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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1947
Page
10
Governor Robert D. Blue sent a Christmas package from Iowa State College dairy department to 47 state governors. The box includes a wheel of Iowa blue cheese a pack of edam two pounds of Iowa butter and a verse praising Iowa produce.
Towa's preeminent position as a food producing state is noted for its leadership in dairy specialties from Iowa State College research. The Blue Roquefort type cheese shows growth from almost nothing ten years ago to 14 million pounds nationally, with butter production at 0.7 million pounds, far surpassing other states.
Governor Blue highlights Iowa dairy research progress at Iowa State College on Roquefort type cheese made from cows milk. The article traces Roquefort origins in France with mold activity creating its blue marbled color and notes U S efforts to replicate it with dairy cows.
Nearly 14 million acres of privately owned woodlands have joined the American tree farm movement. Improved forest management and fire protection are seen as key to sustaining regrowth, promising perpetual forests to meet national needs.
Plywood does not shrink or swell due to grain orientation. Government tests show plywood glued to framework yields walls far stronger than conventional heavy walls. Two fir plywood types exist interior and exterior with distinct outdoor and indoor uses.
In Des Moines during a special legislative session Governor Robert D. Blue weighs possible runs for Senate, a third gubernatorial term, or staying out. Observers say he must decide after the session ends as tax issues loom, while party dynamics and 1948 campaigning tensions rise. Senator Guy Gillette delays his own public plans, with observers predicting a Democratic Senate bid when timing feels right.
Levi Dickinson of Wethersfield Connecticut made the first broom corn brooms in 1797. Benjamin Franklin is credited with developing broom corn. Records show broom corn production in Italy about 360 years ago.
The above ground turnip kohlrabi presents like a turnip with leaf scales. Cooking guidance advocates trimming leaves, trimming and slicing lengthwise, boiling in salted water for 20 minutes, then draining and serving with melted butter or cream.
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