Weeds Coming to Towas Corn Yields Soar in Breeding Trials
Extensive corn breeding experiments at Town State College and the Iowa Station show 223 of 281 crosses outyield Reid's Yellow Dent, with a best yield of 111.2 bushels per acre. The United States Department of Agriculture and Iowa Experiment Station work began in 1922 to develop higher yielding inbred crosses and hybrids for future farming. Further data from 1927 U.S. stockyard and horse trade reports indicate rising demand and prices in the livestock market.
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Mills County Joins 1928 Pig Crop Contest
Mills County farmers will enter the 1928 pig crop contest conducted by the Ames extension department. Participants must keep minimum six sows, farrow Feb 1 to May 15, 1923, and record feed amounts. First prize is 200 dollars with a total of 1000 dollars in awards based on pounds of pork produced.
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Gasoline taxes yield over one hundred million in six months
Bureau of Public Roads figures show District of Columbia and all but four states taxed gasoline in the first half of the year with rates from 3 to 65 cents per gallon. About 4 billion gallons were taxed, producing just over $100 million after refunds. California led with receipts above $9 million, while Nevada had the smallest at $195,497.
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New Mexico
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Nevada
American Meals Improve Through Balanced Diet Knowledge
In ten years American meals have risen in quality due to balanced food studies and mindful menu planning. Nell B. Nichols notes milk and Vitamin rich foods can lower bills and disease risk, with milk consumption linked to fewer rickets and respiratory infections.
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Gays
Low eye Must Be Carefully Fede rals in feeds
A fragment from agricultural notes reports that proper balance of vitamins and bulk in supplementary feeds improves brood rations. Tests at the Lows Agricultural Experiment Station led by John M. Evvard and assistant C Culborton are cited as confirming the finding.
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Feed Mix and Barn Care for Pigeons and Pigs at Iowa Exp Station
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station outlines a reliable ration for calves, pigs, and brood sows including a uniform feed blend of salt limestone bone meal iron oxide and potassium oxide. It stresses ample water shelter direct sunshine lice and worm control and avoiding overcrowding for healthy livestock and poultry.
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Randolph Lions Tainers Dinner Hosts and Birthdays Highlight Notes
Randolph community news highlights a W. 2 Kilpatrick home dinner hosted by Mrs Kilpatrick and Mrs Roland Trively honoring Frances Davenport on her birthday with gifts and a lighted cake. Out of town guests Mrs C F Cosby and Mrs Earl Bayes of Malvern attend. Also, Mrs Conte Coy, bride, is honored at a shower hosted by Mr and Mrs W T Simmers. Joe Campbell announces a public sale east of Randolph after buying a Montana ranch. Local farming shipments include sheep to Chicago and hogs to Omaha, stock cattle shipments, and Virgil Dilts family remains ill with pneumonia though Dilla and kids improve.
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Washingtons hospitality and the race in early America
The article discusses Hattie Hatciver and other Black women whose culinary art shaped social life at Mount Vernon. It notes Washington’s plain daily life contrasted with lavish feasts that influenced revolutionary politics, highlighting hospitality as a force in the new nation and the South’s role in shaping it.
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Bell Ints Tent PranEd F Wing Rates Detictomety Ge Ped
Fragmentary OCR text mentions bell, tent, wing rates, and detinctomety gear ped. No clear persons organizations places or events identified. Summary reflects limited readable content and preserves potential named items as fragments.
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