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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
7
Market totals show hogs 18000 cattle 6000 sheep 7000 as of December 13. Hogs mostly 35 to 40 cents lower in late trading with prime over 270 pounds near 14.25, 14.10 to 14.20 for top lots. Cattle market glutted on fed steers and yearlings with steer sales 13.00 to 15.50 and vealers very strong. sheep trading steady to firm with good fed lambs around 14.25 and pelts noted.
Market firm for produce with receipts at 11 666 cases and varied grade ranges from extra firsts to firsts. Current receipts range from 24 to 54 with checks around 30 to 33 percent. Poultry shipments show 24 trucks, market firm and unchanged.
Weekly Friday sale at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday livestock sales at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa. December to January listings include public and closing out sales near Wayland Crawfordsville Washington Columbus Junction and Wellman with multiple auctioneers and start times.
Des Moines reports a 27 cent per dozen minimum producer price for candled eggs in 1945, set by War Food Administration official Mervin Jones. In areas lacking marketing facilities, a 24 cent price applies with WEA to buy at 24 cents per dozen. Purchases hinge on dealers paying at least the support price to producers, and new packing materials will be used to prevent storage and transport issues.
Grain table from Chicago shows wheat and corn futures with bid ask and settlement figures for several contract months. Details include wheat contracts for December May July September and corn contracts for December May July September with varying price levels.
We sold over 250 head of live stock last Friday and expect the same turnout this Friday at the local sale barn. Top dry cows brought 142 dollars, with good demand for yearling steers and heifers. Also accepting milk cows, veal calves, hogs of all kinds, boars, 100 ewes and feeding lambs. June items include 15 heating stoves, 12 tarpaulins, and various furniture.
A garbled data snippet shows monthly percentages and codes for oats and rye with figures like 69 percent 645 percent and 11314 with scattered year markers May September and December. The text lacks coherent context or narrative to explain the values.
The first detachable collar appeared in Troy New York around 1828 when a blacksmith’s wife decided to replace constantly sewn collars on shirts due to sweat and wear. Detachable collars grew popular in Troy and in 1829 Reverend Ebenezer Brown opened the city’s first collar factory after leaving ministry.
Some Australian Aboriginal groups find making fire so hard they will journey long distances to borrow a flame from a distant tribe rather than start a fire themselves.
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