THE KEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 25
1921. - :
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Market and Financial News of the Day !
Iowa and Nebraska Farm News
Nebraska Farm
Bills Successful
i
In Legislature
Pactically Kvcry Measure j
Proposed to Aid AgriouU !
lure Passed During
Winter N-s?iou.
Practically all the bills introduced
at the present session oi the Ne
braska slate legislature relating di
. icctly or indirectly to farmers were
passed, according to a summary of
such measures recently prepared by
the Nebraska Farm Bureau federa
tion. As the state is made up al
most entirely of farmers or of iti-
i.n.-uics uepemuug uirc. iiy on laini
nig, the " statement points out, it
might be said that all legislation is
"farm legislation." On the other
hand, the bills can be divided inlj
three classes: 'JTiO'-e affecting the
farm communities in an industrial
way. those that affect tanners in a
political way and those affecting
community and educational life.
Month before the legislature met,
the various farm organizations niap
led out their plan of campaign.
Meetings .of farmers were held
with Governor S. K. McKelvie, t.i
collaborate with him in any rocoin
g, niendations he might have ' in bij
message to the legislature, and ptac-
liralk- all rrnnr-l t.iadp liv 1llP farm
-..;.- . , : , . .
organisations were liicinuru in inc
. governor's message.
Voters Must Register.
One bill passed which has direct
bearing on country life is the meas
ure which requires all voters in tlii
country to register their political
affiliations the same as is required
of city voter. Farmers were rep
resented on both sidcs'of this ques
tion and it was one of the few bills
which was not brought up for dis
. eussion with the governor prior to
convening of the legislature.
v One of the most important bills
before the session was II. R. 574,
relating to co-operative organiza
tions and companies. It was dcsiied
to .limit the 'tise of the name, "co
operative" to purely co-eprative ac
tivities and . associations. The bill
was recently inspected by men gath
ered from all parts of the laiited
tSates at the national grain market
ing conference in Chicago and was
. pronounced by the best legal talent
leprescnting farm urbanizations as
the last word in co-operative law.
The new blue' sky law was drawn
up by .the attorney general and the
aim is to cure various evils which the
experience of the past two years of
i stock selling- have brought to the
front. It had the full backing of all
larni organizations oiine state, as
well as .the state' administration.
, The new blue sky law w Js drawn
ur bv the attorney general and the
aim iv to cure various evils which'
the experience ot the past two years
nf stock selling have brought to the
iront. ' It had 4he full backing of all
,farin .organizations of the stale, as
well as the state administration.
School Law Changed.
The re-districting school law passed
two ears ago.-was found ' partially
unworkable and unsatisfactory in
rural communities, "with the result
that the' law lias .been re-enacted in
such a way that it is now thought to
be satisfactory- to "practically all
farmer members of the legislature.
A uniform seed law was passed,
requiring that all seeds sold be test
ed as to purity and germination
qualities, but a provision was added
exempting fanners up to 10 bushels.
In a bill governing tuberculosis in
caftle in the state, a provision is made
to further extend indemnity for dairy
cattle Reacting ' to, the tuberculin
test and Secretary of Agriculture
Stuhr has issued a statement explain
ing the provisions of the new -law.
The law provides that owners of
dairy cattle destroyed by order of
'the' department of agriculture, in
connection with the control or eradi
cation of tuberculosa mav be rein
bursed from a state fund treated tor
the purpose.
The 'amount of this reimbursement
15 to be not more than one-third of
the difference between the appraised
value of the animal and the salvage
thereof. .The appraised value will de
pend upon the breeding, as well as
the dairy or meat value of the ani
mals, but in no case shall the amount
of reimbursement be more than $25
a head for grades or $50 for pure
breds. , -Effective at Once.
The bill carried an emergency
clause which rendered it effective at-)
once. ; Dairy cattle, therctore, that
are reported as reacting to the test or
that have reacted to previous tests
and have not been shipped for slaugh
ter before the passage of the bill,
are eligible to indemnify, providing
the case meets the requirements oi
the law- and the rules and regulations
adopted by the state department of
agriculture.
The law provides indemnity only
for cattle that are kept for dairy pur
poses, or that are from herds that are
under government and state supervis
ion at the tune the test is made. No
indemnity will be paid for cattle that
have not been owned or kept within
the state for at least six months im
mediately preceding the condemna
tion, nor for cattle brought into the
state until they, have passed one sat
isfactory test as prescribed by the de
partment. Iowa was also singularly success
ful in farm legislation during the ses
sion just .closed. Eighteen bills
. passed, one withdrawn, two allowed
to die and two beaten is the record
gained bv farm organizations in the
Hawkey estate. The bill requiring
railroads to build and maintain spur
tracks for the use of co-operative
elevators, warehouses, lumber yards,
etc., encountered strong opposition,
but was finally put over .the top by
a good margin.
i Another measure, the serum bill,
had hard sledding and while it was
among the earliest bills introduced, it
was one of the last to pass. Other
important measures to farmers in
clude the companion bills providing
for. collective bargaining, bonded
warehouses and a farm credits cor
poration. A new socket attachment for use
with electric irons shows whether
the current is turned on or off.
Sow. Tested Seeds to War Against Weeds
By FRANK RIDGWAY.
