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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1932
Page
2
Chicago hog prices fell to the year's low as receipts swelled. Good light and medium hogs sold 4.00 to 4.10, heavies 3.60 to 3.75. cattle receipts 15,000 with a slow but steady market. lambs 7.00 to 7.25. sheep 25,000 with an easy market.
Chicago market report shows hogs at 67 000 with prices 10 to 15 cents lower and top at 4.10. cattle 15 000 steady with beef steers 7.50 to 9.00 and calves 6.50 to 9.00. sheep 25 000 steady with lambs 6.50 to 7.25 and yearlings 4.50 to 5.50. Pigs and stockers noted in ranges.
Combined U S D A hog receipts for 48 hours ending 8:00 A M show 89,300 hogs at 21 yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, down from last week and year. Prices vary by weight from light at 2.85 to 3.40 for 140 to 160 lb hogs to 2.85 to 3.25 for 290 to 350 lb hogs, with sow quotes and bulk averages from 2.40 to 3.50. Heavy weight hogs and light weights show different ranges, with bulk good to choice 170 to 220 lb at 3.00 to 3.36, and long-haul weight shrinkage affecting pricing.
The Chicago produce market lists creamery extras 2114 standards 21 extras to 34 percent firsts 19 to 20 percent with packing stock 13 to 14 percent. Butter totals include 9626 tubs with Begs 8984 cases current 14 to 15 percent extras 16 to 163 percent firsts 15 dirties 11 to 12 checks 11 to 12. Cheese items include young Americas 1244 longhorns 12 to 13 brick fancy 12 daisies 1234 double daisies 12144 prints 12 to 13 twins 11 to 12. Live poultry prices show turkeys and young hens 20 percent, young toms 17 percent, old 15 percent, No 2 13, hens 514 lbs and up 15 percent No 2 8 leghorn.
Fragmentary OCR lists varied livestock and produce figures including springs 124 percent, leghorns roosters ducks and potatoes with ears and shipments by region. The garbled item shows mixed prices and grades such as Wis. sacked round white No 1 and Idaho rus sets No 1.
Seed prices list red clover alfalfa timothy and rye with bids from 4.75 to 18.50 per unit. Grain table shows wheat corn oats rye futures with mixed open high low close figures for March May July and Sept contracts.
Grain receipts listed include Wheat 15 cars Corn 209 cars and Oats 43 cars reflecting market activity.
Los Angeles hosts a February 27 Hawkeye reunion organized by Henry W. Wright president of Hawkeyes. About 150000 Iowa residents and visitors will gather at Lincoln Park for a daylong program beginning at 2 PM with speeches by Wright and Lieut. Gov. Frank F. Merriam and music by White King quartet and Piney Woods boys.
Brief from the Journal's subscription desk compiling items from nearby towns. Highlights include community events, local meetings, school notices, and council updates with names and places where available.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sheets shopped in Washington Saturday morning while their son prepared to speak at the Dutch Creek declamatory contest near New Haven church west of Washington. Mrs. Nannie Dickinson and sister Mrs. Lev Barnes of Brighton shopped in town. Petratz and son of Brighton Route 3 visited Washington. W. G. Edwards, Crawfordsville telephone manager, was in town praising service. Child jokes about language at marbles, golf aside. Alex McCreedy praised for keeping his Journal and the American.
C L Rice of Delhi Delaware county and Boyd B Nevill of Clearfield Taylor county members of the Farmers Union are in Washington this week to attend hearings on agricultural bills before the senate agricultural committee Farm interests from across the nation converge for the same purpose The Iowans were among today’s callers at the offices of Senator Smith W Brookhart
February sale entries list events in Iowa towns including Columbus Junction Crawfordsville and Col. Junction. Horse sales and bred sow sale notes appear with dates like February 10 February 11 February 16 and March 1. Names Chas Brown C M Maxwell R F Smylie & Sons are shown among sellers and organizers.
Old home town news reports Floyd the Rural mail carrier out of Noble. Frank Tierney of West Chester troubled by a carbuncle. Manton Hebner and sister Mrs Tracy Phillips called to Chicago for Nellie’s illness. Ernest Strum from route 6 visits. upcoming weather hints at sunshine. Knight Wagner old farm sale planned for Feb 16. church service affected by illness with Leigh Soule delivering a Y M C A sermon.
Congressman William F. Kopp of Mount Pleasant joined seven midwestern lawmakers in Washington for a meeting to press Reconstruction Finance Corporation for fair consideration of Iowa North and South Dakota Minnesota Idaho Wyoming and Montana. A seven state committee will present policy to the corporation with Thomas J. B. Robinson of Hamp ton as Iowa’s member and Dawes as RDC president briefed.
Turner notes Iowa state institutions incur lower per capita costs than federal facilities of similar type. Monthly costs range from 20.69 dollars at Glenwood school for the feeble minded to 65.44 dollars at Oakdale sanatorium, with the average expected under 30 dollars per month.
The committee aims to secure ample funding for department needs and push decentralization of the corporation so borrowers outside major financial districts can deal directly with local agents of the finance organization.
Des Moines Iowa report notes the state board of control achieved 410000 in savings for Iowa institutions. The item highlights efficiency gains and budget reductions across the state system.
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