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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
9
A Iowa State College guide explains thorough cooking of corn meal foods, factors like gluten and starch, and the role of heat. It covers batter bread, corn meal gruel and mush, steamed brown bread, and muffins with measurements, mixing steps, and rising via baking powder or gas from acid and soda.
Experiments by Iowa State College poultry department show chickens and ducks fatten profitably with special care. A two week feeding plan using corn meal barley ground oats hulls plus beef scrap and buttermilk or sour milk yielded gains over twenty pounds per dozen birds, selling at 15 cents per pound for a 25 cent profit per bird.
Iowa farmers urged to plant white pine for underplanting groves and windbreaks. Demonstrations at Ames show strong growth and hardiness, with 40 foot trees from 1875 campus plantings. Recommendations cover spacing, wind protection, and transplanting ease for groves and windbreaks.
The Iowa State College extension reports that northern grown seed potatoes outperform average farm stock. Four varieties were tested across Black Hawk Montgomery and Story counties in 1909, with Story showing wetter soil and lower results.
A Iowa study of 1910 11 Benson Cow Testing records shows that higher grain feeding did not always raise profits. Herd 1 with modest grain, higher roughage earned 45.06 per cow, while Herd 2 with heavy grain yielded 24.39. Milk testing helped reveal efficiency and profit paths.
Iowa’s apple growing is encouraged with a fancy Des Moines show and tax exemptions for orchard tracts of one to five acres for eight years. The Iowa State College bulletin offers planting guidance, listing recommended trees for commercial and home use, including Wealthy, Stayman, Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Delicious, and more.
An Iowa State agronomist urges rotating crops to curb corn root aphid and corn root worm. If rotation is impractical, deep cultivation between plowings helps reduce pest damage. The article also notes hog production tips and charcoal use in hog lots.
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