Sound Business
Principl es Urged
for Co-Operation
Members Must Maintain Ac*
live Interest, Says South
Dakota College Presi
dent.
Hr Associated Press.
Newell, S. D., July 20.—The neces
sity for co-operative action as an aid
to the new farm program of balanced
and diversified agriculture in South
Dakota, and the relation of dairying
to this program were discussed by
President Charles Pugsley of South
Dakota State college in an address
prepared for delivery at a commun
*ty picnic here.
‘‘In the field of political action," he
declared, "farmers as a class have in
terests diametrically opposed to
those of most other groups, hence the
cause of legislative aid from Joint ac
tion is slight, and the farm popula
tion must act for itself to elevate its
condition as a class."
Centering the attention of his audi
ence on the development of farmers'
co-operative enterprises, the speaker
asserted that any privately owned
and operated business that cannot
compete with co-operative business
should fall.
Want No Favors.
"Co-operators are asking for only
a fair field," he continued. "They
want no favors. They never have
monopolized and controlled the busi
ness of the entire country. They do
not need to. They serve as regula
tors and governor^ on the business
machine. That is the history of co
operation in all countries.
"Co-operative business organiza
tions must observe sound business
principles if they expect to succeed.
The most important factor in the
success of any farmers’ organization
is the active and continued interest
of individual members, and the best
way to maintain that interest is to
have active and well organized local
groups meeting regularly.
“The members must select and di
rect their officers and business man
agers, I do not mean that they shall
interfere with the details of govern
ment and management after they
have chosen their governors and
managers. That would be disastrous.
But I do mean that unless they are
genuinely interested in selecting the
right kind of officers and managers,
and then continuing that interest con
stantly, failure is alrhost certain."
Insufficient Capital.
Speaking on the same topic in an
address at Spearfish Friday night,
President Pugsley pointed out that
there is a great tendency for co-oper
ative concerns to keep too small a
surplus and working capital. A por
tion of the profits attained during
prosperous times, and in periods of
rising prices, should be set aside for
use during periods of falling prices,
he said, in order to avoid lapses in
business and assessments to cover
losses.
Production of livestock in a region
like South Dakota is in the long run
the most profitable way of balanc
ing agriculture, President Pugsley in
dicated in dealing further with the
central topic of his recent addresses.
It is fortunate, he said, that live
stock prodution demands a proper
rotation of corps.
Pleads For Dairying.
"Dairying in particular must al
ways occupy a prominent anil strate
gic place in any plan to balance agri
culture," he said, “Every farm can
profitably keep a sufficient number
of dairy cows to furnish a supply of
milk, butter and cream for the farm
family. 1*. addition to this’, practical
ly every farm can produce profitably
at least a small surplus to send to
market.
"By this means much waste forage
at the farm can be utilized and much
labor which would not otherwise be
profitably employed can be turned
into money. In addition there arg a
very large number of farmers who
are admirably adapted by tempera
ment, desire, and training to the
dairy business.
"South Dakota offers great oppor
tunities to farmers of this type and
they should have every encourage
ment."
Iowa Farmer Optimistic.
Des Moines, July 20.—Iowa county
correspondents reporting to Charles
D. Reed, director of the Iowa weath
er and crop bureau, show a decidedly
more optimistic feeling for crop con
ditions for the week ending Wednes
day, July 16.
One-third of the corn crop will not
mature, the bureau estimated, hut
the present condition of wheat, hay,
oats, berries and garden truck is
"very satisfactory.”
Model Orchard at Fair.
Des Moines, July 20.—How to grow
Iowa apples successfully will be one
of the features of the Iowa ntate fair
here next month. Model orchards
will bo shown and advice on planting
methods given, the fair board an
nounced.
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Clears The Skin
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Growing Condition Improving, United
j States Crop Bureau Report States
Deg Moines, July 20,—Normal tem
perature with ample moisture in the
central and eastern states made
better growing conditions for the
week ending Wednesday, July 16, ac
cording to the weekly report of the
United States weather and crop
bureau, made public here. Nights,
however, were still rather cool for the
best growth of warm weather crops
and it was too dry in the west gulf
area. Heavy rains were beneficial In
most of the central plain states, the
report said, and parts of the south
west but the drouth was intensified
In the more western states.
Of the Iowa corn situation the re
port said:
"In Iowa the corn made staisfac
tory progress with conditions fairly
favorable for culivatlon, although it
continued very uneven with lowlands
weedy and plants yellow.”
Corn made good progress In the
principal producing states despite
rather cool nights, the report declared,
and growth was excellent in the up
per Ohio valley sections. The crop
improved in Missouri and made good
advancement in the east portions of
the central plain states. It was too
dry in the west portions.
Oats continued to improve and the
harvest in following closely that of
wheat.
Winter wheat harvest progressed
well toward the northern limits of the
belt, the federal report said, although
there was some delay from heavy
rains. Mostly favorable weather was
experienced, however. Threshing is in
progress in the lower plains area.
Conditions continued favorable for
spring wheat in the north central
states. The crop looked well and was
filling nicely in the southern portion
of the belt, the report said. Moderate
rains there would, however, be help
ful.
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Holstein Cattle
Fill Honor Roll
Take 30 of 33 Places on June
List—North Platte Cow
Leads.
