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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
2
Hogs receipts 23,000 with steady to 2 lower market. Top 18.25 heavy weights. various grades listed. Cattle receipts 12,000, market fairly active and firm. beef steers up to 17.65. butcher cattle and veal calves priced across grades. Sheep receipts 35,000 with strong to 25c up. lambs and yearlings priced by grade. breeding and feeder categories shown.
Close of grain futures shows Sept corn at 1.55 high 1.49 low 1.48 for a 1.55 close. Dec corn 1.29 high 1.24 low 1.28. May corn 1.25 close. Oats Sept 0.68 with gains to 0.68. Cash market notes 2 Y and 3 W car loads, No 2 Y C 1.50 to 1.53½, No 3 W C 0.66 to 0.69, Clover March at 29.60, Coffee December at 15.00.
For sale from Logue Estate at 1030 N 2nd Avenue Washington Iowa an assortment of furniture and household items including a Sonora unit two dressers two commodes four beds mattresses and springs one leather couch dining room chairs six rocking chairs kerosene heater four large rugs dining room table work table sewing machine book case wringer and other small articles. Auction set for Saturday September 27 1019 at 2 30 o clock with D FP Macon as auctioneer.
A reader recounts a fall caused by dizziness after years of stomach trouble. A pharmacist supplied Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, claimed to relieve catarrhal mucus and intestinal inflammation, with assurances of safety and a money back guarantee.
Journal notes Stanard and Stanard flocks yielded 505 eggs in two weeks from 131 hens before culling and 421 eggs from 71 hens after. At Lowe’s farm orchards near Riverside, demonstrations show spraying costs per tree of 76 to 79 cents with results to compare sprayed versus unsprayed trees. Meetings are set for Sept 26 and 27 to view results and discuss home orchard spray methods.
An appeal to county Duroc breeders asks them to list their sale staff with A. C. Cannon, Duroc director on the Breeders' Association board. The first Duroc association sale is set for November 7, and Cannon needs immediate counts of hogs for consignment as Washington county hosts numerous pure bred herds. Quick action will ensure an attractive sale offer for red hog fanciers.
A visitor to the Iowa experiment station field day on farm crops and soils asserts that combining corn with soybeans for silage has proven beneficial over several years, demonstrating the productive value of the mix.
The notice lists current paying prices for eggs per dozen, cream per pound, various birds and fowl by pound, rabbits by pound, and hides by pound or each. It records no specific values or dates in the readable text.
Iowa farmers debate hogging down corn as swine harvests their own grain to cut labor and costs. John M. Evward from the Iowa Experiments station reports tests on 182 farms show broad approval and reduced waste, noting supplements are essential for protein. Pork production proves faster and cheaper when corn is hogged down with necessary supplements.
An outbreak known as forage poisoning or cerebrospinal meningitis swept western Kansas and eastern Colorado, killing several hundred horses but is now believed controlled by a joint campaign of the Bureau of Animal Industry and Colorado Agricultural College. Officials warn owners not to let work horses graze and to feed hay and grain from last year's crops, moving animals to barns or dry feed lots.
A northeastern Iowa county has 27000 acres flooded yearly as a narrow winding stream cannot remove heavy rain quickly enough. Iowa State College drainage engineers assist landowners to address drop damage and waterlogging, improving productive potential.
The 1812 siege of Detroit ended when General Hull surrendered on August 6 to General Brock. Hull was later court martialed by the United States for cowardice and condemned to death, but President Madison commuted the sentence to dishonorable discharge and allowed him to go free.
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