Steers Show Fast Gains With Linseed Oilmeal Diet at Ames
Iowa State College reports from the Hey Day cattle feeding trials near Ames show linseed oilmeal as the top protein source for rapid gains using a mix of shelled corn corn silage alfalfa hay salt and minerals. Gains averaged 2.13 lb daily on linseed oilmeal and 2.10 lb on soybean oilmeal, with oats and different grain plans influencing frame size and finish.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Ames
C. C. Culbertson
Radium Plant in Czechoslovakia Produces Small Output
A chemical plant in Czechoslovakia takes eight years to make one ounce of its key product radium. Annual output is 3.5 grammes, about one-eighth of an ounce, worth around $2.5 million. Three hundred workers are employed and thousands of tons of raw material are used each year.
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Czechoslovakia
Four Cuts Kill Alfalfa Says Iowa Study
Iowa State Agricultural Experiment Station tests show cutting alfalfa four times yearly destroys the stand within two years. Best practice is to cut when one fourth to one tenth in bloom to balance yield and quality, with two cuts often giving more hay but risking leaf loss and lower nutrition.
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Iowa
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
H. D. Hughes
National Leaders at Farm Bureau Day at Iowa State Fair
Farm Bureau Day at the Iowa State Fair is set for Monday August 28 with a women's public speaking contest on August 26. The winner will appear on the program and receive the American Farm Bureau Federation gold medal while delivering an oration. Nationally known leaders are to speak and county farm bureaus will be featured. President Charles E Hearst urges all members to attend to hear officials discuss the agricultural emergency act and its administration.
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Farm Bureau
Chas. E. Hearst
Iowa Federation
Grit Urges Facing Difficult Tasks and Rewards
A motivational note emphasizes that hard work yields returns. It warns against seeking easy tasks and evading challenges, warning that avoiding difficulty can kill one’s incentive to try and dull grit.
Wheat allotment contracts prepared for Iowa farmers
Iowa State College Extension Service reports ready wheat allotment contracts and application blanks. After approval by county wheat committees and Secretary Wallace, farmers may sign for 1934 and 1936 acreage and a 28 to 30 cent per bushel benefit on 64 percent of average production. Contracts bind land and tenants for 1934 and 1935 with acreage reductions up to 20 percent and guidance on eligible land uses.
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Extension Service
Iowa State College
Wallace
Wheat Adjustment Administration
Washington
County Wheat Production Control Association
Navy feats and ship specs after the Armistice
After the Armistice U S mine vessels swept up 90 000 mined areas and the USS Saratoga carrier has hosted over 17 000 landings since commissioning The Saratoga uses electric propulsion delivering 180 000 horsepower and stands as a power unit greater than six battleships The Navy owns Crane Ship No 1 formerly USS Kearsarge capable of lifting 250 tons Submarine depths include 50 to 52 feet with periscope observations and 300 feet for deeper dives
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Saratoga
U. S. Navy
Kearsarge
States of the Union
Sun Eclipses Through History Noted in Records
Historical records list famous eclipses from 2137 B C in China to 1842 A D in Italy. Notable events include punishments for drunken astronomers, Joshua interpreting a sign, and a Penobscot eclipse during the American Revolution that spurred a scientific expedition.
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China
Joshua
Jehovah
Jerusalem
Penobscot
Maine
Italy
Nally
Speeding sheriff Frank Sands enters Iowa State Fair race
Des Moines reports Frank Sands the so called speed sheriff of Orr Minnesota will race at the Iowa State Fair auto meet on two Fridays August 25 and September 1. Entries include Sig Haugdahl Gus Schrader 1932 champion Buddy Calloway Emory Collins and many of the sport's top stars. Elight races will be run on the fast half mile oval each afternoon.
