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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
2
Agricultural guidance says dispose of old stock and separate young cockerels from layers. Emphasizes culling deformed birds, controlling cabbage pests with dusts and insecticides, and timing pig breeding for a large fall crop. Recommends up to 30 percent wheat in poultry rations to cut costs while watching laxative effects. Includes fly control as a disease precaution and notes wheat as a feed substitute with careful formulation.
Practical notes from Iowa State College Ames on butter storage quality and weed control. Recommendations cover sweet cream butter, crop seeding, and weed cultivation comparing sweep versus shovel tools. Also mentions preserving eggs with mineral oil for fall use and obtaining details from the Iowa State College extension.
A concise note on color perception states scientists have catalogued about 7,000 colors while the human eye can distinguish roughly 2,000,000 distinct colors and shade differences.
The U S Department of Agriculture announces a new silk replacement for lisle stockings. The development promises sheer cotton blends suitable for full fashion usage, expanding fabric options for hosiery.
The Grand Meadow news item lists visits and social events among residents. Families such as Morse Wickham Olson Lien Lyngaas and Buraas share Sunday or midweek visits at homes in Clermont Freeport Monona Davemport and West Clermont. The Parochial school term started May 28 and several residents attended or hosted gatherings and dinners.
Transfers filed in the Wo Rogers abstract office for the week ending May 15 show Corbin and Bertha E. purchasing 1 Bert Marquette in Wadley, others including Nutting and Ghadys, Kiphe and Elian Yeth, and multiple lots on Letty Merriman's Add and Sutter's Add with various prices and lot dimensions.
The record shows the United States saw a large wave of immigrants, totaling 4,795,000, entering between 1000 and 1910, marking a historic influx in early modern migration.
The article explains that electric fencing is a practical, inexpensive element of farm planning requiring high voltage and low amperage. It stresses about 400 volts or more and currents under 25 milliamperes, with one shock per second, and notes risks if contact is continuous. Proper insulators reduce leakage and improve effectiveness, while dry ground or poor insulation can render fences ineffective.
O B Jesness of the University Farm St Paul warns that war and defense boosting short term demand will not cure farmers’ ills. He notes lost foreign markets for wheat lard tobacco and some fruits cannot be offset by domestic demand. If foreign demand stays weak a surplus will persist and production must shrink. He cautions inflation could come with war and advises paying debts if prices rise.
Electric motors deliver several times the rated power for short bursts while gas engines lack overload capacity. A five horsepower motor can produce three to four times its rating briefly, though long full load equality occurs in work output. Machinery like ensilage cutters and pump jacks often run brief overloads.
Wisconsin again led the nation in dairy output with preliminary figures showing about 370 million pounds of cheese produced. The state accounted for 89 percent of brick and Munster, 69 percent of limburger, 68 percent of rye Swiss, and 54 percent of American cheese, signaling a dominant share of national production.
The Montezuma high school base ball team lists Dave Sutherland Jr and two of Cliff Braley's sons, recalling years past when Sutherland and Braley played together at Kellogg. Also notes Mrs. Leo Plander of Sigourney bitten by a hydrophobia cat, then fell from a ladder injuring her back. Fox pelts bounty data and a Harpers Ferry football squad of James V. Carrigan family, plus Dr. E N Brown of Marengo honored for fifty years as city health officer.
The article explains spreading poisoned bran to manage cutworms in gardens. It notes applying about 10 or 12 flecks per square foot when plants are set out or seedlings appear. It provides a recipe using white arsenate or Paris green, molasses, wheat bran, and water to form a crumbly mix.
A Palessine horse described as a palomino with two creams giving a golden coat and a white ivory mane and tail. The read describes its color characteristics and distinguishing features.
In a small town exchange, wagons carried goods as residents traded bibles and testaments along with other books in return for the community’s cherished rag supply, illustrating rural barter customs and neighborly reciprocity.
A steady stream of trucks travels from the United States and Britain through Persia toward the Soviet Union carrying vital Red Army materiel. Rail networks supplement road convoys as governments unite to aid Russia in ongoing battles including Crimea and the Kharkov offensive, where Moscow claims to have recaptured over 300 towns from the Germans and American tanks are in action.
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