Grain Prices Higher on Board Wheat Values in Stronger Trend
Wheat advanced on optimism that bearish conditions were fading and exportable U S surplus may already be sold. March and May prices fluctuated, closed unsettled net higher as rumors of limited export demand mixed with renewed selling pressure. Corn moved up early then eased, oats remained firm, while provisions showed little support and sagged.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Amantina
United States
Pricea
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Aes
Grain and Provisions Chicago Cash Quotations 2-5
Grain and provisions prices from Chicago Omaha and Kansas City reports show wheat mixed and hard grades around 1.56 to 1.66 per bushel, yellow corn near 0.48 to 0.51, oats around 0.40, barley about 0.72, and seeds with notes on timothy and cheverseed values. Lard and ribs priced nominally, pork listed as nominal.
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Aes Northern
Lo. Com
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
St Joseph Livestock Markets Report With Mixed Prices
St Joseph Missouri market notes show 16 000 cattle receipts with lights steady to 10 higher, others slow. Steers 5.00 to 5.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 2 lambs 7.00 to 9.00, ewes 3.50 to 4.50. Hog listings incomplete but indicated at St Joseph Feb 2.
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Prices and receipts across markets report mixed dairy and poultry
New York region prices show creamery butter and firsts for eggs and milk products steady to higher amid receipts. Peoria notes corn and creamery gains. Chicago and St Louis report lower butter, eggs steady or down, and mixed poultry prices with hens and roosters listed.
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New York
Peoria
Ill
Jase
Chicago
Mansas- Kanes City
St Lonin
St. Louis
Chicago Market Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Mixed
Cattle showed little early trading steady with yesterday. choice loads at 9.50 and up, bulk around 7.00. Hogs receipts 28,000 slow to steady to higher, top meat at 10.20, bulk under 20 pounds around 9.30 to 9.60. Sheep receipts varied, generally steady with fat lambs about 8.50 and fat ewes near 4.00 to 4.60.
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Chicago
Omaha Livestock Market Report Summary
Omaha livestock receipts show hogs at 20,000 with prices $8.09 to $9.30 top, cattle receipts 9,500 with steers steady to higher, veal calves down slightly, and sheep receipts 6,000 with lambs 13 to 35 higher and yearlings steady. Strong feeder demand noted for light and medium weights.
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Omana
Nev
Sioux City Livestock Stocks and Bonds Update
New York stock market opens lower led by Royal Dutch and utilities while rails show little change. Bond prices and Liberty bonds bounce with varying yields as copper, petroleum, and steel names slip. commodities futures and currency rates mixed amid broad market weakness across sectors.
Heaviness marks New York stock trading era
The New York stock exchange opened with heavy trading as fears over Europe weighed on prices. Germany's refusal to pay a five million dollar indemnity and potential British actions triggered declines in U S Steel, U S Rubber and several industrials while General Asphalt and Northern Pacific showed notable moves. Evening activity rallied on short covering, but the day remained dominated by a cautious, soft market tone.
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East St. Louis Livestock Market Report
East St. Louis receipts total 4 000 with slow lower undertone for cattle. two to three steers and few cows and heifers barely steady. canners and vealers steady with top calfs around 12.00. Sheep receipts 300. slow sales about steady. lambs to 9.50, yearlings to 7.00, ewes to 4.50. Hog and pig values show 25 cents higher with quality good.
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East ST. Louis
Kansas City Livestock Market Report February 2
Kansas City reports slow trade across all classes with steady to weak sales. Top steers around 3.50, calves steady, heavy heifers 7.00, sows and pigs mixed with limited demand. Sheep show strong lamb prices with 230 percent gains in best lots and several bids unmet. Receipts: cattle 32,500. sheep 3,000.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Saia
Wheat and grain prices across Minneapolis and St Louis markets
Grain and produce notes from Minneapolis and St Louis indicate wheat receipts and price ranges for No. 1 north, cash and futures. corn and oats prices vary by grade. Chicago Potatoes and Waterloo markets list assorted prices, while cattle and hay values appear with ranges for fat cattle, calves, and hogs along with wholesale price lines.
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St. Louis
ST. Lou
Gain for the Farmers in the Waterloo Evening Courier
The Waterloo Evening Courier is praised for its value to subscribers, offering better news collection and presentation. It emphasizes higher quality reading and more departments, claiming it provides at least fifty percent more worth than pricier papers, with a favorable yearly rate.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Farmers seek steadier prices for farm products
The article discusses how farmers demand more stable sea and market pricing amid adverse weather, arguing that price volatility harms their livelihoods and urging policy measures to protect agricultural income and market balance.
