Iowa State News Highlights From Des Moines to Iowa City
General assembly acts go into effect. Insulin treatment for diabetes set to start at University of Iowa in August. L. K. Bennett resigns as county agent to take a similar post in Dickinson. Toluca couple James and Carrie Wray represent Christian Endeavor at Des Moines. Northwestern Railroad grants 300 free trips to stock show champions. New swimming pool project in Iowa City and hospital plans for contagious diseases. Des Moines boulevard stop violations surge. Benton Linn Cow Testing Association forms. Fort Day Moines hosts Second Battalion of the Third U.S. Infantry for summer duty. Farm labor bank planned by Iowa leaders. Governor Kendall appoints new State Board of Conservatism. Frost and Cubbage win suit to annul $460,000 real estate deal. Iowa State College visual instruction served 867,615 people. About one third of corn crop found and high for cultivation. chinch bug in southeast. Anthon uses 2thour day electric service with Iowa Light and Power. Dallas County Bankers elect Black as president. Fatal crash in Des Moines injures two, kills two. Iowa inheritance taxes exceed $1,000,000 in 1923. Des Moines builds contagious disease hospital. state fair exhibit by denominational colleges. Corn and wheat conditions show mixed results. Oakland area corn normal but off color in spots.
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Iowa Health Bulletin
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Oakland
Excellent Way to Start Young Calf Feeding Schedule
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article outlines two weeks of whole milk then gradual shifts to skim milk. It recommends feeding every two to three hours but many dairy men use three daily feedings with eight hour gaps. By four weeks calves can be on skim milk, with gradual transitions to fully skim milk by week four. Weaning around six months is advised when good hay silage and grains are available. skim milk feeding can continue up to ten months if needed.
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United Staies Department
United States Department of Agriculture
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Summer Silo Aids Dairy Farmers In Summer Feeding
A summer silo supplements pasture during dry brown periods, boosting milk production and farm earnings. It addresses yearly pasture neglect, keeps livestock well fed, reduces losses in August, and enables more efficient use of pasture land for higher overall dairy profits.
Young Orchards Summer Care and Cultivation Guidance
Farmers should cultivate young orchards in summer by planting crops like early potatoes. Do not plant ordinary grain on young orchards. Do not work the soil in autumn. After bearing begins, sow clover and break up occasionally. Keep trees topped with stubble. if sparse use manure as needed.
Accounts Help Farmers Increase Their Incomes
In about 1,200 counties farmers kept accounts of expense labor and profit for 1922. Reports to the United States Department of Agriculture show these records and analyses by county extension agents aimed at boosting farm incomes over several years.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Menor
Purchase of Tractor Discussed and Movie
A U S Department of Agriculture film weighs the merits of tractor power versus horse or mule power for farms. It notes that small rough land favors animals, while large level land may benefit from tractors. Factors include farmer's skill, love of horses, and cropping systems. scenes show ox power in the South. Prints available through authorized channels.
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United States Department “of Agetoaiture
United States Department of Agriculture
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Pew
Cout
Chinch Bug Control Tactics For Cornfields
Emphasizes deep furrows between infested and clean fields to trap chinch bugs before harvest. advises dragging logs to create dust, digging post holes, pouring coal oil, and using road oil on the wheel furrow to kill insects. Recommends collecting bugs on green-cut corn, using plows to cover, and applying contact sprays like emulsions or nicotine solutions.
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Emmett H. Scholl
Oklahoma A
BL. College
Paper Bags Protect Grapes From Birds and Fungus
University of Missouri guidance suggests placing paper bags over grape clusters when half grown to shield against birds and wasps and reduce fungal rot. The method requires minimal labor, causes negligible impact on ripening, and is inexpensive compared with fruit value.
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University of Missouri
Grafting Wax Use in Scion Treatment Steady Growth
Growers succeed in cutting acrown and placing scions but often face wilted or dead plants due to drying and poor wax. Weeks after grafting inspect for holes or pockets. smooth or reapply warm wax, using slightly more liquid wax to seal gaps.
