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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1918
Page
2
Chicago July 17 Estimates show cattle receipts about 11 000 and hogs around 18 000 with current bids weak to steady. Lambs and sheep receipts near 8 000 with firm to higher values on prime and choice lots, shipments yesterday totaled 11 962.
Live stock consignments directed to John A. Babcock Commission Merchant U S Yards Chicago Illinois Rooms 27 29 Main Floor Exchange. Close of grain futures reported by FB Wagner Co Iowa City J B Hunt manager phone 726. Corn prices show high 1.61 low 1.58 to 1.69 with various bids and closes around 1.60.
Letters from Mrs. T Neurever of Eau Claire and Mrs. D Gilkeson of Youngstown praise Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for curing croup whooping cough and severe coughs. They claim quick throat relief and diminished coughing after using the remedy for children and adults. Lemmons Pharmacy in Washington markets the product as a long trusted cough and bronchial remedy.
A reflective piece notes that life holds toil and worry for everyone and that the Fates may bring unforeseen trials. The author urges acceptance of responsibility and resilience in facing inevitable challenges.
Mr. Robertson recalls a Crawfordsville man who learned new cattle feeding methods at ag school. He split the herd with his son to test both approaches. By period end the father admitted the son was correct and called him a real sport. They are scarce.
Frank Stronsky plans a 30 by 26 foot house with a second end 36 by 86, four porches, eight rooms, and modern amenities. Nearby, a mare was killed by lightning after grazing near the house. The report also covers oat and wheat readiness, threshing plans at Ralph Ashby’s, and tile drainage discussions for wet field spots. Lambs from F E Rickey’s ewe total nine over three seasons, and a pump issue at C E Rickey’s deep well is noted alongside a Sunday visit from Erwin Rickey.
Rev J J Pritchard aided W W Eyestone with oats but other helpers unnamed. Eyestone aims to finish by Wednesday. Lyle Oldfield reports his brother John Wasson drafted, the fourth from one Wellman family. Oldfield, nearing harvest end, notes oats yield may beat last year’s 52 bu per acre from a 400 acre field.
Henry and Elmer Horning and neighbors hauled Horning's hogs on Wednesday morning. Getting a car full of fat hogs off relieved tension at home and helped with chores.
The report notes hogs of mixed weights including 200 pound young fall hogs and spring yearlings near 400 pounds, with old sows in the mix.
Joe Hines hauled hogs the day before and used some of the same neighbors, causing two mornings of rising around three o clock.
The British government avoids bread rationing by diverting cereals from animal feed to bread making. By reducing animal feed and increasing potato usage, they save weeks of bread supply and ease the food shortage while many wealthier families cut bread consumption in half.
A letter from Paris to a U S food administration attaché outlines strict wartime bread rules. Paris blocks white bread and substitutes ruin bread quality, sparking illness and cutbacks on cream sugar butter and desserts in hotels and restaurants.
France has lost 2,800,000 head of cattle since the war began. Of these, 1,000,000 were lost in the invasion of ten northern departments, leaving a remaining 1,000,000 head. Surviving cattle have also suffered weight loss, with meat averages dropping from 170-200 pounds to about 60-70 pounds.
A aphorism states that selfishness is not a disease of the mind though it causes pain. The remedy lies in deliberately practicing its opposite. The author links moral conduct to physical well being.
In Dubuque Iowa Hon David F Houston Secretary of Agriculture praised the nation’s farmers for planting 23 million acres more of leading food crops than in 1916 and for expanding livestock numbers. He noted support from land grant colleges, state departments and agricultural press aiding production and marketing as war demands grew. He warned urban society often overlooks rural effort and highlighted the department’s broad actions to boost seeds labor and fertilizers while preparing for wartime production.
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