Crops and MarketsU.S. Department of Agriculture, 1926 - Agriculture |
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acreage alfalfa Alsike apples April Argentine arrivals aver average prices bales bales bales beef Boston bulk bushels butter buyers cabbage car-lot carloads Cents Cents Cents cheese Chicago choice Cincinnati close cold storage Common compared Comparisons continued corn corresponding week Cost Wt Cottonseed Cottonseed meal crates crop dealers declined demand export February feed firm Fort Worth future contracts grains grass heavy higher Hogs increase January Kansas City lambs last season light Louis lower grades March meal medium mills Minneapolis Minneapolis-St movement oats offerings Omaha onions Orleans Cotton Exchange Philadelphia Pittsburgh port potatoes pounds previous week Prices quoted production quotations reported Round Whites sacked seed shipments shippers shipping points short tons slightly sold spot cotton steady stocks Strict Middling supply Texas timothy Total trade unchanged weather week ended weight Winesaps winter wheat Wool yearlings Yellow York York Cotton Exchange
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Page 335 - No. 1 or Middling Fair. No. 2 or Strict Good Middling. No. 3 or Good Middling. No. 4 or Strict Middling. No. 5 or Middling. No. 6 or Strict Low Middling.
Page 175 - No. 2, or Strict Good Middling. No. 3, or Good Middling. No. 4, or Strict Middling. No. 5, or Middling. No. 6. or Strict Low Middling. No. 7, or Low Middling. No. 8, or Strict Good Ordinary. No. 9, or Good Ordinary.
Page 287 - No. 1 or middling fair. No. 2 or strict good middling. No. 3 or good middling. No. 4 or strict middling. No. 5 or middling. No. 6 or strict low middling. No. 7 or low middling. No. 8 or strict good ordinary. No. 9 or good ordinary.
Page 245 - Idaho; Illinois Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; New Jersey; New York...
Page 116 - Chicago East St. Louis Fort Worth Kansas City Omaha South St. Paul Cattle Slaughter cattle and calves: Steers 0,600 Ihs. up), good and Feb. 813, 1920 Feb 1-8, 1926 Feb. 914, 1925 3year average
Page 103 - The general level of wholesale commodity prices, as measured by the index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, advanced considerably during the latter part of December and the early part of January reflecting chiefly marked increases in the prices of farm products and foods.
Page 140 - Sec. 2. Purpose of act. — To promote the development of the California fruit industry and to prevent deception in the packing, shipping and sale of canned fruit, there are hereby created and established certain standards of quality and size and requirements for marking of the varieties of canned fruits hereinafter referred to. Sec. 3. Standard sizes of cans. — For the purposes of this act the following are...
Page 320 - ... that; but I want to know what practical use this service is to the average farmer. Mr. MICHAEL. I have here a typical release: The forecast of wheat for the 16 countries of the Northern Hemisphere is about 1,878,000,000 bushels as compared with 1,854,000,000 bushels for 1922, according to a cablegram received by the United States Department of Agriculture from the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome. This is an increase 124,000,000 bushels, or about 7 per cent. Then this release goes...