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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
2
At President Wilson's request Ford would accept the nomination if tendered. Fox and Dewey advertise a gray kid pump and Oxford shoe with military heel at 86.00, plus a 5 percent coupon for 20 cents in trade. The coupon applies to any store purchase.
The Chicago market shows steady opening with yesterday’s average. Hogs receipts today about 20 100. prices range from 16.00 to 16.70 for various classes. Cattle receipts 5 000 with steers 17.80 top and calves 16.75 to 18.00. Sheep receipts 7 000 with primes 17.75 to 18.25 and ewes 14.00 to 14.50. yesterday’s totals include hogs 33 180 and cattle 15 398. shipments 3 500 hogs and 2 275 cattle.
The Journal's Farm Department notes options for catch crops along the Skunk Iowa and English rivers and Crooked Creek. Early corn millet cane buckwheat can recover value after flood. Dan Hesseltine sown buckwheat on overflow ground and saw solid returns. Lewis Dunbar split fields between millet hay seed and corn with good feed and some grain. Cane yields heavy hay when seeded at thirty pounds per acre. Sudan grass underperforms compared with cane. J A Harwood & Son sell barnyard shoes with oil dressing. Jaques of the U.S. Department of Agriculture visited for grasshopper damage, recommending poison bran where pests rise. Web worm has caused corn losses and replanting, controlled by tillage and crop rotation to starve the worm.
The article notes worms harming corn and pastures delaying planting and stresses control measures. Mr Jaques advocates soap suds for garden lice using one pound of soap per ten gallons of water to aid pest management.
Wool from sheep on the White House lawn fetched 5000 at a Nebraska Red Cross benefit sale. Boston had previously set a record with a bid of 1000 a pound, but that mark was surpassed by the Nebraska bid.
Enthusiasts in Nebraska advanced the price to 2500 dollars per pound according to the Breeders' Gazette. This surge reflects rising interest and market demand among breeders and investors in the region.
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