Flies Targeted Near Chicken Brooding Area
Farmers use acid phosphate under sun porch roosts and pallets to curb flies and odor around a homemade brooding unit and laying hens.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1946
Page
6
Farmers use acid phosphate under sun porch roosts and pallets to curb flies and odor around a homemade brooding unit and laying hens.
A partial roster lists city offices and council members including Assessor, City Health Office, Park Commissioners and Ward representatives. Names shown include Marion Bailey, Frank B. Miler, J Lemmon, W. B. Dupuis, T. W. Harwood, R. F. McFarlane, A. W. Yard, Clarence Jacobs and Harry Montgomery alongside the City Library.
A small city notice advertises ambulance service located at 306 West Main Street opposite the courthouse with phone contact 263.
A new flame proofing substance derived from coal chemicals is set to hit the market for textiles including aprons children's clothing mattresses draperies upholstery and related fabrics.
County offices include Attorney John Owen Auditor Stan Kiesey Clerk R Noonan Engineer W P Rawn Welfare Director Mrs Payne Marshall C Recorder Mrs Harriet Coulter Sheriff Harold Putnam Treasurer W E Howell Supt of Schools Lester B Krabill Coroner Dr W S Kyle Supervisors Ned Morrow Clarence Fulton Arthur Wiley. Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meeting first Friday monthly with Merle R Green Master and A W Yard secretary.
Rail notices list No 3 Golden State Limited No 47 Southwest Express and No 43 California as daily services with times. It notes no stop at Washington for Golden State Limited Nos 3 and 4 and provides closest stop details and daily exceptions with train numbers and agent names.
Westbound buses depart Washington at 5:00 a m 4 42 p m 9 57 p m Eastbound trips include 3 10 a m 9 15 a m 4 10 p m 8 00 p m Tickets at the Bus Depot Winga's North Side Cafe offers long haul tickets from the local depot Routes cover Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Ft Madison Macomb Quincy Des Moines Winfield Morning Sun and Oshkaloosa with a depot at 107 W 2nd Concrete schedule details and destination lists remain at the local depot
A Colorado gold rush evokes Cripple Creek era as Rangely oil field surges. Geologists compare it to Oklahoma City's boom with 25,000 barrel daily gushers, predicting up to 418 million barrels overall. Towns like Artesia and Wiley grow fast. Craig becomes rail hub for equipment.
Washington reports Britain remains indebted to the United States for World War I loans. The Treasury notes total original loans at 4.277 billion dollars, with interest pushing the debt to about 6.4 billion despite payments totaling over 2 billion before 1933. The latest agreement does not cancel the debt.
Allied forces report capture of a bow and arrow factory at Thuduc after Annamese attacks in Saigon caused fires and property damage. Grenades were reported as having been thrown during the incident.
Farmers report success using fan operated forced air crib systems to dry immature corn without heat. Drying is practical at temperatures as low as 50 degrees and can speed up at higher temperatures. Ohio farmer Karl Mohr spent about $10 to crib dry 60 tons for 10.5 hours when daytime temps reached 80 degrees.
Summer milk and butter contain higher vitamin A levels than winter products because summer feeds supply more carotene. Researchers seek methods to harvest handle and store carotene rich feeds to avoid costly winter rations lacking high carotene content.
The text notes Peru's agricultural methods are at least 30 years behind those in America. Extension work began about three years ago with only 22 county agents. Modern machinery is scarce. oxen still plow fields and most crops are harvested by hand.
Crops grown on soils with high fertility yield higher quality feeds than those from poorer soils. The statement emphasizes soil quality as a key factor in feed value and nutritive potential.
Farm makers a wheelbarrow using six pieces of scrap pipe a few lengths of scrap iron a rubber tired wheel and a brief arc welding session. Short pipe sections form the front end and bearing points for the wheel axle in this handy farm project.
Since 1902 American cattlemen have developed the Polled Hereford, a hornless strain of Hereford cattle. Originating from prior horned stock, about half offspring from hornless bulls and horned cows are hornless. The breed numbers around 200 000 on official records and gains prominence at fairs and shows. The first hornless cattle exhibit was at the Omaha fair in 1898.
The American Foundation for Animal Health warns that sleeping sickness affects horses in areas with recent cases. It notes birds and chickens may carry the virus year to year while mosquitoes and other biting insects transmit it to horses and humans.
No two Oriental rugs are identical even from the same hands and pattern. Each piece bears unique qualities in shading motifs and knot density that create distinct personalities and irregularities, defining their enduring appeal.
Swelling of the udder in first calf heifers is common. Treatment includes steamed bone meal salt and mineral mixture, small daily doses of epsom salts for several days, and hot water packs to the swollen area twice daily to relieve the condition.
Arizona boasts the world’s four highest reclamation dams: Boulder Dam the highest wedge type Roosevelt Dam the highest masonry type Coolidge Dam the highest multiple dome type and Bartlett Dam the highest multiple arch type.
The article states fingerprint identification began in 1382 in the United States when Gilbert Thompson of the Geological Survey used his thumbprint on commissary orders to prevent forgery during a New Mexico survey, per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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