Butchering Pork At Home Aids And Curing Guidance
Iowa farmers advised to butcher early in winter to ensure proper curing. W McDonald, extension animal husbandry specialist, stresses cold weather for safety and quality. Steps include halving carcass, sharp knives, and using a solid table. Guides from Iowa State College offer practical cutting, curing, and storage methods.
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Iowa
W. McDonald
Tows State College Extension
Towa State College
Town State College
Ames
Feeding Calves Safely Reduces Digestive Troubles
Dairy expert B N Hanson from Iowa State College advises careful calf feeding. Do not overfeed. safer to underfeed with a general guideline of one pound of milk daily per nineteen pounds of live weight. Cleaning and scalding the bucket after feeding helps prevent scouring.
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B. N. Hanson
Iowa State College
Dairy Husbandman
Beheaded possum found in log after saw accident
Beheaded Harry Evert of Strawberry Point investigated a wrist injury from a buzz saw. He discovered a hollow log containing a possum and killed the animal with the saw.
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Harry Evert
Strawberry Point
Protein supplement tailored to hog age and feed limits
Iowa State College extension swine specialist E. L. Quaife advises adjusting protein feed by hog age. Fall pigs benefit from about one third animal protein, using a mix of tankage or meat and bone meal, soybean oilmeal, alfalfa and minerals. Older hogs need less animal protein, linseed meal can replace soybean oilmeal, brood sows may use the same mix as older hogs.
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E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College Extension
Waxy maize trial by Iowa farmers boosts war supply
Iowa farmers including Calhoun county volunteers grew waxy maize as a tapioca substitute. Reported yields are strong and the crop is slated for wartime use in munitions mucilages adhesives gummed papers pressed wood and related products. Read the Want Ads.
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Iowa
Calhoun County
Self feeding best with hens in wartime tests
Tests at Washington State College show self feeding high protein concentrate with grain yields high egg production at lower feed cost. Methods included all mash, mash and grain, and self fed concentrate with grain, nine months long. The self fed concentrate plus grain produced about 150 eggs per hen at 8.6 cents per dozen, with lowest feed use 4.9 pounds per dozen.
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Washington State College
W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College Extension Poultryman
Cut Fence Posts Now For Use Next Spring
Selecting and cutting trees for fence posts this winter allows drying time to prevent cracking and insect or disease damage. Heartwood vs sapwood affects durability. round posts with sapwood are good for preservative treatments. Posts should be axe cut with bevelled ends and bark removed promptly. A two-post foundation stabilizes the pile, and a slanted roof protects the lumber. government workers sample rows of cottonwood near Cheville for future use.
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Odell Julander
Iowa State College Extension Forester
Canada Aids Allies With Base Metals And Tanks
Canada is lauded as the world’s greatest base metal producer, supplying major shares of aluminum nickel zinc copper lead asbestos and mercury to the United Nations. Trail B C Con solidated mine smelter pumps out Lead and other metals while Montreal Locomotive Works builds 30 ton Canadian ram tanks for heavy armor use.
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Canada
United Nations
Great Trail
B.C
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co
British Empire
Trail
Montreal Locomotive Works
What You Bus With WAR BONDS on Sunday Morning
A Treasury notice urges churchgoers to feel the wartime bonds program supports spiritual welfare for service members. Chaplains and choirs serve on ships and Army centers, with hymnals distributed to all services.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Red Cross reports 102 scuffies made for Kossuth Chapter
Mayme Petersen, production chairman, notes 102 pairs of scuffies were made by workers in German and Buffalo Townships and Titonka and delivered to the Kossuth County Red Cross Chapter from December 21 to January 4, with 15 more pairs under construction. Louis Oesterreicher at a naval station confirms scuffies are in demand for wounded and sick servicemen.
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Mayme Petersen
German
Buffalo
Kossuth County
Red Cross
Louis Oesterreicher
Buffalo Townships
Titonica
Timber Cat Confounds Descriptions In Grinnell Herald
Game Warden Lemke identified the animal once described as a bobcat in the Grinnell Herald as a domestic cat turned wild, known as a Timber Cat or tiger cat with striped fur. The wild cat, said to drift between ground and trees, was killed by Warren and Merle Graders.
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Grinnell Herald
Register
Lemke
Warren
Merle
Greenhouse Closed After Boiler Breaks Down
Mr and Mrs Ray Solberg of Manchester must close their greenhouse for winter after a hot water boiler failed during a cold spell freezing flowers. A new boiler will be installed in spring and the greenhouse will reopen as soon as possible. Sales books for sale at the Topic Office for fod mills corn shellers trackers and others.
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Ray Solberg
Manchester
Solberg
Gale
Feod
Anit
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Helse Bldg
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