Post Office in Fa Iowa Second Class Era
Subscription rates listed for the Weekly newspaper cover local and wider trade territories. Rates include 2.00 per year in advance within Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory, 2.60 outside, 8.00 to Canada and foreign countries, and 2.00 to armed service members. Subscriptions within the county and Titonka area are treated as continuing yearly unless canceled by the subscriber or publisher.
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Keguth
Titanics
Henry County Dairymen Top January List
Forty Iowa dairy herd improvement associations totaling 13,352 cows in milk produced an average 26.3 pounds of butterfat in January per Iowa State College extension summary. Henry County led with 288 cows at 852 pounds milk and 34 pounds butterfat. Elkader-Monona second with 446 cows at 866 pounds and 32.5 pounds butterfat. Other top associations included Palo Alto, Fayette No. 1 and No. 3, Sioux, Osceola Lyon, and Wright Franklin.
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Iowa
Iowa State College Extension Dairymen
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Henry County Association
Elkader-Monona Association
Palo Alto
Fayette No. 1
Sioux
Osceola- Lyon
Wright-Franklin
Quickest Results From Fine Limestone Boosts War Acre Yield
Farmers report lime ground finely increases acre yield from 5 to 100 as per B J Firkins at Iowa State College. Acre comparisons show limed soils yield up to 5 more bushels corn 3.7 oats 3.4 wheat and 1.5 tons alfalfa hay. Limestone neutralizes soil acidity supplies calcium and stimulates biological activity for rapid even distribution in soils.
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B.J. Firkins
Iowa State College
Limestone availability in quarry runs and timing tips
A study of 148 midwest stockpile samples shows quarry run limestone becomes 46 percent soluble after six months and 65 percent after two years. Professor Firkins advises heavier immediate applications for quick results, with best long term yield when spread and disked at least six months before seeding. The contest is sponsored by the Iowa Swit Producers Association, radio station WHO Des Moines and Iowa State College.
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Midwest
Firkins
Piga
Iowa Swit Producers
WHO
Des Moines
Iowa
State College
Seeding Soybean Fields Too Heavy Reduces Yield
Iowa State testing shows four years and five varieties yield only slightly different from .6 to 1.8 bushels per acre but drops at 2.2 bushels. On 32 inch rows, maximum yield with high germination seed need not exceed one bushel per acre.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Iowa Farm Kernels Report Includes Price Boost and Farming Tips
The 1944 soybean support price is set at 1.94 dollars per bushel, up 14 percent from 1943. Iowa State College horticulturists advise using adjustable lumber notches for ventilation, warn against saving seed from hybrid corn, and note planting times for cool vegetables depend on soil readiness. They also point out storage suitability differences between smooth and wrinkled peas, pasture management risks from overgrazing, chimney fire causes, and chick losses from pullorum management. Twenty-five Iowa swine producers set notable 1844 production records in spring.
RUPTURE SHIELD DEMONSTRATION BY HOFF IN ALGONA IOWA
Minneapolis man J I Hoff will demonstrate his Rupture Shields in Algona Iowa on Friday March 10 1944 at Hotel Algona from 10 a m to 4 p m no charge early attendance urged He offers past ten years of work and thousands fitted with dozens of local satisfied customers urged to come and see proper treatment rather than experiment
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J. I. Hoff
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Algona
Towa
Hotel Algona
United States
Hoffman
Women in the WAC Offer Army Training and Jobs
Women are invited to join the Women’s Army Corps and receive valuable Army training that could lead to higher pay and better jobs after the war. Learn about roles as radio operators, stenographers, mechanics, or drivers, meet new people, and help the country. Apply at a U S Army Recruiting Station or write Adjutant General Washington 25 D C.
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Women’s Army Corps
WAC
U. S. Army
Adjutant General
Munitions Bldg
Washington
D. C
U. S
Aggressive Guide to Shaft Removal in Extension Tooling
State College extension engineers describe a method to free a tightly held hub from a shaft. They advise removing all keys and locking components, positioning a heavy bar at the hub’s back, and driving a punch with a hammer to dislodge the hub from the shaft.
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Town State College Extension
Agricultural
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Stethe
NAL Editorial
MK_ASSOCIATION
Henry County Dairymen
Adiortha
Qil. Co
Alcona Repdoige Co
Iowa State College Extension
Willard
W. J. Denton
Baby
Hamilton Hatchery
Dea
Tom Loats
Titonka
Swea City Hatchery
Swea City, Iowa
Spock
Tyke Theatre
Ltonka
Tr, Bust
Roy Rogers
John Wayne Claire Trevor
Walter Pidgeon
Professor Aasgaard
Bob Haynes and
Lynn Merrick
Kossuth County
Art J. Cogley
Jack Sprat Food Store
Jack Sprat
Eac
California
Sunkist
Idaho
New
Texas
Youuw Eee
Larson
Jack
Laveon
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