Bumper Crop of
Corn Hinges on
Late Cold Snap
Barley Yield Largest Ever,
Oats Second, Hay Good,
U. S. Monthly Re
port Shows.
By Associated Press.
Lincoln, Sept. 16.—Nebraska will
have r bumper crop of corn if it ma
tures without frost injury, the Sep
tember crop report of the government
division of crop and livestock esti
mates states.
The barley crop is the largest on
record, while the oats crop Is the
second largest. Hay and forage crops
are heavy. The spring wheat crop
is reduced. Pastures have been ex
ceptionally good. The report follows.
In part:
“The condition of corn Is generally
satisfactory throughout the state. The
crop has probably never been excelled
in western Nebraska. Part of the
crop has matured sufficiently to with
stand a frost, but late corn would be
seriously Injured. Corn imprpved dur
ing August and the condition of 90
per cent forecasts a crop of 257,418,
000 bushels, as compared to 182,400,
000 bushels last year and the five
year average of 190,536,000 bushels.
Oats Crop Second largest.
“The condition of oats at the time
of harvest was 88 per cent, Indicating
a crop of 86,977,000 bushels, the sec
ond in si*e on record. Last year the
crop was 56,106,000 bushels.
“Spring wheat shows a further
marked decrease. Part of the crop
in western Nebraska was not liar
vesjed. The condition of 50 per cent
at the time of harvest should produce
a crop of 3,560,000 bushels. The esti
mate for all wheat is 31,332,000 bush
els, against 59.83S.000 bushels last
year. The production of rye Is 1,650,
000 bushels, as compared to 2,106,000
bushels last year.
"The condition of barley was 87
per cent at the time of harvest, which
forecasts a crop of 9,585,000 bushels,
ns compared to 4,356,000 bushels last
year. The present crop Is the largest
on record, and is accounted for by the
increased acreage and good yields.
Spuds Fall Off.
“The condition of potatoes Is 80 per
cent, which forecasts a crop of 9,912,
000 bushels, as compared to 11,676,000
bushels last year. The early Kearney
crop fell below expectations.
“The hay crops are very heavy. The
sand hills and western Nebraska have
exceptionally large yields of wild hay.
The present condition of tame hay Is
92 per cent and Indicates a crop of
3.352.000 tons, compared to 3,323,000
tons last year. The condition of wild
hay at the time of harvest was 98
per cent, which forecasts 2,587,000
tons* compared to 1,877,000 tone last
year.
"Sugar beets Improved and are
rated at 86 per cent. The condition
of apples was reduced to 53 per cent.
Flax is estimated at 36,000 bushels.
"Estimates of Important crops for
the United States are as follows, the
first figure this year’s and the second
last year’s estimates: Corn, 2.075,
786.000 and 2.890,712,000 bushels;
spring wheat, 220,841,000 and 27:*J18i,*
000 bushels; all wheat, 769,327.000 and
862.091.000 bushels; oats, 1,311,637,000
and 1,201.436 bushels; barley, 199,337,
000 and 186,118,000 bushels; potatoes,
389.674.000 and 451,185.000 bushels; all
hay, 98.006.000 and 112,791,000 tons;
all apples, 189,787,000 and 201,252,000
bushels; commercial apples, 33,390,000
and 30,995,000 barrels.’’
Farmers Report Corn
Is Late in Maturing
Observation^ made at county fairs
and at the state fair show that, the
corn exhibits are more immature than
they have been for several years. Men
who have been bringing exhibits to
the state fair for many years say that
very seldom have they found corn as
late in maturing as it Is this year.
While most of the corn will mature
with a late frost, yet If one does not
have on hand or available a supply of
old corn for seed purposes next year
It should be worth while to select seed
this fall. Tests have shown that the
vitality of corn containing from 15 to
20 per cent of moisture will not be
Injured by ordinary autumn freezing;
and com with 10 to 14 per cent of
moisture will stand the most severe
winter temperatures without injury to
Its germinative power.
It Is very Important to dry the corn
properly after It has been selected for
seed. This may be done by stringing
the cars so that they do not touch,
or by putting them on racks in a dry,
well ventilated place. In addition to
being assured of good seed, field selec
tion allows some choice of parent
stalks, and of ear height. The smooth
dimple dented ears are more apt to
mature and germinate well than are
the large, rough, deep kerneled ears.
Stale Aggie School Cow
Highest August Producer
Lincoln. Sept. 16.—Anna Topsy
Lyon*, 5-year-old cow, bred and owned
by the Nebraska School of Agricul
ture at Curtis, was the highest pro
ducing cow on semi-official tests dur
ing August, it was announced at the
State Agricultural college. In two
days sh* produced 5.1694 pounds of
fat.
She was closely followed by two
cows owned by the University of Ne
braska at Lincoln. They were Roxeva
Lincoln, with 4.941 pounds of fat, and
Varsity Derby Sultana, with 4.732
pounds of fat. Kilpatrick Brothers
company of Beatrice also had a high
producer In Flower Crest Canary
Violet. She produced 4.561 pounds of
fat in two days.
Hubbell Rancher Buys
Colorado Range Cattle
Hubbell, Neb., Sept. 10 — George H.
Fisher, rancher and stock buyer of
this place, has shipped In three car
loads of range cattle from Lamar,
Colo., where he bought up the stock
at a low figure on account of the dry
ing up of the pastures there. He will
feed tho stock here with the bumper
corn crop coming on. Farmers In
♦ his vicinity, and around Nnrka and
Munden, Kan., just south of here
have also recently shipped In several
carloads of hogs from Oklahoma to
feed this winter. It begins to look
like most of the Thayer county corn
crop would be stored ut home and fed
up.
Danger of Roundworm
and How to Combat It
The Roundworm: A common and
destructive parasite. Infests the soil
of permanent hog lots: a frequent
cause of thumps; kills young pigs or
stunts their growth; lowers resistance
to disease; young pigs are most sus
ceptible to round worms; pigs protect
ed from Infection until 4 months old
are past greatest danger.
