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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1932
Page
2
Chicago market summary August 31 shows hogs up to 4.79 with most between 3.90 and 4.60, heavy 4.00 to 4.35, light 4.35 to 4.70. Cattle steady with beef steers 8.00 to 10.00, yearlings 7.50 to 9.75, cows 2.50 to 5.00, calves 4.00 to 7.50. Sheep 19,000 steady with lambs 6.25 to 6.50 and yearlings 4.00 to 4.75.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours to 8:00 AM show 8,000 head, down from 13,600 last week and 10,500 a year ago. Prices for various weight classes range from 2.40 to 4.90 per cwt with strong to 10 cents higher bids but overall demand limited by price declines.
Grain prices for wheat corn oats rye and barley shown with mixed quality levels and percentage changes. Details include various wheat grades and hard red mixes, corn yellow and white categories, oats white percentages, rye No 2, and barley ranging from 25 to 34.
Chicago grain table shows September positions for Wheat Corn and Oats with varied highs lows and closes. Prices appear inconsistent with multiple percent figures and irregular formatting for futures months and contracts.
Burlington hosts organizers who seek to recruit and extend road picketing to Lee Henry Louisa and Washington counties. Washington county officials promise no violence and cooperate with authorities to avoid road obstructions as Grand Jury cautions are issued.
Reports show shifting lines as farmers' walkouts spread unevenly from Iowa to Ohio and Oklahoma. In northwest Iowa clashes and threats loom with a 55 casualty count earlier, while sheriffs guard creameries at Orange City and Sioux City amid tense standstill in Des Moines area.
Estimated carrot receipts show Wheat 33, Corn 304, and Oats 40 units. The figures appear in a brief item on agricultural yields with no further context or dates.
Seed figures show red clover fair to good priced 7.40 to 9.50 with choice 10 to 19 percent and fancy 11 to 11. Sweet clover 3 to 4, Alsike 7.00 to 9.50, Timothy ad 3.65, choice 2.75, fancy 2.90. Prices reflect market conditions and quality grades for seed buyers.
Chicago markets show butter at 916 tubs creamery extra 20 percent to 21 for specials. eggs at 7412 cases with fresh extra firsts and dirtles ranging 10 to 19 percent. cheese includes Young Americas Longhorns at 14 percent and daisies prints at 14 to 14 percent. live poultry prices list turkeys hens leghorn and roosters with various percent ranges. potatoes track 142 on track and 249 shipments with Wis cobblers No 1 large 65 to 70 and Nebr 165 to 70.
D F Macon reports brief items from nearby communities including local events, meetings, and notable happenings gathered by the Journal’s subscription representative.
A busy August gathering reports heavy plowing and thriving crops. local residents discuss melon days near Cone and Ainsworth, soybeans and clover yields, plus barn fires and school notes. social life includes a poetry excerpt and a furniture sale at Dick’s Second Hand Store.
The nationwide holiday movement faces resistance from farm bureau leaders in 100 Iowa counties and landowners, while milk prices rise in Cedar Rapids and Clinton counties. Indictments loom in a Council Bluffs grand jury inquiry as rural communities report gatherings, sales, and school reopenings amid the unrest.
Mrs A Bray reports on a family visit as Mr Carrie Dickinson Miss Margerite and Master Leonard spent last Tuesday with their daughter and sister.
In 1891 about a dozen domestic reindeer were brought to Alaska from Siberia by Dr. Sheldon Jackson for natives use as food and transport. Importations continued for ten years and reached 1200. From these sprang vast herds creating a new industry. The number is now nearly a million with many rein deer moving to the interior.
A London Mail note recalls the puppet Punch dating to the seventeenth century Italian comedian. In 1727 a statuette was found among Roman remains, though some link the tale to Pontius Pilate while the origin remains lost in antiquity.
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