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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
4
Practical guidance for poultry, hogs, and rat control from Iowa State College. Emphasizes starting chicks early and segregating them from laying flocks, valuing manure as plant food, and mineral mixes for hogs. Advises ratproofing buildings and highlights Farm and Home Week events from February 9 to 14. Notes ewe lamb breeding economics from South Dakota studies.
A large robin was found feeding on sumac berries in Decorah shortly after a major storm ten days earlier. The discoveryers invited the bird to their home where it joined them for a belated New Year’s Day dinner.
A home nutrition guide recommends weekly budgets for a family of four including seven quarts of fruit or juice, bananas and oranges, and vegetables like potatoes, turnips, squash, cabbage, and lettuce. It also offers varied recipes such as Eggs in Tomato Sauce, Hominy Casserole, String Bean Salad, Beans with Cheese, Vegetable Souffle, and Fruit Crisp to add flavor without waste.
The piece argues praise and approval from parents and teachers can counter a child's quitting habit. Encouragement helps children persist, understand failures, and find new paths to success, replacing discouragement with renewed interest and energy.
Towa farmers seek better seed varieties amid rising seed sales. Report notes risk of grubs on cattle backs and advises removing them to prevent heel fly outbreaks next spring, urging prompt action and monitoring by catemen.
The article notes rats threaten food, livestock, and human health, spreading disease and prompting frequent poisoning. It cites 1942 feed price rises due to higher feed demand from more livestock, and highlights Iowa poultry and farm efforts. It adds Farm Security Administration conservation results with thousands of acres and over a thousand cooperating farmers in 1941.
Audubon residents face a water outage after a transformer burned at the city pump station. Local officials reported the disruption lasted for several hours before service was restored. Echo readers are urged to stay informed for updates.
Milwaukee report notes a 240 millimeter howitzer built for mobile firepower. The cannon, described as one of the army’s most powerful weapons, left the factory last week for testing. Two 10 ton prime movers towed the heavy barrel and carriage while soldiers with loaded rifles stood guard.
The piece blends light humor about home repairs and “fixitis” with gags about bus fares and transfers. It notes a homemaker and useful remodeling, a bus driver charging fares then waiving for a transfer, and a sergeant’s recruit shorthand joke ending with cooks peeling potatoes.
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