Livestock Production Is Big Business
Sullivan County farmers are part of a nationwide livestock system shaping the economy. The piece cites government data on meat demand, farm numbers, and the meat packing industry, then discusses how growing green grass improves poultry hatchability and lowers flock mortality, with a note from Frank Priebe urging green-grass feeding.
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Sullivan County
United States
United States Bureau of the Census
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Hens, Chicks and Seasonal Feeding in The Farmhouse Ward
The author recalls how winter hens produced few eggs and spring hatched chicks, then describes trying a balanced ration to year round laying and lists varying hatch rates. He cites experiments noting faster growth in summer rats on the same diet and suggests seasonality in milk quality from grazing cows may explain summer gains.
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Frank Priebe
Milwaukee
Local Visits Highlight Harris and Seaman Family Time
Mrs. E. E. Harris spent Sunday with her son R. E. Harris and family. Mrs. Nellie Seaman spent the past week with her sister Mrs. W. L. Chappel and Mr. Chappel at Topeka Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Harris
R. E. Harris
Nellie Seaman
W. L. Chappel
Chappel
Topeka
Kansas
Willing Workers Club Meeting and Party Notes
The Willing Workers met with Mrs Blanche Neet February 23 for an all day session with sixteen members and one visitor. Contests were won by Mrs Alta Shipley Mrs Eva Sharp Mrs Doris Callihan and Miss Hazeline Morrow. A March 9 meeting with Mrs Doris Callihan is cited. The group hosted a March 4 party at Duffield schoolhouse for forty seven attendees featuring music games and contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Neet
Alta Shipley
Eva Sharp
Doris Callihan
Hazeline Morrow
Pearl Williams
Clara Shaffer
Erma Mece- Michiel
Gladys Boehner
Kathryn
Verla Milner
Linda Todd
Ira
Ruth Morrow
Helen
Hazeline
Virgie Clawson
Blanch Neet
Reeve Alexander
Duffield
John Todd
Ila
Mary Lou
John Ross
Floyd
Ralph
Arnold Alexander
Victor
Margaret
Betty Ruth
Robert Neet
Katherine
R. A
Barbara Jean Hill
Milford Shipley
Alfred
Harland
Key Shaffer
Erma McMichiel
Velma
Marion
Macey Williams
Dale
Frank Robbins
Ray Sharp
Edna Jane
Karl
Soveta Milner
Glenn
Donald
Verla
Gayla
Bobbe
John Clawson
Quentin
C. R
North Salem
Retta Head
Retta
Opal Moore
Vis
AAA authorizes loans on crops under 1938 act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 enables the Commodity Credit Corporation to issue loans on wheat corn and cotton based on parity and year supplies. Details set by the act specify loan rates for cooperators and noncooperators with adjustments for quotas commercial areas and domestic consumption.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Jesse W. Zunch
Sullivan County Agricultural Conservation Association
Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
Wanted Job Printing Services Advertised
A brief notice seeks job printing business with a call to place an order for a trial. It invites potential clients to try the service and showcases available printing options.
Corn Loan Available for Emergency Crop and Feed Loans
Applications are open at the Linneus Farm Bureau office with John Walton available to assist. H L Rockhold of the Farm Credit Administration announced loans target farmers unable to secure credit elsewhere, limited to immediate cash needs for 1938 crops or livestock feed, with a maximum of 400 dollars per farmer and security of a first lien on the financed crop or on livestock fed.
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Farm Bureau
Linneus
John Walton
H. L. Rockhold
Farm Credit Administration
Hall
Little Oscar Browning Play Shown At Brookfield Friday
Review of the one act comedy by "Little Oscar" Browning at Brookfield on Friday March 4 notes a lively interior setting and strong performances. Henry Burwell and Gussie Maggie were highlights while the cast includes John, Fred, and the coach praising the actors.
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Oscar” Browning
Brookfield
Henry
John Burwell
John
Fred
J. W. McQuown
Oscar
Gussie
Hazel Maggart
Josie
Imogene Hanman
Chester
Miss Johnson
Sunshine Workers Club Meeting With Mrs Burkholder
The Sunshine Workers Club met with Mrs Bertha Burkholder in an all day session on Thursday March 3 due to illness.
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Sunshine Workers Club
Bertha Burkholder
Gossip and Work Honor Contrast in a Humorous Tale
A fragmented quip about gossip versus honesty contrasts a schemer who attracts women with honeyed words to one who earns respect by steady work. It notes that constant labor may not win fame but yields a reliable husband and father to a single family.
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Willing Workers Club
Thelma Lee
Room
Donald Kille
Elizabeth
Wallace Thurlo
Rural School
Degraw Theater
Phyllis Vincent
Marjory Campbell
Bertie Gooch
M. W. Robison
H. J. Woolf, Jr
Russell Bartow
Linn County
Pearl Head
Mabel Maxwell
Mellie Thudhum
Julia Coffman
David Monroe
Edna
Elva
Erma
Etta
Ora
Florence Mott
Mabel Gaul
Francks Smith
Mabel Rulon
Ada Scherkise
Opal Gaul
Lawrence Thudium
Roy Maxwell
Ernest Head
Tona Gaul
Ellwood Thudium
Raymond Smith
Will Burkholder
Roscoe Rulon
Wesley Head
Zane Smith
Alberta Campbell
Mellie Thudium
Braden Thudium
Mildred Brantner
Elsie Almond
Cora Brantner
Versie Bailey
Alpha
Evelyn Cordray
Ida Head
Gracie
Susie Jennings
Verna
Ioa
Lela Pearler
Lavena Riddle
Ethel
Helen Swisegood
Madeline Tucker
Flossie Wyatt
Ramah McCollum
Mildred Pearler
Eva Turner
Little Son
Elba
Irene
Ellis Jennings
Floyd Swisegood
Oral Riddle
Earl Pearler
Oren
Fay Jennings
Fred Bailey
Gene Moore
Frank
Kermit’ Head
Harold
Harvey Cordray
Minnie McCollum
Emaline Carmack
Neva Newton
Billie
Enid
Maple Moore
Tressie Crist
Norma Lee Almond
Agnes Stone
Lena Bailey
Browning
Jack Kenley
Cora
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
McCormick
Hugh Campbell
Herbert Robinson
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