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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market figures show mixed hog cattle and sheep prices with receipts for today at 1788 hogs 1075 cattle 957 sheep and 797 calves. Steady to unevenly lower tone across beef and pork, with heavy and light weight hogs priced in 13.60 to 16.50 range and cattle by weight yielding 7.65 to 15.00 for various grades.
Clover pricing notes list December clover at 23.00 and October clover at 24.00 under manager L B Bent at 736 Clover in Iowa City.
An alligator thirteen feet long will be a highlight of the Louisiana swamp exhibit at the University of Iowa Museum, opening to the public by June. Curated by Prof. Homer R. Dill, it features palmetto trunks, cypress and maple specimens, live reptiles and birds, plaster snakes, wax leaf impressions, and a blended swamp jungle painting begun by Mrs Jean Dayton West with Edith Bell finishing touches.
A South Dakota farmer sold a carload of three year old purebred steers for 121 per head in Sioux City. A neighbor received 72 per head for similar stock, using scrub sires. The contrast underscores the value of purebred breeding amid a summer rate hearing led by Clifford Thorne for farm and livestock groups. Knoxville to be used as army recuperation hospital with rental set at 1500 monthly. The project aims to retire the Knoxville state home for inebriates and create a 450 bed facility. purchase price discussed around 250000 to 490000 with dairy herd and 350 acre farm retained by state.
The dairy cow heads the list with a value of 2 022 000 000 dollars as of January 1 1920, surpassing all other farm animal classes. The average price per milk cow rose from 58.25 in 1915 to 91.95 in 1919, up 58 percent over five years per the USDA Bureau of Crop Estimates.
The National Breeders and Fanciers Association of America endorses Better Sires Better Stock and informs the USDA of the plan to enhance fur bearing animals raised in confinement. Members also breed rabbits cavies and mice for pets and science, citing pure-bred sires as especially valuable for their prolificacy. A Hart-Parr 10-foot Tandem tractor was delivered to Oscar Hughes on the Crosby farm near Washington last week.
Chicago banks plan a daylight saving schedule advancing hours to 9 a m opening and 2 p m closing for summer. The change, adopted by the Chicago Clearing House Association, requires a week long by law change vote. a city daylight saving ordinance could reverse it. The Chicago Association of Commerce seeks city council action and hopes 100600 business signatures for the petition. Negotiations with railroads aim to move a fast New York train earlier to aid banking amid time shifts.
Jud Tunkins says he would not object to a man playing a piano if he could avoid watching the facial expression of the player. He notes the expression distracts him from the music and his own focus.
While sketching on a blackboard for their child, a parent drew a fish globe with two fish missing fins. The child comments that the fins are missing and asks to wake their ... ors, revealing a humorous moment about attention and imagination.
Chicago April 7 Gen H G O Living urged farmer business and labor to cooperate to lower living costs. Secretary Meredith said farming is expanding output per acre and per capita, citing cereal and meat stats from 1900 to 1919 and noting farm worker growth. He plans to promote the department mission and join 4,001 Washington workers.
A Fleeting notice announces price raises for McCall's Pictorial Review American and Woman's Home Companion subscriptions effective April 15th or May 1st and urges readers to subscribe now by calling or writing the Journal office.
A Thursday night storm drives new birds into the area. A flock circles then perches in trees on Montgom ery Wyrick’s outskirts. a night heron is identified among them. Bird expert notes seasonal flocks move coast to coast and tropics.
The April 15 event by the young people of the A M B Church is kept open for a jubilee concert, inviting broader attendance and participation.
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