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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1938
Page
4
A dried concentrate named MOQ-LASTAS marketed for fattening cattle dairy towns horses sheep hogs and poultry. It is sold in West Elgin by Hunsberger and Schori. One pound allegedly equals four pounds of squid. Dated the 24th.
A reader questions why buyers pay twice as much for unknown articles from aggressive salesmen instead of local dealers who offer nationally known products with guarantees. The note urges readers to report news to The Echo for printing.
Building activity in 1938 is sluggish. Fly development takes 1 2 weeks by warmth. A $3 200 prize list is planned for the 4 H club show at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo next fall. Rape sown early makes an excellent range crop for chickens and is hardy. The Weishea festival at Iowa State College Ames May 12 14 expects 10 000 visitors. Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association earnings fell from 3931 in 1936 to 2662 in 1937 for 108 farmers. Frost danger passes around May 10 for Iowa fruit. Soil erosion estimates show 24 600 yards can wash away under bluegrass in 169 years. 4 years under continuous corn. Separate breeding herd from spring pig crop to assess sow productivity. Allen Lang of Brooklyn threshes soybeans with mules. mules discard mature beans, Lang grinds for dairy cows. Oversupply of feed risks livestock price swings as corn and oats stockpiles rise. April 1 corn stocks exceed 1 billion bushels, oats likewise. Combined corn and oats stock about 40% above livestock needs, the largest on record.
R A Hunnicutt of Moultrie Georgia showcases the title Cabbage King with a cabbage weighing a full one and a half pounds despite leaves being stripped. Local buyers show interest in the unusual exhibit reflecting market whimsy and rural cleverness.
The Iowa agent reading tests for grades four to eight showed satisfactory improvement from last fall. State exams for Flural pupils occur in the Grammar room on Friday. Fayette county tests sixth and eighth graders with achievement type, while Clayton county uses traditional tests for seventh and eighth graders. Russell Wenger is ill with scarlet fever and quarantined at home but not seriously. Sophomore girls washed curtains and decorated the Home Economics room with green, yellow, and orange tape, painting work tables and refreshing the room.
Mrs J W Graham of West Union met with Mrs Mary Keiser last Friday afternoon. Jeanette Lindaman and Louise Hackmann spent the weekend in Aplington visiting relatives. Other notes mention visits to Dubuque and Davenport, relief checks in Elgin, and family gatherings. At a St Paul convention, F H Harms of Oelwein Farmers Creamery won Iowa’s state prize with a butter score of 94.25, among entries from Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin.
Ola King Cole lore marks Colchester as a town in eastern England. The ancient fortress bastion Collrynge's Castle sits on the Roman wall. Colchester traces back to Caer Colun in Roman Britain, renamed Colne Caes ter by Angles and Saxons. The garrison town lies 52 miles from London.
Black diamonds are extremely hard and require their own dust to grind and polish. Ordinary or colorless diamond dust makes no impression on them, so the material turned to powder must be the black diamond itself.
The USDA WNU summarizes expectations of higher egg prices early 1938 with a larger hatch next spring due to more feed and a smaller current flock. Fall broiler production remains heavy but prices may stay firm. Turkey output falls this year, with 1938 hatch and production likely rising.
North Carolina State College extension swine specialist H. W. Taylor says the heaviest pig litters at weaning yield the best breeding stock. Select boar and sow breeding pigs from those litters, use four to five week old treatment, and emphasize sanitation and balanced rations for hog production.
The article lists precise water temperatures for semi-scalding poultry including 126 to 128 degrees for broilers, 128 degrees for roasting chickens, 128 to 130 for fowl, 125 to 127 for young turkeys and 128 for old turkeys. It notes to verify thermometer accuracy and states a 3d second immersion time. It also describes bleeding through the mouth and brain sticking as killing methods.
The text discusses sharks as a poultry food source the higher fat content of duck eggs compared to hen eggs turkey growth to 24 to 28 weeks grazing late in fall as a pasture management error and notes on egg freezing points care to prevent poultry mites by cutting grooves in roost tops and sealing with kerosene
The text catalogs violin making woods and parts including maple or pine for back neck ribs and bridge spruce for belly cornner bars molds linings sound post ebony or rosewood fingerboard nuts pegs tailpiece tailpiece button. It outlines the main woods and component names used in craft.
The nymphs of ancient fiction are described as existing between men and gods with greatly extended life spans not truly immortal yet living for a vast length of time. The passage frames them as intermediary beings in mythological storytelling.
Des Moines photo shows Governor Philip La Follette speaking for his newly formed National Progressive Party of America. He plans to extend his campaign to the West Coast and promote the party across the nation.
A Riverside Broadcaster notice promotes Mule-Hide products and a showroom for new shingles and siding. A reporter-style dialogue mocks aging and home ownership as paths to security, with various everyday humor snippets about family life and work.
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