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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
6
European children marvel at American Junior Red Cross gifts boxes packed by volunteers led by Field Directors. Immense joy seen as pencils brushes soap and beads spill from boxes. last year demand exceeded supply. Church notices and local business listings follow in Graettinger Iowa.
The American Junior Red Cross National Children's Fund sent nearly $2,000,000 to Europe and Asia last year for school and health supplies. This year 1,000,000 packets are planned. Miss Ana Oliver leads enrollment and Miss Ruth McKinney oversees gift boxes.
Farm Bureau women sponsor the annual Book Shelf luncheon on November 7 at the Kermore hotel in Wmmetsburg with international relations as the theme. Jeann Labailie Crawford, former French opera star and radio singer, will headline the program, discussing wife in France and impressions of America. She will sing, joined by Mrs. Louis Elbert of Pocahontas speaking on Going to Cuba.
Experts urge careful herd evaluation before vaccination against brucellosis. While calf vaccination helps in problem herds, broad adult cattle vaccination risks positive blood tests and market disruption. Local conditions and veterinarian findings should guide decisions.
The afternoon program will feature Mrs. Crawford and be open to the public with a small charge. It will start at 2 o'clock following a luncheon attended by contestants from the Farm Bureau Women's Reading Contest.
Nitrogen fertilizer trials at Ross Wilson Farm in Freedom township show oats yields rising with higher application. Calcium cyanamid, ammonium nitrate, and ammonium sulfate at 40 pounds per acre produced gains of 4.2, 4.9, and 6.0 bushels respectively, with an average increase of 12.1 bushels over the 40 lb rate.
The article notes that soil variation stand erosion and other factors produced differences matching the least significant figure, implying there was no real yield difference between the fertilizer types used.
The Twelfth North American Wildlife Conference will be held in San Antonio Texas February 8 9 and 6 1947 announced by Dr Ira N Gabrielson president of the Wildlife Management Institute. The Eleventh gathering in New York City drew over a thousand conservationists and with returning technicians and researchers an even larger turnout is expected at the Plaza hotel. This first southwest meeting will attract many fish and game administrators technicians scientists and educators from the United States Canada and Mexico to hear reports on field techniques and plans for restoration of natural resources.
The text highlights Chicago's stockyards and packing plants fueling national War Bonds. It notes John B. Sherman founding centralized yards in 1848 and forming Union Stockyard and Transit in 1865, with rapid growth via refrigerator cars. Chicago processes about 12 million animals yearly valued around $250,000,000. Treasury Department
Dr. Gabrielson calls for a national conference to coordinate agency efforts in renewables diminished by war. The Wildlife Management Institute sponsors the annual meeting to track nationwide trends and adequate hotel accommodations have been reserved for the 1947 conference.
The piece argues patriotism through bond purchases and outlines a ten year IE bond plan. A $1,000 FE bond grows in value yearly from $755 in year one to $1,000 at year ten. It lists subscription rates effective since January 1, 1945: $2.00 per year in certain territories and $2.50 outside, with service subscriptions also $2.00.
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