Plover community notes extend across friends and travels
Plover area residents visit relatives in Norway Cedar Rapids Gallipolis Ohio and Rolfe. Many attend chautauqua and threshing events while others travel to Des Moines Bloomington Ames and Minneapolis for family and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Seger
Len Atchinson
Livermore
E. T. Springer
Norway
Ed Turner
Cedar Rapids
A. G. Heathman
Henry Kerns
Homer Russell
Gallipolis
Ohio
Buckeye
Plover
Rolfe
Lucile Everson
E. B. Thompson
Leslie Hansen
Swea City
Coleman Hospital
Estherville
B. W. Jeffries
R. £. DuBoise
Town City
University Hospital
Fern Christensen
St. Paul
Minn
Clyde McGuffin
J. H. Horsman
Des Moines
Donald
U. S. Navy
Pacific Coast
Laura Jeffries
C. R. Henderson
de Wayne
Mike Strong
C. J. Mekkelson
Miss Blance
Graettinger
F. R. Eggspuehler
A. J. Eggspuehler
E. E. Groves
Mallard
Ortonville
Geo. S. Shaw
Chicago
Orin Miller
Frank Lilly
Fred B. Smith
L. E. Garlock
Point Pocahontas
Okoboji Lake
J. O. Hosier
William Riley
Ray McKim
Corwith
I. M. McKim
Ruth Miller
Mason City
Paul Kerns
O. J. Cruickshank
E. W. Kerns
F. E. Russell
Leonard Peterson
Schaller
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Howard Pollock
Fort Snelling Minn
Earl Kerns
A. M. Climpson
G. R. Janssen
G. L. Sanders
J. H. Pollock
Sanders
Royal Holbrook
Henry Fitzgerald
P. R. Henderson
N. H. Phillips
Pine River
Henderson
North Country
Methodist Church Notes Rev C J Mekkelson Pastor
Proyer church announces Sunday School Bible Class 10:00 Morning Worship 11:00 Junior League 4:00 Epworth League 7:00 Evening Worship 8:00 Week day Prayer Meeting Thursday 7 30 pm Sermon Forgiveness of Sins Camp meeting begins Aug 3 with speakers Capelli and McCullum music class Also Plover church notes Cassell pastor morning worship communion next Sunday subject A Four Fold View of Christian Work evening service at Ottosen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Epworth League
Capelli
McCullum
Christian Endeavor
Ottosen
Dump Truck Drops Fish Into Storm Lake
A truck from the Mississippi river sloughs dumped 8000 black bass and 1000 ringed perch into Storm Lake this week. The fingerlings from Spirit Lake hatchery were smaller and had been released weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Mississippi River
Spirit Lake
Curious three legged chicken amazes Laurens area
The Laurens Sun reports Mrs. W. H. Campbell Sr. near Pickerel Lake northwest of Laurens owns a freak incubator chick with three legs four feet and two tails. At about two months old the large hatchling runs with other fowl despite its deformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens
W. H. Campbell Sr
Pickerel Lake
Laurens Man Shot by Son May Lose Eye
Laurens farmer Will Frazee may lose sight in his right eye after a ten year old son accidentally shot him in the head and arm at their home while both were hunting weasels under a chicken house. The boy fired unaware his father stood on the opposite side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Frazee
Laurens Farmer
Sinek barn burns on Roy Sinek farm near Rolfe
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a 30 by 40 foot barn on the Roy Sinek farm nine miles southwest of Rolfe Saturday July 19. No livestock died but harness and about twelve tons of hay were lost. Neighbors found the blaze at 3:30 a m and notified the family, but efforts to stop the fire failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Sinek
Rolfe
Sinek
Breeding Corn To Meet Drought Pressures At Iowa State
Iowa State College agronomy farm tests show corn hybrids and inbred strains vary in drought resistance. Some lines wilt curl and fire in hot dry weather while nearby rows show little damage. Crosses also inherit drought sensitivity, suggesting breeding for drought resistance alongside yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Agronomy
Iowa State College
Ames
Drouth Resistance Varied By Corn Strains At Iowa State
Agricultural experts attribute different drought tolerance in corn to the planted strains, soil conditions, and cultivation depth. Joe L. Robinson of Iowa State College notes breeding may be a chief cause, with deeper plowing potentially pruning roots and worsening drought damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. Robinson
Farm Crops Department
Iowa State College
Twenty-One Cow Sow and Hen Farms in Iowa
The Four-County Farm Business association reports 127 farms averaging eighty acres as cow sow and hen operations. High profit farms run ten cows with $131 per cow and $163 return per $100 feed, while low profit farms average nine cows and $94 per cow with $133 feed return. Poultry yields differ with $3.95 per hen versus $2.51, and high-profit farms raise more hens. Operators use 59 acres per man on high-profit farms, handle more livestock, and avoid tractors. Legumes and corn share rise in the higher profit group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Business Association
C. E. Herriott
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Herriott
Ackley
Average 4-H Girls Age Sixteen at State Convention
A summary of 1,338 girls at the Ames Iowa state 4-H girls convention shows the average age of attendees is sixteen. Lois Oetzmann of Scott County led with eleven years in club work among 1,888 enrolled for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reat
Girls convention leader figures show long tenure and support
The report notes expenses for 110 gates with 1020 paid by the Dar Xe. Eight club members covered costs, while committees and young ness organizations paid for fifty-four and eighteen respectively. Two hundred eighty leaden attended the girls convention, with 174 being leaders or longer. One leader, Tor, is in her tenth year. fifty-five leaders have served five years or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar ’ Xe
Tor
Old Man, Committee, Money and Home Tanning Notions
An old man is about ten years older than you. A committee delays action and divides responsibility. Money matters to those who have little. Many boys stay after school due to fathers unable to teach the new methods. Home Tanning is explained in a department of agriculture bulletin, once a lost art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department Agriculture
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Bloomington
James Burton
Burton
Andrew M. Simonson
James, Jr
Martha
Illinois
William Menkelein
Peter Gulbranson
Monkelein
Pocahontas
Howard Albaugh
Mesdames
I. E. Conrow
B. A. Kerns
F. L. Robinson
C. F. Majorowicz
Nelda Lehnus
Dennis Fitzgerald
Fort Dodge
Rolf
Hay Springs
Neb
Mr. Sanders
Muscatine
Homer Mueller
Sanborn
Mississippi
Mueller
Tangney
Spencer
Sheldon, Carroll, Clinton
Pipestone
Iowa Theatre
Emmetsburg
Sun.Mon
Dawn Patrol
Richard Barthlemess
London
Will Rogers
Irene Rich
Grant Withers
Albert T. Reid
Collin
Plover Presbyterian
W. H. Cassell
Son
Sinek Barn
Hardware
Low
DRS. Wilson & Lawson Physicians & Surgeons
S. E. Higgins Osteopathic Physician
Corner Oak and River Sts
Louise McKenzie
Children’s Hospital
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Carl J. White
Robert Bruce
State Savings Bank
Abe M. DE Vaul
L. M. Graham
Kent
Amy Ireland
L. W. Kennedy
J. M. Bush
Col
H. H. Grove
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