Alfalfa drive fuels five Fayette meetings
Impetus for more alfalfa in Fayette county came from five meetings led by Alfalfa Hutcheson. He urged spring or summer seeding on well drained ground with limestone to sweeten soil, firm seed beds, hardy seed, good inoculation, and 250 to 300 pounds of phosphate per acre. A yield of 3 to 5 tons per acre was projected, with hay value equating to 68 bushels of oats. About 60 acres are already under alfalfa, with recent demonstrations of lime spreaders and seed bed prep. The talks are part of a banker and County Farm Bureau sponsored series.
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Fayette County
Hutcheson
Ss Fine & Stgad
County Farm Bureau
Mary Lorena Nichols obituary from Iowa to Minnesota
Mary Lorena Nichols born January 22 1858 in LeClaire Iowa died October 20 at her daughter’s home in Austin Minnesota. She married George H Blow April 11 1874 at Grand Isle Vermont and had six children four surviving Ernie Blow Bernice Blow Pearl Wilbur Eva Ring sdahl two preceded her in death Lorena and Harold. Surviving siblings include Charles Nichols Harry Nichols Jennie Crowe and Blanche Weigand. Burial was in Elgin Iowa October 22.
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Mary Lorena Nichols
le Claire
Iowa
T. M. Ringdahl
Winona Street
Austin
Minnesota
Judson and
Nagey Nichols
George H. Blow
Grand Isle
Vermont
Ernie H. Blow
Bowie
Texas
Bernice J. Blow
Newport
Wash
Pearl Wilbur
West Union
Jonsay
Eva Ringsdahl
Minn
Lorena
Harold
Charles Nichols
Minneapolis
Harry A. Nichols
Midway
8. C
Jennie Crowe
Blanche Weigand
Waterloo
Elgin
Decorah
Elgin Cemetery
Agricultural advice and market notes from USDA reports
Information furnished by the U S Department of Agriculture covers pullet laying times in October, lamb and sheep on feed, dairy cow grain rations, beef aging, livestock shipping tips, and Iowa farm returns. It also notes alfalfa hay benefits for hogs, orchard mouse control, and a local ad for velvet and felt hats at half price from Elgin and Clermont Millinery Stores.
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Elgin
Clermont
Fall hat sale at Elgin and Clermont Millinery
The closing out sale lists hats at half price. The Rev J J Snyder family moved into the C Meyer residence on Main street. Mrs R Jones, formerly of here, recently underwent a tumor operation. Leila Meyer visits with her sister Mrs Baumgartner of near West Union.
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Elgin
Clermont
Leila Meyer
Mrs. Baumgartner
Near Weat Union
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Elgin Furniture Store
Elgin, Iowa
Majestic Radios
Stoehr Drug CO
THE
Elgin Echo
Ciowa Press
Alan
Rk. P. Strauch
Postville
Wm. Deerfoot
Ton Ka Wah
Iowa City
Commercial Hotel
the Echo Weekly
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Webster County
Canada
Cottage Studio
General Electric Motor
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
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