Growth in Non Collegiate Work at Iowa State College S A T C
Young men without high school diplomas could not enroll in Iowa State College S A T C last fall. After the war about two hundred returned for specialized training in animal rearing farm mechanics and dairy work. Vocational programs are expected to grow as part of the college offerings. Budget System in the Home Is Advocated to Reduce Expenses. The home economy section promotes budget planning under thrift campaign by the U S Treasury. Families are urged to know needs consider cost estimate expenses make a budget adopt accurate accounts and analyze spending. Home demonstration agents aid households by showing better value and planning with examples of milk versus oysters and corn flakes versus oatmeal, helping execute budgets for best living.
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Iowa State College
Home Economies
Agricultural Extension Department
Ames
U.S. Treasury Department
Dunlap
Warfield
Iowa
Garden supervision a success in Waterloo gardens
Waterloo Town saw strong results from a garden demonstration plot led by Mrs. M. Cadwallader. She organized weekly appointment days where garden club members gathered at a demonstration garden for individual instruction in trucking and related tasks, fostering interest and practical knowledge.
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M. Cadwallader
Waterloo
Garden Campaign Boosts School Exhibits at Cedar Rapids
Mita and Cadwallader visited gardens weekly guiding correct methods and lectured in public schools each Saturday. The Cedar Rapids fair in September featured 118 school garden exhibits and 138 children with gardens earning free air trips. In Iowa State College, winter farm and home week was postponed due to influenza. The Iowa Coming Small Grain Growers Association corn show will run February 17 to 22 at Ames with related tractor and short courses starting February 3 17 and March 3 17. A 10 day butter and ice cream short course opens January 25 for experienced dairy workers and a field men course from large creameries is planned.
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Mita
Cadwallader
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Coming Small Grain Growers Association
Careful Handling of Fallen Horses in Winter Conditions
The piece warns drivers to assist fallen horses to rise safely, avoid forcing movement, and consider veterinary help for possible hind limb injuries. It advises calming the animal, unhooking if needed, and managing harness and shoes on icy pavements. It also promotes order to spray materials and notes urban hazards on smooth surfaces. It then shifts to urging strawberry cultivation for home and commercial use, highlighting varieties, growth timelines, yields, and regional fruit shortages, urging farmers to plant beds this spring. It ends with guidance on using rough feed for beef cattle and improving winter forage strategies.
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Estherville
Society
Hirsch-Wickwire
Michael Sterns
McKibbin
Vassar-Swiss
Wright’s
Nau Brothers
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mes
Lulda
Hulda
Mack
Dolliver
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