Poultry Culling Demos and Farm Bureau Camp Notes
Reports from county poultry culling demonstrations in several townships outline methods for culling low producing birds and disease control. The Farm Bureau Camp at the Des Moines State Fair is highlighted with county grouping, camping gear, and reservations. News covers oat variety trials, sprayer maintenance, plow draft studies, and seed availability for Iowa growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Haton
Highland
Ai'd. Carna~ Khan
Freedom
Fred’ Wenger
Great
ML. Murphy
Des Moinnes
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Matthiesen
Rush Lake Township
Iowa
Palo Alto
Fall plowing and weed control guidance from Iowa State College
Iowa State College soil experts advise fall plowing for alfalfa sowing depending on soil type and seasonal conditions. Discing every 10 days is recommended to conserve moisture. rolling depends on soil moisture. A musk thistle recently found in Clinton county signals imported weed risk. control requires cutting and repeated plowing and harrowing to eradicate large patches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Forman
Iowa State College
Mr. Forman
Botany Department
Towa State College
Clinton County
Fall Piga Growing For Autumn Pigs Nutrition
Fall pigs farrowed late August to early September can be kept market-ready at low cost with proper feeding before cold weather. Iowa State College animal husbandry experts advise starting dry rations while sows nurse, letting pigs pick corn, oats, and tankage or middlings in self feeders, with salt included. Warm quarters are essential, and prep should begin before cold weather. Potato leafhopper prevention research from Fenton and Hertzell at Iowa State and Minnesota Potato Exchange shows treated potato rows stay healthy while untreated rows suffer significant damage. Bordeaux mixture treatment demonstrates effectiveness in 1922 trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
F. A. Fenton
A. Hertzell
Potato Digest
Minnesota Potato Exchange
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Agricultural’ Experiment Station
Agricultural Engineers
Towa Growere
Kansas
Formen
Chnton County
Graettinger
Ringsted
Sherburne Vs. Fairmont
Ben Reeves
Hjelmer Myhre Farmer Burns
Ford Car
Welcome
Minnesota
Prof
Lawrence
Opera House
Roberto
The
American Legion
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