Lincoln, July 20.—Ninety-six pounds
of milk per day has been the average
production of Beauty Gerban Re
beeky, a Holstein owned by the North
Platte substation of the state agricul
tural college her", during the first
four months of her 1924 milking
period, according to the Nebraska
honor roll for dairy cows kept by the
college.
This cow also topped the list of 30
cows in the June honor roll by pro
ducing 6.185 pounds of butter fat in
the two days she was tested. N. F.
Hengerveld Segis Rose of the same
herd, led the junior 3-year-olds class
with a record of 5'.212 pounds of but
ter fat.
K. P. K. Vandervort, owned by
Woodlawn dairy of Lincoln, topped
the senior 3-year-old class with 5.167
pounds of butter fat in the two-day
test. Dossie DeKol Pontiac Colon
tha, owned by H. L. Severe of Pal
myra, again led the junior 4-year-old
class with 4.455 pounds of butter fat.
Clothilde Topsy King of the North
Platte station herd made the best
-seven day record during June with
32.3 pounds of butter. Varsity Derby
Empress made 29.992 pounds, Varsity
Piebe Queen made 26.96 pounds and
Varsity Piebe Quintelle made 28.17
pounds of butter in the week test.
All three are owned by the state agri
cultural college here.
In the yearly test Jessia Gerban
Lyons, owned by the Nebraska school
of agriculture at Curtis, produced 772
pounds of butter as a senior 3-year
old. N. Bopsep Gerben Hengerveld of
the North Platte substation herd
made 737 pounds of butter as a senior
2-year-old,
Thirty-three of the 500,000 dairy
cows of Nebraska attained the distinc
tion of a place on the June honor
roll. Thirty were Holstelns, two were
Guernseys and one was a Jersey.
Seventeen of them belonged to the
University of Nebraska agricultural
college, six to the Woodlawn dairy,
four to the North Platte station, three
to Union college here, two to H. L,
Severe and one to the schoot of agri
culture at Curtis.
TWENTY BOTTLES
OF BEER FOR WIFE
Berne, July 20.—A good wife Is
north more than 10 bottles of beer.
Therefore when a Rumanian peas
ant named Tamas, at a village fete
at Terrltet, offered to sell his
young wife for 10 bottles of brew,
another peasant, protesting that the
price was too low, raised the ante
to 20 bottles. The deal was con
cluded In the presence of eight wit
nesses.
When the purchaser came to claim
the “purchase," however, an Irate
mother chased him away. Tamas
and his wife, who considered the
transaction binding, have taken the
rase to court.
LEAGUE’S SECRET
SPRINGS LEAK
Philadelphia, July 20.—Joe Hauser,
the hard hitting first sacker of Con
nie Mack's Athletics, had his wed
ding all planned and It was going to
be on the "Q. T."
Put when he and Miss Irene Kaye
of Milwaukee, arrived at the Church
of the Woven Dloroes, Wnydmoor, for
the ceremony, they found there had
bene a leak somewhere and every
member of the American league team
was on hand. But a good time was
had by all.
Farmers Fintl Use of Lime.
Brings Big Alfalfa Crop
Shenandoah, Iowa. July 20.—When
It comes to applying lime for alfalfa
growth, Page county farmers find
only one fault. They say It requires
"too much hard work" to harvest the
crops.
One farmer put two tons of lime to
the acre before ho sowed alfalfa last
foil and has harvested 12 good loads
of hay from eight acres. Ho believes
that all his money and labor was paid
for in the extra hay he got with the
first cutting.
"Idme Is fine for alfalfa,” nnother
farmer snld, "but It certainly does
mean work putting up the large crop.
I may have to cut down on the usn
of llm» In order to lower labor ex
penses.”
Stale College Plans
Exhibit at Iowa Fair
Ames, Is.. July 20.—Nearly every
phaso of modern agriculture studied
at the Iowa state college here wfll he
embodied In the college exhibit at the
Iowa state fair, a college bulletin nn
noun/ed. The exhibit will Include
agricultural publications, concrete
fence posts, Planless plow, electrical
IKiwer plants, child nutrition, animal
feeding, drain filing And many others
Kach exhibit division will he In
charge of competent persona, who will
(temonatrnte and explain tha work of
the respective departments, the bul
letln announced.
Nebraska Leads
in Com Output
Crop Condition in Country
Said to Be 72 Per Cent
Normal.
Lincoln, Neb., July 20.—In ppite of
a none too good crop, Nebraska ex
cels several of its eastern ieghbors
in production of corn this year ac
cording to A. E. Anderson, of’ the
department of agriculture division of
crops and livestock estimates.
The Nebraska corn condition ex
ceeds that of the leading corn belt
states, even though It Is 14 per cent
below the average for this date, Mr.
Anderson declared. He has just re
turned from Washington, where he
sreved on the crop reporting board.
The condition is much poorer In east
ern corn belt states, he said.
The avernge condition of corn In
the six leading corn belt states is 67
per cent of normal and the average
condition in Nebraska is 74 per cent
of normal, according to the statisti
cian. A year ago Nebraska corn was
86 per cent of normal and the ten
year average for July condition Is
88 per cent.
The July condition of the corn In
the other leading states Is as follows:
Ohio, 67; Indiana, 61; Illinois. 66; Mis
scurl, 62; Iowa. 72. With the possible
exception of Missouri, the crop In the
foregoing states is not as far as ad
vanced ns Nebraska corn, nor are the
fields in as good state of cultivation,
Mr. Anderson reported.