How to beat the Roundworm: Thor
oughly clea* farrowing pens with
plenty of scalding water and lye.
Wash skin of sows with soap and wa
ter before putting them in clean far
rowing pens. Do not let sows or pigs
out of clean pens before they are
moved to pasture. Within two weeks
after farrowing move sows and pigs
to clean pasture. Keep pigs strict
ly on pasture until at leas't 4 months
old. Provide proper feed, shelter,
and water in the pasture. Bach
year use for pasture a different field
in which no swine have been since
cultivation.
Big Alfalfa Crop
Near Shelton, Neb.
Farmers Getting $13 a Ton
and Not Worried Over
Low Wheat Prices.
Shelton, Neb., Sept. 16.—Sixty car
loads of baled alfalfa hay have been
shipped from the local station to
markets at Kansas City, Omaha and
St. Louis since September 1, making
a total of 102 cars of this year's crop
sold by farmers of the community,
and the alfalfa hay crop In this sec
tion has hardly been "scratched."
A large number of buyers are on
the ground and are paying $13 a ton
for the best grades. It Is estimated
that the tame hay crop in this com
munity will average from three to
four tons an acre and, at the present
price, net the growers a big profit.
Many of the farmers did not stack
the third cutting of alfalfa, but have
been busy mowing, raking, baling
and hauling It to market.
In 1914 more than 400 cars of baled
alfalfa hay were shipped from Shel
ton. Since that time, however, more
of it has been sold to cattle and sheep
feeders. The acreage has been in
creased here in recent years and the
present crop is believed to be the
biggest on record.
With a hig alfalfa crop, a bumper
corn crop is assured, hogs selling at
a good figure, and corn and alfalfa
prices keeping up to a profitable level,
farmers are not worrying about the
poor yield and low price of wheat.
School Registration
to Open Saptember 17
Registration for all colleges of the
university, including those on the
ciy campus at Lincoln, the medical
college of Omaha, and the agricul
tural college at Lincoln, will begin
Monday, September 17, and classes
will begin Thursday, September' 20.
The school of agriculture at Curtis
opened Monday, September 10. The
school of agriculture at Lincoln will
open Monday, October 8.
Both of the schools of agriculture
are operated in connection with the
agricultural college, as are the agri
cultural experiment station and the
agricultural extension service. Both
the agricultural college and the
schools of agriculture Include courses
in home economics for girls as well
as those in agriculture for boys.
The regular courses of the schools
of agriculture are open to those who
have finished the eighth grade at
least, but during the winter there are
special short courses, which are open
to anyone regardless of previous edu
cation.
At Curtis the age of 14 years Is
required for entrance. At Lincoln the
age of 16 is required of those who
have previously completed two years
of high school, in which case admis
sion may be granted at the age of 15.'
Fall Is Best Time to Drain
Swampy Places on Farms
The fall of the year Is a splendid
time to do almost any type of drain
age work, according to the Univer
sity of Nebraska agricultural col
lege. The wet weather during June
and a portion of July has rendered
many low pieces of ground unsatis
factory for crops and if drainage is
contemplated September or October
would be an ideal time to take care
of this work
The first step in dmining land is
to have an accurate survey made to
determine the possible outlet and to
secure information regarding the
amount of tile or ditch necessary. It
is never good policy to attempt to lay
drain tile without having the lines
accurately surveyed.
Tile drainage will transform a
mucky swamp into a fertile cornfield.
The cost for complete tile drainage
at the present time will average
about $40 per acre. Many time a few
hundred feet of tile will remove an
objectionable wet spot or a muddy
drrfw at a cost which Is not exces
sive. •
Black Rust Clauses Poor
Wheat Yield Near Trenton
Trenton, Nel>., Sept. 16.—Now Ihnt
threshing is being done, the damage
of the hlaek rust is manifest, f me
fields are making only about two
bushels to the acre. The average Is
about six bushels, while here and
there Is a patch that makes ss high
as 12 or more. The duality Is very
poor. Not many of the farmers are
getting expenses from their wheat.
Harley was a good crop. The corn
crop never was better and appenrs to
be out of danger of frost. Every
farmer has an abundance of rough
feed for his stock this winter. They
are now busy cutting and shocking
cane and stacking millet.
BusincsR Men of Wymore
Kill Hundreds of Crows
Wymore, Neb., Sept. 10.—A local
“sharpshootlng" party, consisting of
Wymore business men, Dr. Haworth,
Dr. Peters, Charles Dewey, Deo
Holmes, Ivan Lasher, G. M. Holmlg,
Sherman Taylor sr.. Sherman Taylor
Jr., William Lytle and O. W. Green,
motored to Robinson's farm near
Pawnee, and held a shooting match
In killing crows. The farm Is thickly
wooded, and widely known for crow's
roosts. Several hundred rrows were
killed. Dewey, Holmlg and Taylor Jr.,
coming out In the lead.
Apple Farm Is
Made Success
on Poor Start
Iowan Doubles Acreage and
Raises Abundant Crop by
Using Scientific Meth
ods in Work.
By ROBERT WORTHINGTON
DAVIE.
Pleasant scenes evoke delightful
thoughts Intuitively and sensuously.
Such are the Impressions thrust upon
one as he ventures through a large,
scientifically nurtured orchard. Early
autumn Is the satisfaction period of
horticulture; trees bend with the wind
stirred impetus of their fruit; red and
blushing green spheres cling in clus
ters or are singularly attached to the
twigs.
Obviously a dual picture Is revealed,
and primarily one wonders—however
cognizant of nature's designing—how
it is possible to fashion fruit with
such grace and splendor. There pro
dominates the enthralling presence of
comeliness which seems to suggest
that a tree laden with applies might
teach virtue as well as the fruit serves
to satisfy the appetite.
Under a tree of Jonathans, Grimes
Golden or Ganos one could recline for
long in meditation and awe, thinking
of receded days, living the part with
genuine enthusiasm—and revel in the
enjoyment of spirited, dream-painted
youth. But this is halluclnative so far
as it relates to the purpose of horti
culture, or to the work and recrea
tion of men. It is merely explicatory
of the reality that the old* once were
young and that the young have grown
old.
