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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1924
Page
2
Hogs receipts 64 000 mostly steady with some weak to 5¢ lower bids on lower grades. Bulk 226 325 lb hogs 7 20 to 7 35 top 7 35. Cattle receipts 26 000 largely early sales fed steers 50 10.00. heavy stockers and feeders scarce. cows and bulls steady to lower. Sheep receipts 21 000 very slow with some fat lambs 60c lower and native lambs to packers around 16.50. ewes 6 60 to 6 95.
Sioux City cattle receipts 3 500 slow market with killers 15 to 26 lower and fat cattle weak. Hogs receipts 9 000 with market good steady hogs and varied by type. Sheep receipts 100 market steady to 26 cents lower. Veals and feeders show mixed price ranges across categories and lots.
Kansas City June 16 cattle receipts 16 000 calves 3 000 very slow with fed steers and yearlings unevenly lower she stock 10 to the lower beef cows 4 25 to 6 25 fed heifers 2 60 to 2 86 canners and cutters steady 2 50 to 3 50 bulls steady bolognas 4 35 to 4 75 calves weak to shade lower bulk vealers 8 00 to 9 00 mediums and heavies 4 00 to 4 50 stockers and feeders fully steady bulk 6 00 to 7 60 hogs receipts 10 000 mostly steady top 7 00 bulk 6 75 to 6 95 180 325 lb averages 6 76 to 6 95 130 180 lb averages 6 90 to 6 35 packing sows 6 25 to 6 35 stocker pigs 25c higher 6 25 to 6 00 sheep receipts 7 500 lambs generally 50c lower top natives 15 00 better grades mostly 14 50 to 15 00 best Arizona 15 235 others 14 75 sheep strong to 25c higher Texas wethers largely two year old 7 85
Official estimates from Chicago list tomorrow totals for livestock. Hogs 32000, cattle 10000, sheep 7000. The figures provide a snapshot of market expectations for the upcoming day.
Wheat and corn prices listed for No. 2 red No. 1 hard and various No. 2 to No. 6 grades. Oats and rye values shown with multiple grades and ranges. Barley and seeds quoted, including Timothy and Clover, with lard and rib prices noted.
Wheat futures rose in Chicago despite profit taking, led by unexpected strength in Liverpool and high Texas heat. July opened 1.12% to 1.13% and September 1.14% to 1.15, closing 1% to 2% higher. Corn and oats followed, oats near unchanged to 1/4 higher, with May at 81 to 81. Provisions moved with grain strength.
Some 253 American athletes sail from Hoboken aboard the America to compete in the 1924 Paris Olympics. The track and field contingent numbers 105 plus gymnasts boxers wrestlers swimmers cyclists fencers and oarsmen. Yale's eight joins later aboard the Homeric after a trials victory in Philadelphia. Basil Irwin Ben Owen C F Gates and Pat MacDonald are named additions to the squad with MacDonald a guest invitee.
Des Moines June 16 Iowa Secretary of Agriculture R W Cassady says livestock production in Iowa is strong despite a likely immature corn crop. He cites large fat cattle from Iowa at Chicago and hog shipments to Sioux City Omaha St Joseph and St Louis, stressing livestock profits could cushion farm income amid higher input costs. He argues for policy unity and price parity to lift farmer buying power and ease banking strains.
New York June 16 1924 estimates from the National Bureau of Economic Research show the United States total at 112 826 000 on January 1 1924 up from 110 883 000 a year earlier. The rise in the latter half of 1923 alone reached 1 162 000.
Ruth McElroy spent Friday in Iowa City as the town prepares to appoint a principal for the local schools for the ninety year milestone.
The first black stem rust of the season was reported near the Missouri border in Ringgold county on wild barley near barberry bushes. Donald G. Fletcher of the U.S. Department of Agriculture notes rust spread from barberry to grain, warning that north central losses may reach about 50 million bushels. Authorities urge eradication of common barberry to curb inoculum.
Iowa City June 16 Governor N F Kendall will wield the first spade Tuesday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Iowa medical plant on the West Campus. He will address the significance of medical schools and hospitals to Iowa, with Walter A. Jessup president of the Iowa board of education and Dr. L. W. Dean head of medicine to speak.
Mrs. J A Borden of Seattle a Tanlac advocate cites seven years use in charity cases. She recalls a patient who could not keep food down but after six bottles could eat anything, and another patient who recovered appetite after three bottles. She endorses Tanlac as superior for stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Tanlac sold by druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.
The four speakers proceed to the proposed medical laboratory site for the groundbreaking ceremony with President Jessup presiding. The report notes a merchant will be reminded of an advertisement seen in the source.
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