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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1919
Page
2
Chicago market report shows opening slow to steady with hogs and cattle receipts large. Hogs high variety pricing with top around 27.70 and most hogs in mid teens. cattle mostly steady to strong with beef steers and cows quoted higher. Sheep prices range higher on killing classes with feeders firm and multiple weight categories listed.
A West Virginia poultry raiser followed extension advice by culling 39 of 81 hens last fall. The remaining 42 produced as many eggs as the original flock, while their feed bill dropped nearly in half. The notice also lists buyers in the J. M. Lord & Son Duroc herd, with names from Ainsworth to Columbus Junction and Washington.
An exchange notes a Poland China gift in the J. J. Conrad sale at Melbourne Iowa selling to H. B. Floto of State Center for 1250 dollars. It argues private sales would fetch less and that public bidding helps bidders by leveraging collective judgment.
In Haywood County Tennessee a pig club of 23 boys under 16 bought pigs averaging 78 pounds. After 180 days the pigs gained 266 pounds per animal with feed costing 0.10 per pound. At 15 cents per pound meat value the club netted about 11.97 per boy, totaling 275.31 for the group as profit over feed costs.
The W. D. Booth herd boar King Burke, a prize winner at the Iowa State Fair last year, is advertised as part of the Lord herd.
Clover seed prices for producers have more than doubled in two years with Ohio, an important producing state, reporting prices of 9.25 dollars per bushel on Nov 15 1916, 13.30 a year later, and 20.50 dollars in the same month in 1918.
Evening Journal notes hunting is positively forbidden on farms occupied by Earle Libe Frank Libe John Libe Helwick Benn Roy Schiebel D H McLaughlin and Henry Doig per farm notices.
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