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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1911
Page
3
Farmers can boost oat profits by using clean seed, early sowing, formalin seed treatment, and proper planting. Early varieties like Kherson outperform late ones, especially in bad years, while avoiding standing corn stalks, timely shock handling, and proper drying. The piece also details hog-raising tips and best practices for increased farm income.
Experiments by the horticulture section of the Iowa Experiment Station suggest spraying with sulphur to combat apple scab in the state. The guidance prefers sulphur during the blossom-fall stage, reserving Bordeaux mixture for other treatments to avoid fruit roughening. Growers urged to try lime sulphur mixture and report results to Prof. S. A. Beach, Ames.
Professor Mortenson of the Dairy Department at Ames cites lack of definite accounts as a source of loss in creamery management. A new bulletin No. 21 on Creamery Bookkeeping offers sample blanks and forms for a complete system of accounts for creameries. Copies may be obtained free from the Town Experiment Station at Ames. A $300 scholarship for the best work at the Ames short course is donated by the International Harvester Company.
The article presents seven seed corn commandments to improve yields and a summer school at Ames College for agriculture and home economics teachers and preachers. It notes expected gains in corn yields, the value of proper rotation, and practical farming advice, plus a feature on hardy catalpa trees and Iowa Experiment Station bulletins.
The State Poultry Board of Missouri closed its five acre poultry farm contest with over 200 entrants from nineteen states. Principal winners include Frank Mixa Ames Iowa first prize, Lillie Tidwell Arkansas City Kan second, and Rud H Hicken Ames Iowa third. Mixa also presides as Superintendent of the Iowa State College Poultry Farm and a five acre tract was deeded to him by Missouri's governor.
The Extension Department at Ames pushes organization of granges statewide with free visiting organizers and directs efforts toward northern Iowa where funds support spreading improved seeds. Also highlights an Iowa Experiment Station circular on Orchard Heating and dairy and sow management guidance from Prof Kennedy.
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