Maurice Iowa Post Office Notice 1911 Mail Rates
Second class matter at Maurice Iowa post office under act of 1879. Dated 4, 1911. Subscription rates listed as 1 during advance.
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
8
Second class matter at Maurice Iowa post office under act of 1879. Dated 4, 1911. Subscription rates listed as 1 during advance.
Regular services Sundays at 9:30 and 2:66 p.m. Sunday school 3:30 p.m. Young People's Endeavor 7:45 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday 2 p.m. Teachers' meeting Friday 7:30 p.m. Ladies Missionary and Aid Society 2 p.m. on fourth Wednesday and alternate Friday 2:20 p.m. Catechism classes 1 p.m. and 2:20 p.m. Rev. J. Vanderbeek, Pastor.
The notice lists services at 1 10 00 a m and 7 30 p m with Sunday school at 11 15 a m and Christian Endeavor at 6 43 p m Rev William H Dickens is the pastor.
Mary’s Catholic Church holds Mass at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Benediction follows each mass. A Sunday school session occurs after Benediction. Rev. P. Conway serves as pastor.
A Dakota Montana land prospectus invites readers to join a July trip from Sioux Falls to Harlowton Montana to view Wheatland land on sale. It promotes a large flour mill in Harlowton and claims strong promise with a westward land proposition near a Milwaukee rail line.
Editorial urges banks to finance farmers with credit backed by bank statements, noting federal rediscounting and limited risk as food shortages push prices up. It advocates pro-rating losses by business men and county agents to boost farm production this year and beyond.
It argues for organizing against emergencies to boost farmer prosperity and price realization. It stresses improving circumstances and enabling timely spring planting with barley corn and potatoes, and preparing counties for early fall plowing after harvest. The piece urges a community service stance to aid farmers for better outcomes.
The 1915 barley crop reached 229.6 million bushels on 7 million acres while 1916 yielded 181 million on 7.5 million acres. barley prices may rise and plantings should extend to May 10 or 15. planting barley before corn reduces labor and risk, with oats or barley usable for hay if land remains idle.
The National Crop Improvement Service notes barley should be planted after oats or spring wheat due to frost risk. In Canada barley goes to June, but in this country mid May to the second or third week is likely safe. Seed at 1½ to 2 bushels per acre, broadcast or drilled, with 1 to 1½ bushels of nurse crop barley if clover and timothy are desired.
The National Crop Improvement Service urges testing all seed barley for vitality before sowing as heating in stacks or bins injures seed. Seed testing below 90 percent vitality should be treated as inferior and replaced with new seed.
Farmers face drought periods affecting corn cultivation practices. Reports emphasize resilient methods and adaptive strategies for crop survival during dry spells.
The article urges business and civic leaders to aid farmers by listing potential labor pools during seed time and harvest. It identifies three labor classes including regular farm hands, workers from factories and wholesale trades, and farm-raised men who will volunteer. It frames this as a patriotic corporate duty to ensure a bumper crop.
The tenth annual report of the North Dakota Demonstration Farms from the National Crop Improvement Service finds crop rotation increases yields. Wheat averaged 29 percent more bushels, usually followed by manured corn. oats 58 percent higher, barley 37, rye 21.4, alfalfa 2.0 tons per acre. Each farm’s rotation and field practices are detailed in the report.
National Crop Improvement Service notes barley's higher feeding value than corn and oats for pig feed and dairy by products. With time to switch acreage, barley offers better profits as prices rise, while wheat remains unsettled.
J J Garland notes that barley yields depend on threshing. The Wisconsin Experiment Association reports average pedigreed barley yields of 31 bushels in 1913, 33.3 in 1914, and 37.5 in 1915, based on 266 members. High yields include 60 57 56 55 58 and 45 bushels.
National Crop Improvement Service notes barley rarely used for bread since it is hard to mix with wheat and yields a sticky gluten when wet. Norway and Sweden still bake with barley in disk shaped breads. As stock feed it has merit though kernels are hard for some animals to chew.
An old advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a home or drugstore solution to darken gray hair. It claims natural color restoration, shinier hair, and a more youthful appearance after one or two applications.
Struble residents discuss a Red Cross meeting dominated by German descent, new telephone installation by Sherman township, church questions, Fourth of July events, a Navy enlistment, and a Seney baseball game. Art Jahn injured in the field. a new flag donated by Mrs. A L Stoll is raised and celebrated.
An article touts an “inside bath” as vastly more important than outside cleanliness. It urges men and women to drink two glasses of hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels and improve health and appearance.
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