Iowa Crop Conditions August 4 1919 Summary
U S Dept of Agriculture reports July heat and rainfall largely spared Iowa corn. High ground soils showed some curling from heat, northern areas suffered from excessive rains early, but tawny well drained soils and uplands were strong. Corn yield forecast 375 621 000 bushels with 87 percent condition. Winter and spring wheat reduced acreage. spring wheat output down. Oats barley buckwheat potatoes and other crops also described with regional variations. War Knights of Columbus events and state fair notes follow with additional public notices.
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Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Crop Estimates
Council Bluffs
Aryrust F
Bowie
Unis
Tawa
Toto Sa
Mitchell
Floyd
Cerro Gordo
Frank
Pinney
Grinnell area notes mix of weddings and highways
A 58 year old ex-newspaper man, Charles Spooner, marries Ada Field in an event that unites two sets of twins. In Grinnell, John Ford buys the Edson House Corner for 11,000. The Hawkeye Highway is renamed Grant Highway and slated to extend toward the Black Hills. A wrongful death suit seeks 25,000 against Iowa Railway and Light Company after Frank Kaloupek is electrocuted. Agricultural tips warn hog cholera prevention and vaccination urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Yung
LaPorte City
Black Hawk County
Charles Albert Spooner
Ret Oak
Ada Field
Spooner
John A. Black
Laura D. Cae
Grinnell College
Edson
Professor Edson
John Ford
Dubuque
Sioux City
Chicago
Gatena
Black Hills
Lou Parrott
Waterloo
Grant
Galena
Ilinois
Grant Brothers
Cedar Falls
Stiit
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Cedar Rapids
Emil Kaloupek
Chas. Hach
Frank Kaloupek
Chelsea
Treatment for Wormy Pigs in Winter
Farmers urged to tackle worm and parasite problems in pigs with Santonin Areca Nut Calomel and Sodium Bicarbonate doses based on pig weight. Advice covers lice and mange control with crude oil or coal tar dips nest cleaning and improving housing to prevent lung and intestinal worms.
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Camp Dodge
Knights of Columbus
State Fair
K. C
Rio Grande
C. Warrittee
San Francisco
United States
Britannia
World Trade Club of
Stary City
Lutheran Brotherhood and Foreign Missions
Carlo A. Sperati
Dewell College
Fowell
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Lowa
M. E. Mikteland
C. C. A. Jensen
Committe On Organization
V-R
Gurdston Hotel
Dr. Weber
First Trust and Savings Bank
F. ST. Rhodes
Reptile
State News
J. W. Jarnagin
Harriet Seward
Fayettsville
New York
Iurd
Seward
William H. Seward
Lincoln
George Huntz
Milwaukee Railway
Plymouth County
Wlemars
Reynolds Morton
England
Minnesota
South Dakota
Captain Moreton
Canada
Leicestshire
Plymouth
Belle Plaine
Campbell
Theaire
Port Des Moines
Herrings Company
Pauline Nelson
Sions City
Moonroe
Wisconsin
Indiana
Tama County
Harlan
State Historical Department
Iawa
Leander
Kossuth
Great American Desert
Shelby
Pottawattamie
America
Thornburg
Keokuk County
Jones County
Monticello
A. C. Thomas
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Gotland
Baltic Sea
Great British Museum
E. B. Higley & Co
Cash Produce House
Estherville
Joseph
Deneen, Mgr
B. B. Anderson & Sons
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
S. Michigan‘Ave
Chicago, Tlinoi
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