County Notes of Farm Bureau County Notes of Farm Bureau
Worth Stroud in Clay township notes three planting methods and two cultivation methods on his farm with no clear winner yet. Ward Dyer’s Pleasantville area has fine Percherons and Jalap sire stock from Ames. Fall alfalfa sowing advised. lime and northern alfalfa orders placed. Sweet clover at Fred Woodruff’s farm yields value and lime stone used to build fertility. Union township grows Sobred wheat adapted by Experiment Station tests. 1928 Baby Beef contest invites calves. Township events include a Lend Me Five Shillings play and August ice cream social. Co-op Exchange reports 1926 sales of half a million dollars. Butterfat leaders listed for Jersey and Guernsey herds. European corn borers sharply reduced where clean-up campaigns ran. Co-op marketing urged to stabilize livestock. Vaccination urged to curb cholera risks. several virus-like cases misattributed to cholera resolved on autopsy.
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Worth Stroud
Clay Township
Ward Dyer
Pleasantville
State Agricultural College
Ames
Jalap
Dyer
Farm Bureau
Fred Woodruff
Knoxville
Columbia Road
Charles Martin
Union Township
Union Township Farm Bureau
Miss McGraw
Miss Howard
Clint Fee
Merril Fee
Lloyd Kingery
Milton Wright
Franklin Township Farm Bureau
Nepal
Oscar Hodgson
Swan Township
Farmers’ Co-operative Exchange
Exchange
Eugene Fox
C. W. Way
Jersey
Ed Flanagan
Ralph Richards
Guernsey
United States Department of Agriculture
Your Boy's Business By Roger W Babson
Babson analyzes credit conditions in 1927 focusing on bank liquidity and the impact of the McFadden Bill. He urges reduced personal indebtedness, responsible installment credit, and prompt bill-paying while praising bankers and merchants for stabilizing finances. He cites gold reserves, Federal Reserve policy, and Mellon as stabilizing factors and warns against panics from excess debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Roger W.babson
Federal Reserve Board
Lorida
New England
McFadden
New York
East
Rock Island and Wabash Train Schedule Details
Eastbound and westbound passenger trains listed with numbers and times between Des Moines Ottumwa Keokuk and Eldon. Freight trains 882 and 831 serve local shipments with cutoffs by 5:00 p.m. prior day. Limited service times at Harvey and Howell noted. local freights 70 and 71 carry passengers on alternate days around 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Eldon
Howell
Iowa
Harvey
If You Think You Can Win
A short piece quoting an inspirational poem about mindset and success. It emphasizes that belief shapes outcomes, asserting that those who think they can win are more likely to prevail, while doubt leads to defeat. The verse attributes the message to Author Unknown.
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County Notes OF Farm Bureau
Roger W. Babson
National Retail Association
Florida
Rotary
Kiwanis
The
Lion
Chambers of Commerce
Rock Island Train Service
Pella
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Killips’ Poultry Laboratories
Oskaloosa
High Ave
School of
Hamm Auto Top CO
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oppenheimer-Alsop CO
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