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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
24
A collage of Want Ads includes seed potatoes, lost items, estray notices involving sheep and livestock, a cattle pound, eggs for hatching, house sales, land listings, farm equipment, and a new location for Turkish baths. Entries name T Sullivan Edith George J W Riser M G Smith O H Raleigh and others with Graettinger, Emmetsburg and surrounding area details.
Graettinger High School basketball team earned third at the Sioux City tournament behind Sioux City and Battle Creek. The Graettinger players are praised by the Mamersburg Reporter for their effort and the community congratulates the squad on a strong showing.
Pathologists report 664,154 barberry bushes removed in two and a half years with 40 to 60 percent infection last year. The barberry hosts stem rust threatening oats wheat barley and grasses. Rust spreads outward from bushes and via wind. spores travel to grain harming crops as flowering. Elimination of barberry seen as effective control. Posters will alert farm bureaus and county agents. public urged to aid scouts. State crews work in the northwestern area.
Iowa State College farm crops chief H D Hughes advocates Sudan grass as an emergency, non legume fit for Iowa. It yields two to six tons per acre after eight years of tests, grows easily by broadcasting and harrowing, seeds heavily, and can be seeded by July first. It withstands hot weather, holds leaves when cut for hay, but is not soil enriching like clovers or soybeans and may reduce long term yielding.
A total of 5846 men connected to Iowa State College were enlisted for World War service. Of these 108 died while serving. The special committee gathers data on town and college affiliates during the war. Records show 632 students left the college to enter service. The S A L T G had 1536 enrollees, the naval unit 186 members, and the mechanical training detachment 2028. There were 1614 ex-students alumni and faculty in service.
Pig Club members will acquire a pure bred pig before June 16 and must feed care for and record all pig expenses. The pig may be exhibited within the county and sold at the end of the feeding contest. Awards depend on individuality, growth, and meticulous records. State fairs offer prizes. Iowa State Fair earmarks 2000 dollars. County agents invite interested youths and parents to learn more.
State entomologist Dr. EB D Ball warns that spring canker worms are returning after last May and June. The wingless moth emerges from ground, climbs trunks to lay eggs. To protect shade trees, apply sticky wrapping on bark and renew for three weeks, then spray with lead arsenate after leaf-out.
Miss Marion L. Tucker of Town State College Extension outlines easy methods to revitalize scratched and discolored furniture. She notes attic heirlooms and glued carvings can be refreshed by removing dust, stripping varnish, and applying a new stain. Sandpaper varnish remover and scrapers simplify the process. A new circular from the extension department will guide this work.
P E Brown of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station urges timely lawn preparation for summer. He stresses good drainage, avoiding heavy subsoil, and maintaining moist yet breathable soil. For light sandy soils he recommends manure or lime and choosing loam rich in organic matter with weed-free seed. avoid soils taken from cuts or gullies.
Iowa State College's Cyclones beat Northwestern University 4 fall wins to 1 in Ames. They prepare for an April 2 intersectional tilt with Pennsylvania, with eastern varsity teams venturing west for the first time, promising a hard battle.
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