Howard Replies To Babson On Farmer's State Of Mind
President J R Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation responds to Roger W Babsons claim that farmers are worse off after the war. He cites Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing farm prices rose then fell and argues production costs, land values, and inflation explain farmers relative position. He notes depreciation costs, farm land gains, and that small crops have yielded higher returns for farmers versus broader price declines.
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Bir. Babson
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Fesperation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Colleges
Farm Press
Grankes
Danner
Iowa
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Banks
Mr. Babson
Iowa Seeks Strict Rules for Certified Seed Inspections
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association plans farm plot inspections for seed use and announces strict rules to ensure pure certified seed. In 1921 seed labeling will show if any other varieties exceed 0.25 percent, with fields needing freedom from quack grass, mustard, Canada thistle, and other weeds, and rye must be 80 rods from another rye field.
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Association For the Government of
Towa Corn Started for Aid of Armenia
Four carloads of corn in bags donated by towa farmers left Illinois for Armenia to aid starving people. Dr. Je Kirbye, from Des Moines, leads a joint relief effort with Near East Relief and the American Farm Bureau federation. County shipments from Webster and Humboldt counties total hundreds of cars, with plans to sell some corn to buy needed products as the committee oversees 212 orphanages housing 112,000 children.
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Armenia
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Kirbye
United States
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National Tractor Show to Draw Crowds in Columbus
Farmers from every section of the country are expected to attend the sixth national tractor show at the state fair grounds from February 7 to 14. More than $1,090,060 of power farming machinery and accessories will be exhibited across seven halls. Twenty American universities and the Society of American Agricultural Engineers plan educational displays on machinery progress, care, and related topics, with speakers from State College Pennsylvania, Purdue, Wisconsin, Keuka, M. College, Kansas Agricultural, and Nebraska College of Agriculture.
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Homemade dress forms gain popularity among farm women
Miss Clara Sutter, home demonstration agent, says homemade dress forms are finding favor with women who sew at home. February and March will see demonstrations after three held at Hudson and three more in Mt. Vernon township. Forms are made for the wearer with paper and tape, costing about $1.25 in materials, offering a better fit than store forms.
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County Institute
Hudson
Mt. Vernon
ADV
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Fike Flock Eggs Record Fueled by Electric Lights
Nearly 6 000 eggs from 400 hens in January set a record for N L Fike flock Orange township. A pen of 55 hens laid 40 eggs. Mrs Fike uses early morning and late evening electric lights to boost laying. Other flocks and rations include sprouted outs, tankage, skim milk, ground corn oats oil meal oyster shells and charcoal, with litter scattering twice daily. Flock culling last two years kept nonlayers separate. pullets produced nearly twice as many eggs as hens when kept apart. Open front henhouses showed moisture and frozen combs in cold weather.
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N. L. Fike
Orange Township
Producers Appoint Committee to Study Organization Plans
A farmers’ meeting at the Commercial clubrooms near Waterloo appointed Fred Miller chairman. A committee led by W. St. Maust of Tange township was formed to draft an organization plan aimed at stabilizing milk payments to producers. Other members include K. P. Shaw, Fred Campbell, Hubert Sweitzer, Ernest Diercks, Bert Carey, Clarence Decker, Mike Horam, Oscar Cook, W. J. Ryan, Irvin Brown, Glenn Baron, A. B. Zuck, C. Bechtelheimer, Be Snavely, Frank Klingaman, and SERELE ROCK.
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Hubert Sweitzer
Ernest Diercks
Bert Carey
Clarence Decker
Mike Horam
Oscar Cook
W. J. Ryan
Irvin Brown
Glenn Baron
A. B. Zuck
C. Bechtelheimer
BE |Snavely
Frank Klingaman
St Ansgar Local Notes February Trip and Visits
Rev BM EB Waldeland traveled to the Twin Cities last week. Clifford Allanson and Byron Golberg returned from Mason City after a district American Legion meeting. Mr and Mrs Walter Mae left for Mankato to visit relatives. Frank Sedlacek and daughter spent a month in Los Angeles. Mrs Sedlacek and her mother Mrs Hylten returned home. Mr and Mrs T Hume are in Minneapolis for eye consultation.
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Mankato
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