Two Ways to Dry Corn Artificially
Iowa farmers may consider artificial corn drying using existing cribs with precautions. A key ducted air path ensures uniform drying, with unheated air offering lower cost and fire risk, while heated air dries faster but costs more. tests show unheated drying from 80 to 20 percent moisture in two weeks at 2 to 3 cents per bushel.
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Iowa
S. S. DeForest
Extension Agriculee
Iowa State College
Midwest Plan Service
Marion County Bond Quota Report Shows Low Progress
Marion county chairmen E L Job and P H Kuyper report series E F and G bond purchases at 19.42 percent of the weekly quota by week four of the Defense Bond drive. County sales total $37,137 toward a $191,217 quota, while Iowa counties total $6,667,135, up $1,716,718 from a week ago. The drive theme is Defense is your job too with a goal of every Iowa resident buying a $100 bond.
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E. L. Job
Knoxville
P. H. Kuyper
Pella
Marion County
Savings Bonds
Federal Reserve Bank
Iowa
Chicago
Drying Corn Costs and Moisture Details Discussed
The article notes moisture at 11 percent after 48 hours with an average cost of 11 cents per bushel. It explains this cost includes labor depreciation and fuel, and invites farmers to contact Iowa State College Agricultural Engineering Department in Ames for more drying information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Engineering Department
Towa State College
Ames
Iowa
Poultry Demonstration Flock Program Aims Higher Profits
Town State College Extension Service releases the Poultry Demonstration Flock Report showing management practices and outcomes from participating flocks. The 1960 results reveal beginners earned less and few older cooperators produced higher profits, with 213 eggs per hen for four plus years versus 196 for newcomers, and higher pay for experienced flocks.
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Town State College
College Extension Service
Bulletin
Towa State Col- Rege
Ames
Tow Tough
Pultryman
Town State
Col-lege
Whitfield
Drive to support Boy Scout program in Pella planned
A late October fundraising drive for the Boy Scout program will be conducted in Pella and other towns lacking community chests. John A. Vander Wal will chair, with captains named to recruit helpers. A door canvass is replaced by calls to Good Scouts to fund youth activities, aiming for a sounder, statewide effort. More than sixty Scouts and Cubs are active locally.
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Pella
John A. Vander Wal
Rudy Ulrich
Wayne Hill
Dr. J. M. Cook
John Rouwenhorst
Anthony Tysseling
Emory Gaard
Preston Steenhoek
Stuart Kuyper
Connie Vander Zyl
Harry Grand
Jack Keeton
Newton
Voice of the Public Congress and Thrift
The Omaha World Herald reports Representative Hoff man of Michigan pressed cutting salaries to ten thousand dollars a year to model thrift for workers and small businesses while Representative McCormack of Massachusetts pushes for twenty five thousand dollars a year plus expenses amid an ongoing war.
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Omaha World Herald
Omaha
Hoffman
Michigan
Senate
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Bert Stegeman
Extra Curricular Factors Drive Plant Site Choice
Sylvania Electric official S B Williams told the Mid-Continent Development Council in Des Moines that beyond labor power and transport, tax fairness safety municipal finances and community intellect shape plant location. He cited Burlington Iowa as an example and urged towns to offer strong local spirit and family-friendliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Williams
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc
Mid-Continent Development Council
Des Moines
Sylvania Electric
Burlington
Iowa
Squires
Williams
Sylvania
Iowa Development Commission
Central Nations Building
Iowaevelopment Bulletin
Belle Bogard Uses Summer to Study Japanese Language
A letter from Belle Bogard to the Board of Foreign Missions details a Lake Nojiri summer spent renting a cottage with Miss Alexander and Miss Maruyama to study Japanese. She describes daily lessons, corrections, and linguistic progress, plus attendance at two missionary conferences and a panel on Evangelistic Opportunities in Missions Schools.
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Belle Bogard
Board of Foreign Missions, Reformed Church In America
New York City
Mary Alexander
Miss Maruyama
Mary
Maruyama
U. S
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Dimes
Ibum
Diane Dey
Thompson
Stephen Flo
Clemet Fure
Minnesota
Col
Cody
Farmers Union Co-operative
Voice of the Public
Congress and Thrift
Boy Scouts
Lowa
Rata
City Square
Franklin Street
Farmall
John Deer
VAC Case
M&m
Oliver
John Deeres
Olivers
Case
Allis-Chalmers
CASH
Lou Beerends
Claire Gifford
Bulova
Hamilton
Elgin
Wyler
Ribaux
Revere
Wilson Jewelry CO
Moe
Blalk-Dayute
Veenstra
Pella, Iowa
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