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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1921
Page
2
Chicago cash and futures show hogs firm with strong tone and higher bids lifting feeder and slaughter prices across cattle and sheep. Grain quotes remain mixed while wheat and corn futures drift, with official livestock estimates and shipments tallied for the day.
A compiled list details multiple farm sales and public auctions across Iowa from January to February. The notices include sellers like Shaver, Fry, Ingram, Mathers, Mayhew, Duncan, Badger, Duttwiler, Scranton, Burns, Yoder, DeLong, and many others, with locations near Washington, Keota, Ainsworth, Crawfordsville, Katona, and Columbus Junction, plus city property sales and Duroc bred sow sales.
The Swift farm department reports receipts not large enough to meet current needs with high prices in storage and calls for better cream quality to lift butter markets. Poultry prices rise but show resistance near week end. A USDA note explains rinderpest origins, spread and import controls to protect U S livestock, detailing signs and progression.
West Chester on Sunday dispatched four stock cars to Chicago. A letter from a wife in Los Angeles says she saw an orange tree bearing both oranges and lemons. The writer notes it would provoke speculation if a man claimed the same.
Des Moines reports local snows at week start with colder weather to follow for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. The piece also notes birds entering pairing season, with many singing displays described as trills during descent in flight.
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