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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
2
Mt Olive residents report visits and calls across Cherokee Aurelia Quimby and Holstein with numerous social visits to the Goettsch Hahn Bruce and Bruce households. Wayne Stellish nears army service as local people share threshing and market and park outings.
Donald Johnson son of Edgar Johnson spent a weekend at the Howard Anderson home in Cherokee. Mrs Kim Stewart and Mrs Clifford Bruce assisted Mrs Lincoln Hahncook for threshers Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Julia Gustafson visited in the Orville Hickey home. Miss Erna Otto of Hinsdale Ill is vacationing with her parents. A baby girl was born Sunday August 9 at Sioux Valley hospital Cherokee to Mr and Mrs Henry Otto. Several neighbors and relatives visited in Diamond township including Marvin Otto in Florida and Rev Milton Otto who wed Miss Marjorie Lund of Eau Claire Wis. Other calls came from Galva Ida Grove Storm Lake Spencer and Eau Claire with multiple gatherings at the Peterson and Hickey homes.
Beef prices held steady with most at 13.50 to 15.75 while higher grades rose to 14.50 and 14.60. Hogs mostly 14.00 to 14.50 with some 14.60. sows 13.75 to 13.90. Lambs 14.25 to 14.50 with some 14.60. slaughter remains 4.00 to 6.10. Cherokee county shippers report multiple lots of hogs, steers, ewes, and sows with prices ranging from 6.10 to 18.00 and several podcast listings.
W R Whitfield Iowa State College extension poultry specialist warns Iowa poultrymen to guard against egg production drop in mid summer. He notes heat reduces feed intake and many preventable factors like altering hens eating habits and cutting mash or milk feed during peak laying. Adequate water supply is essential per Whitfield.
Threshing began in rings around Afton with heavy grain and wet shocks from recent rains. Local family visits include Miss Betty Gates and Raymond Zwick in Washta, a New York visitor Mrs. Julia Gustafson painting her farm buildings, and Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Ducommun with relatives in Sioux City.
Local social notes list Miss Vera Roth leaving for Chicago for work and visits by Miss Victoria Gutz, the Koth family, and the Walther League farewell for Donald Grieme and Robert Bahr heading to navy service. Also included are poultry farming tips on water needs, mite control, and culling non layers to reduce feed costs and improve henhouse efficiency.
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