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average of 373,417,0O0 bushels. ac
cording Nto E. A. Logan and Jewel
Mayes of the Federal State Crop Re
porting Service. The condition i
Az points above ten-year average
All the important potato-growin,
states will have an increased yiel,
over last year expect Maine, whicl
shows reduction Of slightly aboy
fifteen million bushels.
New York and Pennsylvania ar
harvesting crop only slightly abov,
last year, but heavy increases ar,
shown in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin
Minnesota, North Dakota and Colo
RADIO, with the yields in Idaho, Calf.
ornia and Nebraska more closel,
approximating the yields of last
year. The increased yields in most
of the Central Western states are
due to a heavily increased acreage
over last year.
The average price per bushel through.
out the United States is 69.6 cents
against 1875 cents in October, 1921
The returns to producers in many
sections hardly justify the expense Of
digging.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 90
Calling attention to the fact that the
potato crop of the states of the North
west, estimated to be in excess of
60 million bushels over the potato
(. reduction OF former years, is drug
on the market because of low prices,
Henry L. Loucks, a South Dakota
pioneer, suggests that rather than be
permitted to go to waste the surplus
potato crop of South Dakota and 9th
er northwestern states should be util-
ized as fuel.
John F.. Baker and Son, Audrain
county, Mo-, operators, marketed two
cars of 1119-lb. Hereford steers in
st. Louis Tuesday Nov. IA, at $9.75
per cwt. The consignment, number
ing AZ head, was purchased in the
West as feeders about year ago
and finished for market on corn and
molasses feed. Clarence Baker, the
juniQr member of the firm accomp-
aimed the Shipment to market, Swift
was the -hnyer.-Live Stock Reporter.
w. C. Schuette of Audrain county,
Mo-, had in double deck Of lambs,
consisting of lot head of rs lb. lambs
which sold at $14.50 the top
of the market in st. Louis, N3v. IA,
and lat head of rs lb. lambs which
sold at $14.25. This double of lambs
showed very careful handling on the
part of the feeder.
Messis. Llewellen & Whitten, Of
Audrain county, Mo-, contributed a
double deck of sheep and lambs to
the receipts in st. Louis Nov. IA, con-
sisting of Ill head of 80 b. lambs
at SLABS and 10 head of 1O6 lb.
sheep which sold at $7.25.
Mr.. Edwards of Audrain county,
Mo-, had in double deck Of lit
head of 81 lb. lambs which sold at
$14. per cwt. in st. Louis Nov. IA.
Another big feeder of Audrain
county, Mo-, w. G. Bailey, had in
St. Louis Nov. / a double deck Of
sheep and lambs, selling as follows:
85 lambs weighing n lbs. at S14.00:
81 yearling wethers weighing 89 lbs.
at $11.O0: IA wethers weighing 81
lbs. at $8.40 and fat sheep weighing
IS lbs. at SIPS.
Wheat in October went up slightly
from September, but down from a
year ago, while corn and oats are
both higher, according to the Mis-
souri, Federal State Crop Reporting
Service as jointly reported today by
E. A. Logan and Jewell Mayes. The
State average price of wheat was 97c
per bushel with quotations ranging
from S0c in Adair, Christian and How
ell to $1.l0 in jackson, Lincoln, St.
st. Louis, Taney and Wayne,
upon quality and shipping
facilities.
The Missouri average price Of corn
was Sic per bushsl and priced at 40c
in Bates and Mississippi up to 90c
in Ozark. The heavy producing Sec
tons ranged from SOC to 55c, while
The deficient sections run from Csc
10 75c.
In the johnson, Mason & Carter
sale advertisement, through mis-
take in proof reading, the 800 yearl-
ng heifers offered were referred to
as sSbred" when the advertisement
should have read "not bred" These
are an especially fine lot Of cattle
and the fact that they are not bred
makes them. all the more attractive.
A AscampaigA to rid Galloway County
If chinch bugs viii be begun by the
Farm Bureau in the near future,
County Agent ]. w. Burch announced
Wednesday.
Indications are chat there will be
'ewer turkeys than usual On the
,ables Of Mexico families this year
It Thanksgiving time. Local produce
lealers are paying from sS to SO
;erts 4 pound this year as compared
d SO cents at this time last year. In
II. Louis two weeks before Thanks
irving this year the price at whole
Iale markets ranges from IS 70 81
.ents as compared to from so to 81
asst year, But IN spite Of this fact,
'etail quotations place the price at
rom 65 to 10 cents as compared to
Is cents at the same time last year
Few turkeys are being raised near