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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1930
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 15 000 head with 28 000 direct. Active bids show gains of 35 to 25 cents on lighter weights. Buyers pay 11.75 for top 160 to 200 lb packers and butchers, 10.60 to 11.50 for 140 to 160 lb lights, and 9.50 to 10.75 for 100 to 130 lb slaughter pigs. Sows weigh 275 to 590 lb at 8.75 to 9.00.
The notice lists prices for dairy items such as cream and butterfat tests per pound, fresh eggs per dozen, and various chicken and spring product rates. It also shows rates for hides including horse and pony hides, with per pound or per item pricing.
Cattle receipts reach 11 000 with demand active and feeder steers higher. Weights 600 to 1300 pounds, grain fed steers 9.50 to 11.25 per hundredweight, heifers 9.50 to 11.25, cows 5.25 to 7.75, vealers 11.50 to 13.30. Sheep receipts 18 000 with overall market 25% higher. natives 9.75 to 9.90, lambs 9.25 to 10.35, feeders 7.25 to 7.60, ewes 2.25 to 4.00, feeding lambs 6.75 to 7.60.
Wheat 39 cars, corn 178 cars, oats 59 cars are listed as grain receipts in Chicago.
Grain quotations posted from Toledo with prices for Clover and Alsike hay and various contracts. Domestic cash Clover at 14.75 to 15.05 dollars, October at 13 th, Dee 15.75, March 16.25. AlsikeOctober 12.25, Pec 12.54. Hay priced at 31.25 dollars per hundredweight.
August 20 reports the girls and boys annual show as the best yet with notable interest in cattle hogs and sheep. Mrs Edna Witting and Orlando with W C Richards of Ainsworth toured Ft Madison and Keokuk, while others discuss a butcher's bill error and local bridge man notes J S Carpenter's farms in South Dakota. The calf pig show drew Mr and Mrs W H Cruickshank of Centerville and the army horses interest, plus jockey relatives and local families enjoying the events.
The Washington city column recalls hog judging at state fairs led by Jim and Spencey Reed, mentions Busby place hog sales on October 6, and notes buyers and breeders from Riv erside Kalona Brighton Wayland and Crawfordsville. It also records local jokes, greetings, and daily anecdotes from residents and visitors.
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