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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
2
Opening slow trading shows hogs 10 to 15 cents lower than yesterday's average with top at 17.80 and bulk sales 17.40 to 17.70. Cattle receipts around 10,000 with steady to firm bids for good beef. sheep and lambs also mixed with declines noted. Receipts yesterday totaled 56,863 hogs and 15,897 cattle, with shipments outlining fat lambs and veal calf activity.
Camp Dodge remount station expects to realize 150000 to 200000 dollars at a big auction on January 14. Horses and mules will be mustered out of service with stockmen from Iowa and nearby states bidding. Mounts drafts food and pack mules go to highest bidder. unsold animals may be offered again January 28.
A list of farm sales and public auctions in southeast Iowa with dates, locations, and items including Durocs and Hampshires livestock and miscellaneous stock. Notable prices include cows to 152 a head and yearlings to 175. total sale value reported at 11 556 42. The report also highlights J A Porter’s record clover hay and seed yield near Morning Sun and retail value of corn and oats.
W F Edmondson ships 135 hogs on Wednesday with neighbors’ help. The load nets just over $6,500 as farmers prove there is money in farming amid shared efforts. Columbus Gazette.
The Columbus Safe guard notes farms for rent are very scarce for next season. Inquiries at the office exceed those of recent years as best farms are rented or held back awaiting sale. Farming is praised as honorable and profitable but requires substantial capital to buy and stock.
December temperatures were mild and moist in Iowa with heavy snow from Christmas onward. Snow protected winter wheat across most counties, with some northwest damage from freezing thaw, and corn husking nearly finished. The crop look improved, easing next spring labor, while hogs and other livestock faced influenza impacts.
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