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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
2
Hog receipts estimated 17 000. hogs steady to yesterday. Cattle receipts about 6 000. market steady to yesterday with packers bidding about 10 lower. Calves and veal brisk trade. lambs and sheep with bids uneven. overall market slow with direct trade very slow and prices around yesterday’s levels.
Edith Augustine reports ownership of a three year old ewe with 21, 27, and 24 pounds over three years. The Breeder's Gazette discusses Angus calves fed by Washington high school boys under hh M Visquain. Telegraphic notes from Washington claim a president bought a champion bull for charity with an autographed $1 bill. The piece also hints at corn silage analysis with detailed composition.
A nationwide effort to aid the Red Cross through pedigree stock advances with a July 2 auction of Short horn bulls in Birmingham Alabama. About fifty bulls from fourteen states contribute to the fund with proceeds allocated to the purchaser's local Red Cross chapter. The plan aims to spark community enthusiasm and rivalry.
Silage analysis shows red clover gives crude fiber around 8.4 percent versus corn silage at 6 percent while crude fiber digestibility runs 53 to 62 percent. Farmers like Widmer Jones Clegg and others praise silos as vital for conservation and cattle gains.
The listing notes five successive years of good silage and directs readers to page 7 for prices on tractors, gas engines, and silage cutters.
A Mencken quip notes that wealth is measured by earnings beyond a brother in law. It appears in the New York Mail as a witty observation on domestic economics and social status.
The Japanese and Chinese persimmons are praised as high ranking ornamental trees. In full leaf they are handsome without adornment and when loaded with orange and orange-red fruit they rank among the most striking garden features. All thrive in California and in some Southern states.
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