Chicago market report shows mixed livestock gains and steady cattle
May 16 Chicago market notes estimated receipts hogs 18 000 cattle 7 000 sheep 11 000. Hogs strong to 10 higher with butcher weights 160 240 lbs averaging 7.90 to 8.10. Beef cattle uneven to higher 10 25 and feeders sharply up. Official totals show 24 372 hogs 20 246 cattle 10 400 sheep 4 873 calves. calves and veal gain. cash wheat and corn prices listed. tomorrow's hogs 36 000 cattle 12 000 sheep 10 000
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Chicago
California
Man Mimics Dogs To Rally Congregation In Three Minutes
A Tennessee man can imitate the barks and growls of two fighting dogs so accurately that he can call a congregation to attention in about three minutes. The Washington Star reports the feat as a curious anecdote about street theater and crowd control.
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Washington Star
Pionto
Baby
Court House
Mt. Pleasant
Shanghai Cotton Mills Agree to 60 Day Output Cut
Shanghai cotton mills adopt a 60 day reduced production plan cutting output by 50 percent. The Cotton Mill Owners' Association approved the agreement amid a weak yarn market and high raw cotton prices. Mills and merchants hold about 100000 bales of yarn in Shanghai stocks.
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Shanghai
Cotton Mill Owners’ Association
Pool wool shipment aimed by Washington Co Farm Bureau
The wool growers met on May 4 and decided to pool this year’s wool shipment. The car will likely be loaded by late May with last year’s pool yielding 37 to 38 cents per pound for growers. The association aims to reduce dealer and speculator loss by proper handling and offers wool sacks and twine through the office.
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Farm Bureau
Deep Plowing Proves Riches From One Field
Logan Ahrens advocates deep plowing using a tractor for farming. A stubborn 400 bushel corn ground yielded 87 bushels per acre after deep subsoil plowing, exposing humus and dark soil. He credits power beyond horses for the improvement.
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Logan Ahrens
Henry County Farm Bureau tests disease plots with seed corn
Nine Henry County farmers provided seed corn for test plots planted this week. R H Porter of Ames tested nine samples for disease last winter and ears were kept separate. Rows of healthy diseased and field-like seed were planted in rotation four times to measure loss from plum pora mold, with hand planting and separate weighing and counting planned for husking.
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Henry County
R. H. Porter
Plant Pathology Department
Ames
Kiger
Harry McCabbe
Moroccans Neglect Chances for Wealth
A 45 day survey by Major Charles E. Spratt of Morocco Algiers and Tunisia finds vast fertile land and grazing but idle fields and no development. He blames a lack of native initiative and French policy of minimal development. He notes grand roads and buildings yet no railroads factories or schools. He describes a remarkable traveling plant that advances slowly year by year.
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Associated Press
Algiers
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Mediterranean
France
United States
Argentina
Charles E. Spratt
Ma ‘Eco
Spratt
Elijahs decisive test before Ahab and Israel
Ahab confronts Elijah who declares drought as divine judgment. The test calls Israel to choose between Baal and the Lord, with Elijah’s sacrifice drenched in water and fire consuming the offering, narrowing the people to a clear decision and restoring worship to God.
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Joshua
James
Elijah
Ahab
Abdaib
Israel
Paul
Lord
God
Baal
Christ
Baaal
Israel Hle
Israeli
How Much is Lost
A compact meditation on the gap between perception and creation. The speaker laments the distance from vision to craft, expressing longing for immediate, complete expression through art.
The Stoic View on Limiting Desires and Foot Cutting
A terse哲ic musing argues that restraining wishes is like cutting one’s feet to avoid Bhioes-Swift. The text treats self denial as practical discipline, linking desire control to personal austerity and steady conduct.
Deserving Trust in Health Care Roles Amid Self Doubt
A fragment notes themes of trust and self doubt in health care, questioning the role of a counselor who doubts his own fitness. It hints at personal struggle and the need for clear professional boundaries and guidance.
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Daily Market Reports
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Burlington
Iowa
Liverpool
Aes
John A. Babcock
Exchange Commission
U. S. Yard
Illinois
Washington Co
Farm Bureau Notes
Hay Corps
Iowa College
Farm Bureau of
Fice
40Th General Assembly
T. B
Board of Supervisors
T. BR
Henry County Farm Bureau
Towa
Russel Canby
Winfield
Winfield Fair Association
Canby
Ewes and Lamb Club
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Vphone
Mutual
Creamery
Washington St
Ise
Rod
Washington
Cally
Pittsburg
Joe
Nin
R. L. Gibson
Upson
Macie
Cypress Lumber
Davison
Coppock
D. O. Davison
the Builder’s Department Store
EP. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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