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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1952
Page
6
The industry may break production records in 1952 with broilers exceeding 850 million birds, turkey production up about 11 percent to near 53 million, and eggs around 60 billion. Per-capita consumption has surged with eggs per person above 400 and chicken intake near 30 pounds.
Farmers who spread manure in late winter and early spring help wildlife and crops say extension specialists. Spreading now puts nutrients in fields and prevents loss to leaching, with February to April noted as tough months for pheasants and quail due to reduced cover and food.
A farmer built a two car railroad stock car set on a concrete base to create a pair of corn cribs with an overhead granary. The space beneath the roof serves as the granary area in this inventive farm structure.
The 1950 census shows only 38.3 percent of American farms have telephones versus 38.7 percent in 1920. Twenty eight states report declines, with Texas Missouri and Illinois hardest hit. Connecticut leads in share of farms with phones, Iowa is second.
Angus crafts a scheme to separate his son Craig from Leslie Day but falls for her himself. The plan backfires when Craig confesses love for Dorcas Haines, and Angus realizes his true feelings for Leslie leading to a mutual confession and engagement.
Advice warns against placing cake and bread together as cake absorbs moisture from the bread, risking texture and quality. Keep them separate to preserve freshness and flavor.
The Louisa county Women’s Republican club will hold a meeting on Wednesday July 30 at 250 pm in the home of Mrs Betty Mitchell Officers to be elected The Pretz Outkamp reunion is slated for Columbus Chautauqua park August 3.
Local residents report a Pruess family reunion in Muscatine with Mr and Mrs Louis Pruess of Ainsworth and grandchildren Janice and Larry. Iowa City visitors are returning home after visiting Mrs Pruess's Indiana relatives. Willard Howell and others plan a trip from Corydon to Chester Arkansas visiting Sinclair.
Etna and Elizabeth Dawson plan to travel Thursday to Chester Arkansas for the Young Peoples Conference of the Associate Presbyterian Church. In Iowa City a son was born to Mr and Mrs N E Blakeney weighing seven pounds at about 4 am and both mother and child are in University hospital. grandparents are Mr and Mrs A B Baldrige.
Martha J. Wass 19 a Red Wing Minnesota mother of two faces possible life imprisonment in Munich for the murder of her American husband Dan P. Wage 25 Baldwin Wisconsin. At a preliminary hearing in the U S High Commission District Court she told prosecutors I just wanted to frighten him. She was ordered held at the Munich post stockade awaiting trial before a panel of three judges. if convicted she could be sentenced to life in prison with arranged assignment set for August.
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