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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1919
Page
2
For Des Moines Iowa the forecast covers June 2 to June 7. Temperatures in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys are expected below normal early in the week and normal in the first half with generally fair weather in the second half.
Estimated today receipts hogs 48 000 cattle 22 000 sheep 18 000. Hogs sold unevenly but mostly steady with Thursday’s averages. top 20.65, most 20.55–20.60. Cattle slow with bids lower. beef steers 11.00–17.00 for various weights, cows 5.75–13.00, bulls 8.25–11.75, veal 14.25–15.50. Lambs and mutton firm to lower. lambs 9.50–15.50, yearlings 10.75–13.25, ewes 4.50–11.50. Estimated receipts today 158 000. Market slow to unevenly lower.
Prices for hats and textiles listed with figures such as 1.69 percent and 160 percent, along with several closing and low quotes. The notice credits BR. W. Wagner & Co. and J. B. Hunt as manager with contact details.
Washington County farms show strong demand as land values rise and produce prices stay high. Real estate firm Godfrey & Eldridge report sales of 874 acres in two weeks, surpassing $200000, while local farmers push livestock campaigns and bank backed own a cow initiatives to boost dairy farming.
In rolling Iowa terrain soil erosion from ditches is a major problem. New and widened ditches after heavy rains waste land, hinder farming, and reduce land value. A remedy is to stop water from leaving the field by plugging ditch heads with straw and earth held by branches and pinned posts, keeping water in the original channel.
A Indiana farm reports hogs gaining 2.08 pounds daily with seventeen hogs on 1.9 acres of corn yielding 98.52 dollars per acre in pork. In New York a Hicksville dairyman increases milk by one quart daily per cow after spraying with oil from auto crankcases. A farm creed emphasizes breeding productive hens and culling non producers.
The 1919 Iowa egg handling law goes into effect May 25. Reister & Sons pledges compliance, notes increased handling costs, and requests patience from customers while delivering eggs. Prices for eggs and poultry are listed, with general guidance on carcass disposal and storage for delays.
The European corn borer now covers over 300 square miles near Hoston Massachusetts after invading New York earlier. It damages corn and many plants with a single female producing over 300,000 descendants. Eradication efforts are underway to protect crops and livestock tied to corn.
A War War II era report outlines plans to build community farm settlements for soldiers returning home. It envisions near home jobs, coordinated housing, roads, and markets, with co operative farms and a center village to provide schooling and amenities. The Interior Department awaits congressional action as to funding.
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