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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
2
Chicago market report shows mixed activity with hogs steady to higher on the day after receipts around 28 000. Beef and butcher cattle mostly steady to 15 lower with calves firm and feeders weak. Lambs steady to 10 lower. receipts totaled about 41 219 hogs and 14 153 cattle yesterday.
Grain futures activity is reported for the Iowa City market with FE Wagner and Co and J B Hunt noted as contacts. The brief item lists prices and closing figures as supplied by the broker.
The term gutta percha derives from Malayan gutta meaning gum and percha meaning cloth. It was introduced to the civilized world in 1842 by Doctor Montgomery, a Scottish surgeon.
The page lists multiple farm sale notices across Iowa from Feb 10 to Feb 15 including buyers and locations such as Columbus Junction Ainsworth and Riverside. It notes a John Krebs sale at Riverside with 58 Duroc Jersey swine selling for totals near 4786 dollars and discusses the Kalona pig crop and farm bureau federation expansion. It closes with economic commentary on labor and agricultural markets in Iowa and Chicago during the period.
Transportation to the farm will be provided for buyers traveling from distant places to the February 11 Duroc sale. Those attending should report at Dougherty Bros. store for arrangements and pickup.
Silvanus Miller shipped a carload of hogs last week marked by high quality. The consignments include 59 percent sows with April and May birth dates, highlighting strong market demand for young stock.
Wisconsin farmers campaign to drop scrub bulls and use pure-bred sires. Brown County Cow-Testing confirms all five top herds and twelve register cows trace to pure-bred sires, with pure-bred herds averaging 85 pounds more fat per cow. Eight members bought pure-bred sires to replace scrubs.
Ames nee Feb 7 Dean Curtiss told the Agriculture club that farming should maintain current methods and focus on keeping production up. He cited wartime food supply gains, the shift in markets and transportation, and warned that industrial slowdowns threaten farm prices and need for labor stability.
Brighten day by day notes report visits and stays around Brighton Route One. Families including Gassaway Jones Gowey Hole Harkens Brinton Frazier Morse Savage and others are seen at homes and with friends in Washington and Excelsior Springs Mo.
Iowa City reports spring drills opening with Coach Jones's squad including veterans from the 1918 team such as Kelly Mockmore Slater Belding and Smith. Heldt Pyles Wallen return with Devine Meadows Sykes Parker in the backfield as the Hawks brace for a tough schedule versus Illinois Chicago Indiana Nebraska Northwestern and Ames.
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