Better Iowa Honey by Mail Order Boosts State Market
F B Paddock of Iowa State College urges mail order advertising as an efficient method to market Iowa honey surplus. Iowa consumes 80 percent locally. small 6 and 12 pound containers suit demand. High product standards, local ads, and magazines fuel growth. production may be normal or below due to dry weather. Poultry culling work increases across the state.
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Iowa
F. B. Paddock
State Apiarist
Iowa State College
Mr. Paddock
Paddock
Cinch bugs threaten Iowa corn and control plan outlined
The cinch bug, once a major threat to wheat, now infests parts of Iowa and targets corn. Experts at Iowa State College recommend an oil line and a follow up spray mix of lubricating oil, liquid soap, black leaf, and water to repel and exterminate bugs, with steps including plowing a furrow and keeping dust. If farmers adopt the method regionwide, eradication is possible for the current season and next year.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Grasshoppers Endanger Iowa Corn Crops Warned by Iowa State Expert
B M Harrison from Iowa State College warns southwestern Iowa faces a grasshopper menace to corn and alfalfa. He outlines a poison mash recipe using wheat bran Paris green sorghum molasses lemons and water to treat pastures, notes timing and application tips, and cautions to keep chickens away as bait costs about 40 cents per acre, with strip application extending coverage.
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Iowa
B. M. Harrison
Iowa State College
Harrison
Paris
Iowa Soldiers Bonus Law Passes to Fund 22 Million Bonds
Iowa adopts a law authorizing 22 million dollars in bonds to fund a veterans bonus for those who served between April 6 1917 and November 11 1918. A Bonus Board administers payments, with eligibility for up to 350 dollars per person and 50 cents per day of service. The act creates tax levies to repay the debt and sets submission to a 1922 referendum.
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Towa
United States
General Assembly
State of
Iowa
Des Moines
To Shaft
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Students Army Training Corps
District Court
Adjutant General
Bonus Board
Executive Council
A. D
Walter C. Ramsay
Thirty-ninth General Assembly
W. C. Ramsay
Secretary of State
Farm Bureau
Mildew Attacks Clover In Iowa Affects Second Crop
A June heat wave in Iowa brings widespread powder mildew on clover leaves. Experts say there is no effective control beyond sulfur dusting on fruit trees and shrubs, so farmers may cut early and salt the hay. Severe second-cut risks loom without July August rainfall. no poisonous hay warnings in the U.S. though Europe notes soreness in cattle.
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Iowa
R. H. Porter
Iowa State College
Europe
Soldiers Bonus Debate Provokes Redundant Critique
A reader letter argues that wartime veterans deserve a faster, fairer bonus but mocks Congress for not volunteering to advance the issue. The author suggests lawmakers are too impaired by war injuries to act effectively, implying no volunteers among senators and representatives.
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