The condition of corn in the coun
try as a whole is 72 per cent of nor
mal. This is not only 13 per cent be
lew the 10-year average, hut it is the
lowest July condition on record, ac
cording to the government statistics.
The unusually cold May, followed by
excessive rains in June with con
tinued cold weather caused the low
condition in the corn belt states, the
crop experts declare.
I With the County Agents }
V-—-J
Fremont—To date the supply of men
ror harvest has kept up well with th"
demand in this county, according to the
county agent. Early this week there was
a surplus of men applying for work in
the fields. This was probably due. the
agent believes to the unfavorable weather
that caused soma delay in grain cutting,
i he local farm bureau office js remain
ing open 10 hours a day. including noon
hour, to receive calls of farmers who
weal help.
Hie boys and glrla clubs of this county
are row very active In their various
projects, the county agent reports. One
»lub has reported the installation of sev
eral new members, bring Its total mem
bership to 12. Members of the pig club of
Farden City are* laying plana for a
demonstration team to go to the state
fair. About 16 members of the Blue Rib
bon Calf club of Scribner have a fine lot
of baby beeves on feed preparatory to
showing them at the state and local
fairs.
Wahoo—From 10 to 20 harvest hands
are being placed each day through the
farm bureau office here, according to the
county agent, who has charge of the
office. He declared that there teems to
be plenty of help available at S3.60 per
day.
County agent Walter F. Roberts haf
started a new service to farmers of thiw
county, offering to refer prospective
tenants to farmers or land-owners who
wish to rent their farms. The agent has
had many calls from persona who wish
to rent farms, he said so that he la ablo
to serve both parties.
Dakota City—Good crowds for com
munities in this county attended the mov
ing picture shows put on by the county
farm bureau last week, the rountv agent
reporta. At each community pictures
showing the activity of the Farmers
union were shown.
The Dakota County Baby Beef club
held Its annual weiner roast at a local
begch during the week. Members of the
cliR> and their parents, together with a
few guests, attended the picnic.
Plans ara being laid to begin tha area
testing of tattle for tuberculosis in Da
kota county about October 1. the
county iftont announced today. Jt la
hoped that the work will then be con
tinued until the county la Hated as an
"accredited county.” Where there was
formerly only one "accredited" county In
the United States (In Michigan) there aro
now 26 in tha country.
Lincoln- county agent Purbaugh gave
recommendations for ridding poultry of
the numerous diseases and parasites that
cut down their laving, and gave instruc
tion* to farmers for culling their flocks.
He declared that there la no subject eo
timely aa care of the poultry.
Fullerton—In spite of the fact that
tho county agent made no report of dam
age to wheat In tills county from the
Hessian fly. he urged farmers to get the
circular prepared by the state agricultural
college on prevention of fly damage. This,
he said, was in order that tha damsgo
may be avoided In the future.
At the roll call during the recent meet
ing of the countv elrls' canning club,
th** members responded with the number
of pints of vegetable* or fruit they have
canned since the last meeting It was
shown that a total of 220 pints have been
canned by th*- youngsters. They dis
cussed th* canning of fruits at th* meet
ing
The Pleasant Valley Pig club Is dls
cussing the formation of a demonstration
team to compete with those from other
counties at the state and other fair*. The
Genoa boy* pig club Is also planning
demonstration* for the fairs and are also
'Hiking of a rally dav
Fremont R V Hauser. th* county
agent bus foi warded to farmer* of thl*
county a Hessian fly control bulletin
Issued bv several national authorltle* on
wheal In a letter accompanying the bul
letin th*» agent declares that the control
of the fly la not an Individual problem
for each year, but a community problem
for a period of years Professors of en
tomology In practically every ataf* agri
cultural college of the wheat belt havo
lolned In wrltlna ihe circular which the
countv agent sent to the Dodge county
farmers.
Blair- The wheat harvest has started
In this count), and there Is a tendency
for the crop to be rather "patchy." or
unevenly developed and ripened. tho
county agent declared Some farmers sr*
cutting tna ripened train and leaving the
patches that nr* still green although this
makes considerable trouble f*»r the har
vesters, he said
The agent and the farm bureau have
bad no trouble in locating sufficient
farm labor for the harvest season and
thare has ivvti bssit n silent surplus of
labor to date, the agent added lie asked
(hat fanner a place their calls In ad
vane#, however
Tha thresbermen of the county met at
the i ounhnuM her* and dlecuseed prob
lems relative to operation of * lie averea*
thresher rig this season. After consider,
log the coft 01 opeiatiuo and the luvtst
merit on the machines, they reached what
they determined what they thought a
• fair price for threshing." This price was
agreed upon as 4 centa per bushel foi
oafs threshing ant* 8 cents for threshing
wheat In case the farmer furnished the
fuel, prices were reduced to 3 and 7 cents
respectively. It waa generally agreed
that the price for barlev threshing would
be the same as for oats. considering at
tho same time the condition of the crop
Syracuse—Following a recent trip to the
agronomy farm of the at&te college in
Lincoln, Fred Lyon, leader of the corn
club In this county, assisted by the mem
bers. is making a collection of cereals
and grasses which Is to be used later In
the club project and for exhibition
At a recent meeting of the county
tflrls’ canning club, one girl was awarded
the honor of having tbs best ran of cher
ries. put up by herself The girls were
all scored on their health habits and
other routine business waa taken up by
the club
At least two farms In thla county have
been found to be infested with chinch
bugs, the county ageni reports Damage
on these farms has so far not been great,
and the farmers are taking measures to
prevent further migration of the crop
destroyers. Tht. county agent has already
given farmers recommendation* regard
ing the J easlar fly Infestation.
