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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep today 11000 12000 34006. Hogs uneven but strong with top at 18.10 heavy weights 250 lbs up. Cattle slow with beef steers and calves mixed. Sheep market slow with natives 14.75 and feeder lambs 11 13.
Markets list corn at 161 cars and oats at 110 cars with advances. No 2 yellow corn 1.48 to 1.50, No 3 white oats 0.68 and clover March at 28.60. December coffee quoted at 14.39.
In Nevada Louisiana Sept 17 deportation proceedings against Quan Sue a Chinaman convict at Fort Madison for murdering Sing Lee at Story City were continued. The court ruled that deportation awaits the supreme court decision on his appeal, expected at the next term opening in Des Moines.
The journal lists farm sales across Iowa from September to October including Duroc Jersey and Poland China stock with buyers such as Alliman Bros Noble Iowa and Taylor & Taylor What Cheer. State agriculture leaders visited Schenectady and Boston to study the corn borer menace and the need for unified control. A Brooklyn Chronicle editor forecasts Iowa farm land at 800 to 1200 dollars per acre in coming years, arguing for rising prices.
Maine and other northern potato states report harvest at full blast but crop below normal. USDA specialists urge southern planters to stock up seed potatoes now for next spring plantings to ensure seed supply and disease-free, high-producing stock selected in the field at harvest.
The European corn borer threatens American agriculture with spread in Massachusetts and New York. A conference in Albany and Boston saw officials from the U S and Canada urge energetic federal and state action including strict quarantines to control or exterminate the pest.
Counties express views on a fair husking wage for this year. Most say 7 cents per bushel with elevator unloads and 8 cents without. Some communities discuss 12 to 15 cents. Bureaus aim to stabilize prices, not fix them, to balance labor across regions. A similar effort last year showed partial success.
In 1916 the Imperial Valley regions of Southern California and Northern Mexico held about 40 000 dairy cows with an annual butter output near 7000 tons.
A Hoard’s Dairyman report notes 20 550 cows in 1918 produced 7 000 000 pounds of butter, while 40 000 cows in 1916 yielded the same amount. The piece cites inferior stock from cheap cow purchases and praises the Valley’s cow testing association of about 4 500 cows for promoting better cows and higher dairy efficiency.
Farmers ask if mold on corn ears hurts livestock. Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports mold does not injure live stock. Kansas trial fed cattle moldy corn in varying amounts and found no harm, even with large daily intakes.
Waterloo hosts a week long Dairy Cattle Congress from September 22 to 28 with unprecedented dairy cattle entries. The event features the International Belgian Horse Show with 300 horses in three new barns, plus a Barnes Company circus, Gruber trained animals and other acts for a full week of entertainment.
Waterloo opens the Dairy Cattle Congress as the largest dairy event in the state with extensive exhibitions and activities planned. Organizers expect a large turnout from dairy farmers and industry groups as events run throughout the week in Waterloo.
Des Moines plans to secure the 1921 Grand Army of the Republic encampment with city and state officials pledging cooperation. Delegates returning from the 1919 Columbus encampment note Des Moines would have hosted the 1920 event, and Lillian Clarke Cary of Dubuque was elected president of the Ladies of the Grand Army.
Thousands of visitors from many regions are expected to attend a major entertainment event drawing nationwide interest and promising local cultural showcases.
Three thousand pigs will be exhibited at the National Swine show in Des Moines from Sept 29 to Oct 4. Trained and unusual pigs headline the display as W J Carmichael announces the event. A special train from Texas and delegations from Georgia California and Pennsylvania are booked to attend.
Washington copies of a Columbus paper quote F E Adams praising the W R C as the largest patriotic body of women. He notes over 178000 loyal members and lauds president Mrs Eliza Brown Daggett for inspiring unity and higher Americanism.
A reflective line from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer questions how judgment of others differs from self judgment, pondering how life might change if people treated themselves with the same discouragement they direct at others.
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