Windbreaks help reduce wind and snow near farms
Ed Graf ton of Iowa State University Extension forester advises windbreaks as a permanent farm feature. Place trees on north and west to shield buildings, with distance from 100 to 150 feet minimum and 350 to 400 feet maximum. Extend windbreak 100 feet beyond buildings, and consult two ISU bulletins: Planning Your Windbreak and Selecting and Planting Windbreak Trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Grafton
Iowa State University Extension Forester
Grafton
Iowa
Iowa State University
Ames
Learning about smaller colleges at Wellman youth event
A January 29 program at West Union Mennonite Church hosts a panel on advantages of smaller colleges and their impact on career choices. Clifford R. Dodge of William Penn College leads the evening with Rev. Herman Ropp, Dale Dodge, Rev. Otto Steele, and youths from sponsoring churches. Open to all teens. Fellowship follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman’ Ropp
Dale Dodge
Otto Steele
Altar and Rosary Society
St. Josephs Church
J. W. Pyle
Howard Bohr
St. Joseph’s Hall
Elaine Williams
Glen Williams
Washington
United States
Elaine
Italy
France
Austria
Germany
University of Italy
Florence
Iowa City
Sieg Company to celebrate centennial in 1969
W A Larson president of Sieg Company 656 West Second Ottumwa Iowa announces the centennial year in 1969. Founded in 1869 in Davenport Iowa the firm began as a supplier of horse shoes wagon parts and other transportation equipment materials. The article traces the company’s expansion into radio tubes Fada radios and Cunningham electronic tubes and its growth alongside the automotive industry with multiple warehouses and catalogs. Plans include faster delivery inventories computerized systems and electronic screening as it envisions space hardware as a potential stock item in the next hundred years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sieg Company
W. A. Larson
West Second Street
Ottumwa
Iowa
Davenport
Sieg
Cunningham
Larson
Premiums set for 12th Washington County Winter Market Barrow Show
A record $150 in premiums will be awarded to exhibitors in the 12th annual Washington County Winter Market Barrow Show on February 18 at Kalona Sales Barn. Open to swine producers from Washington and nearby counties, the event offers two live classes light and heavy weight and a carcass class. Entries limited to two barrows 190 to 230 lbs with a $2 entry fee. judging in the afternoon after morning entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Reports County Pork Producer’s Association
Larry Shalla
Riverside
Kalona
Washington
Washington County Extension Office
Washington County Pork Producer’s Association
Jim Frier
Dave Winegarden
Wellman
Ed Augustine
Daryl Owens
Crawfordsville
Wilfred McCreedy
Ainsworth
Gary Peiffer
Keota
Bill Kilgore
Ed _ Wittetoe
Earl Wright
Brighton
Ray Douds Visit at Keota Sunday
Keota Iowa families hosted Ray Douds visiting West Liberty relatives and friends during a Sunday gathering. The day included birthday celebrations for Cindy and Pat Sheets and Elsie Mayer, plus greetings from numerous local households and extended family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Douds
Keota
Cindy
Pat
Joel Sheets
Harold Sheets
Tommy Hartnell
Jerry Hartnell
LuAnn
Mark Sheets
Richard Mayer
Gary Romoser
Marlin Romoser
Bob
Cora Henderson
Mabel Morris
Rochester
Minnesota
Nelle Littlefield
Madonna Towers
Carl Nelson
Hedrick
Mabel Fagen
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Willard Poole
Des Moines
January Auctions and Closings in Iowa Listings
A sequence of farm auctions and sales across Iowa details dates from January 29 to February 15. Items include consignment cattle, trucks and equipment, household goods, and livestock at venues in Sigourney, Mt. Pleasant, Keota, Ollie, Gladwin, Columbus Junction, Washington, Kalona, and Wapello with start times from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Featured organizers include Keota Spray Service, Goose Creek Farms, Ollie Sale Barn, and Kalona Community Auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Bethel Methodist Church
Ray Laufenberg
Mt. Pleasant
Swedesburg
Richard E. Hulme
Keota
Iowa
D. M. Grimes
Ollie Sale
Ollie
Gladwin
Columbus Junction
Goose Creek Farms
Forrest M. Larmer
Washington County Fairgrounds
Kenneth Henry
Fairgrounds
Carrie Mayhew
Logan Heilman
Washington
Airport Road
First House
Carl Zieglowsky
Kalona
Wapello Livestock Sales Inc
Highway 61
Wapello
Smylie’s
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Wayland
Practical Gardener: Forcing Twigs for Early Bloom
January garden tips from Union Fork and Hoe in Columbus outline forcing twigs from early blooming shrubs to bloom indoors. Use pussy willow, forsythia, cherry, and quince with careful timing, water, and room temperature. avoid overheating and aggressive stem treatment for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Fork and Hoe Company
Columbus
Ohio
Farm Equipment Auction Lot List with Implements and Wagons
Readable inventory of farm machinery and wagons for sale including J D discs planters cultivators mowers choppers spreaders wagons and runners. Items span plows corn pickers hay balers hay racks and farm trailers with various capacities and attachments suitable for JD Allis Chalmers IHC and Heider gear. Location and sale details not provided.
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By Edna Blumenstein
Holiday Inn
Jerry Rathmel
Sam Rathmel
University Hospital
Jerry
Richard Enfield
Frank Rathmel
Wellman Lions Club
Mid Prairie
Everette Plecker
The
Lions Club
Bob Gaston
Mid . Prairie Music Department
John Maxwell
Jeff
Steven Hunter
Bedford
England
Set
Sieg Co
W. Galoney
County
Soan
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Glen Henry
Madrid
Ruby Sharp
Everette Green
Miriam Levien
Kenny Pfaff
Mary Sue
Walburga White
Elsie Mayer
Mrs. Mayer
Mrs. Marlin Romoser
Journal
Aberdeen Angus Cattle
Delbert Streigle
Julianna Waechter
Wesley Meck
Henry McCreery
Don Phillips
Jerry and Gary Allison Weldon Hall
Wantland Angus Farms
Russell
Lyle Teach
Donald Robinson
Lyle Smith
John Tremmell
Vernon Horras
Richland
JO Giltner
Agency
Barn
Fascoe
Rossiter
Farrow
Hampshire
Oliver
Century
Winpower
Massey Ferguson
Viking
VORA
Omessembmns
Radson
R. Pennebaker
Lucy and
Louise
J. H. Hoyer
H. H. van Syoc
Goose Creek Farm
Allis Chalmers
J.D
Sears
H.C
Ward
David Bradley
John Deere
Fordson
Freeman Manure
Kewanee
New Idea
Blue Devil
Ford
Columbus Junction State Bank
Bob Duncan
Jim Soukup
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