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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
4
James W. Jean of Pasadena, California, unveils a method claiming one ton of garbage yields up to 10 gallons of various alcohols and acetone. The innovation highlights converting waste into fuel and chemical products, suggesting broad industrial use.
The excerpt outlines want ad rates up to 25 words at 25 cents per insertion, additional costs for longer ads and handling charges for replies. It also notes plans to creosote a tree to delay growth, a forecast on chinch bug control, early Iowa 4-H short course registrations predicting a 1500 attendance if roads and weather cooperate, and Horticulture tests at Iowa State College finding vitamin B ineffective as a plant growth promoter after 10 months, per E S Haber.
A compilation of farm notes highlights modern equipment cutting corn harvesting time, better biennial clover use for soil, and the need for careful winter maintenance of machinery. It also notes flax acreage expectations for 1941 and continuing fertilizer supplies, alongside small items on poultry lighting, butterfat trends, forestry cautions, and local human-interest items from Santa Claus visits to a 70 year old stove.
The 1938 turkey output valued at farm prices near $70 million topped 26 million birds, up from 1929 but below 1937, marking it as a decade high aside from 1936 peak. Texas led with 3.285 million birds, followed by California and Minnesota, as large flocks expand on improved sanitation, feeding, and marketing.
The Farm Security Administration has distributed ne arly one million copies of a flexible farm lease form to improve rental terms between tenants and landlords. It replaces oral agreements and includes a stated crop share or cash payment for rent. An automatic renewal clause keeps the lease in force until either party terminates with notice.
About 10 tons of manure are produced yearly per 1000 pounds of live stock weight. It includes plant nutrients worth 2.50 dollars per ton at fertilizer prices and adds soil organic matter. Value depends on conservation and application, with much nitrogen and potash in liquid portions that drain away without adequate bedding. Weathered piles waste nutrients.
The 1953 to 54 farm movement shows about 1,000,000 leaving farms and 800,000 moving from towns to farms. Erosion has ruined or damaged land larger than all farm land in several states. Swine types are split into lard and bacon categories with breeds named. The 1959 pig crop is expected at 83,000,000 head, nearly 12,000,000 more than 1933 and close to the record.
Saliga Caesar becomes a special office holder for the residential district of Houston Texas. The appointment marks a notable local governance step within the Texas city.
Central American nations show birth rates above the global average, highlighting regional demographic trends. The pattern suggests ongoing population growth pressures and potential implications for health, education, and development planning across the region.
Sound photo shows Italian prisoners of the British washing in a camp for prisoners of war behind the lines in Egypt. It is noted the British have taken about 75,000 prisoners during the past week in the drive on Libya.
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