Poisonous mushroom features and safe foragers tips
The piece explains death cup characteristics of Amanita mushrooms and warns against button stage picks. It notes 90 percent of poisonings come from Death Angel, with 60 to 100 percent mortality, and advises avoiding unknown or spoiled samples. It highlights Morel as a safe edible, describes sponge mushroom habitats, and urges thorough cleaning and cautious foraging.
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Dean
SUI
U.S
Iowa
Green Colonial furnace offered for low monthly payments
Joan offers a modern fuel saving Green Colonial furnace for a small monthly payment. Willemssen Hardware in Titonka promotes the deal with emphasis on affordability and home comfort.
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Joan
Willemssen Hardware
Titonka
SUI Professor Explains Poisonous Mushrooms
State University of Iowa botany Professor Henry L. Dean warns mushroom picking is risky like Russian roulette. He notes Iowa woods are full of poisonous varieties and identifies three clues, including white spores under the cap, that help distinguish them.
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Dean
Iowa
Henry L
State University of Iowa Department of Botany
Iowa Woods
Credit For Farm Housing Loans From Farmers Home Admin
A Farmers Home Administration program offers line of credit to build or improve farm buildings and housing for owners or tenants. Hugh M. Black of Kossuth County explains committee duties in reviewing loan applications and adapting the program locally, noting low recent local uptake despite national demand of about 1,700 loans totaling 10.6 million dollars. Eligibility includes sufficient farm and other income to cover living, operating costs, and debt repayment.
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Farmers Home Administration
Hugh M. Black
Farmers Home Administration Committee
Kossuth
Farm loans offer 33 year terms at 4 percent
Loans repayable over up to 33 years at 4 percent interest are secured by a farm mortgage. Applicants obtain building plans from any source and arrange labor and materials. The Farmers Home Administration reviews plans, inspects progress, and ensures standards. County office info available Tuesdays 1 06 to 2 00 p m in Algona with Robert Peterson in charge. William Henry Harrison was the oldest U S president to take office at 68.
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A.S.C
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Opportunities for Farm Boys as Ag Engineers
Hobart Beresford, head of Iowa State College’s Agricultural Engineering Dept, says the U.S. has one agricultural engineer per 1,500 farm workers and graduating programs produce about 300 annually. Demand will exceed supply, with over 1,000 new graduates needed yearly. Buy it in Titonka.
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Iowa
Engineers of Agriculture
Repor Hobart
Beresford
United States
Canada
Tuberculosis Contact Program Concludes in Kossuth County
The 12th annual Contact X ray program in Kossuth County, led by Joyce Hayden, found 75 residents with large chest X rays. Six probable TB cases emerged, 35 home visits were made, and 31 histories recorded after 16 physician conferences. The effort, begun in 1937, is funded by local Christmas Seal gifts and state health authorities.
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Kossuth County
C. B. Murtagh
Joyce Hayden
R. N
Kossuth
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