12 Sep 1955
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1955
Page
1
Ireton and area report a busy period with social events at homes of Vander Water and others, birthday and anniversary notes, and community club activities. The Kingsley school opened with 541 students, new additions planned, and football squads of 49 candidates preparing for Sept. 9 game at Sutherland and Sept. 16 at home, amid ongoing community updates.
Kingsley Gerald reports Joseph Sharp residence sale on Main Street to Kindig. Mrs Sharp left Friday for a new home at Mitchellsville. Visitors include Mrs Jess Hamil and Mrs Alice Cagly in F J Spain home and Henry Holland. Bruce Riordan visited Kingsley Friday. Mrs Fay Lingle and Mrs Harwood Rice visited Sioux City. Rice went to Nebraska City for a teachers meeting while Lingle talked with former resident Mrs John Peck. First Lutheran church held annual Mission Festival with Pastor R W Meyer of Marcus as guest speaker.
September 14 meeting set for 8 00 p m at Allan Hansen s home with a board meeting at 8 00 p m on September 3 20 1 22 Sioux City Interstate show September 28 feed and livestock Outlook meeting to be held at the Vocational Agriculture building in Le Mars at 8 00 p m Mrs Corinne Phillips has left the County Extension staff to teach Home Economics in a Sioux City school The Plymouth Woodbury Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports testing 435 cows with an average milk production of 868 pounds and an average production of 32 33 pounds The average includes all dry cows under test It will pay to cull the cow herd this year using the D H I A records as a guide If you are planning to renovate permanent pasture next Spring do the following im
The text lists 4-H club members from Ply mouth county and others, detailing seed mixtures using two tablespoons per gallon, Amine form spray, and a long roster of project items. It notes leadership, county extension direction, and a State 4-H representation with individual names and demo team members across multiple towns.
A fragment records A M Junker detailing a building lot action in Les Mars with figures and a date line. The readable items include an address fragment in Lat two letters and a price noted as $1.00.
A fragmented sale list from Le Mars and Remsen shows multiple hogs and cattle lots with weights and prices. Buyers include Lloyd Réterson, Meis & gel, William Rankin, Craig Cook, Matin Hansen, Donald Bauerly, and Vernon Bankers. Prices range around 16.60 to 23.00 per hundredweight with weights from roughly 200 to 1,400 pounds.
A brief notice lists Aly and Zi as vendors offering a wild sale item priced at 23.00 dollars. The fragment suggests a promotional display or sale event with limited readable details.
Attendance at a Don Sitzman farm demonstration near Elkhorn on August 31 showed local farmers and officials learning terrace construction. Elmer Lund explained terrace layout, bulldozer shaping, and finish with tandem disc and drag. Experts emphasized terracing protects fields on slopes, reduces soil loss, and pairs with crop rotations for best results. Vern Fueschner noted design aims to intercept runoff and confirm terrace capacity, while Walter Muecke urged farmers to start conservation plans with district support.
Plymouth County Extension directors urge immediate soil sampling as results return in four to six weeks. Fall submissions may take six to eight weeks due to higher sample volume. Collect 15-20 small samples per area, one from each soil type, mix, and submit half a pint with an information sheet detailing soil conditions, past treatment, and yields.
Fragmented OCR lists various farm education topics and schedules including September dates for agriculture education, October meetings on farm safety and livestock feeding, November lubricants, December farm accounting and social security income tax for farmers, plus all day meetings on shopwork and skills like electricity carpentry welding.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a September dates and Mr and Mrs. names, but lacks coherent details or context to establish a clear event, outcome, or participants.
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