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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1928
Page
3
The notice promotes a one year subscription to Echo Enterprise and the Dubuque Telegraph Herald for five dollars, highlighting a savings of four dollars. It adds a combined offer with the Chicago Tribune and emphasizes prompt service on orders.
An ad offers car washing with an air and water auto washer, top building and repairing, glass cutting, tire and boot service, vulcanizing, radiator repair, and general auto shop work at Begmer's Tire Shop in West Union, Iowa. Is your subscription tag reading 1928?
Clermont paper credits R P Strauch as publisher and Ruth Skarshoug as local editor. It is entered as second class mail matter in Wayette County Iowa. Date shown Thursday March 1 1928.
Poultry specialists at Iowa State College promote an all-mash ration for chicks until 10 to 12 weeks old. They say it saves time and yields more uniform growth than mashed grain feeding. One fountain and one mash hopper per 50 chicks are advised, with space increased after two weeks and barriers to keep droppings from contaminating the mash.
Early spring planning suggests improving bluegrass pastures by dishing and interplanting other crops. Readers can request Bulletin 89 from Iowa State College Ames for detailed guidance. The note encourages arranging yards and fields to raise pigs and chicks on new soil in spring.
The Echo-Enterprise reports subscription list corrections made on Saturday Feb 25 the first since late December. Readers who paid during that period should verify credits as date adjustments occur about every two months. The notice apologizes for the infrequency and invites calls if errors persist. A Forest Service advisory urges investigating markets before selling timber. An example recounts cedar lumber offered at 25 per thousand versus 60 per thousand after information from a truck driver.
Iowa farmers can gain more income growing barley than oats by about 4.70 per acre based on 10 year averages from the Farm Crops Department. Velvet, a new smooth awn barley variety, reportedly out yields Oderbucker and similar types and is easy to handle. Velvet barley straw is as useful as oats straw due to its smooth awn.
A report notes many dairymen regret selling excellent sires before proving their value. Comments include bulls culled for beef or due to daughters not being typy, later shown to be outstanding sires. The USDA dossier cites dairymen recalling better outcomes had testing or records proven them. Light brown sugar flavors candy better than dark sugar and butter improves delicate candies. Mrs. Clavus Tollefson visited Decorah relatives. the family plans to move to a farm northeast of Decorah after a decade in town.
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