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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
4
Residents from Rolfe Gilmore City and surrounding areas visited relatives in Plover and Algona. The week featured birthdays reunions travel and a range of social events including a ranch house move and a grain dealers meeting in Storm Lake.
An upset occurred when Jack Fisher, near Lamont, drove his tractor into a ditch and the machine flipped onto its top. He wriggled free unharmed.
Dr and Mrs P Goldthorp of Chicago and relatives from Dubuque visited Rolfe homes during the weekend after a three week western trip including the San Francisco fair. Miss Berniece Rickless returned from a westward vacation with Nebraska Wyoming and Colorado stops. The Calligan family reunion was held at West Bend with Rolfe attendees. Next year the reunion will be in Rolfe and Mrs Ella Bowers of Rockwell City presides. Mrs Jennie M Thornton of Pocahontas and Mr and Mrs Hatfield of Los Angeles called on A R Thornton’s home.
The column compiles brief Iowa items including Robert Billings of Waterloo hoping Florence Gielau recovers from injuries after a car crash. If fatal, Grundy County Sheriff Mamminga says manslaughter charges may follow. Other pieces note old spectacles, a lightning strike on the Lloyd Yankley farm near Vail, a hog truck fire, 14 rattlesnakes found near Knoxville, and a Greenfield father who shielded his daughter Sally Don Carlos from a street collision.
North Carolina State College experts stress low production costs for profitable dairying and advise farmers to study feed values. Substituting carbo hydrates like corn meal and sorghums with bulkier feeds can reduce costs. include ground oats wheat bran rice bran and alfalfa meal in balanced rations.
Whorled milkweeds injure horses cattle and sheep and may cause losses. Asclepias virticillata is the scientific name with slender stalks narrow leaves in whorls and greenish white flowers. Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca has heavier stalks broader opposite leaves rose purple flowers and larger pods. The swamp variety Asclepias incarnata bears larger deeper hued blossoms and persists as a perennial with flossy pod material.
Infertile eggs retain flavor longer and stay fresher in hot weather. To produce them, sell all male birds after hatching and replace with pedigreed or reliable breeder males. Cull hens not keeping up, retain heavy layers, and reduce daily mash as summer lengthens.
Farm economists urge cash purchases in quantity to start crops early. Larger cows yield more milk and profit than smaller ones. Mechanical milk coolers slow bacteria only when paired with strict hygiene. New slip covers offer affordable home furniture refresh options this spring.
A two day festival sponsored by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and county farm bureaus at Iowa State College September 8 9 aims to be Iowas largest sports carnival. County fairs precede the event with over 30000 attendees. Events include baseball softball track golf swimming diving archery hog calling and more with about 3000 expected to participate in athletics alone. Special exhibitions feature gymnasts badminton players and contests like rolling pin throwing and checkers. Prizes will honor the largest farm exhibit and top performers.
Kris Porter and his sons construct a roughly seven foot miniature tractor for a Farm Bureau exhibit. The project uses a Washington engine, a steering wheel, and an old model rear end as the tail wheel, forming parts of a small aircraft style finish.
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