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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
7
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A fragment from a Spring City concert notes an organ built in 1791 regarded as the oldest of its kind still in use in the United States. The item references local figures and a brief dialogue about early hours, reflecting archival newspaper style.
Iowa pondered a gasoline tax with data from other states as Cherokee County added to roads. Des Moines planned 500 needy children’s Christmas trees, while Governor Kendall recalled past service as Iowa prepared for census and elevator code enforcement. Army bonuses and motor vehicle fees topped 1924 fiscal notes with emphasis on farm prosperity and high school expansion in Hawarden.
University of Illinois records show four Champaign and Pratt county farms spend about $115 per farm annually to maintain roughly 1150 rods of fencing across 225 acres. Losses from land use, crop damage, and weed cutting could double that cost, suggesting temporary fences as a cheaper alternative to permanent fencing.
A 1900s seeding tip advises treating seed oats with formaldehyde to curb smut. For every 50 bushels, dilute a pint formaldehyde in five gallons water, spread on barn floor, mix, spray, cover, and wait two hours for absorption. After drying, sack and treat returned seed as well.
Sheep specialist C G Biling reports on tests with 17 groups of ewes showing non grain fed during breeding season produced 1.7 pounds weight gain and 229 percent lamb crop, while grain fed groups averaged 8 pounds per head and 147 percent lamb crop. For 1000 sheep, 28 more lambs could result. Ewes received only half a pound of grain daily. feeding method mattered less than weight gain.
A historical note explains feeding poultry with a balanced ration using home grown feeds. The suggested mash combines ten pounds meat scrap, forty pounds cornmeal, twenty pounds wheat bran, ten pounds finely ground oats, and twenty pounds wheat middlings, aiming for high protein and steady egg production.
A historical notice extols silos as permanent assets for dairying, noting their concrete or steel-formed construction, rapid erection, and space efficiency. It outlines benefits like stored winter feed, reduced waste, and higher nutrient preservation, plus practical harvest and filling methods and feeding rules to maximize silage quality.
Stable manure is a basic garden fertilizer with lasting effects, while small doses of nitrate of soda and acid phosphate boost specific crops. A nitrate of soda spray on tomatoes produced abundant, lasting fruit for years, and light dustings along rows or hills target lettuce, radishes, and spinach at minimal cost.
The article explains that hens require clean water for egg production and outlines simple methods to provide and maintain fresh drinking vessels. It advocates using galvanized water palls in suitable allotments, easy to scour, to prevent tipping and keep water healthful, even suggesting boiling water and corn ends to clean seams. It notes clean water helps hens drink more and may help curb respiratory diseases.
The note discusses misrepresentation risk in farm produce sales, the role of reputation, and the need for honest grading. It advises on seed rates for alfalfa and clover, spring sowing of wheat or rye, and seed cutting timing. It also covers poultry feeding to keep hens laying, except during molt, and defines grading as increasing value rather than reducing quantity.
A compact older menu lists weekly meals with breakfasts, dinners and desserts for each day, noting substitutions based on market availability. It includes recipes like Hot Chicken Salad, Deviled Oysters, and Grandmother's Date Cake, plus a long vegetable and salad section and a poetic interlude about travelers.
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