Thinning and feeding for high garden yields
Iowa State College extension horticulturist Ben Vance advises thinning and weeding as key June practices. Carrots should be 2 inches apart, beets 2 to 2.5 inches, and lettuce thinned to 5 to 6 inches. Fertilize cabbage broccoli and tomatoes with a band then mix into soil. for raw vegetables side dress about 3 inches from plants and apply 2 tablespoons of complete 8 8 8 fertilizer per plant. For 100 foot row vegetables sprinkle about a pound per side. Weeds should be shaved to break the crust with a sharp hoe while avoiding cultivation deeper than 1 4 inches to protect feeder roots and yields.
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Ben Vance
Iowa State College
Vance
Time to Apply and Cover Spray for Orchard Pests
Hardin County extension director Derk Pulse urges a second cover spray 10 to 14 days after the first to control codling moths apple maggots and apple scab on apples plums pears peaches apricots and cherries. A 50 percent wettable DDT and wettable sulfur mix in water is suggested along with other general fruit sprays. He also notes six spotted fungus beetles on berries and recommends rotenone dust during harvest for aphids and on gooseberries and currants with nicotine sulfate in soapy water.
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Hardin County
Derk Pulse
AG Engineers Hold Field Day At ISU Farm Near Ames
Iowa farmers are invited to view new research results in farm machinery buildings and soil and water management at the Iowa State College Agricultural Engineering Field Day on June 27. Activities begin at 9 a.m. at the research farm 3 miles south of Ames with demonstrations of a cub crusher terracer whirl wind terraces and new spray equipment.
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Iowa
Iowa State College Agricultural Engineering
Ames
Dale Hall
Corn on Hand Shapes Iowa Summer Feed Outlook
Iowa farmers expect ample corn this summer to fatten cattle and hogs, with a 1.5 billion bushel on hand last April and a 400 to 500 million bushel carryover. Prospects hinge on good weather, with CCC selling policy to influence individual supplies, while fat cattle prices stay soft and grade margins shift. A safety exhibit and water project will also be showcased by Iowa State College officials.
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Francis Kutish
Gordon Bivens
Iowa State College
Kutish
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CCC
Bivens
Economist
Fete and Visits Cover Busy Week in Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant and surrounding farms residents attended Bible school programs, weddings, and family gatherings. Notables include Merrill Clark family events, Newell Schwarck wedding at Oakdale, and birthday honors for Gloria Lange. Visitors from Des Moines, Hubbard, Eldora, Wellsburg, and Omaha joined homestead celebrations and joint family dinners across the weekend.
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B. L. Clark
Langdon McMillen
Marlene
W. E. Brightwell
Cottage Church
Miss Schluter
Betty Clark
Merrill Clark
Newell
Raymond Newell
Wellsburg
Leona Sheldon
Des Moines
Minnie Kuhlman
Hubbard
W. F. Ziesman
Lawrence Sheldon
A. W. Malin
Malin
Harold Cable
Herbert J. Lettow
Alden
Harley Bahr
Dean Eggleston
Derwin Ensor
Knoxville
Harold Brock
Eldora
Kathyne Clark
Dwight Clark
Marilyn Eggleston
Berlin
Mary Jane Ward
Newell- Schwarck
Oakdale
Marie Morgan
Houston
Texas
F. C. Dreier
Charles Ellen
Or Jan Mitchell
John Essig
Ivester
Ted Batsford Honored At Iowa Falls Picnic
Mrs. Max Barz hosted a Tuesday picnic supper at her home honoring Ted Batsford recently returned from Korea. Attendees included the Tietz and Granzow families from nearby towns, Will Goetz, Klepke and Barr families, Ausley and Goetz children, and the Batsfords visiting Mr. and Mrs. Max Tietz in Iowa Falls. Other weekend visits and birthday observances were noted among relatives in Buckeye, Manchester, and Ottumwa.
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Max Barz
Korea
Max Tietz
Herbert Barz
Iowa Falls
Minnie Granzow
Albert Granzow
Lowell Granzow
Will Goetz
Arthur Klepke
Kenneth Barr
Eldora
Ralph Ausley
Ottumwa
Carl Goetz
Waterloo
Lloyd Sievert
Hubbard
Robert Granner
Stanley Granner
Ft. Leonard Wood
Missouri
Herman Lange
Henry Busch
Busch
Charles Lange
LaVenne
Buckeye
John Eilefson
Fred Oler
Manchester
Dale Oler
Robertson
John Ellefson
Iowa Per Capita Income Tops U S Average Despite Poor Crops
Iowa's after taxes per capita income in 1951 rose to 1448 dollars, up 142 from 1950, surpassing the national 1428 average for the first time since 1949. Scott county led counties at 1987, Davenport the top city at 2074, with several Iowa counties and cities listing among the nation's top earners.
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U.S
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Johnson
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Poweshiek
Wapello
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Davenport
New York
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Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Polk
Linn
Woodbury
Black Hawk
Clinton
Dubuque
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Webster
O'Brien
Emmet
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Pottawattamie
Ida
Lee
Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Ft. Dodge
Sioux City
Cedar Falls
Mason City
Perry
Waterloo
Iowa City
Red Oak
Most Praised Film Here Sunday My Son John at New Grand
The film My Son John praised by magazines clergy and readers will show Sunday and Monday at the New Grand Theatre. It features Helen Hayes as the mother with Robert Walker Van Heflin and Dean Jagger in key roles and is lauded as stirring timely entertainment and a powerful family story.
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New Grand Theatre
Helen Hayes
Robert Walker
van Heflin
Dean Jagger
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