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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts and cull estimates across cattle hogs and sheep. Opening sales steady with tops and price ranges noted for steer heifers cows bulls veal calves and lambs. Yesterday’s receipts and shipments provided with today’s expectations and market tone described.
The journal lists multiple farm sales in January including Cherryholmes and Huston in Crawfordsville, Clegg Brothers in Ainsworth, and Lewis Evans in Ainsworth plus a Beatty sale at County Home. Harvey Hoyle posted a strong sale despite bad weather. demand for Tank Heaters from C W Busby Co. out of Washington exceeded supply amid cold. December weather was mild with snow across the state and a generally good crop outlook for winter wheat.
R E Owens sold a pair of two year old pure bred Percheron mares to Mr Tice of Oskaloosa. Tice paid 790 dollars for the pair after shipment Monday. Owens raised the animals on his farm south of town and considered them worth the price.
Paul Klotz reports fields overrun with rabbits making travel difficult. While snow covered the ground last week he went after cows across a forty and gathered six rabbits by hand, noting that for he could carry only a small number. He adds the day was not favorable for rabbits.
Mrs George Reinbold of Waterloo township is named champion turkey raiser as her flock of 116 birds sold in Waukon for 280 dollars. The article notes the rise of cooperative bull associations, starting at Michigan Agricultural College in 1908, and lists 36 active groups in 17 states by 1917 with 1158 members and 189 pure bred bulls. It also describes Farm Lessons at Camp Dodge where Y M C A instructors from Ames teach soldiers farm topics, including bee culture threshing etiquette and a Fordson tractor demonstration, reflecting farm interest among camp residents.
The December weather and crop review from Charles I D, head of the Iowa crop service, predicts a bumper wheat crop this year. A generous snowfall from Christmas onward has shielded winter wheat from the cold wave.
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