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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
2
The Titonka Topic lists post office duties and broad circulation details. It states rates of 1.80 per year in advance for Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory, 2.00 elsewhere, and 2.60 for Canada and foreign countries. It notes continuing yearly subscriptions and cancellation rules.
Price ceilings for live hogs go into effect October 4 with a Chicago basis of 14.75 per hundredweight. The 200 to 270 pound hogs receive a 13.75 cap until October 1 1944, then 12.50 from October 1 1944 to March 31 1945 for 200 to 240 pounds. Farmers may market at lighter or heavier weights depending on feed. The 1944 hog production goal remains high, favoring efficient producers with feed access.
Iowa State College extension agronomists advise farmers to ensile soft corn when possible, but many must crib ear corn. For silage, cut soon after frost. for cribbing, leave in the field longer. Use a tall, well-ventilated crib with careful husk and silk removal to prevent spoilage. sort at the elevator if feasible and employ Ashaped ventilators from 1x4 and 2x4 materials as feeding proceeds.
The notes reference two Iowa State College publications, Corn Storage Buildings Circular 262 and The Soft Corn Problem Circular 40, detailing crib ventilator construction and soft corn handling. Contact county extension offices or the Agricultural Extension Service, Ames, Iowa, for copies and more information.
Donald Struthers of Iowa State College extension service outlines a fall prep checklist for combines. He advises inspecting canvasses and drapers, tightening belts, pulleys, and chains, wiping grease, ordering belt replacements, checking sickle and cutter bar, and setting cylinder clearance, then lubricating and running the machine empty to ensure free movement.
Iowa State College entomologist Harold Gunderson says sanitation saves effort next year. Gather dropped apples for hogs to kill curculio and maggots. clean or store picking sacks and debris. scrub trunks to remove bark. bands on trees reduce overwintering codling moth.
Iowa farm notes warn that hog influenza in its early stages can be mistaken for hog cholera and advise calling a veterinarian. The report mentions chicken feathers for camouflage and insulation, a bumper crop of fur bearing animals led by muskrats, and that the 1942 Iowa oat crop is fair to good with continuous wet weather delaying threshing.
Farmers Elevator urges farmers to deliver dead animals to their plant as a key grease source for explosives. Fred Hagen promotes courteous service and notes the truck travels through communities daily, with contact via phone 86.
Gardeners review last year s challenges with drainage and rot and plan for next spring. Plant potatoes on high well drained ground and arrange fall plowing for sodded areas. Insulate basements to store crops, using rock wool or balsam wool batting, costing only a few dollars. Store carrots beets potatoes parsnips in cool rooms, ventilated, and disinfect storage areas before use. Dry soybean seeds cure indoors after leaves fall and pods brown, protecting from weevils through winter.
Harold Beaty, agricultural engineer at Town State College, describes soda-acid extinguishers for wood and paper fires but not greases. carbon tetrachloride extinguishers work on electrical equipment and small liquid fires but lack cooling power. foam extinguishers provide blanket suppression and broad effectiveness.
A northern town newspaper laughs at its own phrasing mistakes in ads. It cites an auction ad noting a cow giving plenty of milk and other items, and classified lines offering a wooden coal stove and a heifer bull calf.
A Knoxville cemetery monument to Governor William Stone toppled after a heavy summer windstorm. A broken tree limb, blown fifty yards, struck the upper portion, causing damage. Stone served as governor from 1864 to 1868. The Knoxville Women's Relief Corps will lead restoration efforts.
Production nears 188 million bushels from 1043 oat crop, about 6 percent below 1942 but above ten year average. Town State College studies find farm machine life and repair needs are not greatly affected by usage.
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