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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market notes estimated receipts of hogs 44 000 with 11 836 left over. Cattle receipts 8 500 with varying price ranges for heavy and light weights. Calves and sheep also shown with bid ranges and day’s shipments. Official yesterday totals list hogs cattle sheep calves receipts and shipments.
Market notes show corn futures opening high with small gains led by January and May contracts. Cash corn trades at 235 cars with modest discounts. oats near steady. A separate feature promotes pedigree value, arguing pure bred sires ensure lasting quality through lineage and offspring performance.
The article notes bird lovers who settled in Florida and miss northern songbirds like the robin and oriole, claiming the Mockingbird’s varied song fully compensates for those lost tunes. It discusses how the Mockingbird’s music appeals to northern transplants in their Florida homes.
The article explains the seasons arise from the sun's apparent movement along the ecliptic as Earth orbits the sun. It notes the vernal equinox brings longer days in the northern hemisphere while autumn occurs in the southern hemisphere, described across two hemispheres.
Journal's Farm Department details multiple farm sales and auctions across Washington and Keota Iowa from January 17 to February 27. Entries include buyers, farms, and sale types such as closing out and public sales. The last item notes a dairy herd auction with 21 head averaging around $150 and top cows at $197.00.
Readers are asked to send or call in farm items to the Journal office. Submissions may include livestock shipments public sale prices or any items of special farm activity for local inclusion.
Chris Horning oversaw a successful sale with one of the season’s largest crowds. Horses topped at $400, sows $157.50, corn $1.55 a bushel, oats 93 cents, calves $53.50. Brown and Sutherland acted as auctioneers in a smooth, well-attended livestock and implements sale.
The Brighton auction room saw strong demand as Lloyd and Waggoner advertised Guernsey cattle. Bidding climbed for several pens, with buyers from nearby farms securing quality animals.
J B Davidson of Iowa State College reports that increasing plowing speed from 2 to 3 mph raises draft 8 to 12 percent depending on soil, while tests by Prof David Son in California and Ames show doubling speed boosts draft to 25 percent and work done by 90 to 100 percent. Furrows improve in smoothness and pulverization at higher speeds. stubble ground plows perform well at 4 mph.
Sheep expert Tom C Stone from Town State College recommends one to two miles of daily exercise for ewes during mid winter to prevent lambing difficulties. If possible place watering troughs away from pens or scatter roughage in fields to encourage movement. On rainy days keep ewes in the barn but otherwise allow outdoor exercise. proper feeding is crucial to ensure milk and successful lambing.
The guide warns against excess grain and suggests a daily half pound grain ration possibly as one third oats and one third corn. It recommends two pounds of hay such as clover alfalfa or soybean, with silage and roots as light succulents.
revival meetings continue this week with sermons on The Great Acquittal and Life of the Flesh vs Life of the Spirit. Attendance grows and prayer meetings are scheduled for tomorrow morning for the four wards led by Mrs Kilgore Kerr McChesney Humston. Young People’s night Sunday invites all unassigned youths to attend.
A Boston Transcript citation notes a girl calling vaudeville “T like vaudeville” and jokes that the intermission lasts until the end, reflecting amused audience chatter about stage timing.
Mrs. William Nehis of Des Moines says her daughter Rella weakened after influenza and nervous, fretful, unable to study. After three bottles of Tanlac she regained vitality and strength, returned to school, and remains grateful. Sold locally by Sherman Bros. and others.
In 1862 on November 4 Richard Gatling patented the first rapid fire gun. Despite proven value the Gatling gun saw little Civil War use as the government clung to muzzle loading cannon and rifles.
Turtles in Madagascar vary in shape from oval and fat to thin and flat. Natives fish them at dawn when the sea is smooth as turtles surface to bask and nap before being caught.
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