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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1946
Page
5
Hogs across all weights and classes held steady from the prior week with barrows and gilts at 14.85 and sows at 14.10 top. Cattle receipts little changed locally but the 12 major markets averaged a 20 percent year over year drop. Beef cows weak but bulls firm, slaughter lambs up modestly, and wool skins fetched strong prices with fed western lambs near 16.00 to 16.15 for top lots.
March events include Mrs. Dave Erwin’s mumps case and visits by Cy Bush’s family at Wayland. Families gathered at the Donald Smith home for a turkey supper and celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Christner’s wedding anniversary. Additional items report a Washington call and wartime aircraft development, plus silk production facts.
Chicago March 23 cash grain prices list wheat corn oats rye and soy offered with no sales. Barley quoted at 125 to 1481 with lead 114 to 1231. Market details capture oats and soy alongside barley movements for the day.
The Miners have expanded agricultural holdings by about 600000 acres over the period from 1940 to the present, reflecting a major shift in land ownership and farming scale.
The notice lists weekly community sales at Whittaker sale barn and midweek livestock auctions by Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. It also covers estate and public sales including Col C J Wilson March 27 and Cotter Iown March 30. Isaac Stone estate references appear with an April 3 land auction in Ainsworth Iowa at 1:00.
In times of major price changes, prices of principal agricultural products tend to go up and down together. In an hour and a quarter, the present day steel industry can equal total steel output in the whole year of 1860.
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