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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today hogs 30000 holdover 10997 cattle 12000 sheep 25000. Second report notes heavy packing slow with hogs and cattle mixed by weight. Beef steers top 25 up with various weight classes and cattle categories listed alongside prices. Official yesterday receipts and shipments for hogs cattle sheep calves provided.
Grain futures figures show July at 1.93 to 1.93 and 1.93, September touching 1.94 to 1.96, December around 1.62 to 1.65. Oats and corn car counts indicate modest shifts, with oats at 0.80 and corn around 1.96 to 1.97 for No 2 YE and No 2 W O. Clover futures list October at 29.00 and December at 28.00, December coffee at 21.05.
In the National League no Balhen played as rain affected Wednesday results. American League shows Washington and New York with Raj, Reston, and Cicage in a 4 6 score spread. details are incomplete but multiple teams posted results amid rain delays.
H W Mineart reports fall wheat about 20 bushes per acre and oats at 42 bushes per Town 108. Horse nettle weed control advised with smother crops sorghum and careful cultivation. suggestions for rows two feet apart and post harvest hoeing. Melo Shalla’s Duroc herd showcased for October 4 sale. Details on Blackleaf Forty spray for hornworms with Bordeaux mix and lead arsenate as options. First spray when burning appears, then a second in 7 to 10 days.
The note clarifies calf relation to Black Cap Clipper and Iowa State College farm sale figures. It warns of a potato leaf hopper outbreak in Iowa fields, detailing risk to leaves and plants and recommending spraying with Black Leaf Forty or kerosene emulsion, plus improvised spraying methods.
The notice promotes Mutual 12 W S Reister & Sons Butter Eggs Poultry and Cream offering high produce prices. It urges selling old hens and roosters, mentions six motor trucks collecting poultry, asks customers to notify if not contacted, and notes $276,742.69 paid to patrons in the first half of the year. It cites potential government control if business grows further and reiterates paying prices as of Wednesday July 16th.
Fred Bauer of West Chester shipped a 1310 lb load of his own fed cattle to Chicago where it sold on Wednesday July 16 for 17.75 per hundredweight, the top price for its class. The cattle were consigned to John A. Babcock whose new cattle men have attracted recent attention. Only one other load of cattle sold higher that day, a 1150 lb long yearling at 17.85.
The National Swine Show and Exposition will be held September 29 to October 4 at the Iowa State Fair grounds Des Moines. Pro grams pair with pig club events offering about 1500 dollars in prizes across ham and bacon and corn shows, with college judging contests and two live stock programs planned.
The article notes livestock and meat packing as the nation’s largest sectors, with U S sales near 1 billion in Chicago and total daily market activity around 20 million. It urges market managers to wield strong authority, standardize records, and ensure cheap food for consumers while yielding higher returns for dealers.
A reflective quotation by Donald Sage Mackay describes friendship as the transformation of service into a new motive. It reframes daily tasks as vessels of joy, redeeming life from drudgery through shared purpose.
City marketing specialists emphasize vigilance and a competent manager as the core for successful municipal markets. Proper operation lowers costs, passes savings to consumers, and boosts turnover, making markets competitive with private outlets and preventing wasteful delays.
In Audubon July 17, Mr L B Burk of the US Department of Agriculture leads a South American delegation touring western Iowa. They purchase pedigreed cattle for Uruguay, paying E B Thomas 4000 dollars for Shorthorns, taking options on Herefords from A Masterson, and visiting Irwin Avoca and Atlantic to view herds.
Oskaloosa July 17 directors of the Southern Iowa Fair Association ordered immediate erection of a 15000 stock show and sale pavilion in a special session. The decision followed plans to sell 100 more shares of stock and was approved in the committee rooms of the Oskaloosa National Bank.
A weekly bulletin from the Iowa Weather and Crops Service reports widespread beneficial rains across most regions, with a rare 45 year storm at Dubuque causing seven deaths and substantial damage. Harvests face delays in heavy rain areas while winter wheat yields reach 15 to 18 bushels. Corn advances well and alfalfa second cut begins in the southwest.
Willis Browning of Pattonsburg Missouri reports his wife was cured of a bilious attack and years of constipation after using Chamberlain's Tablets. Lemmon's Drug Store endorses the remedy through an advertisement.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes rising Iowa land prices attract attention from neighboring states and doubts linger about permanence. Conservation-minded bankers avoid loans at current values as rapid gains spur new land creation by draining swamps and straightening crooked streams, notably the Skunk River projects in Washington County.
Health officials in the Philippines pursue a industry built on the dried juice of papaya as a medical alternative to pepsin. Researchers test extraction methods and aim to establish production that could supply pharmaceutical needs locally and potentially for export.
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