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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1920
Page
2
The Weather Bureau forecast for Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys for May 10 to 15 shows showers probable Tuesday or Wednesday with temperatures slightly above normal. The remainder of the week is generally fair with near normal temperatures.
May 10 market report shows receipts of 40 000 hogs 21 000 cattle 10 000 sheep and 6 000 today to market mostly up 10 25 percent. Beef steers slow with cattle and calves steady. Feeder and stocker classes mixed with prices across weight ranges and various meat cuts. Official Saturday totals include hogs cattle and sheep receipts and shipments.
Beach Wickham Grain Co furnishes closing grain futures with figures for Toledo prices. Yellow corn at 2.02, oats white 1.24 to 1.26, cash clover 26.00, October 24.10, December 23.20, timothy cash 5.60.
Rush your plowing and discing. You will get great returns from your investment if you purchase a Samson or Hart-Parr at Masons. Can deliver at once.
Editorial notes a looming hog shortage as brood sow numbers fall across the United States. Kansas Indiana Iowa Missouri report sizable declines, with fewer hogs moving to market next winter and prices rising. Also reports on Sudan grass yields, cutting practices, and tractors delivering efficiency in Washington farms as new machinery arrives.
Iowa farmers are using about 12 000 tractors for general work per a report from the Ames agricultural engineering department. About 85 to 90 percent of tractors studied are seen as paying investments though failures stem from lack of experience or unreliable or ill suited machines. Two and three plow outfits suit Iowa, with two plows needing at least 2.5 mph. Kerosene tractors offer economy but demand skill. depreciation drives costs, averaging 1.76 dollars per acre for plowing. The report notes horses still handle some tasks and remain important on farms.
Iowa farmers begin the new year with 166.5 million bushels of corn on hand, up 35 million from March last year, per the Iowa Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. About 40 percent of the 1919 crop remains on farms, with 28 percent shipped. Oats total shows a 26.8 million bushel drop, and two thirds of the remainder likely moves out of state. Wheat and barley keep small winter stocks, with 17 percent of wheat and 27 percent of barley remaining on farms. 67 percent of wheat and 45 percent of barley expected to be sold outside the state.
Hay yields rise with two cuttings, but labor costs likely favor a single cut. Two harvests yield immature, water rich crops that are harder to cure. Over 40 years, two cuttings averaged 3.47 tons of all dry hay per acre.
Zelpha Hesser of Wayland visited home folks in Coppoock on Sunday. Local families hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Fred Dold, Miss Cecile Nicoles of Wayland, and Darlene of Brighton. The township Sunday school convention will be held here in about two weeks with each church preparing programs and an orchestra practicing at Roy Davison s home. Preacher Mr Foote of Richland will conduct services. Farmers report an ideal week for work. Harvey Wiggins of Wayland was a business visitor. Arch Cold and Mr Miller of Rome visited at Gleede Dold s home. Mrs W S Hill and son Lloyd visited in Washington. Mr and Mrs Joe Roth visited Mt Pleasant.
Ames Iowa May The urgent need of planting potatoes for home use is urged by C V Halsinger professor at Iowa State College He warns farmers are selling seed stock boosting market pressure and forecasts reduced acreage and continued high prices unless households plant for home use He advises careful seed cutting and planting one to four bushels per household to stretch seed and counter a potential potato famine with high prices this fall
The Salvation Army cautions residents about impostors posing as Army representatives for religious work. A man wearing a United States soldier uniform has been reported in several communities, taking advantage of well-meaning but misled people after the opportunity to stop him had passed.
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