ISU engineering tips save warm air and cold storage
Iowa State College engineers advise placing electric fans in living rooms to distribute warm air or moving them to basements to draft the furnace. Fans can also disperse disinfectant fumes or air in sick rooms. If stored in attics cover with cloth, oil corrosion-prone parts, and avoid bending blades. Prepare ice houses before winter and calculate capacity to save one and a half tons of ice per cow’s milk season.
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Engineering Department
Iowa State College
Corn Best Lamb Fattener Shows Corn Beats Grains
John M. Evvard of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports fall lambs fatten best on shelled corn compared with oats barley or mixed feeds. Lambs on corn alone gained 0.3 pounds daily and produced meat most cheaply, while oats proved poorest alone though best with corn. corn deemed the superior all around feed for Iowa farmers year after year.
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John M. Evvard
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Lowa
Evward
Brighten Up Old Furniture with Indoor Winter Repairs
The Iowa State College home economics department suggests repainting and repairing old furniture during cold months. Refinished tables and chairs with enamel paint can greatly improve appearance, and worn chairs can be revived with new canes and upholstery.
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Home Economics Department
Iowa State College
Manure Top-Dressing Helps Winter Wheat Say ISU Experts
Iowa State College crop specialists advise placing three to six tons of manure per acre as a top dressing on winter wheat. Use a manure spreader for even distribution to prevent spots, guard against overgrazing, and promote better grain returns.
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Iowa State College
Cattle feeding not popular this winter says ISU expert
H H Kildee head of animal husbandry at Iowa State College notes 50 percent fewer cattle in feedlots than last year while banks are expected to offer farm loan aid soon. With lower grain prices farmers must turn to feeding to cover costs and a rise in meat prices may follow as feeders become cheaper and cattle purchases rise.
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Iowa
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Plows Show Turning Soil Uses Most Draft
Iowa State College agricultural engineers report dull or sharp plow edges make little difference in draft for turning soil on stubble fields. Tests indicate about one third of the draft is cutting and two thirds turning soil, with sod plowing differing. Further plow tests are led by E. V. Collings in the farm machinery dept.
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Agricultural Engineering Department
Iowa State College
E. V. Collings
Farm Machinery Department
Stolen potato leads to report of record crop
Five years ago a potato promotion train from Iowa State College toured Mason City to show potatoes rivaled other crops. A prized Rural New Yorker potato vanished aboard the train. This autumn a farmer revealed a forty acre crop grown from that single spud, described as the best in the area.
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Mason City
Extension Department
Iowa State College
Towa
Wisconsin
Wool Growers Meet in Des Moines This December
The Iowa section of the fleece wool growers association will hold its annual meeting in Des Moines on December 10, 1920, announced by secretary W. G. Warner. Last year the cooperative market moved 1,119,130 pounds of wool from 2,500 members at an average 62 cents per pound. This year the group has 11,000 members and 3,000,000 pounds of wool on hand awaiting a favorable market. The program includes talks by W. C. Coffey, University of Illinois sheep expert, and Tom C. Stone of Iowa State College extension, among others.
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Iowa
Fleece Wool Growers’ Association
Des Moines
W. G. Warner
W. C. Coffey
University of Illinois
Tom C. Stone
Iowa State College Extension Department
Clover seed distribution boosts Iowa farmers nationwide
Distributing over 47 000 samples of the new annual white clover seed to Iowa and other farmers has made the crop well known nationwide. The farm crops section notes remarkable growth with reports of a ten foot increase in growth.
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Iowa
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Seed samples of new clover offered to farmers
Samples of the seed wate want out in the spring to any farmer who would try it and report the work to the hwaeah is policy will be fol lowed again this next season says D. Hughes discoverer of the clover and more seed will be available than before. The clover will reproduce seed rapidly and any one wanting to get a supply of his own can do so in a few seasons. This new annual white clover is desirable as seed, produces fine green manure, is ideal for bees and besides places desirable elements in the soil. All that is necessary to get seed samples is to send a self addressed envelope with a stamp on it along with the request.
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D. Hughes
International Corn and Grain Show Highlighted
The eighteenth annual Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association report notes joint display of purebred grains and forage crops with livestock at the Chicago International Livestock Show. The Chicago Board of Trade contributed $10,000 to emphasize the grain and hay department, marking a historic fusion of crop and livestock exhibits.
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Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association
Wisconsin Experiment Association
Chicago
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
Woman Harvests Big Corn Crop at Ayrshire Farm
Miss Elsie Howard of the Kane farm near Ayrshire did nearly all work on her quarter section this year and harvested a large crop. She plowed, seeded, planted, hayed, harvesting, threshing and husking. She husked 75 bushels of corn in one field day, prompting local praise for a young woman farmer.
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Elsie Howard
M. B
Kane Farm
Ayrshire
Howard
Emmetsburg
Democrat
RAT SNAP KILLS RATS AND MICE BOSTS ODOR CONTROL
RAT SNAP comes in cake form, no mixing required. One cake handles pantry or kitchen, two cakes cover a chicken house or small building, five cakes suit farms or factories. Sold and guaranteed by Jay Johnston & Co. Kilgore & Klocow.
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Jay Johnston & Co
Kilgore & Klocow
Milford Dominates Spirit Lake Final 61–0
Betherville fans witnessed Iford battle Rock Rapids in a championship clash at Spirit Lake. Milford unleashed a fast, disciplined attack to hand Rock Rapids its first defeat of the season, aided by an early injury to one of Rock Rapids' top players. The affair was clean and spirited, showcasing modern football. VRE Forty Years for Work. A man's working life averages forty years.
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Betherville
Spirit Lake
Iford
Rock Rapids
Milford
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