Farm, Orchard and Garden Highlights and Notes
A digest of agricultural insights covers clover on wet land, frogs as a delicacy, durable soft wood railway ties lasting twenty one years, Bermuda onions in Texas facing reduced profits, weed control on railways, Poland China hogs versus Duroc Jerseys for litter size, safe drinking water concerns from rural wells, value from yellow pine stumps through new treatments, and a July heat driven corn growth surge with four inches in a day and a foot in three days.
Market for Mushrooms and Farm Tips in 1900s Style
A reader seeks markets for edible mushrooms noting strong demand in all cities and advising contact with commission houses specializing in fruits and vegetables. The piece also covers crop drainage, cover crops for unsightly spots, grasses as pests, corn silage for dairy cattle, rural telephone service, highways, country homes, and seed corn timing for frost protection.
Corn Stand and Seed Safety in November
The author notes corn quality and seed safety fall with November husking. A grain community shows changes as more manure is hauled, more land kept in grass, and clover grows. Barns are painted, cash circulates, and mortgage concerns ease as yields rise from sixty to thirty bushels.
Need of Small Farms and Rural Population Decline
The piece notes decline in western farm populations due to higher land values and labor costs. It argues small farms sustain population, with benefits including denser settlements, better schools, improved highways, and stronger social life.
Beating the Beef Trust in Western Iowa Syndicate
Western Iowa farmers form a plan to supply fresh meat by weekly slaughter and equal division among syndicate members. Each man provides a beef critter, with concerns about fair shares for porter house and neck stews amid possible attempts to claim excess cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
Iowa
Census County Population Shifts 1900 to 1905
Des Moines reports county population figures from the state census showing gains and losses from 1900 to 1905. Jefferson county records a loss over a thousand, while Des Moines and Lee counties show different changes. The incomplete data lists several county figures for both years with several OCR errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jefferson County
Iowa
Peeson
Lee
Louisa
County Population Figures Include Several Iowa Counties
The data lists counts for Muscatine Wapello Washington and Woodbury counties with figures showing 28,911 and 28,242 for Muscatine, 35,525 and 35,426 for Wapello, 20,226 and 20,718 for Washington, and 60,789 and 54,610 for Woodbury. The numbers appear as part of a county statistical table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Washington
Woodbury
Murderer Comstock Nabbed in Shelby
Fred Comstock also known as Edward Boulley was arrested in Shelby at Clinton police request for the murder of A. Clark. He arrived with a railroad grading gang bound for Davenport and denies identity though descriptions match. A Clinton officer will go to Shelby for custody.
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Comstock
Council Bluffs
Fred Comstock
Edward Boulley
Shelby
Clinton Police
A. Clark
Davenport
Clinton
Teachers Favor Fairs Over Normal School Attendance
Cedar Falls Iowa September 15 1924 national expositions and rising enrollment at the state normal are not aligned according to the fifteenth biennial report by President H H Seerley. He notes many teachers choose fairs over continuing studies reducing qualified staff and urges curriculum revision and higher salaries to attract and retain educators.
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Cedar Falls
H. H. Seerley
Seerley
Normal
West Bound Train Schedule Fragments
Readable OCR shows several train service lines with numbers and times. No. 3 Daily 3.1.00, No. 29 Calif. Fast Mail 3:19 p.m., No. 11 Daily, No. 43 Golden State Ltd. 3:00 a.m. and No. 71 Freight daily except.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Express
Chicago
Burlington and
Peoria
Calif
Fast Mail
Golden State Ltd
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J. S. Trigg
Texas
America
P. H. Fisher & CO
Real Ewstath
Illinois
Oklahoma Strip
Fairfield
B. S. McElhinny
Rollin J. Wilson
Frank Light Cash
R. F. Wilson
Anton Carlson
J. C. Thorne
John A. Spielman
R. J. Wilson
L. J. Marcy
Southeast Corner Park
Jehepson Gourd State Bank
D.C Bradley
W.G. Ross, D.C. Bradley
A. ©. D. Bradshaw
H.C. Taylor, A. ©. D. Brapshaw
K. West
Cashier
Loupsgyn
J. L. Black
Ellaworth Turney
E. K. Smith
Dr. Price
General Assembly
C, RL & PR
Rock Island
East
Golden States
Wilson
Jon
Post Office
E. F. Simmg
Hagar
Higley’ Side Park
Fice
E. G. Grove
Monson
Savings Bank
Resid N
Court House
I. D Jones
Kate M. Jones
E. R. Smith
North Side Park
Far
E. R. Holson
Bradshaw & West Side
T. L. James
South Side
Leggett
Res. Pho
Edwin C. Bock
Shriner's
Frank
South Side Drug
J. B. Monfors
Law
First National Bank
Side Square
Calvin Snook
Fairfield, Iowa
Higley
W. S. Maddux
Mary
Telephones
W. Fordyce
Risk
Com
Railt Street
Fairfie Res
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