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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
4
In Scott county large farms with more acres and crops show the best labor incomes. Labor income measures farm profit after expenses and 5 percent interest. Small farms averaged 1462 dollars, medium 2349, and large 2846 per year, with efficiency in labor and machinery rising with size.
An Iowa State College specialist warns bees will starve without fall feeding as honey production stays below normal. He advises beekeepers ensure each colony holds at least 80 pounds of winter stores, using warm 24 1 sugar to water syrup with tartaric acid, fed daily until needs are met, and to provide bee safe floats to prevent drowning.
Fenton reports a Kossuth County Holstein Breeders picnic planned for September 25 on E. B. McCorkle & Son’s farm east of Algona. Other notes include a Whittemore Fenton baseball loss, visitors from Fort Snelling, a newborn in the Yaeger family, high schoolers in Algona, and flag pole logistics involving Weisbrod Newel Lohse and local families.
Iowa State College agricultural extension head says rumors that the government will commandeer all home canned goods are false. He cites word from the Food Administration and the Department of Agriculture and urges housewives to continue canning surplus fruits and vegetables to ensure a cheap, plentiful supply.
Save the seed corn before frosts and cool the cream before mixing. A community corn show promises better crops and higher profits. Store seed ears in a warm, dry, ventilated place after harvest. If you have rape under crop, turn it under before frosts. Continue cultivating weedy fields to destroy winter annuals and burn mature weed seed.
A new drying recipe from Iowa State College teaches how to make dried apple paste or apple sauce. Peel core and cook apples until soft, then separate pulp, spread on cheesecloth, and dry with a stove drier or electric fan. Once dry, press into bricks for storage and rehydrate by overnight soaking before cooking into sauce.
Seed corn pointers advise selecting seed ears from the strongest plants and full stands, harvesting and drying carefully, and using selected seed as a cheap yield booster while warning against field shocks. The report cites H N Donhowe noting three farm sales in one week: Knudt Gundahl 80 acres to John H Johnson at 249 an acre, Torres Olson 80 acres to John Musland at 231, Olson estate acres sold then bought nearby at 215 per acre.
A collection of brief items notes community papers urging patronage of local newspapers, condemning late night churchyard lounging by couples, and recounts a burglary attempt in Gilbert where the mayor’s home was targeted. The intruder stole only $3 from the mayor’s residence while a panicked scream deterred a larger loss.
The piece argues that marriage thrives when the husband manages himself first and treats his wife as an equal yet protective partner. It asserts the wife’s superiority in certain respects and describes how mutual respect, affection, and trust sustain happiness, making love grow despite faults.
The piece argues submarines can be detected at distance with new American developed apparatus. It predicts Allied destroyers will be first equipped, leading to a sharp drop in submarine activity. It notes subs must surface every 24 hours to recharge and will be easy prey once tracked. It contrasts German military myth with perceived Allied efficiency and labor issues.
The article questions German efficiency by reporting the resignation of General Groener as Minister of Munitions. It notes he sought wage increases for workers to curb rising living costs and curb profits of Krupp and others. The resignation was claimed to be due to ill health after a Kaiser meeting, suggesting commercial interests influenced policy.
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of John G. Luke, deceased, was produced opened and read. The court fixed Thursday November 6, 1917 for hearing proof in relation thereto. Witness official signature with seal, dated November 20, 1913, M. Thompson, Clerk District Court.
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