Keeping Up Fertility: Iowa's Soil Crisis and Cure
The article argues soil fertility as the core of national prosperity, detailing how crops deplete nutrients and how wasteful farming drains value. It stresses conserving fertility through livestock, rotation, proper manure handling, and improved barns, urging farmers to keep grain on the farm and reinvest in soil health with scientific farming and plant and stock breeding.
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Iowa
Atlantic
Harriman
Alton
Mr. Julian
Coountry
Europe
Julian
Clover and soil humus replace fertility with clover farming
Mc Julian argues clover drains phosphoric acid and potash and yields little net nitrogen. He urges growing clover with grain and returning manure to build humus, noting soil friability via clover roots is key. Cooperation between landowners and tenants improves long term farm value and productivity. Grain selling lowers value.
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Mc Julian
Whittemore Takes the Cup at National Butter Makers Meet
A. M. Whitney of Whittemore Town won an association cup for Iowa at the national creamery butter makers convention in St. Paul. A. C. Christensen of Royal Iowa won first in the gathered cream division. Iowa took first in the butter scoring contest, with Minnesota and South Dakota tied for second.
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St. Paul
A. C. Christensen
Royal
Iowa
A. M. Whitney
Whittemore
Minnesota
South Dakota
Local notes summarize schools, clubs, and arrivals
East of Germania a steel bridge is completed. Fenton schoolhouse gains Bre escape. Ruth Carr resumes at Cedar Falls. Walter Gockly of Whittemore ill with measles. LaVerne Methodist ladies host St Patrick day supper and lecture. Dr Peters and C D Smith elected Burt school directors. A W Blanchard named treasurer. Clear Lake club tightens fishing laws with penalties for out of season violations. Former Clay County resident in St Paul starts binding twine from slough grass. experimental, aims for four cents per pound. Whittemore school tight, votes 57 53. Brunner and Farley win, Parley tally 2. AFE Lien elected treasurer. Piano tuner Lund borrows livery team in Penton, vanishes. team recovered from Spirit Lake. Lund later jailed in Woodstock Minnesota.
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Germania
Fenton
Ruth Carr
Lone Rock
Cedar Falls
Walter Gockly
Whittemore
Ames
Methodist Ladies of
Clay County
St. Paul
J. M. Parley
G. W. Brunner
Brunner
Farley
A. FE
Lien
Lund
Penton
Spirit Lake
al Winter
Woodstock
Minnesota
Mrs Langdon Dead After Long Illness
Mrs Mary Langdon widow of a Langdon died this morning after a long invalid spell. Nearly eighty years old, she was cared for with devoted care by her daughters Mrs H Pul and Miss Ella Langdon during her long illness.
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Mary Langdon
Langdon
H.pul
Ella Langdon
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F. S. Norton
Lst
BB. Winkel
Langdon & CO
Intian
Institute
Panama
John Goeders
Ww Ag
Whittemore Takes
the Cup
J. A. Brownell Shoe Co
Good Shoes
Mrs. Langdon
R. H. Miller
A. Spongberg
Wheeler Lumber
G. A. Warrs
Mgr
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