Farm Now Success.
A number of years ago W. P. Camp
bell came into possession of an or
chard which at that time covered 25
acres of southwestern Iowa soil, al
most bordering upon the little city of
Woodbine. His newly acquired prop
erty bore few signs of prosperity or
usefulness; In fact it had reached the
primal stage of deterioration, having
been neglected, it appears, and left to
produce as it would or to die and
become a future field of corn.
Mr. Campbell was determined in the
face of all obstacles and discourage
ment to preserve the life that re
mained, and to rejuvenate the orchard
as much as possible by scientific
methods. Consequently the Highland
Fruit farm is at present operated on
a paying basis, and is double its orig
inal extent.
First we will come to be familiar
with the delineation of his new or
chard which has not attained the de
gree of production. The trees are
planted 32 feet apart, and the space
betw-een them is utilized by grapes,
raspberries, .strawberries and corn
Hence the ground is not idle during
the time necessary for the trees to
reach maturity; also the alien growths
such as weeds and gandburrs are
thwarted. Refilling is an annual task.
Trees that are broken by wind or
cease to bear are replaced by others,
(•round Is Disked.
In the spring as soon as the condi
tion of the ground permits. Mr.
Campbell begins to thoroughly stir the
soil with a double disk attached to a
caterpillar tractor. He believes that
this mode of cultivation is indispen
sable, and prefers the tractor even to
horses because it neither packs nor
cuts the ground to any extent.
The disking is continued until July
1. By this time the ground is very
pliable and will absorb nearly all of
the summer moisture. The grass, then,
is permitted to grow as rank as it
will until the beginning of September,
when it is owned and remains
through the winter to hold the snow
and, as a mulch, serves to protect the
soil
As an experiment Mr. Campbell is
sowing red clover to exterminate
sandhurrs which apparently prosper
in this region and prove themselves
a menace in many ways. Too, the
clover, according to Mr. Campbell,
stunts the wood growth of the trees.
His trees are sprayed four times
during the spring and summer; first
when a ninth part of the blossoms
have fallen off; the second spraying
is done three weeks later; the third
at the conclusion of another three
weeks, and the fourth about the first
of August. Lima and sulphur, and
arsenate of lend Is used thrice, and
bordeaux mixture the fourth and last
time. The work is done with a large
power spray.
Apple House Well Ventilated.
Mr. Campbell has an apple house
which Is modern and Ideal In every
sense. The building measures 32 by
32 feet. The wall of the basement
is constructed of hollow tile, while
ventilators, extending out through
the wall, nre proportionately placed
so ns to afford the l>est results. These
are closed In the morning and opened
to permit the cool air to enter nt
night. Also, a large ventilator as
cends through the center of the
structure from the lwisement to the
roof.
The basement floor consists of 2x4's
placed edgewise upon the dirt, while
boards nre laid across them In such a
position ns to leave about slv Inches
of space. Here the fruit Is stored
immediately after the packing la fin
ished. The celling of the basement
is constructed of shlplap upon which
eight Inches of sawdust lays and
above this Is a second wall of ship
lap which Is the foundation for the
floor of the sizing room.
In the sizing room the machinery
Is located. A large chute carries the
apples to an endless belt which moves
slowly and rolls them to the sizers.
These are arranged to separate the
apples Into half a dozen grades vary
ing from 100 to 100 per bushel.
Thence there is only the tnsk of
packing which Is done with much rare
so ns to avoid all chance of bruising
the fruit. <
Kmploy* Six I’irUera.
It requires approximately five
weeks' time to gather the output of
Mr. Campbell's trees. He emplojdi
from five to atx men and personally
supervises the work. Kvery npple
that drops, he says, is Included with
the wlndfulla and Is sold accordingly.
From the reversible sacks In which
the fruit la picked It Is placed In
field boxes, each holding one bushel.
Fifty of these boxes loaded upon
wagons fitted for the purpose are
taken Immediately to the sizer.
There will not he an unusually
large crop of apples tills year, Mr.
Campbell states, due mainly to the
excessive yield of 1922; however he
Is enthusiastic over the quality—and
quality Is what he desires.
Ice Farm Necessity,
South EJakotan Says
By Aaiortatfri Fran.
Brookings, S. D., Sept. 16.—Ice on
the farm Is not a luxury, but Is of
economic Importance, according to C.
Larsen of the dairy husbandry de
partment of State college. If a rural
home has once had a plentiful supply
of Ice during one season. Ice will
henceforth be regarded as a necessity,
Mr. Larsen said.
"At the present time, Ice Is stored
to a small extent on the farms In
South Dakota. If the ease' and inex
pensiveness of storing Ice and the
comfort and handiness of having ice
were realized, there would be Ice on
every farm."
There Is not a farm In South Dakota
located in such a place that Ice Is
not obtainable, according to Mr.
Larsen. Water Is essential to farm
life, and wherever there is a supply
of water, ice may he frozen, harvested
and stored. The method of obtaining
Ice will very, according to natural
advantages and according to the cost,
he said. *
Canadian Wheat
Overestimated
Dominion Bureau of -Statistics
Made Mistake in Check,
Is Belief.
From Winnipeg Grain Trade News.
It Is necessary that the dominion
bureau of statistics should check up
its crop reporting system. On Au
gust 11 it issued a condition report as
of July 31, which indicated a wheat
crop in the prairie provinces of 357,
295.000 bushels and on September 12,
just one month later, it issued a crop
estimate for the same privince of
448.775.000 bushels, an increase of 89,
480.000 bushels, or not less than .25
per cent.
Whether or not its latest estimate
Is approximately correct. It is certain
that there must he something wrong
with its statistical method* or with
its crop correspondents to account for
so extraordinary a variation In re
sults within one month. It may he
that most of the crop correspondents
do not understand the method of re
porting.
