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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1948
Page
10
Hy-Line pullets promise superior laying performance with an official average of 156 Hy-Lines producing 224 eggs per bird yearly. Free catalog from Farmers Mutual Creamery Co. in W. IL. Also mentions a district clerk in Pearsau County Iowa and a note on a Garden Superstition about thanking plant donors hindering growth.
Members of the 13 club at Leon marked the organization’s 50th anniversary. Mrs. Sam Darran, widow of Leon’s former superintendent of schools, is the sole surviving charter member. The piece also notes cattle on feed and projected marketing timing beyond April.
A brief note states that a group member now lives in Oklahoma and encourages patronage of Express Advertisers.
The article explains balancing small rooms by adding top valances to shorten window height or using floor length draperies to emphasize vertical lines. It notes wider top windows can be aided by curtains that cover part of the window and that more light makes a room seem larger, suggesting experimentation to find the best method.
Iowa state economist Sam H. Thompson says fewer cattle are on feed in the Corn Belt but more weigh over 900 pounds. On Jan 1 the 900 pound plus share was 31 percent, up from last year, while 600-900 pound cattle stayed 46 percent. In Iowa 32 percent of feed cattle weighed 900 pounds or more, up five points, as total Iowa cattle on feed fell 25 percent, outpacing other states.
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