Apple crop in Iowa in danger from scab and pests
Reports from Iowa extend to Town State College extension horticulturist R S Herrick warning that 1919 apple harvest could be wiped out without immediate spraying. The third spray using lime sulfur arsenate and water is advised, with a possible fourth spray in late June or early July to combat scab, other fungi, and insects and salvage a marketable crop.
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Iowa
Herrick
Town State College
Towa
Kill Dandelions With Iron Sulphate, Says Botanist
A Town State College botanist advises home gardeners to tackle vast dandelion growth with 100 pounds of iron sulphate per barrel of water. Apply with sponge, hand pump, or sprayer to kill seedlings and older plants. A second application may be needed later in the season. grass remains alive after treatment.
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Saga H. Pammel
Town State
Pammel
oThia
Plant succession crops now for June garden changes
Iowa State College notes June requires replacing early vegetables with succession crops. Beans and sweet corn follow radishes lettuce peas and turnips, with Golden Bantam preferred for early corn. June also allows parsnips celery cucumbers for pickling while urging thorough surface hoeing to curb weeds and conserve moisture.
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Iowa State College
Blackhawk county board rejects concrete paving bids
Bids of 2.07 dollars per square yard for rural concrete paving were rejected by the Blackhawk county board of supervisors on June 10. The project covers 4.08 miles of roadway to be built with federal and state aid, part of the road program in the county. Other state bids for similar specs ranged higher, with recent bids noted for smaller pavements in nearby states.
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Blackhawk County
Atete Highway Commission
Schoolgirls learn money sense in class led budget study
In Eagle Grove high school home economics class sixteen year old girls tracked four months of spending on clothing amusements magazines and incidentals. The class found a high of 144.34 and a low of 43.53 with an average near 65 revealing surprising levels of daily purchases and the value of careful accounting praised by teachers and mothers.
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Eagle
Grove High
Sioux County Votes to Fast-Track Road Surfacing Plan
The article notes Sioux County granting over a 1000 majority to permit rapid hard surfacing funded by annual primary proceeds. About a dozen counties are set to vote before month’s end on similar authorizations, with bond figures around 875,000 noted for the county.
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Sioux County
Mustard scare in Iowa fields proves mis ID
Botanist at Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports that numerous plants resembling mustard in wheat and rye fields sown with rape last year are actually rape that survived winter and is flowering. He notes similar volunteers, including potatoes, found in Warren County pastures and in Ames.
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Warren County
Ames
Rural club women prominent at Iowa convention
The thirtieth biennial Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs gathering on the Iowa State College campus drew a record turnout of nearly 1200 women. Rural clubs from Davia Wright and Johnson counties were notably represented, with about 1100 attending a banquet in the men's gymnasium Thursday night, a figure rivaling two years ago.
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Iowa Federation of Women’s Clube
Iowa Stateollege
Davia
Wright
Johnson
Iowa
Agent in Every County Spurred by Ward Address
Miss Fannie Ward of the United States Department of Agriculture told the Thirteenth Biennial Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs convention at the college last week that within five years there should be a home demonstration agent in every county and then in every city in the United States. She cited wartime work saving fodder and fuel, crediting home demonstration agents through the USDA and state college extension divisions for the progress.
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United States
Fannie Ward
United States Department of Agriculture
States Relation Service
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Agricultural Extension
State Colleges of Agriculture
Rape feed evaluated for hogs by college experts
Animal husbandry researchers at Town State College report that rape crop provides a succulent, 80 percent moisture feed resembling skim milk in value for hogs. Pasture rape reduces the grain needed for a balanced ration compared with blue grass, yielding more meat per unit grain and extending green feed through spring and summer.
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Jane
Bie Crasa
Daylight Repeal Protest Sent to Washington
The Iowa Agriculturist at Iowa State College wired Senator W. S. Kenyon asking repeal of daylight saving legislation and a return to the prewar plan. The telegram was sent by the editor of the college farm paper at Ames.
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Washington
Iowa State College
W.3. Kenyon
Senator Kenyon
College Farm
Amea
Iowa Agriculturist
Daylight’ Saving Legisla
Three Counties Vote Yes on Federal Aid Road Plan
Three towns in Blackhawk Palo Alto counties vote to authorize supervisors to accept federal aid and fund fast road construction. Blackhawk records a 500 plus majority and approves a $1,500,000 endowment to accelerate the primary road program. Palo Alto accepts federal aid but declines to authorize full mileage under the plan.
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Blackhawk
Palo Alto
Litux
Boards of Supervisors
Economize on Fuel at County Fairs This Year
Engineering extension to send a demonstrator to county fairs as part of a program addressing fuel costs. The piece suggests potential coal shortages next winter and questions whether there will be enough money to purchase it, highlighting the department’s push to help solve buying problems.
State College to crowdfund coal savings demonstrations
A plan at TWA State College aims to reduce coal use by citizens through demonstrations led by H. Holbrook, focusing on economical fuel use and improved home heating. The program includes shifting to efficient incandescent bulbs to curb storage losses and cover storage methods, mainly at county fairs during the summer.
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TWA State College
H. Holbrook
The
Fuel Administration
Fie
Scott County Votes Hard Roads and Bonding Wins
Good Roads Wins in Scott County Iowa Davenport votes to fund 78 miles of roads and a 2,000,000 bond issue. Voters in rural districts and Davenport city approve hard surfacing and bonding, despite misinterpretations of the law. Officials plan immediate contracts for pitch sections, grading, and drainage to complete the system.
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Scott County
Iowa
Davenport Iaw
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Davenport
Myroyds
First
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Estherville Resident
Estherville residents endorse Doan's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Wm McCardle proprietor of a confectionery store at 922 North Sixth Street. He suffered kidney trouble and backache on the road and found relief using Don's Kidney Pills, vouching for their effectiveness. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Estherville
Wm. McCardle
North Sixth Street
Donn
Edney Pilla
Doan
Mr. McArdle
Garden and farm work spread across statewide reform project
A state reform facility reports 600 acres planted in corn 600 in small grains 160 in potatoes 100 in garden 60 in cane 20 in beans with the remainder in clover and alfalfa Major Thomas J Duffield of Clarinda returns from France on ten day furlough and plans to join the Rockefeller foundation institute in Paria for two years focusing on tubercular disease work after his military service ends
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Thomas J. Duffield
Clarinda
France
Gen. Pershing
Paria
Rockefeller Foundation Institute
Per Cent Farm Loans First int and allees Bank
A terse notice lists A Rhodes as president of a bank titled First int and allees Farm Loans, with an implied financial or corporate context dated February 18. The fragment reflects a historic banking entity and leadership attribution without readable specifics on location or actions.
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Allees Bank
A. Rhodes
First National Bank
Estherville
National Farm Loan Association
Emmet County
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