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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1957
Page
4
Iowa State College guidance advises gardeners to check ultimate plant size growth rate sun exposure wind tolerance and delivery method before ordering. It stresses avoid tall evergreens near houses, consider wind impact on shrubs, spacing, and hardiness for long term appearance and maintenance.
A durable black polyethylene film offers weed suppression while allowing water and nutrients to reach roots. Used over soil, around shrubs, or with slits for plants, it warms soil, speeds germination, and can be reused. Cornell tests show less evaporation and stronger growth, with prices about 5.50 to 5.95 per roll covering up to 25 by 30 feet.
University of Minnesota entomologists led by M. H. Haydak developed a bee pollen substitute candy to aid pollen starved bees in spring. The three-to-one-to-one mix of soybean flour dried yeast and skim milk can be fed dry or as a candy mixed with a sugar solution, supporting larvae and young bees when natural pollen is scarce.
Eastern Iowa windbreak guidance lists white spruce Black Hills spruce and Norway spruce along with blue spruce Douglas fir white pine red cedar red pine and arbor vitae. Foresters from Iowa State College advise three rows of trees 16 to 18 feet apart with similar spacing between rows for effective windbreaks.
Purdue University plant pathologists warn that winter cold, a dry preceding season, and temperature swings may injure ornamental evergreens in Lafayette Indiana. Expect dying branches, brown leafing in spring, and the need for careful watering and pruning as new growth starts.
Late March or April will help damaged trees renew branches and twigs destroyed by winter injury, promoting new growth and recovery for affected woodland areas.
Wisconsin certified virus-free strawberry plants will be sold to nurserymen for reproduction now through February 1, with virus-free stock available to growers after that. Varieties including Dunlap Catskill Sparkle and Robinson show increased vigor, runners, and yields. tests suggest up to 50 percent higher yields and fewer plants per acre, as the program expands to more varieties in coming years.
Production of beef cattle in the United States has risen each year since 1949 with a steady upward trend in numbers and output, reflecting broader gains in cattle herds and slaughter efficiency across major farming regions.
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