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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
2
Chicago market daily receipts show hogs estimated 17,000 with holdover 282. cattle 7,000 and sheep 5,000. Opening lower with broad declines. beef steers and butcher stock up 15 to 25, calves slow. feeders steady. Lambs and sheep mixed with prices from 14.00 to 19.75 for various weights and grades. Official yesterday totals show receipts 10,542 and shipments 3,015.
Advertisement lists John A. Babcock Commission Merchant in Chicago Illinois offering direct consignments of livestock and specifies rooms 27-20 Main Floor Exchange as the location for consignments and related dealings.
The cash market reports corn at 1.67 to 1.58 with 160 cars and tone unchanged. No 3 wheat quotes sit around 1.68 to 1.69 with 70 cars moving. October Clover priced at $18.00 amid stable tones in the grain market.
Kansas ranchers report pasture rentals at up to 20 per head per season with contracts ranging from 138 to 18 per head as U S Department of Agriculture notes. Demand eased as desirable land leased, Texas drought drives cattle into Kansas, more cattle to graze there this season. Iowa to launch milk essay contest for grade pupils with 650 dollars allotted for premiums.
Walter Lane bought the 100 acre Mathern farm near Garwing at 285 dollars per acre. Strampe and Inciebe sold the Herman Meyer 148 acre farm near Paulina to Herman Ewoldt for 339 dollars per acre. Fred W. Mathiesen will own the 240 acre M H Howard farm southeast of town at 256 dollars per acre, leased for three years. Howard resides in California. Will Mandelkow farm six miles north of LeMars, 2000 acres, sold to George Laughton at 335 dollars per acre. Mandelkow to enter auto business with John Bock, buying Plymouth garage. Lunn farm west of DeWitt sold to Frank Kearney at 250 dollars per acre. 222 2/3 acres.
Reports from producing regions claim prices for tomatoes at canneries may drop as government held canned tomatoes flood the market. The War Department announced a larger allotment of canned tomatoes for the army ration and added new canned vegetables to the regular ration, including peas.
Peas need space not suited to tiny gardens. Smooth varieties can be sown early while wrinkled types wait for warm ground. Dwarf kinds may need no supports. larger varieties require trellising. English sugar peas reach five to six feet and crop until midsummer. heat ends production by midsummer.
Ralph Scott and family visited his mother and sisters at Prairie Flower last Sunday. New faces appeared in the church audience while the Rada Bros. aided the choir with trombone music at both services. The khaki clad veterans returned to the church crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle visited the Morrow home, and Mr. Leeper and family attended.
The Prairie Flower church community reports a joyful Easter service with a strong Victory Campaign push. Clarence Phillips, in the marine service, has reached the States, returning briefly from duty after departing New York before Christmas. The B Y P U reorganized with Hazel Crull elected president and plans for Bible study and training.
Daily Thought quotes Emerson on how accepting merit quietly is the highest form of applause and recognition.
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