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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
11
An excavation led by Prof. Benjamin Mazar below the marble pavement aims to uncover the ancient Western and southern walls of Yarago near the Temple Mount. The dig seeks the Ophel area and the earth temple believed to have stood before its destruction in 70 A D.
New terrace design reduces objections by straightening sharp curves, replacing grass waterways with tile lines, and aligning terraces in parallel rows. Spacing follows multiples of eight rows, suited to slopes of 3 to 8 percent. Cut and fill methods by Soil Conservation Service technicians improve drainage, though higher costs per job start at 25 cents per foot.
Training advice for 4 H dairy project participants stresses consistent daily practice, patient calm leadership, and routine grooming. Calves should be led, halter trained, and washed carefully with attention to hair, feet, and switch. A pamphlet from the Iowa State Dairy Association aids with showing techniques and care.
The article extols milk as the best food value, sold by the pound, though priced about 13 cents per pound. It argues milk’s nutritional completeness and traces from farm to consumer under strict sanitary standards, noting low processing and delivery costs versus a 40 cent per quart USPS benchmark.
The principal U S dairy cow breeds are Ayrshire imported in 1822 from Ayr Scotland weighing about 1150 pounds and red shades with white. Brown Swiss imported in 1869 from Switzerland weighing about 1400 pounds in brown shades from silver to dark. Guernsey imported in 1818 from the islands of Guernsey and Alderney weighing about 1100 pounds with fawn and white markings. Holstein from Holland in 1857 weighing about 1500 pounds with black and white markings. Jersey from the Island of Jersey in 1915 weighing about 1000 pounds with fawn shading and white markings.
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