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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1921
Page
2
Two duties for maximum service from the icebox are described by Iowa State College home economics. Keep the fridge clean, remove spills, wash weekly with cold water and soda, and maintain clean ice. Use proper ice size, avoid leaving the door open, and do not wrap ice in paper as it hinders cooling.
Iowa State College researchers advise starting fall plowing by mid August for better fall wheat, especially on poorer soils. Early plowing reduces weed growth, improves soil texture, and aids spring disking and harrowing. where power is scarce use a tractor and disc behind the binder.
Iowa extension advice urges clean poultry houses yards and equipment to prevent disease lice and mites. Remove droppings plow and lime soil spray badly infested houses with kerosene and crude carbolic acid mix whitewash using lime salt zinc sulfate and chloride lime to disinfect and keep flocks healthy.
A guide urges naming your farm and placing a painted sign at the gate to build a reputation. It stresses using the farm name consistently and notes that clean, cool eggs that are candled and graded fetch higher prices at the market than ordinary ones.
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station trials show pigs weighing about 55 pounds to 225 pounds gain faster with alfalfa pastures. A self fed free choice group used less corn and tankage per 100 pounds of gain and took fewer days to reach 220 pounds. Limiting corn increased tankage needs. tankage costs far exceed corn.
Iowa State College poultry experts advise against jail like feeds for broody hens. Inspect nests nightly and remove persistent broodiness to a coop with a grain ration and fresh water. Confinement of 3 to 6 days rest stimulates egg production after release. more room means longer confinement.
Iowa road construction hits record speed with a mile of paving completed daily. June spending from the primary road fund totals one and a half million dollars, rising to two million with special assessments and bond issues. June activity includes 20 percent permanent paving, 2844 miles gravel, and 1539-10 miles permanent grading.
Weather has been the only obstacle as 146 projects proceed across 87 counties with materials near prewar levels and ample labor. Officials estimate one third of last month’s working time was lost to bad weather, though July construction may surpass June. Strong of Clarinda notes July as the honey month, with 56 percent of hive rain recorded.
Gen H A Allen to colonel in regular army stationed in the Philippines. Col Mathew J A Tinley succeeds at 168th Iowa National Guard command. Col Guy E Brewer assumes post after E R Bennett illness. Des Moines officers reassignments noted. Army reductions may trim about 500 from 14th cavalry at Fort Des Moines with possible dismissals by Aug 1. A Chicago pageant features air travel and homing pigeons racing from Ames to Chicago Pier with aviation rivals.
A chaotic Pageant week plan includes cars and motorcycles racing from Chicago to Milwaukee with highway patrols to prevent accidents. Iowa planes join the Ames start with pigeons, capable of 100 mph with favorable winds and 35 mph against. Officials expect about 4000 pigeons to be used in the stunts.
In June 1921 the joint boards of Kos suth, Emmet, and Palo Alto counties met in Emmetsburg to review Drainage District Tri Joint No 84. They corrected minutes, allowed claims for Krause damages, and debated engineer reports on 14 inch culvert pipe and related work.
G D Hatt as engineer in charge certifies that open work in Tri Drainage District No 84 across Emmet Palo Alto and Kossuth Counties is completed to satisfaction. Auditors directed to issue warrants for 9279.61 among counties, payable after 30 days. Resolution to adjourn consideration of 4300 feet of 14 culvert pipe at 3180.00 to a later meeting.
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