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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1939

Page

7

Hogs Gain Surprising Weight on Sartent Minral Meal

Real feeding results claim pork gains on Sartent Minral Meat Meal with twenty two ingredients touted as a shortcut to profits. Wolfe Hatchery and FARMS FOR SALE advertise 225 acres near Wellman and 12 miles west of Washington with descriptions of undulating land, buildings, and seller financing. H. R. Miller lists Cedar Rapids address for farm purchases with terms before November 1. Also notice warns of colder weather and urges checking electrical systems for cold demands.

Wolfe Hatchery Wellman Washington H. R. Miller Merchants Bank Bldg Cedar Rapids Iowa

Frank Priebe weekly poultry insights on eggs and ducks

In a reflective column, Frank Priebe notes shifts in poultry markets from the Midwest to the East. He cites egg production trends, cheaper fresh eggs on the coast, and the Long Island duck boom that disrupted Midwestern markets.

Chicago Middle West East New England Long Island

Markets show mixed livestock mood in Chicago quote

Chicago markets report hogs at 14 000 head with prices 10 to 15 cents lower led by top at 7.00 while calves and yearlings gain modestly. Cattle receipts 6 000 with yearlings firm to up 25 cents and heifers rising, stockers active and cows steady. Sheep 5 000 with lambs and yearlings weak to 15 cents lower and fat ewes little activity.

Chicago Livestock Chicago Texas

Chicago Grain Table Summary

Open high low and close figures for May July and December contracts across Wheat Corn Oats and Rye show mixed activity. Wheat May at 84 84 88 percent, Corn May 51 to 62 to 61, Oats May 34 to 24 to 134, Rye May 53 to 53 to .62 with varied shifts in later months.

Chicago May

Chicago Cash Corn Market Report

Chicago cash grain prices list mixed and adjustable values for corn and oats. Old and new prices for mixed yellow and white corn vary from 26 to 62 percent moisture levels, with several lots reported at 44 to 49 percent.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Report Oct 24

Eggs market steady with 3,977 cases received including fresh graded firts 0 percent extra firsts 24 current receipts 20 and dirties 16. Poultry market steady to firm with 40 trucks received. other items unchanged and spring chickens listed 14-72.

Chicago

Zion City founder Dowie built colony into thriving town

The Zion City religious colony in Zion City Illinois was founded in 1899 by John Alexander Dowie. He expanded marshy land into a city with factories and banks worth more than 7 million dollars. Dowie delegated to Wilbur Glenn Voliva who later ousted him. Zion City was recently seized for taxes and Voliva deposed.

Zion City John Alexander Dowie Australia Wilbur Glenn Voliva Dowie Voliva

Inception of Greyhound Racing in England 1876

The first greyhound racing is said to have begun in England in 1876 in a field near the Welsh Harp, Hendon. Dogs chased an artificial hare drawn by a windlass along a rail over a 400 yard straight track.

England Welsh Harp Hendon

Iowa Poultry Outlook and Calls for Change in Chickens

Frank Priebe argues Iowa must improve poultry management to compete with Eastern producers who rely on bought feed. He notes historical turkey decline, today 1 808 000 turkeys in Iowa, and that grain abundance supports poultry growth. He urges farmers to adapt businesslike flock management to protect the state’s poultry industry.

Iowa Minnesota California Texas Middle West

Remodeling Shalla House Progress at Salem

Remodeling on the Shalla residence, vacated by Mrs Blanche Shalla, should yield a seven room home with kitchen cupboards and running water after enlarging the basement, raising the front, adding windows, and a new east addition. Neighbors and relatives visited, with beans harvested nearby and shelling of corn at the Shalla farm.

Dewey Weeks Salem Blanche Shalla George Shalla Kallous Charlie Kallous Little Son Ed Kallous Charlie Patricia Grandpa Grandma Phillips Frank Patterson Virginia Oscar Sheetz Dale Charles Shalla Ernest Strum George Zeck Annabelle Charles Wolfe Zecks Tom Kansas City Howard Decatur Ill Joe Knotek Joe Shalla Knoteks Shalla Harold Fulton Will Tellin Harold Ahrens James Shalla George Washington Washington Atlantic Ocean

Lively fourway race eyed for Iowa State Teachers Association president

In Des Moines at the Iowa State Teachers Association convention on November 2 and 4 a fourway battle looms for the presidency. Candidates include county superintendents Fred C. Bowersox and A. E. Harrison plus elementary principals James R. Fitzgerald and rumor candidate Arlene Van Cleave. Mary A. Baker ends her term. rotation may shift to county superintendents or elementary principals.

Des Moines IDPA Iowa Iowa State Teachers Association General Assembly Mary A. Baker Davenport James R. Fitzgerald Hopkins Crade Sioux City Fred C. Bowersox Clinton Clinton County A. E. Harrison Storm Lake Buena Vista Arlene van Cleave Logan Har Rison County

Provincetown Beach spans 30 miles of shoreline

Provincetown Massachusetts sits on a long coast line with a beach about 30 miles in length almost entirely encircled by water, underscoring its coastal geography.

Provincetown Mass

It Still Pays to Raise Good Horses in Crawfordsville

W. J. Edgar sold two suckling colts for 8200 to Cleo Ferguson of What Cheer. The sale records the highest price yet for young horses. The colts were sired by a roan Belgian stallion.

W. J. Edgar Crawfordsville Cleo Ferguson

REISTER'S MARKETS Weekly Egg and Poultry Prices

Prices paid Wednesday at Reister's Markets list sweet cream 27 cents per pint, No 1 sour cream 25 cents, No 2 sour cream 23 cents. Hennery Brown and White Eggs 24 cents, pullet eggs 18 cents. Eggs delivered to plant paid at farm value if poultry quality issues include crooked breasts bare-backs water blisters and extreme thinness. All poultry rejected at specified standards.

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