Wheat Trial Results Highlight Iohardi Top Hard Red Winter
Winter wheat variety trials from 1947 to 1950 show Iohardi as the highest yielding hard red winter wheat with a four year average of 3.3 bushels per acre. Tohardi, Town, Pawnee and Minnesota varieties Min ter and Marmin follow with varying yields and regional suitability. Henry leads hard red spring wheats in 1950 and over four years, but is noted for low flour quality. Detailed performance data is available from Iowa State College Agronomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
R. K E. Atkins
Iowa State College Agronomist
Iowa
Pawnee
Minnesota
Kawvale
Kansas
Henry
Atkins
Mida
Rushmore
Lee
South Dakota
Agronomy
Iowa State College
Knoxville Man Staged Coon Hunt In His Own Back Yard
Walter Moneysmith boasted of five coon skins found by his coon dog in his backyard while he milked a morning. He secured a gun and displayed the five coons as proof of prowess, in a Knoxville Express item reflecting local hunting brag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Coon Hunt
Walter Moneysmith
Walter
Federated Club Women Pack Yard Goods for Germany
Thousands of Christmas packages of yard goods yarns and sewing materials are being packed in an Army warehouse at Fort Myer Virginia for shipment to German Youth Agencies as a Yuletide gift from the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Addresses from Holtville California Crestview Florida Ft Thomas Kentucky Centralia Washington Conn Iowa and other places fill crates weighing thousands of pounds. The gifts respond to President Hiram Cole Houghton’s appeal to aid the General Clay Fund in collecting new materials for 600 German Youth Centers supervised by American Army personnel and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myer
Virginia
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Holtville
California
Crestview
Florida
Ft. Thomas
Kentucky
Centralia
Washington
Conn
Iowa
General Federation Clubwomen
Hiram Cole Houghton
General Clay Fund
Jouett Shouse
American Clubwomen
Iowa Farm Folks Boost CROP Drive With 1960 Contributions
Iowa CROP Director Harry E. Terrell reports 36 counties have raised about 60 000 dollars in cash and farm commodities for the overseas relief program. Several counties exceed last year's gifts. Bremer County leads with 3275 cash and 650 bushels of corn, while Cherokee Delaware Lucas South Marion Ringgold Van Buren Wapello and Wright show notable increases.
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Indianola
Record & Tribune
Spring Hill
Idianola
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Lloyd Jones
Warren County
Lincoln Township
Tom Hicks
Conyers
Simpson College
Iowa
Arry E. Terrell
Cherokee
Delaware
Lucas
South Marion
Ringgold
van Buren
Wapello
Wright
Bremer County
Local Christmas Seal Totals by Communities
North Marion reports 1560 dollars raised for the Living Christmas Seal drive while Pocahontas and Jasper each record 1500 dollars. Continued on page 4.
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North Marion
Pocahontas
Jasper
Clin
Buena Vista and Crawford Hardin each $2000 and 40 bushels
Washington reports $1750 and multiple parties listed with $2000 shares and 40 bushels. Names Buena Vista Crawford Hardin appear among stated amounts.
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Buena Vista
Crawford
Hardin
Washington
Jobless claims rise in November 1949 in Des Moines
November unemployment insurance claims increased 22 percent from October to 2 277 due mainly to seasonal factors and project completions. The Employment Security Commission reported 7 554 claims in the same month last year with benefit payments totaling 8 970 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Employment Unity Commission
Winter Beef Cows On Cheap Feeds
Rex Beresford, livestock marketing specialist at Town State College, notes it seldom pays to use legume hay for more than half of a mature beef cow's winter feed. Only with plentiful, cheap legume hay does it pay to exceed the half-way mark.
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Rex Beresford
Town State College Livestock Marketing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Federated Club Women Packing Yard
Germany
United States
National Safety Council
Cem
Business Men's Sox
Marshall
Butler
Winnebago
Emet
Poweshick
Humbolt
North Lee
Spencer
Tuberculos Association
Joy
Judy Campbell
Coast To Coast Stores
Pella
CCR UU Luc
PCC Ld
Jean
Kuyper
Pella, Iowa
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