Tub Factory Increases Production at Sumner Plant
Frank Luka and Joe Dondruski joined the Sumner butter tub factory staff as production rises from 450 to 1250 tubs daily since operations began last November. Mr. and Mrs. G C Mirick and family, of Fayette, have moved to a farm northwest of Sumner, with Mirick continuing to direct bands in West Union, Tripoli and Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Luka
Joe Dondruski
G. C. Mirick
Fayette
Sumner
Mirick
West Union
Tripoli
Deal closed on Garland house transfer to Theo Steege
Last week Theo Steege of this place took possession of the home now occupied by Mr and Mrs Harold Garland in a finalized deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. Steege
Harold Garland
Sumner Briefs Highlight Local Social and Civic Activity
The weekly notices cover moves into a vacated Sumner residence, nursing school diplomas for Mercy hospital Waverly, local visits by Mayors and residents, a mayoral campaign, club meetings, and numerous family visits. The week also features Legion and Auxiliary convention plans, derby travels, anniversaries, and community rilements across Sumner and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Busehing
Osgood
Finette Wood
H. F. Wood
Sumner
Nurses’ Training School
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Farm Mortgage Credit Bulletin Notes Shifts in Agriculture
Officials report increased use of horse drawn equipment and declining tractors as low horse feed values raise operation costs. A USDA bulletin analyzes two decades of farm mortgage credit and price trends, while Iowa dairy keeps cash income high despite low prices. March Iowa output down 4 percent year over year, national production up 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Department of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Home Project Leaders Meet Next Week In Iowa Townships
Bremer county home project leaders will gather next week for the fourth year home furnishing course lesson on block printing led by Miss Irma D. Garner of the extension service. Meetings are set May 16 to May 20 at various township homes and locations including Waverly Denver Tri Poli Plainfield and several township areas with leaders from Jackson Warren East Lafayette Washington Jefferson Franklin Maxfield Dayton Leroy Sumner Fremont Frederika Polk and Douglas in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Irma D. Garner
Jackson
Warren
East Lafayette
Washington Townships
Alvin Geuther
Waverly
Chas. Besh
Denver
Jefferson
Franklin
Maxfield
Dayton
Leroy
Sumner
Kenneth Chapin
Tripoli
Fremont
Frederika
Polk
Douglas
West Lafayette Townships
Methodist Church
Plainfield
Hybrid No 295 yields 94.5 bu per acre in Bremer tests
Bremer county reports hybrid seed corn No 295 yielding 94.5 bushels per acre on Dewey Brothers farm in Jackson township test plots. Average last year across five township plots was 68.2 bushels. Some farmers plan to plant the variety this year despite cautions against replanting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Milius
Maxfield Township
W. A. Spear
Franklin Township
Ben Buschine
Polk Township
Fred W. Krumweide
Washington Township
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Dewey Brothers
Bremer County Farm Bureau
Iowa
Bremer County
Iowa Experiment Station
Dunfield
E. S. Dyas
Extension Service
Towa
Dyas
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Alfalfa growing costs and limestone plans highlighted
The text notes alfalfa generally costs less per acre than corn and about similar to common tame hay crops. It cites successful methods using limestone applied to corn fields, seeded with a nurse crop, then planted to alfalfa the following spring.
Time for Spraying Fruit Trees is Here
Horticulturist H E Nichols of the Ames extension urges spraying fruit trees after petal drop with Calyx spray around May 16 in Bremer county. Mix 1% pounds lead arsenate and 5 quarts liquid lime sulfur or 34 to 4 pounds dry lime sulfur per 50 gallons. Used to fight apple scab, brown rot, leaf spots, and other pests on apples, pears, cherries, plums, raspberries, gooseberries, and currants, with cautions for grapes and peaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Nichols
Extension Service
Ames
Bremer County
Cow tester reports April dairy yields at Bremer county farm
Oscar Kreis presents the Bremer county cow testing association report for April. Among 279 cows tested, 23 dry, average milk production was 681 pounds and butter fat 26.8 pounds. Purebred Holstein herd of F A Chester and Sons led the association with top averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Kreis
Farm Bureau
Bremer County
Milk and butterfat yields by association members
The report lists dairy herds and their averages and highlights herds above the association average. Ayrshire and Holstein entries show milk and butterfat figures with several grade and purebred lines noted. A feed shortage reduced the overall average, with only thirteen members feeding high protein concentrates. Read the Business Bringers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayrshire
J. J. Lynes Sons
Association
C. R. Besh
Geo. W. Christopher
Carl Gritzner
Guernseys
Luloff Bros
Herman Meier
W. H. Miller
L. C. Myers
Clarence Oltrogge
W. J. Prestien
Paul Strottman
Reverend Wenninger Speaks at West Lafayette Farm Bureau
Reverend A. G. Wenninger of the Orphans' Home spoke before the West Lafayette township farm bureau in the Juhl home on May 4. The program included singing, ukulele numbers, a recitation, readings, dialogue, a film titled Well Paste, and refreshments. An additional corn yield test plot was planned for the Kahle farm. Attendance was large and the next meeting set for June 1 at the Iserman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Wenninger
The
Orphans’ Home
West Lafayette Township
Eiwin Iserman
Juno
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Sumnerites
Garland
H. C. Frank
Waterloo
Marjory Wilharm
Peter Burton
P. A. Smith
Louis Evans
Home Cafe
C. L. Mills
Culture Club
Margaret Paden
Myra Pease
Harley Moser
Charles City
Wm. Michael
Elma
Arthur Theis
Floyd DeLahunt
Mary Lou
Cedar Rapids
Harley Wescott
C. V. Stewart
Joan
West Point
Nebr
R. A. Paden
Marie Kenney
New Hampton
Ben Winks
O. O. Ludwig
Hampton
L. E. Aubrey
A. M. Partridge
St. Paul
Fred Westendorf
G. J. Sexton
Geo. Cady
L. H. Dickman
Cedar Falls
W. H. Wehrmacher
J. H. Wehrmacher
W. C. Tibbitts
P. F. Wilharm
Louisville
Kentucky
Claire Chadwick
Iowa State College
Ross Tibbitts
Wm. Molumby
Oelwein
Leslie Schuknecht
F. K. Brown
J. C. Engelman
Sylvia
Ed Henninges
Rochester
Minn
Iowa Buttermakers
Fred Frank
Ernest Topp
Walter Topp
Des Moines
L. M. Smith
Claude Wilharm
Chicago
Fife
Buechele Lumber Co
Tripoli, Iowa
N. R. Ambrose Oil Co
Goodrich
Goodrich Cavaliers
Farm Bureau News
D. D. Offring
Castoria
Wenniger
West Lafayette
Leonard
Leonard Electric
Leon
Res Cova peShroneering
Matthias Furniture Co
Denver, Iowa
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