Potato test plots harvest in Washington County farms
Washington County Farm Bureau reports potato test plots at Joe C Miller Ed Lins Wm Martin farms harvested with a Fred Donaldson plot pending. Northern certified seed shows promise and yields likely exceed county average. Also covers hog and cattle feeding economics, soybeans and oilmeal impacts, dressing percentages, and rye pasture ideas for hogs and cattle.
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Joe C. Miller
Ed Lins
Wm. Martin
Fred Donaldson
Washington County
Community Notes From Crawfordsville and Surrounds
A Crawfordsville update recaps the Merry Music Makers gathering at Mrs Buxbaum home with guests Helen Kissinger Wilma Wooley and Margaret Schmidt plus several performers and prizes. Also listed are visits to Des Moines and Kansas City band events, local church services and funerals, the Long family reunion in Washington with 662 attendees, and county rural route carriers association meeting with officers elected and social activities noted.
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Crawfordsville
Merry Music Makers
Buxbaum
Helen Kissinger
Morning Sun
Wilma Wooley
Margaret Schmidt
Ina Mae Walks
Mary Lillian Moorhead
Miriam and
Mildred Davis
Dorothy Work
Mary Frances McCoy
Marie Darbyshire
Gwendolyn Marie Rhea
Mary Davis
Martha Davis
Anna Mae White
Ruxbaum
Elizabeth
Augusta Williams
Wapello Fair
EK. S. Hehner
Elizabeth Grace Jones
Des Moines
E. S. Hehner
Hehner
Methodist
John Wooley
Kansas City
James Skinner
la Harpe
Kansas
Trevor Davis
Wenger
Effie Wilkins
G. W Wallace
Washington
Wallace Carson
Brighton
United Presbyterian Church
Will Hagie
Lee
Mediapolis
John Mitchell
Ernest Clark
County Rural Route Carriers Association
Brighton Wellman
Kalona
Ainsworth
Ladies’ Auxiliary
A. E. Horton
FE. L. Clark
J. C. Mitchell
Sunset Park
Mary Sewell
Diagonal
T. J Long
Sumner
Strain
William Lone
V. Sewell
Hopkins, Mo
Wilson Lemon and Sons
White Bear Lake
Minn
A. B. Orris
Excelsior Springs
Orris
Frank Bentley
Waterloo
J. S. McCleary
Edward
Gwendolyn
Filly
Chicago
Walter Hailer
Mary Louise Barnes
Lee Lease
Marien
Town City
Gibraltar's Rock Reaches 1596 Feet At North Point
The top of the Rock of Gibraltar stands 1596 feet above sea level at the north end toward Spain. Its north face is near vertical and Europa Point marks the southern terminus. The west side is less steep, while a barren level between base and sea hosts the town.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Spain
Europa Point
Heaviest Concrete Mat Not The Largest Block
The George Washington Masonic Memorial block is among the heaviest concrete mats ever poured for a building though not the largest single block. It contains 8714 cubic yards of concrete and 720 tons of 4 inch square reinforcing bars, with work on dams and canal locks exceeding it in size.
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George Washington Masonic Memorial
County 4-H Livestock To State Fair Thursday
Washington county 4H livestock heads to the Iowa State Fair with ten calves twenty three hogs and one colt entered. Entries will be loaded Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Livestock will be judged Friday August 26 pigs and Saturday August 27 calves. The state club show is expected to be one of the largest in the United States.
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Washington County
United States
Hereford Steer Calves Lead Iowa State Cattle Tests
Oilmeat steers topped ISU experiments this past season and were sold on the Chicago market after the annual cattle sale, highlighting strong performance of Hereford calves in the Iowa State College program.
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Iowa State College
Chicago
Rye pasture aids spring pigs in sanitation program
EK L Quaife of Iowa State College notes rye pasture will play a key role in sanitation and provide early green feed for swine. He adds handling of pigs between ...
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EK. L. Quaife
Tiowa State College
Local Business Notices and Contacts in Batley Area
W D Dwyer Batley Building northeast corner square third floor end of hall phone 176 Provident Mutual Use Ins Co of Philadelphia insurance annuities retirement life incomes H W Hyde district agent phone 890 Black Plumbing Ream and Carson Plumbing and Heating Veratas ing Duro Pumps and Water centers located at 11% North Jones Ave phone 1e3 Prompt Service.
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W. D. Dwyer Batley
Northeast Corner Square
Plumbing Ream & Carson Plumbing and Heating
Veatasing Duro Pumps
North
Jowes Ave
Chiropractor Neurocarometer Service Ad
Office opposite Court House offers chiropractic and neurocarometer service. Downstairs office with telephone numbers 342 for office and 102 for residence listed.
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Khherman
West Main
Court House
Downstaire
Preston Letter Medical Ad Listing Contact
Special attention given to rectal diseases. Third door south of Lemmon’s Pharmacy. Office phone 410, reply phone 81 Black.
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Preston L.etter
Lemmon'sa Pharveey Apastaire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington County Farm Bureau
H. J. Montgomery
C. C. Culbertson
Sudan
Farm Bureau
Nelile Maners
Gibraltar
Fitch
Minne
Lekee
Hefimen
Mer
The
Journal
T. J. Pease
DR. O.bf. Boller
Commercial Bank Corner
Weat
Washington St
John W. Applegate
City Hall
Across the Atreat
State Theatre
Ralph W. Thompson Insurance
Bailey Ridg
Slavator
Lemley & Yard Insurance
Washington National Bank
Hall
Main St
Livingston & Eicher GB
W. Livingston
E. C. Elricher
Jones Funebral
East Main St
Laithly
C. F. Bassler
Chiropractore
Chas
Brown
Osteopathic
Haven
Lasy
Chesterfield
Bom Tie Abe
Columbia Coast
Heslerield UnySuti
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