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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1929
Page
3
Rural 4 H club leaders show clear thinking and initiative as nearly 400 000 farm girls engage in projects. The movement promises better homes and citizenship, with opportunities to earn and lead in communities, state, and nation through organized training and teamwork.
Farmers increasingly integrate soybeans into corn rotations for cash value and livestock protein. Soy hay proves resilient, feeding dairy cattle while soil improves, with harvest methods varying from specialized machinery to traditional rakes.
The article outlines a recipe for grafting wax using rosin beeswax charcoal linseed oil and tallow as alternatives. It describes melting beeswax, mixing in charcoal, pouring into pans and cooling, with notes on forming lumps and applying the liquid wax to grafts. It also offers an alternative method mixing tallow beeswax and rosin and applying with a sprag wrapped around a stick.
The report notes sweet clover requires lime and shows a trial with ground limestone at two tons per acre. An unlined strip failed to produce clover while a treated area yielded a legume crop. Corn followed the clover with a modest yield gain compared to nearby land.
A guide advises testing skim milk for butter fat at local cream stations. If results show 0.3 to 0.4 percent butter fat, the separator is inefficient and should be overhauled or replaced with a new machine.
A terse agricultural note promotes soybeans as an excellent substitute when clover or alfalfa fails. It notes soybeans are easy to grow and mentions immature sap in the root area connected to prior crops, suggesting compatibility with existing fields.
Simple home guide shows oats sprouting by soaking two quarts per ten hens in warm water overnight. Drain and hang the bag behind the stove, shake daily, and rinse. After about one fifth a day, oats are ready for use with daily warm water refreshes.
Eleven directors add to the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment as the board grows to 103 members representing 29 states. Captain Robert Bartlett prepares for a fourth Arctic mission to collect magnetic and meteorological data in the Polar Basin. Herbert Hoover Jr. is set to direct radio communications for a major air express line amid a rising younger generation pursuing air careers.
In Boston an adopted man lacking a birth certificate cannot obtain a passport though adoption occurred at two months old and he did not serve in World War I. Despite birth proof being standard, witnesses may attest in lieu of a certificate due to patchy historical vital records. Mrs A J Drexel Biddle Jr may become the world’s richest woman on tobacco king Benjamin N Duke’s death.
The newest member of the Bolivian Paraguayan conciliation commission is Brigadier General Frank R. McCoy U S A Remaining members will include a representative from each of the four discerned countries and four other neutral nations An issue remains about the citizenship of a Boston architect
John Blymyer a 19 year old from York Pennsylvania was sentenced to one year in prison for the murder of Nelson D Rehmieyer a wealthy recluse. He declared he would be happy in prison and claimed he was no longer under a spell.
The Inland Waterways Corporation moves to prepare the channel for barges with plans to send vessels as soon as the channel is ready. Officials assess timing and readiness for the next phase of the project.
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