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Ater
Cucumber Beetle Threat to Spreading Vine Crops
Garden notes warn cucumber beetles migrate early and attack young spreading vine crops. Recommendations include lime or wood ash as a base dust. add turpentine or crude wax bolic acid per quart of dry dust. apply with a punched can or commercial dusting products. repeat frequently around plants.
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Planta
Preparation of fall sown alfalfa soil and seed bed
United States Department of Agriculture outlines timing for fall alfalfa sowing from late summer to September in eastern regions, advising plow by early August, loosen soil to two inches, proper packing, lime application, inoculation, and seed selection. Recommends domestic seed, Grimm variety in northern West, and 12 inches height before winter with no early harvest. Provides sources for inoculation and growing guidelines.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Lima
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Department of Agriculture
Cheniara
Cost of Feed in Stock Farming Highlights Hay and Silage
The Missouri experiment station bulletin on crop production costs notes hay at 9.58 dollars per ton and silage costs per ton basis at one third to one quarter the hay cost. It cites modern labor tools and well housed storage and suggests silage can be produced cheaper than hay while hay quality varies with weather.
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Missouri Experiment Station
Imported Currant Worm Threatens Fruit Yields This Year
The currant worm has devastated currants and gooneberries in recent years with potential for worse infestations this season. The pest can rapidly strip bushes of leaves, reducing fruit yield and risking plant death if unchecked. Effective control requires spraying with lead arsenate at two to three tablespoons per gallon, a long-lasting adhesive treatment superior to white hellebore.
Sweet Clover Bloat Troubles Cattle in Pastures
Sweet clover bloat is rare but troublesome for cattle. When clover blooms and dew or rain moistens it, rapid fermentation in the first stomach chamber produces dangerous gas. Prevention remains difficult.
Potatoes Fed to Dairy Cows With Fair Results
Potatoes can be fed to dairy cows with fair results, especially when combined with clover, alfalfa hay. Compared with corn, feeding potatoes requires about six to eight pounds to substitute for one pound of grain in milk production.
Feeding Calves How Much Milk to Use and Care Tips
Department of Agriculture guidance outlines calf milk needs at birth and beyond, advising 8 pounds per day for a newborn calf and 12 pounds for a 100 pound calf. It warns against overfeeding and suggests feeding every several hours, maintaining a steady near freezing temperature, and reducing quantity if milk quality is poor to avoid digestive troubles.
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Annie
Destroying Army Worms by Paris Green
The army worm, a smooth striped caterpillar about an inch long, feeds mainly at night but will feed day and night when food is scarce. Methods to destroy them include furrow trapping with a dragged log, digging holes every twenty feet, and pouring kerosene in the holes. If worms are already in the field, spread a dough of Paris green, chest bran, orange juice, and diluted molasses to attract and kill them, taking care to keep the mixture away from children and domestic animals.
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Paris
Raspberry Cane Borer Wrecks Crops In Spring
The cane borer quietly injures raspberry plants by feeding on leaves and forming galls under bark. Young worms bore into pith and overwinter. adults emerge in spring. Spraying fails. inspect canes early, cut and burn infested sections near ground to stop further damage. Burning infested canes is the best remedy.
Cleaning Up Is Needed When Disease Appears
Cleaning up is essential when disease appears in a flock. Remove all movable furniture, burn litter, and thoroughly sweep walls, ceilings, and floors with a strong disinfectant. Use commercial dip and a carbolic acid solution to sterilize before returning chickens to the coop.
Fragmented Phrase Relates to Vegetable Compound Mention
A garbled OCR fragment references a vegetable compound and medicine. It mentions a person and a possible test of the remedy, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes.
Fort Worth Flood Hero Animals Raise Alarm and Hope
Chicago Tribune recounts Texas flood tales of animal bravery in Fort Worth. A cat scratched at a door to alert a family. a mother dog stayed with her drowning pups, miraculously surviving two days in floodwaters. One colt perished with its owner unable to coax it out.
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Chicagd Tribune
Odd Jobs Women Do in New York Auction and Trades
Report lists diverse ways women earn livelihoods in New York including pat and trained dogs, removing warts from furniture, and attending auctions for clients who cannot visit in person. It notes a speculative statistic on human height increasing by about one and a quarter inches per thousand years.
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