Farm and Household Notes Best Rotate for Wire Worms
Iowa State College advises corn root worm control by crop rotation and soil practices. Wire worms damage corn in wet ground. plow after silage harvest, apply manure, harrow, and disc. Rotation reduces infestations, winter wheat outperforms spring wheat by about 52 bushels per acre in a decade.
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Iowa
F. G Churchill
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Towa
Mr. Churchill
Testing pays him $1500 says Clayton county farmer
John Geraghty of Clayton county touts the McGregor testing association as profitable after years of belonging cost him 50 and yielding at least 1500 in value. He credits higher butter fat per cow and better culling, with state fair display by Iowa State College staff. Phosphorus use in Iowa urged to accompany other fertilizers to avoid soil damage.
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Clayton County
John Geraghty
McGregor Con
Fughty
Geraghty
C. Kyluckman
Iowa State College
Contest Association
Towa
Iowa
H. d. Harper
Soil Survey
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Tus sock Moth Appears In Iowa Trees At Risk
The white marked tus sock moth is active in Iowa per the state entomologist at Ames. It targets elm, soft maple, and linden shade trees and can strip foliage, risking an outbreak. Key identifying features are four white hair tufts and cocoons on trunks and branches. Spraying with arsenate of lead paste is advised as an effective control measure.
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Iowa
Ames
Lead arsenate and banding to curb caterpillars in orchards
Instructions advise dusting powder arsenate of lead into 50 gallon water mixes and applying soon after caterpillars begin feeding. Banding trees with sticky wraps like tree tanglefoot on burlap strips helps prevent outbreaks on uninfested trees. Axle prease wood substitute spread 2 to 3 inches wide on wrapping paper bands. Keep bands fresh and sticky. apply closure to epiphasis with a pole sponge to kill larvae. Also reports Iowa cattle tuberculosis eradication progress: 1,816 supervised herds statewide, 26 accredited, with growing demand and funding strains noted.
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Axle Prease
Iowa
U.S
Kossuth
Black Hawk
Bremer
Iowa Winter Wheat to Be Distributed for Farm Planting
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station plans to distribute a newly developed winter wheat to Iowa farms in limited quantities as seed. Created by L C Burnett, the variety has shown strong winter hardiness, surviving severe winters when Turkey Red failed, and yielded better than Kanred and Turkey Red in trials. The seed supply is small now but will grow with ongoing distribution across common growing regions.
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Iowa
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
L. C. Burnett
Time to Build Silos Says H. H. Kildee on Silage Value
H. H. Kildee head of Iowa State College Animal Husbandry urges rapid silo construction. He notes silage is unmatched for winter feed and stresses using a portion of each farm's corn crop to maximize value. Farmers with silage enjoy strong enthusiasm for the investment and its year round efficiency.
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H. H. Kildee
Iowa
Iowa State College
Mr. Kildee
Iowa District Court Notice Ingham Hopkins heirs sued
In Emmet County November Term 1920 Albert W. F. Ma Versch? Makeyup? sued Darwin S. Ingham D N Hopkins Algernon H Ridley A H Ridley J K Hopkins Jerome R Hopkins Dizell Hopkins Byron K Hopkins G M Haskins E Whitcomb Elbridge Whitcomb B B Van Steenburg and unknown surviving spouses heirs representatives devisees legatees and others in a case filed in the District Court of Iowa within and for Emmet County.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Emmet County
Darwin S. Ingham
D. N. Hopkins
Algernon H. Ridley
A. H. Ridley
J. K. Hopkins
Jerome R. Hopkins
Dizell Hopkins
Byron K. Hopkins
G. M. Haskins
E. Whitcomb
Elbridge Whitcomb
B. B. van Steenburg
Quiet Title Suit Notices in Emmet County
Albert W F Malueg files a suit to quiet title to Lot Four and the south 24 feet of Lot Six in Block Sixteen of Ridley’s Addition Wes therville now Estherville claiming thirty years of adverse possession under color of title. Defendants include Dizell Hopkins Byron Hopkins and unknown claimants claiming through them plus Charles Walker estate and Bl R Van Steen burg. Court requires appearance by November term 1920 at Estherville Court House. default leads to judgment.
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Ridley
Westherville
Emmet County
State of Town
Bmimnet County
Albert WF
Dizell Hopkins
Byron &. Hopkins
Said Hopkins
Charles Walker
Dizell
Byron Hopkins
B. B. van Steenburg
R. van Steenburg
Maintiff
District Court
Estherville
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Miss Overalls
Jackson County
Jackson
Albert W. F. Malueg
Alberta
Madame Lyn
M. E. Eldred
Schuster
Estherville Grocer
Schuster Brewing Company
Rochester, Minn
Fordson Tractors
Ford
Walker Motor Co
Spirit Leke
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