Trustees Report On Road Funds For Emmet County Townships
Trustees of 12 Mile Lake and Binmet townships certify the annual statement of road funds received and expended for the fiscal year ended February 9, 1912, and November 6, 1900, with attestations by trustees and the county clerk. The documents list names FA Hildreth KYobernis James Hessell Won Lukeart L. W. Clark J. C. Horswell and John Y. Johnson and note official attestations in Emmet County Iowa.
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State OF
Iowa
Emmet County
Board of Supervisors
FA Hildreth
H. Robernns
James Hessell
Mile Lake Township
Said
Lowa
Tes
Yorke Honomble
Bownbof
Luikart
L. W. Clark
J. CK. Horswell
Binmet Township
D. Robinson
Mandet
Aed
Van.huulikart
Bo Wark
Said Townelip
Mune
Gilbert
12 Mile Lake "Township
F. A. Aildreth
C. H. Robernus
James Refeoll
Vaid Townehip
Treasur
Fania
Lovell
GMG Tota
Prater
J C
Krogstad
M. Bendix
Clerk's
Kuberuay
Gus Merklie
A. Hildreth
Ting
Charley Jackson
Bee
Bread Judging Score Card and Guide for Hom e Baking
Instructional note urging girls in Home Economics to judge bread using a score card with named factors such as flavor doughiness texture and grain lightness sweetness color crust and shape. Provides explanations for acceptable bread qualities and common faults. Emphasizes tasting and testing by pressing the loaf to judge tenderness and resilience. Includes recommended loaf dimensions and baking outcomes for even rise.
All Around the Farm Insists on Cooperation and Education
A farm commentary urges farmers to co operate to reduce effort while achieving the same results. It argues education for youths to return home, trims horses and foals, and contrasts independent versus cooperative farming. It cautions on winter manure handling and silage as key to fertility and savings. stresses relations between beef producers and silage.
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Siluge
Silage
Champion Bread-Maker At 12 Years Old
Lois Edmunds, a 12 year old girl from Clarinda, won two bread baking championships among 6000 girls in the Jowsa State College Girls club. She stood on a stool to bake bread and impressed Miss MacKay of the home economics department at Iowa State College with bread nearly as good as top bakers. Her victory earned a trip to Washington for her and her mother.
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Lois Edmunds
Clarinda
Jowsa State College Girls’ Club
Miss MacKay
Lois
Iowa State College
Washington
Grand Champion Ear From Salix Tops Iowa 1911 Junior Show
Roy Brown of Salix won the grand champion ear at the 1911 Iowa State College junior corn show in Ames, earning nearly $400 in money and merchandise. The ear, representing strong breeding and lineage, defeated ten other ears grown nearby as part of Woodbury county’s entries.
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Woodbury County
Iowa
Iowa State College
Roy Brown
Salix
Naphthalene in road tars and its effects on viscosity
The U S Department of Agriculture circular No 98 analyzes how naphthalene affects refined tar consistency used in road binders. It highlights four key findings on fluxing value, fluidity changes in harder versus rafter pitches, and saturation effects, noting it may enable predicting tar consistency from naphthalene additions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Public Roads
Faretell
Cheap Seed Corn Rack and Pumpkin Storage Advice
Promote frugal farming with simple frames for seed corn rail racks built from fence boards. Track seed by numbering boards to test germination. Store pumpkins in the field in rows, covered with hay, creating a protective feed balance by layering corn, fodder, and the vine fruit for a profitable harvest.
Reid's Yellow Dent wins county corn show achievements
A record notes a Reid's Yellow Dent ear winning the sweepstakes for best ten ears at the show. Clar ence Brown, brother of a participant, earned a Washington trip at the junior show for best acre of corn in the eleventh district. The specimen, grown on Missouri loess soils in Woodbury county, is large for the region and matures early with strong vital ear traits per college tests.
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Clarence Brown
Washington
Reid
Missouri
Woodbury County
Farm Notes On Efficient Hired Man And Animal Care
The note highlights using a gasoline engine as an efficient hired worker. It advises protecting young apple trees with corn stalks against rabbits and sunscald. It stresses regular salt for cows, specifying at least a baseline amount, and daily stall cleaning with weekly lime scattering to improve barn conditions.
Alfalfa and Garden Notes From A Busy Farm
Agricultural tips focus on alfalfa growth, seed corn drying, and yard cleanup. Mentions fall planting, wind stability, ash and phosphate fertilizers, corn silage value rising in the east, cranberries and root storage, carrots and beets for winter use, and lettuce protection from pests. Notes alfalfa on stiff sands but not on undrained land.
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Ube
Furmstead
Mulch small fruit vines in raspberry growing
A West Virginia raspberry grower advocates mulching with forest leaves or straw to control weeds and conserve moisture. Mulch adds humus, keeps fruit clean, reduces mud at picking, saves labor, and helps stand up to cold. It discourages soil compaction but may attract mice and form surface roots. overall costs are moderate and picking benefits from a mudless field. Do not leave old canes standing.
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West Virginia
Destructive Web Worm Threatens Orchard Leaves
The fall webworm appears as white moths whose eggs hatch into pale yellow caterpillars with black heads and two dark rows along the body. They spin protective webs and defoliate trees. burning infested webs and cocoons, applying Paris green or London purple when very young, helps control outbreaks in the south and one brood in the north. The larvae can be confused with the spring tent caterpillar.
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Paris
Orchard Advice From A Farmer Era
The excerpt advises on orchard management including expected yields by age for plum cherry pear and apple trees, urging ring or girdling in some cases. It stresses prompt burning of orchard debris, weed control for strawberries, and benefits of good cultivation and winter straw coverings. It cautions against planting near large waters and notes dealer profits from misgraded fruit.
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