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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 7,000 hogs and 7,560 cattle with holdovers. Hog prices show steady to firm with top at 22.25, while cattle demand strengthens with beef steers and feeders up to 18.90 and feeders firm. Western lambs rise 10 to 15, sheep bid down, buyers cautious. Official yesterday packer purchases and shipments listed.
The fragment shows opening high and low figures for September and December with percentages. It lists contract prices around 1.81 1.82 percent and 1.77 1.82 percent, plus 1.51 1.62 percent for December. A May figure 1.48 1.49 144 1.48 percent appears with additional Sept and Dec data.
The Soils Department and Henry County Farm Bureau describe four years of results on fertility plots near Mount Pleasant. Lime improves clover. rock phosphate boosts rotation crops. several soy bean varieties show promise. early corn plots with beans and rape foresee a triple crop. A Friday talk by Prof. Campbell on consolidated schools is announced at Prairie Flower Cedar Township.
Breeders advise reducing calf care to weather stress and protect cows that can bear calves next year. After three years of downturn in the southwest, the northern prairie regions see value rise for young beef cattle. save the best stock and discard the rest if needed. Veal is less desirable than preserving quality calves.
Hancock county approved paving the primary road system in a special election with 1,666 votes for and 569 against. The victory shows continued support for road improvements across the region.
Hancock county voters approve bonds by a heavy margin to pave the North Iowa Pike. The measure covers eight contingent counties and accelerates paving across the state with three counties still to vote to finish the project.
SSTHERVILLE Iowa August 6 Immet county voted for paved roads at a special election yesterday by a majority of 300 The bond issue was not submitted.
A New York dispatch notes a large contracting firm telephoned Maj. Warren Bigelow, director of the New York free employment bureau, for wage details. The figures cited include 37.20 dollars for laborers and 19.23 dollars for teachers, reflecting wage inquiries in the labor market.
English Bros Realty Co markets Central Missouri farms ideal for breeding and dairy, near the Missouri State Fair Grounds. They tout soil maps from a Government Soil Survey and note substantial sales to home buyers since January 15. References available at Sedalia banks. contact them promptly as this ad may not reappear.
A partial snippet shows laborers to be paid 37.20 dollars weekly and a college president seeking a mathematics professor at 1000 dollars yearly about 19.23 dollars per week. The text hints at wage rates and academic salaries in a historical context.
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