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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1939
Page
4
The article notes a shift from hand harvest to mechanical farming, detailing hand harvesting with cradies to modern combine harvesters and integrated corn husking machinery. It questions small farmers’ ability to afford new equipment and predicts specialization and evolving farm laws as major changes shaping agriculture’s future.
A recount trip notes piles of manure in barns and the need to spread it on frozen ground. Manure carries rich nutrients nitrogen phosphate and potash, with calls for proper bedding to prevent liquid loss. Farmers are urged to value barnyard manure and recycle every pound back onto fields.
Classified notices advertise a wood coat gun and sock salt for sale at phone 36 Mia Hoane Parowan with date November 4 1938 and receipt books for sale at Times Office.
The Parowan City Corporation reports receipts and disbursements for 1938, detailing city expenditures on buildings, trees, salaries and services, special improvement funds, waterworks, hydro electric, and road funds. It lists cash balances, transfers, bond interest, sinking funds, and total bonded indebtedness as of December 31, 1938, with a certification by City Recorder Samuel J. Whitney.
The State Engineer of Utah in Salt Lake City publishes a notice that D. C. Snow of Richfield, Utah has filed application No. 12832 to appropriate water from Fremot in Iron County for irrigation of 840 acres. Water would be diverted March 1 to December 15 yearly at specified points with quantities listed, serving multiple sections in T. 328 R. W., SLB&M. Protests must be filed by May 7, 1939 with a one dollar filing fee.
Parowan High School students and families gathered for a birthday celebration as local officials announce road improvements on Las Vegas to Buckhorn routes in 2019. The Rex manager forecasts three weekly film showings and funeral services were set for Sara Holyoak. Seventeen farmers in Cetts and Mdvalley secure sugar beet allotments totaling 100 acres, with White Rose Seed arrivals from Minnesota and Oregon expected to boost planting.
Fragmentary text shows a recruit reciting the oath to bear true faith and allegiance then obey commands of the President and officers. The garbled lines hint at ceremony details and post oath formation within an army context, with references to foreign service and discipline.
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