Marion County Road-Building Progress Through Co operation
A photo illustrated report shows Marion County boards engineers and Soils Conservation Service technicians coordinating to improve roads. The piece highlights planning to reduce maintenance, stabilize roadsides, prevent erosion, and cut costs, praising farmer cooperation and local officials in Oska loosa. A county 4-H officer training session at the Christian Church features several student leaders and educators guiding duties and meeting management. One hundred and twenty men accompanied Columbus when he discovered America.
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Marion County
Board of Supervisors
Soils Conservation Service
Lyall Mitchell
Oskaloosa
Marion
Cooper
Ward of
Ocion
Corn storage progress in Itarian County PMA program
Paul Brown, PMA chairman, reports 1,029,000 bushels stored in county warehouses and bins under federal supervision with 61,000 of 1948 corn yet delivered. Distribution shows Knoxville 241,900, Pleasantville 207,900, Otley 147,700, Fracy 112,000, Melcher 112,000, Pella 98,600, Wan 80,800. Some 32,316 bushels moved to farms or shipped out, with 4,988,000 bushels still to be stored and 200 new 1949 engines noted as of Nov 1.
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Min County
Paul Brown
PMA
Noxville
Derery
Pleasantville
Otley
Fracy
Melcher
Pella
Wan
Brown
Coun
Dae Pma
Knoxville Nal
4H Officers in Oskaloosa Tally Local Club Leaders
Four H officers from Mahaska County clubs were announced at a Saturday night ceremony in Oskaloosa. The event named new leaders for the 4H year and highlighted upcoming county activities.
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Aining School
Oskaloosa
Mahaska Coun
Mahaska County Folks Attend Outlook Training in Ottumwa
Six Mahaska County residents attended the outlook training school in Ottumwa this week. County participants included Mrs Dole Macy Mrs Carl Hoover Mrs Alvin Wimner Floyd Latham Miss Frances Constance and L A Walker. The session was led by Town State College Extension Service specialists after their return from the National Outlook Conference in Washington D C. Information from Ottumwa will guide county educational programs through the year.
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Ma‘ka County
Outlook
Ottumwa
Mahaska County
Dole Macy
Carl Hoover
Alvin Wimner
County Family Living Committee
Floyd Latham
Oskaloosa Veterans Farm Trainings
Frances Constance
Corn Extension Home
L. A. Walker
Town State College Extension Service
National Outlook
Washington, D. C
Mulch Strawberries When Ground Freezes, Experts Say
Horticulturist Nichols of Iowa State College says mulch should cover strawberry beds about 3 inches after the ground freezes and before temperatures dip below 20 degrees. Use straw leaves or corn stalks that resist matting. leaves alone not advised.
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ILEB
Nichols
Towa State College
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Christian Church
Evelyn de Bruin
John Montgome
Vera-Mac Thomas
Joseph Holub
Marcia Kool
Melvin Montgomery
Charles Palmer
Oskaloosa Herald
Larry Parker
Vera Mae Thomas
Bonnie van Zomeren
Columbus
America
Jim Riggen
Job
John Fisher
Riggen
Fisher
Harland Chandler
The
Chandler
Knoxville
Itarian County
Farmers Coop Exchange
Golden Guernsey
Veenstra & Schakel
Harold
Virgil
Grandman & Co
Home Owned and Operated
Martin Sietstra
Wielard Farm
van der Veer Construction Co
Pella, Iowa
Alfalfa
Bakker
Rus
L” Line International Trucks
International Harvester
McCormick-Deering Sales and Service
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