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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1943
Page
7
Every year millions of head of livestock are brought to feed lots in the sugar beet areas for fattening. They are fed beet by products including leafy tops pulp and molasses. An acre of sugar beets yields 300 pounds of meat and 3 500 pounds of pure sugar.
A furnace firepot overheats when a house is cooled then a roaring fire is built to warm it quickly. The design assumes steady operation and avoiding rapid temperature swings to protect the fire bowl.
Hogs steady near 14.20 after a week of 30 percent higher receipts causing a 25 to 30 cent decline. Cattle fed steers steady to firm with gains 10 to 15 cents. top 1,319 pound steers at 17.40, yearlings 16.65, most heifers 13.75 to 16.00, top 16.90. Vealers unchanged. Sheep up 15 to 25 cents with clippers 16.00 to 16.35, clipped lambs 14.75 to 16.25, natives 16.25.
Chicago cash corn and soybeans prices from June 12 show No 3 yellow soybeans at 168 percent futures basis.
Chicago daily market notes show poultry prices unchanged across the board with no active shifts, indicating steady demand and supply conditions. Trade sources report stable quotes from major buyers and sellers in the early session.
Open high low and close readings for Wheat Corn and Oats across Sept Dec and July maturities. Reports show varying figures such as Wheat Sept at 1455 1464 145 and 146, Corn Sept 105 Dec 101 July 105, Oats Sept 66 66 66 with Dec values around 66 and Rye around 100 to 103.
Argentina substituted linseed oil for 15 percent of fuel oil needs. To offset higher linseed costs, 85 percent of the blended fuel was to be sold at the official fuel oil price. Argentina has large linseed oil supplies due to wartime shipping limits on exports.
Salaries for governors range from as low as 3,000 to as high as 25,000 annually in New York. Other notable pay levels include 20,000 in New Jersey, 18,000 in Pennsylvania, and 12,000 in Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas. Three states pay under 5,000 and three exceed 12,000, with most figures between these bounds.
Dr Harvey C Rentschler reports an experiment suggesting gas atoms dissolve in crystal metal structures like salt in water. This dissolving loosens electrons, causing easier emission from the metal when heat or light is applied, solving a 40 year mystery.
During the 1942 prune harvest in Payette County Idaho all business houses closed until 4 p m daily to allow employees to help gather the crop.
Washington County Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids for 2387425 gallons of MC-3 cut back asphalt. Proposals due June 35 1943 at 1 36 PM with certified bid bonds and a minimum guaranty of 750 dollars.
At 1 30 o clock P M June 26 1943 the Board of Supervisors of Washington County will open bids for heating and apply 237425 gallons of MC-3 cut back asphalt and 47650 cubic yards of stone chips from Grace Hill Quarry. Standards and special provisions of the Secondary Road System and Iowa Highway Commission oiling earth roads apply. Special provisions dated March 1 1941 and March 2 1942 govern the work. Apply 4750 cubic yards of...
Charles Kennedy near Washington reports a 250 bushel capacity hog feeder cuts labor costs. One filling serves his herd for two to three weeks with minimal rain exposure. The skid mounted feeder moves easily by tractor and plans are available from the County Extension Director.
Analysis suggests at least four billion pounds of dry milk solids could be produced from surplus separated milk across the United States. The process would preserve milk sugar, protein, minerals, and the water soluble vitamins, notably vitamin Bl, often missing in diets.
Governors versed in law include six attorneys general, 11 county attorneys, six city attorneys and six in roles as U S district attorneys or assistants. Thomas E Dewey of New York and Dwight Green of Illinois gained national fame prosecuting racketeers in New York and Chicago.
A home mixed grain and protein ration supplemented by bread scraps fresh vegetable trimmings or home grown vegetables and roots provides proper feed for rabbits.
Pilot William F. Leeper of Valorosia earns his wings on May 28 and takes a seven day furlough. The column notes numerous visits and health updates, including Mrs. Ezra Christner’s operation. Vera M. Bratten returns to Des Moines. and farming activity with oats and alfalfa.
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows Canada produced paints pigments and varnishes worth $40,183,625 in 1941, up 33 percent from $30,109,130 in 1940. Ontario plants produced about 47 percent of the total, Quebec about 41 percent.
Max Gipple, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Gipple, lies in an African hospital with shrapnel injuries after a salvage dump job. A May 21 letter notes a broken bone between shoulder and elbow. Leonard Arthur of Columbus City reports meeting Marshall Smith of Columbus Junction in the Aleutians.
Resistance welding uses water cooled copper jaws that clamp two metal pieces. Electricity passes through the jaws into the metal, generating heat to fuse the inner surfaces and join them tightly.
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