Creosoting Farm Posts Yields Longer Life in Iowa Study
The forestry section reports round posts absorb creosote better than split ones and recommends soaking posts in hot creosote for 1.5 to four hours. Best results with willow, soft maple, and cottonwood. avoid osage orange, black locust, and red cedar. Wet below and above ground. Extension Bulletin No. 109 offers detailed methods. Losses from decay in oats vary 8 to 30 percent. only about 10 percent are treated in Iowa.
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Town Agricultural Experiment Station
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Extension Bulletin No
I. T Bede
Extension Service
Ames Town
Hughes
Iowa
Potatoes Tested Across Iowa Farms and Bureaus
C L Fitch of the Ames extension notes 191 growers and 56 farm bureaus have grown potatoes in a three year study. About 120 farmers in 40 counties will trial test fields in 1928 with seed from 12 Minnesota and Wisconsin farms.
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C. L. Fitch
Ames
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Mr Fitch
Mr. Fitch
Fitch
Nordeaux
Whic Road
T ’Teh
Iowa Experiment Station says formaldehyde treat oats for smut
After three years of field work the Iowa Experiment Station recommends a stronger formaldehyde solution to treat oats for smut. The method allows immediate bagging after treatment and reduces labor and drying time by about two thirds. The plan calls for one unit of 40 percent formaldehyde with 79 gallons of water and applying ten gallons of solution per eighty bushels of oats.
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Iowa
Draft Colt Clubs to Develop Superior Work Horses
Iowa State College extension service will organize draft colt clubs during 1923 to train youths 10 to 20 in feeding handling growing and exhibiting drafts. Clubs run fall and spring, with member records and monthly reports. all colts shown at county shows or designated venues. Contact local county agent for details.
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Extension Service
Iowa State College
Rex Beresford
Unty
Heirv
Poultry Earnings From Iowa Record Flock
The 78 018 laying hens in January produced 457 824 eggs and earned 19 691 56 dollars in receipts while feed cost 7 141 46 dollars, yielding a net profit of 12 550 10 dollars. White Leghorn flocks owned by E. E. White and Fred Klaessy led with 52 3 percent production.
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Iowa
South
J. J. Warren
T Te Poultry Extension
Iowa State College
E. E. White
Waterloo
Fred Klaessy
Corwith
Fond Aunt Bobble poem puzzle about heat loving plant
A fragmentary verse scene centers on a playful aunt and a proposal from Mabel Feigh. A joking line suggests a plant that thrives in extreme heat, with rustic dialect hints and wordplay on weighing and neighborly familiarity.
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Bobble
When the Pat is Away the Mike Will Play
A playful exchange between Nora and her mother about Paddy being away on vacation. Nora insists the man seen talking to Nora is new, not Paddy, prompting the mother’s quip about the saying when the Pat is away the Mike will play.
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Nora
Paddy
A Wifely Sentiment and a Two-Gun Screen Star
A mock quote depicts a movie star whose wife reportedly beats him during leisure moments. The man is described as a two-gun screen figure, with the joke noting she interferes with his art only in private.
Laughing baby stirs parental doubts in a playful exchange
A mother claims her baby laughs aloud while a father doubts the claim. The exchange centers on the infant's mood and the parents' expectations as they test the baby's responsiveness with stories.
Wise William and the Don't Worry Club Leader
Wise William asks who is the group’s leading optimist and answers with Bill Sprout, president of our Don't Worry club. He keeps cheerful by permanently refusing to buy a motor car.
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Bill Sprout
Distrust and danger surround Henry Spearman and Alan Conrad
Alan confronts Spearman at Constance Sherrill's, sensing threats to Corvet, Sherrill and Spearman. Constance confronts trust issues as Henry explains Ben Corvet's illness and his actions to protect the company. Alan investigates Corvet's house for hidden records while Judah the Indian watches, amid suspenseful exchanges and looming motive.
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Corvet
Sherrill
Alan Conrad
Spearman
Corvet, Sherrill and
Henry
Constance
Corvet, Sherrill and Spearman
Connie
Conrad
Ben Corvet
Benny
Uncle Benny
Mr. Corvet
Ben
Ben’ ‘Covert
Elcury
Kansas
Wassaquam
Judah
Henry Spearman
Wassagram
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Leigh
Mabel Feigh
Wise William
Constance Sherifff
Jim
Altin
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Miss Sherrill
Constaance
Mr.Corvet
Mr. Spearman
Pa Sud
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Aurelia
Winfred Moulton
Eddy
Surelia
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X City
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Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association
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