"If I were asked to ii.inir one i
the most important jobs that (.tim
ers liae to solve co-operatively, J
would say, 'The eradication of m
iotts weeds.'" Tt'inarked a tield oio
authority, at a farmers' to-operative
meeting recently held in Chicago.
"Too few fanners take the advan
tage of the free seed testing labora
tories established "all over this coun
try for their benefit," lie added, and
refated an incident which led him to
believe that many farmers vtcre not
familiar with the provisions made in
various, states to help tbem in th ;
war against weeds.
Reaping What They Sow.
"I went out irom Springfield a i; ..
w eeks ago with a party to bout ran
bits with a tanner, iriend ol-oiu.-.
Judging from the densely matted
weed field just back ot his barn it
was evident that our friend, like hun
dreds of other fanners, had sown
poor seed, mostly weed seed. More
than an arre of the tield was covered
with a heavy crop of Canada thistles.
Our friend told us that it was the
first patch of thistles be had seen on
bis place in 10 years, and he couldn't
figure out how they got there. "A
ye sow so shall ye reap, Tom,' t
said, ami then 1 asked him if he used
seed that had been analyzed."
Analysis Law of Great Value.
Spring is the time of 1he year
when every farmer should be inter-,
estcd in the kind of seed he k plain
.
nig. Jt is through the use it good
seed that the tanner
v. ill be able to
produce higher yiciu.s, decrease thv
cost of production, improve the
quality 'of lis products, and receive
greatu profit f r hi-, labor. .
There an -ume who do not fulU
appreciate the value of sowing good
seed. An example of this is shown
in the Teport of one farmer who
said he intended to sow seed that
bad been stamped "unsalable" W'hen
it was returned to him from the
laboratory. It contained buekharn
.UtJU II
trt
n at
seed at the rate of 1,080 to
ounce. If the seed were saw
the rate of 10 pounds to the: acre
there would be four-buckhorn seeds
on each square foot, according to
figures of the specialists in Mr. Wil
son's laboratory. Every one of thi
buckhorn plants is capable of pro
ducing 117,000 seeds a year, which
incatis that if each seed sown pro
duces a plant the resulting crop ot"
buckhorn would be so great that the
seed crop would be unsalable.
Cut Grain Rates
Urged By Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
clares Freight Charges in
United States Are
Too High.
vl'oltss we can adjust our. railroad
rates, w"e will have to rewrite the
whole agricultural geography," de
clared Secretary of Commerce Her
bert Hoover, before the executive
committee of the Farm bureau in ils
conference in Washington last week,
according to wor.d received at the
State Federation office at Lincoln.
"Our present freight rates, will
soon move our granaries to foreign
shores," continued Mr. Hoover, "for
today it costs 30 cents a bushel to
ship grain from Missouri to New
York,, while the same amount can
be shipped by water from Argentine
for 10 cent.' We should take a les
son from Europe and think of our
agriculture. These countries have
developed industry to the detriment
of agriculture; have imperiled their
national defense and even their civil
ization. We cannot afford to depend
upon Europe for our food, for it un
dermines our basic industry.
"We. cannot afford to protect our
foreign Corrfmerre without giving at
tention to the development of our
agriculture. If we neglect-this we
will place -ourselves in the same la
mentable , condition occupied bv a
number' of European countries. fj
cannot conceive the peasantry of lu--,
rope ever represented by such able)
men as are here studying the prob- i
leius of agriculture. I wish to express j
my approval of the. excellent work r
which the American Farm Bureau !
federation is doing. Jt is conserva-
five in its approach and gives conn-
denre to the whole country.
"During the war we had extreme
paternalism. The American harm
Diireau tomes troiu ,L- ycup.o i ait:.-
naiism wilt aesiroy inc oasis oi plug -
ress and growth if continued m peace
times. This is. a period of co-opeFa-
tion necessitating eifective grows
arid proper co-operat.on and co - or -
dilution are neeacci netweeu mem.
Prices Brought by Hides Fails
to Pay Shipping Charges
Farmers of Saline county, Ne
braska, and elsewhere, are receiving
less than enough from the sale of
cattle hides to pay express charges
to Omaha, according to County
Agent W. C. Calvert of Friend. Hc
told of several farmers of Saline
less than enough from the sale of
hides and sending them to an Oma-
v 1
ha buver. W ithin a -tew davs. tie
mvs. the farmers were notified that
the buying price was 54 cents less
than express charges and that the
farmers owed the buyer that amount.
Since then, he says, farmers of his
county bunching together a lot of
county are not bothering about try
ing to sell hides of cattle killed on
their farms. .
Meteroic Shower Probable
As Comet Approaches Earth
Berkeley, Cal., April 24. A me
teoric shower may take place about
June 27 if the Pons-Winnecke peri
odic comet, at present approaching
the earthy has meteoric material in
its wake, it was announced by Prof.
A. O. Leuschuer of the astronomy
department of the University of Cal
ifornia. . .
