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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1921
Page
2
Chicago August 29 market reports show hogs receipts 32 000 holdover 2 072 cattle 13 000 sheep 10 000. Beef steers and veal mixed values with heavy weights 9 10 per hundred weight. hogs mostly 10 25 cents higher. lambs 25 cents higher to lower. Receipts total 3 496 hogs 204 cattle 2 008 sheep 148 calves 2 422 shipments 385 cattle 2 363 sheep 2
Chicago August 2 Wheat futures open high and steady with Sept 1.21% Dec 1.25% May 1.26% Corn Sept 4 hm, Dec 64% May 58. Oats steady with New No 3 white oats 254-35. Cash market shows 350 cars wheat 1100 cars corn 160 oats with steady tone.
Iowa City reports about twenty cases of infantile paralysis with no broader alarm. State epidemiologist Griswold says contagion spreads mainly through contact via nasal or throat secretions and that about thirty percent recover without major deformity.
Aug 29 a polecat kept as a household pet near Ft Madison named Jimmy. The animal, indistinguishable from its wild kin, belongs to Jack McClenahan who acquired it after being deserted by previous owners. Jimmy was neutered or operated on while still young.
Washington August 29 The transfer of some immigration bureau machinery to foreign ports is urged to prevent deporting hundreds of arriving immigrants who sold possessions to come to America. Secretary Davis cites cases of hardship and argues that maintaining two agents per major port abroad will reduce suffering and improve compliance with visa and health inspections.
A boardwalk price war begins as Hotel Breakers drop room rates from 6 to 2.50 dollars per day and reduce weekly plans. Other hotels may follow with counter reductions, aiming to match pre war levels and keep guests with full meal service.
Sept 17 report highlights W. R. Gamon Poland China sale in Poland, with notes on F. J. Paul. The Iowa State College dairy section advocates grinding corn for cows, corn meal as milk booster, and cost savings. Also covers storage manure costs, hogging down corn, and best practices for picking and storing apples before frost.
Iowa State College farm crops staff says rye is a superior green manure and pasture crop in Iowa, thriving on loam and even light sandy soils. Six pecks of grain sown September 1 to 20 yields good results, with earlier sowing boosting growth for pasture and cover use. Rosen rye shows strong results, with certified seed lists available from Ames.
Aug 29 report says 3000 reindeer carcasses will ship to the United States from Nome arriving Seattle Sept 1. Five thousand reindeer exist but only 3000 can be shipped due to transport limits. Surplus young males are held in Seattle Port Commission refrigerators awaiting slaughter and redistribution.
Washington will produce 45 percent of all apples marketed commercially in the United States this year based on July estimates. The crop will run 27 000 to 31 000 car loads with a value around 50 million dollars to orchardists. Eastern buyers are active offering 2.10 dollars per box for extra fancy Jonathan apples.
Des Moines reports Secretary Wallace plans a federal market news service under the Capper-TAinder bill to phase out private wire house opinions. The move aims to curb rumors and stabilize grain prices, with private wires restricted to government reports only.
Des Moines reports census data showing Iowa leading in farm automobiles and telephone use in 1920. States with the most autos include Iowa and Illinois, while Iowa ranks high in trucks tractors and gas or electric lighting on farms. Weather forecast calls for generally fair conditions and normal temperatures along the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. Paris police begin daytime revolver carry for the first time in history.
The article notes that Iowa farmers are seen as less victimized by injudicious speculation in private wire houses, contrasting with wheat states. It claims Iowa farmers generally do not hedge their sales and largely avoid outright speculation.
Roy Robinson and John Mann cultivate eighty acres at Goose pond south of Wall Lake Iowa. Forty acres yield about ninety bushels per acre sold at 1.85 dollars on track, grossing around 5920 dollars. Drainage ditches three years ago transformed the swamp into productive farmland aiding nearby farms.
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