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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1945
Page
5
A National Bureau of Standards study finds midsummer sunlight delivers about six times the ultraviolet radiation of midwinter. Measurements taken over three and a half years used an ultraviolet intensity meter with automatic integrating recording equipment under varied weather conditions.
Washington county farm homemakers report longer hours and broader duties during wartime. A survey of 138 homemakers across ten townships shows most worked more hours, cared for livestock and gardens, and contributed to food production, Red Cross work, and bond purchases.
Grain table shows oats prices with red specials for cash grain. Oats quoted with 681% and heavy 69 pricing details appear as a market table fragment from the Chicago exchange.
Aluminum ladders are in experimental use and expected to grow in popularity as the metal is released to the public. They are described as light sturdy rust proof and free of splinters.
Hogs 6 000. Cattle 7 000. Sheep 5 000. Hogs active and steady with 140 lb plus barrows and gilts at 14.75 and sows at 14.00. Cattle 14 000 with calves 1 000. fed steers and yearlings very slow and largely a steer run with 14.50 to 17.00. Wealers 16.00 down. Sheep 5 500 with mixed lamb loads 15.65 and several loads higher and 15.25 for medium to good fed lambs.
Chicago yields show firm market with mixed receipts and varied poultry figures. Produce receipts total 18 028 cases with several firsts and current receipts around 32.6 while poultry lists car and truck shipments along with assorted duck ducklings and turkey weights.
Chicago May 14 grain table shows prices and movements across corn, wheat, and oats with columns for bid, asked, and futures indications. Investors monitor weather and supply signals as trading remains steady amid demand tweaks from exporters.
A garbled futures table lists WHEAT and CORN contracts with May July Sep bids and percentages, plus odd annotations. The readable line notes cutting cheese to prevent crumbling by heating a knife in boiling water.
The Friday sale at Whittaker gale barn hosts a community sale each week. Livestock sales occur Wednesdays at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa.
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