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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
3
Dorothy loses two pounds and her mother plans menus to spark appetite with varied breakfasts and appealing school meals. The piece lists breakfast ideas such as sliced bananas in orange juice scrambled eggs oatmeal with cream and milk and maple milk shakes to entice a brisk spring appetite.
Information furnished by the Y S Department of Agriculture notes moles can be trapped any time the ground isn’t frozen, silage can affect milk flavor and should be fed after milking, and forest trees add farm value. Tax trends show a rise from 1914 17 and 1923 small increases thereafter, with 1927 farm taxes over 900 million mainly via property tax and auto taxes. A Payette Idaho farmer profits from black locusts, making doubletrees, fence posts, and firewood, after pruning. Hog feeders require occasional checks and shelter to prevent feed wetting. Beef calf rearing hinges on a strong start with grain and hay, and baby beef calves begin grain at 4 6 weeks old. Rev Ph Lauer travels to Buffalo Center for Iowa association activity. John Durscher Sr plans visits between Kingfisher Rock Valley and Elgin.
A detailed local notes roundup lists numerous visits and gatherings across Elgin, Oak Grove, Cheery Valley, and surrounding farms, including households such as Frieden Yearous and Hummell, with church and school ties. It also covers a pasture inoculation tip advising soil and clover seed use for alfalfa stands, plus a note on inoculation methods and artificial cultures.
Ruby Olson Verna Odegard Clifford Gisleson and Selma Odegard had perfect attendance last month. Tilpher Bilden Clifford Gisleson Marjorie Mervin Randolph Reier son Ruby Olson Josephine Wold Mildred Wold Amelia Wold Verna Ode gard and Selma Odegard perfect spellers. Mervin Reierson and Mildred Wold flawless spelling lessons all year. Clifford Gisleson and Verna Odegard perfect attendance all year. Mervin Reierson earned the highest general average for the year. Visitors enjoyed the program and picnic Friday April 25, Anna Mae Kimball teacher.
Mrs T W Dean was ill last week but is much better now. Several families visited and spent weekends with relatives in Clermont Anamosa Waterloo Fossville Muscatine and Rochester. Three women from the area planned medical treatment at Baker Institute and possibly Mayo Clinic if relief was not found.
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