Control Field Fires During Spring Clean-Up
NFPA warns field fires cause growing farm losses during Spring Clean-Up. U S Department of Agriculture and State Extension services endorse steps: notify authorities, get permits, clear a six foot lane, keep tools ready, burn downwind, avoid windy days, and shield buildings with fire resistant roofs. Have water on hand and fully extinguish fires.
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National Fire Protection Association
U. S. Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Extension Services
NFPA
Power Implements Can Cause Fires on Farms
A National Fire Protection Association urged farmers during the Spring Clean Up to inspect power driven farm tools for fire hazards. High speed moving parts in corn shredders wood saws grinders and grain separators require careful monitoring for hot journals and boxes to prevent fires.
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National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Dangers of threshing gear near barns warned
Buildings are dangerous especially with threshing machines and corn shredders when straw or fodder is fed directly into the barn. A piece of metal or small stone can strike revolving knives and cause a spark, with fire carried into the building by tinderlike material. Fires from this cause lead to total destruction of the structure and contents.
Forage Club Dinner Tickets Now on Sale
Forage Club invites attendance at the annual meeting and dinner on May 12. Only 200 tickets available at the extension office and from listed organizers Loyd Roland Alden Howard Martin Harry Ryken Wendell Clampitt Ellis Two Leonard Hoff man Bernard Reece Elwood White Ralph Streyffeler Paul Glenny. H B Howell will discuss increasing production and maintaining high incomes on central Iowa farms.
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Forage Club
Viardin County
H. B. Howell
Iowa
Loyd Roland
Alden
Howard Martin
Iowa Falls
Harry Ryken
Ackley
Wendell Clampitt
Ellis Two
Leonard Hoffman
Buckeye
Bernard Reece
New Providence
Elwood White
Ralph Streyffeler
Hubbard
Paul Glenny
Union
Whitten Completes Red Cross Drive 1952
Totaling $78.25 was turned over to the South Hardin Red Cross by workers who finished the 1952 roll call. Chairman Mrs Wallace Shore led the effort with assistants Miss Ruby Prim Charlene Mitchell Mrs Paul Schwarck Mrs Chris Den Ouden and Mrs Clyde Mitchem.
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South Hardin
The
Red Cross
Wallace Shore
Ruby Prim
Charlene Mitchell
Paul Schwarck
Chris den Ouden
Clyde Mitchem
Farm Building Plans Available for Spring Construction
Hardin County extension director Dick Pulse announces a catalog of building plans ready for inspection in his office. Plans cover dairy cattle barns that become loose housing and milking parlors, regular stanchion barns, milk houses, adaptable beef barns with truss designs, a corn crib adaptable to mechanical drying, and movable grain storage sheds plus movable hog and poultry feeder houses.
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Hardin County Extension
Dick Pulse
Pulse
Simmons Calls Off The Debate Challenge
In Grundy Register letters, the author recounts challenging opponents to debate a co op tax issue. He describes interviews with Robt C Simmons of Ames College, terms and rejections, and a continued open invitation to anyone in the state to debate the issue in an open forum before a public audience.
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Grundy Register
Robt. C. Simmons
Ames College
Potgeter
Ames
Ames Daily
Simmons
Fly Free Town Through Coordinated Fly Control Plan
Town residents can reduce flies by forming a joint fly control committee and cleaning up waste. Iowa towns show success when garbage handling shifts from open dumps to sanitary disposal, with regular collection and composting covered by tar paper to kill maggots.
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Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Town State College
Gunderson
Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Sthe
Hog and egg price outlook from farm economist
Iowa State College economist Francs A. Nutzish or similar notes hog production has peaked last winter with farrowings lagging. expect prices to rise as sales fall, and a two year horizon of better position for hog sellers. Egg prices recovered from February lows due to Easter demand though gains cooled. high consumption continues on the West Coast with Easter demand fading and spring culling advised.
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Hardin
Francs A. xXutish
Iowa State College Farm
Katish
Armament Production and the Nation’s Economy
The article cites an Associated Press survey showing armament spending dominates many economies. Kansas aircraft production leads government work in Utah 23 percent employed by government agencies in Los Angeles 27 percent in military aircraft plants. Albuquerque derives two-thirds of income from federal government. Critics warn continued arms spending undermines long term economic soundness.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Utah
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
N. M
Marshalltown
Times-Republican
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Whitten
Ames TV
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Steamboat Rock, Iowa
Eldora Livestock Sales
Eldora, Iowa
Basa
Tlos
Davenport
Bernard Rudolph
E. E. McRapland
Clover Way
H. C G. Larks
Eldora
Green
North Dakota
Red Pontiacs
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
State OF Iowa
Hardin County
Torston Gunderson
Towa
Fred Ll, Miller
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