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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
3
An Iowa State College extension article explains that artificial heating dries indoor air, causing cooling and discomfort. It recommends moisture maintenance via water pans in furnaces or steam leaks into rooms, plus evaporating water near heat sources. A simple frost test on windows can indicate when to moisten the air.
Iowa growers face European corn borer invasion and must buy seed cautiously to avoid spreading the pest. Entomologist F. A. Fenton reports the insect, which has damaged corn in the east, is spreading from Canada via broom corn shipments and could devastate fields nationwide. Farmers are urged to report signs to Ames entomologists.
Hog farm experts advise adjusting farrowing times to maximize sunlight in barns. John M Rovard of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station explains window height varies with month, with January farrowing near ground level and March at about six feet nine inches. He cites tables from bulletin No 04 at Ames and suggests wire gates and partitions to improve sun exposure and keep floors dry and sanitary.
Locals in Emmetsburg and Kossuth County are listed with visits, travel, and events. Farmers plan 8c per bushel for husking corn, auctions advertised for Matters residence, and Shaver lands interior decorating contract. Several residents attend Ames and Iowa State College, with social visits, football results, and court news including Watty Arbuckle's manslaughter case. Weather notes report cooler trends and no killing frost as of September 29.
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