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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1929
Page
2
Markets opened higher for cattle and hogs but midsize and large feeds showed weak tone. Cattle receipts 1 500 with fed steers and yearlings weak to 25 lower. slaughter steers 1300 to 1500. cows 900 to 1150. veal 750 to 1000. Sheep receipts 6 000 with active market. fat lambs around 1600 as demand stays steady.
Market rates for butterfat cream per pound and eggs from fresh laid hens are shown alongside prices for Leghorn hens and roosters from 1928 hatchings. Records note 614 roosters per thousand, heavy breed ducks per pound, and reet hides per pound with horsehides priced per pound. No market exists for sick thin crippled poultry.
A fragmented market summary lists cattle lambs feeder prices and feed grains with figures for May wheat oats and July futures. The piece ends with an oblique cultural note about the French not calling their flag red white and blue and an inverted expression.
A collage of community items, sales results, and local notices from Ainsworth and nearby Crawfordsville. The piece recalls a cattle and horse sale with prices, a moving family discourse, and names like Geo. F. Longmover and Col. D. F. Macon as auctioneers, with mention of dates and residents tracking town events.
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