Poultry House Lighting Boosts Egg Output and Day Length
Addition of extra windows near the floor lets early evening light enter poultry houses improving egg production. He As Bittenbender says it lengthens the day for chickens and pays back the cost. Many poultrymen install electrical lights to start feeding earlier and extend light in the afternoon for better results. A Chicago judge fined two women for contempt of court after they refused to remove hats, stating equal suffrage placed women on a par with men.
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Bittenbender
Chicago
Lost Key Ring Reward and Farm Livestock Ads
Arrow Adlets missing key ring with two keys lists Theodore Smith room and offers reward. Reds-Cockerels for sale at $1.50 and $2.00. Behrendsen Carl at Gilmore City Iowa advertises purebred Rhode Island Red cockerels $2.00 and $2.50. Spiker the Drayman offers draying hauling and plowing with phone contact 82.
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Ro Om
Theodore Smith
R. CG. R. I. Reds
G. Behrendsen
Gilmore
Combithode Island
Spiker
Methodist Church Service Notes and Local Appeals
Sunday services at 10 30 morning worship 11 45 Bible School 6 80 Epworth League 7 80 evening service Prayer meeting Thursday 8 00. A larger crowd last Sunday and a food sale next Saturday for an orphan as the Glad Game class supports. Boost for next Sunday urges more cooperation and attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Church Conference
Glad Game
Peterson
Senior Girls Win Basketball Championship In School Tournament
Senior girls defeated Freshmen 20 to 1 and Juniors 37 to 10 to claim the gym tournament title earning a candy box and pennant. Senior boys then beat underclassmen 16 to 10 in a later game in the same week as part of school gym activities. A county declamatory contest is set for Friday December 10 at 7 30 o clock in the auditorium with thirteen contestants including Rolfe High representatives George Hauck and Grace Marchant admission twenty five and thirty five cents.
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Dee
Ayn School
Rolfe High
George Hauck
Grace Marchant
Iowa cattle study shows losses in 1918 19 season
A survey by the Iowa State College and U S Department of Agriculture reports that 68 percent of cattle in Pottawattamie County failed to cover feed costs in 1918 19, averaging a loss of 9 43 per head, with similar losses next season though fewer cattle involved. Cost measures include feed labor and by products, all priced on farm values.
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Department: of Farm
Management of
Iowa
State College
Bureau of Animal: Husbandry
United States’ Department: of
Agriculture
Revettle
Pottawattamie
Presbyterian Church Notes and Upcoming Sermon
Rev. John P. Lester leads morning worship at 10 30 with Bible School, Junior Endeavor, and Christian Endeavor. Evening service at 7 30 features The First Job addressing man in life and work from Eden to today. Election results to be announced next Sunday. 150 attended last week. Woman’s Missionary Society meets next Wednesday with Mrs. Kennedy hosting. papers on Mormonism and Syria and Persia to be discussed.
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Woman’s Missionary Society
W. C. Kennedy
Mather
C. A. Green
Olerich
Syria
Persia
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JZ .W. Rankin
China
E. W. Meredith
Pirie Bros
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M. P. Hancher
Towa
Mabel
F. L. Watson
Guy Bendixers
H. A. Minkler
A. J. Applegate
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S. F. McGuffin
Town
A. P. White
Philip Rose
H. F. Thomas
W. P. Bryant
Mallard
Hollister
Ellen Baker
Burnham, Somerset
Alfred Baker
Pocahontas County
Burrough & Crowder
Wedmore
Somerset
England
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. H. Bryan
Bucky
Deally Newspaper
Shere
Furentrume
Priscilla
Betsy Ross
Reed Fibre
Ickers
Akbar Wiltons
Balbeck Wiltons
J. R. McIntire
Rolfe, Iowa
Windsor
Presbyterian Church Notes
John P. Lester
Junior Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Scari
the Fair Store
Cora E. Lighter
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