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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
4
Sympathetic ads list items for sale and rent in Elgin Iowa. Notices include for sale Jersey cows, a dandy pure bred Guernsey bull calf, a Jersey pair, a wood sawing service, animals for sale, a farm rental, and general notices about lost keys and trucking. The notices mention Ern Holzer, Geo Metzger, H W Falk, Torkelson Bros, and D W Mays along with the Echo Office.
Massachusetts Agricultural College reports that dried skim milk powder fed to young calves under the outlined schedule provides the best substitute for liquid skim milk. Dr. J. B. Lindsey and Prof. J. G. Archibald note growth remains strong at reduced powder amounts, with lower cost and better storage than liquid skim milk.
An Ohio State University extension analysis of 48 farm homes shows 69.9 percent of butter used on farms was produced there, with 38 of 43 families making butter. Milk production was lower, with 47 of 48 producing and using milk, while 0.6 percent of milk used came from the farms themselves.
A Iowa feeding trial shows cows receiving 37 pounds daily of solling crops plus limited pasture and concentrates did not produce more milk or butterfat than cows fed 22 pounds of corn silage instead of 87 pounds of solling crops. The higher dry matter content of corn silage explains its greater value per pound.
Scrupulous cleanliness of utensils promotes health for humans and young animals fed dairy products. Steam or boiling water can sterilize, but home use may rely on a calcium or sodium hypochlorite solution when multiple cows are kept.
Local notes recount visits across Volga City Oelwein Arlington Decorah and Dubuque as Jennings Poor Fox Leonhart Crandall and Whittenbaugh families host relatives and friends. Gas firm Mid Continent installs tank. Community members travel for visits care and church meetings. several residents travel to Waterloo Spillville and Milwaukee.
Mrs Crowe travels to Chicago for the stock show while Mrs Peters visits with Mr and Mrs Rowland at Weet Union. Ladies Aid meets and a Christmas program rehearsals fill the week as families host visitors and plan a church play and Friday social at the Baptist church.
John Falk and Robert Wilson attended the advance showing of new Chevroleta at Fort Des Moines Hotel while Hans Winkler and Harry Wenger went on other business in Des Moines yesterday.
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