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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1919
Page
2
Forecast for the Des Moines area from July 7 to 12 calls for temperatures near normal with occasional local showers and thunderstorms across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
Chicago markets show today receipts of hogs 63 000 cattle 15 050 sheep 40 000 with fair to active trade. Hogs top near 22 40 while beef steers and feeder cattle rise 25 to 50 cents. lambs 25 to 35 off with western lambs weak and ewes varying.
The close shows 325 cars of corn up five cents to 1.88 and 1.89 for No 3 yellow. Oats steady to firm with 450 cars at 0.70 to 0.72 for No 3 white oats. Clover and cotter prices range around 27.10 down to 26.26.
Spring and fall wheat suffer serious injury from heat and drought. June prospects looked bright, but recent hot days reduced yields. Farmers C A Hask and son Willard note a six foot four inch corn stalk in hog pasture, illustrating drought impact. Disease in corn causes bluish green foliage and rotting stems. infected fields resist cleaning. Reports should go to county agents or the Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station pathologist in Ames.
Ames Iowa July 7 Wool grown by Iowa farmers last season will be graded in the next two weeks Tom C Stone sheep specialist of the agricultural extension department of Iowa State college left here yesterday for Chicago where the wool is waiting to have grades put on it He is secretary of the Town Sheep and Wool Growers association under whose auspices the wool is being marketed He will supervise the grading for about two weeks This marks the first effort by Iowa farmers to secure higher prices through improved marketing Last year Ohio farmers using similar methods obtained nine cents a pound Members of the Iowa association hope to match that success with their first clip
In Knoxville Iowa on July 7 the Sherwood brothers W and T S shipped two carloads of hogs to Chicago. The largest shipment in years weighed 350 pounds with an average of 298 1/2 pounds. One truckload totaled 3 340 pounds and cost $671.73.
Leading soils and farm crops men from the middle west met at Ames for two days to examine fertilizer and crop experiments at the Iowa State College experiment station. They reviewed data on phosphates and observed plots on the agronomy farm and college farm as part of a broader regional study.
Take-all, a fungal disease, infects fields in Madison County Illinois causing dwarfing and sickly plants. Some fields already plowed and re planted are affected, with patches more common in low wet areas. The fungus originated in Europe and Australia and has recently spread into the United States.
An old market ad from Washington Iowa lists dairy and poultry prices with mentions of hot weather effects on demand. Fresh Kegs candled eggs and butter fat test are quoted, along with Old Hens Roosters Spring Chickens and various animal hides and rabbits offered by W. S. Reister & Sons.
The botany section reports multiple Black Medick specimens from various state sections now appearing on lawns. This annual weed with three leaflets and small yellow flowers crowds white clover and yields little forage. Extermination by cultivation is easy, but on lawns prevention of seed formation or cutting below the surface is advised.
Professor R S Herrick of Iowa State College outlines summer pruning guidance for unpruned winter orchards. Prune by mid July, avoid heavy cuts, remove dead wood and diseased branches, prune mainly old trees, cut close and parallel to live branches, paint large cuts with white lead mixed with raw linseed oil, and keep pruning light to improve sunlight and control scab.
Wells, of Washington, consented to ship five Kentucky thoroughbreds to the city for the parade. The sorrel stallion was noted for his capability and the black stallion, though not arriving in time for the parade, performed at the park. The kindness of Mr. Wells was greatly appreciated.
A suburban backyard poultryman recalls 1914 poultry house construction for 15 hens expanding to 60 with Belgian hares raised for meat. He used rabbit hutches, grass feed, and weeds to produce about 75 rabbits in two years while eggs and poultry supplied meals with low costs and simple care.
July 7 report says H. C. Craver aged 74 died after a ladder fall while picking cherries. He suffered internal injuries and hemorrhage followed by apoplexy. County Attorney Harry Longland also fell from a tree and is recovering with concussion and bruises. Wayne Farley, 17, who broke a arm earlier, remains at Iowa sanitarium with specialists optimistic about saving the limb.
A baby girl weighing eight pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Thallas on Fifteenth Avenue and Avenue L in Council Bluffs. The infant was born with six toes on each foot and six fingers on each hand.
A healthy lively infant with six fingers on each hand attracts attention in the neighborhood, becoming the pride of the family and a source of curiosity for local residents.
A desert curiosity, the coughing bean, is a yellow scrub in Sahara sands. Its pores clog in heat and a powerful gas builds inside, causing a loud explosion resembling a human cough to escape.
In Sibley Iowa on July 7 a plane owned by William T. Cook of Kansas City crashed from 200 feet killing 22 year old Daryle Hoff man seated front in the aircraft. Pilot Jerry Ellerbroek was seriously hurt with a dislocated hip and arm and facial injuries. Ellerb rook is expected to recover.
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