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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1930

Page

2

Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Reported Down at Chicago Auctions

U S Department of Agriculture reports | hog sales 27 000 head with decline to 150 lower and steady bulk 11.00 to 11.50 for 160 to 250 lb animals. cattle 8 000 head with steady to lower trade on steers and yearlings. slaughter classes show varied ranges with steers 13.25 to 16.00 for 1100 to 1500 lb, cows 6.00 to 10.25, bulls 7.00 to 9.00. sheep 15 000 head, market steady with fat lambs 11.00 to 11.50 and best above 12.00.

Chicago U. S. Department of Agriculture Hitch Farrow

Chicago Grain Opens With Wheat Futures Mixed

Wheat figures show March contract at 1.11 with high 1.14 and low 2.33 while May contracts wait at 1.16 1.18 percent moves reflect steady activity Chicago trading desk notes mixed open for grain futures and no clear breakout.

Chicago Grain Market Prices For Wheat and Corn

Sample values show wheat and corn grades across various categories with mixed and yellow and white notes. Prices and percentages indicate quality tiers and shifts, including oats rye barley timothy and clover data for futures or spot readings.

Livestock Receipts Forecast for February 19

Chicago February 18 estimate Hogs 22000 cattle 7500 sheep 12000 for tomorrow. The livestock market report lists anticipated arrivals across hogs cattle and sheep with higher troughs expected in early trading.

Chicago

Clay society notes and moving updates from the Woodford area

Mrs. A J Morgan reports local events in Clay including a birthday dinner for Mrs John Hough in West Chester. Nelson Woodford and family attend. P H McCracken advertises a farm closing sale Friday Feb 21. Clarence Pringle plans to move March 1 after renting the McCracken farm. Numerous visits and moving arrangements follow with the Mowers, Bjork family, and Ross home guests.

Brinton Farm

Washington Produce Markets Crippled Prices Detail

An OCR fragment notes fruit and vegetable market prices in Washington with values such as 16¢ and 12¢ and mentions 10¢ 6¢ and 3.00 alongside 1.50, describing a crippled or disrupted market scene.

Dave Griffith of Jefferson Trains Through Washington

February 18 report notes Dave Griffith of Jefferson Iowa visiting his brother D W Griffith of Ainsworth and changing trains in Washington Monday morning He is described as formerly with Wilson Heating Co and Geo Stewart Hardware about twenty four years ago and now weighs about 200 pounds

Dave Griffith Jefferson Iowa D. W. Griffith Ainsworth Washington Wilson Heating Co Geo. Stewart Hardware Company

Miscellaneous Iowa items and notices from Ainsworth area

Reports from Ainsworth on a three-vehicle road risk at a crossing, local social chatter about performances and hospitals, Keota visitations, Davenport to Sigourney funeral travel, a grandchild death in Ohio, a first case hog cruelty claim, and a Joe Embrees call with a Poland China sow yielding eleven piglets with ten saved.

Matt Valentis Davenport Sigourney Joe Embrees Tom Ford Joe Poland China

Sow bores twenty pigs in five days at Homestead Iowa

A sow farrows nine more pigs on Sunday February 16, making twenty offspring in five days. Joe and his wife verify the extraordinary litter, dividing the first among other sons while the sow cares for the latest litter. Owens Bros of Homestead, Iowa, known for shorthorn cattle, were in Washington Monday.

Joe Owens Bros Homestead Iowa Washington Dougherty’s

Sales boom in Journal column teasers and town chatter

Weekend weather ranged about fifty two degrees between February 15 and 17. The Journal notes growing sales will appear in future pages. Joe Bauchman of Kalona plans to stay busy and keep working toward another year of earnings. J B Walker contemplates a single year policy amid rising seasonal activity. J W Lambert from Route 3 is mentioned in passing.

Joe Bauchman Kalona Joe J. B. Walker J. B

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