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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1929
Page
2
Market receipts total around 25 000 sheep and cattle with varying prices. Prices span from 900 to 1500 pounds for cattle and 600 to 1175 for hogs and porkers as buyers show uneven demand across weight classes.
Prices for beef and sheep show wide ranges with receipts, opening bids, and packers not operating early. Local weather notes report a small rain sprinkle aiding roads and a church-lot radio program discussion. Residents discuss livestock sales, cattle, sheep, and Timothy hay prices, with community updates from Ainsworth and nearby farms.
The West Chester Pythines will meet Tuesday evening by order of MB. The Bible department of the Board will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs. FL Wilson. Home Economies section 2 meets Tuesday afternoon March 12 at Mrs. Frank Wilson's home.
Market list details cream and butterfat tests per quantity, hens and pullets leghorn pricing, roosters and heavy breed ducks, geese, and hides. Notes indicate no market for sick, thin, crippled, or rippled poultry and a premium for poultry delivered.
Senator McNary, chairing the senate agriculture committee, moves to draft a new farm relief bill based on Hoover ideas. He will work with Harrison on the measure, seek farm leader consultation, and may title it similarly to earlier bills including references familiar from past acts.
Crawfordsville correspondence reports Grandview girls beat our team 23 to 15 at Columbus Junction, and our boys and Fairfield game details. Also notes Seyle Edwards and Ralph Sehensster wed at Little Brown Church in the Vale, and mentions Hoover farm program and cooperative marketing efforts with inland waterways development.
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