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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
2
The Titonka Topic outlines annual subscription prices for Komuth County Titonka trade territory at 2.00 in advance and 2.50 elsewhere, 3.00 to Canada and foreign countries, and 2.00 to armed service members. All within-county and Titonka trade area renewals continue unless subscribers notify, or publisher discretion ends them.
Young men deferred for agricultural work may attend an agricultural college from January to March in 1943 without losing their agricultural deferment. They must remain available to return to the farm and must not curtail production. Town State College offers winter quarters starting January 4, TYPING PAPER at the Topic Office.
Iowa farmers are urged to consider electric fencing as a key labor saving tool for 1944. Extension engineers say it works as a temporary or movable barrier along roads, lanes, drainageways, and fields, and can retrofit old fences by insulating a wire and adding an electric controller to extend life and cut material needs.
Iowa State College wildlife specialist George O. Hendrickson reports few tularemia cases in Iowa rabbits this year and a large rabbit population. Exercise caution: hunt in cold weather and select fast moving rabbits, wear gloves when handling, and disinfect hands and utensils. Burn any carcasses showing signs like small white specks on liver or spleen and cook meat thoroughly to destroy any tularemia remnants.
Iowa livestock leaders report cattle grub as a major production threat after county meetings forming the statewide Livestock and Feed Conservation Program. 4-H clubs will demo grub control. efforts span parasite elimination, Bangs disease, mastitis and hog cholera. Cooperation urged to prevent scattered disease impact on neighbors. A Waterloo 12 year old found with a butcher knife and a revolver while en route to Chicago shows youths in trouble. Page County November births favor boys with 25 male and 11 female births.
Iowa State College agronomists urge farmers to order legume and grass seed early due to price ceilings and tight supply. They advise winter gasoline for tractors, early fertilizer attachments, and stock up as livestock rises 10 percent. Poultry outlook favors early chicks for fall prices while a mineral mix formula using defluorinated phosphate is offered.
Mid West Soil Improvement Committee urges farmers to earmark part of war bond purchases for peacetime soil restoration. The statement notes soil nutrients are depleting faster than they can be replaced and recommends using peak farm income to build a soil bank account for future replenishment.
Hedge posts last about 45 years unpreserved while black locust reaches 80 years and red milberry 35. Other species such as oaks maples and willows are not durable in soil and require treatment to prolong life before setting. Cull out late pallets to avoid overcrowding.
N Hultman of Stanton with four Iowa legislature sessions and chairmanship of the House Appropriations committee in the 48th session announces his candidacy for Republican nomination as state senator from the Mills Montgomery county district. He would succeed Senator K A Evans of Emerson who seeks the Republican nomination as lieutenant governor.
An item notes that activities or presence are planned for Titanka every Monday and Thursday, establishing a recurring schedule with no additional details on times or events.
The Emmetsburg city council orders signs reading Ice Unsafe for Skating to deter skating on unsafe ice. Signs will be removed when conditions are safe for youths. Arrangements are made to move a shelter house owned by the Emmetsburg Legion Post to the lake area.
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