Chicago market reports solid hog and cattle demand
Chicago cash markets show hog receipts around 16 000 with broad ranges for weights from 140 to 180 pounds and 200 to 325 pounds. Bulk sows and slaughter pigs quoted, with highs near 11 60 for midweights and 12 25 for slaughter pigs. Cattle receipts near 7 500 with better graded steers and heavies firm to higher, vealers 10 50 to 11 50, heifers up 25 cents, and feeders steady. Sheep receipts about 9 000 with fat lambs active to higher and yearlings advancing. top loads 16 00 to 16 25 and several lots 15 60 to 16 10. Open market section shows wheat data following.
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Chicago
Chicago grain prices and seed rates market update
Chicago on December 22 reports wheat prices for No 1 and No 2 hard at 1.74 and 1.72 to 1.75. Corn values range across No 3 to No 8 mixed and yellow grades with figures from 61 to 75. Rye No 2 at 1.06, barley 60 to 74, Timothy seed 7.00 to 7.75, Clover seed 24.00 to 30.50, with lard at 14.65, ribs 14.25 and bellies 14.50.
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Dee
Chicago
Official Estimates for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago officials release live stock estimates for tomorrow listing hogs 18000 cattle 7000 and sheep 7000 in a concise market bulletin.
Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Meat Prices
Market bulletin lists per pound rates for cream butterfat eggs hens springs and ducks with price variations by weight and breed. Also notes no market for crippled poultry and lists beef and horse hide prices, including a fixed price per horse hide and higher for large geese.
Feeder stock outlook signals cautious expansion
Des Moines Iowa December 23 feeder business in Iowa remains conservative with a chance for modest growth to market this year’s corn. Secretary of Agriculture M G Thornburg cites livestock shipments showing feeder cattle shortages 10 to 18 percent feeder hogs 19 to 15 percent and feeder sheep 30 to 35 percent. He warns against a large rise in broad sows as a big corn crop often lowers hog prices next year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
M.G. Thornburg
Thornburg
Farm Bureau
Lee Hanna
J. N. Phillips
Wade Grordner
Walter R. Brown
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Closing Out Sales Near Washington Area
Public sale notices list multiple closing out sales with dates Dec 22 to Jan 12 and locations near Washington including Fred RK five miles SW, Anth ony Malichky ten miles NE, Frank Vicha 8% miles NE, with cattle and hogs auctions and December 24 sale by H W Cassel one and a half miles east of Ainsworth.
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Fred RK
Washington
Anthony Malichky
Frank Vicha
S. E
Washington, W
Saville
Albert Navy, Sr
N. E
Joseph H. West
Dublin
H. W Cassel
Ainsworth
Washington County Farm Bureau Notes Accounting Schools Planned
Washington CountyFarm Bureau announces accounting schools to start in late January 1926 led by L G Allbaugh. Existing farmers report clear benefits from careful record keeping with simple forms, and the program promises confidential handling of data and county and state averages for comparison.
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BRE
Washington Co
L. G. Allbaugh
Women's Clothing
Ruby Kassel
Extension Service
Women's Clothing Project
Farm Bureau
Dividends Replace Christmas Packages at Mt Pleasant
At Peney Mount Pleasant December 22 packages for the Christmas rush were laid aside by the postmaster to prioritize letters with checks representing a 20 percent dividend from the defunct Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank. About $134,000 was distributed.
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Peney
Mount Pleasant
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Savings Bank
Toledo Seed Market Prices and Dates
The Toledo seed market reports Clover seed domestic with December 18.75 and futures through March at 14.65. Timothy seed cash shows December at 5.70 and March at 3.80, with market notes dated December 28.
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Toledo
Ohio
Clover
Timothy
Potatoes Match Sweets in Price Across Nation
Chicago December 23 Irish potatoes masquerade as a Christmas delicacy and now fetch similar city market values to sweet potatoes. The U S Bureau reports prices at 2.25 to 2.50 dollars a bushel as shipments rise with light crops.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Dixie Land
Woodpeckers Target Telegraph Poles Causing Damage
Popular Mechanics notes woodpeckers store food in barkless poles and bore many holes in oak rich areas. They prefer weakened poles as rain swells nuts and widens cracks. Creosote and tin bands fail to deter them.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Mummie Warns of Prayer for a Bicycle
London humorist notes the speaker promises to begin praying for a bicycle, signaling a humorous bargain or wish. The quip frames a playful family dynamic and thrift-minded punchline appropriate to light essays.
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Mummie
London
Flax Processing Evolution in England and Scotland
A 153% statute ordered flax cultivation in England under Henry VII. For centuries flax fiber was separated by hand, then with a mallet, and later by a water mill invented in Scotland around 1750 to streamline the retting and processing of flax fibers.
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England
Henry VII
Scotland
Navy Team Captain Leads Fast East Forward Parsa
Leads Navy Kerman O Parsa of Savannaha, is captain of this seasons Navy basketball quintet He's a veteran, plays forward and is regarded one of the fastest men in the east With him as leader the midshipmen antic pate a successful campaign.
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Kerman O Parsa
Savannaha
Navy
Midshipmen
Antic Pate
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