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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
2
Hogs receipts 26 000 moderate activity with declines from Wednesday and yesterday mainly light weights down. Cattle receipts 8 000 better grades steady to strong with higher spots and top steers around 11 65. Sheep receipts 19 000 fat lambs mostly steady with native prices 13 00 to 13 25 and some prime Washington lambs 14 00.
Kansas City shifts in cattle hog and sheep markets show varied moves. Cattle receipts total 6600 with mixed classes steady to strong and beef and grass cattle priced up to 10.50 for top weights. Hog trade runs around 25 cents lower than last quote with early tops near 9.50 and bulk near 8.75 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 3500 with lambs steady to strong and lamb prices around 13.35 for Oregon and 13.00 elsewhere.
Cattle receipts 1,100 with steady to strong demand. Prices: fat steers 8.50 to 10.50, cows 6.00 to 9.50, veals 5.00 to 10.00, feeders 6.00 to 8.00, stockers 4.00 to 7.00. Hogs receipts 12,000. prices 7.50 to 9.00, top 9.00. Sheep receipts 300, market steady.
Official estimates from Chicago dated July 31 predict hogs at 36 000 cattle at 31 000 and sheep at 10 000 for tomorrow.
Joe Webr and children visited the John Siverts home near Harper on Friday. West Chester families including Mr. and Mrs. W C Hook and their children, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hotle, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baker and children traveled to Mt Pleasant Sunday to visit Harley Wilkin. Delbert Darner and children with Merle and Hazel Hunter spent Sunday at the Dan Roher Jr home near West Chester.
Chicago July 31 wheat rose on bullish Manitoba rust reports with preliminary prices iterating from low to higher. September futures moved to 1.32% and December to 1.36 as optimism for export demand grew. Corn and oats followed wheat with mixed moves, while hog declines pulled down provisions.
Potatoes trade slow and market weak in Chicago with 86 car receipts and United States shipments totaling 661. Kansas sacks Irish cobblers sold 1.26 to 1.40, few fancy at 1.45, poorer as low as 1.10, Virginia barrel cobblers few sales at 2.50.
Mr and Mrs John Wehr and children plus Joe Wehr visited at the Matt Wehr home Sunday afternoon. Clark Pfeifer from Valley stayed with the Hotle boys Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs Harry Davis of West Chester dined with Seth Carris Sr and granddaughter of Wayland. Royal Robertson and wife and Mamie Gale visited John Robertson's home Sunday. Clarence Lynn made a business call in Keota Saturday evening. Mrs Andy Augustine spent Wednesday at parental Carris home. Mr and Mrs John Robertson with daughters and Merle Edwards spent Monday evening at the W C Hotle home.
Des Moines notes the warmest week of the season with abundant sunshine. Rainfall varied from none to heavy, causing river overflows and damage to bridges, railroads, and bottomland crops. Hailstorms damaged fields in Kuchan and Hardin counties while corn progress lagged. tassels appeared across most areas and harvests began with good yields reported for winter wheat oats and potatoes. Fred L. Disterdick reports conditions.
New York stock market opens with renewed vigor. America Can climbs to 126 and American Waterworks hits 117 percent, up 1. United States Steel Baldwin and other industrials rise while oil shares gain on higher crude output. Profit taking causes minor reversals but overall advance persists with several issues reaching new 1924 highs. Foreign exchanges open steady.
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Farm specialist F G Churchill urges farmers to save high quality old corn for seed, testing germination above fifty percent. He warns current high corn prices may push seed corn onto the market, risking a shortage next spring while advocating careful crib checks and germination tests.
Iowa State College horitcultural experts warn that apple maggots threaten northern Iowa apples as adult flies soon lay eggs under the skin. The darker shinier fly with banded wings may be controlled by leaf sprays using lead arsenate at three pounds per 100 gallons. spraying should be done promptly for summer and fall sweet varieties.
Prof. W. F. Stewart head of Ohio State University education department said supervised farm practice for farm boys is a major possibility in agricultural education in high schools. He spoke in a briefing addressing potential programs and benefits for rural students.
Iowa State College expert outlines practical traits to identify poor producers in flocks. He lists head, comb, eyes, body, breast, legs, toes, vent, pelvic arch, abdomen, and molt indicators distinguishing good layers from poor layers.
Scott county Iowa faced an unusually quiet groundhog day with far fewer sightings and no notable weather tie ins. Local officials report no prominent forecasts or ceremonies happening this year.
Farmers announced May 15 as the official start for a coordinated campaign to kill groundhogs. Within a week about 2,000 pests were reported dead using the USDA biological survey method with carbon bisulphide in each burrow. Burrow activity had risen for 15 years, threatening livestock in meadows and pastures.
A 125-person lime and legume tour in Jackson County spanned four steps from liming to feeding timed legumes for dairy and beef cattle. Farms near Della Fulton and Hamilton showcased lime use, sweet clover pastures, alfalfa yields, and limestone equipment with emphasis on soil improvement and early Chicago market readiness.
A terse Android era sounding line urges readers to tackle grasshoppers in the fall, suggesting action and local pest control efforts.
A historical report describes a poison bran mash recipe using twenty five pounds of wheat bran one pound of white arsenic or paris green two quarts of low grade molasses and water to form a loose pack. It warns not to let poultry access the mash.
Receipts from 358 poultry flocks in Iowa totaled $23 045 91 in June up $15 226 66 from feed costs. The report records 55 227 saving hens and 748 207 eggs averaging 12.5 eggs per hen. A note urges buyers to mention seeing the Journal ad.
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