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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1928
Page
3
The notice lists subscription rates with within first zone one year and all other zones at one year costs one dollar fifty cents. Edited by Geo. A. Nichols and Adelaide Nichols with the company designations.
Mr and Mrs Herman Peterson marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with afternoon visits songs and refreshments at St John s gymnasium. Out of town guests included Davidsons Linders Mouritsens and Jorgensens. Jorgensen daughter Marie, visiting from Des Moines, joined family. School and community notices followed with local obituaries and events at Ringsted Estherville Wallingford and Algona.
Iowa State College plant pathologists report that selecting seed corn in early fall yields less dry rot and higher germination than late selection. Drying seed promptly after selection further reduces mold. Germination ranged from 88 to 99.5 percent, with mold 2 to 15 percent in samples. Commercial dusts Merko Bayer Dust and Samesan boosted yields modestly. a circular No. 108 details seed treatment for corn diseases.
Iowa farm livestock value fell just over five percent in the past year, about 23.4 million dollars, with cattle rising nearly 23 million while horses hogs and sheep drove the decline. January 1, 1928 totals show 443.8 million dollars in livestock versus 476.2 million a year earlier, amid shifts in hogs herd sizes and long term declines in horses and cattle.
Church notes report good Sunday school attendance and hymnals on the way. General Aid meets February 17 at Mrs Leo Sanders 208 West Man. Next Sunday services start 9 45 with community singing and a program including readings discussions farm topics hog sanitation kitchen band and entertainment by local residents.
On the Iowa State College campus Farm and Home Week runs January 30 to February 4 with a secret reveal of five Master Homemakers on February 2. The program includes open laboratories, round tables, talks, demonstrations, medical and home economics lectures, entertainment, and a 100 piece band concert. Special features include a 10,000 ear corn and grain show and evening mass meetings addressed by Pres. R. M. Hughes and Dean Genevieve Fishes.
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