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Des Moines
Frank Sands
Orr
Minnesota
Sig Haugdahl
Gus Schrader
Buddy Calloway
Emory Collins
Iowa State
Night Races Debut at Iowa State Fair
Night horse racing comes to Des Moines as the first midwest event on a newly illuminated track. The Iowa State Fair presents running races nightly from August 25 to 31 with floodlit spectacle similar to baseball and football lighting. The 1933 Fair expects this to be a major attraction after popular eastern venues.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Midwest
Notice of Probate of Will in Cherokee Iowa
In Cherokee County Iowa the District Court will hear proof of Gustav Goettsch last Will and Testament filed August 18 1928. The hearing is September 14 1933 at 10:00 AM at Cherokee Court House. All interested persons must appear and show cause why the will should not be probated. Clerk W H Flickinger Deputy Litta Carpenter.
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State of
Iowan
Cherokee County
Gustav Goettsch
Cherokee
Iowa
Racing Stars to Compete in Hawkeye Sweep Stakes
American dirt track auto champion Gus Schrader will race Canadian National winner Emory Collins in the Hawkeye Sweep Stakes at the Iowa State Fair Friday August 25. Also listed are Frank Sands Buddy Calloway Liz Maugdahl Shane Fitzgerald and more than fifty I M C G pilots for the August 25 and September 1 two day classic.
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Des Moines
America
Gus Schrader
Emory Collins
Fair
Hsta
Frank Sands
Buddy Calloway
Liz Maugdahl
Shane Fitzgerald
Ohio Corrects State Area After Survey Revision
Ohio gains area through corrected surveying. New figures place land at 41 263 square miles and total area at 44 803 square miles, refining the state’s share of Lake Erie's western end.
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Ohio
Grossa
Ohio State University
Lake Erie
State Fair Slashes Iowa Admission Prices
Des Moines special reports drastic reductions for the Iowa State Fair opening August 23 for ten days. Autos free admission, under 12 free, ages 12 to 16 at low price. Grandstand seats cut 25 cents. 120 acre free campground tickets offered at two dollars for five days. Officials claim it will be the cheapest Midwest vacation this year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Miner
Campera
Midwest
High Price and Process of Attar of Roses
The article notes that 400 000 roses are needed to produce one ounce of attar of roses making it extremely costly. It explains extraction from rose oil via rose water and mentions adulteration with sandalwood. It cites Jadha and other eastern countries as sources and describes the stone-like sediment in the process.
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Ts Hieh
Jadha
Hanover Social Roundup Links Local Families and Visitors
Mr and Mrs Erwin Radke visited William Specketer's home Thursday evening. Edna Golnitz of Sioux City came Friday for vacation with relatives and friends. H H Otto and family plus William Specketer and families spent Sunday at August Miller's Galva home. Wilbert Herman Roy Otto and Harry Leitz travel to Chicago for the World’s Fair. Henry Stout of near Alta visited the Radke home Wednesday evening. Fred Radke and family visited August Miller in Galva Friday.
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Erwin Radke
William Specketer
Edna Golnitz
Sioux City
H. H. Otto
August Miller
Galva
Messrs
Wilbert, Herman Jr
Roy Otto
Harry Leitz
Chicago
Henry Stout
Near Alta
Fred Radke
Navy Humor Exchange in Gun Turret
A Navy crew scene features a conversation about a gun captain losing his head and a barometer dropping. The gun captain asks why nothing would be done and the bluejacket replies he is the gun captain. A seaman notes the barometer fell about four feet, breaking.
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Bluejacket
Claima High Distinction Reestablishes Mexico University Legacy
Claima High Distinction notes that the National University of Mexico was reorganized in 1010, asserting it as the reestablishment of the University of Mexico founded in 1551, claimed as the oldest university in the Americas.
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National University of Mexico
University of Mexico
Americas
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ARC
Hiram Higs
WLS
All-Day Children’s Party
W. H. Flickinger
Litta Carpenter
Hanover News
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Arked Lon 2Ralze
Guarantee Oil Co
Aurelia, Iowa
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