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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1920
Page
2
Logs from Chicago show April 24 receipts with hogs and cattle totals and price ranges. Estimated totals place hogs at about 18 000 with steady to 40 cent gains, beef steers down 1 to 1.50, calves down, lambs mixed, official yesterday tallies list hogs 33 974 cattle 8 190 sheep 10 773 calves 1 852 with shipments across species.
Journal’s Farm Department notes a correction for the Grosscup Ingham Free sale at Brighton. The event will begin at 1 o'clock p m next Saturday, not 10 a m as previously stated. The notice urges clarity to avoid misunderstanding and mentions selecting a barley free seed variety for market use.
Corn and oats futures listed for May July and September with fractional percent changes. Cash market reports show 42 cars of corn and 33 cars of oats with varying tone. Clover futures noted for October and December at $22.35 and $22.
Chicago prosecutors seek libel warrants to seize several carloads of potatoes stored in railroad yards over price manipulation fears. If seized, three carloads will be auctioned under the Lever Act. Orrin K. Earl of Earl Bros. defended dealers as innocent, citing government market data. The grand jury was told of possible conspiracy to withhold potatoes to create a shortage and drive up prices.
The state labor office notes no fixed wage scale for farm help this year and reports wage variation up to 15 dollars monthly within a single county. Farm labor is moving to farms earlier, and overall demand will rise as spring begins with higher paying urban jobs increasing competition. Efficient production is urged to profit in farm markets.
Prices of wool have declined since November 1918 with peak averages of 60 cents per pound in March and April 1918. By April 1919 prices fell to 47.9 cents. January figures show 58.1 in 1918, 55.2 in 1919, and 53.3 in 1920. Producers’ price rose from 16.7 cents in 1913 to 58 cents in 1918, then 51 cents in 1919. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Crop Estimates.
A 1919 report from the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Crop Estimates shows cattle receipts at major middle western markets totaling 12,152,000 head, down 784,600 from 1918, with hogs near 25.28 million after a 25.46 million year in 1918. Sheep and lamb receipts set a 1919 record at 14.308 million.
A 1919 Iowa State College survey across 812 farms shows 100 pounds of pork costing 16.30 and selling for 14.50 on the home market. With home feed values and labor costs, the net loss is about 1.60 per 100 pounds, though hog raising remains profitable over multiple years.
Seven carloads totaling about 10 500 bushels of Iowa seed oats 1023 and 105 were sent to elevators seed houses and Farm Bureaus in Illinois from Henry County Iowa during the past winter. Prices averaged about 10 cents above the local market. Additional carloads could have been sold and demand remains strong. County agent Don Fish says neighborhoods could raise oats crop value annually by expanding seed production.
Des Moines hosts the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal world conference May through the month. 837 delegates arrive from global regions to occupy rooms in courthouses and hotels with 500 more in homes. daily Christian Advocate will print 20 000 copies.
Des Moines’ open air school confirms naps provided with cots and robes while classes run full day. Outdoor study yields higher marks and faster progress than indoor public schools. Cedar Falls alumni push fund to build a campus campanile honoring veteran alumni. Dr. Erwin Schenk presided, with Mrs. Gilchrist and Sara Riggs speaking on the memorial.
A letter from a grateful user explains buying an Oldsmobile Economy Truck cut hauling costs from $40 weekly to a small fuel and oil expense, stating no other outlay while the truck remains in daily service. The writer praises the truck’s power and economy and notes the opinion is echoed by others.
Bird and Rawson described the architects ideas while P E McClenahan state superintendent of public instruction concluded the talk, pledges totaling $620 were collected.
Mrs Caillie Swarts was acquitted in Ottumwa Iowa after a trial over shooting Nora Springer a typist for her husband. The defense argued lack of mental responsibility at the time. Springer lost sight in one eye and was badly harmed in the other.
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