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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
8
The article argues that clover failures result from poor management, not luck. It explains causes from acidic soil and non germinable seed to improper seeding depth and nurse crops. It prescribes August replanting, deep sowing, and lime application to improve stands and notes simple soil testing with litmus paper.
Sheep need summer care as much as winter. Avoid excessive heat which weakens the animal and lowers future usefulness. Use silage or roots to keep bowels and cooling, avoid oily grain seeds, 2 3 pounds daily feed, adjust for corn in silage with reduced grain and added oilcake if possible.
Ashes from coal and wood provide soil benefits when used properly. Coarse coal ashes serve as drainage and foundation for barnyard walks after raking out clinkers. fine coal ashes improve porousness and soil chemistry. Wood ashes boost grass growth when spread in winter to early spring. ashes and soot enrich roses and fruit trees, while avoiding root disturbance.
A mixture of corn and rape yields richer pasture and forage quality. Prepare land as for corn, apply manure if possible, sow corn thickly in 3 foot drills, cultivate twice. With the final cultivation sow 3 to 4 pounds of rape and cultivate it in. In 6 to 8 weeks the pasture will be ready for sheep or swine.
Melt butter then flour in a pan. Stir in cream and thicken. Blend in stewed tomatoes with soda, add cheese and eggs, season with salt mustard and cayenne. Melt cheese and serve over toasted bread or crackers while hot.
Official publication records the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors meetings on May 23 and May 26 1913. Topics include insane asylum order for William H Thompson road designations and road repairs funding claims and appointing Will M Lee as County Highway Engineer with bond approval.
To whom it may concern you are notified to appear at the court house in Winneshiek county Iowa on September 22 1918 at 1 30 pm to attend probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will of L H Rygg late of Decorah township deceased show cause why aid should not be admitted to probate Dated May 28 1913 Clerk Olat Kallevang seal J A Nelson attorney.
Notice announces Ada Young as executrix of the estate of A N Green alias Andrew Nelson Green, late of Fremont township Winneshirk County Iowa, deceased. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay to Ada Young Executrix, Decorah Iowa, May 25, 1913.
Edward Lund files an equity suit in Winneshiek county Iowa seeking to reform a deed and interpret a will regarding disputed farm land in Pleasant Township. Defendants include Ole Lund Christena Lund and many Stalheim and Lund relatives and spouses with unknown heirs, asking for title quieting and costs. The case is set for the September 1913 term in Decorah.
The executor of Elijah Johnson late of Bosper foombie Winneshiek County Iowa declares the estate testate and bonds given for trust. All persons having demands exhibit them and debtors pay the estate to B M White executor at Decorah Iowa. Dated May 21 2013 Boice Hook Attorneys.
Notice invites sealed bids at Decorah Iowa City Clerk for extending water mains about 1000 feet with 22 lb pipe. Trench depth seven feet. Gate valves hydrants priced separately. $50 certified check required. Bids opened July 2 1913. City Clerk 222 F M Hughes.
In Winneshiek County Iowa in District Court the undersigned appraisers announce a June 26 1913 appraisal at the County Clerk's Office Decorah to value property for the Collateral Inheritance Tax. Dated May 14 1913 W Freeman C McMasters C Christen Appraisers.
Notice records the appointment of executors for the estate of B Anundsen, deceased, with the scribners named as duly appointed executors.
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