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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1939
Page
6
Iowa State College agronomy head W H Pierre explains profit by soil type and fertilizer mix. Phosphorus is often lacking. superphosphate plus manure is economical on many soils. Peat, mucks, and high lime soils benefit from mixed fertilizers 0-20-10 0-20-20 or 0-9-27. proper hill or row application reduces needs.
G C Kent of Iowa State warns a severe apple scab season is likely this spring. Early treatment with two pre bloom sprays is advised, using lime sulfur mix. Infestation varies by state region, with potential yield losses up to 20 percent. Also noted are farm equipment purchases and Farm Security Administration group loan data.
The Farm Security Administration reports 128 856 farmers benefited from group loans enabling access to equipment and services otherwise unavailable. By pooling resources small farmers can acquire costly machinery, such as tractors, boosting competitiveness with larger farms. By January 1939 over 7 000 loans totaling about 4 494 132 dollars had been issued.
In the seventeenth century a popular pigment named iris green was made by fermenting blue flag iris flowers then extracting juice and mixing with powdered alum. Violet pansy flowers yielded a similar pigment.
Hazel Brockett of Des Moines East High School wins the sixth annual state health essay contest sponsored by the Woman's Auxiliary and the Speakers Bureau of the Iowa State Medical Society. She receives 20 dollars, with Alvin Goettsch 10 dollars and Viola Lewis 5 dollars in second and third places respectively. Ten honorable mentions earn 1 dollar each.
Webster City and Marilyn Nott of New London highlighted a statewide contest with entries from over 100 Iowa public and parochial schools. Participants were limited to 1,200 words stressing health rules including posture and immunization against disease.
The Thirty Nine Steps of John Buchan’s mystery tale are real and located not on Britain’s North Sea coast but at St David’s Cathedral in Pembrokeshire Wales where the coast curves into the sea.
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