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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
2
Free Methodist Church led by Pastor Chas Dickey holds Sunday School at 10:00 a.m., preaching at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening service at 7:30 p.m., and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. Class meeting on the first Sunday of each month at 11:00 a.m. All welcome.
The speaker praises Franklin D. Roosevelt as farmer friendly and notes early administration actions aiding agriculture. He cites a 45 percent corn ban and the corn hog program as pivotal to lifting agriculture alongside labor. He warns speculators of potential shocks and pledges inflation control with an honest dollar.
The administration argues for a fair chance to evaluate its new economic theories, allowing time to prove or disprove their effectiveness through practical application and measurable outcomes.
Poultry expert H. H. Alp notes many hens fail to lay due to worms and poor housing. Improve hygiene, ventilation, and space. treat infested flocks, use lye for worms per Circular No. 844, and ensure ample feeder and water access. A recommended home mash uses corn, wheat, oats, meat scrap, dried milk, soy meal, bone meal, limestone, and salt.
Leghorn pullet D-4318 bred by Otto Ruehle of Pleasant Valley Dutchess County completed the 355 egg record on October 1 under the Record of Performance. Grand champion pullet of all breeds was awarded at Syracuse by Prof. L M Hurd who praised the bird’s conformation vigor and five pound frame.
The Prairie Farmer notes that young chicks must stay at a proper temperature to avoid loss from overheating or chilling. In incubators and brooding areas keep 90 to 95 degrees. J H Bodwell advises a liquid milk starter with skim or buttermilk and to avoid feeding grit for the first weeks.
The text reports that 829 million of 879 million mature chicks are kept on flocks under 400 birds. In Ohio, about 188,000 of 200,000 chicken farmers own fewer than 200 birds, around 15,000 keep 200 to 400, and only 2,700 have more than 400, with most flocks exceeding 700 hens.
Poultry notes describe rare double egg laying with white corn diet requiring legumes and greens. Discuss pests like lice and de pluming mites causing misery and death. Cabbage seen as best green for pullets early in winter laying. eye cleanliness affects egg value. pelvic bone width and fat differ between heavy and new producers.
Nellie E Pallou and Tressie Reeves are named as executrices with James R Locke and Reid L Hunt acting as attorneys for executrices in the proceedings.
Special Execution directs sale of Henning Hanson et al. lands in Taylor County Iowa. New York Life Insurance Company sues, sale at Bedford Court House on December 1 1938 from 9 to 4:30. Property includes multiple parcels totaling about 844 acres in Sections 34 2 3 and Township 70 69 West 5th P M. Witness T. V. Lacy sheriff.
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