Farm and Household Notes on Storing Potatoes and Wood
Guidance on potato storage stresses open cellar windows for air to dry and cool produce. It covers ideal temp below 40 degrees, risks of moisture, and the need to cut wood supply to towns. discusses farm building plans, bluegrass, calf care, and butter demand with notes on beekeeping and poultry culling practices.
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A. T. Erwin
Truck Garden
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Camp Dodge Seeks Cabinetsto Hold Records for Phonograph
Camp Dodge Y M C A seeks ready to assemble cabinet designs suitable for phonograph records. Each cabinet must fit upright, hold at least two hundred records, and be compact yet sturdy. Multiple buildings require these units for equipment storage and program use.
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Camp Dodge Y. M. C. A
Old Clothes Clinics Boost Wool Conservation in Iowa County
Eight clinics have been held across an Iowa county with twenty five local demonstrators trained by the home demonstration agent. Women and girls bring old garments to be remade while demonstrators receive training in re modeling. Janet Catton of Iowa State College assisted in organizing crews and promoting wool conservation statewide. Clean up the garden by pulling dry weeds and plants. They will fill in suetens.
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Iowa
G. B. MacDonald
Forestry Department
Iowa State College
Charles Webster
Fellinsz
Ntametiam
Janet Catton
Home Cedes
Feed steers on limited grain for higher profits
Dows Agricultural Experiment Station experts advise feeding two year old cattle silage with a limited grain ration of 4 quarter to a half, based on Ames experiments. The program yielded greater profits at packing and per acre, with 3 to 5 pounds of plain grain daily replacing 15 to 20 pounds of linseed meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dows Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Hints on Wintering Bees for Outdoor or Cellar Storage
Fr. Eric Millen of Ames offers guidance on wintering bees outdoors in wind protected sites or in cellars. Pack tightly with waterproof material and a tunnel for flights, keep entrances shallow, and use a double hive if needed. Move outdoor colonies indoors by late November and watch weather to prevent cold waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Millen
Ames
Mr. Millen
Millen
Noveader
Hog business getting brisk at national swine show
Swine men at Cedar Rapids express optimism about the pure bred swine sector with strong demand and good prices for breeding stock. They note market swine fetch higher prices, while war conditions temper concern. W. E. McFadden, president of the National Swine Growers Association, says this is a good time to strengthen their businesses.
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Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Sam
France
Europe
Cedar Rapids
W. E. McFadden
National
Swine Growers’ Association
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