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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1894
Page
4
The editorial urges readers to improve stock and crops, noting the value of mutton sheep and feeding steers, warns on cattle feeding quality, and stresses timely breeding records. It cites Wollney on soil moisture, explains drainage needed for wet lands, and stresses mulching and cultivation to conserve moisture in Iowa soils.
A call to young Iowa women to pursue dairy study in both practical and scientific aspects. The field is described as special with ongoing demand and a winter class that trained over forty competent students.
The article argues that dairy work offers education and vocational independence for women. It notes strong demand for trained dairymen, highlights that educated women can own creameries, and cites examples of wealthy citizens' daughters studying dairying at Ames, urging farmers' daughters to pursue similar paths.
The fragment notes crops suffer when moisture escapes through too much evaporation, signaling an agricultural issue where inadequate moisture retention leads to poorer yields and stressed plants.
From Manuattran Kansas May 2 the Kansas Experimental Station reports on Iowa oats trials. data covers adaptability acreages yield weights seed quality seeding timing rotation and varieties citing 1895 and 1892 yields and notes oats less profitable where dairying grows, seed quality, and feeding practices. It includes a Q A on grinding corn meal for hogs with practical cost notes.
A New Providence reader recalls discovering potato scab seven years ago via microscope. He describes the insect larvae in potato pits feeding on juice, lays out a remedy using air stacked lime on harvested potatoes, and warns against replanting on old ground. He cites two ounces of corrosive sublimate per thirty gallons as a treatment, noting its toxicity.
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