New Potato Seed Treatment From Iowa State College
Iowa State College plant pathology experts report a hot formaldehyde seed treatment cuts losses from rot and disease. Potatoes are dipped two minutes at 118 to 122 degrees F in a 40 percent formaldehyde solution, then dried under sacks. The method suits small and large lots, using boilers or tanks, with careful temperature control and disinfection benefits.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Tate
Baive
Poor Food Weak Children Teach Nutritionist Warns
A Mississippi or Midwest school report notes 128000 boys and girls in public schools suffer from malnutrition. Experts from Iowa State College warn many children appear healthy yet are undernourished due to mothers' unknowing feeding habits.
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Binorten
P ‘Misa Elizabeth Miller
Iowa State College
University ‘of Chicago
Iowa communities weigh school children for welfare drive
Story County gains home demonstration agent Miss Irma Wenks from Iowa State College. Since March she has planned food study courses at the Iowa Sanitarium Nevada and organized sewing classes for women, including stenographers in agricultural offices. If frost prevents plowing, spread manure now to clean the base of the straw pile.
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Iowa
Dallas Center
Parent Teachers’ Association
National Bureau of Education
State Tuberculosis Society
Washington
Irma Wenks
Iowa State College
Story County
Misa Wenks
Iowa Sanitarium
Nevada
Mes
New Pressure Cooker Promises Home Cooking Revolution
Iowa State College extension workers promote pressure cookers as a time saver with steam sealed inside the kettle. It reduces cooking from hours to minutes, with navy beans cooking in about thirty minutes. Lids clamp on and steam reaches all food parts. bulletin forthcoming by Elva Akin and Nell Bennett.
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Agricultural ‘Extension Department
Iowa State College
Elva Akin
Snd
Nell Bennett
Sudan Grass Proves A Sure Crop In Trials
Sudan grass shows strong yield across 150 seedings at experiment station trials. It adapts to various soils and seeding times, yielding 2.2 to 4 tons with an average around 3 tons per acre. Easy to browns, it may be grown with oats or clover seedings, providing a useful forage option for Iowa.
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Tie
Amos
Sudan
Eowa
Extension demonstration on grain treatment at Iowa State College
Instruction describes sealing grain in sacks for two hours in a formaldehyde solution of one pint formaldehyde to 30 gallons of water, followed by drying the grain well before seeding. For more details, contact the county agent or the extension pathologist at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa. Demonstrations available on request.
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Ry Artyles
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Extermination Methods for Johnson Grass Promoted
The article discusses combating Johnson grass, advising crop rotation, deep plowing to disturb rootstocks, and careful feeding of infested hay. It notes a forthcoming Lighting Bulletin on private home lighting methods by William Kuwarth of Iowa State College, covering kerosene gas acetylene and electric options with costs.
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Engineering Extension Department
William Kuwarth
Phyxes
Jewa ‘State College
Jem
Assure potato seed purity through Iowa experiments
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association tests certified seed strains by planting plots and watching growth. Any plant showing disease such as blackleg or black scarf is removed and destroyed, and plants not true to type are eliminated to secure a pure seed stock. The aim is to eliminate seed disease to improve future yields.
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Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association
Finish Baint Investigation Men T to Ce eit
A fragmented police report notes a completed inquiry into a case involving male subjects. Readable fragments indicate investigation closing actions and a potential conclusion by authorities. Further specifics are unavailable in the legible text.
Paint test panels weather exposure and lab study results
The State Highway Commission conducts weather exposure and lab analyses on painted panels to identify superior paints for standard structural use. J. B. Coye leads the effort and will publish a bulletin. Mining towns Carney and Gralabor organize garden clubs with prizes for best produce, in a broader cleanup campaign with carts for waste removal.
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State Highway Commission
J. 3. Coye
Carney
Gralabor
Des Moines
Mira Bernice Casebser
Potatoes Grown From Sides Deemed Curiosity
Inquiries at Town State College Armes question growing potatoes in chinavar pens using live sides. The department argues the method is impractical due to rapid soil drying and excessive labor. They assert equal labor on ordinary soil yields higher returns and call the idea a curiosity with little real value.
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Town State College
Armes
China
Weather Forecast for Mississippi Missouri Valleys
The Weather Bureau in Washington DC issues a forecast for late March into early April. Conditions are fair with a mild trend, temperatures near or above normal across Mississippi and Missouri valleys.
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Oy Uy
Weather Bureau
Washington, D.C
Mississippi
Missouri
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