Although the shower may be
somewhat spectacular, Professor
Leuschner said the comet itself wili
be too faint to be seen without the
aid of a telescope. At its greatest
brilliancy, about June 12. the comet
will be of the eight or ninth magni
tude, he said, and will be in a posi
tion tor observation tor several
, months
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Separating the Wheat from the Tares Albert C. Wilson, chief seed
analyst of the department of agriculture at Springfield, 111., is shown
here with his high power microscope that makes tiny weed seeds look
like June bugs. . He's picking out the ox-eye- daisy, Canada thistle,
buckhorn and other weed seeds from seed samples sent in by farmer
to be tested free. Seated: C. J. Markus, inspector, is figuring out the
percentage of weed seed, inert material, and. pure seed.
Grain Shippers
of Northwest to
Hold Convention
Tri-Slate Association to Meet
in Minneapolis, June 22
Members to Discuss
Anti-Futures Bill.
Country grain shippers from North
and South Dakota. .Minnesota and
Wisconsin will assemble at Minne
apolis June 22 for the annu;il con
vention of " the Ti i-State Country
Grain Shippers association, which,
according to J. H. Adams, secretary,
will be one of the mot important
meetings ever held. . (
Outstanding among topics to be
taken up at the sessions, which will
continue through June 24, will be
what effect the so-called anti-futures
bill, recently enacted by the Minne
sota legislature, will have on the
farmer and country grain shipper,
and the re-establishment of Minne-
i sola grain grades to supplant the
! teaerai grading now in eutrti.
Probable new methods of financ
ing country elevators because of the
; new feature measures will be dis-
cussed, according to Mr. Adams. Ac
cording to tlic association s secretary,
the country elevator will face the
probability of not getting financial
credit from banks and commission
firms to the extent of previous years
and will have to seek new financ
ing. Re-establishment of the old Minn
sota grain grades has been agitated
during the last year or so, Mr.
Adams declares. He termed the fed
eral standards too tcchnical and said
the farmers were penalized too
heavily for dockage.
A feature of the convention will
be an address by John R. Mauff,
Evanston, 111., a member of the Na
tional Consumers, league, on "Barley
Growers' Contribution to Prohibi
tion Was It Warranted?" The ad
dress. will deal with ways and means
of permitting the manufacture of
beer with proper restrictions as to
stimulate the barley crop.
Although the association as a body
has not gone on record as yet in
favor of legalizing the .manufacture
of beer. Mr. Adams said there is a
strong feeling throughout the' north
west thatr legislation should be en
acted which will permit nianufactur-
I ing of beer tinder proper limitations.
Nebraska Apple Crop
Expected to Equal
Production in 1 920
; In jte o tfe damajre bv freezing
j weathcr this sprintf Xcbraska's apple
, wi and probably exceed
i . . v ., nrr.,i..f:nn ,rrnr(tifir to
j cs,imatcs nf tne state concgc 0 ag. j
ricu!urc. ' )lc extensive damage done
, ,hf js confincd iarReiy to the
j South paUe coimtrv. The counties
j nonh of 11)C rivcr ,hfre thp apples
i wfrc not s0 far advanCed at the time
of hc Ea rce suffpred e5S in.
. . ,hr, ,,!;,,, iat. aH Utr
jurv
blooming varieties will
probably
vield from a half . to a full crop
Prof. R. F. Howard, of the depart
ment of horticulture, recently inves
tigated the conditions of the fruit
in Lancaster and Cass, counties and
found such late varieties as the Genet
uninjured. South of the Platte, the
Jonathan, Winesap and Rome Beauty
varieties promise a third to a half
ot a crop, depending on wnctner or
; ... ....... i- it. i i
! I?1 rl e vycaincr is lavoramc mr r-
i ." V , ", ' "
j varieties will probably produce from
a halt to tnrce-tourtns ot a crop
While the early cherries suffered
extensive injury, it is believed that
enough of the late .varieties survived
the freezes to result in at least a
fourth of a crop. The strawberries
are not hurt. Grapes promise at least
50 per cent of a crop. Currents are
probably good for three-fourths of
a crop.
Men Convicted of Bank
Robbery Ask New Trial
Superior, Wis., April 24. i (Spe
cial Telegram.) Hearing on motion
of Charles Stewart and John Boh
mer, convicted of robbing the Su
perior State bank last October 'for
retrial will be held next Friday. Botii
men are now serving oO-j ear terms at
Waupun.
Herbert Ryan, confessed third
member of the gang, also was sen
tenced to 30 years and has declared
repeatedly sthat Stewart aud Boh
mcr are innocent. Attorneys Join'
and Peter Cadigan of Superior and
Thomas McMcakin of St. Paul will
argue for the new trial.
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Better Feeling
Developing in
Grain Markets
Selling Pressure is Reported
Less Aggressive Large
Short Interests Reported
In Wheat and Corn.
By CHARLES D. MICHAELS.
lliirago Tribiiue-Omulia Koe Leaned Hire,
Chicago, April 24 A better feeling
has delevopcd in the grain trade and
values arc showing more strength,
while the selling pressure so domi
nant of late, is less aggressive. The
stock market has developed strength
and advanced, which has encouraged
holders of grain, and discouraged
speculative sale.s.
There is said to be a big short in
terest in all grains, particularly
wheat and corn, and its buying has
advanced prices. Should shorts con
tinue to buy, higher prices are ex
pected, as there is nothing that will
advance prices faster than-an active
covering mavement.
