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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today hogs 27000 holdover 6668 cattle 16000 sheep 46000. Second report shows 28000 receipts with steady to 50 off. Beef steers and feeders steady, calves 50 off. Lambs mostly 25 off with sheep steady to lower. Official yesterday totals hogs 14316 cattle 13814 sheep 37025 calves 1777.
Iowa farms excel in Belgian breeding with top American horses on display at Waterloo. Good’s Farceur and mares, Irvine’s Salome, and Paramount Flashwood dominated judging, while Parcour and Alfred de Bree Eyck blood influenced results. Barberry eradication efforts near Hawk Eye reduce rust risk.
Furnished by E W Wagner Co Iowa City No 4 B Hunt manager lists car and oar pricing with reference to corn rates. Mentions Clover and Coffee prices with March and December figures. Notes phone and office lines and status updates for commodity quotes.
F G Churchill of the Iowa State College agricultural department cautions farmers to avoid heavy pasturing of clover and alfalfa this year. He notes recent rains have boosted pasture growth but excessive grazing could harm plants through winter kill risk and improper recovery.
Quote by Kingsley notes that every duty commanded to wait returns with new duties behind it, urging patience and perseverance in obligation. The aphorism frames delays as cycles of responsibility rather than ends in themselves.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports a nine month rise in tuberculin tested herds with 19 021 accredited herds and 97 243 cattle tested. Virginia leads in accredited herds while Minnesota follows in animals tested and accredited. Washington data shows October 1 crop conditions and state by state corn production estimates.
The article notes a slowing egg market and steady winter prices. It lists current selling prices for cream butter per pound, eggs per dozen, and various poultry items including hens chickens cocks ducks geese and turkeys, with a remark that the hide market has collapsed and pays only top daily delivery prices.
The writer recalls early transport in Scott township without buggies or spring wagons and describes improvised seating in Hochmeter schoolhouse. He wonders what the next fifty years will bring as the human mind and technology advance, predicting greater changes for future generations.
Locust eggs treated with sulphuric acid and lime are used as fertilizers in Mediterranean countries when insect numbers are high.
Auction of household goods set for Saturday October 11 at 2 30 p m on North Town avenue conducted by H M Shellabarger. 200 to the highest bidder.
A narrator recalls childhood in Michigan near Kalamazoo where first ice skates arrived before roller skates. He describes skating winters, swimming summers, and moving west with parents toward deer and prairie country, reflecting on bygone daysBefore audio memories fade the piece hints at early skating culture and frontier migration.
This remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough has grown from a small beginning to wide distribution across the United States and many foreign countries. A Lemmon's Drug Store advertisement urges readers to give it a trial.
The text notes that Solomon's fleet brought peacocks from Tarshish to Jerusalem, as cited in I Kings 10:22 and II Chronicles 9:21, among other natural products.
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