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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1944
Page
5
Markets show 13 000 hogs slow to steady with top 18 75 for 180 270 lb. Good cattle offerings steady with bulks 14 59 to 16 50 and top 16 85. Sheep active with road grade wooled westerns around 15 25 to 16 00 and Colorado lots near 15 50. Estimates list hogs 12 000 cattle 5 000 sheep 3 000.
Chicago reports unsettled markets for produce and poultry with mixed receipts. Firsts and dirties show varying levels as buyers respond to slight shifts in demand and supply.
Chicago May 16 grain table shows open high low and close figures for wheat and oats with Sep Dec May and July contracts, rye May PIR and other month values listed. Data appears as percent changes with rounding notes and minor typographical marks.
Roy Means sponsors weekly sale at the Whittaker safe barn offering closing out household goods. May 20 event held at 732 East Main with W. F. Jurging Est. as organizer.
Local movers settle in Brighton with Loeffler family from Burlington and Clara Hoover property. Professions and visits include Mrs. Norton returning from Calif and various relatives gathering for commencements and family events. School closes mark teachers leaving town. pre nuptial shower for Margaret Mineart noted along with other extended family updates.
Riverside, Iowa reports Lt. Commander Richard W. Walsh of the U.S. Coast Guard promoted to commander at Cape May New Jersey. He is a Riverside native and engineering graduate who served as base engineering officer and later commanded the Cape May repair base. His siblings and local officials note the promotion.
Political notice states E S Rudolph announces candidacy to succeed himself as County Supervisor for the term starting January 1945. Mentions family ties and in law connections. Other notes report Mrs Anna Kern visiting Cedar Rapids, Mr and Mrs Edward Kuene man attending William Kueneman's funeral in North English, and Mrs Walter Beranek visiting Fairfield.
A cord of hardwood yields about 60 pounds of ashes, while a ton of hard coal leaves 200 to 300 pounds of ash. The cord of cured hardwood provides nearly the same heating value as a ton of coal.
The text states that saving feed for growing animals is achieved by a well balanced protein rich ration. This diet promotes maximum growth and reduces time to maturity.
The three colors black yellow and red mark Brabant’s ancient hues and were adopted in 1831 with the founding of the Belgian monarchy.
Vitamin A shortage reduces laying rates and feed intake, causing weight loss and weaker resistance to diseases in poultry. It notes clinical signs such as ap petite and general stress, emphasizing the importance of supplying adequate vitamin A in poultry diets.
County Extension Director J W Chandler reports favorable prospects for a good fruit crop if growers apply the Calyx spray to most orchard trees including apples pears plums and cherries. Wet spring conditions favor apple scab and brown rot on plums. The spray mix combines lime sulfur lead arsenate and hydrated lime with water, with proportions for 69 gallon and 3 gallon batches.
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