Cash wheat premiums have hard
ened with lighter offerings, country
sales having decreased as a result of
the recent decline, and May wheat
has advanced from $1.1 1-2," the low
point of the previous week, to
$1.32 l-4r which vvas reached Satur
day. THere is said to be a good
sized holding of May against sales for
July aud the May shorts are regarded
as in bad, as there is not believed to
be more than 20,000 bushels of con
tract wheat "in public houses here.
Unless prices advance to a level
where shipments to Chicago from
the northwest and southwest arc
profitable, there is little opportunity
for getting any cash wheat here to
deliver.
May wheat has advanced from
14 1-2 to 24 cents over the July. Writh
the cash wheat around 39 cents over
the July, it represents a wide differ
ence between an old and a new
crop.
Crop prospects have declined
slightly in the southwest, due to 4he
freezing weather. Losses of acreage
in half a dozen of the big Kansas
counties has been 10 to 51 per cent
from freezes and high winds. Those
who believe that crops and market
prices move in cycles cite the losses
in crops every 10 years, beginning
with 1 87 i ," with on)y one slip up, in
1901, when there w as a short crop' in
1890 instead. This' creates a belief
that the' crops q 1921 follow in the
regular list of cycle crops, reductions.
The wheat market is in the posi
tion where continued buying can ad
vance prices and improve business
conditions 'throughout the country
and needs watching.
Less Beet Acreage
Contracted This Year
tiering, Neb.. April 24. (Special.)
The Great Western Sugar com
pany, operating factories at five Ne
braska points, all except one in
Scotts Bluff county, reports 63,000
acres of beets contracted for now. as
against 74.000 at the corresponding
date last year. The $7 a ton price
this year, which was reached after
considerable negotiation between the
company and the beet growers' asso
ciation, i not responsible for the
slight decrease so much as the fact
that the company has discouraged
the growers from putting in beets
on lands not thoroughly suitable.
It is probable that the yieM from
the acreage this year, with fai?
weather conditions, will be ample to
produce beets for an average slicing
campaign. Ficldmen of the com
pany report 36 per cent of the con
tracted acreage in the ground at this
time, which is unusually propitious
for the vield.
Deshler Band Will Give
Concert at Fair Ground
Deshler, Xeb., April 24. (Spe
cial.) The Deshler band will give
its annual concert in the agricul
tural building on the Thayer county
fair grounds Thursday evening,
May 5. It will give free concerts
on the streets of Deshler every
Thursday evening during the sum
mer, starting May 12. These con
certs are under the auspices of the
Commercial club and have been a
popular feature of this town's com
munity entertainment work for the
past 10 years.
Midget Smith Outpoints
Roy Moore of St. Paul
Montreal, April 24. Midget
smith, .New "i ork bantamweight,
outpointed Roy Moore of St. Paul in
a jO-round bout here tonight in the
opinion of ringside sports.
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Live Stock
Omaha. April
Receipts were:
Offictl Monday . . .
Official Tuesday. . .
Official tVedii"sd.i.v
oftlr.iel Thursday..
O'ticlal Friday ...
Rstlmaa Saturday.
Six daya thi ivk-.
Sam day last nk.
Sam rtas 2 tvI.-. ago
Same daya Z wk. ago
Same days year ago
l'ait; Hoa
Sheep
1 4.41 J
i,:v,
f.o;i
to.fiJt
114
, ht i
m.sm
4 4.RKK
4M3
42.2I6
S.166
.ii
,704
S.fcM
4 190
I.H99
111
;Mi.?
:':;
i.;i:
a r.i 7
ll. 516
14 176
IMj'l .
8.41 4
S"-in,t
iii.n
5:i.(u.l
4.nj
4.2
7S.1S6 .
Rere"lp's and tliKpoKitinn nf liv Ntnrk
nr th Cnioii Stork Yard. Omaha. Nl ,v
lor hourn endinc al :i u clock p. m h
April Ul'l
r.KCEIPTS C'ara
Wahajh
CalMa Hoxa hp
1
1
4 14
2 r.4
! . M. . Ri. P
M :sourl Tacific ....
I nion Pacitlo T
f. -. W.. aat ....
C N. want ...
C, St. V.. M. O. . ,
t".. ft, Q., aaat ....
r . B Q . et ....
thi. Gt, West. .,
Total rcipta
PISPOSITIOX
torris At Co
swift t t'o
t'udahy Packing Co
Ai mour t'o .
Kclnvarla & Co.-
.1. W. ..Murphy
101
I
fits
Jg.-.
4S7
Ml)
!7
: n 3
17 7
rolrt PnclOiiK Co
Icmlahy Bros
I Cudahy from luui Kails
Total
7i:,7
Cattle W'ilh only iiliout 160 hud of
(-til on til the market held fatly Kieart.'
with j-Mtoidty on all class". nfeipt fur
tho tre'k of 2,700 had era ,nuv Heavier
thin a TvaV aao. The steer market
showed lclin! of J6&0c early In tha
week, but most or this break was later r
catnad. Cons and heifers ara cloning
steady to siron" and bulls and farmers
ara ft htgher. Both aitpply and demand
hava been liht in tno feeder division, out
the trada has been t ery dull and Is clos
inaT 140o lower than a week ago.
Quotations on rattle: Choice lo prime
beeves. I.15t8.50; food to rhotca beeves.
