Daily Market Reports from Chicago on Hog and Cattle Prices
Hog receipts 64 000 with prices mostly 10 to 15 cents higher. Bulk 160 to 225 lb cattle averages 6.85 to 7.05, better grades 140 to 150 lb at 6.60 to 6.75. Sows 6.30 to 6.50, packing sows 6.40 to 6.60. Heavyweights 7.00 to 7.15, mediums 6.95 to 7.15, lights 6.60 to 6.80, packing pigs 4.50 to 6.00. Cattle receipts 14 000, beef steers and yearlings steady, best loads 10.00 to 10.50, vealers 11.00 to 11.50, stockers slow. Sheep receipts 13 000, fat lambs steady to fully steady, lambs 12.00 to 14.00, ewes 8.50 to 8.50.
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Chicago
Jan
Kansas City
Kansas City Livestock Market Reports January Prices
Kansas City cattle receipts 3,000 with calves 500 and steady to higher prices. Best heavy steers around 14.90, handyweight steers 9.75, fats 4.00 6.00, veal up to 11.50. Hogs receipts 1,800 with top 6.85 and typical ranges 6.50 6.80, porkers 4.50 5.25. Sheep receipts 3,000 with lambs slow but steady, top around 13.65 and most 13.00 13.50.
Omaha Livestock Market Report
Hogs receipts 14,000 with slow trade. Early prices 210 to 300 lb butchers 6.75 to 6.80, top 6.80. 180 to 210 lb 6.40 to 6.60, 150 to 180 lb 6.00 to 6.35. sows 6.15. Cattle receipts 5,860 with slow demand. fed steers and yearlings steady, top steers around 1,400 lb at 149.06. Stocker and feeder activity steady. cows 4.00–6.25, canners 2.25–3.50, bulls 4.00–5.00. outsiders up to 11.00. Sheep receipts 13,000. market slow with killing classes 15 to 20c lower. good light lambs 7.90.
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Omaha
Estimated Livestock Numbers for Tomorrow
The notice lists hogs at 54 000 head cattle 6 000 and sheep 10 000 for the upcoming tally.
Murchison National Champ Wins Two Races
Loren Murchison national sprint champion scored two victories at the Millrose A A A carnival in Madison Square Garden. Jose Ray failed to double in distance events, winning the mile and mile and a half but finishing far back in his second race. Vernon Ascher and Hahn ur partodes Deak Wolters also featured in the meet.
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iRy
Associated Tress
New York
Loren Murchison
Jose Ray
Millrose A. A
Madison Square Garden
Ray
Hahnur Part
Wheat and corn markets show mixed moves in Chicago trading
Chicago traders eyed tight wheat supplies and potential acreage cuts in 1924 as wheat prices climbed to new highs for the season. May and July moved up while September set a record, with corn and oats advancing after early losses. Hog prices fell, dampening the provision market.
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Chicago
Texies
Chicago grain prices and seeds on January 31
Chicago markets list wheat corn oats barley rye and seed prices with bid and ask ranges. Lard ribs bellies and meat cut values shown with weights and averages.
Potato Market Reports Steady Prices in Chicago Trade
Potatoes steady in Chicago with 38 car receipts and 849 total shipments nationwide. Wisconsin sacked round whites quoted 1.26 to 1.40 in various forms, Minnesota sacked round whites around 1.20 to 1.39. A brief for sale notice appears at end.
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Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
Few
Bulk
Minnesota
Field Mice Ruin Wheat Crops In Varna Region
Field mice, unusually active due to warm September through December, foraged in Varna Bulgaria and destroyed late wheat seed. Farmers report spring crops ruined as mice remained near the surface longer than typical, with mid November usually marking underground hibernation but not this year.
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Associated Press
Varna
Bulgaria
Weather forecast for Illinois and Missouri
Illinois forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with rain this afternoon or tonight in the east portion and little temperature change. Missouri outlook shows generally fair weather tonight and Friday with slightly colder conditions in the west and north portions.
