Market Report Shows Mixed Hog and Cattle Prices At Chicago
Estimated receipts today Hog 81,000 plus 3,089 yesterday. Cattle 15,000. Sheep 25,000. Hog prices steady to 25c off for packing grades. top 23.50. Beef steers steady. calf and feeder quotes varied. Western range cattle and sheep markets mixed with notable activity in veal, feeder and stocker categories. Official yesterday receipts Hog 10,952 Cattle 28,139. shipments Hog 11,692 Cattle 1,630.
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Chicago
Ill
Bureau of Markets
Auctioneered freight notes and train car rates listing
Furnished by E. W. Wagner & Co Iowa City Iowa 3 B Hunt Manager Phone 726 75 cars tone steady No 3 C 1971 99 Cars 150 cars tone steady No 3 W C 80 81 Clo ver October 36.00 December 28.50 December Coffee 21.62
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E. W. Wagner & Co
Iowa City
Iowa
B. Hunt
W. C
Derivation of Major Rank From Latin and Romance Languages
The term major comes from Latin magnus with maior as the comparative and is echoed in French majeur Italian maggiore and Spanish maggiore. In military hierarchy a major is greater than a captain but below lieutenant colonel and is the lowest field officer.
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Magnus
Deaf juror stuns Melbourne court with mistaken oath
In a Melbourne criminal court a juror who is slightly deaf is sworn by the judge. The juror mishears and replies I sweer by Al mighty God I'm sorry for you, provoking amusement in the courtroom.
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Melbourne
Australia
Iowa Leads Nation In Hog Population Says Journal Farm Dept
The Journal notes Iowa contains the most hogs with an estimated 10,925,000 in 1919, far ahead of Illinois at 5,724,000 and Missouri at 4,943,000. It states Iowa’s hogs account for about one seventh of the U.S. total and highlights agricultural extension guidance on using a portable spray to protect hogs and cattle, including cost estimates for spraying cattle.
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Iowa
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska
Georgia
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Europe
United States
South America
Australia
England
Italy
iMfrope
Tate
Record Jersey sale sets new average at Carlton farm
Ed Cary held a Jersey sale at his Carlton Oregon farm. Thirty eight head sold for an average of 1009 dollars, topping the previous mark by seven dollars. The top seller was St Mawes Boise Rosaire, bringing 6100 dollars with a 668 pound fat record in 365 days as a two year old.
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Ed Cary
Carlton
Oregon
St. Mawes Boise Rosaire
Beet Factory to Resume at Waverly Next Season
The Waverly beet sugar plant plans to restart with a new tech company and renewed machinery. J F Grawe and W B Roseyear gallery of Toledo connections back the project requiring beet farmers within 5 000 acres to grow beets. The plant will pay 9 per ton versus 4 to 5 previously, with a pulp dryer added to cut production costs.
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Waverly
J. F. Grawe
W. B. Roseyear
Toledo
Ohio
Farm profit balance guides urban migration
Wallace's Farmer argues that farm profits out of line with city profits will trigger a population shift. People born on farms understand both sides and compare returns. The trend of people moving from farm to city suggests urban rewards are greater when living conditions are counted.
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Wallace
Why Not Exterminate Flies
The article explains dairy cows suffer summer irritation from flies, reducing milk production and milking efficiency. It offers a home spray recipe using coal tar dip fish oil coal oil whale oil and oil of tar with laundry soap to make an effective fly deterrent.
Butter Eggs Poultry and Cream Prices in Washington Iowa
Market brief from Mutual 12 W 5 Reister & Sons notes producers facing hot dry weather, rising butter-fat prices, and potential cream shortages. Advises salt for milk cows and cooling cream, with current prices for cream, hens, springs, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, rabbits, beef hides, kip hides, and calf hides. See
Mica Found Best for Reflecting X Rays
Researchers note mica provides smooth, split sheets ideal for concentrating mirrors in X-ray optics. Glass proves too rough to reflect N rays, diffusing them like rough surfaces do light. Mineral crystals offer the needed surface quality for efficient reflection.
Government Should Supervise the Meat Industry
Washington report argues high consumer meat prices and producer losses threaten the livestock sector. It urges federal, in cooperation with state and local authorities, to supervise meat production and distribution to curb profiteering and restore fair markets. It cites wartime production, trade impacts, and retail price mismatches as key drivers.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
South Australia
United States
The Bagpipe’s Ancient Heritage Across Britain and Ireland
The bagpipe existed in England and Ireland by the twelfth century and is believed to predate the Christian era, reflecting a long tradition of this wind instrument.
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England
Ireland
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John A. Babcock
Yard
Close OF Grain Futures
Chichester
Journal’s Farm Department
Mutual
W. 5
Reister & Sons
Washington
Hiriam Saf
Daily Mirror
London
Savage Club
Signor Tittoni
Eke
Signor Titton
Nittl
Lemmon
J. E. Lemmon
Washington, Lowa
Department
Herbert Hoover
American Relief Administration
Steele
Mr. Farmer
Von
Towley Land Co
ST. Peter, Minnesota
Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc
Troy, N
Monroe
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