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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1949

Page

3

Insulation Cuts Poultry Feed and Boosts Yields

Farmers could save about 900000 tons of chicken feed annually by insulating poultry houses. Iowa State tests show insulated flocks use 15 percent less feed, lay more eggs, and have fewer fatalities. Zonolite vermiculite insulates and dries barns, enabling ventilation to remove more moisture as temperature rises.

Iowa State College

New Holland Sheller Speeds Up Corn Harvest

Speeds harvest with a multi million bushel corn crop expected this fall. A New Holland machine shells up to three and one third bushels per minute and ejects cob and shelled corn separately. Straw left in fields is costly and should be used for dairy cow bedding, says Ivan H Loughary of the Wyoming extension service.

America New Holland Machine Company Ivan H. Loughary Wyoming Agricultural Extension Service

Humorous Notes on Art Siblings and Pneumonia

A taciturn brother of a famed artist resents glowing talk of his sibling. A Whistler compliment sparks playful wit about nature and painting. An amateur painter shows a death struggle scene, and a doctor calls it pneumonia after a brief inspection.

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