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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1947
Page
2
The 1946 survey shows Iowa farm families exceed average in labor-saving devices. About 60 percent have a sink with drain and over 80 percent own a power washer or mechanical refrigerator, indicating homemakers are above average in labor-saving equipment ownership.
The One Group and Livestock Reporting Service reports 1967 corn prospects at 398,969,000 bushels, down 49 percent from 1946’s record. Factors include reduced acreage, poor conditions in June, and lower stands, with average yield about 40.9 bushels per acre.
Iowa horticulturists urge preserving a wide summer fruit harvest. Raspberries blackberries and cherries are abundant with peaches from outside states. Instructions cover freezing for Thanksgiving and sugar preservation ratios for berries currants and cherries. Use 0 to 40 below zero for freezing and pack in airtight containers with sugar to ensure quality.
Iowa farmers held 839,000 bushels of corn on July 1 1947, about 89 percent above the 97,158,900 bushels on hand a year earlier and the largest July 1 carry since 1962.
Advice for dairy cattle and poultry farmers on lowering disease costs through cleanliness, sanitation, parasite control, vaccines for hog cholera and erysipelas, quarantine of new stock, and balanced rations with essential vitamins minerals and protein to protect herd health and profitability.
The document records financial matters for Pleasant Valley Township School District in Fayette County Iowa for quarters ending March 31, 1947 and July 1, 1947. It lists total receipts and disbursements, balances, and warrants issued, naming secretary B Baumgartner and noting acts of the 18th and 48th General Assemblies as governing references.
Quarterly report of the Pleasant Valley Township district in Fayette County Iowa covering the quarter ending December 21 1946. It details receipts from district tax and state aids including transportation aid and maintenance, and disbursements for general control instructional costs operation of plant and equipment along with fixed charges and insurance.
Quarterly statement notes receipts totaling 284.45 and total disbursements 583.29 with balance on hand 568.05. It records funds for the quarter ending June 30 1947 under SF 260 Acts of the 4th and filed with the County Superintendent of Schools.
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