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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
6
A guide from Iowa State College specialists explains turning a yard into a child friendly play space can be affordable and rewarding. Simple equipment like a sandbox and water tub offer creative sensory play while promoting physical activity and social learning among siblings and friends.
The largest strawberry crop in years arrives as Iowa's harvest promises a heavy season. Jewel Graham a nutrition specialist at Town State College provides home canning guidance using sugar, slow boil, overnight stand, boil again, and hot bath processing for 15 minutes. For freezing select firm ripe berries and prepare with a 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 fruit to sugar ratio, then spread and chill.
Directions describe tossing fruit with sugar until mixed and juices release. Let sugar dissolve, then pack into containers with even distribution. When using glass jars, leave head space for storage.
Entomologists of the Department of Agriculture advise protective storage for wool garments. Store in an ordinary closet and spray 2 percent DDT solution on walls baseboards floor and surfaces where moths may develop. The solution remains effective for weeks to months.
Advice covers treating surfaces with DDT and spraying lightly on fabrics, using special fabric products, and avoiding stains. It notes that treated clothing may resist spray, recommends para dichlorobenzene crystals between folded garments, and emphasizes keeping covers closed and not overusing chemicals.
A Page County field day at the Soil Conservation Farm, owned by Iowa State College, is scheduled for June 13. Registration opens at 1 p.m. with programs for 4 H'ers and women, grass and legume silage demonstrations, cattle feeding reports, and soil and water runoff data on Marshall silt loam across crop rotations and terraces collected over 10 years.
Kin 1000 a om. sharp at the Cattle sea Beach Avenue and at Re Hane Economics Building on the Cullows Campus at Ames Iowa.
The second annual Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp begins June 17 at Springbrook State Park north of Guthrie Center. The first group of 55 teacher students completes a three week course in conservation teaching, earning five quarter hours of college credit. The camp is sponsored by the State Conservation Commission and the Iowa Teachers Association.
The Iowa State College invites cattle feeders to the annual cattle feeders day at Ames on Friday June 8. Experiments on urea feed as a protein substitute will be presented along with other livestock feeding studies. Market men will appraise cattle after the displays and questions. The afternoon will feature speakers from national livestock circles and a Home Economics Division luncheon for women.
State Teachers College names debt State Teachers College and the States Department of Public Instruction. The camp objective is to train teachers in more effective teaching of natural resource conservation.
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