How to Pick the Seed Corn
Iowa State College bulletin reports on a three year study by H D Hughes and Joe L Robinson. It finds seed health matters, with hard horny kernels yielding best while starchy kernels perform poorly. Ear circumference and shape show little yield relation. large unaffected ears under good conditions matter less than kernel quality.
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H. D. Hughes
Farm Crops
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa Corn and Smail 7
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Unclear Auto Crash News from Sterling Area
Mrs Oral Bacon of Sterling reports her son Harold was run over and is unconscious. Harold regained consciousness with no bones broken and is expected to recover. Harold had summered in Town Falls and planned to study in Sterling. Vern Elliott, previously adopted by Conwell in Minnesota, plans to visit his brother Fred Conwell of Harmony. An accident on George Meyer farm near Ackley involved a windmill post and two cars. narrow escape for Roy Frantz and his son. Road grading from Lone Tree area begins with crews ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laws Falls
Oral Bacon
Sterling, AL
Harold
Cady Bacon
Kenneth
Lena Harris
Sterling
Vern Elliott
Iowa Falls
Fred Conwell
Harmony
Minn
Fred Elliott
Town Falls
Conwell
Minnesota
Clear Lake
George Meyer
Ackley
Roy Frantz
Meyer Farm
Lone Tree
Otto Kulow
PIP COMMITTEES AND CLASS OFFICERS AT THE SCHOOL
The article lists pep committee leaders by class with seniors Lil lian Ames and Warren Baker, juniors Robert Ralls and Reva Guthrie, sophomores Anjean Nazett and James Cameron, and freshmen Kenneth Urquhart and Jane Winnet. It covers Home Ec Club officers Ruth Oldenberg president Olive Wolfe vice president Hazel Whitney secretary Esther Russcrow treasurer and notes the annual all school MIX event with class stunts and refreshments. It also prints complete senior junior sophomore and freshman class officer rosters with presidents vice presidents secretaries and treasurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Ames
Warren Baker
Robert Ralls
Reva Guthrie
Anjean Nazett
James Cameron
Kenneth Urquhart
Jane Winnett
Home EC
Ruth Oldenberg
Olive Wolfe
Hazel Whitney
Esther Russcrow
Miss Bishop
Anna Mae Janssen
Lynn Satchell
Mildred Allbee
Lillian Spilte
Olive Platta
Mildred Rees
Guy Martin
Bill Davidson
Burnell Smith
Mary Johnson
Alice Brown
Ward Fowler
Robert Follett
John Graham
Ond
Car Stolen From Garage Recovered Near Hubbard
The Ford sedan of B. L. Glark was stolen last Friday night about eleven. It was found the next morning around eight a mile south of Hubbard after being driven by two boys from the Training school. The vehicle was damaged as it left a ditch and the boys were located at Hubbard the same day.
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B. L. Glark
Hubbard
Market pigs highlight Grundy county fair exhibits
At Grundy County Fair the market pig class drew attention for March farrowed pigs weighing up to 802 pounds. County Agent Plager bought the herd of about 60 pigs from a discouraged breeder, treated them for worms, and resold them to local boys who fed them on clean ground. Professor Hulser of Ames praised the pigs as the best market pork seen. The notice also covers weed control with sodium chlorate, upcoming poultry meetings in Iowa Falls, and state highway and tax revenue figures, plus a stolen 1928 Chrysler car report from Franklin county.
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Grundy County
Mny
Plager
Grundy Genter
Prof
Hulser
Ames
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Falls
Towa
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Extension Service
Towa State College
U. S. Poultry Inspection Service
Iowa State College
Local society notes from area towns and schools
Reverend and Mrs Clement Schrad er honeymooned in St Louis and Illinois then plan a Nebraska move. Mr and Mrs Otto Koeppen welcome a daughter at Ellsworth hospital Iowa Falls. Elena Bekemieier heads to Cedar Falls for state teachers college. L M Newgaard sold Nevada cafe to Mr Yost of South Dakota Otis will work for new owner. Catherine Boylan to teach in Shaker Heights suburb of Cleveland. Swallum visits Storm Lake with brother Dr Alva Swallum. Geebel family hosts Austin Minnesota visitors. Bess and Alice Hill to attend Morningside College in Sioux City. Garnette Mohler to teach Chester primary. Lois Meeker and Elsie Roll enroll at Des Moines Capital City Commercial College. John T Boylan of Eldora shows Masonry slides at lodge meeting.
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Clement Schrader
St. Louis
Inllinois
Nebraska
Otto Koeppen
Ellsworth Hospital
Iowa Falls
Elena Bekemieier
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
L. M. Newgaard
Nevada
Yost
South Dakota
Otis
Catherine Boylan
Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Ro Or. Swalhun
Mr. Swallum
Alva Swallum
Storm Lake
Marvin Geebel
Austin
Minn
Edward Goebel
Bess
Alice Hill
Sioux City
Morningside College
Garnette Mohler
Chester School
Lois Meeker
Elsie Roll
Capital City Commercial College
Des Moines
Masonic Lodge
John T. Boylan
Eldora
Union Dr L C Wilson Returns From Summer Visit
Union notes record a trip by Dr L C Wilson of Ames to fetch his two sons from their grandparents homes. The item also mentions visitors from Brooklyn and Marshalltown, a death in Fort Dodge, and a discussion on co operative shipping. It reports alfalfa valued at 44 dollars per acre compared with 15 for other hay and notes hog cholera outbreaks in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Wilson
Ames
John Clinton
Joe
J. &. Ecklund
Catherine
Will Reed
Gillette
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Knute Espe
Town Co-Operative Stock Shippers Association
Co-Operative Shipping
Federated Church In Union
Union Farmers Co-Operative Live Stock Shipping Association
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Education loans and aid in the United States
The United States Bureau of Education reports half of men and a quarter of women in colleges work to pay their way. About 282 colleges give over 4 million dollars annually to students, with 100 independent agencies maintaining loan funds and 5 million dollars outstanding in student loans. A September menu features corn soup and a Spanish sauce omelet alongside standard garden fare. A home remedy for Scotch stains uses sun and hydrogen peroxide with careful ironing to avoid fabric bleaching. Ledger sworn circulation 2875.
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United States
United States Bureau of Education
Ledger
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Young America
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America
Enoch Larson
J.C Penney CO
Coats
Hardin County News
Bemberg
Hall
Oxfords
Ilowa
State Health Department
Seana
Secretary of State
State Printing Board
Supreme Court
Fred. Richtsmeier
Franklin County
McNames
Messrs
J. J. Meyer
F. Richtsmeier
Richtsmeier
Ford
Meyer
Chrysler
World Journal
Webster County
Town Agricultural Experiment Station
Diamond Bros
Eldora, Iowa
Colorado
Boston Butts
Wisconsin
Certo
Rough Rider
Campbell’s Tomato Soup
Lighthouse Cleanser
Crescent Hominy
Diamond’s Best
Japan
Diamond’s
Oregon
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