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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1946
Page
7
Friday sale at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday livestock sales at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa. March 30 public sale of household goods at Cotter Iown starts at 1 00. Isaac Stone estate. April 3 public auction of land in Ainsworth starts at 1 60.
The Farm Security Administration reports funding for new loans with 16 in Washington and Keokuk counties since July 1, including five to World War II veterans and families. Loans cover feed seed machinery foundation livestock and other farm home costs with veteran preference. Eligibility requires sufficient family size and productivity at fair rent head of family moral character and lack of credit elsewhere. Also notes aluminum life saving equipment and shoes claimed by a German inventor.
Active market with hogs at 14.85 ceiling for 100d and choice, sows at 14.10, cattle and calves strong. Fed steers and yearlings sell up to 17.14, best mixed offerings 17.65, heifers 17.25, vealers scarce, cows and bulls firm to 18 with some top head. Sheep market firm with lambs 15.50 to 15.75, ewes scarce, old roosters up to 22.
The market listing reflects scattered figures for wheat corn and rye with several May July and Sept maturities. Prices range near the mid 80s for corn and around the 140s for rye with small shifts noted in May and July contracts.
Chicago reports March 27 receipts for poultry at market show 3 cars and 15 trucks delivering hens and chickens. Overall market steady with leghorn hens and roosters weak, Leghorn hens noted as the weakest segment in the mix.
Chicago cash grain markets show no sales in Wheat corn oats soybeans and cash provisions. Rye No 2 priced at 9 cents over May in store here. Barley bids range 125 1423 percent N feed 114 12414 N.
The country produces about 50 billion quarts of milk annually. About thirty percent is sold as fluid milk and around four and a half percent is canned.
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