Soil Conservation And Animal Feeding Notes From Iowa
Iowa farmers face erosion losses and pest damage with over one billion acres eroded nationwide. Corn yields led Grundy county with 69.4 bushels per acre while oat smut rises above normal. Apple crops drop to 61 percent of normal. chinch bugs wounds cereal grains. Farmers are urged to mow pastures at bloom, rotate Sudan grass, and weed soybeans early to protect yields.
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Clay Township
Grundy County
Iowa
Farmers Read Echo Want Ads For Quick Trades
Farmers rely on the Echo for affordable want ads to buy sell or hire. The column promotes using the paper as a speedy economical method for trades and postings.
Strawberry mold not harming plants worries no one
Botanists at Town State College report that the mold affecting strawberries is not a true parasite, forming a prayish-colored slime ball on leaves and stems. It causes little damage and there is no known control, so growers should not be alarmed.
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Town State College
Safe driving wins over luck in road safety tip
An old saying about traveling fast is challenged by two invisible drivers, Lady Luck and Old Man Accident. The piece urges obeying safety rules to keep family safe and make Lady Luck win every trip.
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Lady Luck
Jersey Breeders Picnic Draws 300 At West Union Fairgrounds
Jersey breeders from West Union and northeast Iowa hosted the state Jersey picnic at West Union fair grounds on Thursday June 22 drawing 300 attendees. A parish show of 56 animals was judged by Arthur Porter with Wm Keegan of the American Jersey Cattle Club present to announce classes. Also on the program were Shortie Howe Iowa Jersey Cattle Club president and R F Learn northeast Iowa parish president along with Wm Campbell Jesup. First County 4 H Judging Held featured county farm workouts with Guernsey cattle baby beeves horses and fat cattle judged at Stolle and Steltzmiller farms. Four county livestock members will form a team to compete in Mason City Waterloo and Des Moines.
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West Union
Northeast Iowa
West Union Fair Grounds
Arthur Porter
Wm. Keegan
American Jersey Cattle Club
Shortie” Howe
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Wm. Campbell
Jesup
R. F. Learn
Iowa Jersey
Harry Stolle
M. J. Steltzmiller
Mason City
Waterloo
Des Moines
Plans Underway for Fayette County Sports Festival
Finishing touches are set for the county sports festival as 20 committee members meet in Fayette. Sponsored by the Fayette County Farm Bureau, the festival will be held on the Upper Town University campus on July 5.
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Fayette
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Upper Town University
Plan Tour of New York World's Fair
Preparations for the Iowa Rural Young People's Assembly tour of the New York World's Fair are underway. Geo. Strayer, president of the Young People's Assembly, has announced the tour will run from July 23 to August 5. The group plans exhibits and activities during the trip.
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Iowa
Delegation to Visit 12 States and D C by Bus
A group will depart Des Moines on July 23 for a 14 day bus trip through 12 states and the District of Columbia. Stops will cover key industrial commercial and agricultural interests en route. The itinerary allocates three days at the fair and one day in Washington D C.
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Des Moines
States
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C
An Elephant Cemetery Linked to Hannibal's Alpine Crossing
A presumed elephant cemetery near Avanon in the Durance valley France is tied to Hannibal. The site reportedly holds the burial place of an Iron Age chieftain and 100 warriors who died about 800 years before Hannibal’s 218 B.C. march from Carthage with 37 elephants and 102,000 Moors and Spaniards.
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Hannibal
Alps
Avacon
Durance
France
Spain
Carthage
Italy
Lost Tribe of Chimney Rock Village of 750 Steps
A mountain village in Rutherford County North Carolina is said to live atop Chimney Rock. The villagers navigate an eight mile lumber trail in severe weather but usually descend 750 steps to the village below for shopping before returning to their cliffside homes.
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Chimney Rock
Rutherford County
North Carolina
Echo printing offer noted in Plymouth theft report
Robbers who looted a Plymouth clothing store left a merchandise list detailing stolen items and sizes. Walter and Pearl Priddy of Vancouver discovered they were never legally married and chose marriage over divorce. A Wisconsin congressman joked that banking expertise led to merchant marine committee duties, calling the Wisconsin merchant marine like the Swiss Navy.
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Plymouth
Mass
Walter
Pearl Priddy
Vancouver
Wash
Wisconsin
Merchant Marine Committee
Endurance Flight Refueling Attempt Stages in Progress
Two pilots from Decatur, Hunter Moody aged 25 and Wilbur Farrish aged 36, aim to shatter the world sustained flight record for small planes. They took off at 1 40 p m on Wednesday June 21 and are currently aloft. The refueling is done in flight as a motor truck speeds along the runway with the crew attaching gasoline cans to a rope from the plane.
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Springfield
Hunter Moody
Wilbur Farrish
Decatur
Townsend Convention Draws 15000 Delegates in Indianapolis
Scene at the Townsend convention in Indianapolis shows Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan welcoming Dr Francis E Townsend and Chief C D Mills of Denver at Convention Hall. More than 15 000 delegates attended the gathering, the fourth since Townsend Plan was conceived in 1935.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Reginald H. Sullivan
Francis E. Townsend
C. D. Mills
Denver
Colo
Echo
Elgin Kittenball Team Beats Illyria 25 to 8
Elgin defeated Illyria by 25 to 8 in a kittenball game featured during Illyria Community Day. Elgin's schedule lists two upcoming games this week, including a Wednesday match with Postville and a Friday home game against Maynard. A church sale in Hingham, Massachusetts, saw Frank Reed’s wife appointed chairwoman, with Reed storing clothes at a fire station. Perth, Australia, honors the late John Jones, who left a will ensuring mourners at his funeral receive two large beers.
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Illyria
Elgin
Elgin Boys
Postville
Maynard
Frank Reed
Hingham
Mass
John Jones
Perth
Australia
Jails in Iowa fall short as feds approve 34 of 99
A column notes the U S Department of Justice approved only 34 of Iowa's 99 county jails, leaving federal prisoners to be held in one of the accredited facilities while many sheriffs ignore the federal accreditation, citing lack of concern for federal business.
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U.S. Department of Justice
Iowa
Broadcaster Exposed Roofing Nail Rascal and Rivalry
A chaotic protest of a roofing scamster named The Broadcaster, accused of causing leaks and trouble as Roaf Enemy No 1. The text pitches a roll roofing method, a $2,000 prize contest, lumber sales, and paint ads, with humorous interjections about carpenters and a few home improvement pitches.
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