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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1919
Page
2
Estimated hog receipts today 24 000 with 6 599 holdovers. Cattle receipts about 10 000 for today and 9 500 later. Market active mostly 25 higher. top 206 40. Beef steers and butcher stock slow. calves lower. stockers and feeders steady. Lambs and yearlings strong to 25 higher. ewes steady.
Market summary shows corn 170 cars with a steady tone and No 2 yellow corn at 1.82 to 1.83 percent, oats 80 cars with toned declines and No 3 white at 0.68 to 0.69. Clover cash prices quoted at 27.35 for October, 21.50 for December, and 21.46 for December futures.
A Crawfordsville neighborhood meeting discussed joining the County Wool Growers Association now forming. A committee of Bert Yard John Maxwell and Henry Sommers will survey local sentiment. County Agent Fedderson presided as dairy and livestock topics followed with emphasis on cooperative wool marketing and potential prizes.
Nearly fifty farmers in Wellman heard Grant Chapman of the Farm Bureau Extension Department speak Monday night. Chapman outlined the new state federation of Farm Bureaus and discussed benefits and implications for local members.
The Agriculture Committee under Senator Lantz considered Buck’s bill demanding registration of all veterinary practitioners. The scope would bar farmers from treating their own stock and require graduates of state approved veterinary colleges for registration. Exemptions for fifteen year practitioners failed, but farmers could treat their own stock except for administering virus to hogs. The bill, stricter than existing laws, was reported with a pass recommendation.
The Chicago Board of Trade offers 10000 dollars in premiums to exhibitors of grains and hay at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago during the first week of December. The exposition aims to rival the annual World’s Greatest Live Stock Show with a grains and forage display.
The 1919 Iowa egg candling law goes into effect May 25, requiring dealers to candle every egg or face penalties. The note explains the firm will comply, warns of high costs, and lists current prices for eggs, cream, rabbits, hides, and other produce with guidance on handling poultry and livestock waste.
Following a British outbreak notification the Bureau of Animal Industry cancels all permits for importation of cattle sheep and other ruminants from England to prevent spread. This action reflects heightened disease controls in response to the Foot and Mouth outbreak.
Seventeen yearling Shorthorn rams averaged 8 percent pounds of wool each while 22 yearling ewes of the same breed averaged 8 percent pounds. The USDA Morgan Horse Farm at Middlebury maintains about 200 sheep, 80 purebreds, for experimental purposes. G M Rommel and F R Marshall traveled from the Department of Agriculture to Du Bois Idaho to observe 1500 breeding ewes at the United States Sheep Experiment Station.
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