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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1948
Page
4
The U S department of agriculture puts hog mange losses at about $2 per head including stunted growth delayed fattening and occasional deaths. Nebraska tests show benzene hexachloride 666 eradicates mange in a single treatment and also removes lice.
Farmers are advised to filter pond water by building a soft brick housing over pipe outlets to supply livestock. Begin cattle grub treatments early winter with 14 percent rotenone dust, spacing several months apart. Continuous culling in laying houses tackles feed shortages, while paving cow yards reduces mud and boosts milk energy.
Prof. B. B. Robb of Cornell University demonstrates a mow and weed gadget for applying 2 4 D to lawns. A garden sprayer filled with 2 4 D is pumped and mounted on a lawn mower with a two nozzle boom before the blades, holding enough mixture to cover about half an acre.
Accent youth and veteran lawmakers weigh future runs as filing deadline nears. Senator Byers and Rep McFarlane expected to seek reappointment, while Dean Frank Byers of Cedar Rapids and Arch McFarlane face possible opposition. MacNider aims for delegate-at-large with county and Webster backing. Spangler’s fate as National Committee man remains uncertain, with rivals ready to pounce if he retires.
Public record notes state plans since 1941 for a sixth story cafeteria addition to the office building project. The overcrowded statehouse has departments operating in corridors while bidding is expected in the coming weeks. Names listed appear as part of the report’s reader text.
In third grade arithmetic we began multiplication tables with speed drills and flash card races. Second graders stay busy with addition drills. Third grade starts a new reader Good Companion after finishing More Streets Roads. In art class we make floral pictures and room decorations. The class plans an Easter party next week with committees organizing refreshments and games.
Keith Crider, Kenneth Crider, David Dawson, Carlton Krueger, Norman Mitts, Leland Sparks, Janette Krueger, Jeanette Krueger, Janice Larson all earned perfect spelling lesson marks on Friday in a classroom exercise.
The Midwest Barley Improvement Association in Milwaukee announced a $30,000 contest stressing certified seed early planting seed treatment fertilizer use and careful harvesting to grow barley as a cash crop. Prizes target farmers in seven Midwest states.
Seventh graders study plane figures and angles while sixth graders read decimals and geography on Russia. Students earning spelling on Friday included Erna Baumgartner Yvonne Chapman Karen Kiple Beverly Frieden Barbara Roslyn Verna Grimm Roberta Mosby Roderick Imholte Donald Sutter Ruth Rainey Barbara Yearous and Lane Ash. Opportunity uses the Want Ads.
Twenty one standard railway labor unions exist in the United States with nineteen aligned under the Railway Labor Executives association. The statement outlines the organized framework of railway labor and its governing bodies.
A one degree temperature difference between room walls and the air causes dust to settle on nails. Cold surfaces attract dirt quickly, affecting nail heads and nearby watch surfaces.
A radio host jokes about a long word following a sponsor pitch. A quip contrasts a one party system with a ballet or a bullet. A wry remark notes marriage as a partnership with the husband mute.
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