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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1948
Page
4
The Gravity Independent announces publication details with Francis as editor and Bub H. The note lists a Thursday issue date and subscription prices of 31.50 and 2.00 per year, and states Gravity is entered at the post office as second class mail matter.
The narrative recalls a stormy March with hail snow sleet and ice upending plans for spring gardening. It notes a local election outcome a change in tuesday ticked and references federal potato price support and tax spending by the Truman administration. Rain fell Tuesday night and March ended with lionish weather as April’s warmth is hoped for.
Discovery that the Justice of the Peace candidate should be voted at the November general election led to removing this part of the ticket when tickets were printed Saturday.
Gardeners learn effective insect control through new insecticides and dusting combinations. Underleaf sampling and thorough coverage improve disease and pest control with hand plunger or backpack dusters. Wisconsin tests show potato yields up 40 to 60 percent with 10 day DDT sprays or dusts.
The U.S. Treasury would need 26 years to print enough one dollar notes to fund the $39.6 billion federal program proposed by President Truman, according to an Up Item.
On Emerson Grebel's Beaver Dam Wisconsin farm a grass silage demonstration uses dried cheese whey as a preservative. About 30 pounds of whey powder per ton of chopped grass is added as it is fed, while FFA members study silage quality and milk production effects.
Cornell researchers report that supplementing dairy calves with vitamin capsules or tablets did not reduce scours incidence or severity in a study of about 60 heifer calves. The study examined vitamins A D E ascorbic acid and several B vitamins in addition to a normal diet.
Injury to plants such as stunted growth and reduced crop yields may occur when using spray containing 2 4 D residue. The most effective method is rinsing with hot water then using water and ammonia. two teaspoons per quart.
Estie Parks visited his son Lowell in a Omaha hospital over the weekend. Royal Neighbors schedule meeting with Mi Ida Post on Saturday April 3 at 2 00 p m to discuss community affairs. Inoculate your alfalfa and clover seeds from the local Drug Store.
Darrell Baker, a Washington state resident, visits his parents Mr and Mrs Glenn Baker and other relatives and friends in the area.
Mrs Frank Trumbo returned to her Long Beach home after visiting sister Mrs J W Ackley and Sir Ackley and brother Milo Dugan and Mrs Dugan.
Mr and Mrs John Neil and children of Ellsworth hosted weekend visitors including Mrs Neil's mother Mrs Kilda Ginn. Mrs Arthur Meyera plans a Davis City visit with her daughter Mrs Lawrence Atteberry and kin, while other kin from Cromwell Prescott Corning and Cromwell joined in family dinners and gatherings.
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