7.758.I; fair to good beeves, 17.5BJ'
7 76: Lommon to air beeves. $6.60 ffl T.Si ;
ehoica to prime yearlings. $.56tf 8 60;
aoort lo rhotca yearlings. I7.75e.25; fair
to (ood yearlings, i7.(7.. ..; common i'j
fair yearlings. 6.607.00: choice to prime
helfsrs. I7.2iitf7.76; good to choice heifers.
M.2697.2S: choice to prime cows. 6.85
7.D6: good to choice cows, S6.2otr7.Ii;
fair to good rows, S.60$t .26: common to
fair cows. f2.M&.: good lo cnoice
feeders, I7.00C7.50; fair to good feeders,
$. 851817.00: common to fair feeders, s.1.60
06.00: good to choice Blockers. J ii . 7 6 7 . 2 f ;
fair to good itockers. 16.0006.76: common
to fair Blockers, 14.60186.00; stock heifers,
It.66ft6.00: stock cows, I3.76CP5.00: siock
calves, $5.OO07.0O; veal calves, $5.0009.25;
bulls, stags, etc., t.uuw..uu.
Hogs The week is closing with a fair
Saturday run of hogs, about 6,400 head
showing up. Trade was uneven, with
prices anywhere from steady to a quarter
higher, altho jgh most of the hogs sold at
10 Bloc advances. Shippers bought more
ire-ly than is usually the case on a Sat
urday market. Bst light nogs topped at
18.10 and bulk or the receipta aoid from
$7.268.00, Compared with a week ago.
current prices for hogs show-, decline of
from 2c to 60e, with the smaller losses
applying mie especially lo bacon and
light Butcner weig.its.
HOG.
No. A v.
Sh.
Pr. No. if Sh. Pr.
C 65 4. .285 290 $7 00
32. .347
58. .806 170
7 2
7 40
7 50
7 t
7 7S
7 86
$ 00
60. .285
64.. 30!
61 . .260
6$.. 294
70 . .235
100. -If!
$6. .203
67. .297
63. .259
80
220
1 to
70
7 45
7 55
7 65
7 SO
7 SO
8 10
67. .267 J40
41. .256
76. .232
64. .223
70
Sheep Only a load or two of aheep and
lambs were received this morning and no
change occurred in tho trrde. Prices have
been working a little higher this week
and are closing at an advance of 60c on
wool lambs, with ahorn grades as much as
50&75C higher. Bast wool lambs are now
selling up to $10.25. Bhorn lambs are
worth up lo $.009.25. Sheep have hen
scarce and ara 6076c higher for ih
week, a few odd bunches ot rat ewes
reaching $7.0097.25.
Quotations on sheep ami lanios: isesi
fat lambs. $10.0010.26; medium to good
lambs, $9.601B.00; plain and heavy
lambs, $8.76.60; shorn lambs. $8.26
$.25; good to choice ewes, $6.767.26i
fair to good ewes, $6.00$6.60; cult ewes,
$J.50SJ3.50.
Sioux City TJTe Stork.
Sioux City, la., April 23. Cattle P.a
ceinia. 4!S head; market steady; ted
Steers and yearlings, $7.008.50; fat cows
and heifers, i4.&us.oo; canners. i..-vi
8,75; veals, $5.008.60; feeders, $6.00
7.60: calves, 4.60 J.&0; feeding tows and
heifers. $3.006.2o; gtockers, $5.0018)6.60.
Hogs Receipts, 8.600: market 10 to 16c
higher: light, $7.7538 00; medium mixed.
$7.6007.70; heavy, $7.00g7.65; bulk of
sales, $7.50(it7.75.
Sheep Receipls. none, market stesriy;
light-mixed. $7.607 86.
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rou
Many poultry raisers also keep
pigeons. In pigeon raising just as;
in poultry raising, there is a utility;
as well as fancy branch. It is just
as important that the utility pigeon
be standard bred as it is that the
utility fowl be standard bred. The
squab raiser who gains uniformity in
his product secures better prices.
Uniformity is gained only through
the slandard-bred bird. Chicago
readers who wish to verify ' this
assertion will find it profitable' to
visit Stech's Pigeon show at 2975
Arches avenue. They will find over
3,000 pigeons in this educational ex
hibit and practically every variety in
existence represented. Robert J005,
author of buccess Vith Hens,' and
ai: authority, of national reputation
on pigeon raising, is in charge of the
show and will be glad to answer any
questions relating to this subject.
Poultry raisers will do well to' in
vestigate. the possibilities for a profit
able side-line either in the raising
of squabs or fancy pigeons.
Mild weather conditions have been
of great assistance to the develop
ment of the chick industry. There
are no official records of early
hatches that in any way equal the
present season. And at that the de
mand for chicks has exceeded the
supply. This is explained by the
fact that there has been a great short
age of fowls throughout the coun
try. Stocks were greatly reduced
during the war, due to the high pro
duction costs. Poultry fanners are
gradually getting their stock back
to a prewar quantity.
Reese V. Hicks of the faculty of
the American Poultry school has this
to say of "toe-picking," or what may
well be called "cannibalism," among
young chicks. "Toe-picking" is a
common trouble in handling young
chicks. Tin's comes from two rea
sons, improper feeding and idleness
while in confinement. When chicks
begin to toe-pick they should be' fed
a food richer in meat and protein.