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Illinois
Missouri
Davenport Man Weds Miss Cooling in Davenport
Edward J. Mooney of Davenport Iowa vice president of Halligan Company married Honore S Cooling of Davenport in a morning ceremony. Monsignor F E McLaughlin officiated with a wedding breakfast held at the groom’s parents home Mr and Mrs John S Mooney.
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Clinton
Edward
Mooney
Davenport
Halligan Company
Honore S. Cooling
John S. Mooney
FE. J. McLaughlin
Public Auction Schedule for Washington Iowa Area Farmers
A sequence of farm public sale notices spans February with sellers including Milo Kemp C E Griffith J E and H E Keating Ed Hotle Welding Walters Clarence Richards Ernest Carlson Fred Cannon John Laney P W Palmer James K Helmick C W Jackson Paul Coffman Fleming Elmer Kolosik and Rathmel and Wella. Auctions cover stock brood sows and general closing out sales across Washington Riverside Columbus Junction and surrounding townships with sale dates February 1 through February 28.
Washington Do Farm Bureau Notes Institute Big Success
The second annual farmers institute at Wellman on January 22 and 23 reports seed corn and clover seed quality and quantity up from last year. Carl Oldfield won first in single ear and ten ear yellow corn. Penningroth won white corn. Prof Hauser urged seed quality checks, emphasized clover legume importance, alfalfa yields, soil conditioning with acid phosphate, and discussed hog roundworm life history. County agent promotes a cooperative record flock and breeding stock locally.
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Farmers Institute
Wellman
Hauser
Carl Oldfield
Penningroth
M. A. Hauser
Ames
Washington County
K. W. Stouder
Stouder
Stouder Talks Hog Health and Miss Knowles Exhibits
Dr Stouder says hog worm losses can be controlled by clean housing and rotating pastures. Flu, bull nose and necrotic enteritis are reduced by proper living conditions and ventilation. Miss Knowles judges home economics exhibits praising needle craft, bakery and canning classes. Poultry records in Washington county highlight Mrs C L Stannard and Mrs Winn Durst as top flocks with high production.
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Stouder
Miss Knowles
Washington County
C. L. Stannard
Rhode Island
Stannard
Iowa
Winn Durst
76 Township
Farm account schools set for February 4 and 5 in two towns
Farm account schools will be held in Washington and Wellman on February 4 and 5. H B Rowe of Ames will lead sessions on farm business accounting starting about 9 30 a m and ending by 4 p m. Participants should notify the county agent. attendance optional.
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Washington
Wellman
Sth
H. B. Rowe
Ames
Iowa lawmakers mock marriage bill eugenics exam cartoon
Des Moines January 30 Members of the Iowa house and senate enjoy a Davenport Democrat cartoon about the Gilchrist Holdoegel amendment to the senate marriage bill. The cartoon shows Doctor Iowa inspecting a displeased Cupid as a commentary on the proposed requirement.
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Associatedress
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa House
Senate
Davenport
Gilchrist- Holdoegel
Doc Lowa
Cupid
The Tinsmith and The Blacksmith Parable of Trade
A humorous verse-length vignette about Tom the tinsmith fixing hats and attracting patrons, followed by a tale of a village blacksmith who misfired repairs. The piece warns that quality work draws praise while sloppy effort drives customers away, then muses on pride and public perception.
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Tom
Hlecksmith
Cartoon Cep depicts tense scene in senate chamber
In a waiting room an Iowa youth and his betrothed watch a medical procedure with unease while a Cep cartoon hangs on bulletin boards in the house and senate chambers signaling public attention to the event.
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Iowa
University of Iowa to award degrees at midyear exercises
One hundred degrees and certificates and 108 military commissions will be awarded at the midyear commencement at the University of Iowa on Wednesday January 30. Dean Carl E K Seashore of the graduate college will speak on The Individual and the University.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Carl EK. Seashore
Graduate College
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