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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1950
Page
7
A public auction at 2:00 PM on March 27 offers an 118 percent amenity improved farm located 91 miles north of Fairfield on a hard road. Electricity runs past the house and the land remains under cultivation. The purchaser gains one half of the 1950 crop. A 1949 Buick Roadmaster with extras, 6000 miles, 1100 bushels of corn, and 400 bushels of oats are included.
Hogs salable 7,000 with general market mostly steady and some sales higher for buyers over 240 lbs. Sows and loads at 16.60 top. 200 to 220 lbs most common, 16.25 to 16.50 for 180 to 250 lbs. other weight ranges noted. Sheep salable 2,500 and cattle 8,000 with steady to active tones. Wyoming fed lambs around 28.25. slaughter ewes 11.50 to 15.00. Cattle includes varied quotes: steers 1100 to 1460 lbs at 29.00 to 33.50, heifers 28.00 to 26.50, cows 20.00 to 21.50, cutters 15.26 to 16.75, and a load of 890 lb feeding steers at 25.65.
The Chicago grain table lists corn and soybeans with multiple contract months showing varied highs and lows. Prices for corn futures like May and July swing amid slight gains and declines while soybeans display several month figures around mixed percentages and late June activity.
Mrs. Bernice Stout sustained a painful right hand injury when a truck slipped in mud and hit a loading chute during hog loading at her Haskins acreage. Separate notes mention visits, arrivals from Chicago, purchases of 300 White Rock chicks, a hospital update for Mrs. David McCartney, lamb Suzy and its twins, mumps concerns, and various family visits in Haskins and nearby towns.
Farmers facing a crowded 1948 corn crop turn to temporary or semi permanent cribs to store futures. Successful Farming outlines site selection floors ventilation and wall design with goals of preventing moisture and rodent damage while enabling drying.
United States Department of Agriculture researchers at Beltsville examined soil with and without earthworms. Adding fertilizer raised hay yields by 0.52 tons per acre with worms, versus 0.28 tons without. A census in rotation plots showed five times as many worms per acre in three year rotation soils as in constant row cropping.
Burt Englewood battles his wife Lynn Harvys chronic procrastination and mounting excuses as he pushes to blame laziness. A growing crisis culminates when Lynn collapses on the couch revealing a hidden, ironclad final excuse as Burt faces a shocking consequence.
Dr. N. D. Levine of the University of Illinois notes heel flies cause cattle discomfort without biting. Cattle in pastures or standing in ponds often react by running or refusing to feed, leading to weight loss.
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