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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1931
Page
2
Chicago market reports show hogs receipts 14 000 with direct 2000 and mixed gains across weights from 149 to 350 pounds. prices range from 5 10 to 7 25 per hundredweight with gains in packing sows and various weight classes. Cattle receipts total 9 000 with calves and a market noted, all in active trading.
Receipts show mixed demand with yearlings and light steers active and better grades of vealers steady. Slaughter cattle range from 7.00 to 9.50 for various weights and grades, with bulls and cutters priced lower. Sheep and feeding lambs show steady to firm trends. native ewes and wethers fetch 7.75 to 8.50, feeding lambs bring 1.00 to 2.50 per pound.
Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 90 a m show 8 400 head, up from 7 200 last week. Prices range from 5 85 to 6 60 for various weight classes with light trading and largely quiet activity this morning.
Travers Lorrimer seeks his long lost wife through Mary Lou a young actress who poses as Delight Har ford. Mary Lou grows fond, while Delight contemplates a return to England and the truth. Mary Lou asks for a week to persuade Mrs Lorrimer to settle the matter as a safeguard for all involved.
Mary Lou insists on revealing the truth about a marriage to Delight and Mrs Lorrimer debates the past decade's sacrifices. Delight recalls leaving London to act after Larry was shot, and the pair discuss how time and fate changed them and their expectations.
A July national radio audience poll by Montgomery Ward & Company with NBC cooperation will sample listeners to select preferred program type and listening time. Four formats include orchestra drama modern minstrelsy and song. Cash prizes totaling 10000 await best letters. Broadcasts run daily for a week starting July 1 at 830 am and 1226 pm across 35 NBC stations.
Chicago market notes show steady produce receipts with mixed butter figures and unsettled poultry prices. Potatoes move on track with 339 car arrivals. market weak as regional shipments and price changes appear across grains and dairy lines.
Grain futures in Chicago opened higher and retreated with a broad range across wheat corn oats and rye. June contracts showed mixed moves while July and September positions fluctuated amid volatile trading and varied price quotes across the complex.
Chicago cash grain quotes show Wheat unchanged. Corn mixed with values around 58 to 58 percent and related figures for yellow and white varieties. Barley and Timothy prices listed with several entries. A Seneca quote about inner peace concludes the report.
Keota visitors led by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dunbar brought 150 small chickens and spoke of keeping few this year. North of Ainsworth farmers, along with Johnny Morgan and Fred Merryfield, lingered as townspeople discussed tax matters and the five day law. Merle Gardner from West Chester arranged for the Evening Journal. families from West Chester and Hastings looked on as news circulated about a local fatal accident involving David Miller, grandson of Perry Davidson. Howard Moreland of Hastings sought details on local mail carriers Charlie Ragan while W. J. Boyd joined the North of Ainsworth group to note ample activity in town.
The note details ongoing rain delaying plow shifts yet crops remain healthy. Local social events include a dinner at the Congress with Jim Morrow and others. Observations mention high school athletic field progress and farmers reporting a strong wheat and oats harvest in southern HiIn ots, with corn crop looking good. Mrs. Chadwick leaves for Ames Cedar Rapids Des Moines, and neighbors plan to miss her.
Ten girls plus two leaders and county chairman depart Wednesday by bus for Ames for the annual 411 club convention. About 1 500 club girls are expected to attend the state convention this year. Washington county delegates include Mrs KB Lb Stewart chairwoman Mrs Rennie Dawson and Mrs John Foster leaders and club girls Lenore Thomann Martha Mathers Mary Mickey Ruth Speidel Eleanor Augustine Lucille Baker Mary G Griffith Ruth Stewart Margaret Stewart Agnes Koenig.
Floyd Ericksen reports May 1921 activity for the Washington association. 344 cows in milk with 7 dry, total 61 members. average production 444 pounds of milk and 23.1 pounds butterfat. Wy Fleig & son led with 13 cows at 1,250 pounds milk and 45.5 pounds butterfat. Marvin Mathes led eight Guernsey cows at 1,036 pounds milk and 44.4 pounds butterfat. Top cows were Red White owned by VW Fleig & Son with 2 pounds of milk and 90.7 pounds butterfat, and a second high owned by BE A Hosler & Son at 1,640 pounds milk and 72.2 pounds butterfat.
County Agent Montgomery L H Rinner and Paul Gorham attend the Ames livestock judging conference this week. Sessions cover hogs cattle dairy cattle sheep and draft horses with times June 17 to June 19. The event aims to train judges and exchange ideas to promote uniform judging and better stock care.
Guidance on housing and management for growing birds emphasizes clean dry quarters kept cool, removing brooders late in brood, adding rear roosts, and ensuring ventilation. It notes sunlight warming through windows and advises opening windows in hot weather while avoiding cross drafts.
Many failures come from crowding young pullets in the growing period. A 10 by 12 brooder houses 250 chicks to 10 weeks, then cockerels and pullets are separated. Keep 75 birds in summer brooder after 10 to 12 weeks. surplus housed elsewhere. Use a low cost shelter for 100 birds and move chicks to nearby corn or alfalfa fields as they reach 10 weeks to ensure clean ground. Culling selects thriftiest pullets and cockerels for breeding. early feathering ties to high vitality and better egg production.
Eastbound trains list multiple services including Golden State Limited Apache No 12 at 3 39 a m and No 60 Local Passenger daily except Sunday 8 36 am Local 320 6 10 pm. Westbound includes Golden State Limited No 11 Apache 12 19 am No 29 Local Passenger 9 05 am 59 am No 49 Local Passenger daily except Sunday 5 29 pm 6 26 pm Freight 11 59 am Monday. Officials Goodlander and McKay note separate lines for Cayton and St. Pr & PLR RR services.
Gray Grover Custer aided Theo Orieg in corn cultivation. I B Hoxworth Glenn Green and Will Longer assisted Lew Rath with cement work. Woods and Stone near Brighton graded the road from Weekley’s corner to Howard McGatlin’s. Hazel Longer aided Mrs McKay with house chores. Ramseyer hatcheries issued final hateline eggs on the 12th.
Milton E R Ross of West Chester a Town State college graduate will join the Fisher Governor Co of Marshalltown. He reports for work July 27 and will enter a training course before entering engineering design or executive work. Ross has been active in Veishen, the annual spring exposition and the Military Circus on campus and previously worked for Commonwealth Edison in Chicago.
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