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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1951
Page
3
The article advises homemakers to curb food costs by choosing low cost meal stretchers and using casseroles. It highlights rice and potatoes with pork as economical, versatile options, noting casseroles save time and preparation effort per Iowa State College nutrition guidance.
The text presents budget friendly potato and meat dishes including escalloped potatoes with pork sausage and meat noodle casserole. It lists ingredients such as medium potatoes sausage cakes milk flour and tomato pulp with cooking directions and bake times. Also includes escalloped eggs recipe using hard cooked eggs tomatoes buttered crumbs and a white sauce.
Longtime Ackley educator Miss May Tool, who began teaching in 1901, will retire this spring after half a century in the Ackley school system. Also reported are narrow fogbound railroad misadventures in Akron, a tire explosion injuring Richard Ulrich, and a Missouri trucker mix up at Grundy Center leading to wrong deliveries.
Hens exposed to ultraviolet light produced 10 to 19 percent more eggs in five years of testing at Beltville Maryland. Researchers at the agricultural center say bacteria reduction and vitamin D are not involved and the exact light properties causing the boost are unknown.
A new rabbit repellent successfully deters cottontails from beans lettuce radishes greens carrots corn and flowers. It can be dusted on plants or mixed with water for spray. In tests treated lettuce remained untouched while untreated plants suffered damage and researchers found rabbits prefer other foods to carrots.
A simple handmade ladder from a straight pole six or seven inches in diameter. Wire or ring at eight feet, split the pole, make holes for rungs, twist a wire under the bottom rung, and notch and nail higher rungs. A practical, versatile tool for trees, lines, and various farm tasks.
A recent survey shows United States annual consumption of evaporated and condensed milks averaging about 20 pounds per person. Heat treatment makes evaporated milk easier to digest and ideal as baby food, while its use in tea and coffee adds to overall sales.
Gloriadnt Schnot News reports a busy period with report cards issued and grades noted. First graders celebrated March calendars while tracking growth and attendance, listing perfect attenders like Richard Amundson and Gloria Hyde. Second graders achieved perfect spelling papers, with treats from Carolyn Kittleson and Anita Olson after success.
Twelve in our grade had perfect attendance this six weeks. Names include Ervin Ames, Jean Amundson, Kath leen Amundson, Douglas Anderson, Roger Berg, Dennis Griebeman, LaVerne Nims, Ronald Tatro, Bonnie Taylor, Allan Thompson, Ronald Van Buren, Elsie Wede. Jean Amundson won first in the story contest, Robert Fenton second. The class boasted perfect spelling papers on the first day.
Experienced Iowa sheep raisers anticipate higher wool values with clean wool priced 5 to 20 cents per pound above dirty wool. They expect fleeces to stay high quality if kept clean between now and shearing time.
The passage warns that grazing cows too early on pastures risks injuring the herd and damaging pasture stands. It urges dairy farmers to follow complete instructions, noting that pasture grazing reduces labor but premature grazing can ruin future pasture productivity.
Overfeeding of milk and improper feeding utensils are blamed for most calf scours. Calves should receive no more than one pound of milk per pound of body weight daily, meaning a 100 pound calf maxes at about 10 pounds or just over a gallon per day. Many dairymen feed that amount in two feedings daily.
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