Apple Trees Prove Stronger With Proper Planting Pruning
Marion County farmers should plant and prune home apple trees carefully in the first five years to ensure longer life and better fruit. Proper planting, pruning one third to one half of the top, and a yearly spray schedule are advised, with root grafts recommended and varieties such as Cortland Hawkeye and Jonathan suited to the area.
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Marion County
Cortland
Hawkeye
Sharon
Secor
Jonathan
Joan
Snow Famouse
Duchess
Oldenburg
Greening
Full Production For State Game Bird Hatchery
A brief note describes two week old pheasant chicks produced at the state game bird hatchery. It mentions cooperative applications by counties and groups, with birds raised to ten to twelve weeks before release on farms for propagation.
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Boone Ty Epes
Stary Hatchery
Spring Pheasant Count to Start in State March 22
State wildlife officers begin the annual spring pheasant census on March 22 across north central and south sections of each county. The drive lasting one hour forty five minutes records number and sex of birds observed before sunrise, with checks continuing through April 10.
Iowa Traffic Report Records 37,068 Crashes Last Year
In Iowa, traffic accidents involved a total of 37,068 motor vehicles during the past year. The figure reflects statewide crash activity across multiple counties and roadways.
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Iowa
Workshop Is Headquarters For Farm Repair and Maintenance Operations
IRA MILLER explains farm workshops as the central hub of modern mechanized farming. Emphasizing year round utility, maintenance, and emergency fixes, the piece discusses shop sizing, lighting, and essential electrical tools like grinders lathes table saws soldering irons welders and air compressors to support durable on site repairs.
Disk and seed pastures for spring renovation
Iowa State College expert M L Peterson advises disk open weak bluegrass pastures this spring, not fearing overworking. Renovation can be nearly complete on limed or non needy soils, with seedbed prep, fertilization, and timely seeding between March 26 and April 15. Grazing after renovation aids legume establishment, with a 10 lb per acre mix of sweet clover red clover and alsike clover, alfalfa on richer soils.
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M. L. Peterson
Iowa State College
Peterson
Studying Plans To Control Waters Of Chiquaquas
Sigourney will host a 10 am Thursday meeting at the Memorial building to discuss federal state soil conservation plans for the Chiquaqua river basin. A second session is set for Nevada on March 12 as Army Engineer surveys consider flood control and a land and water use program. Counties involved include Mahaska Jasper Poweshiek Hamilton Story Marshall Polk Lee Van Buren Jefferson Henry Wapello Marion and Washington. The cost of operating a farm last year rose about two and a half times versus 1936 to 1939.
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Sigourney
Chiquaqua River
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa Herald
Memorial Building
Nevada
Iowa
Clyde Spry
Ian Conservation Committee
Army Engineers
Spry
Lyall Mitchell
Oskaloosa
Ray Hunter
Mahaska
Jasper
Poweshick
Hamilton
Story
Marshall
Polk, Lee
van Buren
Jefferson
Henry
Wapello
Marion
Washington
Good Records Make Tax Time Much Easier
Free weekly guidance from Fannie Gan non on keeping good records to claim deductions for donations medical expenses and losses. Read instructions to pick the right form use short or long forms as needed prepare line by line sign and mail to the district IRS office. Refunds if due may arrive before July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Gannon
Town State College
Miss Gannon
Collector of Internal Revenue
U N Conference At Des Moines March 16 and 17
A United Nations conference will be held on the Drake University campus in Des Moines March 16 and 17. Principal speakers include Major George Fielding Eliot Dr Harrison Brown and Forrest Seymour. An all university convocation opens at 10 a.m. March 16 with Eliot speaking on U S U S R in the United Nations.
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Drake University
Des Moines
George Fielding Eliot
Harrison Brown
Institute For Nuclear Studies
University of Chicago
Forrest Seymour
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Seymour
England
France
Italy
Greece
Egypt
University Christian Church
Eliot
U. S
U.S.S.R
United Nations
James B. Holtzclaw
Drake
Presiding
Charles Ransom
Register and Tribune
Mahmut Lacin
Drake Social Science
Tom Kelly
Turkey
Eliot and
Hiram Hunn
Brown
Atomic Energy and
Tax credits claim notice at bank Saturdays
L. A. Sents, City Assessor, announces homestead tax credit claim hours in the basement of Marion County State Bank every Saturday from 1 to 3 PM. All credits must be claimed before April 1 to be valid.
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Marion County State Bank
Otsley Cooperative Exchange Assessor Contacts Farmers
Kathryn Vriezelaar Assessor for Summit and Polk Townships will be at the Otley Cooperative Exchange on March 11 12 13 and 15 to make assessments. Ver Ploeg Portable Farm Service offers oat cleaning and treatment with phone contact 392 for farm work.
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Otley Co-operative Exchange
Kathryn Vriezelaar
Summit
Polk
Ver
Ploeg
Classified Ad Notice For Lincoln Zephyr Sale
I will be at the Marion County State Bank from 1 to 3 o'clock on Saturday. If you are intending to move please note, A. J. Terlouw FOR SALE: 1940 2-door Lincoln Zephyr perfect condition throughout. Priced to sell. Stan Lillard, Phone 651 Green, Knoxville. Read the Classified Ads.
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Marion County State Bank
A. J. Terlouw
Stan Lillard
Green
Knoxville
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Farm Seeds
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Jack Sprat
Carton
Ivory
Maasdam
Calif
Rath
CaeNea
Ira Miller
Farm Electrification Bureau
Chiquaquas
U.N
National Safety Council
L. A. Sents
Mary Jane
Auwee
VU Bar
Jonathan Apples
Sap Sago
RUSK
U.S
Mrs. Clark
Dres
Oleo
Parkay
Virgil Vander Linden
Ralph Decook
Briardale ™ Grocery Ree
PNA
Cede Res
Cad
Rah
Betty Crocker
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Lake Prairie
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