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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1962
Page
3
Classified notice shows a request for a worship center library table from Rev Weldon Whitenack, with contact in Albia Iowa and address details. It lists sales items including a refrigerator, Norge appliances, and a business opportunity offering cigarette distribution via automatic dispensers with capital needs and interview details.
During last week’s Albia and Centerville events two large hogs were awarded to the closest guessers. In Albia seventeen participants guessed the live weight of 225 pounds and Harold Hut drew the winnings. In Centerville Richard Young of Moulton guessed the dressed weight at 111 pounds 8 ounces.
Mrs Dick Bro Vosburgh and family report on 4 H winter camp in Madrid Iowa. Mr and Mrs Dick Brown and Brad were Friday guests at Paul Jordans CenterVille home. Nellie Thompson and Mr and Mrs Pearl Kelsey visited Wayne Thompson. Dick Brown hosted Sunday supper at Jim McAninch. Wayne Thompson and family attended the Paul Turner and Suzan Stuber wedding in Centerville. Bruce Thompson visited Allen Ammons on Monday.
Appanoose County extension director urges prebirth prevention of baby pig disease also called hypo glycemia or baby pig disease. Extension vet Maynard Spear notes Nutrition, farrowing conditions, and Sows free of disease reduce mortality in piglets under 2 weeks. Avoid antibiotics in feed to ensure colostrum antibodies. provide warm, draft-free farrowing houses and monitor gestation feeding. Use certified Specific Pathogen-Free sows for best disease control.
The plan details how producers will receive payments for 1901 wool marketing, with short wool payments tied to a percentage of cash returns and lamb payments based on live weight. It stresses proper sales records, including buyer details, sale date, producer information, and net proceeds, and notes Appanoose county growers earned 51751.80 in incentive payments for the year ending March 31, 1961.
The 1962 soybean price support keeps the average acreage conservation standard from 1958-60 and idle land in effect. George D. Lane chairs the county committee and notes the national support at 2.25 a bushel. To qualify, soybeans must come from a farm that maintained the 1958-60 average conserving and idle land on nine acres. Loan and purchase options run harvest to January 31, 1963, with a May 31, 1963 maturity.
Extension weed specialist E. P. Sylvester of Iowa State University endorses basal spray treatment to kill trees and stump sprouts. Apply to the bottom 15 to 18 inches of the trunk and exposed roots on a dry, warm day with no ground snow or ice for best results.
Local social notes record Mr and Mrs Burdette Cox and others visiting relatives Sunday evening including Rex Angel and the McDanes. Mrs Fred Hiatt returns from San Diego to join son Carl R Hiatt and family. Kenneth Wheeler visits mother Mrs F E Wheeler and sister Mrs Gerald Morgen Tuesday.
The guidance advises against spraying the tree center and stresses thorough bark saturation. It recommends removing trees while green for firewood posts or lumber, then treating stumps. Basal spray involves one quart of brush killer mixed into five gallons of fuel oil, saturating the bark thoroughly.
Major W J Galyon announced Marine Corps enlistments are cut to 28 per month for April May and June through local stations. The limit of 190000 is in place and openings rely on discharges in the final quarter of fiscal 1962. High school graduates can enlist now and defer active duty until after graduation.
The choice between planting by machine or hand depends on the number of trees and available time, says Extension Forester Robert Davidson of Iowa State University.
County Extension Director urges dormant sprays to protect apples from pests. Use a miscible oil and water mix only when temperatures stay above freezing for 24 hours. A blend of three gallons oil to 97 gallons water targets aphids and mites. taller bark pests like oyster shell scale require 5 gallons oil to 95 gallons water. Ensure thorough trunk and limb coverage for contact action and short spray life.
The 1961 wool program pays for wool and unshorn lambs marketed before March 31 1962 with payments to be made this summer. George D. Lane Chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee reminded growers today. The program runs from April 1 1961 to March 31 1962, and growers have 30 days after the closing date.
John Guthrey principal of Moravian Community School attended the National Association of Secondary School Principals meeting in St. Louis from February 24 to 27 with Mrs. Guthrey and Jack visiting relatives and friends. Numerous local residents and families are listed with visits, travels, and gatherings across Des Moines Ottumwa Albia Fairfield and Leon.
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