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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1950
Page
6
A dense collection of classified ads lists for sale items and services from numerous local businesses and residents. Highlights include appliances like Electrolux, sewing machines, refrigerators, and portable typewriters. farm equipment and livestock. used cars and trucks. real estate offers. rental rooms. and poultry and feed services centered around Pella and surrounding Iowa towns.
Notice states Dan D. Dieleman will seek a seat on the Marion County Board of Supervisors for the term starting January 1, 1951. He also thanks relatives, neighbors, and Rev. E Lasswell for prayers, cards, letters, and visits during his illness and hospital stay at Still Hospital in Des Moines and after returning home from recovery.
A report from a record demonstration flock program with Iowa State College Extension Service shows chickens are profitable on farms. Average net profit is 2.11 dollars per bird and 594.12 dollars per flock, with an average flock size of 281 birds and 207 eggs per bird, nearly three dozen above the state average.
Wages per hour averaged 94 cents for 307 hours of care. Average cost 24 cents per dozen eggs, leaving 19 cents for labor per dozen. The top 10 flocks produced 223.5 eggs per bird and $4.02 per bird, while the bottom 10 yielded 61 cents per hen and $3.84 overall. Mortality and feed use differed, with better management driving higher profits and lower losses.
American Builder magazine warns an inefficient kitchen layout increases a housewife’s workload. It advocates placing refrigerator near outside door with adjacent counter space, sink under a window with two sides of workspace, and range near the dining room. It notes growing demand for large refrigerators as families grow.
Conservation officer Harry Harrison of Madrid suffered a serious axe mishap while chopping wood before Christmas. He was rushed to a Des Moines hospital where doctors successfully reattached the severed toe.
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