Two or three years ago the bureau
changed its method for securing con
dition reports prior to September 1
and asked its correspondents to esti
mate condition in percentages of the
10-year average yield, the figures for
which were supplied them. >
Unless there was misunderstanding
or confusion of mind It is hardly pos
sible that any resident of Alberta, for
example, could have submitted fig
ures on July 31, which meant that
the probable yield in that provine
would be only 17 bushels per acre
and yet have found out a month later
that it would be a little over 25 bush
els per acre. There was no improve
ment in the month, but If anything a
slight deterioration.
The other principal matter which
requires to be checked up ia that of
acreage. We have looked back over
all the crop bulletins lssyed by the
bureau In the past two years and we
find no acknowledgement of the cen
sus figures of 1921 as a basis for
calculation. In 1921 the bureau made
its regular estimate of afcreage, but
when the census figures came out the
wheat acreage in the prairie prov
inces was found to be 2,725,985 acres
less than tha bureau's estimate for
that year.
Yet in 1922 the bureau used Its own
1921 estimate ns a basis on which to
calculate percentages of Increase or
decrease as reported by its corres
pondents, and for 1923 It used Its
own 1922 estimate as the basis. Last
year the crop was overestimated
clearly because the estimated acreage
was too high, and If the census fig
ures have any value as a basis for
calculating the changes during the
past two years, then the acreage
taken for this year Is not less thnn
1.500.000 acres too high. This would
mean that the crop is overestimated
by 30 or 40 million bushels, which is
a very serious factor in depressing
prices.
Richardson County Will
Have Big Livestock Fair
Kails Cly, Neb., Sept. 16—The pro
gram for what Is advertised as the
greatest livestock fair In Richardson
county history, to be held here Sep
tember 26, 27 and 28, has been com
pleted by the committee In charge.
The entertainment will Include band
programs afternoons and evenings;
ball games, Judging, display of fire
works each duy and the Ksler shows.
Oklahoma Bandit Slain.
Bartlesville, Okla., Sept. 15—A1
Spencer, notorious bandit leader, who
baa terrorized northern Oklahoma and
southern Kansas for three years, was
slain tonight In a battle with federal
officers near here.
New York Bonds |
Ity AworUlril I’rrai,
Nf«r York. Hapt lg.—Aftar an aarly
‘T.r "f *,renKU* b0,ul » lurnad ro
actionary In luat w.,.\kf, tradiak on tfao
m .i.Y,,rk 'o">,k Net ehang.-a
" ,'h» W-K war. highly Irregular Ilond
■ Ieal.ra reported a fair Inrreaa. 10 inv.it
merit buying and atate.l moBt of the
lionrta Bold wero going into atrong hoaea.
.. l'1"1 *'«•«. e i> iuatv. of
th" $ - 00,000. otto laauo of United Mtatea
treasury certificates totaled $41,443 ooo »,M
compared with IJf.OH.ooti the prevlou.
week. All the offering, mat with g.I
r•'•■option und tho government's offering
bearing a 4 '* par cent coupon, whs heav
ily oversubscribed.
Announcement «>f the disbanding of the
syndicate which offered early in the vmr
' ”«• < uha 160.000.000 6«* per cant txinda
result eel m a sharp decline of those bonds
About 20 per cent of the bonds rams lord
*n till bonds of the offering syndicate
The Culm 6^1 declined 7 points to 02 >4
and then moved up a point
French bonds fluctuated over a 3 point
nr«a mm news dispatches Indicated favor
hIiIa or unfavorable developments in the
reparations tangle. * Oenerally the bund*
closed the week somewhat higher Houtb
American Issues, too, displayed net gains
for the most part.
Active I’nltcd States bonds either weir
unchanged or slightly higher.
Kail road mortgage* lint| Industrial
liens moved Irregularly within a conipui
atlvoly narrow trading arcs Moth clsssea
of bonds, however. Indicated tt firm un
dertone even In tho face of big recensions
In ato( k prices.
.Several municipal Issues offered nt low
Interest rstr* mM par prlcea failed to Mt
trad bids from New York bonkers Forth
coming Issues Include $R,HIS.000 Orest
Northern equipment trust certificates, u
tl6.OOO.O00 offering by the I.oulavtlle A
Nashville. and 16,000,000 Konubllr of Sal
vador bonds New York bankers dl*
pluvml (onslderable Interest in reports
that I’oland Is seeking a $100,000,000 loan
either here or in European markets
t hief offerings In addition t<» the tress
ury Issues wen- $ 10,Olio,ooo, fl ty per cent,
10 yents; \V 111 > ** Overland tinnimav inorl
gsao bonds at 0.4 to yield 6 76 per « ent,
jtnd $7,000,000 H nn < mt 26-year Ohio
Klver I'dlson company lunttgiirH bonds,
at prices to yield fi.40 per cent.
Financial
By BROADAN WALL.
New York. Sept. 16.—The attempt by
certain prominent stock operators to In
augurate a constructive campaign In se
curitiea received two severe jolts that
have upset all the optimistic utterances
that had been received from leaders of
industry and bankers.
The first development that Interfered
with the upward tendency was found in
the sharp contraction which has oc
curred in bank clearings within the last
two months. A decrease in bank clear
ings occurred the last two weeks or at a
time when there should be expansion by
reason of business improvement. The
street finds It hard to reconcile theso dis
crepancies in bank clearings with the re
ports of improvement In Industry and
trad^. that have been voiced by the big
business men and bankers.
The second element which blasted the
hopes for a bull market at this time lies
in the fact that the public refused to be
come interested in stocks despite the
buoyancy shown early In the week. The
result was that when those responsible
for the activity saw there was no chance
of distributing they turned and began
unloading the shares they had taken in
an effort to induce the public to parti
cipate. The suddenness with which prices
broke when the big operators abandoned
plans to put up stocks encouraged the
creation of a new professional short In
terest which was most acute toward the
close of last week.
The outcome of the recent efforts of
the French and Germans with regard to
abandonment of passive resistance in the
Ruhr and reparations has also been h
source of disappointment to the specu
lative bulls.
