Iowa Highways Use Reveals Heavy Local Traffic
Iowa Engineering Experiment Station data shows 98.31 percent of road users are state residents with only 6.9 percent interstate visitors. Tests counted vehicles with scales and stations across the state to assess tonnage, travel needs, and material durability for roads. Also notes egg preservation using water glass to extend freshness and storage costs.
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T. R. Age
Iowa Engineering Experiment Station
Ames
Iowa
Getting the Gophers Now
Zoologists at Iowa State College urge controlling gopher infestations by placing small amounts of strychnine sulfate on potato, carrot, or turnip pieces and burying them near mounds. The method aims to reduce crop damage while preventing access by stock and children, and is described as highly effective.
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Iowa State College
Rape for hog feed proves profitable emergency pasture
A guide from Iowa State College and the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station outlines planting rape by May first for July and August hog feeding. It notes rape’s high protein, per acre hog yield of 12 to 18, with 350 to 450 pounds pork per acre, and stresses proper seeding rates and broadcasting as common practice.
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John M. Evard
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa State College
Labor Affects Corn Crop in Iowa 1920 Outlook
Iowa State College chief H. D. Hughes warns labor shortages may cut Iowa’s 1920 corn acreage from last year’s 10 million. Farmers can counter by improving seed quality and stand, prepping seed beds, mowing trash, and prioritizing early weed control to save labor and secure a better stand.
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Iowa
H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College
Farm Crops Department
WATCH FOR GRUB BEETLES IN IOWA SWARMS
Researchers warn June bug swarms will appear in northern and eastern Iowa near Cedar Rapids around June, with white grubs feeding beneath trees. Entomologist F A Fenton from Iowa State College notes trees may be stripped of leaves as the insects mature.
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F. A. Fenton
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids
Beetle Hatching Plans Warn Farmers on Next Year’s Crop
The report notes swarms of beetles will hatch in June and threaten corn and potatoes planted on sod or small grain last year. Grubs won’t damage until 1921, so fields intended for corn or potatoes in 1921 should be in clover, alfalfa, or a cultivated crop this year. If swarms appear, break up the land now to protect next year’s corn.
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God Land
Protect the transplanted plants in home gardens
Garden experts at Iowa State College advise careful handling and shading to reduce transplant loss. Dig into a well pulverized seed bed, cover roots with soil, water the root area, and plant slightly deeper. Use mulch or shade for sun exposure, prune excess foliage, and wait for frost-free conditions for tomatoes peppers or eggplants.
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Iowa State College
Farm Labor in Demand Across Seventy-Five Iowa Counties
Reports from seventy five counties show farmers need workers. Iowa farmers cannot secure help. 2,000 single men could be placed at once and 500 married men are in demand statewide, per the farm management section of Iowa State College extension department.
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Iowa
Extension Department
Iowa State College
Farm labor shortage prompts housing and consolidation plan
The piece notes a southern coalition seeking aid while paying ten to fifteen dollars monthly, and acute conditions in the northern sections. Farmers reorganize to cope with heat and scarce help. O. G. Lloyd suggests better housing for rural workers and farm consolidation to replace three workers with two. Single help has long been scarce, a problem even in 1918.
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Patatls
Pope Ite
Altho
Gays O. G. Lloyd
Farm Management Department
Need of Milk Shown in Wapello County Study
A survey of 2,189 Wapello county school children, led by Iowa State College home economics extension, finds 40 percent underweight with only five children normal. The state wide effort advocates milk and hot lunches. one lunch plan yielded four to fourteen pounds gain in four months for under twelve children. About 300 children in schools are part of the ongoing study.
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Wapello County
Home Economics Extension Department
Iowa State College
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