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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
3
A brief postal notice indicates mail matter handled as second class mail at the Clermont office in Fayette County Iowa. The entry records the standard mail designation for distribution within the local postal system.
Local social activity fills Brainard with visits and gatherings from Monday through Sunday. Neighbors host dinners and parties at Nutting Peters and Dummermuth homes while relatives travel to Niagara Cave and civics tours. Revival meetings begin at the Baptist church with an open invitation to all.
Mr and Mrs George Boyle and family visited the Frank Lyon home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Arthur Patterson were dinner guests in the Sidney Pattersons home. The Ladies Aid Society will meet Thursday Oct 22 in the home of Mrs G A Thomas. Brainard Church notes Sunday school at 10 am worship at 11 am B Y P U meets at 7 pm evening services at 745 pm.
G. W. McCreary and his wife were struck by a bolt of lightning Saturday evening October 3 while at their Hawkeye farm. A calf was knocked over, two trees splintered, and a four inch branch driven into the ground. Both survive but suffer lingering effects.
W. Alexander of Rush township Michigan claims a daily farming feat eating wheat the same day it grew. He harvested with a combine that cuts and threshes in one operation, ground some grain for supper, and his wife made wheat gems. In Postville, a peanut plant pulled from Wallace Gordon’s garden shows roots packed with peanuts, illustrating local soil’s surprising yield. Town dirt will grow most anything with effort.
Economists foresee higher dairy prices while butter stocks on Sept 1 lag 1935 by 45 million pounds. Argentina nears exhausting grain export supplies. Keokuk farmer Mark Shaw bailed sweet clover straw to build a silo for 20 acres of corn. Iowa State College entomologists warn of serious grasshopper infestation, especially in southern counties. Sept cow tests show 20.3 pounds butterfat per cow, down from August but up from last year. Pheasant and quail losses from the 1936 winter push wildlife groups to advise feeding birds near cover. Seed shortages after a dry year raise the urgency of seed testing and understanding Iowa Agri- information.
The Seed Law requires that any seed sold or offered carries a label showing germination percentage and purity. When price allows, other grains can substitute for corn in cattle fattening rations, though none match corn for uniform gains. Substitutions include wheat or barley in varying mixes, with recommended rations of one-third to two-thirds combinations. Some feeders use half cracked barley with half corn and cob meal. Want ads tell and sell.
Walter Shumway prominent Arlington druggist dies after short illness last Thursday night. His father started the Arlington drug business in 1872 and Mr. Shumway ran it since 1895. Survived by widow and three children. Gladys Gulsvig of Gunder spent the weekend with friend Mary Gosts.
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