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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1920
Page
2
Market report from Chicago on September 14 shows estimated receipts hogs 16 000 cattle 12 000 sheep 17 000 with heavy buying and prices 25 to 35 higher than yesterday. Beef and butcher cattle steady to strong calves up 25 to 50 with beef steers and feeders showing wide price ranges. Official yesterday totals include hogs 25 992 cattle 26 853 sheep 24 965 calves 4 245.
Des Moines reports say game wardens intensify enforcement of state game laws in Franklin county where two hunters were fined 126 dollars for pheasants killed without a license. The piece notes rising numbers of pheasants in preserves and cites a 1925 end to the closed season. It also covers typhoid fever deaths in Pella and a health official urging vaccination, recalling navy data on typhoid reduction.
Col W G Dows of Cedar Rapids heads the Iowa Railway and Light company which aims to invest seven million dollars in water power. Twelve to fifteen plants would produce about 15 000 kilowatts for light and power across central Iowa. Sites on the Cedar Maquoketa and Wapsie rivers are acquired with central plants at Maquoketa Anamosa and Cedar Rapids. An Oxford Mills plant exists and other sites include Shells burg The Palisades Cedar Bluffs Cedar Valley Canton and additional locations.
The journal lists farm department sales from Sept 15 to Oct 20 across Iowa towns including Wellston Eldon Noble Washington and more, with poland china and duroc Jersey sales. It also provides poultry expert guidance from H A Bittenbender on preparing pullets for winter laying through separate housing dry mash and tankage feed.
The W R Gamon Poland China sale at East End Garage drew a modest crowd with bidders slow to respond. Prices averaged around 50 to 60 dollars as many spring boars sold below profitability, though the offer showed high quality and the breeder’s reliability is noted as key to future success. Swifts Produce Review notes butterfat gains, steady butter prices, eggs in demand, and growing dressed poultry needs ahead of Jewish holidays. Apples should be picked hard ripe to avoid storage trouble and disease, Iowa State College advises careful handling to prevent spoilage and mold growth.
Poultry experts at Iowa State College warn cholera poses a rapid, deadly threat to Iowa flocks. Birds may show no symptoms. dead birds reveal liver and kidney congestion. Sick birds cannot be cured. culling and deep burial of carcasses and excreta are advised. Water treatment with mercury bichloride or sodium sulpho carborate tablets is recommended.
John D. Buckley arrived home after a two month tour of Ireland England and France. He and his son Frank traveled by airship from Paris to London in two hours and fifteen minutes, toured battlefields of the great war and visited relatives in the Emerald Isle. Mrs Buckley also returned today.
Federal Prohibition Director James H. Hanley of Nebraska warns that raisin seeds in amateur moonshine mash cause temporary and sometimes permanent blindness. He notes illicit stills are rising as officers chase them, and expresses belief the practice harms or kills the customers of bootleggers.
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