It is usually the best growing and
healthiest chicks that start toe-picking.
Fresh ground meat should be
fed them. Strips of lean meat should
be tied just high enough so that they
can pick at it. Also tie up sprouted
oats, mangle ,b'ects or other green
food, so that they can barely reach
and pick it. Where they are con
fined and it is impossible to get them
out in runs, slightly frost the win
dows with paint so that they will not
notice each other's toes and mistake
them for worms, and this often starts
the trouble. Any chicks that become
torn or their toes ttd bodies bleeding
must be immediately removed or
their mates will soon devour them.
By all meanj keep the chicks busy
Omaha Grain
Omaha, April 2.?.
, There was a lair accumulation of
gram on hand toil. . covering cs
terday, whuit wa a holiday, and to
dav's receipts. Wheat arrival-, were
100 cars, corn 11,2 and oats II. There
was a Rood demand for wheat, whic'
brought prices .? to 4'i cents higher;
top grades, 4 to 4'i cent-; up. Com
ranged unchanged lo 2''J cents up,
the bulk 1 to 1 'i cents higher. Oats
were to 1 cent up. Kvc and bar
lev were not much changed.
W II K A Y
,,o 1 ha ril: 2 cms. Jl "2; 2 2 5 cais.
Jt.St ' : 1 car. $ 1 " I tsmuity i
No. 2 hard: 3 . $.$'':
14 8
t car,
' car,
cars. 1 .SO . 1 car. $1.2 ismiiuyl;
tl.iS: 1 car, 61.26 Uery smutlyi; 1
$1.26 (smiitij.l
No. $ hard: 11 aiv $1.28: 2 cars,
$1 !5
ismtiitvt: 2 cars, $1 24 (smutty, t
No. 4 hard: 1 car. $1 2S; S cars, $1.2li;
5 cars.- $1.26.
No. 6 hard 1 sr. $1 (nuislyl; 1 car.
$1.24; 2 cars. $1.24. I car. $12" (smut
ty: 1 nr, $1.2ii.
Sample hard. 1 car. $1.25 (55.4 lbs ; 5
cur., $1.09.
No, 4 stninr: ."-! "sr. $1 Idsik 1
Sample spring; I car, $l.iU (45 IIjs.i
Nu. 1 mixed: 1 r. $1 ?,('; I 2-5 tar,
$l.;i (SO per cent durum.
No,. 2 mixed: J car. $1 26 (durum.)
Nu. 4 mixed: 1 car. $1.24; 1 car. $1,23
(smuttj): 1 car. $1.2.1 (durum I
No. 6 mixed: 1 car. $1 20 (75 per rent
spring, 25 per cent hard.i
i:on.v
No. I wiiile 4 cars, it.ic.
No. 2 while: I iar. 62'iC (shippers'
weights): cars, 52c.
Nu. 4 white: 2 cars. It i,c (dry); 1 car.
51c: 6 cars. 50'jc.
No. 4 .chile: 2 cars. 0c.
No. 1 yellow: 1 cal. o'i'if-; 1 cars. 57c.
No. 2 yellow: 7 cars, 52c.
No. 3 yellow: 2 car. 60 '-r: 4 car. 50c;
1 ca r.
No,
60c (shippers' wciRhts.
4 yellow: 1 car. 4 0c; 2 cars, 4'ir.
No. 1 mixed:
1 car, 49 1-c.
1 car, 60i-;c ( near j ellow) ;
No
1 iar
2 mixed:
4Hc.
No. 3 mixed;
No. 4 mixed:
fi 3-6 car. 47 iff.
1 ac. 47c (near yellow 1
(i AT.
1 tar. T.St-jc; 1 car. 3ol-aC
No 3 whitr
(special billing); 2 rars
3oc.
R V K
No. 2; 1 car. 1 21 ; 2 S car $1 2
OMAHA RKCKII'TS AND SHIPMENT
n e.k
Ago.
Rcceii'ls- Today-:
Wheat 112
Corn ino
(Juts 11
r.ye
Barlev
-Shipments
Wheat 7 1)
Corn 17
Oats 5
Ry e
Barley 2
Ago.
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Today W-ck.
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Corn 2 :: i
Oat- 3i 52
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TRI-MAILT RECEIPTS NI' SHIPMENTS.
' Receipt? Today Veiir Ago
Wheat I.15H (ill ,000
Corn ."i:'9,(inn 250. 000
Oats 426.000 389,000
Shipments
Wheat 910.1)00 (545.000
Corn 1121,000 168. mio
Oats . .Sf.S.OII" 386,000
EXP O R T C L K A 1 1 A N C K 3
Wheat 642,000
Corn 404'., 000
Kansas CMy Live Stock.
Kar.sas Citv, April 23. (,C R. Ruresjw "I
Markets I Cattle Receipts, 450 heart; for
week: Heaiy beef Rivers. 26it 10c Inner;
others, steady to 25e loner; fat slio atcli
steady to strong: canners steady to 25c
lower; bulls, 26 30c higher, calves. 60$
75o higher; stockers and heifers, 255fc
lower; stock calves steads'. .
Hogs Receipts. 210 liesd: generally
steady with yesterday's average; top.
