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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1922
Page
10
A 1921 Marshall county pork study found average production costs at 7.87 dollars per hundred pounds, with feed costing 4.94 dollars per hundred. High corn use and limited alternate feeds raised costs, while 1922 offered better break even prospects due to higher pork prices and cheaper labor.
Iowa State College expert promotes extra fall feeding to improve lamb numbers and twin births. Oats or oats mixed with corn and bran serve as a practical ration when pasture is scarce, with a noted 198 per thousand improvement in lambs over unfed ewes. Also covers tree transplanting with soil balls and timing for evergreens.
Purebred sires more than pay for their cost and boost herd value, according to Rex Beresford of Iowa State College extension. Data from E N Wentworth show purebred cattle on the Chicago market commonly fetch about triple the price of native stock, enough to cover sire costs. Iowa experiments also prove better sires yield heavier, more productive offspring across horses, dairy cattle, and sheep, with a bulletin available free to Iowa residents.
C. B. Finley of the Iowa Extension service reports strong demand for good grade dairy cows in Iowa and neighboring states. He notes rising purebred sire use and better stock due to testing, with grain rations boosting fall readiness and profits. a cow testing member found a $1 feed returns $2.50.
In October Iowa State College landscape expert H H Cornell advises planting and transplanting shrubs while dormancy is strong to reduce shock. Nurseries offer better fall stock and planters receive more attentive service. After October, shrubs are ready to move as they have stored food despite some leaves remaining on some varieties. For trees, consider handling three to four inch diameter specimens during moving.
Iowa State College purchased a champion Shorthorn steer raised by Velma Packer of Clemons Marshall County for student judging. Club members also excelled at the Nebraska fair with open-class judging after displaced cattle entries. Robert Collins won an Angus yearling championship, Leland Halter took third in Shorthorn baby beef, marking Iowa’s first in-state/out-of-state club competition and a record Marshall County sale.
Entomologists at Iowa State College report cabbage losses from green worms. They recommend lead arsenate spray in spring and early summer, two pounds per 50 gallons of water, noting a high safety margin. Damage worst where rape is grown due to white butterfly eggs hatching into worms. After harvest, plow under or burn stumps to curb winter pests. Avoid planting near mustard family crops and nasturtiums near homes, which also attract cabbage worms.
Dr. C. J. Drake, Iowa State College entomologist, reports the bronze birch borer is causing extensive damage to Iowa birch trees. The insect girdles limbs from the outside inward, killing branches from the top down as it spreads across the northern United States and Canada. The telltale sign is uneven, wavy markings on the bark.
A sheriff sale notice announces enforcement of a 1922 judgment in Estherville Iowa. The defendant W J Swartz’s real estate in Section 10 Township 100 North Range 34 West is levied to satisfy a debt and interest totaling $35,533.37 plus costs. Sale to the highest bidder for cash on October 16 1922 at the courthouse door between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. begins at 10:20 a.m. with proceeds to cover debt, interest and costs.
The October Term 1922 petition lists Alma Peterson suing John Peterson for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment. It seeks custody of two minor children, Mildred Evelyn Peterson and Gerard Sylvester Peterson, and general equitable relief. A separate Bankers Life Company case against H J Fink Christine Fink J S Peterson Laura M Smith Farmers Senton Savings Bank American Mortgage and Securities Company Beaver Valley State Bank seeks $20 407.45 with 8 percent interest plus $5 for abstract continuation and a foreclose deed on the North Half of property in Emmet County Iowa.
State of Iowa Emmet County notice lists Ray Brannan as administrator of the George W Brannan estate. Creditors are required to pay debts or present claims for allowance to the clerk of the district court, with dated notice September 11 1922.
A sheriff sale is set in Emmett County Iowa on October 16 1922 after Bankers Life Company won judgment for 697.31 plus costs 141.28 against T Nederhoff and Bert Nederhoff The property is the north half of the northwest quarter the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the west half of the southwest quarter in section 33 township 98 north range 33 west The sale will occur in front of the courthouse Essthereville between 9am and 4pm with bidding starting at 10 40am to satisfy the debt interest and costs
Section Twenty four township ninety eight range thirty two Emmet County Iowa mortgage by Arias W Kitzmiller widower and H J Fink Christine Fink to plaintiff securing debt costs of continuation of abstract foreclosing junior interests and for general relief fees and costs refer to petition defend by noon second day of next term Estherville October 30 1922 Henry Henry Attorneys for Plaintiff Notice of Proof of Will Katherine J Frank deceased hearing October 16 1922 at 10:00 AM at Estherville Court House reasons to probate instrument not probated and allowed as last will and testament Sidney E Bemis Clerk of District Court 38w3
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