Effective work is being don# In lln.
Ing up farmers In this county for the
eradication of bhvlne tnberr ulnsl- the
county agent reported Several precinct
chairmen In charge of obtaining peti
tions necessary to bring the work into the
countv, report almost unanimous ap
proval by the cattle owners of the fed
eral-stats plan of tasting for the disease
and Indemnification of farmers having
diseased cattle.
Committeeman report that the stage Is
all set for the Otoe county Farmers
Union Annual Picnic, which Is to be held
In Syracuse. August 21 Pas shall and a
“political spell binder'* are numbered
among the events on the program that Is
now released. Members of the commit,
tee have requested every farmer In the
county to leave his plow or team and at
tend ths picnic.
Dakota City—The first trace of hog
cholera for this season haa been found at
the Will Rush farm In Summit precinct.
Mr Rush promptly vaccinated his herd.
The county agent Issued a warning to
farmers to vaccinate their hogs before
1 tie disease begins Its spread
The last meeting of the dress construc
tion school for women of the countv was
held here and women Interested tn tho
project during the last winter finished
fnelr spparel Ideas gathered by the
women during the course wers dis
cussed.
Seward—County Agent L A Wllaon to
day Issued a bulletin on control of the
Hessian fly Me gave the same reconi,
mendatlnns that have been advocated by
the agricultural college, stating that the
control should be a community project
rather than one for the individual farmer
Geneva—Farmers In this county ex
pected to be through cutting tomorrow
what appears to be one of the best wheat
crops harvested In this countv for several
years The county spent aaid that “while
It appears that ths wheat cron is unusual
ly good this year It should be the basis
for reports of extremely high yields ' “It
seerna that every yenr when threshing be
gins reports get out that the wheat yield
is much higher than the average.he
said "Vo doubt Fillmore county will
yield on the general average a little more
than. In some years past, however, and
the crop will probably be a little bet
ter "
Whether le proving Ideal for harvesting
and the farm bureau has been very busy
receiving requests for laborer* and direct
Ing laborers to harvest fields, he said
There were times when the rails for
men *x< ceded the supply of helpers on
hand, but generally the office has be n
able to supojv all the labor nee.led the
agent derived Material available for
the harvest h-lp la generally good.
A county-wide tour for Fillmore mun
fy farm* i a |s planned for some time in
August, the county agent announced to
day On this tour farmers will drive
to demonstrations of the various farm
practices that are being conducted by
the ro operators with the state agrirut
turnl extension service Families of the
farmers have been Invited to make the
trip, which will cover dairy, poultry
corn, kefir corn, cane, potato, livestock
and pastures protects
Nt latuie (train
T.ouls Mo, July 18 Futures
^1 September.
torn -.Tuly. 8111%; September, ft 07 T4.
Oilt—July. Mr.
Chicago Cheese.
» hlrago. July 18 Cheese Market
higher, tains. (T^flTUr. twin daisies.
• 7 <®1 • Hc single daisies
Americas 18 A4 T 18c long horns. 1 b V* gf
llfcc; brick. 18Sidle.
Increase in Corn
Price of Benefit
to Feeder of Hogs
Iowa Crop Bureau Director
Foresees Steadily Higher
Cost of Pork to
Consumer.
By Associated Press.
Des Moines, July 20.—Neither the
farmer nor the speculator will bene
fit extensively from the recent upward
jump in the price of corn, Charles D.
Reed, director of the Iowa weather
and crop bureau declared here. The
real advantage to be gained by the
farmers from the high corn price will
be the increased value of hogs, Mr.
Reed said.
"Almost all of the 1923 crop of corn
on which the present price is based,"
the bureau director said, "is no long
er In the hands of the farmer or spec
ulator. It has been fed to hogs and
from approximately 7,000,000 of these,
the farmer will derive the fruit of the
present high market.
Unitl tho price of corn Increased to
the dollar point and over, Mr. Reed
said there was a forecast of a slump
in hog prices. He said it was his be
lief that the present price of corn
would be maintained and that the
quotations on hogs would show a
steady Increase.
May Be Tariff on Com.
Asked whether the Importation of
Argentine corn would have a tend
ency of lowering the corn price, Mr.
Reed said It could have but that it
was unlikely the tariff commission
would fall to Increase the tariff on
corn, thereby shutting out the for
eign corn.
"The east and the south will stren
uously oppose any effort of the west
ern farmers to increase the tariff on
corn,” Mr. Reed declared “but from a
westerner's viewpoint It would be
manifestly unfair not to do so In face
of the fact that the east- has been
protected continuously on Its manu
factured products since the war.
‘The present tariff on corn amounts
to 15 cents per bushel. The commis
sion has power to increase this
amount to whatever It considers
equitable, without congressional ad
vice or sanction. I do not expect to
see the commission go 'hog wild’ on
the matter but do believe after It
has heard representatives of both
sides to the question, there will be
an Increase authorized."
7,000,00(1 Bushels In Elevator.
