Soil Improvement Key to Greater Production
H B Cheney extension agronomist at Iowa State College says improved soil productivity boosts crop yields and long term soil conservation. He outlines practice: rotate legume grass mixes, return crop residues and manure, test soils, lime where needed, apply necessary fertilizers, control erosion, terrace slopes, strip crop long slopes, and maintain grassed waterways to prevent gullies. These come from research and farmers experiences. Move at Wiota Mr and Mrs Tommy Thompson moved into their apartment above their electric shop and will rent their former home they occupied last year.
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H. B. Cheney
Towa State College
Cheney
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wiota Wiota
Tommy Thompson
Man Repeats First Proposal 53 Years Later In Ocean View
Edward Allen Smith finally wed Kathryn Voss Roberts in Ocean View after a 53 year wait since his 1899 proposal. The two grew up in Michigan and reconnected in St. Petersburg Florida earlier this year. Robbery report notes a bank teller relieved of 2000 dollars in Los Angeles with a blunt quote.
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Norfolky
Edward Allen Smith
Kathryn Voss
Ocean View
Kathryn V. Roberts
Big Rapids
Mich
Smith
Duluth
Minn
Mia
Roberts
St. Petersburg
Fla
Waterway Seeding Marks Easy Maintenance, Winston Claims
Cassy County Soil Conservation District commissioner James Winston says waterway seeding is simple and permanent, requiring no upkeep. He recalls early efforts to remove cross fences, contour farm reorganization, and shaping long watercourses with tractors nine years ago, with successful seeding of brome and timothy that still needs no maintenance. contour farming and terraces expand on his Winston farm, with Hereford cattle used in the second year meadow of a five year rotation.
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James Winston
Cassy County
Soil Conservation District
Winston
Gullies Replaced by Grassways on Cass County Farm
Wendell Pellett, Cass County Soil Conservation commissioner, notes gullies on his 200 acre Atlantic area farm were turned into grass waterways with minimal maintenance since 1943. Contoured farming and four level terracing aided drainage, pasture, and safety while a four year rotation shifts from oats and meadow to corn and meadow.
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Wendell Pellett
Cans County Soil Conservation
Pellett
Atlantic
Cass County
Sei Conservation District
Bridgewater Area Sees Wide List of Weekend Visits
Local residents and relatives from Avon Galesburg Des Moines Cincinnati Santa Fe and Missouri gathered for weekend visits and family time. Attendees included Mrs. Mary Howell Mrs. Amanda Baker Mrs. Hattie Robinson Lou Smith Kent McDermott Judy Gibson and several other relatives visiting from Des Moines Omaha Massena Indianola Rouleau and Logan among others.
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Bridgewater News
Bridgewater
Mary Howell
Amanda Baker
Avon, Jr
Hattie Robinson
Galesburg
Charles Carlson
Lou Smith
Dexter
Norman Simona
Logan
Harvey Gipple
Harry Powell
Rouleau, Sask
Canada
Ormia Campbell
Marine Pfe
Thomas Kniep
San Diego
Paris
W. FP. Kniep
Kent McDermott
Marvin Weed
Maryville
E. W. Glade
Paul Wyckoff
Cincinnati
H. Conaway
Des Moines
C. A. Conaway
Jennie Francis
al J. Gillard
Walter Lee Anderson
Omaha
Walter Lee Anderson, Sr
Lud Shatava
Essie Gipple
Milas Phyllis Jean Campen
Margaret Bower
Max Hurd
Judy Gibson
Cumberland
Loren Bauer
Wayne Hamilton
Jack Dwyer
Roy Pearson
Wayne King
Bud Jenkins
Spirit Lake
Robert Lewis
Brian
Anna Parker
Alf Snyder
Massena
Raymond Snyder
Ivan Cramer
Indianola
Wilbur Cramer
Deborah
Atlantic
Anna Cramer
Hart, Scott
Osceola
Reuben Roos
Paul Pote
Ernie Ezze
Faucett
Milburn Pote and Sons
Max Smith
U S Admits Plane Strayed In Germany Incident
U S authorities acknowledged a Soviet protest over a medical evacuation C 47 flight that strayed from the prescribed air corridor over the Russian zone of Germany on May 21. The commandant in Berlin cited an accidental deviation and said disciplinary action had been taken.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Soemmerda
Nebra
Halle
Lemuel Mathewson
Anita-Mearle McIntire Visits Omaha College Student
Anita-Mearle McIntire, a Omaha commercial college student, spent the weekend with the Mearle McIntire family. Timmy McIntire visited relatives in Council Bluffs while Patricia Jensen rested at home after a visit with grandparents in Audubon. Mrs. Nora Cleaver and Miss Geraldine Cleaver traveled to Parkersburg West Virginia for a short relatives visit. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schell and two sons returned from six weeks in England with her parents.
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Anita—Mearle McIntire
Omaha
Mearle McIntires
Timmy McIntire
Council Bluffs
Patricia Jensen
Audubon
Mis
E. C. Dorsey Ia
Davenport
Virgil Jensen
Harlan
C. C. Petersen
Linn Grove
Little Sioux River
Lost Island
Clyde Spry
L. H. Hayter
Carl Holland
Rosas Lewis
Nora Cleaver
Geraldine Cleaver
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harvey Schell
England
Perente
Progressive Party of Iowa Elects New Leaders
Mrs Edna Griffin of Des Moines is elected chairman of the progressive party of Iowa. Larry Ross of Lake City is named vice chairman and Mrs Candle Hansen of Des Moines becomes secretary.
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Des Moines
Edna Griffin
Progressive Party of Iowa
Larry Ross
Lake City
Candle Hansen
Livestock and pasture aid conservation program benefits
Soil conservation and a livestock program join to boost profits. A good pasture lowers feed use for swine and provides calcium and phosphorus minerals, with fresh forage delivering provitamin A for growing pigs. One acre of sound pasture can support 18 to 25 young hogs under proper conditions.
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State College
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