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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1919
Page
2
United States Weather Bureau forecast for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for generally fair conditions with near normal temperatures after Monday. Issued in Washington DC for September 29 to October 4. Personnel note: Saturday, September 27, 1919.
Hogs estimated receipts today 30,000 with a holdover 1,522 and mostly 25 cents off. Beef and veal prices range from 6 to 18 dollars depending on weight and grade. Sheep receipts about 40,000 with fat lambs quoted up to 15.50 and ewes and feeder lambs showing wider spreads.
A long list of farm sale dates across Washington, Brighton, Wellman, Riverside, Crawfordsville, Kalona, and Columbus Junction outlines public and guardian sales plus a Duroc Jersey sale. The report includes orchard spraying results showing higher yields and cleaner fruit after spraying, with costs per tree and guidance to prepare for next year, plus notes on a Duroe Jersey sale and upcoming farm meetings.
Grain market shows corn steady with 246 cars and then 259 cars listed. Clover notes March value at 29.70 with December Coffee 24.30 and March Coffee 14.40.
Saturday demonstration in the County Home orchard shows sprayed trees yielding far more fruit and much cleaner produce. Grimes Golden: sprayed 373 pounds with 322 clean, 8 scabby, 43 wormy. unsprayed 20 pounds with 2 clean. Northwest Greening: sprayed 864 pounds versus 498 on unsprayed trees.
The report notes a slowing egg market and lower poultry prices with current winter exes and deliv ered produce prices listed. It cautions sellers not to expect high prices this season and advises regular selling to avoid shrinkage, while noting the hide market has collapsed and top prices apply only at delivery.
Reports to the United States department of agriculture note a surge in double decker auto trucks in Omaha Union Stockyards. Specially constructed trucks have nearly doubled the tonnage hauled to market this summer, with extensive use in moving feeder sheep from the market to grazing districts.
A Livingston county Missouri farmer sent 949 hogs to Kansas City in a special 16 car live stock train. The hogs averaged 250 pounds for a total of 265 729 pounds of pork on the hoof with only three hogs lost, about three tenths of 1 percent.
O. B. Wilson the Farmers Union president will address the Eureka school house Tuesday evening September 20 at eight o'clock. County union president W. E. Sutherland will also speak.
Read today’s ads for bargains and announcements from area merchants. Find sales, services, and special offers across local stores, with featured products and limited-time pricing.
C R Wells sold fifty head of registered horses at public auction at his Wells training barns west of town. Lonnie McDonalda topped the sale at 525 dollars. other prices ranged 200 to 400 dollars. Bidders came from nearby towns and Kansas City as Wells plans to quit the horse business.
The Iowa farm bureaus report about 10,200 men found farm work in seven months of 1919 through free employment bureaus. About 4,700 were harvest hands and 5,600 hired by the month. County agents credit the bureau with facilitating employer worker matching and record 27,348 laborers located during a prior drafting period with average monthly wages of 58.05 dollars this year.
Washington report warns Jack Frost threatens tender garden crops including Irish potatoes carrots parsnips and more. Home gardeners are urged to use storage options such as buried wooden boxes barrels or outdoor pits in well drained sites to protect vegetables.
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