Daily Market Reports Opening Summary Chicago Meat Market
Chicago opening market estimates show cattle and hog receipts around 29 000 to 29 500 with heavy weighing on prices. Trading notes list butcher and feeder cattle by weight class with steady to mixed demand and varying prime to common grades. Sheep and lambs receipts about 20 000 with steady to mixed values and specific bids for heavy and light grades. Official yesterday totals show substantial arrivals and shipments across hogs cattle sheep and calves.
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Arkel
Chicago Wheat and Corn Prices and Livestock Estimates, Oct 24 1922
Chicago open high low and close for wheat and oats, with May July and December futures. cash wheat quotes at 58 cars tone easier for corn 261 cars oats 110 cars. quotes for old and new crop oats and corn as well as No 2 yellow corn and No 2 hard wheat. Livestock estimates for tomorrow project 7000 hogs 13000 cattle and 18000 sheep.
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Chicago
Wallace discusses how rail strikes burden farmers in 1922 speech
In Kansas City on October 23 1922 Secretary Wallace blamed high freight rates for agriculture and urged lowering costs while preserving service. He argued transportation is part of production and called to break monopolies to keep railroads and labor moving, noting farmers invest heavily and earn less per capital than railroads.
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Knife and Club
Kansas City
Monevening
Secof
Wallace
Prairie sale dates and locations listed for multiple herds
Sale dates listed include Oct 28 Huston & Smith Crawd artersville and Poland China Sale. Oct 31 Welsh and Wagner Washington. Nov 1 B Hanan near Wellston Holstein dairy cow sale. Nov 4 Ernest Carlson Washington Duroe Sale. Nov 14 Lord Son Du roc Sale Ainsworth. Dec 12 Alb Taylor near Haskins closing out sale. Dec 14 Alfred Nash near Crawfordsville closing out sale.
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Huston & Smith
Crawardsville
Poland
China
Farmers Call for Cooperation to End Railroad Strife
A speech urges farmers to support organized labor but reject lawless tactics. It argues for fair crop prices, lawful settlements between capital and labor, and cooperation among farmers, workers, merchants, manufacturers, bankers, and finance to prevent collapse of agriculture and national unity.
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Lbor
Com
Nation 5 Iit
Ars
Expieins quectine of Oratory
Quoted line from Uncle Phen noting that many good speakers shift attention to sales talk. The fragment hints at a critique of focus away from true oratory toward selling rhetoric.
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Uncle Phen
Turni
Salesimun Shiy
Farm Loan Terms and Commission Refund Notices
Louisa County Farm Bureau reports a Chicago bank now offers amortized farm loans at 50 percent with 34 year terms and five year prepay option. No commission or stock charge, title proof required. Producers’ commission firm offers no shipping fees as refunds funded by remaining member fees after paying post debts. an application for membership is required to receive refunds under new rulings.
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Farm Bureau
Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Producers Commission Association
National Stock Yards
St Louis
Ilinois
Commission House
Packer
Stock hogs sought in Missouri with hints of pricing
Inquiries to the Farm Bureau seek stock hogs in Missouri with current stock located only in Monroe county based on Paris. Hogs weigh 50 to 100 pounds and price around 4 cents loaded, farmer paid 9e and 25e per hundred for handling. Contacts include H C Houghton Paris Missouri T N Hickey Madison Missouri Ragsdale and Holder Holliday Missouri. Also sellers King Cattle and Pig Co Union Stock Yards South St Paul Minnesota offer northern grown hogs vaccinated under government supervision.
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Missouri
Farm Bureau
Monroe County
Paris
H. C. Houghton
Missour
I. Hickey
Madison
Ragsdale & Holder
Holliday
King Cattle and Pig Company
Union Stock Yards
South St. Paul
Minn
All Crops Harvesting Rapidly Says Government Crop Report
The semi monthly crop report from the United States Department of Agriculture notes rapid harvest progress under favorable weather since October 1. Corn cutting nears completion. potato digging advances unevenly. drought relief appears but moisture is still needed in many areas.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Corn
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Maine
New England
Aroostook County
Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Agricultural conditions across states show mixed yields and markets
In West Virginia orchards and parts of the Midwest crop prospects vary as harvest winds down. Virginia and surrounding states report rising demand and prices, while Illinois and Indiana store a large crop. California grapes ship half, prunes dry, and Idaho reports labor tightness amid broader livestock movements and ample farm labor overall.
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Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
California
Sand Hills
Nebraska
Flint Hills
Kansas
Virginia
Colorado
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Massachusetts
Farmers Study Their Problems in Iowa Bulletin Requests
Ames Iowa farmers increasingly seek extension and experiment station publications with hundreds of requests daily. Some callers rush by telegraph or phone for printed matter, asking for plans for hog houses poultry sheds and even dresses. The surge reflects heightened farming interest across the state.
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Ames
Iowa
Bulletin
Iowa Agricultural Extension Free Publications
The notices describe a series of agricultural topics including corn storage Hessian fly control soil problems livestock feed and management poultry husbandry and dairy management. Publications are sent free and any Iowa citizen may be placed on the mailing list.
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Iowa
Market Report on Produce and Poultry Receipts
Swirls Produce and Poultry receipts were heavier with good demand for current and freezer needs. Butter market closes firm and higher. fresh eggs sell higher though many are held. storage eggs move well but large surplus remains. Milk flow up boosts extra feeding profitability. creameries see lighter cream deliveries.
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Fes
Mery
Grouch Makes Few Friends
A cheerful note condemns constant faultfinding as a disease that stifles growth. It laments meeting people who continually criticize everything and everyone on the present day.
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Grouch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Market Reports
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Burlington
Town
John A. Babcock Commission
U. & Yard
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Rollo S. Pickford
Delaware
Farm Dept
Hampshire
C. A. Ruebsam
Ainsworth
Chalmers
M. L. Miller
Frank Macon
Homer van Horn
Thone
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Property Owners Federation, Inc
H. L. Wittrng Harness and Dollars
E. End Garage
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Creamery
East Washington St
I J. Starrow
Middle Western
Standard Oil Company
S. Michigan Ave
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