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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1949
Page
9
Washington merchants showcase bold cotton colors from chartreuse to Nile green in towels sheets curtains and bedspreads with hemstitching embroidery and printed designs. Decorators seek vivid shades for walls rugs tables and blankets while corded spreads and organdies add modern color notes to living spaces.
Washington county farmer Carl Anderson, a long time soil conservation advocate and legislator, reviews a 1949 Iowa bill to fund soil conservation with about 2500 per county. He notes terraces contoured fields and stock ponds at his Wellman area farm and recalls early efforts that spurred wider adoption.
In Washington County 298 farmers have adopted soil conservation practices since 1944. Boettcher of the county conservation office notes progress, with 75 adopting in 1948 and 48 so far in 1949, aided by soil surveys, field reorganization, terracing, and pond construction to improve land use and reduce erosion. Local commissioners—Joe Knotek, Howard Andersen, and Homer Vincent—assist in spreading projects across the county.
Washington county has many hog producers who are good enough to qualify as Master Swine Producers. The extension service youth director Gus Alsip notes eight sows farrowing this spring may earn honors for 25 top producers. Weather has helped pig saving despite some losses in a few days of bad weather.
Iowa farmers embrace the new Moore barley as a high yielding stiff-strawed replacement for older strains. The six-rowed Moore shows strong yields, averaging 54 bushels per acre in tests, and is praised for straw stiffness and fertilizer response. It offers earlier production, good fattening value, and malt industry acceptance while bearing some disease susceptibilities.
Washington County Farm Bureau reports 90.1 percent of its 1354 member quota filled as of mid year. Despite a $15 dues increase, membership remains on par with last year with 149 new members since January 1. Ten of 15 townships now operate planning committees and meetings.
Washington county farmers show a favorable grain outlook with 70 percent of land plowed and oats up two inches. Wittrn, AAA chair, notes corn and oats acreage, 98 000 acres of corn, 6 000 acres of wheat, and 235 000 crop acres overall, though weather remains a key variable for final yields.
In Washington County, Polish displaced persons Bronislaw Osowski and Janina Osowski start anew on 360 acres under the Greiners sponsorship. They endured German imprisonment and forced labor in Germany, learning little English while assisting on the farm and adapting to American life. The Greiners, the couple’s sponsors, reflect on dependable help and ongoing integration as the story continues.
In this issue two interview stories feature foreign-speaking residents new to the United States. One covers a French woman and her children south of Washington, the other a Polish couple near Wellman. Interviewed by Jack McDonough of the University of Iowa crew, both subjects speak minimal English. McDonough, fluent in French, used German to converse with the Polish subject. His French fluency comes from marrying a French woman met in France. Their household uses French as the common language.
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