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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1949
Page
6
Byron Bancroft Johnson organizes the American League three years after graduating Marietta College. He serves as president from 1900 to 1927.
Eight peach and five apple trees well cared for will supply all fruit a family of five needs for 12 months.
The Washington Evening Journal prints its staff roles and publication details with a list of editors and managers. It includes subscription rates by carrier and mail for Iowa and outside Iowa, noting advance payment and frequency terms.
Coronet Magazine debunks common health myths. Salt on babies palms does not prevent convulsions and regular tooth decay relates to calcium and nutrition. Moderate alcohol may extend life compared with abstainers, sleep needs vary, and baldness is mostly hereditary or infection related.
An article notes how appetizing meals rely on color, texture, and timing with tips for raw vegetables, crisp contrasts, and garnishes. It also discusses Brazil’s São Paulo region supplying drying oils for paint, highlighting linseed, castor, citicica, tung oils and regional availability.
A new plowed-field tool named the Soil Surgeon combines double-disc, spiked harrow and float actions to produce finer, smoother seedbeds in half the time. Manufacturers say it cleans up weed seeds, reduces vegetation, levels the ground, fills air pockets, and seals moisture for a richer crop.
A new soil surgeon designed for plowed fields claims to replace a double disc, a harrow and a float. It uses two heavy steel pans with 20 double edged knives each to cut and pulverize soil into a fine seedbed, boosting germination and potential yields. It can be used in sections or bolted together for wider coverage and finishes by crossing furrows.
On Guam ships set up by the U S naval government, American sailors teach natives modern farming. Pigs produced are used to feed naval personnel and aid native rehabilitation. A seaman drives pigs to feed in the pictured scene.
For flavor and nutrition in meals, use soy flakes and grits in baked goods and casseroles. Soy grits stretch meat in loaves and patties, reduce shrinkage, and keep loaves moist. About one third cup per pound of meat. add grits to bread muffins cereals.
Economists from the U S Department of Agriculture say packaging fresh fruits and vegetables in consumer-sized units will bring convenience to housewives. Tomatoes mushrooms and newer items like spinach escarole and salad makings will be cleaner ready to use and reduce waste and costs.
To clean brass and copper, use a solution of vinegar and salt or a dilute oxalic acid with a fine abrasive such as whiting.
Iowa cattlemen can move lean feeders from drylot to pasture and profit says C. Culbertson animal husbandman at Iowa State College In field tests two Iowa farms fed a mixed brome alfalfa pasture with some grain and saw faster cheaper gains over six weeks to two months Brome alfalfa pasture supported more cattle per acre and bluegrass with grain also performed well Culbertson notes spring and fall bluegrass is tender and best for turning cattle on early prior to drying and hardening Protein supplements are unnecessary with good pasture Partial fat cattle fed full grain may lose weight when shifted to spring pasture Fertilizer trials on part of a field can indicate yields potential.
Weekly sale notices in Iowa detail Friday sessions at Whittaker sale barn and Keota Junction, Wednesday sales at Midway Sales Columbus Junction, Thursday Kalona Sales Barn Kalona, Tuesday 1:00 pm Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie, and May 7 listing for Loretta Harrison with 1:30 pm household goods sale at 1202 E 2nd.
A tractor operating under load with a misadjusted carburetor can burn about a half gallon more fuel per hour. With roughly 50 days of heavy operation annually, it could use 250 gallons more than needed. Proper carburetor adjustment could save a large share of fuel. The second sentence notes a hypothetical sky without atmosphere.
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