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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
2
Hogs estimated at 13,000 today with holdover 3,404 and uneven but near steady trade. Cattle receipts around 2,000 with beef steers and feeders steady to yesterday. calves and feeders steady. Sheep receipts about 10,000 with native lambs strong. prices listed for multiple weight classes and grades.
A concise note reports a league game result on the green diamond, highlighting the winning team and the key moment that clinched the victory. The brief mentions the teams involved and the final outcome with emphasis on the decisive play.
Public sales schedule includes Artie McCully Joe Felix Alliman Bros Milo Shalla Marc Crandall and others selling Duroc Jersey Poland China or mixed stock across Iowa. Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo September 22 28 pairs with the International Belgian Horse Show. Iowa leads pure bred Belgian horse production. hog feeding in Secaucus New Jersey uses restaurant garbage boiled and diluted for feed. Early fall advised for sheep flocks with ewes and purebred rams. W W Martin of Missouri notes pure-bred stock profit from Hereford calves.
William Lapp leads county culling of three flocks with about 50 onlookers on farms of R Tracey Stanard and Stanard and Hugh Meacham. Among 92 birds only about 20 laid profitably. Winter costs to maintain 72 boarders would be high and crowding. Planned demonstrations in Wellman and Saturday at C W Walsh Riv erside J F Lowe and F J Salladay times 9 1 3. Maxwell Crawfordsville reports end gate limestone spreader solves spreading. he wants another car load. UH A Woodford of Clay gets a similar machine.
C J Fawcett of the Iowa Wool Growers association in Chicago reports wool stock was graded and looks fine after a busy warehouse. He reveals a Delane wool from Iowa was sold to a long time clothing firm buyer who believed it was Ohio or Michigan. He says the incident could elevate Iowa’s status among wool producing states. Clover seed prices are at a record high, making field clover worth inspecting for seed.
An Indiana farmer fed 282 lambs on twenty acres of corn from October 10 to December 26 and earned 922 dollars from the corn consumed. Tests at the Beltsville US Department of Agriculture farm show lice add one cent per pound to pork production costs. Guernseys head the recent cattle import list for the season.
All produce markets are higher. Rail strikes settled for now, shipping safer. Prices: Eggs 7 cents per dozen, cream 1 cent per pound, beef hides 22 cents per pound, kip hides 2 cents, calf hides 5 cents, horse hides 11.00 each. Ducks 18 cents per pound. Geese 10 cents per pound. Turkeys 80 cents per pound. Old roosters 12 cents per pound.
In Tennessee last year Ivy Brothers tested cow feed, balancing a ration of silage, cotton seed meal, and hay. Fourteen cows produced 32 pounds per cow, up from 27, with a $2.65 higher monthly cost. Milk output rose by 70 pounds total with a $0.54 per unit value, yielding $35.15 more in value than the extra cost.
A short notice item notes limited turnout as the county pageant committee prepares for an upcoming event. Local organizers urge volunteers and public support, seeking sponsors and participants for the community celebration.
The committee backing the September 11 Welcome Home celebration finds the parade idea of using a string of fine draft horses unworkable due to scarce animals. Joe Simerman reports only two Belgians in the county meet show standards, while local horsemen note a deficit in heavy draft stock. They recall a drop in mares bred last year, though spring 1919 saw a rise, expected to cover future demand for good mares and horses.
The Farmers Union will hold a regular meeting at Young America schoolhouse on Friday night September 5 7113. The event invites members to attend and discuss union business and community concerns.
Public sale announced after sale of farm to be held Wednesday September 10 at 11 00 old time two miles east and one quarter mile south of West Chester about 45 pigs cattle and hogs listed plus farming implements harness and equipment includes Shorthorn cows heifers calves sows boars plows mower buggy scale and harness with papers for the boar and Duroc Jersey boar eligible to register.
The listing covers about 25 acres of corn in the field, around 30 tons of hay in the barn plus additional hay in a stack, one stack of straw and half a straw stack. It notes 150 white oak posts, seven cords of stove wood, other pole wood, household goods including a heating stove, a Garland Oak item, one sewing machine, a dresser and com mode, with further items not enumerated.
An advertises North Iowa truck land in Mitchell county near Ansgar, touting 240 acres with black loam, mill wells, silo, and livestock. It markets 30 tons per acre cabbage at 15 dollars, onions at 3.50 per 100, and 250 bushels per acre corn at 1 dollar, predicting land may hit 600 per acre soon. Buyer may assume mortgages totaling 36 000 dollars subject to approval in 150 days.
Usual terms state one year at seven percent interest on sums over ten dollars. No property may be removed until terms are fully complied with. Job A Felix Macon, Auctioneer. R B Dougherty, Clerk. Sep 1.
A brief meditation quotes Emerson on the value of an active soul as the one true asset in the world.
The U S House passed a bill raising annual wages by 150 for all post office employees retroactive to July 1 affecting about 259 000 workers and sent it to the Senate for action.
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