Strawberry Scone Puff Dessert Becomes Spring Favorite
A rich scone batter yields a light puff edged with browned meringue. Fill the warm scone with chilled berries or sliced peaches, serve with cream or ice cream, and top with a generous meringue crown. Budget note: each serving costs about 4% cents plus berries. enriched scone provides protein, vitamins, and iron.
Gardeners Can Kill Insects with Sprays and Powders
County Extension Director Forrest Kohrt notes Juno is the month to dust gardens to curb many pests entering Iowa vegetables. Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson says leaf hoppers and potato fleas are early threats to tomatoes potatoes and beans, though often unseen. beetles and leaf hoppers show damage by holes and leaf curling. Control tips include 3 percent DDT dust with copper fungicide for these insects, timing for tomatoes and beans every 10 to 12 days, and rotenone dust for cabbage pests and worm damage every six days. For carrot pests, use 1 ounce of 40 to 50 percent chlordane in one gallon water for 70 feet of row space, applied with a sprinkling can.
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Forrest Kohrt
Yowa
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Explaining Punishment Helps Children Learn Right From Wrong
A study cited by Aston Smith from the State University of Iowa suggests explanations before punishment improve a child’s ability to judge behavior. Without explanations, children rely on fear of punishment, making them depend on mother’s expressions rather than understanding why actions are wrong.
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O.K
Aston Smith
Towa Child Welfare Research Station
State University of Iowa
Restocking Details for Catfish Stock Program
County officers say adipose fins on catfish will be clipped and right pelvic fins removed for fish stocked below Highway 77. Creel censuses will track movement and data in the streams. A total of 36,000 catfish from the Mississippi River will be released before November 30.
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Highway No. 77
Mississippi River
Fatal Tonsillectomy Death At Emmetsburg
A 20 year old girl named Jo Scott died during a tonsillectomy at Emmetsburg. Officials attributed the fatal outcome to heart failure with pulse and operative circumstances noted in reports.
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Emmetsburg
Jo Scott
Iowa Holds Large Unemployment Reserve Fund
Iowa would be able to cover maximum unemployment benefits for eight weeks for every insured worker. The state leads in reserve adequacy with about 104 million dollars in the Employment Security commission fund. Average annual payments have run under four million in the last six years, per Carl J. Pilmier.
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Iowa Employment Security Commission
Iowa
Employment Security Commission
Carl J. Pilmier
Commission
How It Works Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Rates
Maximum benefits in a year reach 26 for 20 weeks. Employer contribution rates range zero to 2.7 percent depending on firm size and stability. Rates cut in 1961 from a prior 0.5 to 3.6 percent. Since WWII reserve fund receipts exceed payments. six year total nearly 55 million collected and about 28 million paid. The maximum benefit rose from 20 to 26 weekly. About half of Iowa’s nearly one million workers are covered by unemployment insurance.
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Reserve Fund
Iowa
Iowa Development Bulletin
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