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- "5"^^ Tluirtday, January t, 1 McHENRY PLAINDEALER Farmers' Outlook --mmodity Prices Wv * •? Upward )L •»u "• '•Department of Economics *tcCommodity prices have work- ' ed steadily upward during the past two months. The index of -jspot prices has jjone up 3 per- , / icent, while future prices have climbed 6 percent. A:;>/• These advances raise the Ipdey of spot prices to within 1 perlv; cent of the* level at this time fe? iast year. The index of futures * \/is within 5 percent of its corret. sponding level in 1952/ ; j ;. These indexes are made up of both farm products and industrial materials. 1 :;_y The hog market has shown ex- . fCeptional strength. Top prices -• V^fnear the $25 mark were the highest for any December In six ' years. In fact, prices for December seem likely to be the second highest on record for the month. In December last year the average price for barrows and gilts at eight markets was $17.91, and - the year before it was $16.88. The high prices for hogs are due to a combination of strong , . demand and smaller than normal " supplies. The 1953 spring crop, j, now being converted into pork **•' and lard, is 8 percentsmaller 3 - than normal. It is the demand for pork that is providing the power behind the hog market. Principal pork cuts are vhole* . saling at 40 to 53 cents a pound, but laf-d is going for only 7 to 8 cents. Soy bean prices made a strong advance after harvest. Before mid-December Chicago quotations wer£ over the $3 mark and slightly higher than those of the year before. A smaller than average crop, plus strong de- ' mand for soybean oil and meal and some export demand, was ; t h e principal price-boosting force. Recent prices of most other v Illinois* farm products remain under corresponding .1952 figures. Both corn and oats were priced at about a dime a bushel below year-before levels. Wheat •' ' was 20 to 25 cents lower. In general the lower prices for > grains reflect increased supplies £ this year. This is especially true i for wheat, where the supply is equal to about two years' needs. Up to Nov. 15, farmers had - obtained price-support loans on r-. 542 million bushels of 1953 grail* • ' y »*>ps. This amount was 7 per- • eWit of total ptfodttctioh. Wheat t made up nearly four-fifths of all grains placed under price support. Bulk of beef steer* at Chicago sold recently at $22 to $26 Yearbefore prices were $26 to $33 Lower prices this year reflect The undersigned, having decided to quit dairying, will sell at pubBc auction his dairy, hay, oats, and straw, located 4 miles South of Woodstock, 2 miles West of the intersection of 47 and 176, and 6 miles East of Marengo on Route 176, on SATURDAY. JAN. 9 19&4 commencing at 13:00. as follows: 59 HEAD of LIVESTOCK consisting of: $5 Choice Holstein cows ranging mostly firtft and second csH heifers, and a great percentage of which is calfhood vaocinated. This is a good dairy of cows, and you will make no mistake in buying your replacements at my sale. 1 Angus calves, 2 months old; 3 Holstein heifer calves; 6 Holstein heifer calves, 4 months old; 9 Holstein bred heifers, 2 years old; 1 pure bred and registered Holstein bull, 1 year old (we will have full Information on this high-class bull by sale date.); 1 Holstein bull 6 months old; 1 pure bred and registered Holstein bull