Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-14
RADIOCARRIES
BEEF and WOOL
MARKET REVIEW
Montana Farmer Furnishes
Listeners Statement of
Conditions.

SUItOltlOkIos
A glance at the beef market was
given radio fans with. agricultural in
terests in the Wednesday evening pro-
gram of The Tribune broadcasting sta
ton, KDYS. The stock market serv-
ice was a part of the agricultural
r%adiophone broadcasting service of The
Montana Farmer, Montana's leading
farm journal.
Reports on the wool market fol-
lowed. with n brief article on grass
hoppers and fall wheat by A. L. Strand,
assistant state entomologist.
The musical program of the con-
cert was the opera Martha the en-
tire score being given from records
provided by the Hops piano store.
Glance at Beef Market
Frequent. predictions of higher
prices on prime beeves made by the
market service of The Montana Farm
err have been verified right along.
Values reached O new top Of SLID at
Chicago last week. On the midwestern
markets. baby beeves are more nu-
merous than a few weeks ago, so that
heavy cattle are commanding a mod
crate premium.
Although there is a scarcity of fin
ished steers. receipts of either grades
are abundant enough to make the total
supply above the average for the cor
responding period of the year. Com
bined receipts at seven leading mar
kets since January L are 6.O34,OOo
head, compared with a seven-year av-
prage during the same season or
5,S97,OO0 head.
Although total supply figures do
not suggest scarcity, the western
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ably behind that of last year. Present
arrivals from that section show de-
sirable finish and are increasing the
competition which short-feds must en-
counter. Southwestern pastures are
disgorging, and shipments from Kansas
since the grass season started have
peen larger than in the corresponding
period of last year, in line with the
larger movement of thin cattle into
that section last spring.
Dressed Trade Holds UP
Dressed trade is holding np well on
the better grades Of beef, but the out.
let's for the product of common and
medium steers will be filled to capacity
most of the time in the next three
months. Prime and choice steers are
not believed to be numerous III iced
lots, so that these grades VIII remain
in a strong position, although the pres
ent price level appears to have largely
discounted the situation.
Combined shipments of stocker ano
feeder cattle from the II leading mar
kets in the five weeks ending August
o6 were 400. 6SS head, compared with
3O3.11O head in the corresponding pc
Rod a wear ago. Both of the latter
years. however, were below normal, so
that the amount of increase shown this
year is not as great as it first appears.
"A few feeders are buying tleshy
steers for a short turn before the
present price level. on prime and choice
grades disappears. Bulk of the IN
ouiry. however, is for steers in ordl-
nary flesh. A moderate demand exists
also for the light weights, which corn
belt specialists in recent years have
found profitable because of low initial
cost.
Activity Seen In Wool
Now that Labor day is past. more
activity is expected in the wool market
as some of the mills which have been
operatine on part time are expected TO
resume on q full-time basis. De
mand for wool has been somewhat
irregular recently. but prices were firm
last week. even on fine staple, winch
weakened temporarily under competl
ton from foreign woods. The new cHp
in Australia will be ready for market
in q few weeks. the first auction sale
being scheduled at Adelaide on Septem-
Der %.
Wool consumption during May, ac-
cording to the department of commerce,
was 43. co., 900 pounds, compared with
36.O4S.OOO pounds in April and Al
$4,000 pounds in May. 1921. Woo
has been moving from exporting to I'M
porting countries at unusual speed I'D
the last eight months. The available
records show an increase of over lVO
per cent above a year ago.
Thrills for Fair Crowd
There are two types OF programs for
fairs. One may be called the vaude-
vile type. where spectacular and non
competitive acts such as VaudevlIe
sketches are repeated before grand
stands day after day without change. or
where races are mere simulated con-
tests between outfits owned or man
aged by the same booking agency. This
stvle of show is well adapted to fairs
that draw from a dense surrounding
population enough people to make NJ
a new crowd each day. Montana
problem is different. To obtain al
adequate weekly attendance it is neces,
sary TO draw the same people to the
1dlf EFOUnuS udt dlttI udJ' "h
of the 1922 Montana state fair is tc
present a program that will accomplish
this purpose. 1t will be made up OF
events Of real competitive nature, sucf
as no theater can show. and In whose
participants the people of the state
have real interest-harness races, run
ming races, relay races. state amateur
auto races, riding. roping, bulldoggin&
snapped out on the track without de
lay or wait. Such contests will draw
visitors more than one day; the vaude
Vile show will not. That in intent, al
least, is the basic idea of the amuse'
ment plan of the 1922 Montana state
fair at Helena"
Report on Fall Wheat
A. J.. Strands report on grasshop'
pers and fall wheat read:
MANY inquiries are being received
by the Montana Experiment station re
garding the probable damage grass
hoppers will do during the next few
weeks to fall wheat. Many farmers
are delaying the sowing of this croT
on account of the abundance of grass.
hoppers and the injury they will b
able to inflict on the young wheat ms il
is coming up. Last season almost
every field of fall wheat, in localities