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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
2
Chicago market round up shows estimated hog receipts 9 000 today with holdovers 31 068 and cattle receipts 15 000. Market unevenly 25 to 60 off with top hogs at 23 40 and various weights quoted. cattle trade described as draggy with mixed declines. sheep demand strong for natives and western lambs with tops near 15 75 and yearlings 10 00 to 12 50.
Furnished by E. W. Wagner & Co. Iowa City. B Hunt manager. Market quotes show corn oats and clover with daily highs lows and closes for September December and May contracts. Prices indicate tone steady to mixed with No 2 corn around 2.00 to 2.02 and oats near 1.86 with occasional fractional shifts.
L S Goode sprays seven orchards including Harley Hardin where crop is heaviest and worm free. Joe Wright tests yellow oat Towa 105 versus Iowa 103 with 51 bu per acre yield for 105 vs 38 for 103, worth about $27.30 from three acres. The article also details four percent assessment limits for hard surfacing, payment options, and appeals procedures.
The article explains when and why counties may vote to hard surface primary roads and outlines costs and assessments. It states that gravel cannot use primary funds, a county vote is required, and property owners pay 25 percent of paving costs with uniform, location based assessments.
English Bros Realty Co markets Central Missouri Corn and Blue Grass land and dairy farm sites near the Missouri State Fair Grounds. They report over $500 000 in sales to home buyers since January and invite inquiries via local Sedalia banks and their office soil map from the Government survey.
The draft horse market shows clear gains as high ocean freight prompts new shipments. Marx & Hammel have sent three lots to Havre, France, with two more firms set to begin exports. Chicago may see 400 to 500 horses leave weekly, with top draughts fetching $300 to $325 for mares and geldings over 1700 pounds and 16.3 to 17 hands.
The article notes years of wild farmhand schemes from students to businessmen and reports Professor Richard Garner's proposal to train apes as farm workers. Garner claims a trained ape could sow, reap, and perform housework, drawn from experiences with a boy ape in Africa, sparking debate over practicality and ethics.
Wallace's Farmer mentions a proposal where a professor must sign a written agreement to place one ape in a city home for every ape he offers to a farmer. The editor invites readers to participate in the experimental idea.
At a recent conference with senators and congressmen representing livestock interests and officials from the Treasury and War Finance Corporation, definite plans were made to assist stock men. The measures aim to support the beef export trade and extend cattle loans to prevent forced liquidation.
It is understood that credits will be arranged in this country to support any export trade in beef that may develop.
The sale lists include a 1000 pound show boar Perfect Model and Iowa breed stars Orion Cherry King and Proud Pathfinder. Sows bred to these boars are expected to bring high returns, with Giveat Pathfinder noted as a related top line.
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