Union Township woman builds poultry success on care and quality
LeRoy Anderson profiles Mrs. Jennie Noe of Union Township who runs a 40 acre farm with 600 to 1000 hens. She breeds for size and high egg production, uses incubators and brooder houses, markets eggs to breeders and dealers, and attributes her success to careful stock selection, proper feeding, and strict housing and cleanliness. Her flock yields about 220 eggs per hen yearly with returns near $4000, supporting the farm finances and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Sam Noe
Missouri
Hardin County
Noe
Myx
Noa
Mrs. Noe
Mrs Noe
Farm Bureau
Ames
Henom
Union Woman Sells Eggs and Poultry in 1922 Achievement
Mrs. Jennie B. Noe of Union Iowa sold eggs and poultry in 1922 worth over 4000 dollars. The remarkable total, described as a one-woman effort, is highlighted as a notable achievement and deserving of recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie B. Noe
Union
Iowa
Hardin County Farm Bureau hires home demonstration agent
Miss Mark Roberts will start work April 1 as a part time home demonstration agent for Hardin County and neighboring counties. She plans to visit January 7 to meet county women and organize work for 1924. Roberts trained at the Stout Institute Menomonie Wisconsin and Columbia University New York City, with extensive teaching in home economies, sewing, dressmaking, and millinery. Her home is on a Howard County farm.
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Hardin County
Bruone
Polk
Jasper
Mark Roberts
Roberts
Stout Institute
Menomonic
Wisconsin
Concord
Montana
Lima Springs
Towa
Roberta
Columbia University
New York City
New York
Girls Friendly Society
Howard County
Farm Cheese Making By Mrs. W. I. Bekemeler Tipton Two
Mrs Bekemeler shares home cheese experiments using three milks. She notes yield and quality differences from whole milk, separator milk with cream, and Jersey milk. Ames analysis finds first good for farm cheese, second excellent for skim milk, third high moisture from fat. she suggests handling Jersey milk by night skim and re-dipping if mold appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Bekemeler
Tipton
March Farm Bureau Exchange
Baker and Clark
Jersey
Fp.e. Baker
Ames
My Experience in Club Work by Iver Thorsheim
Iver Thorsheim of Radcliffe Iowa at nineteen recounts starting club work by feeding livestock including a Hereford and a Poland China gilt. He hoped to raise a litter in 1920 to join the sow and litter club, but the plan was interrupted.
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Iver Thorsheim
Radcliffe
Iowa
Poland
Gilt Club experience shaping youth in stock showing
A nineteen year old 4H member details three years in club work. He bought a gilt, fed it to keep in vigorous growing condition, and entered the Gilt Club showing in lab and open classes, placing second in both. He credits Olson county agent and Harold County breeders for guidance and promotes club participation over winnings. The piece ends with a remark on anti tobacco crusaders and a pipe joke.
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Union Township
By LeRoy Anderson
Jennie Noa
Big Ben
R. C. Robertson
Alden, Lowa
L. W. Schalk
D.W.M. Cox & van Voorhis
Alden, Ia
Bargain “Bazaar
Hardin County Farm Bureau
Part Tito
D. Pettenger
American Railway Express
Alden, Iowa
W. F. Bushman
The
L. A. Page Lumber CO
W. V. Winter
Lincoln
Fordson
Alden Moto
R Company
Alden
A. B. Miller & Son
Tiedie Garage
Olson
Aierit
Harolth County
Alfalfa
Dakota
Alden Farmers Elevator Company Co
H. Armour
Mer
C. J. Urmson
C. V. B. Harlan Micro Aluminum Ware
Lenox
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