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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1929

Page

2

Chicago Livestock Prices Report for September

U S Department of Agriculture report shows hogs 35 000 head with 14 000 directs and prices up to 25 cents higher, cattle 24 000 and calves 3 000 with steady to firm delivery, stock classes active while light weights show mixed movement. Slaughter steers 1200 to 1500 pounds range 13.25 to 17.00, other weights similar, packers adjusting bids and market pacing vary by class.

Chicago U. Ff. Department of Agriculture

Livestock Market Report With Price Ranges Across Species

Openings showed strength with fat cattle and hogs trading higher while later bids eased. Describes price bands for yearlings, heifers, bulls, vealers, steers, and sheep with variations by weight and quality, plus lamb and ewe quotations and feeder lamb activity.

Wheat and corn futures mixed at Chicago open

Grain prices show mixed moves with Sept wheat at 1.33% low and 1.384% high while Dec and Mar contracts hover around 1.40% to 1.52% ranges. Corn and oats display small percent shifts, and a weather note hints at a festival week in Washington with notes on local farm activity and civic notices.

Dee Mair Lee Seiad Fan Washington

Grain Quality Figures Across Wheat Corn and Oats

The report lists various grade and quality percentages for wheat corn oats barley timothy and clover. It includes multiple entries such as wheat soft red winter grades 1254 hard 124 percent and 2 hard 133 to 134 percent, and corn mixed and yellow varieties with percent ranges, along with oats white and mixed categories, timothy and clover price or yield-like ranges. Entities include crop types and color grades with percentage figures.

Barley and Timothy Prices and Cash Values Noted

A fragmented report lists barley and Timothy cash values with old and new figures. It mentions Clover and Alsike with October and December values and a Dee reference, followed by scattered terms like Imp and LOL.

Local snippets and arrivals cross county lines

Odd tidbits from community letters and notes across Iowa include Mary Ann the caregiver and a red headed boy's mix up with his mother, a passenger berth complaint, and a family moving between Columbus Junction and Crawfordsville. Stock buyers and local merchants are mentioned with weekend sales and shop talk.

Community club notices and meeting reminders

The item lists events at the Odd Fellow hall and Fortnightly department meetings. Mrs Jobo Rutter hosts Past Noble Grand circle Monday evening, and Mrs RRk Brown leads the Afternoon Literature session Monday at 2 30 on South Lawn avenue. Charter members urged to pay dues. Booster club delays meeting to Sept 24 due to farm bureau lesson material.

Jobo Rutter Nobie Grand Circle Odd Fellow Hall Kk. Brown South Lawn Avenue Farm Bureau

Closing out sales listed in early autumn notices

A sequence of farm sale notices detailing closing out events by various sellers. Locations include Kalona Rich mond Ainsworth Crawfordsville Columbus Junction Keota Dur ocs Washington and Polands with dates from Sept 17 to Oct 12 and listed sellers such as God frey Sommers Mike Mushek Rabencld Zickafoose and others.

Godfrey Sommers Kalona Mike Mushek Richmond KS Abt Rabencld Ainsworth W. W. Cherry Hampshire Washington Columbus Junction W. R. Gamon & Sons Polands Towa

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