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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
3
The Creston Daily Advertiser lists Carl Davenport and W A Roseberry as publishers. It notes the paper is an official city and county paper and a second class matter at the Creston post office and is a member of The Associated Press with republication rights reserved.
In 1921 the federal government spent 60 percent of tax receipts while current costs from war recede to 33 percent. Taxpayers should look to state county and municipal bodies for relief and urge efficiency. Seek service standards akin to those expected by a business stockholder.
The American Poultry Association members will visit Ames for their annual meeting from August 10 to 14. The event gathers poultry breeders executives and enthusiasts for discussions tours and presentations in Ames.
Prof H A Bittenbender head of Iowa State College poultry husbandry says the convention guests will tour the Ames campus and inspect pens and equipment after the Des Moines sessions. Expected attendance around 1000. National scope seeks poultry men nationwide to attend. Local hosts include Iowa State Breeders Association led by president W H Lapp and secretary W H Heifner of Des Moines.
Horticulture specialist C. V. Holsinger of Iowa State College advises extra care for remaining grapes after heavy frost. He recommends periodic Bordeaux mixture sprays, with the first application after blossoms fall and grapes reach the size of a shot. The second application should follow later in the season.
A two week interval is planned after the first spray with a third and final application about July 10. The sprays aim to prevent most common diseases that threaten the weakened vines. If insect injury appears, add about half an ounce of arsenate or lead per gallon of water.
Chas H Diggs Iowa State College landscape architect led 43 meetings June 8 to 12 across Madison County with 147 attendees. Eight farm calls, two evening talks, and 12 township visits included women’s clubs and school events. Diggs praised county beauty and productive soil.
Adair County farmers held annual Farm Bureau picnics across four districts Tuesday through Saturday. More than 1500 attended the southeast event near Ed Vandewater’s home with music by the Orient band and speeches by Ray L. Gribben. Canby events were postponed due to rain, while the northwest district hosted a Saturday gathering. Speakers stressed farmer organization and local industry cooperation as Pig Club leaders mentor about 60 members for county fairs and future Des Moines and St. Joe appearances.
John Day of the Iowa Beef Producers Association will visit the county on the twenty third of the month. The beef boys plan to gather for instructions on judging cattle for the State Fair this fall. Check with your leader for the meeting location and exact time.
Five thousand Kiwanis members ride trains and sail in to Saint Paul for the ninth annual Kiwanis International convention. Officials vow a four day program with speeches by Dr. J L Taber and U S Senator Frank B Willis, plus entertainment events and a mid summer ice carnival.
Mexico City reports that a new presidential decree authorizes the department of public instruction to establish a savings and loan bank for school children. Teachers must deposit one day’s salary monthly, while pupil savings are voluntary but not less than five centavos weekly. The bank will loan to cooperative bodies, with expected savings around 120000 pesos annually.
Seven counties will display project exhibits at the state fair this year alongside the home project exhibits. Five counties showed last year with Winnebago taking first for its tuberculosis eradication in cattle. This year’s lineup includes poultry Poweshiek orchard and vineyard improvement Polk corn yield test Story swine management Hardin farm management Delaware cooperative elevators Plymouth and cooperative livestock shipping O Brien.
Farm record program led 60 rural teachers in Emmet county last fall under J. C. Galloway and L. G. Allbaugh from Town State college with Miss Marie Sorum urging the effort. Twenty three students began keeping farm records this year.
New farm record books from the farm management section of the extension service at Iowa State College help farmers analyze their own records and identify leaks in their business without a specialist.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Christian Fundamental Association elected Rev. David Alexander of Grundy Center as president and W. P. Frank of Earlham as first vice president. Carlton Null of Winterset was named young peoples secretary.
Burt Abel a dairy farmer north of Grinnell Iowa kept a nine acre sweet clover patch as pasture instead of plowing it. Since April 27 he has kept 17 Holstein cattle on the patch and sells milk for 12 1/2 cents a quart in Grinnell. Iowa State College crop expert Dyas notes clover as pasture.
Four to six farms in the community vicinity will be toured by residents to Iowa State College to inspect the Iowa Experiment Station work. The July program is proposed for Iowa rural communities, announced by W. H. Stacy, rural organization leader.
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