When the upward movement whs in
progress early in the week the street
was fed upon foreign news which indi
cated progress toward the settlement of
these problems but the absence of any
definite results the latter part of the
week has caused most of the hopes to be
abandoned.
Reports of betterment in the steel in
dustry would not seem to bo borne out
by the fact that some producers are
shading prices In an effort %o get busi
ness. The steady decline in the volume
of unfilled business on the steel corpor
ation's books Is attracting attention and
expectation la that the figures to be
published next month will show a fur
ther deterioration.
Omaha Produce
Omaha, Sept. II. !
BUTTER.
Creamery—Local jobbing price to retail
ers; extras, 46c; extras, in 60-lb. tuba,
45c; standards, 45c; firsts, 43c.
Dairy—Buyers are paying 26c for
best table butter in rolla nr tubs: 33c for
common packing stock. For beat sweet,
unsalted butter soma buyers are bidding
37c.
BUTTERFAT.
For No. 1 cream local buyers are pay
ing 28c at country stations; 45c delivered
Omaha.
FRESH MILK.
$2.40 per cwt. for fresh milk teatlng S.ft
delivered on dairy platform. Omaha.
EGGS.
Local buyers are paying around $8 25
per case for fresh eggs (new cases in
cluded) on case count, loss off, delivered
Omaha; stale held eggs at market value.
Some buyers ar«» quoting on graded basis;
Fancy whites. 20' ; selects. 28c; small and
dirty. 24c; cracks. 22c.
Jobbing price to retailers; U. B. spe
cials. 33c: V. S. extras. 31c; No. 1 small,
27928c; checks. 23 924c.
POULTRY.
Live—Heavy hens. 20c light hens. 18c.
leghorns, about 3c less: broilers. 19 2-lh.
25c per lt> ; leghorn broilers. 3c less, old
roosters 12c: spring ducks (fat and full
(fat and full feathered), 12c per lb.:
old ducks, fat and full feathered. 12c:
geese. 12c; no culls, sick or crippled poul
try wanted.
Jobbing prices of dressed poultry id
retailers Springs. 3'»c: broilers. 35c; hens.
259 26c: roosters. 17 918c; spring ducks.
25925c;; old ducks (storage). 20O25c.
BEEr CUTE.
Wholesale prices of beef cuts effectlvs
today are as follows.
No. 1 ribs, $0c; No. 2, 2Ie; No. 1, 16c.
No. 1 rounds, 21c; No. 2, 16c; No. $, 11c.
No. 1 loins. 40c; No. 2. 27c; No. 2, 18c.
No. 1 chucks, 16c: No. 2, 11 He; No. 1 $c.
No. 1 plates. 7Vfcc: No. 2. f*4c; No. 2, a He.
FRESH FLSH
Omaha jobbers are telling et about the
following prices, f. o. b. Omaha: Fancy
whiteflsh. 25c: lake trout. 30c: fancy
silver salmon 22c: pink salmon. 17c- hali
but. 18c; northern bullheads. 1umbo In
cans. 25 to 36 lbs., 24c; channel catfish,
steak. 30c; channel catfish, fancy north
ern. O. 8.. 32c: southern, regular run, 25c;
Alaska red Chinook salmon. 28c; striped
baas, 11c; yellow pike fancy, 25c; pick
erel. 18^ ftllei of haddock. 25c; white
perch. 14c; black cod sable fish steak.
20c; smelts. 20c; flounders. ISc: crap
rdes. large. 20925c; black bass. 35c: red
snapper genuine, from Gulf of Mexico.
?Tc.
CHEESE.
Local Jobbers art selling American
cheese fancy grade, at the following
price* Twins. 2?>*c; single daisies. 28c;
double daisies. 27 He; Young Americans.
30c; longhorns. 29c; square prints, 20c;
brick. 29c.
FRUITS.
Oranges—California Valentlas. fancy
per box $4.0406.00; Navels and Med.
terrancan sweets, choice, per box. $4,750
5.50.
Lemons—California. fancy. per hex
110.00. choice, per box. $9 60.
Grapefruit—California, per box. 16.00.
4 *s, per box. $4.50.
Bananaa—Per pound, fc.
Peaches—Washington Elbertaa, 20-lb
box. $1.25: Colorado Elbertaa. fancy,
bushel baskets. $2 5002 76; standard 24
Ih box. $1 25; Utah. $2.50; clingstone
p« aches, 20-lb. box. $1.10
Qu.nces—California 40-lb. box. $3.00.
Apples—California Oravenateine all
sixes, per box. $3; Bellflowers. 4-tler box.
$2.oo; Washington winter bananas. all
sixes, per box. $3 00; home grown dutrhess.
baskets. $1.80. Atkansae Jonathans, fancy.
tuabe1 baskets, $2 54; Canadian craba. I8-lb
net, ncx box. $2. on 0 2.25; grime*, golden,
all sixes. 1 ox. $2.50.
Pears—Washington and Oregon Bart
letts fancy, per box. $3.2503 50: Illinois
keifers. basket. $2 00.
Plums—California large red. four
basket crates. $2 25; ditto blue. $2 25.
Prunes—California, red Hungarian 4
hasket crates. $2.04; Idaho Italian. 14-lb
lugs. ftOrCrl! no; Washington, ditto. $1 00.
Grapes —Moors's earlv concords. per
basket 0-lb. gross 35c; Malagas. 4
hasket crates about 24 Iba. net $2 40
Tokays ditto. $3 44; Juice grapes. 25-lh.
lug. $1 6402.04; Thomsons seedless. $1 25.
Avocados—(Alligator pears), per doxen.
$8 00.
VEGETABLES.
New root*—Turnips and parsnip*, pet
market basket *5c0$l.OO; best* and car
| rots, ditto. 60076c.
Tomatoes—Per market baaket. 10c; II
lb Climax basket. 75c
Cauliflower—California, per crata. 1!
heads. $2 26: per pound. 15c.
Lettuce—Colorado head par crate
13.75 0 4.00; per doxen $1.2501.50; leaf
4u If 45c.
Egg plant—Per doxen. $1.26
Cranberries—-104-Jb. barrels. $11.50 10-lh.
boxes. $8 04 due September 17.
