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Newspaper
Iowa County Farmer
Location
Williamsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
3
A reader suggests a Lenten dinner idea titled Poached Exe Surprise. It uses white sauce, green pepper, four eggs, toast with soft cheese, heated until firm, served with green beans and a salad of raw vegetables and fruit cake for dessert.
Iowa County farmers report ponds as vital due to dry wells from overcropping and groundwater decline. A 100 foot diameter pond at eight feet deep stores about 250000 gallons, enough for roughly 60 cattle, with site and watershed guidance, fencing, piping to a tank, and careful fish stocking to avoid overpopulation.
Iowa county Farm Bureau plans a series of Health for my Family lessons across town and township meetings. Topics cover state health agency roles, county health boards, venereal disease centers, cancer education, water testing, and health habits with kits from the Iowa State Health Department. Meetings run March 2 through March 28 at various homes and schools with local hosts.
Experiments at the Pasture Improvement Farm near Albia show oats rival bluegrass for beef cattle per acre over a season. Grazing oats early removes nurse crop competition and aids establishment of grasses and legumes, with cautions on grazing oats down too early. Sudan grass is proposed for midseason pasture, with May 15 to June 15 plantings most productive.
On Monday evening March 5 at 8 at Williamsburg Congregational Church Mrs Carl Hoover of New Sharon will show slides from her Europe trip and the Associated Country Women of the World Conference. Mrs Glen Huntsberger and Iowa County Farm Bureau women organize the program with Miss Madeline Hatter singing and Mrs Howard Harrington reviewing One Big Family. Refreshments coordinated by Mrs Layton Reiss and Mrs David Mullin. bring a cup plate and silver for your family.
The article advises heavy pruning of grapes and spring pruning for raspberries from March 1 to bud swelling. Remove old fruiting canes after harvest, select 3 5 vigorous new canes per raspberry clump, and trim canes to support fruit weight. Red raspberry cane removal focuses on weak canes under 18 inches.
The excerpt discusses pruning raspberries by thinning fruiting canes to 6 to 8 inches apart and cutting back the remaining canes to 38 to 48 inches based on vigor. It notes for ever-bearing red raspberries old fruiting canes should be removed while keeping the fall crop canes for spring production. It also touches on conditions cited by high auto production and tire sales in 1965, and advises preparing farm machinery and building hog shade for next summer.
New York on February 14 1939 Firestone Jr chairman of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company told a chamber of commerce audience that by March all U S synthetic rubber plants should be operating and reaching capacity of about one million tons a year enabling ample civilian supply without rationing while meeting defense needs He warned further conservation may be required if production encounters serial trouble
Mervyn Betz of Marengo is named director and Orval Fass of North English and R B Walter of South Amana are reelected directors at the annual Williamsburg meeting. The 93 new members boost total to 499 as over terms continue for Martin Doehrman Harvey Wiedemeier Guy Allison and Arthur Tibben. Officers Faas Tibben Walter Zentmire serve as president vice president and secretary while Dr John Herrick warns of Bangs disease risks to cattle and humans.
January unemployment insurance outlays rose to 389,513 dollars, up 89 percent from December’s 205,553. The payments covered 21,790 weeks. the average weekly check was 17.88 dollars. Enforced idleness payments last year were 849,957, with an average weekly 19.00 dollars, as skilled workers claimed benefits. Seasonal layoffs hit produce, packinghouse, factory, and construction workers.
The 1950 Federal Civil Defense Act sets up a Civil Defense Advisory Board to guide a national civil defense program. It authorizes federal agencies to support the Civil Defense Administrator during emergencies with personnel, materials, and facilities and to provide emergency shelter and protection works on public or private lands. The Administrator coordinates relief across departments and may reimburse agencies for eligible expenditures as funds allow. The act was approved January 12 and named Millard Caldwell as National Director of Civil Defense.
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