Figures given out by Reed show
that the amount of "visible." corn In
terminal elevators July l amounted
to 7,000,000 bushels. This was ap
proximately 4.000,000 more than on
July 1, 1923. In 1922 thero were 29,
000,000 bushels In terminal elevators
on July 1 and In y»21, 24,000,000.
The amount In dollars and cents
that the farmers will realize through
the corn price increase, cannot be
estimated accurately at this time, Mr.
Reed said.
Butter Fat.
Kansas City, Mo, July i».—Butter fat.
2c lower at 30c; llsht broilers, lc higher,
other produce, unchanged.
ENGLISHMEN TO
BE GIVEN AWARDS
New York, July 20.—The scholar
ships for English journalists will hr
established In the Walter Hines Page
1 School of International Relations by
the English Speaking union, it was
announced today by the control com
mittee of the proposed school. The
scholarships will be of one year7
duration and granted with the un
derstanding that the recipients will
spend a part of the year at the Johns
Hopkins university, where the new
school is to be founded.
The scholarships will have a value
of $2,500 each and will be put into
operation the first year through the
provision of $5,000. It Is understood
that if the experiment Is successful,
a principal fund of $100,000 will be
raised by the English Speaking union
to establish permanent journalistic
scholarships in the new Page school.
They, too, will bear the name of Wal
ter Hines Page and will be the union's
contribution toward one of the prac
tical uses to which this school will
be put and for which friends and ad
mlrers of America’s late ambassador
to Great Britain are seeking an en
dowment of $1,000,000 from the
American public.
Omaha Produce
V_
Omaha. July 19.
Creamery—Local jobbing prices to re
tainers: Extras. 42c; extras in 60-lb tubs.
41c; standard. 41c; firsts, 40c.
Dairy—Buyers are paying 3lc for best
table butter in rolls or tubs; 28030c for
packing stock. For best sweet, unsalicd
butter, 32c.
BUTTERFAT.
For No. 1 cream Omaha buyers are pay
ing 30c per lb. at country stations; 36c
delivered at Omaha.
FRESH MILK.
$2 00 per cwt. for fresh milk testing 3 6
delivered on dairy platform Omaha.
EGGS.
For eggs delivered Omaha, on loss-off
basis, $6.7506.90 per case. For No 1
fresh eggs, graded basis, $7.2007.40. gen.
©rally. $7.20 per case; seconds, per dozen,
20031c; cracks, 19020c.
Prices above are for eggs racelved In
naw or No. 1 whitewood cases; a deduc
tion of 26c will be made for second-hand
cae*>s. No 1 eggs must be good average
size. 44 lbs. net. No. 2 eggs seconds,
consist of small, slightly dirty, stained or
washed eggs, irregular shaped, shrunken
or weakbodied evga.
In some quarters a fair premium is
being paid for selected eggs, which must
not be more than 48 hours old. uniform in
size and color (meaning all solid colors—
all chalky white or all brown, and of the
same shade). The shell must be clean and
sound and the eggs weigh over 26 ounces
per dozen or over. Producers must neces
sarily deliver their own eggs to benefit
by the latter classification.
Jobbing prices to retailers: U. S. spe
cials. 30c; U, 8. extras, commonly known
as selects, 27c; No. 1, small, 23024c,
checks, 22c.
POULTRY.
Prices quotable for No. 1 stock, allva
Broilers, around 30c; broilers, over 2 lbs
26030c; Leghorn broilers. 24 0 27c; hens',
over 4 lb*. 18019c; hens under 4 lb*.,
15017c; Leghorn hen*, 13016c; roosters,
lover 4 lbs., 18c- hens under 4 lbs
80Uc; capons, 7 lbs. and over. 25c;
capons, under 7 lbs., 24026c; ducks fff
young. 12c; old ducks fff, 8 010c;
Mf. 60 10c; pigeon*. $1.00 per
dozen.
Under grade poultry paid for at market
value. Sick or crippled poultry not want,
ed and will not be paid for
Jobbing prices of dressed poultry (to
retailers): Spring* soft, 350 38c; broilers.
3*0 40c: hens. 22026c; roosters, 16018c
du> ks, 22025c. geese. 15020c.
FRESH FIPH.
Jobbing prices quotable as follows
Fancy white fish. 24c. lake tfout. 25 c.
halibut, 29c; northern bullheads, jumbo,
22c; catfish, 30032c. filet of haddock.
27c; black cod aside- fish, 18c; roe shad
28c; flounders, 20c; crapplcs, 20026c;
black bass, 32c; Spanish mackerel, 1 Vi to
2 lbs.. 25c; yellow pike, 22c; striped
hiss, scarce; white perr h. 12c; pickerel.
15c; Chinook salmon 27c; silver salmon.
-3c; frozen fish. - is 4c lee* than prices
above, ling cod, 12c.
CHEESE.
Jobbing price* quotable on American
cheese, fancy grade, as follows Single
daisies. 22Vfcc; double daiait-a, 22c; square
[prints, 23c; brick. 22c. Lmbarger, 1-lb
style, |3 85 per dozen. Swiss, domestic,
32r; imported Roquefort, 62c; New York
white, 32c.
BEEF CUTS.
Jobbing prices quotable No. 1 ribs,
26c; No. 2. 24c; No. 3. 17c; No 1 loin*.
3* o; No. 2, 34c. No. 3. 20c, No. 1 rounds.
