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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
2
The paper outlines subscription rates for Goemuth and Titonka trade areas at 1.50 annually in advance and 2.00 elsewhere, with Canada rates at 2.80. It also notes continuation policies, renewal failures, and discretionary terminations, plus farm notes on grape chlorosis, downy mildew, and black rot. It advises training, soil drainage, and Bordeaux spraying timing for grapevines.
H E Nichols of Iowa State College Extension horticul turist advises growers to plan two years ahead after a wet season and cold winter. Anthracnose caused purple spots on canes and can crack shoots, killing canes over winter. Sprays this spring protect new canes for 1945. failing to spray now may not curb the disease this year.
Conservation of a maximum amount of food this year will call for all methods of preservation including brining. Miss Alma Schultz notes brining needs no special equipment and works when other methods fail. Cabbage cucumbers turnips and beans are commonly brined. Fermentation lasts 10 days to 3 weeks at 75 85 F, then jars can be sealed or vegetables canned. A pamphlet on Brining Vegetables is available at the County Extension Office.
County Extension Director A. L. Brown reports yellow pigment on legs and beaks signals non laying hens. He advises monthly culling and selling loafer hens before fall to reduce feed demand while preserving production. Emphasis on poultry mash or concentrates for continued laying in warm weather.
Mt Vernon couple Dr and Mrs William H Norton donated their flower garden to Cedar Rapids park system. The garden features rare iris tulips and peonies and was started 20 years ago drawing visitors from out of town. Norton said he cannot care for it and found no help to maintain it.
Firefighters arrived as Freeman Ketchum family fought a blaze caused by children playing with matches. Curtains in the Marengo home were destroyed. the family had already extinguished the fire. Carries On Mrs Earle Hoffman of Clarion continues her husband's trucking business. Mr Hoffman serves overseas in the army. She sometimes drives a truck in addition to managing the fleet.
John Stevenson of Lime Springs claimed a five dollar bounty for shooting an adult wolf near Lime Springs after the animal was first seen in the local stockyards.
Rev. M. C. Buettell and Mrs. Buettell of Waukon marked their 65th anniversary on June 26, 1943. He is 91 and she is 89 years old. From the Tanie Office desk blotters.
An area in the Marengo grade school is being remodeled to be fully soundproof for exclusive band use. Grandparents are noted in a separate local item about the Upham family from Randelia, with Gary Wayne claiming 11 living grandparents.
Varieties Tama Boone Control and Marion should be stored separately in bins or placed last to ease feeding. New oat varieties are heavier per bushel and may heat in bins more than older types. Humidity should drop small grain to 15 percent moisture before binning. Early August is prime for mowing rag weeds in pastures to curb growth. mow on hot dry days. Some weeds remain unsprouted and may reappear in year two or three, but one well timed mowing will greatly improve pasture condition.
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