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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
3
Published every Thursday morning Elizabeth Priest local editor member of Iowa Press Association national editor is association entered in the post office at Clermont Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Agricultural tips cover feed values for dairy and poultry rations, price indexes for farmers rising to 126 percent, and consumer buying power compared with 1928–29. Advice includes raspberry pruning, rust protection with axle grease, fall liming for soil, flax as a nurse crop, alfalfa results with flax versus oats, and storing apples for longer shelf life with proper cooling and humidity.
The article discusses feeding strategies for cattle hogs and other livestock, noting oats mixed with corn improves results, soybeans as a protein supplement, and cautions on soy in hogs to avoid soft pork. It also covers butterfat trends in Iowa, soybean futures, and experimental cotton-backed highway construction using cotton webbing. It closes with a rural anecdote about parenting and child safety expectations.
A newspaper discussion highlights that three quarters of registered cars in several states are unsafe due to defective safety equipment. Brakes fail or need repair in 33 percent, lamps need replacement or adjustment in nearly 70 percent, and tires are poor or fair in almost 48 percent.
The verse asks who shares sorrow and joy with you and greets you with a smile when anger flares. It praises an editor who is both kind and wise, rarely lies, and can create surprise. It calls the editor a person with a proud yet meek spirit who lives on forty cents a week.
The Argo Gazette reports a rattlesnake incident near West Union where a four foot snake with six rattles was dispatched by Robert McLeese and Clem Meyer after a sighting while hunting. In Elkader a group led by Central State Bank and Trust Co and Union Bank and Trust Co plus D Beh bid on a $44,500 independent school district bond issue, paying a premium and interest.
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