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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1918
Page
2
The report shows mixed futures with prospects higher than previous day on several commodities. Receipts today 35 000 with shipments 14 027 and estimated tomorrow 37 000. market firm with prices largely 25 higher than yesterday’s average. Livestock and cattle sections list varied ranges for light mixed and heavy grades, with sheep and lambs showing strength and steady to higher tones.
The climate of Sweden is not unlike Canada with brief hot summers in June and July. Snow covers the ground from mid fall to mid spring, followed by a brief spring and rapid vegetation growth. Long days with sun near the horizon charm Helsingfors and Abo with mean year temperatures around 40 to 41 degrees and about 20 inches of annual rainfall at Helsingfors.
Public sale notes and news items about the Farmers' union appear here. Discussions on testing seed corn treating wheat and oats for smut and growing alfalfa with a nurse crop arise as needed. Questions are welcome and often answered through local farmer experiences.
Will Green facing misfortune as a horse accident and calf death occur on his farm southeast of town. Roy Mape reports a lively cattle and poultry sale highlighted by Brown Leghorn chickens selling at 20 per dozen and guernsey calves bringing 202 total. Oats and corn prices, Duroc brood sow averages near 70, and 50 hogs weighing ~314 pounds sold by Hal Figgins. An Angus bull from EK S Bishop to Lee Thornton of Aledo represents quality beef production.
M A Williams near Brighton feeds cows a strict schedule to maximize milk. He starts milking at 5:00 a m after clover hay, then hay, silage, two pounds of oleal and a quart of ground oats and corn. After feeding, cows are turned out to straw and corn fodder until about 4:40 p m when milking resumes.
The article notes dairy farmers feeding silage, cotton seed, corn, and alfalfa while weighing rations weekly to match cow production. It reports plans for a Cow Test association with an on site tester, praising efforts to weed out boarding cows and improve herd quality. It also covers sales, breeding stock moves, nursery stock efforts, pig breeding results, and a spring seed wheat shipment for Farm Bureau members.
A technical paper notes that water cannot extinguish grease fires and may worsen them. An engine off box fire spread when water was applied, flinging burning grease outward. The grease reached a flywheel and circulated, igniting the entire plant within minutes.
The piece notes that Mahomet had nine wives by historians but questions their status as wives. It highlights Mahomet’s later adoption of Ayesha, a seven year old, and a stubborn widow rejected by Omer and Abu Poke. It explains that Mahometans use marriage often as guardianship or protection rather than a conventional spousal bond.
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