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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1946
Page
7
Hogs 7 000, active and steady good and choice barrows and gilts 14.85 ceiling sows 14.10. Cattle 9 000 calves 600, fed steers and yearlings 25 cents lower, mostly 50 cents off for week to date. Bottoms 17.75, cows and beef bulls weaker. Sheep 4 000, lambs strong, top 16.25. Sunday social notes include multiple local dinner guests and visits in Brighton and Sigourney.
Chicago dispatch notes mixed results in the produce market. Poultry receipts include 2 train cars and 10 trucks with hens weak and old guinea hens at 25, pigeons at 1.75, while eye commodity figures show large case counts and varied standards and current receipts.
OCR fragment shows corn and oats price sequences with month codes and percentage figures. The text lists May July September and December values for corn and oats, plus miscellaneous numbers that resemble price or yield codes. No clear event or person is identified.
Lt Col Richard Meacham his wife and son visited relatives at Waterhouse and nearby families in the Gracehill area. The group included aunt and cousins and other local residents who attended the W RK C social in West Chester and related gatherings in Washington and Sigourney.
Chicago cash grain markets show wheat oats and soybeans with no sales. Corn has a maximum plus 30 cents bonus. Barley trading between 125 and 147 percent of standard, feed around 114 to 124.
Friday journal sale at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday sales at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa. April 26 Purebred Aberdeen Angus Sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids Iowa. Big Six Aberdeen Angus Breeders Assoc presents listings and dates.
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