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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
2
For the period August 18 to 23 the forecast calls for generally fair weather in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with normal temperatures.
Estimated receipts today include hogs 21,000 and cattle 15,000 with sheep 26,000. Prices show uneven strength with top hogs near 21.25, cattle mix steady to higher, beef steers 12.50 18.50, cows 6.25 14.00, veal calves 20.00 21.00, and lambs 15.50 18.50. Official Saturday totals report hogs 11,453 shipped 2,256, cattle 406 shipped 408, sheep 2,313 shipped 832, calves 3,416 shipped 161.
The market shows corn priced at 1.96 to 1.98 per unit for 160 cars with tone 4c off and No 2 quality. Oats deliver 375 cars with tone 7c off, No 3 W at 0.10 percent to 0.75.
The Journal reports a modern hip roofed barn 36 by 36 feet with side sheds to replace a fire-destroyed James Knotek farm barn in Jackson township. Frank Salladay in Highland township shares demand for Duroc Jersey spring pigs and plans early marketing royalties. Darbyshire in Marion township starts a 72 foot hog house with grain space and glass for early litters. The piece also quotes Vail of the American Telegraph and Telephone Co. praising the current business boom and US gold position, along with lime benefits boosting alfalfa profits.
State Fair runs August 20 to 29 with boy’s judging contests on Friday August 22 followed by Farm Bureau day on Monday August 25. Meeting occurs in the big tent on the hill near the Poultry building. If attendance isn’t possible, send the boys and the Washington county tent will provide care.
Eastern county agent reports a month of diversified work with numerous mishaps. He lists losses including gasoline, oil, punctures, a trailer accident, and a pig incident, burying three pigs for profit and losing $28, plus gardening and equipment troubles as the only bright spots.
County agents report Grimm alfalfa matures a week earlier than other varieties and shows heavier growth with a better stand at the same seeding rate. Demonstration plots in southeastern Iowa at the county farm illustrate performance under northern conditions.
W S Reister and Sons announce they will buy butter eggs poultry and cream, noting rail strikes and government actions have lowered prices and created delivery challenges. Current prices offered include kees 8c, hens 4c, springs 26c, ducks 1 1 2c, turkeys 20c, butter fattest cream 0c, with markets on hides closed but highest daily price paid.
The number of hens suitable for a yard depends on space and available feed. In small yards a flock of 8 to 10 hens is common, with 3 to 4 in very limited spaces. For 20 to 25 hens allocate 25 to 30 feet of yard, or about 200 to 3890 square feet per bird, otherwise reduce flock size.
Wayne Dinsmore of the Percheron Society of America and H H Kildee of Iowa State College report a widespread draft horse shortage across Iowa Illinois and Ohio. Buyers seek mares and geldings for export to France and Belgium while tractors replace fewer draft horses on midwestern farms. A Marshall County farm tour highlights prosperity driving farm improvements and notes rising land prices as a key investment.
Storm Lake Iowa August 18 A horse belonging to Bert Yount had its tail and skin torn when stuck in a threshing machine separator. The horse was shot after the injury.
Stamps issued by postmasters began around 1845 but the first official United States stamps appeared in 1847.
A reader notes small green plant lice on wilted cucumber vines and advises turning vines over to spray with Black Leaf 40 or nicotine sulphate. The spray must gel on the lice since they suck sap, not bite, and directions are on the bottle. Use a misting sprayer for even coverage.
Sioux City August 18 a 5 year old boy Ned Lawrence Benton near Waterbury caught his right hand in a corn sheller his arm was crushed surgeons amputated the hand at the wrist at Barnard hospital after his father halted the machine promptly
The 1918 silo campaign led by Iowa State College extension officials and the State Council of Defense resulted in an estimated 3500 new silos across Iowa. Governor Harding, Director R. K. Bliss, and a broad coalition of bankers, press, and silo manufacturers supported a coordinated advertising and outreach effort to promote silage and feed conservation for livestock.
English Bros Realty promotes Central Missouri Corn and Brave Grass land and Dairy Settion near the Missouri State Fair Grounds. They claim a $500,000 sales volume to home buyers since January 15 and invite inquiries to their Sedalia bank reference through a timely office inspection of the Government Soil Survey.
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