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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
2
Chicago market notes today include hog receipts about 7,000 with holdover 9,793 and hogs advancing up to 25 higher. cattle receipts around 4,000 with steers 75 to 1 lower and fat cattle 50 to 75 cents lower. lambs weak to lower with spring lambs down 25 to 50 cents.
The grain report from Iowa City shows 250 corn cars trading with No 2 yellow corn at 1.72 to 1.74 and 150 oat cars at 0.68 to 0.69. Clover futures shift with October at 21.60 and December at 21.50 as of the close.
Standings roundup for golf clubs showing leaders and position changes in the club ranking. Highlights top teams and their scores with brief notes on momentum and next fixtures.
National League results show Boston 1 Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 7, New York 0, Cincinnati 7 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 6 Philadelphia 5. American League reports 7 to 1, with no other games. American Association notes Laureville 2 Milwaukee 7, Minneapolis 1 Toledo 4 Kansas City 6, Milwaukee rain. Three League results Peoria 4, others unlisted due to weather.
The A C Miller 80 acre farm on White Way near Washington sold yesterday through J F H Taylor to W L Jackson. The sale price exceeded the 22 year old previous sale by about 20600, roughly 1000 a year in advance.
Alfalfa hay requires precise handling and rapid curing to retain leaves and value. Weather, region, and timing affect cutting, raking, and stacking practices with extra ventilation and protective thatches advised in humid areas.
A large Montana farm bureau membership organizes a state farm management association and will offer over 300 in cash prizes for advancing this work. Prizes include 100 for best kept and most accurate farmer’s account book 100 for best organized farm shown by the book and 100 sweepstakes trophy. a 25 shield will go to the county or club showing the most results.
The butter and egg markets are demoralized though prices hold higher than many years. May receipts totaled 78 856 19 dollars, averaging over 3000 daily, the largest May in 25 years, showing Washington county's strong produce economy. Cash prices today list butter 48 cents per pound, turkey and goose values, and hides at varying rates with horse hides priced at 10.60 each.
Twelve percent of patrons are cow testing association members who receive about three fifths of the money paid by the Dover creamery. In January members averaged 14.19 dollars per cow versus 5.95 for nonmembers, and yearly returns would rise by nearly 100 dollars per cow. From 1914 to 1917 butter output grew from 243000 to 320000 pounds with roughly the same herd size, reflecting higher production per cow and better patron satisfaction.
Woods Brothers Co advertise 4320 acres with 19 improvements near Lincoln. The Greenwood farms are described as historic and fertile, once owned by M Fitege and later run by Fitzgerald, boasting a mile race track, monumental barns, and exceptionally rich clay soil capable of yielding large corn ears from a 25 foot well.
A notched bronze knife dating five thousand years before the Christian era is identified as the earliest form of the Egyptian saw. Later specimens extend to the seventh century before Christ, with iron saws used by the Assyrians.
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