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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1953
Page
3
Des Moines reports thousands of Iowa farm youths are preparing prize livestock for the 26 thousand dollar junior livestock show at the Iowa State Fair Aug 29 through Sept 7. 4 H and FFA competitors groom animals as homemaking exhibits and cash prizes totaling 5200 dollars are offered for homemaking displays.
Even champions can suffer cramps and danger without lifeguards. Novices are at greater risk. Wading in strange streams or ponds can be deadly due to sudden drop offs and hidden debris. Avoid diving into unfamiliar waters with rocks logs and debris. If cramps or exhaustion occur seek trained lifeguard help and swim where supervision exists.
Mrs Herbie Williams and children of Alpha spent Friday at Barney Yauslin home. Mrs Minnie Camp of West Union visited Mrs LaNora Halverson. Mrs Millard Nelson Jr attended the state American Legion Auxiliary convention in Cedar Rapids. Marilyn Wede stayed with Fred Schott. Louie Bunders and Anson Priest visited George V Larson. Bunders is Priest’s nephew. Laverne and Robert Swenson went to Jamestown to attend Alden Anderson’s wedding with Laverne as best man.
Virginia Prewett, born in Tennessee, recalls fleeing civilization after war reporting on Latin American dictatorship. She describes leaving a foreign correspondents career, retreating to Brazilian forests, and realizing that retreat from life breeds disorganization and peril. She reflects on seeking outward purpose beyond self.
The National Safety Council reports 1952 accident totals with 96,000 killed and 9,600,000 injured. An injury occurred every three seconds and a death every five minutes. Motor vehicle crashes killed four people per hour and injured 150 per hour.
The New York Journal of Commerce reports food store sales last year reached 39.97 billion dollars, up 2.7 billion from the prior year. The total shows a significant year over year increase.
A newspaper notice urges readers to obtain birth certificates for schooling work permits drivers licenses voting marriage and other benefits. It advises writing to the State Department of Health with full details and a 50 cent fee if birth registration is unknown or a copy is needed.
An Iowa farm study shows insecticides such as DDT lindane and methoxychlor kill large numbers of flies but do not solve the underlying fly problem. The article argues chemistry alone cannot eradicate flies and stresses integrated control.
The article notes chemicals paired with sanitation to control flies and highlights a manure spreader as the key tool for managing waste and reducing fly populations.
Iowa farm output in 1953 is placed at 661 million bushels of corn by the August edition of the Iowa Business Digest. It stands as the third largest corn crop on record, surpassed only by the 677 million bushels in 1950 and 698 million bushels in 1952, with oats production estimated at 196 million bushels.
The Digest notes production this year runs well below the 1942-51 yearly average by 112 million bushels. Cold planting weather and slow development appear to have restrained per acre yields. Timothy seed production may profit Town farmers, but overall output is not expected to be heavy.
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