Sidelights on Pella's 1951 Tulip Festival
Report on Tulip Time in Pella highlights the 1951 parade, museum, and downtown programs. Bert Stegeman and family visited in a bright Cros Jey auto, while volunteers organized bands, floats, and attractions. Officials praise the event as the best parade yet though rising costs threaten continuation without new funding.
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Pella
Bert Stegeman
Omaha
Nebraska
Bert
Ruck Stegeman
Mars
Stegemans
East Locust
East
Nebr
Bob Klein
Historieal Society
Chamber of Com
Cattle Feeders Day set for June 8 at ISC
The thirty third annual Cattle Feeders Day is scheduled for Friday June 8 at Town State College. C C Cul bertson animal husbandry specialist leads the program at the experimental feeding farm south of Beed Avenue in Ames. Morning session at 10 discusses 1951 urea feeding trial results and protein substitute effects. Afternoon features talks by livestock men on beef cattle outlook and adjustments to prevailing conditions. Women invited with a parallel program on the central campus directed by Paulena Nickell associate dean Home Economies.
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Town State College
C. C. Culbertson
U. S. Highway 30
Beed Avenue
Ames
Chicago
College
Paulena Nickell
Diion of Home Economies
Astronomical Unit “Persee” Described as 19 Billion Miles
A persee is defined as an astronomical unit spanning nineteen billion miles. This description clarifies the vast distance used in historical astronomical discourse.
Baby's Chances in Life Mostly up to Mother
Mildred Nelson Smith of the Foods and Nutrition Department at Town State College discusses how a mother's choices during pregnancy and after birth influence a baby's survival and health. Studies of 216 mother infant pairs in Boston show strong links between maternal diet quality and infant outcomes including stillbirths prematurity and infancy health. The talk highlights breastfeeding as a key factor and notes a baby's early diet follows the mother's selection and medical guidance.
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Mildred Nelson Smith
the Foods and Nutrition Department
Town State College
Center For Research In Child Health and Development
Boston
Iowa Dairy Herds Shrink But Milk Output Rises
Iowa moves toward fewer but larger dairy herds, reducing total cows 15 percent yet lifting milk production to a record high. ISU extension dairyman Floyd Arnold notes production per cow hits new highs, boosting overall output despite fewer herds and calls for modernization to meet labor and quality goals.
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Iowa
Lowa
Floyd Arnold
Iowa State College
Arnold
Towa
Clip Pigs Teeth to Prevent Their Fighting
John B. Herrick of Iowa State College notes piglets fight due to sharp birth teeth and recommends clipping the lower jaw teeth with nippers or pliers. The procedure calms fights, slows early growth, and requires care to avoid gum damage and infection with iodine.
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John B. Herrick
Towa State College
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Historic Society
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Rudy Ulich
Scizzors
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Kempkes
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Tugseagge Orier
The
Historical Society
Visi
Helene
Tulip
ISC
Oskaloosa’s
Gibbs
Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce
Oskaloosa
Loushes
Gibbs News
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
Marion County State Bank
Pella, Iowa
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Carl Vander Schaaf
1Tate Aware
Union
VELD
Tative
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Thomas I. Parkinson
Seventh Avenue
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New York
Dick Lautenbach
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