Seed corn germination tests in Iowa reveal shortages ahead
Tests across Iowa confirm seed corn shortage for next year with Black Hawk county data showing only about 54 percent germination in samples. Officials urge statewide surveys, home grown seed preference, and detailed ear and kernel tests to map the seed corn status by January first.
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Iowa
Black Hawk County
Uban
F.og. Churchill
Town State College
Churchill
Prominent speakers planned for Ringsted short course
Ringsted will host an agricultural short course on December 10 with free admission. International Harvester extension staff and local committees organize lectures and demonstrations aimed at farm and home problems. Special sessions for women led by Mrs Gordon W. Randlett, plus talks by L A Hawkins, E T Ebersol, and Miss Margaret Bevan.
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Ringsted
Agricultural’ Extension Department
International Harvester Company
Gordon W. Randlett
Ebersol
Ditching Cars For New Yearly Models Wasteful Practice
The piece argues that yearly automobile updates force depreciation and crowd good runs into last year’s model. It contends a better policy is to maintain current models to achieve full mileage and avoid social embarrassment.
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Courae
Ito
Entertaining Musical Comedy Cast Delights Audiences
Beulah Peacock a junior college student who spent the weekend with her parents in Spirit Lake, along with Frances Stewart visiting from the same college, were mentioned in a notice about a traveling musical comedy. The piece notes efficient performers as the troupe has performed two seasons on the road and earned audience admiration.
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Younig
Beulah Peacock
Spirit Lake
Mise Frances Stewart
Graéttinger
Meany and Orchestra Draw Big Crowd in Estherville News
John Meany and his Victorian Orchestra, based in Estherville, Iowa, attract large crowds for dances and entertain thousands from Iowa and beyond. A letter from W I Griffith praises their program and hints at a second date in Ames, while a Sunday Register note reports a statewide radio concert broadcast by WOI and extensive reader responses from forty-two states and Canada.
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John Meany
Estherville
Mr. Meany
Iowa
W. I. Griffith
WOI
Ton D. C
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Superior
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Aklvis
Arctic Circle
Ames
WOT
Towa State College
Teaxa
California
Nova Scotia
Ctorian Orchestra
Alaska
Radiogram
Western Union Telegraph Company
Alberta
Cal 6
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V.R
Margaret Bevan
Miss Johnson
High Lake
Miss Bevan
Little Sister
Father
T. Johnston
Chas. D. Bixby
Little Brother
Grand Theatre
Fairyland
W. J. Tims
Fred
Wisconsin
Tennessee
United States
Register and Tribune
Voss Washer Fame
S. & H. Green
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