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Elgin Echo in Elgin, Iowa

02 Apr 1914

Page 7

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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1914

Page

7

Iowa News Snapshots From Migratory Law To Rail Crashes

United States Attorney in Iowa defends migratory bird law while discussions in Ames on experimental farming at state institutions proceed. An acetylene plant explosion in Brooklyn injures none but causes extensive damage. Marriage license notice reveals age details. Optometrists and jewelers to hold joint convention in Des Moines with diamond exhibits. University of Iowa surveys on store management to inform a forthcoming bulletin. Various legal cases, charitable donations, livestock sales, religious conventions, and civic notices fill the Iowa news landscape with local names, places, and dates.

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United States R. Foret N. BF. Reed Towa Marshal Read Mississippi Missouri Rivera Porter Agricultural College At Ames Professsor Stavens of Board of Control W. H. Richman Brooklyn Auditorium du Des Moines Association Iowa University of Iowa Charles Schiecta Marion County Knoxville Schiecta Mordyca Ark Arthur Womack B. Courtright Judge Platt Waterloo William J Theodore M. Graham Courtright J. Rosenblat Chicago Abraham Slimmer State Board of Control Clarinda Cherokee Mount Pleasant Davenport Iowa Convention of Christian Churches Cedar Falls Charter Oak Royal Neighbors of America Alley John P. Wagner Ottumwa Uncle Sam Wagner General Auger David Kreblel Kreblel Henkle Fort Hadison Yangful Fort Dodge Telephone’ Company Board of Arbitration Fort Dodge Clarke A. Church Jafferson B. P. Birdsall Clarion J. P.’ Dempster Des Moines W. H. Smith Irving Castana Senate John M. Gass Albia Elizabeth Crowe Clermont Blair Columbus Junction Kate Warner Dayton McMeel Delmar Albert Little Lake View T. D. Bellinger Laurens J. M. Bricker Nevada Brown Atlas Atlea Mills Crawford County C. M. Dugan Sac City Martin Dugan J. Muench District Court le Mars J. R. Thompson Merrill G. D. Bilers Frank Thompson Remsen Muench Keokuk Electric Company Martin Olson Town State College Olson Slater Correctionvilla News Argus News W. F. Weary Sac County Gun Club Hinshaw Sac County Coon River Sac ‘City Otto Edgerton Boona Illinois Cansista Monticello Great Western Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Atlantic Southern Atlantic Villisca Atlantic Northern Manning Kimballton Gama St. John of Winnebago Hancock Counties Forest City Pilot Knob
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Farm Advice On Animals Fruits And Orchard Care

Practical notes urge draining hog yards and raising strawberries while treating all animals gently. Tips cover poultry feed, mushroom finds, sheep care, watering methods, and when to fertilize. Advice warns against late spraying during bloom, recommends gypsum and bone meal, and argues for timely strawberry beds and diversified fruit crops.

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Poultry and farming tips from an agricultural note

Old farming guidance covers poultry breeding, incubation, feeding, and poultry house care. It notes Guinea fowls as hardy, urges careful breeding, proper ventilation, and protection from pests. The piece discusses crop timing, forage, tools, orchard care, and market considerations including a broom corn price record near Texhoma, Oklahoma.

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Selecting the dairy bull for Iowa farmers by H H Kildee

An Iowa State College article argues high grade bulls boost milk and butter fat, citing tests at the Ames dairy farm with Arkansased scrub cows. It notes profits rising from 76 dollars to over sixty-five dollars and urges vet-checked purchases, dam performance, and disease safeguards such as tuberculin testing and abortion precautions.

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College Ames Arkansas College Farm Peder Pedarson
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Seed Potatoes Need Care to Protect Iowa Crops

Iowa potato growers are urged to select seed with care after a poor last season. Weather made seed potatoes weak. venturing north for vigorous stock is advised from Minnesota Wisconsin or northern Iowa. Only seven commercial varieties exist, with Early Ohio and Irish Cobbler common. Rural New Yorker and Peerless also important. Distinguish Irish Cobbler from Rural New Yorker by sprout tip color.

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Towa Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station Minnesota Wisconsin Maine America Yowa Ohio New Yorker Peerless Burbank Green Mountain Elles
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Preventing Loss of Oats by Formalin Treatment

Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports heavy losses from smut in oats and small grains. Prof H L Hughes says formalin treatment is the easiest cheapest and most effective control. One pint formalin to 40 gallons water treats about 40 bushels. apply by sprinkling wet grain then cover 10 to 12 hours to kill existing smut and prevent further infection.

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Partia Iowa Agricultural Exparingut Iowa H. L. Hughes
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Fresh Water Essentials for Livestock Breeding

Fresh water is critical for successful breeding and herd yield. In summer ensure daily access to a running stream or clean containers, and in winter watering requires care. Differences in milk yield arise from milking or handling methods that can cause cows to dry up.

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Meadowbrook William Pitt Carnegia School Pittsburgh Federal Forest Service Senator Dunlap United States Department of Agriculture John Robertson Texhoma Oklo Iowa State Agricultural College H. H. Kildee Iowa State College Iowa State College Dairy Farm Prof A. T. Erwin
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