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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
7
Hogs 17,000 with slow to 20 cents lower. top 13.75 for 200–270 lb hogs. Bulk 12.25–13.00 for 179–1990 lb. heavier 11.40–12.15. Sows 11.00–11.38. Approximately 290,000 hogs unsold. Cattle 5,000. calves 900. Fed steers 14.50–15.99. top 16.65. Wealers 15.00–16.00. Sheep 7,000. lambs mostly 15.75. shorn lambs subdued. Overall weaker market.
Market weak with 33 290 cases received in Chicago. Extra firsts 3144, firsts 30, current receipts 29 dirtles 2514, checks 26. Poultry receipts include 1 car and 1 truck with heavy hens 25's.
The May 11 grain table shows Chicago quotes for Wheat, December, May contracts, and oats rye figures. Prices are listed as open high low and close with several fractional percentages, reflecting bidings and market readings for sep and May delivery.
Iowa reports show winter wheat production for 1944 at 2,726,000 bushels, second smallest on record, with 160,000 acres seeded and 144,000 harvested after winter kill and floods. Rye acreage to be harvested yields 17,000 acres, second lowest in 78 years, while rye production reaches about 255,000 bushels.
May 13 closes out household goods at 701 South 4th Avenue starting 1 30 pm led by Mrs Roy Means May 20 closes out household goods at 732 East Main conducted by W F Jurging Est
The April month was not favorable for crop growth but moisture added should lift May temperatures. About 12 percent of the 1945 hay crop remained on farms on May 1, 1944, or 618000 tons, compared with 13 percent and 886000 tons a year earlier.
Before the war about 7 million people or 14 percent of the employables depended on highway transportation for their livelihood. The figure highlights the sector’s economic weight and potential vulnerability amid wartime conditions.
Some tankers now carry, in addition to their gasoline loads, as much as 38 000 barrels of fuel oil. Normal deck loads are often made up of ambulances, planes, jeeps and trucks.
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