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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
7
May 11 report notes farmers and wives tending gardens and homes while livestock and fields are prepared. About 1,527,000 tractors are in use nationwide. neighbors like C I Davis and Keoter, Bert Dunbar, Walter Fisher, and Merle Eeckles plant corn as ground conditions improve. Everette Vincent returns from Chicago after marketing cattle.
The fragment references Oswalt Kepta and Mrs Oswalt visiting Sigourney, with Mr Roach of South English listing items at a Treis Sales event. It mentions a top yearling male unlikely to appear again and a toy train request for a child, indicating family and hobby activity around the sale.
Journal Subscription Representative D F Macon reports brief items from surrounding towns. Short notices include local events, appointments, and community updates reflecting a snapshot of regional life.
The narrative notes a prestigious shorthorn and Hereford cow, praised for unmatched quality and predicted auction strength. Attendees traveled from Wyman, Crawfordsville, Riverside, and nearby Washington areas to the Trier sale and related events while Mrs. W D Martin’s funeral drew family presence.
Iowa crop prospects remain favorable with above average rye yields and winter wheat outlook. May 1 condition shows rye at 87 percent and wheat surface moisture generally good, while pasture is 80 percent. Estimated 1939 winter wheat production is 7.64 million bushels on 382 thousand harvest acres, below 1938 and near the ten year average.
Frank Priebe advises poultry keepers that eggs lose freshness when kept warm after laying. Cool eggs immediately by moving them to cool storage, avoid warm nests, and allow air to circulate. Gather eggs at least three times daily and let them rest overnight before boxing to maximize selling value.
A full cut diamond has 58 facets including the culet, crown, and pavilion. A single cut diamond features 18 facets, offering a simpler facet structure.
Market summaries show hogs steady to 10 cents higher with top at 7.15 and good to choice weights 9.95 to 7.15, packing sows 5.40 to 6.25. Cattle and calves steady to strong with bulk 8.75 to 10.25, best early 11.50, heifers 10.00, bulls 7.40 and down. weaners up to 10.50. Sheep slow with fat lambs steady about 10 cents lower. fed wool lambs 10.10 to 10.60. clipped western 9.35 to 9.40. Tomorrow's receipts: cattle 1,000 hogs 6,000 sheep 6,000.
Chicago cash grains show corn with mixed bids across several lots including 58, 52 to 53, and 49 to 59. Oats list mixed positions and soybeans show two yellows at 98 and 96. Receipts total 155 cars for corn.
Grain table shows open, high, low and close figures for WHEAT CORN OAT and RYE contracts. May July and September entries include percent values, with discrepancies in OCR likely. Indicates market price ranges and settlement figures across months.
Chicago May 11 receipts show total market receipts 3 500 cases with fresh graded firsts six extra firsts 16 percent and dirties 13 percent. Poultry receipts include 47 trucks with ducks 10 to 12 geese 10 hens 12 to 16 percent leghorn hens 14 percent spring chickens 18 to 21 percent roosters 11 to 12 percent oilers 16 to 18 percent and turkeys 14 to 17 percent.
Franklin May 9 pupils have played Kittenball Handy Over and ground squirrel hunts on the school grounds. Students Delbert Hesseltine Edwin Swartzendruber Gertrude Davison Dean Kauffman and Mary Vaughn Swartzendruber earned A in spelling. Donald Davison Ledra Kauffman and visiting Davisons noted for attendance and tests. Eighth graders visited NH today for tests and the term ends Friday.
The Columbus Community club held its May gathering in the community building after a 6:30 dinner. F J Pine spoke on the legislature's work during the past winter. J H Huston, William Dunn and Claud Ross will arrange street band concerts. The June program committee includes B H Wiegner and R O Lynn.
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