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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today run high for cattle at 20 000 and hogs 14 393 with heavy packer demand. Beef steers and vealers show varied premium ranges while lambs and sheep lift to new highs on strong buying. Official yesterday totals list hogs 14 393 receipts 5 059 shipments and cattle 1 4? shipments 293. Sheep receipts 2 273 shipments 292.
Journal’s Farm Department lists numerous public and closing out sales across Iowa towns including Kalona Washington Ainsworth and Keota with dates from Jan 6 to Feb 27. Hog and Percheron horse sales are noted along with Duroc Jersey and Hampshire breed offerings. A commentary on car shortages and corn and oats market conditions follows.
FE Wagner & Co reports opening prices for corn and oats with May futures values for highs lows and closes. Cash market shows 200 cars of corn at 2e to 5e higher and 100 cars of oats at 2e higher. clover futures noted with March at 31.80.
A fragmentary note lists Charles Dickens Lord Macaulay and Muller among men avowed to hold superstitions. The text also mentions a bed scene and a delayed arrival at a friend’s era, with unclear references to a rompass and a weighty error needing correction before rest.
The notice lists day prices for eggs butter beef hides and other farm goods with per unit rates and remarks a one trip co op for sale with capacity options and prices. It mentions higher pay for poultry delivered and offers a coop for sale described by capacity and price.
Gregory Russell of Lawrence County and Vivian Smith of Yalabusha County lead in poultry club work with net returns of 256 and 386.86 dollars respectively. Both won trips to Washington for highest district returns while USDA and State College supervision guided their first year and four year efforts.
Trade in rye and oats remains firm amid European demand. Corn sentiment is irregular but a large January drop is unlikely due to big receipts. Through 1920, May corn averages align with other U S costs, hog and product levels look stable against March, hog depressions have ended, and Western hog packing since November runs about 5.7 million versus 8.3 million last year, remaining below excess.
Reflections on a man who labors toward a noble object all his life and still finds no gain. The text questions whether heroism, magnanimity, truth, and sincerity yield any advantage when outcomes remain unattainable.
James M. Brockway of Letts Iowa saw a high average of 302 per head as his Duroc Jersey sows led a Columbus Junction sale that totaled just under 14 000. The event drew 300 plus attendees in the new sale pavilion with J M Lord & Son of Ainsworth purchasing the top sow King's Orion Princess for 750 and another Royal Path finder gift for 375. Their sale is set for January 31 in Junction.
Farmers Union holds a meeting at Pleasant Plain school house on Wednesday evening January 7. All members are urged to attend. H. L. Walker Secretary. 2762
University of Michigan Medical School doctors Wie and Kingery report experiments suggesting warts are caused by a virus that passes through a filter, indicating contagion risks. The findings imply warts can spread between fingers through similar mechanisms.
Maiden Island in the southern Pacific resembles a doughnut with an elongated form. A central lake fills the island’s heart and its water level rises and falls with the tide, while surrounding Pacific waters encircle the isle.
A short editorial argues encouragement yields better results than constant nagging. It states the man who is nagged continually is not valuable to anyone and emphasizes positive reinforcement over carping criticism.
An old home remedy advises using Sage Tea with sulphur to darken faded gray hair. A ready-made Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores for easy application. The product claims natural, even darkening after a few uses, and no medical cure is claimed.
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