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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1927
Page
8
Announcement by C L Fitch of Town State College states potato acreage is rising in Grundy County as several farmers report strong yields. Fitch attributes the comeback to recent favorable growing conditions and improved seed quality inspiring renewed planting efforts.
Mr Fitch notes Grundy Center meeting on February 25 to discuss potato growing. He credits soil quality and virgin root conditions for early success, saying sweet clover and alfalfa restore roots while small fertilizer boosts fertility. He urges farmers to think differently to excel today.
Extension entomologist Fred D. Butcher of Town State College will lecture on the European corn borer for the next weeks in Cerro Gorda Delaware Lee Davis and Keokuk counties. Slides accompany the talks to illustrate the pest and its workings. Town residents show strong interest as exhibits are prepared for county agents to help educate Iowans about the bread crop pest moving toward the Iowa line.
A simple muffin method recipe yields twelve muffins using flour, cranberries rolled in sugar, baking powder, melted butter, eggs, and milk. Beat egg, mix dry and wet ingredients separately, combine, fold in sugared cranberries, and bake about thirty minutes in a moderate oven.
Extermination methods include sprinkling sodium fluoride in roach hiding spots and placing phosphorous paste inside small paper tubes to limit exposure to children and pets. The text also ridicules politicians and ends with a thank you note from the Rierson family for support after illness and death of a wife and mother.
Community notices span real estate and collections, lighthouse on oysters shipping nationwide, and revival meetings led by Rev. I C McNulty. Church schedules include First Lutheran and Lost Island L Ch services, Sunday school at 10, public worship at 11 and 3, with L. Aid and junior choir events. Includes ownership statement for Graettinger Times dated February 1927.
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