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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today hogs 31 000 holdovers 5 222 cattle 14 000 calves ... beef steers top 16 75 to 18 50 light weight 1100 lbs down 15 00 18 25. Cattle market steady with veal calves 18 00 19 00. Sheep and lamb receipts 41 510 with primes 13 50 16 00 and feeders 11 25 13 25. Totals: hogs 19 218 cattle 29 601 sheep 41 510 calves 5 491.
Grain futures and cash market notes from Towa City Iowa show corn openings and closes for Oct Dec and May contracts with small percentage changes. Oats and clover and coffee prices are listed with minor shifts and monthly futures data.
The line traces to a religious myth about casting out devils at Cadara and the swarm of possessed swine into the waters. Clark's Palaemiologia cites a variant phrase and suggests the saying signals a choice between two terrible options, possibly from forgotten legend.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Cough Medicine can cure catarrh in early stages by cleansing the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to strengthen the patient and invites readers to send for testimonials, offering a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure.
G W Dodder plans a closing out sale on the 21st to wind down 50 acres east of Washington as he moves to Muscatine He sells most belongings except household goods and poultry Taking along chickens nursery stock and some orchard items to his Muscatine property He leaves after eighteen years on the farm noting strict careful management and ongoing fruit and vegetable standards
Iowa State College sheep specialist Tom C. Stone says good breeding ewes are flooding the market in October with rock bottom prices. Buyers should select ewes carefully for teeth udders and body size to avoid problems, especially beginners or those with limited feed.
H R Wilson of Benton county reports a record seed value of 220 dollars and 40 dollars per acre for Sudan grass. He sowed 3.5 acres on June 3, harvested Sept 18, yielding 7800 pounds of seed sold to an Iowa seed house at ten dollars per ton. Adair county growers Victor Hill and W E Meneary note strong yields and ready seed markets. The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station endorses Sudan grass as a catch crop with broadcast seeding of 15 pounds per acre and average yields around 3.5 tons hay and 50 pounds seed per acre, with larger results possible.
ISU experiment fields reveal clear differences among soybean varieties when grown under similar conditions. The study compares several seed types to determine performance and potential yield advantages for farmers.
Market notes show poultry prices drifting with eggs not expected to rise sharply this winter. Producers are advised to sell regularly to avoid spoilage while markets for butter, cream, and other produce list variable prices and low hide values.
The passage notes Manchu Ito San and Black Eyebrow performing well with 18 to 20 bushels of beans per acre, while corn yielded 40 to 50 bushels per acre.
A mandamus petition filed in Story county seeks to force Iowa's highway commission to approve a Polk County paving contract with James A. Carey & Son of Clinton. The case tests the commission's powers over permanent road construction and local contracts.
A dispute over a two and a half mile Fort Des Moines road project centers on paving material Bithulithiec and whether state and federal aid can support it. The highway commission has withheld approval awaiting court interpretation of the road laws and official power to authorize permanent improvements.
Paris dispatch reports residents of southern Russia’s Black Sea region sewing dresses from leaves and grass joined with bamboo. Women and girls in several villages wear these natural outfits as a practical dress alternative amid shortages.
Major G. M. Towse in charge along the Black Sea says fiber shortages hinder cloth supply. He notes that the summer costume suits southern Russia but worries about winter for the girls. The Red Cross plans to distribute clothing before autumn.
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