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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
5
Estimates show hogs 11 000 cattle 14 000 sheep 6 000. Hogs steady to higher with 190 to 270 lb cattle 14 14 60. Early clearances noted. Cattle fed steers and yearlings 25 to 50c lower with top around 17.75. Lambs steady with other sheep classes firm to 25c higher.
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales at Midway Sales Co in Columbus Junction set the pattern. Dispersal and closing out auctions list multiple farms near Keota Kalona Crawfordsville Washington and Wayland with dates from December 13 to January 11. Auctioneers include Yoder Todd Brown Bruty and Klotz Duncan.
The page shows grain futures trading in Chicago with bid and ask quotes for wheat corn oats and rye. See December and May contract prices and daily high low close values for each commodity, including percentages and figures indicating market activity.
Eighty acres of corn on Merle Dodder’s farm east of Columbus Junction were husked by 17 men using four corn pickers as Dodder cared for his ill mother in University hospital Iowa City. Women served dinner at Gerald Mentink home.
Dr John W Hubbard retired dentist left for Florida to spend the winter. Joe Doudna T M 3/e and Harold Bliven P O 3/e, veterans of the navy, recently met in the South Pacific. Harold P Edmondson post office custodian is seriously ill with pneumonia at Hershey hospital Muscatine. Cpl David W Gabriel son of John C Gabriel Columbus Junction is a radio operator waist gunner on a B 24 crew in final training at the army air field Casper Wyoming.
Fall planting offers soil that is warm, dry and easy to work to the desired depth without puddling. Spring preparation often faces wet near the surface and frozen subsoil making it hard to settle soil around roots. Handling soil in fall avoids forming a hard brick and supports easier planting.
Rotenone touted as the best all around insecticide for vegetable gardens. It claims effectiveness against most common pests and suitability for any vegetable at any time.
Riboflavin also known as vitamin B2 or G is essential for cellular energy use from blood oxygen. It supports good eyesight skin health and is needed for growth in children and overall development.
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