19 Sc; No 2. 19c; No 3, |2c; No 1
chuck*. Hr; No 2. 13c; No. 3. 10c; No
l plates, 8 Vfcc; No. 2. 8c; No. 3. 7c.
FRUITS.
Jobbing prices
Apricots—Washington, 4 basket crate*.
$2 15 0 2 26.
$ 3*000.^herrlea— Wisconsin, 16-qt. crate*.
Lemons—-California. extra fancy, per
box. $7 00; fancy, per box. 16 00. choice,
box. $5.60; limes, 100 count, carton.
Peara—California Darlett, per box
Raspberries—Black. 24-plnt crate*. $3 50
03 .6; red. $3 60.
Hlnckberrl* m—Per crate $2
Peaches—California, box. $1.75, Georgia,
tl shel basket, $2 75 0 3 00
3 >VUm*—California, per crate, $2 25 0
Lcranb*rrle*—Per crate. $3 50
I’i neap id e—Per crate. 3-j size. $5 00
last of the season.
Grapefruit —Florida, extra fancy. $3 26
0 5.00.
t 'nni#i-Valencia*, extra fancy, per
box. $3 7607.00. 9 v
Bananas—Per lb . 7 Vie.
VEGETABLES
Jobbing price*
8w.«t ^Potatoes—Alabama. SO-lb. h«m
IJ,oS"*,y M.lon*—• to 1J In cr»t«.
\V,t«rtn*lon»—Crut.d, t m-lon,. :ur
per lb
Atnaragu,—Horn, frown. 10c r,r doi.n
bunches
Cauliflower-Home grown. 1150 doten;
California, crates. $2 0o; Denver, per lb
15c.
Cantaloupe—California standards 94 00.
ponies. $3 00; flats $1.2601.75. |
Cabbage lc per lb . crates, -’r n*r lb
Lettuce — Head, per crate. I*.06; per
dozen. $1.75; leaf, per dozen. 40c
carrotB an‘l turnips,,
market basket. 75c,
onions -.Spanish, crate. R0 lbs , $2 50:
.California, yellow, in sacks. Re per lb •
home grown, dozen bunches. 30c.
4 ' ba,kBl vratee. about 16
lbs.. $2.60
$l<»irri5Cal,f0rn,m’ 6 BU,kB- P*r bunch.
Pepper* Green, market basket, fi 60.
' ^cumber* 61 ■ *rket baa
kc*. 12 0". hothouse, dozen, fi 6«
Parsley—Per dozen bunches. 600 75c
Radlshe* Home grown. 20 025c vt
dozen bunches *
Beane—Green wax. market basket, 75c.
Potatoes—New crop. In sacks. 2 0 2 Vo
per pound. v ^
FEED.
Market quotable per ton. carload lota.
’ o b Omaha
Wheat Feed* -- Bran, $22 00012 no
brown short* $26 00. gray short*. 92x00
HOO mld<,a"f"' ,2i< 00• $31000
(Uttonseed MeaI 43 per cent. $48 00
Hominy Feed—While or yellow. $40 00
ISO 0* Ur T»nk»«»—«0 r,r c,Bl.
!.lr,»*d M»l>l—34 pi»r ent f«T 10
nutUrmini rondonoed. for fading, in
fin il i M> ■ fUk» i>uitvimilk,
Bt»n to 1.600 lb*. 9c lb. i
"nf1 loo-ib.
Mt". $ ■ 00 ncr ton
Alfalfa Meal — Choice, new cror*
prompt, 127.60, No. 1. old or new iron
prompt, $24.60; No r. new. $21 60. **’
FLOUR
Price* quotable in round lot* (le*a than
carloads) f o b. Omaha, followr Klrat
In_>■ ".'8: 1» |.*r
When you think of
GRAIN, CONSIGNMENTS,
SERVICE
You think of UPDIKE I
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OMAHA—KANSAS CITY—CHICAGO—MILWAUKEE
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Updike Grain Corporation
••A RallthU (onalinmrnt linui*"
Farmer Requires
$1,119 Annually for
Necessities, Claim
Sum Represents 60 Per Cent
of Average Living Cost,
Federal Survey in
Iowa Shows.
Ames. Ia., July 20.—The average
farm family In Iowa spends $1,119.20
in cash each year for living necessi
ties, if a survey taken of 212 farm
owners in four Iowa communities is
a true index.
TJ»e sum represents but 60 per
cent of their living, however, as 40
per cent of it, or $765.70 worth of
products, is obtained from the farm
itself.
Figures for the tenants of these
areas differed somefhat.
The survey, a preliminary report
of which has Just been Issued, was
taken by the bureau of agricultural
economics of the United States De
partment of Agriculture and the
rural sociology department of Iowa
State college. It was taken in four
Iowa districts—the Jorda s chool dis
trict, Boone county; Gilbert school
district, Story county; the Boyer
Valley and Douglas townships of Sac
county.
Food Largest Item.
The primal purpose of the survey
was to determine what It costs the
average farmer to live and what pro
portion of his total living is obtained
from the farm.
Food is the largest single Item
which enters Into the expense col
umn, the average for 212 families be
ing nearly $660. Health maintenance
costs $82.60 per family; purchase
of furniture and furnishings came to
$29.60 and the amount spent for ad
vancement, such as books, college ed
ucation, newspapers, magazines, rec
reation, came to $72.10.
