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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1932
Page
2
Hogs sold mostly 3.30 to 3.50 with top at 3.55 as 19 000 head moved, 7 000 direct to packers. Cattle receipts 1 000, prices steady with calves and stockers unchanged. Sheep market steady to strong, lambs 6.50 to 7.00, 7 000 head through.
Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended this morning totaled 26,300 up from 25,800 a week ago and 19,700 a year earlier. Prices ranged from 2.25 to 3.05 per pound depending on weight and grade, with light to heavy weights quoted across multiple bands and sow and boar categories listed.
Agricultural market notes report butter, eggs and cheese prices with varied quotes. A personal column relays letters from Crawfordsville and Urbana area residents, plus town notes on events in Brighton and Evergreen Farms promotions and a political scene with candidates Turner and Herring.
Journal subscription representative reports brief items from nearby towns. Local happenings include community meetings, school events, and notable residents. Summary highlights reflect small-town life with concise notices and quick updates.
Longhorns and poultry terms noted with weights and classifications. U S shipments, potato car counts, and regional price ranges narrated, ending with political advertising reference.
Market notes show red clover fair to good at 9.59 to 12.50 for common grades and 12.75 to 14.00 for fancy. Sweet clover around 350. Alsike 9.00 to 12.50. Timothy priced at good 3.10, choice 3.15, fancy 3.40.
Wheat 10 cars, corn 80 cars, oats 39 cars are listed in grain receipts.
Chicago traders study a grain table noting Wheat futures with July and September listings and mixed price marks as of June 3. The snippet shows July 56 56% and Sept -58 59 57 57% with unclear context or complete contract details.
The listing shows mixed futures quotes for CORN and OATS across July September and December contracts with varied percentages and cents, including July corn at .29% and .20% in different columns and oats near .22% and -.24% in several entries.
Chicago June 2 cash grain report shows Wheat ranges with categories red mixed and yellow plus white grades. Corn values list multiple color grades with percent ranges, oats show white categories and sample values, rye and barley report none.
The Cocos or Keeling Islands form a group of 28 atolls in the Indian Ocean between Ceylon and western Australia. They are owned by the Scotch family of Clunies-Ross but have been under British protection since 1865, administered through the Straits Settlements.
Consignment includes cheap horses 120 feeding shoats 30 pigs six sows to farrow soon and boars. 250 hogs sold last Tuesday. Weekly sale of fresh cows and springers with stock cows to freshen soon. Also light steers heifers spring calves vealers corn plows paints household goods and new hardware. Inquiries for cheap horses quality cows grass cattle and brood sows plus soy beans.
In Iowa the state entomologist and colleagues warn of a record grasshopper plague as the hatching season advances. Western counties Plymouth Woodbury Monona and Harrison report the worst infestations with migration feared to other districts. Farmers face lack of funds to buy poison bran though state stocks exist.
Archaeologists at Maadi outside Cairo uncovered ostrich eggs believed to be the world’s oldest. The eggs, preserved in a large earthen jar, are estimated to date over fifty centuries.
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