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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1944
Page
5
Property listing shows pasture rental near Washington with contact J. J. Nayadley at route R37-14, box Re. Local reference 12513. Rent details not provided in readable text.
Ambrose Hermann returns home for a ten day furlough to help with harvest at his parents farm. Katherine drives the tractor and assists with field work as Ambrose aids in the hay harvest during the stay in LIVING LAKE in July.
Six rooms with electric lights water and toilet on East Main St priced 2250. Five rooms with electric lights gas two blocks from Court House priced 1550.00.
Chicago market notes hogs at 20 000 head slow to 10 cents lower across weights. Top hogs near 14.00 with many 12.90 14.50 ranges. Cattle mostly steady with fed steers and yearlings around 12.00 14.50. calves 1 000, top 17.40. Sheep steady. spring lambs around 15.00. large hog and cattle totals estimated.
Chicago July 11 UP. Produce figures show Figges receipts at 11 742 cases with extra firsts 36.4 and 33.3 for current receipts 33.5 and dirties 20. Poultry market steady with 1 car and 17 trucks reported. market firm and unchanged.
Chicago cash grain report lists corn and oats prices with specific bid values. Data shows 1 red special and 1 red special heavy lots with corresponding figures noted for July 11.
Wheat and oats market rows run alongside a rural farm page update. The column notes harvest progress with oats ready to start cutting next week, desire for rain, and family visits including Jean Walker returning from WAVES for a July 19 wedding. Local residents and guests are mentioned with small-town social details.
Ongoing weekly event at Whittaker sale barn features community livestock and farm goods auction every Friday. Local farmers and residents attend to bid on cattle horses hay and related farm items in a regular community sale setting.
Iowa faces a 130 million bushel corn crop under favorable weather, with planted acreage up by 500 thousand. July 1 estimates peg yield at 45 bushels per acre on 11,346,000 acres totaling 510,570,000 bushels. last year produced 460 million on 10,860,000 acres.
July 11 report notes Ira Graber sold his farm to Elmer Roth. The item trails local social visits and events including gatherings at Schantz and Widmer homes, harvest helpers, and residents traveling to Hanover area. The piece mentions a hay accident and a Buck the horse’s death, plus ongoing farm work and a July Living Lake school meeting.
East Highland notes report social visits among residents including the Mayo family at The Elms and several Sunday gatherings. New parents include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerot with a son born Sunday morning. congratulations also to Dana Musser and Austin Collins for baby girls born July 4. Community updates on home repairs, farming activity, and school staffing are included.
Impregnation with a resin solution fills wood cells but does not change fundamental wood properties. The wood still shrinks and swells with humidity, and the grain raises when a sanded face meets moisture.
Washington extension director J. W. Chandler cautions farmers to delay harvesting the new oat varieties. He notes rust resistance keeps stems green, producing larger kernels with less hull, increasing binting risk. Allow four to five days after heads appear ripe and wait until moisture falls to around 14 percent before binning.
Due to an uptick in stored grain insects in Iowa, granaries should undergo a thorough house cleaning before storing the new crop. Steps include sweeping out dirt and old grain, spraying the interior with water white kerosene, airing out, and applying hydrated lime to remove odors before resealing the bin.
The above precautions, if followed, will save for feed many precious bushels of grain which might otherwise be lost.
Funeral services for Mrs Linas Wood were held yesterday afternoon at Sherman's funeral home with Rev. Ivan Riess officiating. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery with pallbearers Harry Hazlett John Work Irv Gallagher H G McCreedy Will Lins and John Ruth serving.
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