Seed corn weeks urged by Iowa governor for 1910 harvest
Governor W L Harding proclaims Sept 20 to Oct 2 as Seed Corn Weeks calling Iowa farmers to gather seed corn early. The note warns late harvesting harms stands, cites past campaigns, frost timing, and the need for proper storage to ensure good seed for next season. Also touches tuberculosis concerns in hogs and poultry layer selection tips.
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Iowa
W. L. Harding
FG. Churchill
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Roup Endangers Poultry and Hog Tuberculosis Rise
Poultry experts warn contagious roup risks Iowa flocks with wet cool weather ahead. Symptoms include nasal discharge, feverish inflammation, coughing, and yellow crusts. spread via contact and contaminated feed or water. Prevention calls for dry well ventilated pens and careful cleaning. Curing demands isolation and daily eye and nasal care, with mercury solution immersion. Hog tuberculosis increases, heightening need to clean livestock herds.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Tractor Cost Survey For Iowa Farmers
A survey shows farm tract costs including labor and depreciation. It reports the expense of plowing an acre with a two ton tractor at about 1.76 dollars per acre, highlighting big item components.
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Iowa
Tractor costs and seed crops show farming prices study
A survey by Tona ment Station analyzes hourly costs for two and three ton tractors, highlighting labor fuel and depreciation as the main expenses. It concludes depreciation can be reduced by better tractor selection and care. Timothy seed crop production in the United States this year is estimated at about 80 percent of last year’s level, with low hold-over seed supplies.
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Iowa
Chicago
Omaha
Denver
St. Louis
Ft. Worth
Amed Whio
Towa
E. V. Collins
United States
Bureau of Markets
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Advertising budgets guide profitable livestock advertising
F W Beckman from Iowa State College says a definite advertising appropriation keeps ad spend in check and ensures efficiency. Breeders set yearly or campaign budgets as a percent of gross sales, from under 1 to 10 percent. Manuring pastures can curb weeds, with fields weedier than usual requiring two applications per season.
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F. W. Beckman
Agricultural Journalism Department
Iowa State College
Beckman
Melba Rebuke Over Chester in Sunday Clothes
Melba greets Chester who arrives to play, then rebukes him for wearing Sunday attire on a weekday. The scene hints at social proprieties and surprise at his dressed-up look.
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Melba
Chester
Tur
Towns Debating State Horseshoe Championship
AY OFATE BAIN reports all counties enter a champion horseshoe pitching contest at the Town State fair from August 25 to September 3. Counties select teams via elimination tournaments. eight teams advance to the final, each team playing round robin for 21 points. Prizes range from 19 to 15 with a silver roving cup awarded to the winner and lasting as permanent after three wins.
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Ita
Polata
Lot
Nym
French Praise for Our Red Cross Work
Andre Tardieu lauds American Red Cross for relief during WWI. He notes 1918 expenditures near 87 million francs and 1919 charitable spending around 177.8 million francs. He reports huge stock transfers to French relief groups and credits fifteen million American youths in Junior Red Cross with linking generations through wartime philanthropy.
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France
Andre Tardieu
United States
American Red Cross
Redrosa
America
Fragments From A Fragile Manuscript Incoherent Age Text
A garbled excerpt discusses oriental imagery and oaths from Siam with disjointed phrases. It references perjury, blood, crocodiles, and punishments, but the writing is heavily corrupted, yielding little coherent narrative or verifiable facts. The piece reads as a damaged archival snippet without clear context or identifiable individuals.
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James Lomax
John Hansen
AY Ofate Bain
RED Cross
Siam
Hell
MeChun
E.M. Brenneman
Estherville
Grand Theatre
Olga
Smith Co
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