Onions—Washington yetiow. In sacks,
per lb.. 3c; Iowa red. seek* Sc; new
Spanish, per crate. $2 000 2 26; whlta
pickling, per market basket $1 00.
Cantaloupes <’olorado standard*. per
orat«. $2 6002 75 flats $1 040110: rink
meats, It.Si; honey dews. $2.60 casabas.
per crate. $1.00.
Celery—Idaho, rer dozen, according to
else. 9Oc0$l.oO; Michigan, per dozen. 75c.
Peppers—Green Mango par market
basket. 60060c; red Mango, market.
Cucumber*—Home grown, per basket.
2 dozen*. »*4075c.
Parslev—Rer dozen hunchea. 40c.
Cabbage-—Colorado. 25-50-lb. lota, par
pound. 3He: crates. 214 4/3C.
Watermelon*—Missouri. crated. per
pound. 3c. . « _
Bean*—Wax or green. r#r market baa
kef. around $1 00.
Xw.-rt corn — Per dozen, around tOo
Potatoes- Nebraska. Ohio*, per hundred
pounds $1 76; Minnesota Ohio*. $2.00;
Idaho Whites. 2 Ho rer lb. •
Sweet potatoes Southern fancy. 50-lb
hatt per* $2 25 ; barrel. $8 50.
HAY.
Prices at which Omaha dealer* ara tell
ing in carlo! s fob. Omaha
Upland Prairie—No. 1. $ 1 4 500 15.50; No
3. $12 60«1V50 No 7. $8 0009 40.
Midland Prairie -No 1. $13 50014 50.
No 2 $12 50013.00; No. 3. $7 000*00.
Lowland Prairie—No. 1. $9 00010 00;
No 2. $6.0007 04
Packing llay—$5 0007 00
Alfalfa—Choice. $2ino«J2 00; No 1.
119 400 44 20 40; standard. $17 00 019 00; No.
2. $45 004/16 00; No 3 $10.00012.00.
Straw—Oat, $7.500 8 10. wheat, $7 000
8 00.
FLO t?P.
Flrat patent. 98-In. bags. $4 2004 40
per bid ; fancy cltar, In 48-lb bags. $5.10
per bid. NN li*»e nr yellow cornmeal. per
< wt.. $1 9u Quotations are for round
lots. f. o tv. Omaha
ri;|50.
Omaha mtlis and Jobber# are selling
th»-tr product# In carload lota st th# fol
lowing prices f. o. b Omaha
Bran -$29 00; brown abort*. $3$ 06
grav short*. 6.10.0a. middlings, $14 00;
reddng. $.16 00, alfalfa ino-il. choice
$2* 50; No 1. $26 50; No 2. $23 60; linseed
meal. 3 4 per cent, $52 50 cut on teed
meal. 43 tier cent. $3* r.o. fob
Texas common points, hominy feed, white
• *r yellow. $12.00. buttermilk, condensed.
14 bid lots. 3 45c per lb.; flak# buttermilk
500 to 1,500 lbs. 9c per tt> . egg shells,
dried and ground 100 lh hags. $25.00 per
ton; digester feeding tankase. 60 per cent.
$fin oo per ton.
Prices printed below are on th# basis of
buyers’ weight* and selections, dellvere-,
Oniflha ■
Hides- strictly short haired hides. No
1 7 Sc. No. 2. 4 V I "tig halre.1 hides.
5c and 4c; green hides. 5 % c and 4 ls c;
bulls, f.C and 4c; branded hides. 6e: glue
hides. 3 c: calf 10« and *Hc; kip, 5c and
7c. deacons. 70c each; glue skins 4r per
lh ; horse hides. $ Mi and $3 50 h
ponies ami glues. $1 50 each; colts 2 5c
each hog skins, 15c each dry skins, No.
I. Lie per lb dry sailed, 9c per lb.; drv
glue, r.c Pkr |b
W ool Pelf*. $t 000 1 35 for full wooled
skins, spring lambs 4091ft»»« . according to
aixe snd length of wool; clips, no value,
wool. 22 0 30c per lb
Tallow and Grease No 1 tallow. 7r;
’ll" tallow 6c; No 3 tallow 6 Hr “A '
great# 7c. "H grease. 6c. v allow gro**e
f'V' brown grease. 5c. pork irackttngs.
$65 per Ion; beef cracklings. $35 00 per
ton. beeswax, $20 00 per top. i
The Business Barometer
% --
Thi' Week's Outlook in Commerce, Finance, Agriculture
and Industry Based on Current Developments.
By THEODORE II. PRICE,
Editor Commerce and Finance, New York.
Early last week the markets reflected
the relief generally felt at the disap
pearance of the political clouds which
had hung over Europe for so long. But
on Wednesday a mild reaction set in, and
at the week-end the price level of spec
ulative stocks and commodities was
slightly lower than at the week's com
ment ement.
This record Is in accordance with
precedent, for many professional specu
lators make It a rule to sell on good
news, and however sound and prosperous
conditions may be it la never to be ex
pected that prices will move continuously
In one direction.
There is, however, no change in funda
mental conditions. Emboldened perhaps
by his success in bullying defenseless
Greece, the Italian premier, Mussolini, is
shaking his fist at Jugo-Hlavla, and the
captain-general of the Spanish army at
Barcelona is threatening to lead the
troops under his command in an attack
upon King Alphonso’s government unless
the present cabinet is removed. f
But neither the American nor the Eur
ropean markets have been affected by the
political bluster that seems to have be
come a habit with the Batin peoples of
southern Europe. It may explain why
the scenes of so many comic operas are
laid in Italy or Spain, but it is not re
garded as otherwise important, and day
by day more pessimists are being con
verted to optimism.
XM.M3l.iNHI Gold Increase.
