Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Open with Steady Prices
Chicago September 30. Estimated receipts hogs 30 000, cattle 21 000, sheep 7 000. Trade slow to start with first sales near Saturday averages. Hogs show range 18 50 to 20 00 for packing and best natives 19 40 to 20 00. Cattle steady to higher with good prime calves 16 50 to 19 60. cows and bulls mixed. Lambs lower on average with yearlings and sheep steady. feeders 11 00 to 12 50. ewes 11 00 to 11 50. Receipts yesterday totals 3 165 cattle 4 296 hogs and 5 408 sheep.
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cLoce
Poe
SaFr-Pr
Towa City Ad for E. W. Wagner & Co
J B Hunt manager in Towa City Iowa promotes furnishings from E W Wagner & Co The ad lists contact phone 726 and markets household goods and services for local customers.
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E. W. Wagner & Co
Towa City
Iowa
J. B. Hunt
St Louis Grain Markets Report
Turner Grain Co and W M Hewitt report cash close values for staple grains in St Louis Missouri on September 36. Prices list No 1 red wheat 2.25 No 2 red wheat about 2.21 to 2.22 and various yellow and white corn and oats prices with Chicago receipts tallies for wheat corn and oats.
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Chicago
Ill
ST. Louis
Turner Grain Co
W. M. Hewitt
Farm and Stock Sale Schedules and Dairy News
Public sales are listed across multiple towns with October dates for livestock and land including Duroc and Poland China hog sales. Community notes cover a Farmers Union meeting in Washington, a dairy cattle sale plan for Brighton, and details on dairy show activities and calf club initiatives led by R K Parter.
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Mike Trier
Duroc
Dutch Creek
Wehr Bros
Dublin
Mike Flander
Keota
O. L. Page
Titus
I. McKenry
East
Washington St
W. H. Cooper
Hedrick
Poland
China
Shaver and Fry
Katona
Koebel Bros
Wayland
Howard Hopping
Washington
Cyrus Birka
County pig club shows Duroc dominance in entry class
Boys fed pigs in the county leaned to Durocs with nine of fourteen pigs either grade or purebred. Chester White had one pig and Hampshire four. Lloyd Foster won top prize with two purebred Duroc pigs that made great gains, close to the first money with the grade Chester White.
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Richard Cray
Wellman
Ames
Chicago
R. K. Parter
Ames Extension Force
Wool Consumption Rises in August by 1.5 Million Pounds
August wool use reached 63,900,000 pounds grease equivalent, up from July’s 62,300,000. Since January 1, 1918 monthly average stands near 67,000,000 pounds. Stocks by class show grease 37,769,216 and scoured 11,732,697 with pulled 2,014,544 pounds. Massachusetts leads in wool consumption ahead of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Bureau of Markets
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rhode Island
New York
New Hampshire
Ohio
Connecticut
Maine
Bees Harvest Surplus Honey Higher This Year
The Bureau of Crop Estimates reports fall honey plants are weaker than last year but honey surplus per bee colony averages about 87 pounds by September 1. This beats 1917's 36 pounds and 1916's 46 pounds, indicating improved yields.
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Bureau of Crop Estimates
Work Must Be Respected by Artists and Crafters
A reflection on creative work stressing that initial sloppy sketches or sketches of paint lead to regret and unfinished outcomes. It argues that true pleasure in labor comes from treating work as a dignified and honorable pursuit.
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Washington
Casey
Iowa City
J. Marner
C. B. Oldaker
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John A. Babcock
C. S&s. Yards
Illinois
Close OF Grain Futures
Farm and Stock News
the Journal’s Farm Department
Jay J. Newlin
Farmers Union of
Washington County
Woodman Hall
William Sutherland
J. B. Rabenold
Brighton
G. A. Stannard and Son
W. A. Lloyd
H. F. Tracy & Son
U. S
United States
Chichester
Fitton Bee
Boys’ Pig Club
Frank Birka
Mer
Wunch
Austin Sutherland
Lloyd Foster
Lloyd Foster Duroc
Chester White
Helen Grosscup
Hampshire
Harold Wilson Duroc
Glenn Wilson Duroc
Marshall
Grosscup
Marshall Grosscup
Merledreen Ee
Chas
Godwin Ee
Homer Godwin
Homer Godwin Eee
the Evening Journal
Main Road
Col. ,Jr
Perfect Model
Orion
Eicher Church
Red
Mutual
H. L. Clark
Cooper
Hedrick, Iowa
Pawnee Wonder
Grand Master
Wolf
Sherman Brothers
M. J. Wilkinson
Riverside
J. D. Duncan
Cotter
Kalona, Iowa
Nebraska
Shaver & Fry
Kalona
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