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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1919
Page
2
Chicago market update details today receipts and holdovers for hogs cattle and sheep. Prices show top hogs around 21.40 with variety of weights and grades listed. Cattle and sheep sections note steady to slow demand with specific ranges for steers heifers bulls cows veal calves and lambs.
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The article explains tonnage as the vessel’s freight-carrying capacity measured in tons of 40 cubic feet each. It notes interns cyttes or capacity concepts and their use in expressing a ship’s loadability.
Journal notes F M Smith, a leading Poland China breeder in Crawfordsville, has 27 years in the county and plans to consign at a fall sale under the Washington County Breeders' Association. The piece also touches on hog prices, corn futures, and crop acreage forecasts for markets and tax contexts.
The piece surveys corn and hog futures in Chicago with highs for September corn at 178% and December at 156% amid fears of small acreage and inflation. It notes weak eastern corn use, Argentina supplying corn, Europe feed crop losses, high corn costs impacting cattle feeding, and a volatile price outlook tied to Europe demand and credits.
The text discusses hot weather affecting eggs and butter fat, with rising egg prices and uncertain supply due to flies and potential drought. It cites paying Mrs. L. B. Hoyle $470.16 since March 22 and reflects on dairy farming as a viable income, urging Iowa land to produce for urban demand. It lists various animal product prices and farm outputs in a compressed ad-like note.
The USDA surveyed milk dealers in Boston Philadelphia Detroit and Pittsburgh finding skim milk waste minimal. Most surplus was converted into cheese milk powder condensed milk buttermilk and casein with peak surpluses in May June for Boston Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and February to April in Detroit. Dealers with large manufacturing and market milk operations reported larger surpluses year round. The department stresses using all skim milk efficiently and that handling methods vary by dealer.
Federal grain supervisors demonstrate grading methods and equipment used at terminal markets to farmers, millers, and elevator men across Ohio Indiana Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma and Texas with plans for Michigan and others. They show sample grades of wheat corn and oats and how moisture dockage and weight per bushel affect grades and prices.
Iowa 103 oats show strong adaptation to upper Midwest soil and climate with high yields. A Blackhawk Farm Improvement Association survey of 1918 oat yields in the county reports 69,048 acres totaling 2,653,201 bushels, 44.9 bushels per acre overall, with Iowa 103, Iowa 105, and Kherson averaging 48.57 bushels and the others 41.3. Alarm over apple crop losses due to scab fungus prompts calls for disease control.
Town State College reports indicate heavy rains will likely ruin much of the apple yield. Experts advise a third spray of lime sulfur and arsenate to combat fungi and insects, possibly a fourth spray by late June or early July with Bordeaux mix, promising up to a 50 percent crop if done promptly.
Secretary Baker declines all bids to repurchase 143 million pounds of surplus army canned and cured meats at 25 to 50 percent of government cost. Negotiations will follow with purchasers of any quantity, with cities and states invited to buy at cost.
The author argues walking downstairs is easier than ascending and urges people to use stairs more. They claim stairs save time and reduce elevator demand, lowering current and fuel use notably.
The army worm has heavily damaged crops around Dallas and Fort Worth. Farmers are urged to stay vigilant east of the Rockies and use ditching and spraying with Paris green or arsenate solutions to control outbreaks. Identify worms by greenish body with dark stripes and mass migrations that threaten fields if not promptly crushed or trapped in ditches.
Forecast for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for a chance of local showers between Tuesday and Thursday with generally fair conditions otherwise. Temperatures to run above normal except during the showers.
Paris reports the France-United States convention was signed by both governments. The covenant reportedly includes several articles and allows Pearce to request American and British aid if Germany violates the peace treaty. The coincidence with the peace treaty signing is seen as a display of unity among allied states to ensure treaty execution.
Berlin reports the government states troops fully control Hamburg with arrivals expected to restore normal conditions. Gustav Noske, national defense minister, proclaims ruthless suppression of disorders and reserves the right to impose martial law where necessary.
Coblenz June 30 The occupation army allows fraternizing as the rule against it is a dead letter per Colonel Dodge provost marshal Twenty officers and soldiers publicly announce engagements to German girls after secret liaisons during wartime
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