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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market report shows mixed livestock activity with hogs and cattle receipts and varied price ranges. Beef steers reach up to 16.00 with midrange 11.75 to 14.25. calves strong. lambs and sheep up to 18.00. pigs and sows spread across steady to higher bids. Shipping totals indicate large daily movement across hogs cattle and sheep segments.
Journal notes multiple public sales in Washington area with dates March 9 to March 13 including Chas Ghalla and Wm. Gal loway and Haskins stock and grain sale. Med. 10 and closing out sale. Breeders FE Paul and Joe Pieper plan purebred sales September 28 February 1 March 15 with daylight times. Readers invited to send farm items to the Journal.
In O'Brien county a sale of pure bred White Leghorn chickens owned by Miss Margery Baadte drew strong competition. Roosters sold up to $10 each and some birds weighed about 10 pounds, with the offering bringing nearly $600 in total.
Secretary Meredith of the United States Department of Agriculture has purchased several Spotted Poland-China sows from Henry Field’s sale in Shenandoah Iowa. Meredith’s farm lies near Des Moines and his fourteen year old son shows interest in agriculture and the breed.
At the annual meeting the Harrison County Town Farm Bureau adopted a resolution refusing any involvement with foreign promotion schemes. Members urged farmers to invest locally in familiar ventures and avoid foreign schemes. The secretary was instructed to refuse furnishing Farm Bureau member names to anyone.
A year after hype of a world hog shortage the author argues for a fixed supply to central markets. He estimates 27,000,000 hogs should reach eleven central markets annually with monthly targets from January to May and notes exports may end the prior surplus.
Wallaces' Farmer argues for trimming hog production to about 27,000,000 hogs yearly at the eleven central markets. It cites monthly totals for 1920, notes 5,000,000 excess hogs, and urges a balanced reduction rather than drastic cuts to reach a steadier supply and aligned export prospects.
The Evening Journal notes Maryland as one of the original thirteen states. Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, received from Charles I a charter in 1682 granting him possession of Maryland and Delaware. He governed the colony as a feudal lord before it became a state in 1777.
Waterloo March 9 The county attorney reports the state attorney general holds farm tractors are tax exempt as useful farming tools while threshing machines used on one farm are not exempt. The ruling notes tractors are common and necessary in farming though threshers are owned by only a few farmers and may gain status later if broadly adopted.
Black Hawk county farmers own about 300 tractors valued at 200 to 1200 dollars each. Assessors seek guidance on taxing tractors after consulting Mr Wenner and following attorney general opinion. Eighteen township assessors have not yet returned books to the county auditor. If entered for assessment tractors will be exempt per the AG's reading of statutes and supreme court cases.
Ten Presbyterial conferences in the Town and Nebraska synods of the United Presbyterian church will display the New World Movement programs to the denomination. Delegates from most congregations will attend these gatherings as teams are trained for the effort.
In Pittsburgh details explain aims of the movement and church methods to reach objectives. The New World Movement targets 12 percent of membership with a $16 000 000 financial drive to run April 25 to May 2 alongside the Interchurch World Movement campaign. Speakers include Rev A B Kelly Miss Laura Cleland Rev Mark Roy and others with meetings scheduled across Iowa Nebraska and Colorado in March.
Ruined text describes butterflies facing suffocation and harsh treatment by lines and wings. The fragment hints at food use and cruel handling, with references to fate and pressing.
The New York egg market fell 12 cents per dozen while butter weakens. Poultry remains steadier. cull flock and convert boarders into cash. Fur season ends March 15. sell on hand. Prices today include fresh eggs 83 cents per dozen, cream 62 cents per pound, hens 27 cents, turkeys 2 cents, horse hides 8 dollars each, beewax 23 cents.
Reported remedy advises staying off damp ground and keeping feet dry while eating less meat and drinking plenty of water. It promotes four ounces of Rad Salts daily for a week to eliminate uric acid, claims Jad Salts from grape and lemon juice with lithia aid kidneys, and touts lithia water as beneficial to joints and kidneys.
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