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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1924
Page
4
Community activity centers on visits by relatives, church events, and club meetings. Residents report gatherings at the Clinton Johnson and A. F. Winters homes, a large Hallowe en party hosted by the E L C E program committee, comforter tying for the Young People’s Society, and a postponed basket social now slated for November 21 due to a Friday chicken supper.
Walter Fall delivers coal for Mealames Beecher and Crosley on Thursday while farmers report corn planting progress averaging twenty five bushes per acre. The Christian Endeavor Society announces four lessons on stewardship for Christ with a call to attend Sunday 6 30 pm and to be ready to give an account to Christ. Sunday school at 10 am and preaching at 11 am welcome all.
Whitten district items recount visits by residents to relatives in Union Tama Eldora Humboldt Marshalltown and Des Moines. Local gatherings include Needle Work Club and church notes. School notes discuss basketball plans and a busy event schedule with county tournaments and a Nov 27 game against Liberty Consolidated School.
A feeding test at the Fort Mayes branch of the Kansas experiment station compared sudan grass with alfalfa for dairy cows. Two groups of four Holstein cows over three 20 day periods showed similar overall milk yield, with cows slightly preferring alfalfa hay but sudan grass offering a strong alternative for silage and pasture. Yields ranged from one to two tons per acre for the crop, and farmers with available ground are urged to consider sudan grass as a useful emergency feed in the corn belt.
Agricultural extension specialists from Iowa State College endorse a home spray formula to curb flies affecting Aniry cows in hot weather. The mixture uses 4% quarts fish oil, 3 quarts coat oil, 8 quarts whale oil, and 144 quarts tar, plus 3 pounds laundry sublimate in water. Two daily applications aim to reduce restlessness and lower milk yield losses. a two-man team with a portable barrell cart can spray 40 cows in five minutes.
Ward Q A Iverson of the Town State College dairy department urges testing cream separators not used for some time to prevent avoidable butterfat loss. Use a calibrated Babcock test at home with a double-ended teat bottle and skin milk. those unable to test can send a sample to the college for testing at a charge of 1 1/2 cents.
A garbled 1930s dairy note discusses cleansing udders before milking with less rag, using fresh water, and keeping cream cool. It mentions ship schedules for dairy products, daily cow access, and daily milk handling practices. The fragmentary text references farm owners Berube and others and hints at market values and a farm watch publication.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Beasley and daughter dined with de Guy Clatterbuck. Mrs Willson and son Richard visited in the James Lawless home. Sue Lawless and Mrs Charlies Riska and Hazel Riska went to Lows Falls. Addie Sanders weekend at Frank Sanders home. Vern Riske husking for Robert King. James Lawless, sons, Clarence Huffman and Ver attended Eldora ball Saturday. Bert Bescher ill. Ohio residents attended Farm Bureau meeting at Owasa school. Mrs Jackson of Owasa visiting George Jackson. Garnet Jackson ill earlier week but improved. Co W Williamson called on Henry Humphrey Sunday. Ella and Plasie Riske and Helen Huffman visited Lewis Voigt Sunday afternoon. Harry Latch visited Sunday afternoon with Huffman family.
A fragmented quote suggests a misquoted line about trouble and perception. It references Henry Db. Chapin and a general idea that people find what they seek when searching for trouble. The text is garbled with misspellings and unclear context.
Fragmentary OCR describes Marion as a much admired visitor at Net pome end. A study songstee replies with a mix of affection and refusal. The text is garbled, but conveys dialogue about belonging and miswritten names.
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