Value of Dry-Corn Silage For Drought Years
Iowa State College extension expert Richard McWilliams notes dry-corn silage delivers about three fourths the feeding value of well matured corn silage when used efficiently. Substitution rates hinge on farm specifics, with beef cows wintered on corn stover silage showing promising gains. A sample ration for pregnant beef cows includes corn stover silage, mixed hay, mineral mix, salt, and precise ground corn and mineral components.
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Richard McWilliams
Iowa State College
McWilliams
Iowa
Navy Announces December 10 NROTC Test For 1956 Entry
The Navy announced a tenth annual NROTC aptitude test will be held nationwide on December 10 for high school seniors seeking college training for Navy or Marine officers. Applications due by November 19. About 1,800 candidates will be selected for appointment to the NROTC and college of their choice. Eligible are U.S. citizens aged 17 to 21. successful test takers receive midshipman physical exams and summer Fleet training cruises. Enlisted men on active duty may apply under a separate quota. applications are available at high schools and colleges.
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Navy
NROTC
Marine Corps
United States
College
Fleet
Navy Recruiter to Interview At Pella Post Office
U S Navy recruiting stations under Chief of Naval Personnel announce Harold Sorenson from Des Moines will be at the Pella Post Office each Monday from 10 a m to 12 a m to interview men interested in this program or regular navy enlistment.
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U.S. Navy
Chief of Naval Personnel
Washington
D.C
Harold Sorenson
E.M.C
U.S.N
Navy
Des Moines
Pella
Pella Construction Co. Wins Mahaska Gravel Contract
The Pella Construction Co. of Pella won the 3.439 mile gravel surfacing project on Mahaska county trunk road from north edge of Oskaloosa to the Chiquakua river. Bided at $9,951.90, accepted by the Iowa State Highway Commission as lowest of three bids at a Sept. 20 letting in Ames.
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Pella Construction Co
Pella
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Chiquaqua River
Oskaloosa Herald
Towa State Highway Commission
Ames
Fred W. Sarvis
Kasey Construction Co
Des Moines
Pella Limestone Co
Kaser Co
Prothero Construction Co
Keomah Lake Stocked With 3400 Fish By State Officials
Keomah Lake near Oskaloosa has received more than 3,400 fish in a recent stocking. State Conservation Officer Charles Olofson announced the effort, noting 1,500 channel catfish measuring 8 to 14 inches and 28,000 bullheads 6 to 8 inches long were released into the lake located east of Oskaloosa.
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Keomah Lake
Keomah
Oskaloosa
Charles Olofson
Olofson
Local Fish Stock Details From Keomah Pond and Rivers
Keomah area stocking details note 4 600 bass averaging about 3 inches. Catfish and bullheads were trucked in from state hatcheries and the Mississippi river with bass from the fingerling pond at Keomah for local stocking efforts reported by the Osceola Herald.
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Mississippi River
Keomah
Oskaloosa Herald
Lake Najiri Summer Sojourn Of Missionary Belle Bogard
Belle Bogard writes from Kobe College Okadayama Nishinomiya Japan on September 10 1955 recounting a summer spent at Lake Najiri with about 130 missionary families and friends including Dulcie Cook and Fumiko Koide. She details language study heat at the lake conferencing with Japanese missionaries at Lake No Jiri and a two day RCA group retreat renewing strength for the new academic year.
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Belle Bogard
Lake
Japan
Kobe College
Okadayama Nishinomiya
Lake Najiri
Dulcie Cook
United Church of
Lake No- Jiri
RCA
First Semester Bible Class At Local School
The writer notes forty freshmen attend a Bible class, many from other schools unfamiliar with Christianity. Ann Cobb joins the high school as a new teacher. Angie Crew traveled to the states for summer, and the school looks ahead to its eighteenth anniversary in October with plans for fall activities and prayer.
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Ann Cobb
Angie Crew
Drag-line toppled injuring Madrid welder Clifford Welder
Clifford Welder of Madrid operated a drag-line when the rig gave way and toppled. He was thrown clear just inches from being crushed as the machine came down.
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Clifford Welder
Madrid
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Mahaska Co
Lederle
Paardekooper
Ideal Pharmacy
Chayie Heres
Ford
Ulrich
Vaca
Burro Riders
Clarence Toofs
Charter Oak
Cently
Don J. van Gorp
Bankers Life Insurance Company OF
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