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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1944
Page
7
Chicago market data shows hogs 9 000 head with steady to strong tone and top prices around 14 45. 160 to 190 pound hogs at 18 50 to 14 30. sows 13 65 to 13 90. Cattle 1 000 head with calves 500. steady demand and steer tops at 17 00. sheep 3 500 head with early clearance and top 16 50. Totals: hogs 1 000 cattle 300 sheep 200.
Commodity futures data lists wheat and oats with various percentage quotes for months June May and July across multiple contracts. Mentions Lee and Nike within scattered values and abnormal decimals.
Poultry market firm with no cars and five trucks. Egg receipts show 25,580 cases with extra firsts 34 percent and firsts 38 percent. Current receipts at 22 percent with dirties 80 percent and checks 29 percent.
A reflective adage notes that judging oneself with honesty fosters charity toward others. The Mason maxim urges self-scrutiny as the path to fair judgment and benevolent appraisal of others.
The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved a 3.5 billion dollar education and unemployment benefit program for World War II veterans. Support expected in the Senate with 81 sponsors. The plan allocates up to 3 billion for education and loans and 500 million for veteran hospital construction.
The text notes a roughly twenty percent drop in egg production each year after the pullet year. Laying begins around six months, so hens reach about a year and a half old by the end of their pullet year of production.
The record shows farm mortgage debt rising from 5.8 billion dollars in 1916 to a peak of 10.9 billion in 1922, followed by a steady decline. By 1942 farm mortgage loans stood at 6.5 billion dollars, reflecting postwar adjustments.
Friday sales at Whittaker sale barn list farm cattle hogs with Smith or Lee coordinating near Oxford Iowa starting 11 39. Household goods sale at 426 South Second Avenue starts 1 30 Dan Hershberger. March 21 public sale of an entire Holstein herd at Ottumwa Community Sale Barn starts 1 00 Rex Dimmitt. March 23 horse sale at Riverside starts 1 00 Riverside Sales Company.
Dear Hog Feeders announces year round automatic hog waterers. Two shipped to Kansas City this week with a buyer ordering ten more if setup works. Olds plans 145 waterers ready next week for Washington county fans, promising quick sale.
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