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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market report shows estimated receipts of cattle 7 000 with holdover 13 462 and hogs 32 000 with holdover 14 530. Beasts, lambs, and feed remnants listed by weight class with prices. official yesterday receipts include hogs 36 429 cattle 10 998 and sheep 8 822.
Grain futures summaries show Clover bids at 26.00 for October and 24.00 for December while Clover cash and other estimates appear for tomorrow. Meanwhile, 100 Paris seamstresses launched a ward protest movement last year and secured a foothold in local business.
A Ohio experiment shows skim milk as a superior supplement to corn for feeding pigs. Daily gains ranged from 0.35 pounds with corn alone to 1.8 pounds with corn and skim milk at a 1 to 3 ratio, with 3 to 1 milk to corn yielding the most economical gains. The report urges farm boys to stay on the farm, save, and prepare for downturns with sound investments.
The 1920 fair premium list raises county exhibit awards from 150 to 200 dollars per qualifying entry, with prizes based on scores of 500 or more. Four districts share funds pro rata, plus a 1500 dollar supplement authorized by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Counties earning over 500 get 50 dollars each. Aged format.
Col H J Waring of London, a member of a British French medical mission, told the Minneapolis Tribune that the University of Iowa College of Medicine offers superior work, especially for children, and praised its state wide involvement. Ireland favors potatoes as a safe crop amid wartime fears. Gloucester workhouse flats are rented out including tramp quarters.
Des Moines May 14 The state crop service reports favorable weather aided rapid farm work. Corn planting progresses in Palo Alto Pocahontas Calhoun Webster and Humboldt counties while Union Clarke Madison and Warren lag. Oats, sugar beets, onions and cabbage show gains. pastures prompt stock turnout easing feed costs. Fruit prospects improve with bloom in plums cherries apples and peaches, despite recent cold concerns.
Sixty Arkansas planters bankers and agricultural enthusiasts led by Governor Charles H. Brough toured Iowa State College Ames May 14. They viewed poultry and dairy operations inspected the Curtiss farm examined facilities and laboratories and heard a meat preparation demonstration before a banquet. The governor praised Iowa's work with Arkansas scrub cows.
The piece notes Arkansas’s need to teach farmers to use machinery to replace one man per horse plowing, citing postwar labor losses and the goal of profitable cultivation. It names C. S. Fitzpatrick, James G. Ferguson, and Bradford Knapp as prominent Arkansans involved, with a tour arranged by officials to promote extension work and modernization.
The Arkansas farming program by the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce allocates $18,000 yearly for agricultural improvement. The third annual tour features self-funded participants learning on the road. D. C. Welty, Missouri Pacific railroad agriculture commissioner, leads the party. Welty, Town State College alumnus, class of 1909.
William P. Loitz, an electrical engineer for the Postal Telegraph Company, was struck and killed by a fast train near Lorimor on May 14. He leaves a widow and two children.
Sworn as a natural remedy, Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to arouse the liver and improve digestion by supporting natural body functions. The purely vegetable mix with olive oil is marketed as a gentler alternative to calomel, with daytime relief and no griping or cramps. Take one or two at bedtime, prices 10 and 25 cents.
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