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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
15
South Dakota officials report an experiment feeding steer yearlings on silage from corn plants. Over 148 days, steers gained about 296 pounds each, with 97 tons of silage yielding total gains of 6,921 pounds. Directors claim this method reduces costs and could boost yearling beef production nationally.
University guidance stresses pigs need clean surroundings and easy disinfecting. Build with smooth walls and floors to prevent dirt and vermin in hog housing.
The article advises farmers to group pigs by size in pens of up to twenty, and to ensure pigs eat well at weaning. Feed guidance includes middlings with milk, and promotes keeping pigs free from worms to prevent runts.
The note states summer months allow a ram to run past limits during winter attention. It mentions restrictions and monitoring by authorities, with emphasis on safety and welfare of the animals during handling and exercise.
A patriotic meeting drew many students to the high school institute Wednesday evening. President Hoffman chaired the event as the faculty enjoyed a cordial evening at the home of Mr and Mrs R R Beard last Friday. Jeanor Thompson spent several days at her Casey home last week. Calendar lists Y W entertainment April 5, piano recitals April 12 and 19, Philo play April 26, joint glee club May 10, and commencement May 23.
Rev G Haan was a business visitor at Prairie City on Friday. Mrs Temple Telegram presentation by Federated Club at the high school March 29. Ray Van Maren, transferred by Rock Island to Des Moines, was in Pella. he locked a house before heading to Des Moines. His wife visits her parents in Sully. Wm De Cook, Mrs Mary Van Gorp Otley, Mrs P Beintema and daughter in Des Moines. H Viersen and Lt J J Sybenga seen in Des Moines and Pella. Jelle Heerema back from Camp Dodge. G G Gaasci in Des Moines. Mobilize books for soldiers. bring to public library. campaign ends March 26. John Wynberg Eddyville produce man visited Pella.
The story highlights Belgian and French children evacuated by rail to Switzerland and then to France under Red Cross care. At Evian American Red Cross staff welcomed hundreds of repatriates daily, with nurses comforting frightened children, providing baths, medical checks, and meals, aiming to return them to safer towns to grow up hopeful for the country’s future.
A lively downtown vignette features Mrs Quackenness and Sistah Sagt chatting about marriage and a frightened husband, a passerby debating a professor’s war-end essay, a roller-skating learner asking the instructor about difficulty, and a well known banker dining on mush and milk in a downtown restaurant.
A dyspeptic.Crimson Gulch residents debate prohibition while a neighbor jokes about desserts and recipes. Bronco Bob insists belief is needed after being studied, as the town discusses coal troubles and financial deposits. A statesman seeks a culprit but an ordinary citizen presses for results.
A large amber colored diamond weighing 440 carats was discovered in a mine in Griqualand West, South Africa. Though not a regional weight record, it is the finest gem yet found in that area.
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