The probability of a. general advance In
prices la In fact becoming so evident to
ho many people that some hankers are
already talking about Inflation and how
to prevent It, but after the experience of
1921 and the criticism to which the Fed
eral Reserve board was then subjected
It js unlikely that the mistakes or that
year will be repeated. In any event we
are a long way off from the time when
the repression of commercial activity by
credit restriction will be necessary, for,
as Shepard Morgan, assistant federhl re
serve agent at New York, points out:
"The increase in bank loans and invest
ments throughout the country is esti
mated at $3,500,000,000, and, the increase
in deposits over 1921, both demand and
time, is estimated at somewhat more than
$*,000,000,000.
"But the Immense Increase In bank
loans and deposits Involve no increase at
all In the use of Federal Reserve bgnk
credit.
"This was true even though the total
bank deposits of the country, reflecting
a very large volume of loans and invest
ments. rtach'*d a level nearly $2,000,000.
000 higher than at the maximum of
credit expansion In 1920, when the bunks
were deeply indebted to the Federal Re
serve banks.
"At that time, when the amount of gold
In the country was about $ 1.000,000,000
less than at present, the hanks borrowed
heavily from the necessary renerves
against their deposits The contrast be
tween the present and the 1120 period of
expansion Is clearly marked—now a very
moderate employment of Federal Reserve
credit—then employment almost to the
legal limit."
The weekly statement of the Federal
Reserve system bears out the foregoing,
for It shows an Increase of $8,661,<-90 In
the gold held, an increase of $30,000,000
in member banks’ deposits and a reserva
tion of 75.9 as against 76 * per cent last
week.
Ktwk Market (fillet.
In detail the stork market has been
quiet, with some weakness in the oil
shares and an antithetical strength in the
storks of most of the railway companies.
Apparently the leaders of the oil Indus
try are somewhat depressed at the over
production of petroleum and the decline
in the value of gasoline, while the public
are commencing to realize that the large
railway traffic must iooner or later be
reflected in the prices of railway shares.
In the bond market there has been
some decline in the price* of municipal
bonds and other tax exempt securities,
largely because of Secretary Mellon's per
sistent advocacy of another reduction in
income supertaxes which will of course
lessen the desirability of tax exempt
bonds as an Investment for the very rich.
Few Commodity Changes.
In the commodity markets there are
but few changes to report. After ad
vancing to well above 28 cents cotton fu
tures have reacted slightly aa was to
have been expected, and wheat is alao a
shade easier as the-^nagnltud« of the Ca
nadian crop is being brought into relief.
Sugar has been firmer .upon reduced crop
estimates and coffee has shown no littl*
strength, reflecting the inflationary pros
perity reported from Brazil aa the gold
value of the miireis decline*
A* te news from Japan indicates that
the silk producing districts were not
much injured by the earthquakes the
market for raw silk has become a little
less hysterical and trading has been re
sumed at prices which are reported to
be very mu«h above those current before
the Japanese catastrophe The steel in
dustry has been somewhat disappointed
at the nonreceipt of expected orders
from Japan, tut reasonable activity pre
vails and there ta a good demand for
railroad as well as structural s»eeL
A decided revival in building ia re
ported, especially in New York, where the
plans filed during the month of August
show an Increase of 56 per cent over last
year In the expendit urea contemplated.
For the whole country the Increase, aa
shown by the plans filed in 150 cities, is
13 per cent over last year. Copper con
tines to be the only laggard among the
m •' a' s It la wt111 below 14 r^nii, chiefly
as * result < f the small export demand,
f oreign ( nrrcncies Improve.
As Osrrr.aiciy shows a tendency to par
ley with France for a settlement most of
the foreign currencies have improved in
value, but although marks are nominally
quoted at the fantastic price of 11
per hundred million they are practi
cally worthless and sterling and dollar*
are gradually displacing them as cur
rency in <»errnany
In the dry goods trade a fair distrihu
tlon Is reported, but retail sales continue
large and there la no accumulation of
mock* anywhere. The Indications are
therefore In favor of a sustained and
reasonable activity, although no boom Is
expected or probable.
The foreign trade figures for August
show merchandise exports valued at
1313.000. 000 and Imports valued at 6276,
000,000. The excess of exporta for the
month Is 138,000.000 as compared with
620.000. 000 last year. But for the eight
months ending August 31 there has been
an excess of Imports over exports amount
ing to 688,000,00''. Vet Imports of gold
for August were 630.600,000 as compared
with 627,000,000 In July.
Trade Review.
Figures arc* for last week, previous
week and last year:
Bank clearings (Bradstreet’s). in thou
sands. 66,281.214. $5.669,060. 66.582.278.,
Business failures. 289, 281. 336.
Federal Reserve ratio, 76.9 per cent,
76 4 per tent. 78.3 per cent.
Security prices. New York Stock ex
change. 20 Industrial*. 80.93, 93.00, 100.79;
20•railroads 78.53, 79.65, 93.€7; 40 bonds,
87.04, 87.13, 92.05. . *
Commodity Prices.
Wheat. September delivery, Chicago.
994c. 61014. 6101*.
Corn, September delivery. Chicago,
S4*o. 86c. 62*c.
Pork riba, October delivery, Chicago,
|8 *2, 69.12, 69.92.
Beef, good dressed steers, Chicago,
617.50. 818.00. 616.76.
Sugar, refined. New York, 8.40c, 7.75c,
6.60c.
Coffee. Rio No. 7, New York. 10*c,
10 * c ] 0 * c.
Cotton. middling, New York. 29.05c,
27 35c. 21.76c. _ .
Print cloths, New York. 7*c, «%c,
6 c.
Wool. domeetie averaga, New York,
75 77c. 76 46c. 71.75e. _
Hllk. No. 1 glnahlu, New York. —,
Rubber, crude, plantation, Naw York,
296.C, :9%c, 14 tie. . „ _ , ....
Hide, parkere', No. 1. New York. 14'4c,
14c 2 lc.
Iron, No. 2. Philadelphia. 626.78. 625.76,
5 31st eel billet,. Pittaburgh. $42.50. $42.60,
*3!_°\vo quotation on account of Japan
eg# disaster.
Omaha Livestock
Furnlxhrd hr Kurraii of Axrlrultural
Economlci), l . ». Iirpaxtment of
,\xrlrultur»*.
