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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1946
Page
7
Livestock market roundup shows hogs steady at 16.25 ceiling with good hogs, 2,500 cattle receipts and cows strong, calves light supply, stock cattle active 15.50 to 17.50 with some up to 18.00, sheep 3,000 with western lambs steady and natives up to 19.75, yearlings higher around 25 cents.
Receipts include 1 car and 29 trucks with market steady. Hens 37, Leghorn hens 30, fryers and broilers 38-40, old roosters 23, ceese 23-27, old hen turkeys 44, old guinea hens 25, young guinea 45. Eggs total 6,769 cases with market firm. wholesale prices on the mercantile exchange show Extras J.
Fragmentary figures list land and current receipts figures with codes 52-5576 41-44 and dirties 38-3414 plus checks 82-32% noted in column style. No clear event or narrative besides numeric references.
In Chicago on September 24, cash grain prices show wheat mixed around 2.07 to 2.08 four bids, corn up 12 cents with various yellow corn bids from 1.93 to 2.10, oats steady with multiple grades listed, barley malting and seed ranges noted. U S growers harvested 228 million pounds of seed from 291,214 acres of vegetables in 1945, with 316,583 acres planted in 1946.
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