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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1944
Page
7
For sale a McCormick Deering number 3 single row pull type corn picker. Seller identified as Eli Jackson. Location 24412. Item described as usable agricultural implement ready for purchase. No additional terms listed.
The data shows monthly wheat and oats prices with bid offers and percentages for December May July and September across several grades. It notes rye and other grains with similar monthly percentages. A closing line claims the army stocks continental US camps with about four billion pounds of varied military equipment monthly.
Hogs 500 head with late week recovery to 14.20 14.40 for 190 270 lb hogs. Sows under 14.00 ceiling at week close. Cattle 800 head calves 100 fed steers steady to 25c higher yearlings and heavy steers up to 18.50 with top dates to 15.50 15.00 for bulk steers. Heifers steady at 17.50 top. Sheep 100 head lambs weak to 25c lower in active trade with bullish tone. top lambs about 15.00, corn fed natives 34.50 to 14.85.
In dollar values of the destruction they cause rats are the most expensive wild animal pest of farmers, mice are the second most destructive.
Mechanical clocks are said to have been invented in 966 by Pope Sylvester II but did not gain widespread use across Europe until about four centuries later.
A medical note reports sulfa drug and urea dusting, a maggot by product, rapidly replacing traditional wound dusting powders in treatment practices.
Friday and Wednesday livestock sales fill the Whittaker sale barn and Midway Sales in Columbus Junction Iowa. November events include Holstein dispersion near Isatavia, dissolution near Wellman, closing outs near Washington and Crawfordsville, and several house goods and dispersal auctions with specified start times and auctioneers.
County Extension Director A. Ossian and County Home Economist Ruth I. Foster issue publicity guidance and activity suggestions for the Farm Bureau. They outline outreach ideas, audience tips, and messaging to improve community awareness of agricultural programs.
A limited quantity of Lincoln soybean seed will be released for 1945 planting. Grown by the committee for agricultural development with Iowa State College in 1944, it will be sold in 10 to 25 bushel lots at 4.25 dollars per bushel F.O.B. Ames or Marshalltown.
A new echo sounding instrument for surface vessels lets fishermen locate schools of fish and determine their size and direction. The device could aid targeting and procurement for maritime fleets.
The Wood Meat Dutch butchers display model wooden hams in show windows as a traditional practice. Legends say the respectable poor in the Hague used wooden hams on their tables to maintain appearances, a practice noted as not new.
The text notes that babies' eyes are initially gray blue and over several months they gradually acquire their eventual permanent color. No specific individuals or organizations are mentioned.
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