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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
1
The weekly journal published in Titonka Iowa covers a broad territory not served by other papers. This issue lists a Titonka post office entry and a local telephone number for contact.
A busy week in Wesley features the Needlework Club meeting with Lucille Hirner and local hosts, a chick convention in Des Moines, and visits by Studer and Hamilton families from Titonka. Residents traveled to Des Moines, Excelsior, and Dubuque, with Notre Dame enrollment planned for Robert Studer. Community events include church programs, a Park project update, and dedication of new church doors funded by the Riggs family.
Moving two Woden business houses last weekend the post office shifted across the street to the First State Bank building while the bank moved into the former post office, purchased by F A Rummel of Britt.
Miss Ruby Pihl of Des Moines visited Friday evening through Saturday with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Pihl and family. Senior class members spent Thursday in Mason City for class pictures. Rev S F Wenger returned Friday after attending Presbytery and synod meetings at Grundy Center. Wenger also attended the Presbytery of Waukon convention and Synod of the West Sept 21 to 24. Mr and Mrs Henry Isebrand and children visited Wellsburg and Steamcoat Rock relatives Sunday. Mr and Mrs Henry Dirksen were Sunday evening callers at the Isebrand home.
Iowa State College extension agronomist Joe Stritzel says fall fertilizer choice hinges on application time, soil temperature, and moisture, which influence nitrogen losses via leaching as ammonium converts to nitrate. Research shows late fall applications after mid October offer best protection, since lower soil temps and drier conditions slow ammonium to nitrate conversion. Different nitrogen forms behave differently in soil, with ammonium and ammonium-forming sources less prone to leaching than nitrate. urea converts to ammonium, while nitrates remain water soluble.
Stritzel notes that under slight pressure ammonium dominates two thirds of nitrogen while nitrate is about one third. Some low pressure solutions contain only urea and ammonium. He recommends delaying ammonium nitrogen fertilizer until fall as cooler soils limit ammonium to nitrate conversion, reducing fall nitrogen leaching.
Floyd Arnold of Iowa State College notes father son partnerships yield top dairy herds. The best Iowa herd, owned by Emil and Clarence Zurcher of Farmersburg, produced 15 950 pounds of milk and 564.3 pounds of butterfat per cow last year. The herd evolved from a 4 herds project started in 1930, growing under steady leadership.
For 16 years the herd has stayed above 400 pounds of butterfat per cow on average and topped 500 pounds in five years. The "& Son" label appears among top Iowa herds as some founder names fade and sons take over. A Mapleton farm reported a four year old Holstein cow giving birth to triplet calves, all heifers and healthy.
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