Market Report Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts
Estimated receipts today 16,000 cattle 15,000 calves. Market strong to 25? top 14.89 for fat cattle. heavy weight 250 lbs up 14.65 to 14.25. light weights 14.50 to 14.80. Sows 12.49 to 15.60. pigs 13.25 to 14.40. Beef steers 13.75 to 16.00. median heavy 13.50 to 15.75. light 21.60 to 15.25. Feeder steers 7.50 to 11.50. stockers 6.75 to 11.40. Lambs 17.50 to 20.65. yearling wethers 15.25 to 18.75. ewes 6.00 to 14.50. Hogs and shipments totals 92,?. cattle 24,902. sheep 39,37. calves 2,?. receipts today 15,000. Market slow and steady with varied bids.
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Hoge _ CHICAGO
Close of Grain Futures Lightly Higher on Corn and Oats
Trade note from Iowa City reports 185 carloads of corn up 1 to 4 cents and 110 carloads of oats up 1 to 2 cents. Also included is a home care tip for restoring buttons with water soap and nail polish to revive color and shine.
Jesuit Missionary Encounters Rubber Tree in South America
Father Mancel de Esperanes, a Jesuit missionary, discovered a rubber tree during apostolic work among the Cambebas Indians. He named it Beringueria after noting natives used its quickly hardening sap to fashion bottle-like syringes.
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Mancel de Esperanes
South America
Beringueria
Public Farm Sales Dates Listed Across States
Journal lists farm department public sales from Feb 26 to March 9 across Washington and surrounding areas. Entries name buyers and locations while noting closing out sales and adminstratrix actions. The piece also covers the formation of the Missouri Valley Duroc Breeders association with delegates and a $10,000 fund, plus club work boosting farmer boys participation and dairy cow value surpassing other farm animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BR. McCreedy
Haskins
Duroc Jersey
Ida W. Koehler
Administratrix
Washington
Carl Swaile
D. H. Palmer
J. A. Thompson
Corneal Welch
Riverside
J. S. Mangold
Virgil Turnipseed
Wellman
W. M
W. R. Galloway
C. H. Davis
Kent County
Del
Farm Bureau
Houston
Delaware College
Berdo Purchases Kentucky Creamery Herd for Washington Move
Boyd Berdo of Fredonia Kentucky buys the J K E Crider Creamery Co. herd of 40 Jersey cows. The cattle will be shipped to Washington after tuberculine tests. A young man from the bluegrass country will supervise. Berdo plans a large dairy venture south of town. The herd is among Kentucky’s best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Berdo
Fredonia
Kentucky
J. KE. Crider Creamery Co
Washington
Blue Grass
Mr. Berdo
Badger Buys Three Chester White Dams in Colum Bus Junction
Rh L Badger returns from Colum bus Junction with three Chester White purebred sows bought from J K Helmick. One sow is a full sister to a sow Helmick values at 3000 dollars. Badger will place the sows on the 100 acre Brighton area farm he sold to Joseph Ebel of Wayland and will move there soon after renting back the property.
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Rh. L. Badger
Columbus Junction
Chester
Badger
Brighton
C. 8. Woodford
Missouri Valley Duroc Assn Forming Statewide
Duroc breeders across Missouri are urged to note formation of a new organization to be known as the Missouri Valley Duroc Association. The group aims to coordinate breeding standards and promote local hog genetics. Members will organize meetings and set dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley Duroc Assn
Furs and hides buyback ad from local dealer
The ad lists prices for calves hides and sheep pelts per pound and tallow and beeswax, both clear and dark varieties. It also invites customers to sell raw furs, promising competitive payments and offering to tailor robes, rugs, coats, and ladies' furs to measurements with preferred linings.
Milk cows rise in value as cattle numbers increase
The article notes rising milk cow values from $25.29 ten years ago to $85.13 on January 1, 1920 and $78.20 a year ago. It states overall cattle improves while the "Other cattle" group loses about 700,000 head, with their value around $1,914,575,000 on the current census.
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Ows
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
Fires in Northwest Section Raise Fire Bug Theories
In two weeks four fires hit the northwest town area near the ward boundary. Shields barn, Shrader shop, Minick cement works, and Wallace lumber yard all suffered damage with small loss at best. A still alarm from St. Clair Lewis home on North Second avenue added to concerns of arson as doors and storage areas burned in a locked room.
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Shields Barn
Shrader
Minick Cement Works
Wallace Lumber Yard
Wallace Yard
St. Clair Lewis
North Second Avenue
Roof Fire Contained Before It Gained Headway
A roof fire was checked early before it could spread or caused significant damage. Fire crews responded promptly, limiting the blaze to a small area and preventing injuries or extensive structural harm.
Crawfordsville News Briefs Include Ill Sister Visit
Mrs. H. B. Coe of David City Nebr arrived for her sister Miss Sarah Crawford who is seriously ill. Howard Crawford of Ainsworth visited relatives in town yesterday.
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Crawfordsville
Coe
David City
Nebr
Sarah Crawford
Howard Crawford
Aineworth
Notice of Wilf Prove Hearin Probate in District Court Iowa
Notice states a will of James Porter, deceased, is on file in Washington County Iowa. A hearing for probate is set for Monday in March term 1920 at 10 o'clock a m. Clerk J D Glasgow submits the notice.
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District Court
Washington County
Iowa
James Porter
Fault-Finding as a Constructive Practice
HW Young argues in the Providence Journal that fault finding, though often seen as negative, drives development by identifying and eliminating faults. He contends that continuous fault detection empowers progress and that denouncing fault finding as unconstructive overlooks its role in improvement.
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HW. Young
Providence Journal
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Market Report
Chicago
Til
John A
Close OF Grain Futures
E. W. Wagner & Co
Iowa City
J. B. Haunt
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Fut 2 Service Corporation
Upapache
Journal’s Farm Department
Missouri Valley Duroc Breeders’ Association
Omaha
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
M. T. White
Des Moines
Dwight Putnam
Tecumseh, Neb
F. F. Devore
Illinois
Wallace
Berdo Dbuys Dairy Herd
Bugs Helmick Hogs
Mutual
Cream Station
Green Hotel
Colenso
W. S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Iowa
Uptown
PSF
Joe Cae
Corre
Ouriel Fain
Clear & Prime
J. D. Glasgow
A. R. Gowey
Hh. W. Banter
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Peoria Board of Trade
St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange
Washington Loan & Trust Building
West Chester
de Laval
Peninsular
J. W. Baker
A. M. Baker
Admr
H. L. Karr
R. C. Ferguson
Ida W. Woehler
Dorotheus C. Noehler
Ainsworth
Koehler
Said Estate
Great Western
Emerson
Sattley Gang
Dorotheus C. Koehler
D. F. Macon
R. FE. Dougherty
Pleasant Hill
Tows
Hagkins
Orchard City
Carl Swails
Workman & Klotz
Auets
For
Richards
McKean
Havre
Reid
Plymouth Rock
Concord
Hayes
Menton
Lloyd Easter
R. E. Dougherty
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