Insurance policy blank determines extra coverage in Iowa
Des Moines report outlines state guidance on standard policy interpretations. Audits and the attorney general explain how blanks after the dollar sign govern additional insurance, riders, and waivers. Also notes opening of schools and a Des Moines singer Miss Fay Cord preparing for concert tours.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carroll
Legal Department
Byers
Fay Cord
Dean Frederick Howard
Edward Ginn
Dean Howard
Paris
Madame Colonne
Alexander Hinneman
Berlin
Plans for Des Moines Coliseum Drawn and Revised
Plans for a large Des Moines coliseum include a 140 by 280 foot arena, 60 foot spire, and two balcony tiers to seat 4,000. It will house stalls, stores, and an armory on the second floor with a 60 by 60 foot locker room and a drill room. Final plans soon. coliseum company to be formed in September. work to begin this fall and finish by winter.
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Coliseum
Des Moines
E. W. Crellin
Locust Street
Grand Avenue
Capital
Iowa
Wi Ben
Wilson
Nat Wilis
Coliseum Company
Gas D. 20s as a Summer Shelter for Hogs
This note discusses shelter ideas for hogs in pasture heat. It recommends moving farrowing pens to pasture under shade, elevating pens off the ground to aid airflow and reduce fleas, and using corner sheds like Farm and Home to provide adaptable shelter. Protects hogs from sun and early fall rains with adjustable back and sides.
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Tome
Care of Mare and Foal Advice from Wis farmers Talk
Mr. W. L. Houser urges close watch at foaling time to save the colt with prompt milk extraction and naval disinfection to prevent naval disease. Feed the mare oats bran and pasture, keep the colt in the barn if mare works, wean at four months, wean with grain, use skim milk, and raise the colt to a year old weighing 850 to 1,000 pounds for a sound, thrifty animal.
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W. L. ‘Houser
Wisconsin
Ulike
Sheep and Horse Notes on Breeding and Farming
The note advises against mating great stallions with mares for breeding and suggests half blood horses can work but not for breeding. It recommends a 50 breeding sheep flock as optimal for a general farming system and identifies the draft mare as the most profitable to raise. Hoof care and safe marking methods using Venetian red and linseed oil are mentioned, with tar avoided. It ends noting profits tempt farmers to expand flocks despite warnings.
Two Litters a Year Pigs Boost Farm Profits
The article argues raising two litters of pigs per year increases profit by using stock, buildings, and appliances twice. It notes labor costs may not grow with two litters, but many farmers lack winter equipment and a protein feed, a hurdle to winter pig raising that should be solved on more farms for added profit.
Grazing Sheep With Cattle Pasture Strategy
Teo and stockmen discuss how sheep and cattle share pasture. Sheep graze closely and move slowly, while cattle seek the choicest grass and cover more ground. A southern Ohio and Indiana method partitions fields where cattle graze field a until short, then field b, while sheep rotate to field c, allowing rest and regrowth for higher pasture returns.
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Avery
Ohio
Indiana
Food of the Horse and Its Impact on Growth and Power
The article argues that horse nutrition rivals inheritance in importance. It explains how growth, muscle, and energy depend on food quality, emphasizing ash and lime, phosphorus, and nitrogen from clover hay, bran, and oats. It notes feeding to shape frame or boost energy and asserts diet can enhance outcomes beyond natural inheritance.
Three and Four Horse Hitch Sketch Enables Quick Change
The illustrated diagram shows a quick method to convert a team from three to four horses using a single tree and a double-tree. By moving the tongue forward and adding holes in the long tree, a team can be brought closer to the tongue. The Breeder's Gazette cites this arrangement as a practical setup for a perfect three horse hitch, adaptable in moments.
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Breeder's Gazette
Boots that spread hog cholera at farm visit
A northwest farmer, Irving, kept boots used among infected hogs. Those boots should have been destroyed before any further exposure. He wore them on a state station visit, inspected sows and litters, and after his return a hog cholera outbreak damaged many animals and disrupted experiments.
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Irving
State Experiment Station
No Latin on Statues, Wilson Declares Plain Speech
Washington story recounts Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson directing the removal of Latin inscriptions from pediments of the new Department building. The four words Fructus Cereales Forestes Flors were replaced with United States. Dr. Beverly Galloway notes there is no Latin word for forests.
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Waslington
Tama Jim Wilson
Agriculure
Washington
Beverly T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Galloway
Wilson
United States
Roosevelt creates Tier Island birds refuge near Mississippi
President Roosevelt issues an order to establish the Tier Island Birds Reservation, the eighth such monument for birds. It covers mud lumps near the Mississippi mouth, islets five to eight feet above high tide, home to thousands of pelicans and terns each breeding season, and is set aside as noncommercial land to protect the birds.
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Roosevelt
Tern Islands
Mississippi River
President creates new reservation for birds
Islands placed under the charge of the secretary of agriculture with wardens to prevent trespassers and protect birds from plumes or eggs. The National Association of Audubon Societies endorsed the reserve, citing an expert report on breeding and feeding grounds. The League of American Sportsmen and similar groups also back such reserves.
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Secretary of Agriculture
League of American Sportsmen
Navy considers new uniforms for sailors amid protest
The United States Navy may change caps and blouses as enlisted men demand coats, visor caps, shorter neckerchiefs, and marine style coats. Capt. Hugo Osterhaus chairs a committee issuing solicitations to ship captains for suggestions for 30,000 sailors. Changes could affect personnel and cost, with trousers likely delayed.
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United States
Navy Department
Hugo Osterhaus
Connecticut
North Atlantic
Government to Probe Alleged Coffin Trust
Government plans to investigate an alleged coffin trust seen as rivaling Standard Oil in price gouging. Undertakers claim coffin costs rise yearly and cite cremation’s growth, warning that cheaper incineration could threaten the alleged monopoly and hurt the living.
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Coffin Trust
Standard Oil Company
Coin Trust
Honor Beans And Kraut In Central Iowa Festivities
Central Iowa marks two key days bean day and sauerkraut day attended by thousands. Bean day features a big bean dinner and outdoor amusements with G. L. McKay of the State Agricultural School at Ames delivering the principal address. Sauerkraut day occurs September 26 and is touted as the only day of its kind in the world, celebrated with hundreds of quarts of patriotic kraut.
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Webster City
Iowa
G. L. McKay
State Agricultural School
Ames
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