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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
2
Estimated receipts total 12 000 cattle and 40 000 sheep with a second report showing 14 000 today. Opening market slow with cattle 10 to 15 lower than yesterday while hogs posted 15 to 25 lower and top at 39.65. Calves and feeders move, fat sheep and lambs mixed with values 10.75 to 16.75 for primaries. breeders listed with various price points. Receipts yesterday 29 664 and shipments 12 718.
Futures data from EF W Waener Co shows closing activity in grain trading at Town City with L B Hunt as manager. Details include price directions and market notes from the local exchange.
St Louis grain market reports cash close with prices for red and white wheat and yellow and white corn across multiple grades. Chicago receipts show 366 cars of wheat 596 cars of corn and 212 cars of oats.
Sioux City reports Chas Breun Jr cites rising milk use as beer curtailment reshapes U S food supply. Saloons turn lunch rooms boost milk and buttermilk consumption with Detroit data showing May to dry raised milk by 20 percent and buttermilk by 50 percent.
Navigators formerly measured latitude by the sun but could not determine longitude. They relied on dead reckoning to estimate ship progress, a method that proved uncertain and led to many shipwrecks. The chronometer, introduced in 1735, finally resolved this problem.
A list of upcoming public sales with dates and sellers across Iowa towns including Keota Keota Hedrick Kalona Washington Brighton Crawfordsville Mers and Wayland. Items range from farm land cattle hogs dairy cattle to timber and household goods with October deadlines and multiple joint sales.
The sale tops featured Proud Colson No. 42 at 3387.50 to D F Macon of Washington. Boars topped at 150.00 for No. 1 to McReynolds & Son Hedrick Iowa. King Bob the herd boar sold for 150.00 to Henry Eckey Fairfield. Gilts top at 150.00 for Geo Lord Ainsworth for 150.00. Mike Trier added eight pigs to a total of 700. The sale saw strong local bidding led by McNurlen Putnam and Stickleman with many buyers present.
The notice describes a closing out sale on October 29 including about 38 pure bred Poland Chinas with nine fall and spring mates. It notes top pigs fetched 1600 dollars in a prior sale and that Carlson and Trier bought a new herd boar. Remaining details recount bids and bidders and mention high prices per head. An Army Y Hut project at Ames with $5,000 cost is also reported.
A reader argues that paying breeder prices for bull calves is essential, lest a herd rely on inferior calves. John Clegg cites the saying poorer cows need better bulls. Bob Smylie plans another Duroc convention this fall in his private building to serve late buyers. Sturgeon Bros. from Watch Creek report Angus cows weighing over 1600 pounds on scales, a big herd seen by Mike Trier’s 17 Angus heifers, all from Cannon Bros. at Wyman forming a solid foundation.
Walter Statler near West Chester expanded his Spotted Poland China hog herd by adding an excellent late spring boar this summer to improve breeding stock.
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