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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts show 35,931 hogs, 13,602 cattle, 31,015 sheep. Hogs steady with later declines. heavy weights and light weights vary. Cattle ready mix with calves slow. beef steer prices, cows, and bulls listed with ranges. Shipments total 4,446 hogs, 4,440 cattle, 4,366 sheep, 20 calves.
Closing grain futures from FE Wagner & Co in Iowa City show corn at 61 cars tone up No 2 with 1992.01 price, oats at 179 cars tone steady with W 0 06 80% and 49.00 for Clover October December Coffee at 21.25 per unit.
Washington July 2 government printing office halted extra copies of the Mooney report after officials complained of hostile language and violent descriptions. Special agent J BKB Déepemore alerted Speaker Gillett to the delay as printers refused to handle the material.
The journal lists government wheat standards with appearance and moisture specs and outlines a finality driven dispute process via the Grain Corporation Vice President and United States Wheat Director. It reports IRS report issues, horse industry declines, export demand shifts, and a Duroc Jerseys fall sale. It notes Popcorn growers in Wall Lake township and Frank Parkinson selling a 1918 crop for over 21 thousand dollars with 300 acres in corn.
Fragmentary notice indicates a Pall Sale involving R. F. Smylie of Columbus in June with few readable specifics.
Prices of most commodities are rising rather than falling with footwear and apparel expected to cost more in fall and winter. Building material is not expected to drop and building in cities is strong. Wages remain high worldwide, delaying purchases only if waiting years is acceptable.
County Agent Martin notes over ninety sheep owners in Clay County and urges all farmers with even a single fleece to join the local wool growers group. The Iowa state market has boosted fleece prices from 35 to 60 cents, delivering thousands in gains, while local dealers attempt to undermine the cooperative. Farmers are urged to support organized marketing and boost the sheep industry.
A poultry specialist from Iowa State College warns external parasites will erode profits quickly. Lice mites fleas air sac mites and ring worms are common, with head and body lice most frequent on chickens. Lice multiply rapidly and mostly live on the fowl, laying eggs on down feathers as young cause irritation.
The text outlines symptoms of a foul bird such as drowsiness and poor appetite, remedies for head lice on young chicks using vaseline, and notes that body lice stay on the bird. It warns against dipping, favors dusting, and gives a home made powder mix of stock dip with crude carbolic acid and gasoline to treat fouls on cement or plaster of Paris.
The article describes hogs at the USDA Beltsville Maryland experiment farm using water pools for cooling. Hogs avoid the water at peak heat, preferring shade around pool edges. A second pool with distant shade is added to compare economic gains between lots and monitor weights for efficiency.
Disking stubble ground as soon as the small grain has been cut or removed gives several important advantages. It kills weeds that would otherwise develop. It destroys insects, conserves surface moisture, and opens soil to receive rain.
Iowa State College reports that disking corn stubble after harvest improves soil aeration and moisture, boosting bacterial activity and soluble plant nutrients for the next crop. If clover fails after small grain, reseeding by toro disking of stubble soon after cutting helps establish stands when rainfall supports late summer growth. Disking small grain stubble remains beneficial even without reseeding.
Chicago July 25 William Midden dorf of Wilmette identified the bank robber who died in Evanston hospital of wounds from a gun battle with police in Wilmette as his cousin Arthur W. Stokerman once a Joliet patent medicine maker in TL.
A sale offers a few good farm boars and sows bred by Perfect Model. The 1000 pound show boar Iowa's Orion Cherry Wing is touted as one of the best breeding Cherry King boars. Proud Pathfinder, a full brother to the $5 000 Great Pathfinder, is also featured.
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