Grass Clover Field Day Showcases Iowa Crop Experiments
Hundreds of Iowa farmers attended the Grass Clover Field Day at Iowa State College in Ames to learn results from soil and fertilizer trials. Experiments show liming and fertilizer raise yields in corn oats rotation. manures and minerals boost returns. new alfalfa varieties and clover types offer resistance to disease and winter hardiness.
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Iowa
Iowa State College Agronomy Farm
Ames
E. S. Dyas
Webster
Clarion
C. P. Wilsie
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Wilsie
Ranger
Buffalo
Kansas
Agronomy
Madrid
I. J. Johnson
College Agronomist
College
Dai
C. Y. Cannon
Harold Gunderson
Virgil Hawks
M. E. Heath
E.L. Barger
Ames-Rains event cancels plot tours at Grass-Clover Field Day
Officials from Ames and Rains cancel the planned experimental plot tours at the Grass-Clover Field Day at Iowa State College. The program shifts indoors to feature movies and a discussion of results.
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Ames—Rains
Iowa State College
Warning Service Planned to Fight Late Blight
Iowa State College plant pathologists report a coordinated warning program for late blight affecting potatoes and tomatoes. The system covers states east of the Mississippi and Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas with 20 states testing tomato sprays and a five spray control plan.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Mississippi River
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Idaho
FENCE DRIFT PROMPTS UNEXPECTED BOAT RACE AT COUNTY FAIR
Dirt track motorboat race occurs at Linn County Fairground in Central City after workers shift horses stranded by a Wapsie flood. Six boat owners clear the waterlogged track then stage an impromptu meet drawing a large crowd. organizers plan more racing next Sunday if weather allows.
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Linn County Fairground
Central City
Wapsie
Club Pigs Burned In Freak Blaze
MARTELLE David Darsee's 4 H pig project suffered a setback when a hog house was severely damaged and C G Darsee escaped with minor burns in a freak Sunday evening fire. The elder Darsee had been spraying the pigs when the pigs knocked him down. Oily bedding ignited, reportedly from a match that fell from his pocket and was trodden by a pig. Two pigs died and fifteen others were badly burned, with Martello firefighters keeping the damage to the hog house.
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Martelle
David Darsee
David
C. G. Darsee
Darsee
Mr. Darsee
Martello Fire Department
Manure Reduces Nutrient Loss On Farm Crops
Of the crops fed on the farm, 70 percent of the nitrogen and 70 percent of the phosphorus may be recovered in the manure with proper care.
Four H Girls Open Annual Convention
AMES Iowa 4 H club girls gathered on the Iowa State campus for the fourteenth annual state convention. Director Kildee praised the 4 H program teaching leadership, cooperation and citizenship through club activities while Dr P Mabel Nelson urged focus on homemaking and trained home economists to meet growing professional needs.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State
Ruth Streicher
Onc Totural Extension Service
Kildee
P. Mabel Nelson
Division of
Fayette County Fair Dates Set for August Weeklong Event
West Union officials announce the ninety fourth Fayette County Fair will run August 18 through 25 with Saturday continuation for the first time. A new all steel grandstand and updated race track will be completed by fair time.
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West Union
Fayette County
Flooded Fields And Pig Diseases Hit Iowa Regions
Flooding endangers animal health across eastern Iowa with cholera outbreaks in Wellman Keystone Dundee Manchester Toledo Waukon Postville Iowa City Onslow Tipton Grundy Center New Hampton Wayland Garwin Springville West Branch Ryan Duck Creek Hopkinton. Swine erysipelas hits Center Point Cascade Tipton Oxford Toledo Manchester Deep River Guernsey Bradford Iowa Falls Nashua. Tetanus in Iowa DeWitt. Gastroenteritis in pigs Vinton Black sours Dixon Burlington Anamosa. Rabies cases in dogs Marenge Keifer Parkersburg linked to rabid skunk.
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Wellman
Keystone
Dundee
Manchester
Toledo
Waukon
Postville
Iowa City
Onslow
Tipton
Grundy Center
New Hampton
Wayland
Garwin
Springville
West Branch
Ryan
Duck Creek
Hopkinton
Center Point
Cascade
Oxford
Deep River
Guernsey
Bradford
Iowa Falls
Nashua
Winneshiek County Farm Bureau Displays Rural School Work
Decorah residents will see a rural school work display sponsored by the Winneshiek county Farm Bureau women on exhibit at the state fair. It is among 18 county features highlighting diverse subjects.
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Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Farm Bureau Women’s Organization
Reid Hybrid Company Joins United Growers
Anamosa based Reid National Corn Company aligns with United Hybrid Growers Association expanding the federation to seven new plants and breeding stations in Iowa and nearby states. Paul N. Smith notes key production roles for his brother and himself within the reorganized network.
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Anamosa
Reid National Corn Company
United Hybrid Growers Association
Paul N. Smith
Reid Company
Smith
Duction
United Organization
Reid Organization
United
Ames
Boone
Onslow
Iowa
Normal
Iil
Marshall, Mo
Garland
Tex
Omaha
Grand Island
Norfolk
Neb
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Muscatine
Sioux City
Maquoketa
Eagle Grove
Yankton
S. C
Faribault, Minn
Omaha Land Bank Grants Dividend Announcement
President E. N. Van Horne of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha announces dividends for Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming associations with stockholders in the Omaha region. The statement outlines intentions to distribute earnings among member members and affiliated entities.
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Omaha Land Bank
OMAHA
E. N. van Horne
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
van Horne
Land bank dividend distribu tion to over forty thousand stockholders
A fragmented newsroom snippet notes a land bank plan to distribute the bulk of a dividend to more than 40 000 stockholders. The incomplete text hints at a large shareholder payout and organizational action.
Pasture Management Tips For Till Estate Farm North Of Cascade
An 80 acre Till estate pasture near Cascade shows heavy steers thriving. Notes urge clipping weeds at peak bud formation to promote grass growth, warn against long clips, and advise removing heavy clippings. Also discusses dairy herd care in heat with cows in shade and watered pastures, some farmers using spray methods.
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Cascade
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