The list of items under expense and
the percentage of the total they rep
resented, follow: Food, 24.7; rent,
16.2; clothing, 15.1; operating exr
pense, 14: advancement, 8.1; health
maintenance, 4.6; savings, 3.8; fur
niture and furnishings, 2; and person
al, 1.5.
Few Hare Bank Account*.
The item of "savings’’ does not
represent cash savings but includes
In addition to savings in the bank,
payments on Insurance policies of
all kinds and kindred expenditures.
Only a few of the families were
found to have money in banks.
Married men spent more for their
clothing than did married women, the
survey showed. The yearly expendi
tures for men was $64.80, and $61,50
for women. Girls between the ages
of 16 and 24 spent more than boys of
the same age, for clothing.
The survey shows that farm houses '
in the area had an average of 7.8,
rooms and there were 1.9 porrhes per;
house. Sixty three per cent of the
porches were screened and 36.4 were
partially screened.
A surprisingly large percentage of j
homes had the commonly accepted,
conveniences. More farm homes had
automobiles than telephones, how
ever. Only 7.1 per cent of the homes
were without automobiles.
8,*i Per Cent Have Telephone*.
Telephones were found in 85 per,
cent of the houses covered by the.
survey.
Half of the houses studied had;
phonographs and more than 40 per '
cent had a central heating and light- i
ing system.
The list taken of farm conveniences
with the percentage of the 212 homes
having them follows: Finished floors,
37 4; central heating plants, 41; cen
tral light system, 40.1; hot and cold I
running water. 26.6; bathroom, 27,'
Indoor toilet, 25.2; sewer system. 15.1; j
power washing machine. 71.6; power,
vacuumn cleaner. 8,6; telephone, 8.5:
piano, 60.8; auto, 52.9; and phono-;
graph. 50.
The average farm home in this
srea had 63 4 books in their library,
the survey showed. An average of 1.5
local papers and 1.1 daily papers are
subscribed to while 2 5 farm maga
zines and 1.8 general magazines find
their way in each of the homes.
bhl , fan-v clear, tn 4S-!b bag*. 95 55®
£ si per bbi . white or yellow cornmeal.
per rwt . t* IS.
Prairie bay receipt* fair, hulk brine
eld crop and con* sting malnty of medium
and low grades Some new hay in, which
la good quality Price* slightly lower.
Alfalfa hay market ta hare, with very
Httte demand. Price* quoted are nom
inal.
Nominal quotation*, carload lota-.
I’; an Pralrte- No. 1 51:50015 59; N’o
I. »in nop u no No | r CO« « 00
Midland Pralr-c Vo l. 9H0«®J2.»0;
No .' 19 00 CMC 00. No S. »« 00»R i 0.
Lowland Pialrle—No. 1. 9*.0009 00, No.
S, H.«n®t.o«.
Pa k ng Hay—|! I0®T 50
Alfalf ' I'h-re Old, $15 00 ® jo 00: No
I old. 114 so® 11.00; 1. new. I1RC0®
17 0c. standard. old. 11 4 0” 0 1 £ 00: aland
ard -ten 115 00015 00. No !. old. 111.CO
MJ1 N 7. new 111 oft^it no No I.
old 19 i.i i,non No 5. nee It 00811 O'
straw—.1*1, 19 9009 60; wheat 17 00 ®
R 00
JUPES. WOOL, TALLOW.
Price* are quotable aa fallow*, delivered
Omaha, dealer** weigh!* and aelectlon*.
Hide*—Seasonable. No I. R»*r; ditto.
No f. 5 **,' green. Rc and 4c. hull*. 5c
and 4c; branded. Rc, glue hides. Ic: calf,
12c and lil*c kip, 10c and *Hc glue
akin* 4c: dry hide* 10c; dry aafteil. 7e;
drv gtuc 5r, deacon*. It 00 each, horse
hide*, f.4 25 and 12 2R each: ponlea and
glue*. »l 25 each; colt*. 25c each; hog
akin*. IRc each.
Vool Pella. 91 00 to |1 50 ea.-h, *e
pending on otxe and length of wool
lamb*. ROc to 91 00 each, depending on
»*’" and length of wool: ehearlng*, tec
to JOr each; clip* no value, wool. 2T®3rr
Tallow and license- No 1 tallow. 4c.
II tallow R I*c; No 9 tallow, 9c. A greaac.
i> 14 grease f'l*C' yellow grease 5c.
hri wn grease 4, pork crackling* J40 f.a
P«r ton. beef crackling*. 92'' 00 par too
bceawax, 920 00 per ton
New York Cotton.
New T-rk. July 14 Th* general cot
inn market closed harelv ateadv at a
net advance of la point* on July, but
• to 5J points net lower on later de
iverlca
8,500,000-BUSHEL
POTATO CROP SEEN
I.lncoln, July 20.—Production of
white potatoes in Nebraska Is pre
dieted to be 8,505.000 bushels this
year on the basts of a survey by the
department of agriculture division of
crops and livestock estimates. This
survey showed an acreage of 105,000
acres and a condition of 90 per cent
of normal.
Condition of the white potato crop
over the entire country ranged 45
per cent to 90 per cent of normal.
Main and Nebraska were the largest
states In condition of crop, each re
porting 90 per cent of normal The
general average of the country was
8? per cent.
Total acreage of white potatoes was
estimated at 3,012,000 acres.
