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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1947
Page
4
Rev Elmer Schwarz of Minnesota failed to notice an overhead turn on Highway 33 near Alton. He drove 250 feet further before turning and plunging over an embankment. He escaped with non serious injuries.
A fragment notes that drinking to another's health harms the drinker as well, reflecting caution about liquor use and personal ruin.
A narrative parallels the Prodigal Son to warn against profligate public spending. It argues that prosperity tempts lavish debt and urges prudent fiscal policy before a day of reckoning arrives. It emphasizes cutting the growing national debt while times are good.
A USDA Commodity Credit Corporation design offers a portable 1300 bushel grain bin built mainly from asphalt roll roofing. It can be erected by unskilled workers in about 30 man hours, is demountable and storable, but is not suited for moist grain. Dry grain stores well for a year if the bin is sound and fumigated when needed.
Berkshire is one of the oldest improved swine breeds of English origin. Imported to America in 1423, the American Berkshire association formed in 1875. They are medium in size, black with six white points, boars 800 to 900 pounds, sows 100 to 800. Noted for trimness and quality carcass.
Horn flies damage cattle by blood loss disease spread and reduced feeding. DDT sprays show cattle gains around 50 pounds versus untreated animals. A 50 percent wettable DDT powder mixed in water treats about 100 cattle at roughly one cent per animal.
New research from the American Veterinary Medical Association shows dermatitis in horses can be triggered by combinations in saddle soaps and leather conditioners. Tests point to wool yellow dye and sulfonated neat'sfoot oil as contributing factors to allergic skin conditions in horses.
Tomato growers face 1947 prospects with less fear as Andrew S. Wing of the National Garden Institute predicts the blight not likely to recur unless weather again turns wet and cool. He notes the fungus spreads by windborne spores and is driven by favorable late summer conditions.
Hay fires can start in a haymow after harvest with moisture content, packing density, and ventilation as key factors. Giese of Iowa State College advises keeping moisture below 30 percent, using ventilation, and avoiding salt as a preventative. Do not move all hay at once, avoid walking on hay, and open doors to vent heat. Most fires occur about one month after harvest, peaking in Iowa by July.
Uncle Sam promotes automatic regular bond buying as a secure, all American plan. The Bond-a-Month option, supported by U S bankers, lets professionals and the self employed buy a Series E Bond monthly at 37.50 to reach 7988.00 in ten years.
Two drivers met on a bridge too narrow for two cars to pass. One yelled that he would not back up for an idiot. The other calmly shifted into reverse and replied with a witty retort.
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