Manure rules and farm aids from Better Iowa bulletin
Fresh manure benefits potato crops and general vegetables, with 10 to 20 loads per acre often sufficient. Protect pines from blister rust by removing all gooseberry currant and black currant within specified radii. Soybean inoculants may underperform. Daily cod liver oil and oyster shells support hen shell quality. The National Creamery Butter Makers convention at Mason City on April 11-12 draws large advance registrations. Tractors replace farm labor, with tens of millions of hours saved and rubber tires reducing fuel costs. 4-H swine projects rise. new high yielding corn hybrids released for planting. Turkey production in Iowa rises 12 fold in a decade, Iowa ranking fifth nationally.
Reader's Digest Parvo Museum Intro Ad
A promotional note extols Reader's Digest as a concise, accessible magazine offering condensed articles from top periodicals. It invites readers to request a free sample through a special arrangement via Dept. X, The Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, N. Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ade
Parvo
Dept. X
Reader's Digest
Pleasantville
Governor Wilson to keynote Iowa Governor's Day May 13
First official appearance of Governor George A. Wilson at the University of Iowa will be May 13 during the 59th Governor's Day ceremonies. He will review the 1,400-strong ROTC unit and attend a noon luncheon and reception. William Osmanski joins as backfield coach after Holy Cross captaincy. Easter recess for students runs April 5 to April 11. Summer session staff includes about 25 appointees from across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
George A. Wilson
University of Iowa
Wilson
William Osmanski
Holy Cross
Mead
Eddie Anderson
Osmanski
Dr. Anderson
California
Massachusetts
Free Book From McCleary Clinic Ad
A health advertisement offers a free 32-34 page book from the McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri. It promotes information on hemorrhoids fistula non malignant rectalitis and colon issues and notes the clinic is a leading specialty center drawing patients from the United States Canada and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary Clinic
E-100 Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
McCreary Clinic
Canada
Upper Iowa Senior Day May 1 program announced
Upper Iowa University's 12th annual Senior Day will be held on the campus Monday May 1. Previous days drew about six hundred attendees and this year features a play instrumental and vocal music and ends with the Upper Iowa Columbia College baseball game. Northeast Iowa high school seniors are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Iowa University
Upper Iowa
Northeastern Iowa
March Report Highlights Record Average Milk Yield
Fayette No. 4 cow testing association reports March averages of 724 pounds of milk and 27.5 pounds of fat, the year’s high since July 1, with fresh cows and a 31 day month boosting output. Top herds include Ed Chenswold, John Lueder, Jerry Spencer, Irving Deering, Max Grafenberg, and others from West Union Clermont Postville Elgin. High cow Isabelle, owned by Harry Turner, produced 1235 pounds of milk and 70.4 pounds fat in 29 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette No. 4
Ed Chenswold
West Union
Jersey
John Lueder
Guernsey
Jerry Spencer
Clermont
Irving Deering
Max Grafenberg
K. J. Kerr
Postville
G. D. Grimes
Harry Turner
Harvey Farms
Elgin
Felix Grafenberg
Isabelle
Clarinda
Ed Chensvold
Lady
Harry Cline
Fayette County Farm
R. F. Learn
Gross Bros
Clifford Church
Tester
Harold Gray Heads Flight to Europe
Harold Gray commands the Yankee Clipper on a test flight from Baltimore to the Azores carrying 21 observers. The giant flying boat averages 165 mph and will continue to Lisbon and Marseille before Liverpool, with regular trans Atlantic service planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa
Harold Gray
Europe
Baltimore
Azores
Pan-American Airways
Army
Navy
Boeing Aircraft Co
Lisbon
Portugal
Marseille
France
Liverpool
England
Guttenberg Press
Upper Iowa A Capella Choir to Broadcast April 12
Choir members May Dawn Smith from Clermont Helen Muehle thaler of Elgin and Forest Moore of Wadena lead Upper Iowa Universitys 35 member A Capella Choir in a 4 pm April 12 broadcast on WOI and WSUT. Directed by Prof Russell G Harris the group just toured eastern Iowa and northern Illinois highlighted by a Chicago broadcast from WLS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Dawn Smith
Clermont
Helen Muehlethaler
Elgin
Forest Moore
Wadena
Upper Iowa University
Upper Iowa
WSUT
Russell G. Harris
Iowa
Ilinois
Chicago
WLS
Community Visitors and Local Family Gatherings Recap
Residents and relatives visited each other across West Union Elgin and nearby towns. Highlights include the Ash and Lane families in Floyd County, Duracher and Mosby gatherings, and multiple visits with Schori Medberry Falk and Jansen households. A chapel service was held by Rev Paul F Zoschke in Upper Town University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Elgin
Upper Town University
Local Social Visit Report From Ludlow and Calmar
Mr and Mrs Louis Sutter and John Sutter were guests Sunday in Frank Miller home at Ludlow and in Harold Rantalkama avert squares. Mrs C B Schori and Mrs Car ole Whitney drove to Calmar Thursday and spent the day in the home of Kenneth Meyer's sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Johnson
Decorah
G. N. Schori
Emma Jansen
Plymouth
Paul Chehock
Frederick ‘and Sons of
West Union
Harry Gilson
Henry Feller
Floyd Stannard
Wadena
Chas. Feller
Rudy Johnson
Arnold
Fayette
Jake Yearous, Sr, T
Mrs
Elmer Kohls
Castalia
Leo Schweinerus
Clarence Schneider
Hire Ents
Gottlieb Den‘niler
Gus Krueger
Phil Moser
Lewia Thoma
Springville
Max Thoma
Thoma
Joan
Dean Culver
Oelwein
Elgin
Louis Sutter
John Sutter
Frank Miller
Ludlow
C. B. Schori
Carole Whitney
Calmar
Kenneth Meyer
Homely Southern Dialect Bits and Witty Snippets
A collage of lighthearted lines about daily life and social niceties. It quotes a colored maid and a caller about Miss Alice, a professor's pupil misnaming ancient sports, and a series of observant quips on domestic humor. The snippets end with playful fatherly repartee from two children.
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Rudolph Vick
Brackin School
Martin G. Wenger
Farrow
Henry Gisleson
Luana
Dan Butikofer
Sue Eerie
Henry K. Peterson
Weibel Mill Co
Duroc Jersey
Timothy
Selmer L. Erickson
Walter Bovis, Jr
John McMillan
Eilgin
R. P. Strauch
Irvin Metzger
Telegraph-Herald
The
Elgin Echo
Echo
Wists
Opportunity Knocks
Iowa State College
Ames
National Creamery Buttermakers Association
Hotel Hanford
Mason City
Texas
Minnesota
Oklahoma
the Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic
America
Arlington St
Boston
Herbert Ash
Lane
Floyd , Lane
Mrs. Walter Duracher
G. J. Mosby
Leo Boleyn
Leta Ash
Ed Medberry
Amanda Phillips
Postlville
Ww. C. Falk
Betty Holden
Elkader
Albert Holden
Gary, Elsner
Audrey Northrop
Iowa City
Velma Greenough
Miss Greenough
Rex
R. P. Sieaven Pian
Coop
Cleve Erhardt
Erhardt Poultry Farm
Elcin Farmers Coop
Martin-Senour
Alice
Alice Gwine
Anthony and
Cleopatra
Schori & Kuster Lbr. CO
Elgin, Iowa
Saturday Evening Post
Curtis Publishing Co
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