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Newspaper

Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1912

Page

3

Dairying Experts In Demand At Iowa State College

Ames Aug 12 Special to the Tribune Butter and ice cream manufacture is expanding rapidly in Iowa and nearby states. The dairy department at Iowa State College cannot supply trained men quickly enough to meet demand. M Mortensen head of the department cites calls for more than 20 men with salaries from 2000 to 700 dollars annually. About two thirds came from graduates of the four year and one year courses. The 38 one year daily course graduates did well finding positions with pay ranging from 85 to 130 dollars monthly. Several obtained roles as butter and ice cream makers at 900 to 1100 dollars yearly. The field includes milk business salaries 600 to 900 and some returning to financial interests.

Ames Iowa the Tribune Iowa State College M. Mortensen

Cream Makers Grow in New Industry Cites Iowa Leaders

Iowa leads with the largest ice cream making laboratories in the country as experts note the growing industry. Ames is repeatedly recommended by ice cream journals for student study and training opportunities.

Iowa Ames

Des Moines Man Claims Fifty Grandchildren and Long Teaching Career

Stephen Williams of Douglass avenue boasts fifty grandchildren twenty five boys and twenty five girls as he informs Mayor Hanna there is no race death by own action in his family. He taught in Iowa for fifty two years and one year in Ireland before retiring at seventy six.

Des Moines Stephen Williams Douglass Avenue Delphi O. B. Williams Mr. Williams Hanna Iowa Ireland Clinton Calhoun Sac Williams

Silo Information for Iowa Farmers

Several thousand Iowa farmers confront their first silo fill. A letter to Dean Chas. F. Curtiss at Iowa State College will guide them. The experiment station bulletin covers practical silage matters, costs about 60 to 65 cents per ton to fill, and stresses tight packing from top to bottom to exclude air.

Ames Tribune Iowa Chas. F. Curtiss Iowa State College College Farm W. J. Kennedy

Early threshing shows big crops across Iowa plots

Dr. Chappel reports state crop bulletin shows winter wheat twenty five bushels per acre, spring wheat eighteen, oats forty, barley thirty two and rye twenty one. Reports from counties detail harvest progress, good yields, and need for rain in several regions.

Towa Chappel Government Weather Bureau Allamakee Waukon Winneshiek Ridgeway Clayton Elkader North Central District Worth Northwood Kossuth Algona Burt-near Cerro Gordo Nora Springs Floyd Charles City Butler Clarksville Franklin Geneva Hampton Osceola Sibley Lyon Inwood Spencer West Central District Sac Sac City Woodbury Sioux City Correctionville Audubon Auduthon Shelby Harlan Central District Calhoun Manson Jefferson Story Ames TAMA Tracr Poweshiek Grinnell Jasper Monroe Guthrie Guthrie Center East Central District Dubuque Delaware Buchanan Rowley Benton Luzerne Jackson Preston Scott Davenport Iowa Amana See Keokuk van Buren Stockport Timothy Bonaparte Davis Bloomfield South Central Mahaska Oskaloosa Marion Pella Madison Earlham Union Afton Creston LUCAS Chariton Albia Wayne Seymour

Farmers blame beef shortage for high prices

Springfield Illinois August 10 The Illinois state farmers institute weekly bulletin absolves beef barons of blame for price hikes and cites a wide livestock shortage as the main cause. It urges public cooperation with packers and farmers to boost production and cautions against criticizing big business.

Springfield Ill Packing Trust Illinois State Farmers’ Institute

Iowa Counties to Hold Crop Improvement Lectures

There is a statewide push for crop improvement with county organizations requesting Prof. P. G. Holden as speaker. Secretary G. E. Stayner reports many letters and tentative plans, though only one date set as Holden travels to Chicago on private business.

Des Moines G. E. Stayner Coliseum P. G. Holden Holden Chicago

Cooperative Groups Unite In Broad Effort

General description notes that any associated effort involves cooperative groups working together to achieve common aims. It emphasizes collaboration, shared tasks, and collective action across organizations and communities.

Wondering About Things That Are None of Our Business

A reflective line notes how much time is spent worrying over matters beyond personal concern, urging focus on what directly affects us rather than speculation about others affairs. It emphasizes personal boundaries and practical priorities.

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