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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1946
Page
5
Hog buyers held to a new ceiling as price decline continued with most hog lots under 140 pounds steady to 3.00 lower than Friday. Cattle and calves showed limited demand with only a few good to choice heifers and steady to lower steer and heifer values. Sheep activity remained strong with spring lambs up around 25 cents and top loads around 19.25 for good to choice natives.
Chicago markets report firm poultry receipts with hens at 28 to 26 cents per pound, fryers and broilers 80 to 86, ducks 16 to 19, geese 18 to 22, turkeys not quoted. Eggs total 29 070, with wholesale mercantile exchange extras and standards quoted in cents per dozen.
A reported tale claims Queen Elizabeth ordered the beheading of a royal laundorman for ruining her favorite ruff. The story says Sir Walter Raleigh intervened to argue that only strong chemicals could clean the dirty ruff, sparing the man.
High temperature and low humidity cause egg interior quality issues and increased evaporation. The text notes air cell size watery egg white and movable yolk as indicators. It also states careless handling spoils 1,500 tons of peaches 4,500 tons of tomatoes and other perishables yearly.
The piece notes electricity shifts from wartime hardship to a postwar farm advantage. It highlights lower costs and labor, brighter lights to cut fire risk, improved water systems, dryers for crops, UV lamps to prevent spoilage, power tools, and welders expanding farm productivity and incomes.
Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson announces a new export policy for wheat beyond the 250 million bushels already committed as bumper grain crops arrive. The Price Decontrol Board delays restoring grain price ceilings while a sharp northwest wheat rise, and a nationwide chart from the USDA, shows a three year crop upsurge. A boxcar shortage forces surplus wheat to pile outside grain elevators.
An illustrated chopping block sits on three legs with the block at one end so chopped corn falls into a basket. The design allows ease of dropping kernels as demonstrated.
Plans call for coin operated milk dispensers in subway stations offices factories and apartments with NYC Health approval. First units to be installed in early fall with all milk contact parts sterilized including cans and siphons as milk is drawn into the container.
Article explains two identification methods for purebred hogs. Tattoo marking is required before eight weeks of age. An illustrated ear notching system covers 100 different number combinations for herd identification.
University of Illinois experts George C. Decker and Carl J. Weinman say DDT, though the most promising insecticide found, has many drawbacks. It fails against cotton boll weevil, plum curculio, chinch bug, Mexican bean beetle, cattle grub, screwworm and red spider, but lasts long indoors on walls, screens and floors.
The delicate orchid like Dutch iris grows from bulbs. Plant bulbs three to four inches deep in October in sunny loam. Mulch with straw or manure to four inches over winter. They may stay in one place for years. Clumps from original bulbs can yield up to twenty flowers.
The sport traces back over a thousand years to ancient Egyptians who raced greyhounds after a wild hare. Modern greyhounds can average speeds exceeding 35 miles per hour on a 525 yard course.
Home canned foods kept longer than a year tend to become soft and lose flavor and color.
A large fire devastates farm property valued at $90 million, accounting for about one fifth of the nation’s total fire losses for 1945. The blaze caused extensive damage and prompted investigations into its cause and prevention measures.
Weekly Friday sale at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday livestock auctions at Midway Sales Compan Columbus Junction Iowa. September 5 closing out sale of household goods 302 S Tow a R W Borman September 7 auction sale surplus furniture 309 West Washington St starts 1 30 J B Crail Estate September 9 closing out sale of household goods 214 West Madison starts 1 30 S Moklebust September 19 closing out sale 3 miles NW of West Chester starts 1 00 C L Baker
The dial gauge on a pressure cooker should be tested once a year against a master gauge, and more often if in constant use. Incorrect readings can spoil foods or waste nutrients. Weighed type gauges require no testing. Thorough cleaning keeps the gauge in good condition.
Iced coffee is brewed by any preferred method using two level spoons of coffee per eight ounce measure of water. Pour over glasses filled with cracked ice or ice cubes. Offer a bowl of ice, sugar or syrup, and cream with the drink.
A testimonial from Mrs. Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington praising freedom from pain after using NUE-OVO Laboratories products. She invites letters seeking information and provides a P O box for contact and payment details.
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