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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1929
Page
2
Market on light yearlings dull and weak on medium and weighty steers with heifers and cows showing mixed demand. Slaughter classes list steers, heifers, and bulls with prices across light and heavy weight ranges. sheep receipts around 10,000 with bulk fat lambs and ewe quotes noted, feeders also listed.
Market snippet records hogs receipts around 500 head with cattle and sheep figures noted. Feedstuffs like timothy and clover show price ranges, while oats and other grains advertise mixed bids. A brief Northern market remark and cash market update conclude the note.
A roundup of community items includes Lukavsky’s call to Lone Tree for family reasons, travels of the Blinehards to Missouri for a cousin’s funeral, and Mrs. Tom Porter hosting Rube Chorpening's grandchild. Reports cover cattle dehorning, school meetings in Harmony and Cedar districts, and local residents aiding ill family members.
March 15 report notes difficult moving conditions and predicts farmers who moved will be two months ahead this year due to ice and snow. Observations mention weather effects on farming and transport with a cautious tone.
The document lists various poultry prices and handling terms, including cream and butternat testing, fresh laid per dozen, hens and pallets per pound, leghorn roosters from the 1928 hatch, old roosters, ducks heavy breeds, geese, and mores hides per pound. It notes no market for sick, thin, or crippled poultry.
March 20 notes report Mr Tom Porter visiting Washington and finding roads passable. J G Griges Produce Co at West Chester shipped over thirty thousand dollars to farmers. one customer awaits fifteen hundred litre chicks. Farmers feature maple wood, coal sales, and local gossip about cars and neighbors. Mentions of Coolidge forests policy, Burlington railroad rent surveys, and various local trades.
Home grown produce and poultry items offered by Mrs W Brown Washington Ta 1. Beodtt rast Adams S also furniture. Baby chicks Rocks Wyandottes Leghorns booking orders with Chas Vincent. Rag 11 feed battery half price. Call 23325130.
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