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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1930
Page
2
Cattle demand steady to moderately active on steers with slow stock and no choice offerings. Prices range from 7.00 to 13.35 for fat cows and steers with various weight brackets. vealers and stockers show broader spreads. Sheep market slow while bids stay steady to strong, with lambs 8.50 to 10.15 and ewes 4.75 to 6.00, feeder lambs 8.50 to 9.00.
Chicago grain futures report shows Wheat May at 1.56 with mixed highs and lows around 1.02. Juhin and Lu4ig figures appear, with Sept and Dec positions near 1.08 to 1.12. Corn May at .81 and July around .82 to .83, oats July at 1.42.
Readable segments show monthly and period prices with rye and lard figures. The text lists May and Sept values for rye and lard with multiple decimals and cent marks, but many figures are garbled. Key entries indicate May and Sept pricing in the 0.41 to 0.67 range and lard around 10.40 to 20.70, with unclear units.
Cash grain close shows wheat fractions of 8 3/4 and 9 9 3 4 percent, corn prices from 76 to 84 1 4, oats at 40 41, barley 62 to 66, rye none, timothy 700 to 850 90, clover 1100 to 1875. Prices reflect sample grades and color variety with several yellow and white lots listed.
Clover domestic cash 11.75, prime 1.00, Oct. 12.60, Dec. 12.80. Alsike cash 11.00. Timothy cash new 3.70. Market update from Toledo, Ohio, dated April 25.
The 1930 Midwestern States Conference on Tuberculosis will meet in Cedar Rapids April 29 and 30 with post mortem demonstrations on tuberculin-tested animals. John R. Mohler and W A Evans will speak at the conference dinner, as livestock raisers anticipate attendance.
April notes heavy work on Wayland road aiming to be among best roads next year. Brick school area shows extensive finish work, many sections improved. New road south of Mocking Bird Hill to replace two existing be ing bridges, with kinks removed near township house.
In Wayland residents recount brief notes and friendly comments from neighbors. Louis Wenger fixes a few tacks to save a sole, Waldo Bauler stays calm, Ben Widmer plans to take the Journal later, and Clayton McKenzie promises to pick it up next time.
Pauline Darbyshire of Shiloh and twin Maxine Darbyshire along with their teacher Miss Elsie Wagner and County Superintendent Mrs. Palmer travel to Des Moines for a banquet and to hope Pauline wins the state spelling contest Saturday. John Wagner tends to about a hundred Poland China pigs and assists hens at their nests this fall.
Thursday morning we met A. C. Plummer of Waukegan Illinois visiting and planned a trip to the Jackson home in Brighton. Tad says they read the Journal in Illinois and may move, but the Journal will follow him. Elmer Wyse and son visited for dinner and joined Col. L. H. Rinner on his annual drive through Wayland country meeting farmers and townspeople.
C E Ballard holds a shipping stock position for the farmers union and resides in a fine Wayland home. Charley spent time and money with the group for a worthy cause and will help secure McKenzie on the next trip, as long as Charley lends McKenzie his Journal.
A local farm report describes J. R. Leichty’s recently built barn and thriving stock including cows calves sheep and hundreds of spring chickens. Neighbors Sam Nebel Wm Leichty L H Rinner and others share observations and neighborhood updates amid social visits and a planned Saturday sale of Mrs Bowman household goods in Washington.
Readable fragments indicate fowl cholera affecting chickens and geese in Cedar Rapids Winthrop Waterloo Hazelton Cedar Falls Manchester Farmersburg Independence Mt. Vernon Iowa City Porte City Staceyville Tama La Porte City with references to geese outbreaks.
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