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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1927
Page
3
A local notice from C Li of Town State College announces a revival of Yucrénge potatoes in Grandy County. He credits improved results to a few county men and notes a February 8, 1927 posting at the Car post office in Grachtm ond.
Mr Fitch asserts Grundy county can regain potato prosperity despite low corn prices and potential corn borers. He credits soil quality and virgin root conditions, says sweet clover and alfalfa restore roots and a small fertilizer boost renews fertility. Farmers must think more strategically to match or surpass ancestral yields.
Extension entomologist Fred C. Butcher of Town State College will tour Iowa in coming weeks delivering talks on the European corn borer. He will visit Cerro Gordo Delaware Lee Davis and Keokuk counties with lectures and slide shows to help residents understand the pest and its spread toward Iowa. Exhibits prepared for county agents will aid in educating Iowans about the bread crop pest.
A muffin method bake uses 4 cup cranberries rolled in sugar folded into batter of 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1-3 cup melted butter 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg plus milk. Beat egg add milk sift dry ingredients add milk and egg mixture and melted butter then fold cranberries rolled in sugar. Bake about 30 minutes in a moderate oven yields about 12 muffins.
Instructions suggest sodium fluoride sprinkling and phosphorous paste in hidden roach areas to kill pests while shielding children and pets. The piece also mocks political corruption, praises office holders bought by money, and thanks neighbors for support during illness and death of a wife and mother, signed Rierson family.
A collage of local notices from Graettinger Iowa includes real estate and collections, church revival announcements, Sunday services, youth activities, and a 1927 ownership affidavit for the Graettinger Times. Names include John J. Sullivan as owner and publisher with church events at First Lutheran and nearby congregations.
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