$8.05; bulk ef sales. $7.75 6,0...
St. l-ouls lire Stock.
, East St. Louis, April 23. Cattle Re
ceipls. 20(1 head: compared witli week
ago sieers steady to 25c lower: light
yearlings. 60c lower; cows, stockers am!
feeders and vealeis. 26c lower; canners,
steady; bulis. steady , to strong.
Hogs Receipts, 3,200 head; market,
active, 15i30c. higher: lop, $$.40; bulk
lights ana medium weights. $S.258.4it;
no heavy hoes here: packer sows, 25c
higher: pigs, steady; quality and clear
ance. - good.
aud get 'them out of doors on the
ground as soon as possible when
they get started toe-picking. Mr.
Hicks is right. Keep the chicks busy
and j oti will avoid many ills.
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Waslal crates or tioiea seeded.
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o sen fall aid waiter, luy to follow
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Sold st Too FHc I put up arts In
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Xcpi tHem trees until high prices Uj:i
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Chicago Tribune-OnisliB, Hre Leased W Ire,
Chicago, April J.. -Grain markets
had a better tone and prices moved
irregularly higher, although in the
evening up of trade at the last, re
cessions were made from the top
prices, due to profit taking alter the
short interest had been well reduced.
At the close, wheat was practically
the same as on Friday; corn was J(g)
fjic higher, with May showing the
most strength ;.'oats were Jgc higher
to 'c lower; rye wa '1ic higher to
'ic lower, and barley unchanged to
Jmc higher.
Irregularity with a firniing-up ten
dencv featured the grain market dur
ing the week, with the finish i cents
higher on May wheat aand July Vic.
lower. Gains on corn were 236.ac
and oats 'rts'sc May leading both
prams. May rve gained l.c aud
the distant futures lost (S'e, Rar
Icv is up P?c, pork 25fa5c higher,
laid .Hffr.iSf lower and short ribs
7'ic higher to 2ljc lower, the lat
ter on July, as compared with a week
llutlna In Winnipeg.
The most imporiant factor i" the wheat
irade was the news from Washington re
ucirttng a delav in the senates action on
the emergency tariff bill. As traders were
niostlv long at Chicago and short In Winni
peg, there was buying in the latter market
to'coter advanced prices at one lime,
while tha unloading here made a good
br ak. . . .
Vilh preseitl market conditions, enact
n ent of the tariff bill would be without
effect, as No. I northern wheat In Winni
peg is 55c more than Chicago May and
03c more than Minneapolis .May. Cnder
Mich conditions there would be no piofit
in bringing In the Canadian grain. T1"""
n'cre light offerings of cash wheat In all
markets with a fair milling demand and
a llllla cjport buying.
Selling ol Mav wheat and buying or
duly was so important feature, the K-"1
holders selling May ml the bulge at 23W
24c over duly. Loral traders were aciive
on both side'j and al the last longs were
anxious sellers.
Decrease in Acreage.
Tietails nf the Kansas crop repon show
losees of 15 t" 51 per cent in acreage in
half a dozen of the largest counties, where
Hie acreage ranges from 110.000 lo 217.000.
There Mere reports of receding spring
wheat in Die northwest Australia shipped
4,628.000 bushels for the week and India
112,000 bushels.
A considerable part of the trading In
corn was In buying May and Belling duly
and 1u buying May and 'July by several
of the large commission liouse.o. while
selling was largely local, ("ash coin is
relatively 10c higher, as compared with
Slav, than a week ago, as discounts have
mti'rowed and Ihe May worked nearer to
July.
It was largely a changing market in
oats, elevator people buying the' May and
.-Felling July al l'c to I'Jo difference.
Receipls are running larger, but below
the sverage for this season.
Spreaders and shorts were active ih rye.
Ihe latter taking May, and there was buy
ing nf May and selling of July at 26c
difference.
I'll Notes.
(Grain traders believe that. should
prices hold around the present level for
a short time, jt will create a belter feel
ing throughout the country and bring
farmers aud others into a different stale
of mind. All lhat is needed is mure con
fidence. Values are regarded as low
enougli and it would be better for- all i!"
they were somewhat higher. Local
trailers who loaded up earlier In the day
and did not sell out on the bulge were
the principal sellers at tho close, creating
weakness in all grains.
Those inclined to be bearish on grains
regard the delay in the senate's a-tlon
on tho emergency lull as a point in their
faor. There has been active covering
by the short interests, with the largest
trailers reducing their lines.
ft is understood (here are not more
than 20.000 bushels of contract wheat in
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the fear of litigation?
Or, will it be a feeling of satisfaction at the
foresight and business prudence which has
prompted you to carry
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THE RELIABLE CONSlCNMhNT HOUSE.
minimum lnlaiaa.iiaiiE)qjqjsajqj tjMWtMnmnieiVaVWH
stora her In publn hou-es. ni: 4$ ooo
bushels a week s.v A good rsducltnn
is expei-ted In slocks c.t corn, should tli
hosts lhat loaded It Saturday gt awsv
Thar were shipments of eel.Ooo buahei
coin to Ruffalo and Ufl.noii bushels (
Canadian pons last week; also 3i,0ai
bushels oata. 10.000 bushels wlis( ami
30,00(1 bushels rye by lake from chieau ".
