Sophomore Girls Sew and Learn in Homemaking Class
Sophomore girls in sewing class praise technique progress while seniors recall freshman work. Eighth grade groups practice machines, patterns for skirts, gathered skirts, or plain aprons. Senior remarks highlight learning growth from threading to sewing outcomes. Sanforized label explained with Plus variant. Holstein record noted for 13,646 pounds milk and 526 pounds fat from Beets Spies Homestead Ace. Social Security station schedules listed for Emmetsburg and Estherville locations in April to June.
Feed-Grain Law Aims To Stop Build-Up Of Feed Grain
County extension director R W Ashby reports the new federal emergency feed grain law aims to curb surplus grain, raise farm income modestly, and cut government storage costs. The program requires a 20 percent diversion of corn and grain sorghum acres with fixed payment formulas, yielding higher income for cooperators despite reduced cultivation costs.
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R. W. Ashby
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Iowa State University
Omaha
U. S
Orville Freeman
Ashby
H. B. Howell
Howell
Iowa
Towa
Fill County
Salvation Army Drive Planned in Palo Alto County
Plans for the annual Salvation Army Drive are under way in Palo Alto County with Ayrshire and Ruthven joining the Community Fund. The committee and volunteers have aided needy families with groceries fuel clothing and medical aid. Regional services note 186 girls admitted to Home and Hospital from 62 Iowa counties and over 742 people benefited from the Madrid area summer camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Palo Alto
Ayrshire
Ruthven
Iowa
Madrid
Holstein Friesian Assn Classifies Local Herds
Kent M. Ryan of the Holstein Friesian Association of America announces area herd classifications. Fred Spies and Paul S. Frick have 27 animals rated 2 Very Good 11 Good Plus 13 Good, while Harold J. Jorgensen has 15 animals rated 3 Very Good 8 Good Plus 4 Good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spies-Frick
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Beets Spies Homestead
Fred Spies
Paul
Frick, Graettinger
Towa State University
National Holstein Organization
Holstein-Friesian Assn
Kent M. Ryan
Hampshire
Holstein Friesian Association of America
Paul S. Frick
Harold J. Jorgensen
Mrs Al Smith of Guernsey Recalls 97th Birthday
Mrs Al Smith of Guernsey recently celebrated her 97th birthday. A highlight was when the Wright brothers first designed and flew a plane over her Clarksburg farm in West Virginia, which she described as like two fencing boards crossed with a basket beneath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
Guernsey
Wright Brothers
Clarksburg
W. Va
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Dianne Christiansen
Nancy Fries
Kathy Dirus
Cindy Hansen
Kathy Rolfwan
Carol Jensen
Joan Ruppert
LaVon Oregon
Coleen Dalen
Margie Kempf
Carol Gjerde
Emmetsburg Court House
Estherville City Hall
Margaret Pratt
P-A-G
P-A
Dan Miller Graettinger
Joe Brinkman
Estherville, Iowa
Milo Stevens Terril
Thoreson Hardware Graettinger
Plister Associated Growers, Inc
Monroe, Iowa
M. L. Heifenan
Spencer
Norman Bortvit
Ch JP
Emmetsburg
Frances Murphy
Graettinger
Benes
Standard
Harold Johnson, Graettinger
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