chicago Feeder Cattle Show and Sale at the Chicago Stock Yards. The event, the nation’s largest feeder cattle show, surpassed last year by over a hundred carloads, highlighting growth in the beef industry and breeding improvements. Grand champion carload shown by veteran exhibitor Fred.
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Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago hogs and cattle market summary with price ranges
Salable receipts 11 000 hogs market slow uneven and 15 to 25 cents lower on barrows and cuts with late sales 25 cents lower sow 15 25 cents lower most choice 190 220 lbs 16.75 16.90 most choice 220 250 lbs 16.50 16.85 260 300 lbs 16.00 16.50 few heavier 15.40 15.90 160 180 lbs lights 15.75 16.75 most choice sows under 400 lbs 14.75 15.50 400 500 lbs 15.75 14.85 up to 600 lbs down to around clearance. Sheep 2 000 hardly finished. Western 100 lbs wooled lambs 27.50 29.00 for choice. Cattle 4 000 calves 300 slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady spot 25 50 cents higher cows and bulls steady high prime steers absent. Few loads high choice to prime steers 26.00 38.50 bulk 33.50 35.75 29.50 93.00 utility to low good 25.09 29.25 1 054 lbs Holsteins 27.75 prime 890 lbs fed heifers 36.59 mixed 950 lbs Colorado 36.25 good and choice heifers 29.50 34.50 utility cows 21.00 25.00 cutters 17.50 20.75 bulls 25.00 28.75 good to prime dealers 34.00 38.00 cull to commercial 20.00 35.00.
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Last Emperor Dom Pedro II in Americas
Dom Pedro II of Brazil is described as the last emperor in the Americas. The note frames his reign as historic, marking the end of imperial rule in the region.
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Americans May Eat More Meat in 1952
The USDA forecasts higher per person meat consumption in 1952 from beef veal and lamb and mutton. Pork and poultry supplies may rise early but end the year near 1951 levels. Chicken output is steady while turkey production could surpass 1951 record.
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Experts Foresee Higher Cattle Slaughter in 1952
Analysts predict a shift in meat production with low current slaughter and large farm inventories. Slaughter is expected to rise in 1952 for the first time in five years, with uncertainty about timing and price effects.
Illinois and Iowa Kiwanis plan $75,000 spastic child program
The Illinois and Eastern Iowa Kiwanis district approves a five year $75,000 research program to fund a full time physician at a Chicago area medical school for spastic paralysis. Fundraising will raise $15,000 annually from 171 clubs and 10,000 members. A Foundation for Research for Spastic Paralysis will be created after pledges are secured. An estimated 300 to 500 spastic children are born yearly in the region, with varying outcomes.
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Kewanee
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European Ruddy Shelduck Found Off Rhode Island Shore
Roland C. Clement of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island said a ruddy shelduck, native to Eastern Europe and Asia, was found off Brock Island. A rarity in the United States with only two prior specimens recorded, one in North Carolina and one in New Jersey. The duck was shot by a hunter 14 miles offshore.
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Substances in Diet Tied to Wound Healing Findings
Dr. Martin B. Williamson of Loyola University Chicago reports that sulfur amino acids in food are needed for maximum wound healing. He notes higher healing rates on high protein diets in animal tests, with eggs milk wheat corn and other foods providing these amino acids.
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Flying Leathernecks Welcome New Goose Horn in Korea
New arrivals at the Korea Courier station hear a novelty horn called the wild goose. The horn signals aircrew with three blast codes for approach, two for wheels and flaps, and one for landing instruction as the First Marine Aircraft Wing adds R4D transport aircraft.
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