Air conditioning irrigation boosts potato yields at Muscatine Island
Iowa State University researchers on the Muscatine Island Field Station report a three year study showing air conditioning irrigation raises yields and total solids in four potato varieties Norland Norgold Viking and Kennebec. Kennebec shows the largest gains with average yield up 38 percent and total solids up 1.2 percent. The method uses a low rate mist to cool the plant canopy when temperatures exceed 85 degrees enabling roots to take up water, though costly to install.
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Lewis Petersen
ISU
Fruitland Island
Jan Griesenbrock
Iowa State ‘University
Muscatine Island Field Station
Norland
Norgold
Viking
Kennebec
Petersen
Rural housing program aids low income families nationwide
The Farmers Home Administration promotes a national goal of a decent home and suitable living environment. It highlights low interest loans up to 33 years, counseling, and special programs for low income families. Offices in about 1,700 communities now accept applications under an interest supplement program reducing rates to as low as 1 percent based on financial condition.
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Farmers Home Administration
America
FHA
Home Improvement Tours Help Rural Families Plan Better Homes
Local Farmers Home Administration offices assist families in planning home improvements to fit needs. Open house visits showcase well planned homes to spark interest in rental and owner-occupied housing. Available programs under the Housing and Urban Development Act boost efforts toward a national goal of a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family.
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Farmers Home Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cutworms threaten Iowa corn in southern fields
Iowa State University entomologist Harold Gunderson reports cutworm damage in the southern half of the state with black and overflow cutworms likely to appear nationwide this spring. He notes that older worms resist insecticides and surface-dwelling behavior hinders ground spraying, urging specific treatment plans for grain, silage, and mixed uses.
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Ames
Iowa
Harold ‘Tiny’ Gunderson
Iowa State University
Gunderson
Bohling Initiated Into Honorary Fraternities at Iowa State
Alfred C. Bohling Jr son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Bohling Route 5 Muscatine was initiated into Gamma Sigma Delta at Iowa State University for outstanding achievements in Agriculture and into Tau Sigma Delta for architecture and allied arts with high scholastic averages. He earned his Master of Landscape Architecture at Town state on May 24. Denzel D and Janis L Gunnel to Flora R Mark lot 12 Parham Addition Muscatine. James D and Jeffie L McKinney to Hazel G Pollock warranty deed part of lots 68 and 79 Fair Oaks Addition Muscatine.
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Janis L. Gunnell
Flora R. Mark
Parham
City of
Muscatine
James D
Jeffie L. McKinney
Hazel G. Pollock
Fair Oaks
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