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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1935
Page
3
J D Barnum notes how motor cars expanded social circles beyond horse power limits and predicts airplanes will widen ties to 50 to 1000 miles, then span the globe with regular passenger airliners, transforming business and social life beyond the grandfather’s era.
The highest rank in the Royal Air Force is Marshal of the Air. It ranks as equivalent to field marshal in the army and admiral of the fleet in the navy.
County Agent Paul E. McElroy is named county leader for the 1985 chinch bug campaign in Fayette County. He names Fayette county team members A. D. Finch J. F. Wilkinson Grant Lauer and Henry Hennings. Creosote and paper fences will be ordered through the county agent's office to control insect migration. The state committee anticipates about one million dollars from a federal two and a half million for the Upper Mississippi Valley fight.
Fayette county rural women who completed the fourth year nutrition course will hold their annual Achievement Day at the U S A gymnasium in Dover on Thursday May 23 beginning at 11 oclock. Townships will exhibit booths and display the years work with May Larson Ames assistant Home Demonstration Leader judging. The program features 17 active townships and begins promptly at 11.
Approval of the Group 1 applications has been received by the Fayette County Corn Hog Committee and the contracts are being typed. After signing, transmittal sheets will be prepared and the documents sent to the board of review in Des Moines for checking before forwarding to Washington.
Imported sudar grass seed is satisfactory for use in Iowa. A serious pasture emergency exists due to winter killing of alfalfa and drought caused failure of clover and grass seedings. Soybeans sudan grass and rape are recommended as supplementary pasture crops. Rooster day programs grow with produce dealers and Poultry Extension Service support. Manure should be hauled to fields at least three times weekly to reduce flies.
Farmers were advised to start control measures against blowflies now to stop over winter larvae from maturing. Breeding runs June 1 to November 1 with development 8 to 14 days, aided by fermenting horse manure. Iowa farmers reported a 43 percent income rise in Q1 1935 over 1934, with cash income about 38 million dollars in March, led by livestock sales.
Growing holly, one of about two hundred species, is the most adaptable evergreen. American holly forms a fine pyramidal tree, often 40 feet tall at maturity, and on protected estates it can reach 60 feet with a large girth. It is the tallest broad leaved evergreen for cold regions and thrives where rhododendrons and azaleas grow in the United States.
Portland cement production stands as a major Missouri industry with significant regional impact. Analysts note large-scale plants drive employment and regional development, reflecting the sector's prominence in the state's industrial landscape.
Vermont Massachusetts and Slaine rank as the largest granite producers in the United States. The three states and towns lead nationwide output, shaping regional quarrying activity and industry trends.
The article describes a vast wildlife sanctuary in the north eastern Transvaal, between the Crocodile River and Pretoria Lowrenco Marques railway to the south and Limpopo river to the north, spanning about 220 miles in length and 40 miles in width. It discusses diverse geography and notes the sanctuary is larger than Wales. It also mentions wool growth studies at the University of California, highlighting seasonal variation and nutrition effects on wool growth in sheep.
Marquette special report notes thousands visit the Gays Mills Wisconsin apple orchard area as hundreds of cars cross the Mississippi River. Orchards span about a thousand acres thirty miles east with two weeks of full bloom along the highway. Operators offer special entertainment during weekends and a cider day celebration is held in fall.
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