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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep today run: hogs 22 000 cattle 11 000 sheep 16 000. Price ranges across beef and pork grades quoted with top hogs at 19 10 and various weights delivering 12 60 to 18 10. Fat lambs strong with 25 to 50 advance and totals of cattle sheep and calves reaching 70 295 19 992 23 413 and 3 905 respectively.
A long list of farm sales and stock auctions runs through December to February across Washington and surrounding towns. The notices name buyers sellers and locations such as West Chester Keota Ainsworth Crawfordsville and Washington with closing out sales public sales and hog dairy and miscellaneous livestock sales. The piece closes with a feature on farms as the nation’s greatest industry and details about the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago and its emphasis on youth competitions and grain shows.
Moving out of the neighborhood Tam auctions 50 head of stock hogs weighing 75 to 1890 pounds at a farm 40 miles southwest of Crawfordsville. Broad sows weigh 260 to 300 pounds, with several bred. Sale target location is described by nearby towns Olds Wayland.
A notice from Gray, Supervisor of Census at Mount Pleasant Iowa, calls for men to enumerate Washington County townships starting January 2 1920. Applicants needed for Brighton Cedar Crawford Dutch Creek English River Highland Seventy six and Washington townships with pay four seats per person and 30 cents per farm enumerated. The goal is proper district enumeration and agricultural data collection with patriotic response expected.
The article notes London’s communications system stretching 73,500 miles overhead and 921,000 miles underground, detailing the expansive telegraph and telephone wire network.
On the drive kickoff in Washington County 213 names were added to the Farm Bureau roster by six o clock, with morning totals lower. Organizers faced cold none stops but found warm reception at homes visited, and near unanimous membership so far. County workers expect higher totals today as the campaign gains momentum across seventeen Iowa counties. Washington leads the state in early reports, according to J K Logaird who coordinating with state leader J B Wooters.
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