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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1952
Page
6
Florists rely on two reliable methods to keep seed flats evenly moist: the wick system with a burial or fiberglass wick and the subirrigation setup using a waterproof liner. Both prevent overwatering and reduce the need for constant tending, enabling amateurs to grow chosen varieties indoors with less risk of damping off.
A new eight page bulletin from Iowa State College explains handling high moisture corn. It covers crib designs for storage and drying, cross sectional plans for forced ventilation, portable drying units, and safe uses for feedings to hogs cattle and lambs.
The 14th Annual National Farm Institute sponsored by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Fort Des Moines Hotel in Des Moines on February 15 and 16. The program focuses on food and the future with speakers from Kentucky Nebraska North Carolina and Cornell Missouri and Michigan State among others.
Des Moines reports a record Farm Bureau membership drive with 105000 members counted across the state, an increase of over 30000 in three weeks. Al Hagen of the Iowa Park Bureau says the 155889 goal will likely be reached earliest in history as counties mail reports before first meetings. Worth county reached quota on January 2 with 182 members, and Jones county had 1106.
An Iowa State College article in the January Farm Science reviews Ladino Clover as a versatile pasture plant suited for hogs cattle dairy sheep and poultry. It notes good yield in fertile moist soils while warning on drought, discusses seed origin and identification, winter hardiness, reseeding, lime and phosphate needs, seeding rates, grazing management to avoid bloat, silage and hay uses, and seed production in California Oregon and Idaho with Iowa not yet suited to seed farming due to climate and equipment limits.
Six Cornell University researchers spent three months on special diets to test spinach’s iron. Adults absorbed up to one percent of iron, a figure praised due to spinach’s overall iron content. Frances Johnston notes a shift from baby-focused studies to adult nutrition. The Iowa Experiment Station and others are breeding winter hardy, heat tolerant strains for Midwest climate adaptation.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at iron content findings but remains unclear. The snippet mentions iron in some context and references little ones, yielding limited concrete details about the study or results.
Hugh Morris of Cotter paid 50.40 per cwt for Shorthorn feeder cattle at a recent sale tied to the National Western Livestock show in Denver, consigned by Carnahan Brothers of Elbert. Morris plans to fit the road for the 1942 International show in Chicago.
A Shorthorn road Jets team secured several premiums during the International event, showcasing strong performance across multiple classes and earning top placements among competitors.
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