Bremer County Delegation Tours Iowa State College
Bremer county farmers and neighbors from Butler Floyd Chickasaw Howard and Winneshiek counties spent Friday June 26 at Iowa State College Ames. At the dairy farm experiments showed corn silage yields 20 percent more milk 27 percent more butterfat and better palatability versus recut or whole fodder. A new poultry house demo and rations for chicks were shown while livestock from several breeds were exhibited. Experts discussed alfalfa plots Grimm and Cossack varieties and cutting schedules. State college agronomy staff presented oat varieties and soils plots. Township representations included Frederika Fremont Maxfield Jackson Warren Lafayette and Washington.
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Bremer County
Butler
Floyd
Chickasaw
Howard
Winneshiek
Iowa State College
Ames
College
Paul C. Taff
Extension Service
Big Meat Laboratory
C. C. Culbertson
John M. Evward
Mr. Culbertson
Iowa Experiment Station
Iowa
Geo. W. Christopher
Lafayette Township
Frederika
Fremont
Maxfield
Jackson
Warren
Lafayette
Washington
Pageant at Jackson Town Ship Farm Bureau Meeting
The Jackson township farm bureau featured the pageant At the Point of the Needle at the Meyers home on Monday, June 6. The show traced women's roles in clothing from biblical times to the present, included a wedding scene, musical selections by Margaret Meyers, and performances by Hunt, Gordon and Evelyn Meyers, followed by a citizenship talk from the county agent and post program movies with refreshments by the club girls.
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Point of the Needle
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
L. C. Meyers
Margaret Meyers
Jackson Juniors
Hunt Duet
Gordon
Evelyn Meyers
Alfalfa farming and corn tests across Bremer county farms
D D Offring reports alfalfa yields at seven acres with 89 hogs feeding well on the crop. Leroy and Polk township plots show no clear variety advantage beyond plant density in hybrid corn. J M Eveland notes alfalfa as vital for poultry ration while H S Bockhaus plans an up to date home and barn remodel in Douglas township.
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E. W. Kirchoff
Kederika
J. M. Eveland
Leroy Township
H.S. Bockhaus
Douglas Township
Bremer County
Polk Township
Quaife Nichols
Illinois County Sets One Day Farm Bureau Membership Record
McLean county farm bureau in Bloomington Illinois set a one day record with 1760 members signing up on Friday June 12 and aims to exceed 2000 as final tallies come in. The drive seeks the A F B F trophy for the largest county membership and a large delegation will receive it at the national convention in Chicago next December. Executive secretary M S Winder organized 400 volunteers who fueled the effort amid weeks of prep led by A B Culp of the Illinois agricultural association.
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Partment
Culp
Farm Bureau
Illinois
McLean County
Winder
Mr. Winder
Tariff Commission
United States
McLean County Farm Bureau
Bloomington
A. B. Culp
Illinois Agricultural Association Organization
State plan aims to equalize stocks across corn plots
An initiative will seek to standardize the average number of stocks on most corn yield test plots in line with the state's experimental plan. The measure focuses on balancing stock counts to reflect uniform testing conditions across multiple plots.
Citizenship Program at Polk Township Meeting
Rev A Watson of Plainfield spoke on what it means to be a citizen at the Polk township farm bureau meeting hosted at Mrs Vina Good’s home on June 18. The audience sang patriotic songs as the county agent outlined junior club work and plans for the Plainfield park gathering. Mr and Mrs Frank Chester will lead the program with the movie After the Fog and a comedy. refreshments followed.
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A. 8. Watson
Plainfield
Polk Township
Frank Chester
Big Crowd Attends Farm Bureau Meeting at Po thast Home
A large gathering of farm bureau members and friends met Friday evening June 19 at Mr. and Mrs. August Pothast home. After viewing the film After the Fog the group sang America with an orchestra including E H Kramer Place Edna Moulton Melva Miller. A boy scout quartet led songs while President C P Coykendall reviewed bureau progress. County agent spoke on citizenship and July meeting plans at the Platte home with refreshments provided by the girl’s club.
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Farm Bureau
August Pothast
America
E. H. Kramer
Mr. Place
Edna Moulton
Melva Miller
Walter Rose
Irvin Rosenau
Leonard Fleischer
Calvin Kibler
C. P. Coykendall
F. H. Platte
Girl’s Club
House in the Woods and The Peace Palace Era
The Hague wood houses the 1645 Villa once owned by the Orange widow. Mary Stuart, wife of William II, spent joyous years there. The 1899 Hague Peace Conference preceded Carnegie’s gift of 1.5 million dollars for the Peace Palace foundation stone laid July 30, 1907.
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Hague
Holland
Frederic Henry
Orange
Mary Stuart
William II
Paci Justia
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Lawmakers Vowed to Work Washington's First Legislature
An article in the Seattle Times notes the early legislature was largely west side men with two east side representatives from Clark County. Members commuted by boat, requiring two days at the oars to reach Olympia from Seattle, a journey described as hazardous.
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Washington
Seattle Times
Cascades
Clark County
Olympia
Seattle
Colt Club Elects Officers With Plans For Show
Elmer Brandt was named president Erwin Busse vice president and Ben Gambiani secretary treasurer at a Colt Club meeting held June 16 on Elmer Sauberi farm Bremer County Junior Colt Club chosen as the group name Plans discussed for summer and Bremer County fair colt show Likely at least 17 members soon July meeting at Erwin Busse home urged for joining boys.
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Elmer Brandt
Erwin Busse
Ben Gambiani
Colt Club
Elmer Sauerbrei
Bremer County
Bremer County Fair
Hopeful Sign Firestone profits double 1930 year
Akron reports Harvey S. Firestone profits for the first half of its fiscal year doubling the total earnings of all of 1930. The six months’ results cover dividends on both preferred and common stock, suggesting a broader improvement across American industry beyond this single firm.
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Akron
Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone
Firestone Company
Wall Street
Firestone reports six month profit rise to 2 million
Harvey S. Firestone announces a net profit of 2,008,533.20 for the six months ending April 30, 1931, including Firestone Service stores. The figure compares with 1,541,034 for the year ended October 31, 1930, and supports regular dividend on preferred stock and 56c a share on outstanding common stock.
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Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone Service
Why Vision Is Limited
The sky or air around the earth is filled with countless specks of solid matter. These dust-particles hang or float in the air, illustrating why vision has limits in perceiving the world.
Fragmentary Retreat on Color of Sky and Light
Incomplete text notes how material size and quality affect catching and absorbing sunlight rays. The portion not absorbed forms the sky’s color, described here as a combination of eglor, shaping the sky’s appearance.
Old Norse Demon Names and Haunted Rocks in Norway
The text discusses the Scandinavian demon called Skratti and mentions rocks in Norway reputed to be haunted by Skratti. It notes the belief that these rocks are haunted by the demon and references a nickname or name origin related to Skratti.
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Devil
Nick Jg
Skratti
Norway
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Atlas
Miller Implement Co
Tripoli
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Buechele Lumber Company
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