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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1942
Page
4
Victory season vegetable planting guidance covers first sowing from July 1 to 16 for sweet corn carrots and beets to store for late fall and winter. It notes celery cabbage as frost resistant and good for raw or cooked use. Strawberry blossoms should remain and mulch with straw to control weeds and keep berries clean while addressing potato pests with dust or Bordeaux spray.
Gardeners should watch for the bean leaf beetle in Southern Ta this year. The pest is smaller than twelve spotted cucumber beetles, with six black spots on its back. A single rotenone dust application usually controls it, while lead arsenate or calcium arsenates can burn foliage in wet weather. Use all beets carrots and other early vegetables now and can surplus before hot weather.
Mrs. Clara and Theodore Krause filed in Spencer district court an appeal suit seeking 12000 damages from the city for 80 acres of land adjoining the Spencer municipal airport. City condemnation began last May, land viewed and appraised by sheriff’s appointees June 3, and possession taken to expand the airport for a glider training school.
Gordon Tifft of Sanborn had his left index finger amputated by a Primghar physician to qualify for Navy enlistment. He wrote recruiting officers in Spencer that he will be ready to enlist around August first. Previously rejected after the finger injury, he was told he would be accepted once the finger was removed.
Practical Health Hints explains sugar as a cheap energy source and its role in nutrition. It notes U S consumption near eight million tons in 1942 with rationing due to alcohol for munitions and imports disruptions. Beet vs cane sugar are identical in value and forms, with beets contributing about 25 percent of U S sugar.
Gardener can grow pansy plants for early spring bloom under a cold frame. Sow in late summer in a shaded, watered seed bed or in a flat box. transplant after first true leaves to flats or the frame. Maintain light, friable soil, space plants 4 inches in rows 6 inches apart, and protect with sash and dry leaves for winter.
Ed Forbes of Kingsley ranks among top Northwest Iowa Farm Busi ness Association hog producers planning to market 500 pigs this year. Gilman Fee raises pigs in creep, Roy Nelson uses a portable plywood pup tent over sow and litter, Alvin Schroeder feeds for heavier weights and reduces hog losses by moving pigs to clean ground.
North west Iowa Farm Business Association highlights ten top hog producers who averaged about 19 tons of pork per man in 1941, nearly twice the state average. They used clean ground, alfalfa pastures, and self feeders with automatic waters to start pigs early for spring litters and fall batches.
Secretary of Agriculture Mark Thornburg reports Iowa has over 660 frozen food locker plants, up 13 since 1940, licensed and inspected by the department. More than 46 percent of farm families use locker service and they supply over 70 percent of plant patrons, with Des Moines Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Mason City each hosting several facilities.
Beekeeping expert Floyd Paddock notes late summer is best to introduce a new queen into colonies in poor condition. Unusual queen supersedure this spring may stem from unfavorable conditions in Iowa during queen introduction. Producers should set their own last week of the summer honey flow as the release date.
The piece outlines a threefold wartime bees focus. First beeswax is widely used and needs tighter private controls to prevent shortages. Second honey substitutes sugar due to strict sugar rationing. Third bees provide crucial pollination for fruits and legume seeds, a major benefit beyond products.
The District of Columbia rationing administration list names 47 senators who applied for gasoline cards allowing unlimited fuel. The roll includes Gillette and Herring, Democratic senators from Iowa, and excludes those who may have cards from suburbs or home districts.
John Jahn of Spirit Lake, representative for Hercules Powder, leaves July 9 for Tyndall Field in Panama City Florida to join the naval air corps base gunnery department as a civilian instructor. He is expected to lead shooting training for naval students including hitting moving clay targets and perhaps run a shooting range. Jahn has lived in Spirit Lake since 1924 after a transfer.
Nineteen counties have appropriated funds to eradicate bee diseases under the guidance of State Apiarist Professor F B Paddock. Beekeepers may petition their boards for matching state funds, aiding a program essential to wartime agriculture.
Don’t give books on care of baby pleads the USO. Less than half of the 10,200,000 books received are being read by men in the armed services. John Hickey, treasurer, said care and feeding books are being pulled from corners and sent to the USO. Technical works, best sellers, and recent magazines are especially wanted. Give them the books you would read yourself.
A fragmented recipe card lists butter sugar egg and flour ingredients for blueberry puddings. It mentions milk blueberries shortening and flavor notes with baking powder and salt. The OCR text shows misread quantities and several misspellings but core items include flour sugar butter milk blueberries and baking powder.
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