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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
2
Chicago livestock receipts reach 52 000 with price activity mostly 19 to 200 higher. Slaughter cattle show slow demand, underscored by a strong undercurrent of bearish tone and light demand. Best steers around 1425 with varying weights and categories reported across fed yearlings and cows.
Open high low and close figures for Chicago Grain plus livestock quotes for beef vealers and stocker steers. Cattle and sheep receipts projected for tomorrow with price ranges and notes on market strength and outsiders.
January notes recount Frank Smith’s sale drawing a big crowd with lunch profits of thirty one dollars. White Oak students visited. Barney horse owned by Claus Ehrp and other livestock stories from Davis County, including a 39 year old white mare and a Poland China breeder. Prices and trades at local markets are listed amid farm life anecdotes and neighborly chatter.
Bob Sheetz promotes a spring sale of Poland China sows and gilts to be held next Tuesday four and a half miles southeast of Keo. The event features 49 selected bred sows and gilts, all healthy and vaccinated, offered with mating to popular boars.
HASKINS Feb. 7 Mrs. Chas tazen and Rex visited Mrs. Th. Raards who remains in frail health. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bean welcomed Donald Gert Sunday at their home. Mrs. Milton Edmons and Mrs. BJ. Prey are undergoing dental work and planning trips.
Auction notices list closing out sales near Washington and surrounding towns. Vendors include Joan Sheetz, Rev W B McCrory, Robert G Sheetz, C L Tobin, W H Buckler, Martin Albaugh, Busby Payne, C L Blake, Andy Sheetz and others. Poultry prices shown per pound with duck and horse hides noted. Feeds a brisk market for farm sales, with dates in February and locations across Washington, Keota, Ainsworth, Crawfordsville and Dublin.
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