Weather note on hogs and cold spell continues
Report notes hog market top at 22 dollars and forecasts clear skies with continued cold tonight. Tomorrow is expected to bring somewhat warmer conditions.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1949
Page
8
Report notes hog market top at 22 dollars and forecasts clear skies with continued cold tonight. Tomorrow is expected to bring somewhat warmer conditions.
Mrs Harold Swan received silver pins for five years as club leaders at the Louisa county 4-H dinner in Wapello High School. Joyce Hafner earned a gold medal for best long-time record book. Peggy Hartsock won a silver for best home furnishing book. Frank Swan and others received checks for best boys record books. Dwayne Rohweder named new extension director.
Louis Eugene Hoover, 25, of Louisville Kentucky, is under indictment for the February 21 murder of millionaire James A. Mahoney in a French Quarter hotel. A New Orleans jury indicted Hoover after hearing 30 witnesses and Hoover testified he murdered Mahoney while under truth serum, yet could not recall the act without it.
Mrs. Ernest Woodyard hosts a birthday surprise for Anton Kauffman at his Pleasant Ridge home on Monday night. Guests include Roy Steele Wilmer Kauffman and several relatives. The gathering featured card games and refreshments. Other items note Fern Woodyard earning a second rating at the Columbus Junction music contest.
Pigs kept in cold drafty sheds lose up to twenty percent of their feed to body heat rather than growth. The heat loss reduces weight gains and lowers feed efficiency in winter housing conditions.
Ear corn silage and corn grain contain an unidentified constituent not found in grainless corn silage that stimulates milk production in dairy cattle.
Mrs. John E. Young notes Sara and Johnnie enjoy feeding an orphan lamb named Pans. The report mentions school feeding duties by parents, and lists social visits from families including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Horning, Mr. Milo Patterson, Mr. Ray Page, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Horewsky, and Alvin Richardson. Summit school elected Harold Schulty as director for a three year term.
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