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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1949
Page
11
Iowa extension entomologist Harold Gunderson warns farmers to prepare for corn borers this summer. He cites 1948 and 1947 patterns, estimating potential losses of about 60 million bushels statewide if borers rise from two to three per stalk, costing roughly $15 million in treatment.
The Osowskis, Polish Catholics, join St. Joseph's Church Wellman and plan a four room home east of the Greiner farm. Referred by the International Refugee Organization, they endured screening in Europe and long travel to a fresh start in America. Mrs. Greiner notes new skills and habits needed, such as driving a Ferguson tractor and learning modern appliances.
Patricia Jane Edgar of Crawfordsville has been selected as one of four seventh district Farm Bureau scholarship applicants to interview May 1 in Des Moines. The committee will choose two scholarship recipients and two alternates from these four. Edgar is active in her school band glee club plays newspaper staff youth fellowship and Sunday school.
E T Gardiner extension forester Iowa State College urges replacing dying old windbreaks with evergreen wildbreaks for year round protection. He notes evergreen trees cost about 50 dollars for an average windbreak and recommends 12 to 18 inch stock transplanted twice for better root-top balance. Planting should occur in spring with careful planning as windbreaks are permanent once established.
Ham Fisher explains windbreak patterns for farmsteads. He notes trees form a snow fence and protect 3 to 5 windbreak heights from the trees, with best protection 150 to 250 feet from a 50 foot tall screen. Location near roads and house sightlines require careful planning.
Early American railroad services operated only in daylight owing to dangers from fallen trees, rock slides, cattle and buffalo herds, Indian attacks, bandits, and other hazards along remote routes.
Happy birthday greetings list several local residents including Victor Bowen Cathryn Anna Jarrard and Betty Jo Anderson with others from Muscatine and nearby areas. The column also notes birthdays for Douglas Allen Cole William Harold Zager and Mrs Lloyd Foster along with an anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Everette Schmitt.
The United States saw a drop in sheep numbers by about 2.5 million head during 1948. The decline reflects postwar agricultural adjustments and market changes affecting herds nationwide.
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