Contouring Proves Most Productive on 1944 Farms
Town farmers using contour farming on hillsides yielded more corn soybeans and oats in 1944. A compare of 49 corn fields 11 soybean fields and 3 oat fields shows contouring outyielded up-and-down planting by 6.8 2.3 and 6.1 bushels per acre respectively. Soil conservation cut erosion and improved stand, signaling greater long term yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GM. Browning
M. B. Russell
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa Agricultual Experiment Station
Plan Now for a Spring Garden This Winter
Iowa State College garden authority Larry Grove urges winter planning to avoid overambitious spring layouts. He advises matching space and time, merging spring and summer plans if space is limited, and ordering seeds early to secure supplies. The Iowa Garden Guide pamphlet and county extension office provide guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Grove
Iowa State College Garden Authority
Iowa Garden Guide
Direeto
Speakers Named for Farm and Home Week Programs
The forty fifth annual Farm and Home Week at Town State College features J Percy Rutgers dairyman and other notables including Paul G Hoffman Allan B Kline and O J Jesness as speakers. Several farm groups will hold annual business sessions at Iowa State College during the week with meetings set for Feb 13 14 and 17 18 including the Rural Young People's Assembly and multiple commodity associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thficial Dairy Breeding Association
United States
J. Percy
Studebaker Corporation
Allan B. Kline
Des Moines
Presid
Town Farm Bureau Tran
O. J. Jesness
Agricultural Economics Divison
University of Minnesota
Iowa State College
Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship
Iowa, Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Iowa Swine Producers’ Association
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Towa
Iowa Beef Producers
Iowa Poultry and Allied Industries Council
Rural Young People’s Assembly
Lighting Will Lift Hens Out of Laying Slump
Iowa State College extension poultryman W. St. Whitfield warns farmers that proper lighting in the laying house can restore hens to a regular laying schedule after cold weather slumps. He stresses early lights at 4 am in January, bright 60-watt bulbs with reflectors no higher than six feet, and notes that inadequate lighting or lack of reflectors wastes fuel and raises costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. St. Whitfield
Iowa
Collee Extension Poultryman
Whitfield
Lime spreading in Marion county falls short in 1944
In 1944 the AAA reports 16 265 tons of lime spread in Marion county, slowed by transportation shortages. Orders totaled 866 for 21 486 tons, but only 16 265 tons were delivered, leaving 5 221 tons undelivered. The county has many acres still needing lime, though conservation payments offset much of the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
AAA
Knoxville Journal
Grief Stricken Dog Duke Dies in Grundy Center
Duke a dog owned by Junior Johnson of Grundy Center died the day after W J Bill Scott was buried. Duke and Bill were lifelong friends. every morning Duke waited at the office door for Bill and received a sandwich for breakfast. Bill had been ill for weeks and did not return, yet Duke kept return to the office waiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
Junior Johnson
Grundy Center
W. J
Bill) Scott
Bill
Mr. Scott
Hardin County Farmers Seek Soil Conservation District
Hardin County farm owners total 436 signatures on petitions requesting a county soil conservation district. Kearing notes that continued petition flow could enable a county hearing soon. Absentee-owner petitions reach 81 in two weeks, giving 355 owner-operators and 81 absentee signers. The state committee requires 20 percent landowner support for a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kearing
K. J. Rosenberger
State Soil Conservation Committee
Postwar farm land improvements proposed in Iowa
A Town State College committee recommends large scale postwar measures for land use and conservation in Iowa. Plans include 40 000 stock ponds 25 000 gully structures 2000 open ditches 1800 miles of tile drains and 6 million tons of limestone annually with 3 year targets and regional deployment across 30 counties. The program seeks public action beyond farmer efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bae
State College
Iowa
Towa
FASTEETH holds dentures firmer and odor free
FASTEETH powder for upper or lower plates prevents rocking and slipping. It offers a tasteless, non souring feel with alkaline non-bleach formula. Get FASTEETH at any drug store for denture odor control and secure fit.
Notice of electric franchise hearing in Marion County Iowa
A public notice from the Iowa State Commerce Commission, dated December 29 1944, announces a petition by Pella Cooperative Electric Association to erect and operate an electric transmission line across multiple sections in Marion County Iowa. The commission sets January 30 1945 at 10 am in Des Moines for a hearing with written objections due five days prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Pella Co-operative Electric Association
Pella
Iowa
Ollce
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Fighteen
P.M
Said
Section Twenty-eight
Said Township
Range
Des Moines
Towa State Commerce Commission
B. M. Richardson
David B. Long
Carl W. Reed
Geo. L. MccCaughan
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Garden City
Gearts
Tote
Red Comb Poultry Feeds
Neal Schuring Produce
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Iowa Hereford Association
J. C. Holbert
Washington
New Jersey
Minnesota
Indiana
Hardin County Farmers
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Township Seventy-five
Range Steen
J. H. Shinn Hatchery Gearts Feed Mill
van Gorp’s Hatchery Bakker & Rus
J. M. van Vliet
Otley
Burdock
Burdock Cut Rate Lumber Co
Oskaloosa
Colfax Auction
Colfax
Colfax Sales Company
Bell and Clippinger
I Bank of Colfax
Earl Shields
First
Nati
Gol
Meee
van Gorp Hatchery
Pella, Iowa
Zokoro
Pickerel
John Laaschuit
de Prenger
Leighton
Poland
China
Elton Farms
Rose Hill
John Deere
Deering
Hays
Sunch
Pris
Wm. M. Tysseling
Lisk, Worth & van Zante, Aucts, Ver Meer & Tysseling, Clorke
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