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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1955
Page
13
Dale Studt relays advice from Marion County Ex College forester Dick Campbell on handling new trees and shrubs before planting. Keep roots cool and moist, ship promptly, and water within 48 hours. If planting later, heel in roots in a shaded trench and cover to prevent drying, not leaving roots exposed for more than a week.
Iowa ranks third in whole milk for manufactured dairy products with 420,000 pounds of the nation’s total. The Iowa Development Commission and Agricultural Marketing Service of the U S Department of Agriculture corroborate Iowa’s standing in butter production as well.
Test at a safe site in a straight line. Drive twenty miles an hour on a hard surface and apply brakes firmly until tires slide. If the car stops straight with no drift and you have spare reserve, brakes are safe. If not, have them checked.
Iowa totals show 1,111,000 milk cows last year, about five percent of the national herd of 24,408,000 in 1954. Sade produced 187,796,000 pounds while Towa's position reflected Iowa’s sizable dairy herd.
Representative J. N. Hayes of Dubuque sought to repeal all references to prohibition in the Town Code in 1981 but the lower house of the 44th General Assembly defeated the measure. Meanwhile penalties for drunken driving and selling adulterated liquor were strengthened.
A historical note claims Iowa topped national meat production in 1964. If all Iowa meat stayed in state, each resident would consume nearly three pounds daily, totaling over 1,014 pounds of pork, beef, veal, lamb, and related products for the year. The excerpt references USDA data from 1954.
Iowa tops the 48 states in total slaughter volume with 2,658,125,000 pounds of meat produced, accounting for over 11 percent of U S output. The state also ranks first in hog production, second in sheep and lamb slaughter, third in cattle, ninth in calf slaughter, and holds 6.5 percent of the national cattle and calf on farm total at 6,279,000 head.
Two non resident youths aged 13 and 14 burglarized a Rock Rapids food store and stole $209. Officer Roy Garrison located them in a motel counting the loot and taking inventory of the theft.
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