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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1940

Page

7

Healthful heating and home moisture control offered

Green Colonial installers provide constant, even heat with proper humidification for homes and businesses. Eyeready Plumbing and Heating and Green Foundry & Furnace Works of Des Moines offer installation, factory engineering, and service for coal or oil burning systems. Also for sale: dining room suite, brigidaire, and various farm hay products. Pearl buttons marketed as washable, lustrous garment adornment.

Green Colonial Eyeready Plumbing Green Foundry & Furnace Works Des Moines

Markets Chicago Hog and Cattle Prices Fall in Early Trade

Chicago markets report hogs steady to 10 cents higher with top at 6.70 and various weight ranges listed. Cattle and calves show market strength with light steers 7.25 to 8.75, fed steers 8.60, heifers 6.75 to 7.60, and beef cows 5.50 to 6.00 amid steady to firm tone. Sheep and lambs remain steady with fat lambs 9.25 to 9.40 and ewes 4.25 to 4.75 as receipts trend up.

Chicago

Chicago Grain Table Report February Open High Low Close

Grain table from Chicago dated February 16 lists Wheat Corn and Oats futures with May July September contracts. Prices shown include various percent changes and closing values across wheat corn and oats, reflecting a concise market snapshot.

Chicago

Chicago Cash Corn Markets Report

Chicago wheat and corn prices listed for February 16 show mixed bid ranges across corn and oats. Soybeans quote options include multiple yellow and white bean values, reflecting market uncertainty.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Update

Chicago reports February 16 market data with eggs receipts 9,831 cases and 21 percent current receipts. fresh graded firsts 22 percent and extra firsts 224 percent. Poultry receipts include 20 trucks with small hens 16, spring chickens 17 to 19, and broilers 17 with no price changes.

Chicago

Railroads pay far more in taxes than fuel costs in 1938

The Association of American Railroads reports railroads paid nearly 100 million dollars more in taxes in 1938 than they spent on fuel to operate trains. A Texas study of six farm families found heads averaging 50 years old with two children per family awarded as Master Farmers.

The Association of American Railroads Jexas Parm Texas

Early sowing boosts barley yields in Iowa trials

Lowa State College agronomist L C Burnett reports four years of barley trials show early sowing yields tops with nine varieties. Early sowings averaged 42 bushels per acre, late 36.4 and very late 28.5 in Ames, with northern Iowa showing 34.2 vs 29.5 bushels for early and late dates.

Lowa L. C. Burett Iowa State College Ames Towa Burnett Iowa Spartan Wisconsin

Farm Security leases promote tenant stability study shows

Dr. Will W. Alexander reports most Farm Security Administration tenant borrowers now hold written leases. About one quarter of these leases are automatic renewals or exceed one year. The program aims to curb mobile farming, noting 1935 saw about 5 million tenant farmers move with high relocation costs and landowner losses.

Gi Kammiade University of Illinois Iowa State College Kammilade Animal Husbandman Illinois Alexander Farm Security Administration Will W. Alexander F.S.A Secretary of Agriculture Farm Security

Tyrone Social Roundup Notes Local Visits and Spelling Contest

Hollis Bradshaw Virginia Davidson and Joan Hafferty attended a spelling contest at Hard Scrabble School Friday afternoon. Marion Smith helped Walter Sheetz with his butchering Thursday. Several families visited the Otto Sheetz and George Bond homes Sunday afternoon.

Otto Sheetz Tyrone Hollis Bradshaw Virginia Davidson Joan Hafferty Marion Smith Walter Sheetz Omar Crawford Roy Halferty Donavan Bales Des Moines Jesse Bales Richland Emmett Zaiger Baby Washington George Bond Fred Sheetz Josephine Singmaster Lloyd Bradshaw Gilbert Marrow Nick Tinnes Waldo

Miller and helpers complete Monday woodcutting task

George Bond and Lelan Sheetz assisted Gilbert Morrow in sawing wood on Monday, completing the scheduled chopping work.

George Bond Lelan Sheetz Gilbert Morrow

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