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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1935
Page
7
Estimated hog receipts for Tuesday are 16,000 with top 9.75 and bulk bids 9.60 to 9.70 for 176 to 180 lb hogs. Sows best at 8.85. Cattle trade notes 2,000 calves and 25 cents higher for better grade fed steers with several loads at 12.00 to 13.75, lower grades in run.
A column lists upcoming sales including the Kuhn estate December 26 at 421 South srd, Brooks farm closing December 27 four miles south of West Washington, H A Woodford Dur ge and Dur hog sale December 30 near gh ton, John Krause sale December 31 two miles north of Havre and southeast of Washington, Martha Lauderman farm January 3 near Crawfordsville, John Speidel sale January 11 two and a half miles north of Washington. Community sales at City Feed Yard and Midway Sale Co. Columbus Junction weekly.
Beef cattle quoted 26c higher with bulls and vealers steady. Estimated Tuesday receipts 5,000 cattle and 7,000 sheep. Fat limbs in broad demand with few actual sales. Best cattle above 11.75 dollars. Sheep strong with slaughter grades at 4.50 to 5.00. Estimated sheep receipts Tuesday at 7,000.
Chicago December 23 market report shows eggs unsettled with 2963 cases receipts and mixed grades. butter steady with large receipts and mixed grades. poultry steady with arrivals including 2154 fowls and 26 turkeys. potatoes on track with 207 on hand and 406 shipments.
Chicago market report shows mixed corn prices across grades with No 5 at 51.5 to 54, No 2 yellow 62, No 4 yellow 55 to 65, No 6 yellow 64, No 4 white 68, No 5 white 55 to 55. Receipts posted at 145 cars.
Market report lists No. 2 yellow soybeans at 91 and No. 4 yellow soybeans at 87 to 88 with range. Prices reflect standard grain trading quotes and grade classifications.
Malta shows dramatic growth from 16 576 residents in the 16th century to over 235 000 today. Valletta, the capital, is named for its founder the Grand Master de la Valette.
A fragmented Chicago grain table shows prices by month for wheat corn oats rye and multiple futures. Figures include May July and December contracts with percentages near 60 for corn and around 50s for rye and oats, alongside various near term closings and year ago readings.
Local sales drew crowds and money, with the Saturday community sale running long and totaling more than expected. Townspeople including Col Ferguson contributed strongly while neighbors praised the Evening Journal for news and a Christmas program at Crawfordsville.
Frank Priebes notes trends in Indiana poultry markets with reports of capons and broilers sold early, shifts in seasonal sales, and early hatchery planning. He observes women increasingly driving chicken production and mentions a hatchery’s planned Jan 12 incubator start in Iowa.
Prices paid Friday by Reister & Sons for dairy eggs and poultry. Sweet cream and sour cream sold by the pound or dozen, hens weighed by size, leghorn and heavy spring varieties priced per pound or dozen, with duck prices listed.
The Hall of the Middle Temple, built by 1572, preserves England’s finest Elizabethan roof. It is noted that on February 22 1602 the play Twelfth Night was staged there and Shakespeare is commonly said to have acted in it.
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