Des Moines Highlights Across Iowa Farm and Travel News
Fort Des Moines hosts two infantry officer instruction camps in July while the 56th regiment travels from Sioux Falls. Iowa farmers see excellent corn prospects and a strong late crop outlook, with new hatchery plans in Traer and bank consolidations in Clear Lake. The Shenandoah dirigible may visit Iowa mid July, rail traffic improves, and Keokuk votes to remodel its Junior High. The state guards encampment is planned, packing plant outputs rise, and dairy and worm hog projects expand. Iowa universities expand medical campus and school facilities while tourists pay per car at Spencer park.
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State University
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
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Iowa State College
Aronowitz Active in Legion Ranks
Ramuel Aronowitz rises from private to New York American Legion department commander. Born in Albany in 1890, he served in World War I then joined Legion work, becoming state adjutant in 1920 and later state vice commander before being elected department commander on six years of continuous service.
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New York
Ramuel
Aronowitz
Aronowicz
Albany
Dartmouth
Albany Law School
America
Company 8
Three Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun Battalion
American Legion
New York State
Rochester
Closer Co operation with Fidac after Geneva visit
Thomas W. Miller of the American Legion announced Fidac leadership changes and closer ties with the League of Nations after his Geneva meeting with Sir Eric Drummond. Miller named Fidac representatives to the League staff and outlined planned joint work on ex service man cooperation across national delegations.
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Interallied Association of World War Veterans
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Switzerland
Thomes W. Miller
American Legion
League
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Miller
England
Veterans’ Association Ha Heade
London
Nations
British Legion
Great Britain
Scotland
Ireland
America
Council of Direction
Pars
Benjamin H. Conner
The
Legion
France
Edwin W. Thorn
Paris
Edmund L. Gros
the Americas Hospital
Francis Jacques
Leon Fraser
Ansistant
A. W. Kipling
Laurence ¥. Baret
Rome
No Fun Her Summer Escort Demonstrates Speed Stunt
A bizarre wartime oddity recounts a character claiming to stow a car dead aft and reach 50 miles per hour in 15 seconds, while an escort questions the purpose of stopping. The exchange appears in an American Legion weekly trigging debates over safe driving.
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American Legion
Cow Testing Maps Dairying Progress in US Dairy Tests
Prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture the report notes 732 cow testing associations lighting the milk and butterfat picture across 807 078 cows. It compares the spread of testing groups to a starry sky with Newaygo county Michigan as the first and Western coast groups as large planets in a Milky Way of dairying progress.
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United States
Bureau of Dairying
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Bureau
Newaygo County
Mich
Venus
Dakotas
Migalgsippi
St. Lawrence
Alleghenies
Szores
New England
Capon Production Shows Big Increase in Profits
South Dakota farmers profit from caponizing chickens. Over 15,000 birds caponized statewide last year. Demonstrations by Clara M. Satter at the state college show castration improves weight and price. A Grant county farmer caponized 40 birds after a demonstration and notes capons bring higher returns than cockerels.
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South Dakota
Clara M. Satter
South Dakota State College
Milas Sutter
Grant County
Cause of Bloat in Cattle From Salt Rich Feed
One cause of bloat occurs when cattle consume a fat of salt before turning to pasture and then drink large amounts of water after eating green feed. This can cause rapid fermentation in the stomach and a serious bloat. Cattle should have free access to salt at all times to avoid unusual thirst.
Scratching Schedule for Hen Feed and Ration
The guide advises splitting scratch feed with one third given in the morning and two thirds in the afternoon. This helps hens fill crops before roosting. Morning feed encourages mash intake to support muscle building for heavy egg production.
Feeding for Eggs in Poultry Husbandry
Well balanced palatable feeds boost egg production and offset higher ration costs. Use simple grain mixtures with meat scrap fish scrap or milk and provide green feed year round for best results.
Systematized farm business praised by agriculture professor
Professor W J Grimes of Katiang State Agricultural College outlines a fourfold farm system. He identifies financing organization operation and marketing as the core zon es guiding farm business, with plans laid out weeks in advance.
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Saya
W. J. Grimes
Department of Agricultural Economics
Katiang
Prevent Swarming by Providing Shade
A United States Department of Agriculture bulletin advises shading hives and supers from direct sun at peak heat to reduce swarming. Use shade boards projecting beyond hive edges with airflow space. double covers offer more sun protection though not shading sides. Paint hives white, repaint covers if no shade board is used, and expect more warming with dark or weathered covers.
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United States Department of Agricultura
United States Department of Agriculture
Best Depth for Plowing Various Soils
Illinois experiment stations report on plow depth in gray silt loam and brown loam soils across several counties. Seven inch plowing proved most profitable per acre while subsoiling and deep tillage offered little yield gain for high cost. Dynamite use in impervious subsoils showed no yield improvement despite steep expense.
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Illinois Experiment Station
Marion
Cumberland
Champaign
Cumberland County
Ohio
Purdue study on farm power costs in Tippecanoe County
A Purdue university study of 85 farms over three years shows horse power efficiency varies with labor effectiveness. The best third of farms used one horse per 2.4 acres, the middle third 20.5 acres per horse, and the bottom third 10.9 acres per horse, with above average farmers getting about 50 percent more service from their horses than below average farmers.
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Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Tippe
Indiana
Farm Facts and Tips for Crops and Land Use
Continuous rows ease cultivation and hoeing. Over 100 million chicks hatch yearly. Woodlands pay off for careful farmers. Livestock trampling harms leaf mulch exposing soil to wind and sun. Soybeans for hay should be dried at one bushel per acre. Most farms have rough or rocky ground suited for timber. Idle land should be utilized. Waste stems from impure seeds and unsuitable varieties.
Home preserving and kitchen tips from Ione Jones
A woman lists practical recipes and advice for preserving fruit and vegetables and for kitchen remedies. Featured dishes include Cherry Olives, Plum Catsip, Apple and Pepper Gauca, Sliced Green Tomato Pickles, Green Apples and Onions Fried, Peach Pie, and a Buttermilk regimen with soups and breads. Also notes on buttermilk benefits, mushroom sauce, beet salad, and ham storage tips.
New Zealand Fern Emblem Proposed At Banquet
The fern leaf as national emblem is proposed after a banquet in Wellington honoring the All Blacks. It is suggested the fern be stamped on all exports to mark New Zealand’s identity as its rugby team has carried it proudly worldwide.
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New Zealand
Wellington
All Blacks
Haad
Femily Herald
Street Made Beautiful at Episcopal Convention Travel Route
Delegates and visitors to the Episcopal Church triennial convention in New Orleans will pass up St Charles Avenue along a blossoming street. A committee with plants, shrubs, vines, trowels, and watering cans canvassed houses, left flowers, watered them, and left notes explaining mysterious springing vines and shrubbery in gardens.
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Episcopal Church
New Orleana
St. Charlies Avenue
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