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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
2
Photo courtesy Ferry-Morse Seed Co explains spacing for common crops. Carrots should stand about one inch apart when two to three inches tall, beets two to four inches per pellet, lettuce two inches, bush beans two to four inches, turnips three to four inches to promote tender roots and greens. Thinnings provide greens and prevent crowding as plants mature.
The article notes many rural farms remain without electricity despite grid expansion. It proposes self installed hydroelectric units using local streams, small dams, and ponds to power 1 to 10 kilowatt generators. Water flow, head height, and cost influence output. a pond benefits livestock water and fire protection.
Researchers Drs Clellan and N W Stuart study Easter lily scales as a uniform test bed for fungicides. Each bulb carries 40 to 60 smooth china like scales. the scale is tested for disease attack, allowing year round use, simple application as dust or solution, and easy handling with minimal equipment.
Purdue researchers report that feeding thiouracil at 0.2 percent to chickens caused pronounced thyroid enlargement in newly hatched chicks and breeding hens. Hatchability of eggs was unchanged and chicks remained vigorous.
Loretta and Darrell Baker of Omaha spent the weekend here with their parents, Mr and Mrs Glenn Baker.
Born Thursday, June 5, to Mr and Mrs Horace Holt of Parnell Missouri, a boy. Mrs Holt and baby are at Maryville hospital. She was formerly Miss Nina Kelly.
Joe Reed faced coal mine poisoning in his left eye and an affected left arm. He reports improving health and believes the doctor has the trouble under control.
Mr and Mrs E E Jones traveled to Des Moines in the latter part of last week to visit their daughters. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Darrell Moore and their children.
Mr and Mrs A W Bender and Maurice of Red Oak arrived Saturday to visit her sister Miss Zone Posten before leaving for the Western states. They have purchased a trailer house which they will take along with them.
Mr and Mrs Arthur King and family with Mrs Georgia King of Blockton and Mr and Mrs Bob King of Cedar Rapids were dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Karl King.
The D M C club met Friday afternoon with nine members and three visitors including Mrs Ora Cree and Mrs Claude Moore. A new member joined Nora Churchill chaired as president on June 5 with 11 members present and refreshments served. Next meeting is July 3 led by Mrs Lowell Kelley and Mrs Chas Perdew.
A public relations agenda calls for an all-out campaign to sell America and the free enterprise system as a force for abundance. It argues Americans must embrace their system, understand capitalism, and view work as a by-product of liberty, to meet future crises and uphold freedom.
Office upstairs in Locke Building, first stairway east of Bedford National Bank. General law practice in all courts both state and federal. Special attention given to settlement of estates.
A survey notes a steady decline in Midwest farmers checking corn plantings. It highlights ideal garden soil as loose granular spongy and open to air and water reaching roots.
Iowa State College economist Francis Kutish notes poultry and eggs are less apt to slump in price this year than other agricultural products. Fewer eggs and chickens are expected for the American dinner table for the remainder of 1947. Contour planting of soybeans and corn helps reduce soil erosion, says Iowa State College botanist E P Sylvester, while avoiding 2 4 D on flax fields to prevent twisted stalks and yield loss.
Mrs Bert Daw ley, 72, tried to rescue her cat from a 12 foot well and spent 40 hours trapped before a brother in law found her. She lived in Charles City and was hospitalized after the ordeal, described as weak and stiff.
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