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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
2
Estimated today hog receipts 16,000 with steady to 25 higher early sale values. Cattle receipts about 4,500 with best beef steers steady. bulls and calves steady. Sheep receipts 18,000 with native lambs unevenly steady to 25 off. top lambs 17.25 yesterday’s close. Official yesterday totals: hogs 29,021. cattle 12,895. sheep 23,418. calves 4,140.
Korn futures show July to December grain prices with slight changes and daily ranges. Oats trade at nearby and deferred contracts while cash market notes indicate carload offerings and price differentials for corn oats and clover and coffee futures values for October December.
Chicago July 18 news notes no rise in flour prices despite the basic price of wheat advancing to two dollars thirty cents at New Orleans and Galveston. Miller B A Kittelhardt says the move was to align port parity and not affect domestic flour costs.
The Iowa Valley Sugar company awarded the Belmond beet sugar factory contract to the Dyer company of Cleveland for 1 125 000 dollars. Construction starts immediately and is to be completed for the 1920 season with about 175 workers over fourteen months. The plant will be modern with the latest machinery and by programs to utilize by products. Seed for 1920 21 planting has been secured in Europe with 750 bags to be shipped at once.
A bulletin from Armour and Company notes sheep are inexpensive to raise with wool covering costs. The wool clip pays for keeping the flock, while income from mutton and lamb is largely profit. Demand favors well finished lambs, with weight ranges varying by season.
The article notes bee farming as a major poultry activity. It cites the 1909 census showing US egg production above 1,591,000,000 dozen valued at over 306 million dollars, highlighting bees as a key agricultural sector.
The Barred Plymouth Rock Association of Farmville Virginia formed in 1915 has grown to a capital stock of 1500 dollars and a dedicated manager. In five months it earned 7500 dollars. members hold over 6000 hens and pullets and sold 1000 of the cocks to northern markets in spring 1916.
The market report notes continued advance in produce prices despite heat. It urges selling old hens and roosters now to move income, with six motor trucks collecting poultry. From January to July, patrons received 276742.69 dollars, part of a 11 million dollar East revenue, and warns of possible government control if business grows.
Marketing poultry and eggs causes large preventable losses totaling 75 million dollars in poultry and 46 million in eggs annually. Losses fall on producers and consumers, with spoilage and poor quality reducing prices and curtailing supply. Regular shipping or delivery of eggs two to three times weekly is advised.
Local Beekeepers advise buyers against marketing bees taken from nests described as stolen or unknown quality. They emphasize home use and caution against commercial resale to avoid quality and legal issues.
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