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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1926
Page
2
Chicago reports receipts of about 12,000 hogs and 12,000 cattle. Hogs show mixed early activity with top prices around 13.70 and varying weights from 170 to over 300 pounds, while bulk prices range 11.00 to 13.70. Cattle trading steady to higher on yearlings and light cattle, with some loads weighing 1,900 pounds and up to 2,400 pounds.
Sheep receipts 25 000 with fat lambs holding near 14.00 and best natives around 13.75. Fat ewes 5.00 to 6.50 while feeding lambs show steady to weak demand and early scales 12.00 to 13.00.
Chicago reports livestock estimates for tomorrow with hogs at 20 000 cattle 10 000 and sheep 26 000.
Chicago market quotes show wheat Sept at 1.944 to 1.971 with Dec 1.358 to 1.40 and May 1.429 to 1.45. Corn ranges around Sept 0.73 to 0.75 with Nec and May near 0.86 to 0.88. Oats and rye display small band moves with lard and ribs partially listed.
Fragmentary OCR shows dates, weights, and decimals 13.25 14.50 7 eS 14.50, listing Sept Oct entries. No clear names or events. Lacks context to identify entities or actions.
Chicago cash grain prices list corn options with mixed and yellow varieties across Nos 2 through 6, showing bid ranges from 69% to 80 and include sample grades. Prices reflect No 2 yellow at 79 to 81 cents per bushel and other grades with similar percentage ranges.
Toledo seed prices for Clover and Timothy are listed with monthly quotes. Des Moines reports an appeal for 5000 dollars from Polk county residents for Sioux City Hawarden flood relief, presented by Judge Hubert Utter, with a 50000 dollar statewide fundraising goal.
Auction listings show multiple upcoming sales across Iowa in late September to October. Items include Poland China hogs from Keota and Crawfordsville areas, Jersey cattle, and apple sales near Washington and Yarmouth with firms like Wagner-Gamon & Sons and Hlampahire. Several dates and locations are provided, marking closing out sales and regional farm markets.
Market notes show cream butter prices per pound and fresh laid hens by weight, leghorn and black varieties, plus ducks Muscovy and other geese priced per pound or per dozen. Hides for beef and horse and calf listed by weight. Sickness or frail poultry barred from sale.
Monday notes show Sam Witt ing delivering eyes and ordering another year of the Journal. Crawfordsville residents Jack Fletcher and J J Anwyl subscribe, with others from Des Moines and Fremont. local ads mention sales, Washington news, and a school route mishap.
Washington County Farm Bureau reports weather related chicken illnesses from damp conditions and crowding. It notes upcoming farm demonstrations on beef cattle selection and cow testing associations, plus tuberculous eradication efforts and area plan enrollment prospects.
A blurb writer counsels every man to have a hobby a friend a job and a savings account. His life work would be to hold the first over the other three despite opposition. Arkansas Gazette.
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