Titonka Topic Local Advertisements and Notices
Titonka Topic notes local advertising rates and lists Titonka residents serving in the military. Eart Helfer and Harold Coghwell are in France and Fort Omaha, with others at Camp Dodge in Des Moines. The Camp Dodge roster includes Peter Ghehan, William Sprieck, Herman Winter, Jacob Critz, Walter Scott, Charles Wandling, and Elmer Peterson.
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Titonea
Wm. C. Sprieck
Herman Thomas Winter
Jacob Bernard Critz
Walter Rudolph Scott
Chas. Edward Wandling
Elmer Peterson
Sell the Old Hexs and the Winter Chicken Costs
Fragmentary note warns that keeping starved fowl in the chicken house through a costly grain winter risks money loss. The speaker urges action to avoid ruin by disposing of the stock and reducing feed expenses.
Cost of wintering laying hens and farm economics
A reader notes that feeding grain to hens until spring laying begins costs about a dollar per hen, a conservative figure. He argues wintering old laying hens yields no profit when grain prices are high and suggests culling in fall to avoid losses during the costly season.
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Open shed favored in dairy cow shelter study
The Bureau of Animal Industry compares closed barn and open shed for dairy cows. After four years, results favor the open shed for higher milk flow and butterfat yield. More feed and bedding are needed, but cows stay cleaner and appear healthier.
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United States Bureau of Animal Industry
South Buffalo Notes on Friends and Camp Dodge Farewell
Local items recount Alfred Oesterreicher visiting North Dakota to see relatives, Ralph Klenk and family returning from Oxford, and Elmer Peterson leaving for Camp Dodge. The column lists social calls, parties in Titonka, farm sales confusion, and community sentiments about sending the Kossuth county boys to military camp with reminders to attend the farewell in Algona.
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Johnnie Swanson
Swanson
Lee Tuttle
Mr. Tuttle
Ed Tuttle
Anna Bruns
D. E Turner
Arthur Lamoreau Mitchell
Titanica
Elmer Peterson
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
WU Peterson
Dell Turner
Irene Turner
Irma Tittle
Ida Peterson
South Buffalo
Algona
Naomi Mitchell
Phil Buffington
J. Williams
Story County
Buffington
Lea Tuttle
Henry Klenk
Vera Mechler
John Falk
Tillie Falk
R. Lane
Elvie Lane
Lou Oesterreicher
Doane Y. P. 5
Henry
George Klenk
Oxford
Ray Oestertelcher
Lou Osster Teicher
Frank Aman
George Hoffer
Garner
New National Army
Ernest Peterson
R. Peterson
John Briggs
Titonka
Gee
Peterson
Lawrence Doege
Herman Me
John Ennen
Kanawha
Ennen
H. J. Klenk
Herman Mechler
Klenk
Mechell
W. A. Worsley
H. P. Christensen
Buffalo Center
Irma Tuttle
Alegona
Ralph Klenk
Alfred Jensen
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Hog price differences observed by shippers on market days
Hog shippers believe prices paid by packers in Chicago vary across days of the week. Monday prices differ from Friday prices, and the belief is under examination by survey or analysis.
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Chicago
Europe
Chicago Packers
Packera
Government refutes claim of requisitioning home canning
Iowa State College agricultural extension head says no food supplies will be commandeered from families and condemns propaganda that the government will seize canned goods. Officials from the food administration and the department of agriculture say such reports are false and harmful to canning efforts. Families are urged to can and preserve surplus fruits and vegetables to ensure a cheap and plentiful home supply.
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Iowa State College
Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Red Clover Winter Losses Prompt Pasture Caution
Iowa field reports from farmers show nearly all red clover in the state suffered winter kill, with about one sixth of seedings lost on average. Pasturing the first season greatly increases risk, so avoid grazing and apply top dressings to exposed areas to help next year’s stand.
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Iowa
Farm Crops Section
Agricultural Experiment Station
Plant extra seed corn to guard against shortages
Iowa State College farm experts advise early selection of seed corn while in the field. Harvest three to four times the amount needed to plant to ensure early maturing seed, disease-free stalks, and better ears from three to four stalk hills, with extra seed for replanting and market demand.
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Iowa State College
Local notes on residents and moving plans
Rev Mueller hosts relatives from Merrill Iowa. Miller Nelson is ordered to Algona Saturday for a army physical exam, the only local youth to take the test. Frank Foster residence rented to Mr Daniels of South Dakota who will move October 8. R Peterson to build a home on the old farm as he and his family reside there.
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Rev. Mueller
Merrill
Iowa
Miller Nelson
Algona
Nelson
Frank Foster
Daniels
South Dakota
R. Peterson
Hia Tam’ Aly, Wim
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