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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1934
Page
2
Hogs around 16 000 head with 7 000 direct sales, market steady. Light weights 140 to 160 pounds good to choice 4.00 to 4.60, heavier categories 4.40 to 5.19. Cattle and calves total about 5 000 cattle and 1 500 calves with drought cattle included. Steers and heifers show broad price ranges across weights, cows and cutters noted.
Consignors and buyers are advised the weekly sale moves to Wednesday to accommodate eastern buyers. Expect a strong run of hogs including spring pigs, heavy hogs, sows with litters. Cattle include fresh cows, springers, cows with calves, Shorthorn and Hereford calves, 450 to 550 lb yearling steers and heifers, plus dairy and beef bulls. Sale larger than usual. notice stresses Wednesday as the date. R F Smylie manager. Klotz & Duncan auctioneers.
Cutter cattle quoted 1.50 to 2.60 for bulls, 8.00 to 8.75 for good beef, 2.25 to 3.50 for common and medium, 4.00 to 6.50 for good and choice wealers, 3.50 to 4.00 for medium, 2.50 to 3.50 for cull ind common. Stocker and feeder cattle steers 500 to 1050 lb good and choice 4.50 to 5.50, common and medium 4.50 to 8.25. Sheep 6,000 active spring lambs and yearlings, springers 9.00 to 9.25. Slaughter lambs 90 lb down good and choice 8.60 to 9.50, common and medium 7.25 to 8.75. ewes 90 to 150 lb good and choice 1.50 to 2.45, tall weights common and medium 1.06 to 1.75.
Chicago June 22 40. Produce market notes show HGGS steady with 62 781 cases and 12 percent current receipts dirties. Butter unsettled with 16 174 receipts and varied percentages for specials extras firsts and seconds. Poultry market steady with truck arrivals and counts for fowls springers broilers leghorns ducks turkeys roosters and leghorn broilers. Potatoes on track with arrivals 76 shipments 1 290 and market steady.
U P notes show corn market Figures for mixed and yellow varieties with No 4 mixed at 56 cents, No 2 yellow at 63 to 65, No 2 yellow at 57, No 6 yellow at 65, No 1 white at 51, No 2 white at 61 cents. Receipts total 76 cars.
The Midway Sale pavilion will shift regular combination sales from Tuesday to Wednesday to satisfy consignors and buyers. The change, in effect until further notice, aligns with community needs and continues to offer livestock farm machinery and other articles. The next sale is set for Wednesday June 27 with the advertisement on this page.
The article notes Maryland and West Virginia require a clergyman to officiate marriages, while Delaware accepts the same rule with Wilmington mayor exception, and other states allow civil officials as an alternative.
Grain table from Chicago on June 22 shows various price ranges for wheat corn oats and rye with monthly and yearly comparisons. The data lists July September and December contracts along with opens highs lows and closes and minor shifts from the previous year and yesterday.
Brief items from nearby towns compiled by D F Macon. Local happenings include social events, small town goings on, readings, church notices, and community arrivals and departures.
A June 22 Washington update records a .92 inch rain, farm reports on crops and horses, highway work by local workers, and visits from residents and a few light social anecdotes. It mentions Walter Duvall and Walter Romine recovering from hospital stays and lists neighbors aiding with subscriptions and family revisits.
The Richmond Public School closes its 1923 24 term with eleven enrolled pupils two girls and nine boys. May 17 was the annual school picnic followed by a pupil program in the schoolyard. Several visitors attended and students joined Richmonds Memorial Day program in late May.
Marjorie Lytle reports a hot but lively school day with a large pot luck dinner and a program. Several students earned perfect attendance and cleanliness, many attended the medical parade, and three eighth graders graduated from the Methodist church. Donald Marek led county grades with a 96.
The article notes the African hare can leap distances up to 20 feet in a single bound. It highlights the animal's surprising reach and agile hind legs as a notable wildlife fact.
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