Iowa State Fair Premium List Totals 133,455
Des Moines May 27 announces more than 133 thousand dollars in premiums for the 1981 Iowa State Fair. Open departments allocate largest sums to horses cattle swine sheep dairy agriculture and horticulture with 4 H Club contests totaling 15,298 dollars. Grand total 133,455 dollars available for exhibition classes and educational programs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. Rey
United States
Pasenckenaynes
China
Tawa
Sweet Clover Hay Harvest Tips From Iowa State College
Iowa State College expert H D Hughes notes sweet clover favors soil health but many fields failed seeding and some regions yielded good stands despite drought. For best hay quality cut before bloom with 6 to 10 inch stubble to keep green leaves and avoid mold during curing. expect higher moisture and risk of moldy hay.
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Iowa
H. D. Hughes
Farm Crops Department
Iowa State College
Hughes
Forest threats and California vehicle registrations
The passage notes fire disease and sects as the forest’s main dangers. It also states one motor vehicle is registered in California for every child attending public schools.
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California
Blacks Have Odd Ideas of Personal Adornment
An article notes widespread cosmetic and betel nut chewing practices in Africa. It cites use of mixtures with red earth and fats for skin and hair, and describes betel-nut chewing among 19 million Nigerians, staining teeth red and affecting beauty.
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Africa
America
Nigeria
Old Superstitions Find Firm Belief in Sicily
A travel note portrays Sicily as a land of enduring medieval superstition. All Souls Day customs feature ghosts leaving graves and visiting villages, with spirits seen in white black or red. Homes are guarded by closing doors and windows at night, reflecting widespread belief in nightly apparitions.
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Sicily
Europe
Balkans
Siefnan
Penasant
E. J. Cooper
Mentor
Christendom
Poppies Labeled A Wartime Nuisance By Experiments
Rothamsted experiments in London show red poppies are a significant weed. A small pot from a weedy field produced over 1,000 poppy seedlings after years of growth. Extrapolating to English field soil suggests more than 300,000,000 poppy seeds per acre.
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Rothamstead
London
Tourist from Punxsutawney Complains at Movie
Mr P H Baldwin of Punxsutawney experiences a crunching row incident in downtown cinema. He asks a fat patron to rattle papers during bites, receiving a dirty look in return and the story ends with his request to avoid nuisance.
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P. H. Baldwin
Punxsutawney
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Carcassonne, A Timeless Medieval Marvel in France
The walled city of Carcassonne in southern France remains a famed medieval fortress with double defenses and 50 towers. Its Visigothic citadel dates to the fifth century, the St Nazaire cathedral to the eighth, and Julius Caesar is said to have seen the site 2,000 years ago, making it one of the world’s great sights worth crossing the Atlantic to visit.
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Carcassonne
France
Naduad
St. Nazaire
Julius Caesar
American Arrives by Boat Train In London Weather
An American traveler lands by boat train at Waterloo and hires a taxi to his hotel. He stacks steamer trunks hats dispatch cases the overcoat and walking sticks in the taxi. The driver jokes about bringing the Statue of Liberty as the luggage is loaded.
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Waterloo Station
Ltberty
London
Orange trade and inventor worries across states
The piece surveys California orange and lemon shipping via co operatives, Florida agency control and farmer profits, plus a New York indictment of a so called inventor claiming a major tech breakthrough. It compares corporate backing to individual schemes and notes public interest in stamps honoring Morse Draper and others. It also covers humidity fueled heating, worry's toll, unemployment lessons and industry planning.
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California
Florida
Minerals Aid Dairy Income Despite Butterfat Price Drop
A Clarke County cow tester report shows a simple mineral given to all cows increased butterfat output. Three months with mineral yielded 16.8 lbs more butterfat per herd, raising income from 33.8 to 50.3 lbs per cow per period, despite lower butterfat prices.
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Clarke County Cow Testing Association
Dairy Extension Service
Iowa State College
W. S. Morrison
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New York
Morse
Draper
Marconi and
DeForest
William Mayo
Rochester
Minnesota
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Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
N. B.C. Nese
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