Farming and Household Notes on Grasshoppers and Wheat Quota
In Lee County hopper dozers aided by county agents curtailed a severe grasshopper outbreak while Henry County used a farm bureau dozer available to farmers at one dollar daily. Iowa State College reports winter wheat acreage near one million, with many counties exceeding quotas. Over 50,000 Iowa farmers signed wood cutting pledges to save coal, aiding fuel supplies for 1914 and beyond. final census reports due October 10 and farmers urged to secure seed corn for two years.
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Lee County
Henry County
Farm Bureau
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Charles Webster
G. B. McDonald
United States
American Lumbermen
Chicago
Wartime Work for Schools in Davenport
Davenport reports on home demonstration grants guiding wartime conservation in schools. About 450 children in one grade create wool saving posters, another 450 work on sugar conservation posters, while high school girls sew conservation material dolls and remodel old wool into garments. They also mend and patch actual garments and use steam techniques to renew velvet.
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Davenport
Jin Sewibe
Be EBD Cows Graen And Silage For Winter Feeding
In cold wet weather dairy cattle need careful feeding to prevent restiveness and production drops. Supplementary feeds now boost immediate output and help sustain production through the colder period. Use oats or corn with small amounts of gluten meal or cottonseed if available, aiming for about 1 pound of grain per 3 or 4 pounds of milk. If cold rains persist, house cows for exercise and water. after exposure, cows may need several days to recover.
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Iowa State
Corn census being taken by Iowa farm co operators
Thirteen thousand farm bureau co operators are at work in Iowa this week finishing the seed corn census of the state conducted by school districts. Everyone is urged to report to his farm bureau cooperative.
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Farm Bureau
Iowa
May feed sugar to save bees in Iowa reports apiarist
Iowa beekeepers urged to leave forty pounds of honey in each colony for winter and spring needs. Government sugar program available via J F Deems Burlington to prevent bee starvation. Feed two parts sugar to one part water with tartaric acid, in one or two evenings, early this month.
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F. Eric Millen
Ames
Apiarist
J. F. Deems
Burlington
Iowa
Mr. Millen
Timely Tips for the Home and Wartime Savings
Faded items can be revived by dye pots and fresh fruits boost desserts while conserving wheat sugar and fuel. A woodcutting day aids trees and fuel efficiency. sewing machine attachments ease housework. coal and budget discipline curb costs. Protect fall strawberry plants with lead arsenate. harvest firm tomatoes early to frost protect then ripen indoors.
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Tawa Stile College
Pope Benedict Plans World Appeal on Wilson Peace Plan
Pope Benedict will urge world leaders to back President Wilson's fourteen points and choose All Souls Day November 2 for a new peace move. Austria's impending peace bid and Germany's stance are noted amid calls for an end to the war as the pope’s timing aligns with broader diplomatic shifts.
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Pope Benedict
WORLD
Wilson
Washington
D. C
Benedict
Austria
Germany
Turkey
Iannot
Culling the Flock and Indicators of Hen Laying
A guide notes that beak and yellow shank color indicate laying status with first on the front shanks then the back. Hens with strong yellow shanks are likely poor layers, horn corn in Rhode Island Reds can resemble yellow but is not the same. Sick hens show pale shanks and other culling factors include vent, comb, pelvic bones and abdomen flexibility. Ames issues a circular detailing these points.
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Rhode Island
Ames
MO RS CONGRESS TO MEET IN AMES FOR WAR EFFORT
Wartime program planned for the tenth biennial Iowa Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations to be held at Iowa State College in Ames October 22 to 24. The program centers on The Demand of the Hour on the American Mother and is led by Mrs. I L Hillis, Mrs. Z Thornburg, and Dean C J McKay. Delegates: presidents and one more for each 1 paid member, with invitations for unaffiliated groups. Also notes a farm extension tip: to remove foxtail from Grimm alfalfa by mowing, cultivating with a spring tooth harrow, and smoothing harrow this fall.
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Iowa Congress of Mothers
Parent-Teacher Associations
Iowa State College
Ames
I. L. Hillis
Z. €. Thornburg
Des Moines
C. J. McKay
Farm Crops Department of
Town State College
Marion County
FINE FEATHERS AND EGGS
Grandmother’s flock selection advice contrasts with Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station findings. She saved early moulters with yellow beaks and legs, but poultry experts say lazy hens moult early and late-moulted birds can still be good layers.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Moves and Plans From Readers in Decorah Notes
Thirty years ago items report Mr and Mrs Frank Godfrey moving into a new house built by R E Ridley on Sixth Street. Lewis Bingham and sister Lizzie plan to attend Drake, University and Callanan College in Des Moines this winter. Mrs John Ammon leaves for California for the winter with friends from Decorah. A E Gaylord is laid off from railroad work for a few days with Conductor Maxwell serving in his place. Bert Millereen is assisting as conductor briefly while the days pass.
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Frank Godfrey
R. E. Ridley
Sixth Street
Lewis Bingham
Lizzie
Des Moines
Drake, University
Callanan College
John Ammon
California
Decorgh
A. E. Gaylord
Maxwell
Mr. Gaylord
Ed Bert ‘Millereen
Oe A
Mrs. C. Neville
Armstrong Gray Herday Otland
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