'Improvement in
Business Grows
More Definite
Short Yield of Grain Crop?
to Relieve Finanrial Dis
tress in Farm
Areas.
By RICHARD SPII.I.ANF.
I'nivcrKHl Sfrtirc Financial Editor.
New York, July 20.—improvement
in business is more definite. Its tan
gible evidences are not pronounced,
but confidence broadens steadily.
That a Bhort yield of the grain crops
means prosperity may be challenged
by the economist who will point to
its effect on the cost of living and
on the balance of trade, but its re
sult Immediately on the agrarian pop
ulation Is evident. Whatever the ulti
mate effect, it is unquestioned that
the financial distress in the grain
states promises to be relieved and the
business situation in the west and
northwest will be much Improved this
autumn and winter.
The outcome of the cotton crop is
on the lap of the weather gods. The
yield may be as low as 11,000,000
bales or as high as 14,000,000 bales.
Whatever the size, the cotton grower
is sure of a fine monetary return, the
world's supply of cotton being very
small. A disaster to America's crop
would be a world tragedy and upset
the textile industry in many lands.
A remarkable change for the bet
ter has come to the copper producers.
jThe restricted production has brought
; stocks down to such a minimum that
| prices for the metal are likely to ad
; vane* rapidly. The railroads are do
ing very well, all things considered.
Much better conditions obtain in the
■ automobile Industry, the leather in
■dustry and various other branches of
major production. Full e%’idence of
these facts may not be seen for
some months, but the proof today is
| sufficient to warrant a prediction of
| activity in nearly all the major
.Irnches of Industrial production this
•autumn.
Money continues cheap. Prospects
| of betterment In the European sit
. uatiort is good.
At the moment, America Is not
! thinking much of the presidential
i election and, unless there is a de
cided change, th* campaign does not
threaten to be so much of a dis
turbing factor businesswlse as some
persons expected.
The steel industry, while not active,
and not likely to be for a month or
Is slowly improving.
Altogether the outlook is good.
CIVILIZED NATIONS
BEST FIGHTERS
London. July 20.—Nations that are
| the most highly civilized are the best
|fipht"r* according to Professor Gil
bert Murray.
It is a strange thing." Professor
Murray said. In an address at a
conference of the league of na
tions union, “that on the whole the
races that have come to the top In
civilization ajid which have pro
duced the greatest contribution to
the nobler life of mankind, are the
pugnacious races."
The task of the league of nations,
Professor Murray asserted, is to save
these pugnacious races from perish
ing by their own pugnacity.
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Prosperity for
Wheat Farmers
of U. S. Foreseen
300,000,000 Bushel Slump in
Northern Hemisphere, With
Exception of This Coun
try, Predicted.
By CHARLES J. LEYDEN.
I’niverval Service stuff Corre»i>i>tnl»nt.
Chicago, July 20.—Prosperous time#
for the wheat farmer* of the United
States In 1924 are predicted by prom
inent miller*, merchants and opera
tor* in the grain trade.
The significant feature 1* that pro
duction in the leading countries of th®
northern hemisphere, with the excep
tion of the United State*, la expected
to be 300,000,000 bushels short of
last year. This country will raise
about as much as last year and pos
sibly more, the spring wheat outcome
jet to be determined.
The deduction is that the United
States presently will dominate the
world price.
It seems to he the general belief
locally that, regardless of how much
favorable weather the Canadian crop
encounter* from now on, It will not
recover sufflciertly to come anywher®
near the freak j'ield of 470,000,000
bushel* last j-ear. The estimate* on
probable production in Canada this
year range from 225,000,000 to 325,
000,000 bushel*.
Fanners Holding Wheat.
In this country, farmers of the
winter belt, especially In the central
west, have not been anxious to mar
ket their new crop gram. Southwest
markets have beep getting fair re
ceipts. although rains are likely to
hold the movement back this week.
Cash grain men in Chicago say there
has been very little wheat booked to
come this way. It is possible wheat
farmers will hold their grain back as
corn farmers did the last two year*.
Millers in the United State* have
been actively LujTng cash wheat the
last few weeks. It is said flour trade
Is so good that accumulation of stocks
is impossible and the necessity oC
hedging Is relieved.
Speculation in wheat and other
grains is gradually broadening. Last,
week over 500,000.000 bushel* of grain
were traded In, a gain of 100 per cent
over the previous week’s business.
Corn-Show* Strength.
Corn displaj-* remarkable strength.
Trices rvgietered further sharp gain*
the last week. Cash corn and the
nearby deliveries In the pit are firmly
established above the dollar level.
Old corn back in the country Is not
plentiful and apparently farmers are
holding onto it as long as possible.
Offerings lately have been above the
market quotations. The outlook for
the new crop Is still poor.
Some grain men are not so pessi
mistic about the final outcome of th®
growing crop. Thej- state that a cold,
wet apring as vsi experienced thi*
year always mean* a late and mild
fall. If such weather la realized, it la
possible the corn will make a pretty
fair recovery.
Oats have displayed sustained
strength with other grains.
NEW MONTANA
OIL FIELD OPEN
New York. July 20.—The United
States geological survey announces
that the opening of a new and im
portant oil field in the Lake Basin
district, near Billings. Mont., ia indi
cated hv the flow of oil obtained from
there. The bearing of the Lake
Basin discovery on prospecting for
oil and gas in other are.ss is also dealt
with in the survey's announcement.
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