Seed corn tests warn farmers of frost damage impact
Cedar Rapids Republican reports Ames college experimenters warn a large percent of seed corn tests will yield a poor stand due to October and November frosts while moisture remained. If bad seed cannot be replaced, farmers may plant four grains per hill. Bulletin 77 from the Ames Experiment Station offers testing details free by request, stressing potential state wide gains from improved seed and planting practices.
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Ames
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Cedar Rapids
This Is Worth Saving Rheumatism Kidney Backache Remedy
Simple home made mix claims to relieve rheumatism backache cleanse kidneys and bladder and aid urinary disorders before Brights disease. Fluid Extract Dandelion one half ounce Compound Karyon one ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces shaken and taken after meals and at bedtime.
Harnessing Nitrogen from Air for Fertilizer
Farmers learn that electricity driven nitrogen production yields calcium nitrate for direct use. Birkeland Eyde plant in Norway will produce about 250 tons of nitric acid per year, enabling large scale, low cost nitrogen supply. The piece discusses alfalfa and legume nitrogen fixation, soil balance in pruning and the value of mulching during thawing cycles.
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Birkeland
Christiana University
E. Eyde
Birkeland-Eyde
Svaelgros
Notoden
Tele Marken
Norway
Christiana
The Shepherd and His Flock Lamb Care and Marketing
Advice on lamb rearing and management including culling practices housing needs and pasture timing. Guidance covers when to tail dock birth care for feet and hooves and how to market lambs. Also includes notes on milder weather needs and risks from bad hired help with emphasis on open air exercise and dry coats.
Spring Orchard Work Warns Against Aphis and Scab
Early spring is the best time to attack aphis bark lice and curl leaf peach scab. Wash trunks and large branches with lye or soap solution before buds swell to avoid tree injury. Dormant copper sulphate sprays protect apples and peaches. follow with Bordeaux after initial treatment.
Feeding the Prize Steers at the 1906 International Show
Dean Funk of Bloomington Illinois fed corn and fodder as the main ration for a grand champion car load of Angus two year old steers at the 1906 International. The eleven head load averaged 244 40 per steer with fourteen head raised on his Funk farm, selling to New York for Christmas beef and achieving a top Chicago market price of 17 per hundredweight.
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New York
Farmers Question Rutabagas and Mangels For Pigs
A remark notes farmers do not grow rutabagas and mangles enough. It claims pigs fed on corn have their appetite kept better by these roots, implying potential feed efficiency benefits.
Plans for the Year in Crop Rotation and Oats Emphasis
The article urges farmers to diversify crops across fields, rotate corn, wheat, and oats to preserve soil fertility, avoid repeating crops on the same land, and utilize barnyard manure wisely. It highlights oats as highly valuable for animal feed and recommends ample space and fertilization for oats.
Plowing and crop timing for spring farming
Advice on seizing first warm days for plowing while soil is dry enough to avoid permanent damage. Recommends setting aside potato ground, preparing corn and oat plots, and planning stock and dairy moves for the coming year. Emphasizes early work to sustain year round productivity.
One Man's Care of Sheep in Ohio Pastures
An Ohio man asserts his sheep thrive on blue grass grown pasture with no shelter, kept outdoors from spring to late fall, fed grain in storms, and believe they fare better without shelter. He offers no figures on profit, but doubts higher earnings from alternative methods.
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Ohio
Stock men win rate cuts in Iowa cattle shipments
Des Moines March 24 Stock men in Iowa celebrate a commission order reducing rates on horses cattle hogs and sheep by about 16 percent on 300 mile runs and up to 23.8 percent on 500 mile runs. shippers expect sizable annual savings though estimates vary. future hearings on general freight schedules set for next Tuesday with railroads and large shippers ready to present evidence.
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State Railroad Commission
Des Moines
Iowa
Illinois
No Passes and No Free Train Find Empty Welcome in Iowa City
Iowa City hosts the semi centennial observance of Iowa's constitution as the legislature arrives with no free train or passes. Only Governor Cummins appears among state officers. the band and 300 cadets march to the station to find no escorts. The Commercial Club had funded a banquet but saved the funds.
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Iowa
George W. Koontz
State University
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
University
Cummins
Iowa City Commercial Club
Women Flee in Murder Trial at Sioux City
Sensations marked the Frank Brink murder trial in Sioux City as four men carried a couch believed to hold a body triggering a mass stampede by 100 plus women. A love letter to Miss Bessie Newton surfaced suggesting Brink sought to force marriage or staged tragedy. The case centers on Newton, Brink, and Humboldt suitor Edward O'Donnell with new evidence details presented today.
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Sioux City
Bessie Newton
Edward O’donnell
Humboldt
Iowa
Miss Newton
Brink
Fourth Street
O’donnell
Local locomotive shops to close due to strike
Waterloo Iowa March 23. Locomotive shops to be closed after a strike by the union machinists on the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railroad. Twenty five men employed. Repair work moved elsewhere. building to become a car barn. Location of new locomotive shops undetermined. Local cars stored in the barn as of Friday evening.
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Cass Company
Waterloo
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway
C. D. Cass
Iowa act to amend township creation elections in new towns
An act amends Chapter 37 of the thirtieth general assembly acts to require the county board of supervisors to call an election for trustees and township officers in newly created towns when a new town is created in a year without a general election. Officers serve until successors are elected and qualified. Immediate effect from publication in The Tribune Fairfield and Des Moines Capital. Approved March 20, 197.
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Crea
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Iowa
County Board of Supervisors
the Tribune
Fairfield
Moines
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