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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
2
Estimated hog receipts today 17 000 with holdover 934. Cattle receipts 25 000 with beef steers bulls and calves steady to 25 higher. Lambs and ewes show varied prices with feeder and stocker classes active. Top hog price 19.75 and cattle high around 20.40 for prime beef steers.
Corn futures open May at 1.48 close 1.45 May ahead of July at 1.37 and Sept 1.30 Cash corn 129 cars 3 cents lower No 4 yellow 154 to 156 Cash oats 62 cars 3 cents lower No 2 white 64 to 65 March clover 20.00 October 17.05 Prices reported by FE Wagner Co Iowa City Iowa with J B Hunt manager prior line shows futures movement and cash market details.
Frank McKay sold livestock on the farm sale day with sheep bringing 21 to 82.50 per head while horses cattle and sows also sold well. He has moved to Washington purchasing Boyd Berdo property on West Washington Street and will aid his son Charles in farming before eventually retiring. Will Longer bought the McKay place to farm alongside his land nearby. The Louisa County Breeder's Association plans a Shorthorn sale on April 11 at Columbus Junction Fair Grounds and county agents will assist farmers with spraying plans this season. County Agent Feddersen invites interested parties to contact him for help getting started.
E L Bishop attended an Angus sale by R L Plummer in Marshalltown selling forty Angus cattle at an average $1222 each totaling $53 000 Top cow Black Top of Inverness sold to P J Donahue for 4900 Other top cows brought 3350 2800 and 2600 The Waterloo Angus sale also showed high prices A dairy Ayshire herd sold March 12 with a yearling bull bringing 18000 purchased by Lewis A Heisler The sale averaged 1767 for eleven bulls Females averaged 339 and general sale average was 680 The Uppermill Shorthorn sale near Wapelio averaged 1631 with totals near 100000 1000 to 1500 attended Prices included 6500 5500 5000 1950 2200 2100 for various animals The Baldwin Shorthorn sale at Farson netted over 2000 per head with 25 000 profit from 40 head The sale involved speculative buying and advertising costs 1120 for Joe Wolfe’s bargain Shorthorn wow was among the purchases.
Washington county farmers adopting fruit tree spraying are urged to notify the Farm Bureau. Grocers seek clean fruit sources as they face high prices for barrel apples and cheaper boxed Western apples. Spraying costs run about 59 cents per tree on average, with significant spraying activity planned before fieldwork.
Local capitalists form a packing plant company with 2.59 million dollars capital, purchase 15 acres of former Shorthill Steel and Tron lands, and plan to start this fall under Perry Bureau of commerce leadership. Charles Hausserman is the leading stockholder with Perry bankers and capitalists joining the venture.
In Fredericksburg Indiana March 28 local feeders question if buttermilk feeding value has declined. Last year buyers Harry Upham Irvie Ellison paid about 75 cents per barrel. This year C A Lowry bid 40 cents and was not challenged. hogs preference to government buttermilk is disputed against college statistics placing value at 83 cents per barrel with corn at 1.40.
The Department of Agriculture will send a grain grading exhibit to the Western Grain Dealers Association meeting in Sioux City Iowa April 1 2. The display includes grading apparatus and samples of wheat and shelled corn. Supervisors Walter Fowler Omaha and Ralph Brown Washington Co DC will demonstrate grading methods and explain federal standards for interstate shipments.
Des Moines March 27 Iowa moves to ban renovated butter unless labeled Renovated Butter in large black type. The bill, passed by the house after senate approval and sent to the governor, carries up to six months imprisonment for violations and grants the dairy and food commissioner full enforcement authority.
Jersey cattle sectors show rising sales prices and booming demand. Public sales records jump from 7000 to 10099 for cows and bulls fetch up to 60000, signaling strong market growth. The American Jersey Cattle Club reports rapid growth in new members around 5000 annually, with emphasis on efficient feed use and long term dairy production over beef value. Sophie's Agnes proves a thousand pound fat producer, underscoring profitability and production efficiency. Large commercial Jersey herds grow, with 3000 cow operations leading the field and many farms maintaining 200 to 600 head.
E T Waugh of Pocahontas sold his 687 acre farm adjoining Cylinder in Palo Alto county to W J Breakenridge of Dinsdale for 135290 dollars. The property, once pasture for 31 years and once owned by Ex-Governor Boies, includes two building sets and miles of tile. Breakenridge takes immediate possession after leaving Cherokee county agent post.
The home garden proves profitable by cutting vegetable costs and offering fresh produce. It serves as a healthful outdoor activity and a training ground for youth, teaching self-reliance and practical problem solving that benefits future service and efficiency.
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