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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1919
Page
2
Hogs receipts estimated 43 000 with Saturday carry 21 587. Cattle? 23 000. Sheep 17 000. Hogs opening slow to steady with top around 17 85 and most ranges 16 65 to 17 75. Calves and stockers mixed with prices 7 75 to 20 00. lambs 14 00 to 16 25 bids. Receipts and shipments for yesterday noted. today’s activity shows steady demand and higher spots on choice butcher hogs.
The notice catalogs farm and stock sales across Washington area from Jan 28 to Feb 27, naming breeders like Blaker Brinning Glassburner Crandall Brothers Humble Davis Mahann Shaver Fry Leeper Trier Kendrick Vohaska Fisher Hulme Lord McGraw Musil Rathmel Jackson Bosley Longer Cherry Rogers Ledore Busby Stewart Miller Duncan Rittenhouse and Boyer. It notes Frazier sale results near Brighton with prices for corn horses calves cows and a strong Smylie Durrocs sale preview with herd leaders Perfect Model and Golden Model Booster.
The piece notes a manager named Hunt at E. W. Wagner & Co. in Iowa City Iowa with a contact phone extension 726.
R F Smylie a Duroc man in Columbus Junction readies his sale on the 10th listing breeding stock and farm supplies. Local breeders and buyers are invited to inspect animals and participate in the auction event.
Hampshire man E C Stone advised buyers at the Glenn Hayes sale that a good brood sow is worth about 100 and that sale average claims are overstated. He listed respected breeders and noted well bred sows yield strong farm returns as illustrated by L W Grossenp’s experience with three sows bought for 192.50 that produced significant profits including shoats and future births.
Iowa Farmer reports D. H. Zentnir e, agent for Iowa county, endorses eucalyptus oil fumigation to treat infected hogs. Hogs are confined in a tight space, water boiled, fumes released from about 10 ounces of oil, then ventilation opened. The method is a stimulant to bring blood to the lungs and loosen phlegm, not a cure but has shown success in local herds.
The department of agriculture released an estimate showing a total value of 8,830,204,000 dollars, an increase of 546,808,000 dollars from the previous year. The figures indicate growth in agricultural assets and related market values.
A campaign to recruit 1000 or more members for Polk county Farm Improvement association starts this week with a Monday noon Chamber of Commerce meeting. The get-started session will include the board of directors and two committeemen from each township. The group aims to expand its successful activities and broaden its scope with more members.
Forecast covers Jan 27 to Feb 1 for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Temperatures near or above normal early week then turn much colder toward the end. Local snow and rain expected Monday or Tuesday and again Thursday with periods of fair weather.
Livestock on farms and ranges across the United States was valued higher than a year earlier as of January 1, with gains reported in Washington DC and nationwide markets. The January 1 value reflects broader farm economic trends and stronger demand in the livestock sector.
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