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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
8
Step by step method using cross marked cloth testers and corn ears to identify strong sprouts and root systems. Weighs cost of planting poor seed against four to eight dollars saved per ear. notes evaporation care and home use for rainy days.
The National Crop Improvement Service reports regional estimates of corn unfit for shipping from Ohio to Kansas, with 16 to 48 percent marked poor. Heat and molding threaten storage. new corn shows strong germination if not frozen, and seed supply may rely on shocked corn cut pre freeze and held old corn. Geo A Wells notes limited seed options for next year.
In many counties agents and teachers are asked to test seed corn at home and report promptly on availability and sales. The appeal warns that neglect could make the 1918 harvest a dismal failure and urges teachers to mobilize and seek help for seed testing.
The Live Stock Breeders Association invites members to a 1 o'clock Saturday meeting at the courthouse to promote pure bred stock and help small farmers. For oats, follow three steps: use a fanning mill, drill rather than broadcast, and treat seed for smut with formalin. An Iowa Experiment Station study shows drilling raises yield by about three bushels per acre.
William Desmond stars as Paddy O Hara in a Tri angle play directed by Walter Edwards. The Balkan set romance features Mary McIver as a princess who seeks safety and divorce after a pact to wed. Cast includes Robert McKim J J Dowling and Walt Whitman. art direction by Robert Brunton.
Numerous classified sale items listed by column with prices. Items include iron cribbed bed frame five by eight, seven room house on West Grimes street, a modern house at 700 South Second street, timothy hay, farm mortgages through Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Co, a bungalow on East Burlington, Rhode Island Red eggs, farm lands and a land magazine offer, a drug store in Fairfield, seed potatoes from Thompson's Greenhouse, and related contact details.
Classified snippet lists three wants: a good fresh cow for purchase contact 3619. a woman or girl for general housework contact 2293. and wallpaper cleaning plus frescoing services contact 4579.
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