R.r.ipt, of cattl» l««t week fouled up
approximately 44,875 head aa compared
with an actual supply of 46,557 head last
week and 60,830 head this week a year
a go.
Beef steer price* showed considerable
fluctuation during the seven-day period
under i•■view. Early In the session a de
gree of strength was recorded, but weak
ness followed and not only were the
gains wiped out, but today's quotations,
arn mostly weak to 15c lower thsjn those
l revailing a week ago. Hun at hand, !
as*is usual at this season of the year, has |
consisted largely of range and native
pasture offerings although there has been
a fair representation of fed steers and
yearlings Included Top on matured Steers
for the week was $12.40, paid for 1.-50
pound weight, with the limit on yearlings
at $l£S6 while the rank and file of the
f*d steers and yearlings all weights.
< ieared within a spread of $9.00 to $ll-*0.
Range Kteers in I*emand.
More Interest by local packers was
• hown for suitable range steer offerings
and the well conditioned on*» found
< >arance at steady figure* with the in
between grades showing a touch of weak
ness Top for range steers in load lots
reached $$.75. paid for 1 *'7 with
the bulk of the grass steers noted from
$5.75 to $<. light Mexican and southern
steers noted on down to $5 and under.
Hun of fed cows and heifers consisted
m «t!y of ndd lots this week. In s gen
eral way extremes of quality of fed and
grass offerings have h» Id steady, can
cer* displaying some strength, but the
In between grades have shown a further
decline of 10615c, snots off more Sales
of fed r< • and he.fere were noted from
t| 5A to $*.60 with the best load of choice
heavy cows at 17.60 and three load* of
hejfera at $10.00 quality of the gra^s
offerings is showing seasonable improve
ment and the bulk of the gra** rows
cleared from $3.76-14.50. with heifer* from
14 00-16.50, a few Males of heifers noted
above the $6 00 mark. fanners sold,
readily at strong* figures with the hulk
of sales from $2 25 to $2 75. cutters * n
up to IS 25. Activity in the market for
bulla has resulted In an upturn of 2.o
on bolognas, moat sales from $1.60 to
$3 75. with beef bulla on irp to $4.60 and
slightly above. Prices on calves have
risen 25c to 60c with heaviea receiving
the full advance. Practical top on se
lected lights reached $9 60 with bulk of
heavies from $6.00 to $7.50.
Killing Classes Decline.
Declining prices on killing classes ha*
resulted in & lessened Inquiry for atockef
and feeder cattle. With a poor clear
ance from second han^lr. feeder buyers
have been forced to cheapen their costa
and trade as a ruls has been dull. J h«
general run of steer offerings are report
ed as 2fic-40c lower with choice lots show
ing a more mild decline of 10c to 15c.
Fleshy feeders or 1.180 pound average
reached the high price for the week ol
$9.40, with most fleshy feeders selling
from $7.00 to $1.00. Other feeders and
most stockers gained a clearance from
$5 60 to $7.00 with best 580-pound stock/
era at $7 90. Htock cow* and heifers
show a decline of 10c to 15c with sales
from $3 25 to $3.75 taking in tha bulk
of the offering*. Better grades of stock
calves held steady but weakness war dis
played in the sales of the other grades,
most calve* clearing within a spread or
$5.00 to $7.50.
Hog Receipts Increase.
Receipts of* hogs locally the past week
totaled approximately 55,000 head, as com
pared with an actual supply of 62,611
head last week and 49.116 head this week
a year ago. Trading in the £og division
was slow and, with shipping demand
showing no urgency, few of the better
grade* of but* hers came In for a slight
f>res*ure, quoted as steady to around 10*1
ower, while tho balance of the supply,
consisting of mixed loads and packing
grades, moved g»n generally steady basis.
Hales of good and choice light butchers
over $8.50 were limited, extreme top
holding at $1 75 Bulk of the dealrabls
butchers. 200 to 300-j>oun*l averages,
turned at $><000 8.50. Mixed loads car
rying a packing grade end found outlet
to packers at $7.<508.00, with the bulk
of the packing grades cashing at 17
7.50. Bulk of all sales ranged from $7.40
0*35; top. $1.75.
Compared with a week ago. better
grades of hogs are 20 0 35c lower, with
, packing grades mostly 20c lower.
Receipts of sheep and Iambs the past
week totaled approximately 93,000, as
compared with an actual supply of 105.
931 head last week and 70,955 head a
year ago.
Fat I Jim b# Advance.
A steady upward trend to values has
featured the week's trade in fat lambs,
price* advancing steadily, wjth a total
advance on western lambs of $1.50. Bulk
of desirable-weight western lambs found
outlet at the elc>*e at from $14 00014 25,
latter price the top. Fed clipped Iambs
have advanced 75c, desirable weights
selling up to $12.75. Native lambs were
largely included In the range of $13.25®
13.<5. Sheep showed a better tone this
week and prices advanced 260 50c, with
good quality light ewe*, averaging 10$
pounds at $6 50 Heavy ewes sold on
down to 14 000 4 50 and under.
A broad country demand for feeder!
was in evidence all week and the market
in this division showed a healthy tone,
with closing price- showing an advance
for the v eek of 250 50c. Bulk of desir
able weight feeding iambs. 65 to 65-pound,
sold at $13.25 0 13.60, latter price the top,
with heavier offerings, as well as medium
lambs, mostly $12,000 13.Breeding
ewe* were moved largely at $6.5fi 0 1.5$
and feeding ewes at fi ' 'r>. showing
little change from a week ago.
Broken Bow Woman's
Club Opens Sessions
Broken Bow. Neb., Sept. 16—The
Initial meeting of the year of the
Broken Bow Woman's club In the
public library was well attended. A
splendid program was given under
the leadership of Mrs. James Lomax,
a feature being a clever pageant
showing the relationship of the wo
man's club to the welfare board.
The club presented the city library,
through Its president, Mrs. C. L.
Gutterson, with a copy of Papini's
"Life of Christ.”
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