coming 2 years old. FEED 500 bales of first cutting clover hay; 750 bales of first cutting alfalfa; 200 bushels of Timothy hay; 1000 bushels of good oats; 250 bales of second cutting clover hay; 260 bales of second cutting alfalfa; 200 bales of straw. EQUIPMENT Woods Bros, corn picker (Red) r 1948 l^i ton short wheel base Dodge track with combination stock rack and grain box; 3 Seamless Surge milking units; 150 New Hampshire pullets (laying good); W. C. Allis Chalmers tractor and cultivator (excellent condition); 1949 Ford Convertible % race Engine; JL4 milk cans, pails, strainer^ and milk house equipment. TERMS: Regular bank terrryi. HENRY KAMINSKI Owner FIRST NATIONAL BANS OF WOODSTOCK, Clerking Member Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH fcy Rus. ArmM Tbi HI6HEST point and - LOWEST point in tta U.S^A. are neighbors / v Bad to **.78 FT. BELOW sea Izve' - • white MOUNT WHITNEY towers 14,495 rzzt ,V ABOVE sea level // (BadWat<2r is'ateaif ••bout the HOTTEST"-^ . „ spot in i'.v world,?-* FARMERS ;, 43 you hare sometHng to Buy, Sell or Trade APVEETISp in the - PLAINDEALER • • The Farmen Trading Post i^wCVUUVWWVWUva/VVWWWVWMVVVWVVXAAnAA^ FOR SAL.E -- 1000 bushels of feed oats; 8 to 10 tons of straw, all wire tied; mixed clover and alf.i If a hay. Frank Ehredt, phone Round Lake 6-2223. 35 WANTBD -- Down or eripplad cattle, $15 to $60 cash. Call L. Burnside and Sons, Marengo 907, collect* Utt R. M. FLEMING 8c SON 9MIMIRS MEW IDEA -- PAPEC DEAXJBR TRACTORS SALES * SERVICE lete Farm Implement Service. « • PHONE McHENRY St "T 822 Wankegan Road McHENRY EQUIPMENT CO. :ii SALES & SERVICE GUS FREUND PHONE McHENRY 185 80S W. Elm St. ( DEAD ANIMAL REMOVAL Ne> Charges for Service George Breier and Son Phone Johnsborg 488.W-1 21tf GEO. P. FREUND Authorized Dealer for SALES St SERVICE Farm Implements and Tractors Universal Milkers New Holland Farm MscUtwff PHONE McHENRY 420 Ml. Crystal Lake Row! «** V ' •• • • 1 Bfmer Qfosson General Trucking livestock and Limestone McHenry, lit 1^1. 1159-M S 26-tf i FOR SALE -- Straw for sale. Phone McHenry 666-J-l. S5 McHENRY COUNTY FARMERS CO-OP ASSN. Dough Boy Ful-O-Pep Larro. / Poultry 8c Dairy Feeds PHONE McHENRY 729 IVANTED -- Down and crippled KtattJe at better cash prices. Orvi'le Krohn. Woodstock. Phone J651-R-1, collect. *lft-t/ i." McHENRY MILLS, Inc. DBS." 1 ANIMALS--Hfgnest cash prices paid for cows, horses and hogs, no help needed to load- Day and night. . Sundays and Holidays. Call wheeling Rendering Works. Wheeling No. S; reverse charges. 84-tf V AwlMU. •• •V J.XXXX* Si SVAViJ; Peukrv. Ho^ & Cati»e Fee4|| PHONE McHENRY 815 •06 Crystal Lake Road THOSE WERE THE DAYS By ART BEEMAN VOU'RE SO KIND TO ON , V\«S HELP (^E ELVVOOD-- COWE IN A^JD HAVE tK rookie t 6RINDL6 J ONLV THS>4 DAYS «3aa- KE^\BER WHENJ VALOR. WAS GREATER -THAN eOLO? By FRANK THOMAS k\ t>*2, GOLNG WEST SHE SAID I WAS RIGHTNEVER SEED MOLDY MEN VMOT DID SHE SAY TOTHET BOSS? MOLDS MEN MA'AM d h>H &Mm. NcK. SJt n>K« •MILOSW. ONLV MAN-MAOE SOONDS ARE INJURIOUS TO HUMM tNtS t SONNY SOUTH By COURTNEY ALDERSON p owned bt| a farmer iw Hamburq, Garmawtj- is THE ONLV GOOSE IN THE WORLD THAT CAN ROLLER SKATE/ AW GUARANTEE 'VQU'lL 6ET RESULTS VMTH TH' DUCKS WILL TWIh < YOH'RE ONE O'TKEf ; TAKE IT JUST H.VIN' \MCLL HEAH By A1 Smith f OH, HE IS. IS HE? 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