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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1924
Page
2
Hogs receipts 70 000 with mixed prices across weights led by good to choice 260 300 pound hogs at 7.10 to 7.16 top. Cattle receipts 12 000 trend later arrivals with best long yearlings around 12.00 and bulk steers 8.25 10.00. Sheep receipts 15 000 slow with fat lambs steady to strong and most fat wooled lambs 12.00 13.50.
Hogs receipts 9,000 slow to steady. best 220-260 lb hogs 6.70 to 6.90. Lights 160-200 lb 6.40 to 6.70. Packers buying sparingly. Cattle receipts 4,500. fed steers and yearlings demand firmer, bulk 8.00 to 9.00. top steers 9.65. yearlings 9.50. canners and cutters up, bulls strong. Vealers to packers 9.50 to 16.00. Sheep receipts 6,000. lambs steady to strong. wooled lambs 12.75 to 12.85. clipped 10.60. ewes 7.50 to 7.75.
Hogs receipts 13 000 with 5 to 10 higher. good weights 140 to 180 pounds 7 20 to 7 35. Packers hold back. sows up 10 cents. bulk 6 25 to 6 35. Cattle receipts 200. market light on steers, cows bid lower, canners 2 15 to 2 59. Vealers 13 50. sheep receipts 500 steady with lambs to packers 13 10 and natives 13 00. calls 9 00. light mutton ewes 7 56.
Sioux City Iowa cattle receipts 1 800 active market killers strong stockers weak fat steers and yearlings 8.00 11.50. hogs receipts 11 000 market steady top 6.80 bulk 6.60 6.80. sheep receipts 1 500 market steady.
Kansas City cattle receipts 3,000 with calves 800 and hogs 11,000. Cattle mixed to firm with best steers up to 9.65 and beef cows steady to strong. stockers scarce and mostly steady to weak. Hogs weak to 1½¢ lower with top 7.00 and 176 to 200 lb pigs around 6.75. sheep lambs steady to strong with lambs lifting and ewes up to 5.25. Stock-wide market tone cautious but selective demand persists.
Chicago trading sees corn and oats advance as wheat prices jump aided by Liverpool demand. May wheat climbs to around 1.09 while July nears 1.07 as commission houses drive buying and Western weather hinders movement. Provisions stay firm as hog values slip and corn ends unsettled with minor gains.
The Associated Press reports in Des Moines that three Iowa congressmen filed for renomination at the secretary of state's office yesterday and today Cyrenus Cole of Cedar Rapids C C Dowell of Des Moines and W F Kopp of Mount Pleasant. William L Carney of Manilla joined the group seeking nomination as railway commissioner.
Chicago markets report No. 2 hard wheat at 1.11 percent, corn values range across grades, oats and rye prices listed. A late day retreat follows forecasts of a cold wave and light snow, with eastern selling easing the market and May and July futures finishing higher.
St Paul market notes cattle receipts around 8000 with varying classes, beef steers down at least 5.00, cows and heifers mostly 3.75 to 5.00, stockers dull, calves 9.50 to 9.75 for best lights. Hogs receipts 21000 with few early sales, bids 6.40 to 6.60 for butcher pigs, mostly steady. pigs and stock pigs 5.75 to 6.00. Sheep receipts 1000 steady, native lambs 12.50 to 12.75, western lambs around 13.10 for 84 pounds, fleshy sheep 6.00 to 7.50.
The report lists Tomorrow's expected receipts with 52000 hogs 6000 cattle and 14000 sheep as the main market totals. Farmers anticipate strong showings for hog prices and meat markets amid rising supply in the livestock sector.
The senate reforestation committee urged immediate policy to raise timber output on land suitable for forestry, presenting its report today in Washington. The plan focuses on accelerating production growth on appropriate lands.
The United States public health service traces its origins to an 125 year old organization created as the marine hospital service to provide medical and surgical care to merchant seamen.
The government will measure salt variations across Atlantic regions to gain a clearer understanding of ocean current paths, since currents typically carry different salinity levels.
A sequence of sale dates lists farmers and sites from January to February. Entries include Hillhouse and Belgard at Brighton, McCoy and Rose at Crawfordsville, Elias Williams trustee, C L Gray Keota, Myall near Washington, Glen Miller near Taskins, R F Hamill Crawfordsville, Mike Trier Keota, Lambert and Sigafoose near Washington, H T PD Henderson near Keota, Henry Witting Crawfordsville, Chas Bohac near Ainsworth, John Anderson near Ainsworth, Ed Hotle near Keota, C R Richards near Keota, C E Griffith Wellston stock sale, P W Palmer near Washington, and James K Helmick & Son at Columbus Jct.
Iowa and Nebraska Methodist Episcopal members in the Omaha area contributed 4.84 million dollars in four years to the Centenary expansion fund. Nebraska led with 1.246 million, Des Moines 1.238 million, Upper Iowa 862,695, and several other conferences combined. The yearbook notes strong growth and that over 67 million has been raised nationwide, fueling foreign missions, home missions, education, and other church agencies.
Yellow rain in the Yukon and red snow in Greenland are described as caused by distant pollen from pine trees and windblown minute vegetable organisms such as bits of seaweed. The pollen travels on air currents then settles, producing the colored deposits observed on the snow.
Fully ripened honey kept in a proper container can last indefinitely without moisture exposure. It usually crystallizes within weeks or months but can liquefy at any time while maintaining flavor and texture.
A damaged OCR note describes a starfish behavior to right itself by bending two arms backward then lifting to land on its lower surface. It mentions the nerve ring connects the mouth and that severing it impairs function, in a fragmentary Natural Magazine style.
The Spanish American War exposed the heaviness of dark blue uniforms for tropic service. A lighter khaki service uniform was introduced, and by 1902 the entire army dress regulation was changed to reflect the new standard.
Iowa Farmers receive guidance on prepping for a new season. Advice covers stock warming, crop planning, ice supply, meat smoking with cheese cloth, poultry breeding rules, incubator selection, strawberry mulching, tool warming, and horse shoe roughening to prevent winter injuries.
The article estimates that if the world’s forests were fully stocked and scientifically managed they could annually yield the full equivalent of 80 to 120 times the present coal consumption. It discusses potential scale and implications for energy and resources.
Advertisement notes beef hides and horse hides with a premium per unit and offers to pay added cents for poultry delivered.
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