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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1955
Page
8
A farm page summary notes nationwide changes in pork and hog grading. Choice is dropped from descriptions. backfat limits tightened. four revised grades set for slaughter hogs with varying finish. Medium, No 2, No 4 and Jim Hogs defined by lean cuts and carcass weight portions, affecting ham loin picnics and other cuts.
Local items recount visits by Rev Cohagan of Oakland to Chicago for a conference, army release arrivals, Father’s Day events, birthday parties, and community club meetings. Families from Atlantic Stuart Adair and Adel figure in gatherings at Lake Okoboji Green Valley Lake and various homes.
Iowa ASC chairman Dwight Meyer reports to the elevator fort supply managers at Iowa State College on a push for on the farm storage to meet a 20 million bushel requirement for 1955 grain under federal price support loans. He urges elevator operators to assess county needs and consider small warehouse space if available. The note cites 97,458,000 bushels of 1954 tender price support and 57 million bushels for 1952 and 1953, totaling 118% million bushels.
Speer, swine nutrition researcher at Iowa State, identifies weeks 1 4 as critical in a pig's life. He notes that proper management and equipment, including pre starter feeds, allow a pig to reach 45 to 50 pounds and move toward market weight. The Iona s College program reports pre starter 75 yielding 50 lb pigs at 9 weeks under trial and field conditions.
Iowa enacts a new law effective July 4 to improve egg quality in markets. Farm economist A Kutish of the State College notes the law requires eggs sold by producers to be priced bluntly when bought by consumers. Iowa producers reportedly supplied 24 percent of shell eggs fed into New York City last year, 2 percent higher than New York State producers.
Ralph Nichols and his sons assisted John Grant with a day setup Tuesday of the previous week, aiding in the installation at the site.
Mrs Ralph Nichols hosted six children for a Monday afternoon party celebrating Royce's 12th birthday. Guests included Mrs Dick Underweindt and Mrs Ray Nichols. Lunch featured ice cream birthday cake and Koolaid. Several relatives from Las Angeles, Atlantic, and elsewhere attended a family dinner afterward. Mrs Isang Brown entered Atlantic Memorial Hospital for medical treatment.
Lincoln Township News records a Sew a Bit club meeting at Mrs. Ted Hansen with fourteen members and one guest, Jerry Bailey, sharing favorite Sunday dinner and prize draw. SOS club met at Mrs. Kermit Bailey. coffee contest winners were Mrs. Lawrence Bicking and Mrs. Harold Wahlert. next gathering planned with Mrs. Fritz Uhman. Jerry Pailey spent weekend with Betty Brown in Winta. local visitors include Mr. and Mrs. BW Robert and Nella Barnes plus K G. Waberts visiting Omantine home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradford.
Real estate transfers from Anita include multiple parcels and docket dates. Alfred Dement and Lester Scholl with wife, G. V. Fleming and A. J. Cruise, Standard Oil Co. and George O. Smith partners, and George Q. Smither with Claude Q. Smither show deeds dated 1955 and 1954, involving tracts, lots, and payments of one dollar with debt obligations in Anita and nearby townships.
An opaque ledger of land deals and widow waivers involving multiple owners and parcels in Anita, Massena, and Cumberland. Names include Nellie Workman, Matilda Behnken, Eva Wheatley, Catherine OConnel, and others with dates between 1953 and 1955. Descriptions reference lots, blocks, and sections in Sunrise Additions and local subdivisions.
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