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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
8
Mary Baechler spent Monday night with Evelyn Dennler. numerous local families from Decorah, West Union, Volga City, Mason City, and surrounding areas visited each other. The record notes multiple dinners, birthday party attendances, and informal calls at various Dennler, Howard, Luchsinger, and Thoman homes throughout the week.
Mr and Mrs Will Chase from near Volga spent Saturday with Mrs Rosa Schlupp. Mr and Mrs Will Zaugg and Betty and Ruby of West Bend came last Thursday for several days visiting with Mrs L Christen and other relatives. Lawrence Butikofer and Pennia Lee left Friday for La Grange Missouri. Frank Dogatch and daughter Dorothy of West Bend attended Hans Keiser funeral and visited Sunday with friends and at Apostolic church. Lucy Christen visited Rosa Schlupp Sunday afternoon. Carrie Butikofer helping with housework at the Lawrence Butikofer home.
Northern Baptists Association meeting at Independence last Monday and Tuesday. Local families from Chicago and nearby towns visited Brainard and Scott Grove homes. Ladies' Aid elected officers with Nutting, Lyon, G A Thomas and Vern Boyer in key roles. Community events include church services, Ula Howard and Grace Peters visiting homes, and a local high school football triumph Fayette 85 Wadena 0.
E W Lehmann notes trench silos cost little beyond labor and suit farm conditions. They are easy to build with on farm materials, fire and wind proof, and reduce spoilage with end placements. To prevent air pockets corn stalks should be packed tight, cover with dirt two feet past edges, and hillside sites aid dirt removal.
A Missouri College of Agriculture expert argues that many herds must be culled due to feed shortages. Remove poor producers and diseased cows first while selecting heifers sired by top producers. Retaining well bred yearlings may help, but overall stock should be culled sparingly to match feed. Communities hit by emergency stock losses take years to recover.
Practical advice from Wallace's Farmer on producing quality dairy in hot weather. Emphasizes clean utensils and milking environment, udder hygiene, dry hands, fresh strainer pads, and avoiding mixing warm milk with cooled milk. Recommends sun drying utensils and feeding hay after milking to limit dust contamination.
Scientific American reports that wheat grown on seleniferous soils absorbs selenium, concentrating it in grain and acting as a poison per W O Robinson. Dangers come from imported wheat from unknown areas, though hazardous soils are mapped and few U S sites pose risk.
Authorities state that udder cleanliness at milking affects milk quality. Barnyard conditions directly influence cow cleanliness, with muddy yards causing dirty cows requiring extra work to ready for milking. Graded drained yards have an advantage.
Iilyria Items lists many visits by residents of Oto Elgin West Union and nearby towns from Friday to Sunday. Attendees include Celia Lehman Walter Rothlisberger families and the Chase family. Funeral attendance for Woodrow Radloff near Tripoli and Will Thyne near Volga is noted along with numerous social calls in Volga Elgin Clermont and Oak Grove areas.
Anna Mae Kimball of east of Elgin visited relatives including Har old Kimball and Mrs. Wenger. The Comrades Sunday school class staged One Minute at Twelve with Ladies Aid luncheon drawing a large crowd. Families and neighbors from Cedar Falls Waterloo and West Union shared meals and visits at various homes, including the Rothlisberger and Foxwell households, with several local hosts welcoming guests.
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