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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1925
Page
8
A dense list of crossword style clues and partial answers with numbers and garbled text. It rehearses definitions for items from musical instrument to ancient symbols, birds, and clothing, ending with a note about solution release next week.
Instructions explain filling white spaces with dictionary words, using numbers to place first letters. Each clue defines horizontal words across to the next black square and vertical words down to the next, with no letters in black spaces. Abbreviations and slang are noted. proper names are excluded.
Iowa legislators debate a broad program from income tax shift to property tax replacement, banking reform, child welfare, and road funding. The Farm Bureau backs a 2 cent gasoline tax for roads, while bond issues face mixed support. Governor Hammill urges pay as you go and budget discipline as 68 of 148 lawmakers are new recruits.
USDA bulletin explains hard water from deep wells resists plain emulsions. Stabilized oil emulsions mix with untreated deep well water and are effective against whiteflies, scale, and rust mites in citrus. Directions detail stabilizing agents like casein milk gelatin corn products and glue. Obtain bulletin from USDA Publications in Washington DC.
New USDA figures show total crop production in the United States rose 18 percent over twelve years while output per person fell about 6 percent. The 1924 25 index stood at 118 percent of the 1910 14 average, dropping to 110 percent in 1928, with per capita index at 5 percent in 1924 and 94 percent in 1923. Acreage declined slightly from 1923 to 1924, yet production rose 1 percent, continuing a long lag in per capita crop production since about 1915, except 1920.
In Kaw valley Kansas seed potato treatment for tuber borne disease control raised yields. Extension workers demonstrated approved methods and led test plots comparing treated versus untreated seed. Reports to the U S Department of Agriculture show acres planted with treated seed rising from virtually none in 1918 to over 6000 by 1924.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that 1924 crop production across 19 tracked crops had a gross value to growers of 414 million dollars. Tomatoes topped the list by gross value with the largest acreage, followed by Irish potatoes valued at 44 million, strawberries at 85 million, and cantaloupes at 20 million.
The article praises a litter carrier as the best tool for manure management. It claims it is a major labor saver on a modern barn, allowing easy forked transfer into the carrier and quick dumping into the pit via a mechanical lever.
A USDA entomology study shows grain heating from insect infestation can reach 85 degrees, risking spoilage. Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas or carbon disulfide kills insects, lowers grain temperature to normal, and prevents further damage during cold weather.
Advice on packing and insulating ice in a sea house to prevent air circulation, leave space from walls, fill with sawdust or straw, and provide a passage to roof. Mentions rise of electric power and artificial refrigeration as convenient and potentially economical long term.
Gottlieb Pfeefer in Tippecanoe County grows 85 bushels of real potatoes from 3 bushels of certified seed, planted with care and harvested as his best crop yet. The seed cost $1.318 per bushel, provided by the Tippecanoe County farm bureau last spring, and Purdue potato specialists endorse certified seed as a key factor for farm success.
A published method advises plowing shallowly to lift the root mat so it freezes and dries out, reducing its vitality. If not destroyed, return in spring to plow again to bury the remaining roots deep in the furrow bottom.
The note discusses radiator drainage for tractors, crop fertilization with cover crops and manure, choosing seed varieties, field management including thinning and use of waste leaves, and the impact of greens on poultry eggs. It emphasizes practical farming methods for improved yield and sanitary conditions.
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