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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today include 8,000 hogs and 9,000 cattle with 2,585 carryovers. Pigs and heavy weights show varied gains while beef steers and stockers rise unevenly. cattle and sheep prices per weight brackets listed. Official Saturday data show hogs, cattle, and sheep shipments and keepers with totals for L. and L. shipments.
The Chicago market reports ongoing grain futures with May and Sept contracts listed and cash corn at 2.06 per bushel for yellow corn. Labor disputes raise questions about grain movement and demand, though the corn crop is described as doing well with favorable showers and improving stock yards and rail conditions.
The article advises sowing alfalfa in moist sections from now to September 1 and discusses yield expectations, seed selection, inoculation, soil needs, and water considerations across states. It also highlights limestone's value for correcting soil acidity, improving crop yields, and encourages early use to ease clover stands.
Experiments conducted at the Odin experiment field in southern Illinois indicate that applying limestone to the soil affects its properties. The trials assess changes in pH and potential yield implications for local crops.
The Iowa State College dairy department will showcase cream production and the value of dairy in home use at the Iowa State Fair. Demonstrations cover sweet cream for butter and the high demand from ice cream makers. Dr. McCollum’s findings on dairy importance for child growth will be highlighted alongside home dairy products like milk and cheese. An accompanying note discusses sugar cane mottling disease and USDA efforts to curb it with resistant varieties to protect Porto Rico and other regions.
Alliman Brothers of Noble announce their fifth annual fall sale on September 20 offering Duroc blood lines and spring gifts. They report buying high priced stock this season making the sale unusually interesting to Duroc men.
Thomas Robinson of Independence Iowa sold his young herd boar Uneeda High Orion to the Lefebvre brothers of Fairfax for $2000. Robinson bought the hog in August 1918 for $800. Uneeda High Orion is out of Golden Uneeda, world champion son, with sire High Orion the grand champion at the Missouri state fair.
The Gipsy language, said to be Hindoo in origin from Sanskrit, is linked to a Hindoo tribe by ethnologists. The term Gipsy stems from Bohemian meaning vagabond. Gipsies appeared in England in the sixteenth century and in eastern Europe two centuries earlier, now dispersed worldwide.
Saint Agnes, a 14 year old Christian virgin and martyr beheaded under Diocletian around 304 in Rome. An annual Rome procession honors her with a decorated lamb led through the city, linked to her name from Latin agnus meaning lamb.
A reprint highlights how performing birds endure starvation during training. Many doves released at shows survive only after being starved and fed only when perched on specific spots on the trainer’s arm, leaving hundreds unseen.
Des Moines reports the period August 11 to 15 will have normal temperatures and generally fair skies. Occasional showers are probable in the first half of the week across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
Basil Overton of Knox County Iowa bought a 6 month old Shorthorn bull calf for 5500 at Villagers Brothers sale in Wapello. A prominent state breeder offered 10000, with check ready, but Overton refused and retained ownership of the calf.
Ted bragged of spending his weekly ten cent allowance after his mother urged thrift. When asked how much was left, he confessed he had spent it all, then added he felt he had lived like a prince for once.
A quotation attributed to Ruskin on the value of life over wealth. It states that a country is richest when it nourishes the most noble and happy people, and a man is richest when he maximizes his own life and extends influence through his wealth to help others.
Report describes Chinese water transport relying on sampans on rivers streams and canals. Both women and men operate boats all day with a prehensile foot aiding steering and rowing. Postmen steer from boats using their hands and rows with their toes, gripping the oar between the big toe and others for powerful leg motion.
A new photograph features Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menohor introduced as the new director of the United States air service. He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his command of the Katubew division and his wartime service.
Walnut Growers' Association offers a $10,000 prize for a satisfactory machine to brand the shells of English walnuts, aiming to streamline annual production valued in the millions. The contest invites inventors to submit practical solutions for automated branding of walnut shells.
English Bros Realty Co markets corn and blue grass land and dairy sections near the Missouri State Fair Grounds. They cite a soil map and rapid land sales to local home buyers since January, inviting inquiries via Sedalia banks and requesting prompt contact.
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