"Low temperatures haie sci baek tn
new crop f.ir wheal so thai il will no'
be available for Hitniher 00 nays," s .l
Thomson McKlnnon. "Muring ibis period
we mliiht easily devtdop a particular:
tjght sltuatton in att wheal. The msc
ket is beginning to recognise Ibis cond -tion
nnd it is nol likely to show main
tained weakness al any time."
Two cargoes of Argentine coin sold si
Buenos Aires for .May orders at roust
to $101 , per bushel, nuh July and
August loadings at Mtc
The Freiieb. April crup report made ibe
condition of tv inter heal 72c. ngainsi
Je last year ( In 1919. The ri
condition was 7"c. against 77c laid year,
aud oats were 7 2c, s gainst 7 He last ear.
CHICAGO CLOSING PRICLS.
By Lpdika Oral!) Co. Doug. 1627 Apr 19
All. I Open. I lilgh. I Low. 1 close. ITta'd'y
wiii. i i i i i
Mav I 1 SI 11 .-.:.' 1 19, ! 1 31 1 S0t
July ! l.O'U' 1.0SV 1 .';' 1.07V 1.07V
R.v. I ! 1 I
Mav I 13; 1.5',, t' !.!; I 1 !3'
July i l on ! 1.04,, i'4l ,99, i.oo
S11 .92 ! .92 .91V .MS! .91',
Corn I I I I
Mac I .60-V .61 Si .60', .! .'s
July I .;! .,;' ! .$,'
i Sen f .66'i .66',! . 0 f. ' , ' .66 I 65'.
Oats I I I I
Mav 1 ,nt;l .34,: .11 I .S''
Jlllv ' .SV .s' ,!9l.: .39'...; .39',
Sep I .40',! .40't! .39S: .33:,l .10
Pork I I ' ! i
Mav Ii76 '15.76 'IS 75 '16 73 'l,V
Jlllv (16.10 U6.25 '16.10 16.26 16.00
l.ard i I I I
Mav I 7.85 (lO.oo I 9 ! $ I 9
Julv ilO.25 110.35 ilO.22 '10.22 10 0$
Ribs I I I I
lsv '9 13 I 9. 3.1 I 9.K, I 9 ::n I 9 It
Julv ' 9.52 ! 9.70 I 9 50 19 7 ' 0 47
New Voik 4 of fee.
New Vmk. Anrtl 23. The i offer market
opened steady at H decline . of 3 to 6
points. Ifay Iriiuldailon wan In e Iden,
early in the session, causing thai dftliverv
to sell off to 5.6Tc. but aubscciuonl ly (ho
entire market improved on rinersng in
spired by reports that the Kralllan gov
ernment was buying xpot coffee at Santos
nnd nio. Julv advanced to 6,1 On surf
September to 6.60c on this uplurn. or 4
points uxor the previous night au,1 the
entire market closed 1 point lower to 4
points higher Closing bids: May 5S2e;
Julv 6.06c; September 6 46c. December
C 94c.
Hpot coffea was out and un, hanged;
Rio 7s 6 cents: Simtus 4s 9fe9",c.
w Vork 4'wt(on.
New York. April 23. A miieli trongr
tone developed in the rolinii maikct eatly
today and greater aelivity among com
mission houses was noled.
After opening steady al 1 lo 6 pninls
advance, the market sieadlly worked up
to a net rise of 1 to 32 points, which car
ried luy up to 12.116,'. July to 12.70c and
October to 13.30c. The buying was l,a,ert
on the more favorable feruigu political
and labor news, continued bullish Man
chester iidvicen. further rains in the
south and a firm' market.
The demand was supplied mostlv from
room nailers and .represented profit tak
inf. ' Turpentine and Kosin.
Savannah, (la.. April 23. Turpentine
Steady, 66;ir: sales. 100 bbte : receipts.
299 bids.; shipments, 671 bbls. ; stocn,
6,003 bbls.
Rosin Firm : sales, 637 rasks: receipts.
914 casks; shipments. !.:,) casks; stock,
76,016 casks. Quotations: B. 3.6I; l,
V., K. i. H. $3.80: I, $3 85; K. $:9cl: M.
$4.10; K, $4.20: .WO. $4 5tl; WW, $5.00.
St. Joseph Live Slock.
St. Joseph. April 23. Caiile Reeeipis.
100 head; market nominal ; steers, $7.00 4.
8 Ti: cows and heifers, $4.608.50; calves.
$3.00(8 8. on.
Hons Receipt'. .3,000 head; market
steady. 10c higher, top. $8.15; "bulk of
sales. $7.608.10.
Sheep Receipls. none: market nominal;
lambs, $9.2510.25: ewes. $6.O0fi7.OO.
Kansas City Produce.
Kansas City, April 23. Kggs. 1c lower,
firsts. 19c; semnds. lie
Butter Creamery, unchanged; packing,
lc lower. 14c.
OFFICES AT .
OMAHA, NEB.
LINCOLN, NEB.
HASTINGS, NEB.
CHICAGO. ILL.
SIOUX CITY. IA.
HCLDREGE, NEB.
GENEVA, NEB
DES MOINES, IA.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
HAMBURG, IA.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
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or MtsM witli eaea ataar
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