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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
4
Weekend visits and social events fill Burt area life with family greetings and farm talks. Notices cover a bee demonstration, sewing club, and a July second illustrative story play. Countywide push for tuberculosis free status highlights farmer support and milk safety concerns.
Splendid records were set by the Kossuth county cow testing association for May. Of 365 cows tested, 82 produced over 40 lb fat and 30 over 60 lb fat. Brown Bros. herd of 15 Guernseys averaged 1262 lb milk and 59 lb fat per cow monthly. C F Lange of Fenton topped cows with 1879 lb milk and 73.3 lb fat, milked twice daily. During April, the association led in most departments with 342 cows tested and 36.6 lb fat per cow. Brown Bros. second highest in fat at 86.9 lb per 12 cows. Frank Barnes noted opponent averages. Most herds tested TB, one stallion not.
A public tuberculin demonstration led by Dr. Johnston drew about 100 people from six townships. The test on 25 cattle found 21 reactors, while a five year old cow showed generalized TB and a pig with poor health had marked lesions. The event prompted curiosity about tuberculosis and involved local families like the Wichtendahls.
In Kossuth County a dairy TB demonstration showed a tubercular chicken carcass and prompted local interest in federal testing. The event inspired residents to seek tests from veterinarians for their cows and urged wider county and state participation to understand livestock tuberculosis.
Miss Ida Ahrens assisted by Miss Elizabeth Upton led an all-day Iowa girls’ club school at Burt on June 16 with county and local leaders in attendance. Plans for a July county picnic and a county fair exhibit were announced, plus an all-day subject matter school by Miss Spencer of Ames on June 28 near Burt.
Flea beetles and leaf hoppers threaten potatoes this year. Flea beetles are tiny black insects that eat holes in potato vines. Leaf hoppers are light green wedge shaped insects that injure leaf ribs. A Bordeaux spray under leaves may help. In other news Miss Edith and Hazel Bits, Mrs H A French, and B E Hansen were out shopping in Mason City. Fred and Wm Heyer of Buffalo Center did business in town.
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