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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
7
Illinois hog producers can raise profits by using well fertilized legume pasture. A 10 year study of 200 hog farms shows top performers used more pasture and hay, lowering grain use and death losses after weaning. Alfalfa and clover pastures improve outcomes with fall phosphate and potash top dressing.
The school began Monday September 4 with higher enrollment. New staff include Miss Audrey Grubb grammar room teacher and Mr Edwin Barker principal and coach. New routes, bus drivers, and routes are introduced. Remodeling and new equipment cost about 200 dollars.
Sharpshire Methodist Church led by Pastor Donald W. Watkins offers Sunday School at 10 and morning worship at 9 15 with a sermon on Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered. James R. Moody hosts a 9 15 service. A fund canvass begins this week in Taylor county for Simpson Methodist College at Indianola. Church night is Friday at 6 30.
Complex herds are prone to chronic swine enteritis known as necro. Proper sanitation, correct rations, and early veterinary consultation help identify the cause, save sick pigs, and protect the rest of the herd from future outbreaks.
HIO agronomists urge fall fertilization of wheat and meadow crops with 400 to 600 pounds of plant food per acre. For rotations with alfalfa or soil builders use phosphate and potash grades like 0-12-12 or 0-20-20. for less productive soils use complete nitrogen phosphate and potash grades such as 3-12-12, 4-12-8 or 4-16-8. Nitrogen is especially needed in rotations with mostly small grains corn or soybeans.
URDUE University agronomists urge a September face lifting for old rundown pastures. A soil test, liming, and 400 pounds per acre of 0-20-10 or 0-20-0 fertilizer at seeding start a renovation. New grasses Timothy and smooth brome are recommended with red clover broadleaf trefoil and Ladino clover as legumes. Overall, a seedbed, carefulWorking, and legume mix drive lush production.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Maudlin spent Sunday in Grant City visiting Mrs. Audrey Smith and her daughter Lois. Mr. and Mrs. Max Shipley of Clarinda spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orie Gree. The Semper Fidelis Club met Friday afternoon with Mrs. Harley Nichols. Mrs. Faye Crosby entered Municipal Hospital at Clarinda, Iowa, Tuesday.
Mrs. Grimm reports Scarburg locals including Anna and Marie Combs of Redding visiting their aunt and uncle Clarence and Mae Maudlin. Roy and Johnny Porter called on the John Key home. Other trips include Minnie Shimer to Kansas City and Excelsior Springs, Bill Lewellin and Maude Weller in Omaha for a clinic check. Families like Fee, Hays, Walston, and Fickess are noted with visits and travel.
An advertisement extols Pazo for quick relief from piles with ointment and suppositories and notes Marvin Walston leaving for Maryville to attend college. The page also lists numerous social notices: families visiting, skating party at Lenox Skating Rink, and various local residents hosting guests in Lenox and nearby towns.
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