Iowa State College horticulture and crop notes
Iowa potatoes and vegetables show good quality this year says C L Fitch of Iowa State College. Northern Iowa potatoes sell for 75 cents a bushel and onions cabbage and other winter crops are abundant. Also notes on watching for mold in silo silage to prevent poisoning and livestock losses. An eleventh annual horticultural show by Town state college students and faculty will be held November fifth and sixth with fruit displays and prize chrysanthemums.
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Iowa
C. L. Fitch
Iowa State College
Town State ,College
Culling Work Cuts Hens in Iowa Flocks
An Iowa culler in Winnebago county reports handling 14,000 hens and removing 6,000 as non producers, saving about 10,000 dollars in winter feed. Clinton county culled 7,350 birds with a third to a half eliminated, and Boone county examined 10,000 birds amid finds of poultry tuberculosis leading to removals.
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Iowa
Winnebago County
Clinton County
Boone County
CONDITION INFLUENCES FLOCK Breeding Ewes and Rain Should Be Given Grain Now
Guidance for preparing breeding ewes emphasizes proper flesh, feeding, and pasture before breeding season. Thin ewes, especially good mothers of twins, should receive heavy nursing period rations. Two weeks before breeding, place ewes on rich pasture and provide half a pound of grain daily per head to flush and bring the flock into season within three to four weeks.
Watch Storage Battery Care For Cold Weather
Storage batteries on automobiles must be kept charged in cold weather to prevent freezing. Nearly charged batteries withstand temperatures well below zero. If water is added while idle, start the car to charge until a good specific gravity reading. A reading of 1260 keeps the battery from freezing at 60 degrees below zero. If the car will not be used, charge and remove the battery to a warm place. If the car is used, the battery can be replaced.
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Engineering Department
Iown State College
Eggs to Be Higher in Winter
W H Lapp of Iowa State College extension predicts winter egg prices will rise due to a shortage of stored eggs. He advises poultry owners to maximize heat laying by housing, feeding, and ventilation. Recommend roomy coops with ample sunlight and fresh air, avoid drafts, and use a dry mash of ground corn parn and tankage with a supporting scratch feed.
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W. H. Lapp
Iowa State College
Soybean Hay Shown Valuable For Winter Ewes
Iowa Agriculture Experiment Station reports that soy bean hay fed with corn grain corn silage and salt in place of alfalfa improves weight gain in pregnant ewes. One pound soy bean hay equals or exceeds one pound alfalfa hay, with leaf corn required when using soy bean hay. Mixing soy bean and alfalfa hay yields a balanced ration encouraging more roughage and reducing grain needs.
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Iowa Agricultral Experiment Station
Concrete hog feeding floors cut disease and boost gains
A Iowa State College engineer advocates concrete feeding floors for hogs as a low cost, quick payback improvement. He recommends a 16 by 24 foot floor for up to 100 head, costing under 70 dollars, and notes easier cleaning, drainage, and sanitation plus full benefit from oats.
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Lowa
A. W Turner
Lowa State College
Hia
Fort Dodge students flagged for underweight diet needs
Twenty pupils from Fort Dodge city schools, spanning third to fifth grade, were weighed and measured by the school nurse. Sixteen of the twenty were 7 percent or more underweight, prompting targeted attention and corrective measures as part of Iowa State College extension division efforts. Experts cite hot lunches and milk in daily menus as remedies.
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Fort Dodge City
Iowa State College
The Original Budget and the Budger Wallet Tale
A fragment recalls the term budger as the leather sack used by cavalry to carry a pistol and ammunition. The item later linked to an annual financial statement. the association sparked strong early objections during its adoption.
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Besa
Divorce Petition Filed for Cruel Treatment in Emmet County
In Emmet County Iowa the district court receives a petition for absolute divorce from F M Bell against Emma Bell on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The defendant is notified to answer by January 24 1921 or a default will be entered and judgment rendered. Attorney is W S Johnston Estherville Iowa.
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District Court
Emmet County
Iowa
F. M. Bell
Emma Bell
Fimmet County
Estherville
Wm. S. Johnston
Get Young Cows Good Feed This Fall
A. C. McCandish of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station warns dairy cows and heifers must not be left outdoors long as they freshen. Feed now pays later. keep cows warm at night, use silage and hay rather than excess roughage, and avoid wind exposure.
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A. C. McCandish
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Protect Young Fruit Trees From Freezing Weather
H E Nichols extension horticulturalist warns young trees and nearby ones should be wrapped in protective materials before freezing. Use old newspapers tarpaper or screening wound around trunks bury two to three inches to deter mice and rabbits. Apply lime sulfur paint and repeat in November February and early spring.
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H. E. Nichols
Extension Department
Phosphorus Fertilization for Iowa Soils
Iowa State College soils department warns Iowa fields lose phosphorus via grain without return. Return by straw, corn stover, or fertilizer shown. acid phosphate or rock phosphate used with lime. Reports from the Iowa experiment station show good results. prices noted per ton and per acre.
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Iowa
Soils Department of
Iowa State College
Iowa Experiment Station
Soil’s Department
Invention History of Screws and Wicks
A historical note explains early tools called snuffers a small knife with tweezers to trim wicks, and describes screws as a Greek invention used by ancient Egyptians and Romans. It notes signaling progress from ancient devices to modern fasteners and the late adoption of the screw.
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