Heavy Loss From Corn Root Worms Across Iowa
Iowa State College extension entomologist Harold Gunderson reports widespread corn root worm damage across the state. About 10 percent of fields show effects, with losses up to one third yields from damaged roots and undeveloped ears. Northern and southern root worms differ in origin and management, rotation helps against the northern type, and damage patterns help distinguish origins.
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Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Iowa
Towa
Election ruling over remodel wording in Worth County district
Bond attorneys deem a prior Worth County Carpenter school district election invalid due to use of remodel instead of reconstruct wording. They state the term reconstruct was correct and Webster's dictionary aligns remodel with reconstruct in effect.
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Carpenter
Worth County
Bond
Kill No Hens Inn Promotes Pheasant Sustainability
State Conservation Commission biologists report rising pheasant numbers in Iowa and the Midwest. They say hunting pressure won’t threaten pheasant hunting if only cocks are harvested during season. With hens left intact, reproduction next year should match current levels. Hunters urged to observe the Kill No Hens Inn.
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Iowa
Middle West
State Conservation Commission
Support Price for 1950 Corn Set at $1.41 Per Bushel
The Knoxville Journal reports Marion County sets 1950 corn support at 1.41 per bushel. Merrill L. Robuck notes rates align with national parity, 90 percent in commercial areas and 75 percent in non commercial zones, with loans and purchase agreements through May 31 and maturity July 31, 1961. Paul F. Brown says ACP will aid conservation with lime, phosphates, cover crops, seeds, and services via purchase orders to share costs and encourage approved practices.
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Marion County
Knoxville Journal
Merrill L. Robuck
Secretary of Agriculture
Robuck
Paul EF. Brown
PMA
Brown
Limited Trapping Season Opens At Noon November 10
The 1950 trapping season opens at noon November 10 for raccoon skunk badger opossum and spotted skunk and runs until midnight January 10. Continuous seasons apply to red or gray fox weasel ground hog and wolf coyotes. Muskrat mink beaver open November 26 and close December 9 with a 20 day muskrat and ink season November 5 to December 25 on the Mississippi River north of Muscatine. Big Wall Lake Wright County muskrat and mink open November 25 to December 1.
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Mississippi River
Muscatine City
Milwaukee Railroad
Big Wall Lake
Wright County
Social Welfare Workers Gather for Iowa Conference
Lester Granger, president elect of the National Conference of Social Work, will be principal speaker at the 60th annual Iowa Welfare Association Conference November 16–18 at the Savery Hotel in Des Moines. The theme is Our Common Welfare with sessions on community health and welfare.
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Lester Granger
National Conference of Social Work
Iowa Welfare Association
Savery
Des Moines
Granger
National Urban League
Iowa
Beekeepers to Meet at ISC in November
The Iowa Beekeepers Association will hold its annual meeting at Iowa State College on November 16 and 17. The program is designed to interest every beekeeper whether he keeps bees as a main enterprise or as a sideline, says F. B.
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Iowa Beekeepers’ Association
Iowa State College
F. B
A Gun Is Safe When Properly Used
A reader warns gun owners and the public about firearm safety emphasizing proper use. The piece cites rifles and shotguns, noting their power to harm humans, and reflects on hunting season in Iowa with high participation and adequate bag limits while stressing that every gun is loaded and has no bag limit on human life.
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Iowa
Iowa Safety Congress
Beekeeping Meeting Highlights Hybrid Bees Uses
Idock extension apiarist at college outlines two phase program for upcoming beekeeping meeting. Topics include marketing honey and bees in pollination of seed crops with 10 minute talks. Activities begin Wednesday with a business session and a talk by W C Rothenbubler on hybrid bees.
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Coulege
Ion
W. C. Rothenbubler
Iee
Melcher Improves Streets With Rock and Oil
Melcher lays 40 blocks of crushed rock streets with penetrating oil as part of a four year plan. Financed by town gas tax funds and a 50 to 76 dollar donation from businessmen and local contributions totaling about 1135 dollars. Mayor Otis Wright says the program will, with oil and sand, reach a surface akin to asphalt.
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Melcher
Aroun
Otis Wright
Knoxville Journal
Knoxville Votes to Buy Parking Meters for Permanent Use
The Knoxville City Council approved making the square parking meters a permanent feature after a six month trial. The plan charges 50 percent of the collections toward the purchase price with the same basis applying to future meters. A postcard ballot favored retaining the two meters now in operation.
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Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
New House Built by Brownville Members for Charles Brown
Local volunteers from Brownville organized a project to construct a home for Charles Brown. After laying the foundation and completing preliminary work, the crew finished framing and prepared for plastering and finishing touches.
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Hhirch
Charles Brown
Brownville
Be on Guard for Picker Accidents
Extension safety bulletin notes that common sense practices and safety devices can lower picker injuries during harvest. It cites 260 corn picker incidents in Town 3 involving corn pickers and tractors, 22 with elevators, and 10 with wagons, with rolling components and power take-offs as major danger sources.
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Alsa
Lowa
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