Washington County Farm Bureau Notes Summary
Notes discuss how processing taxes on farm products affect consumers nationwide, with examples from Minnesota Illinois North Carolina and cotton tobacco and wheat. It covers apple crop spraying for pest control, with guidance on timing sprays lead arsenate use lime-sulphur cautions and cultivation practices for beans and soybeans. It also outlines cattle disease testing programs including indemnities and sanitation requirements.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Chicaxo
Ilinot
North Carolina
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington County
United States
Worme
Soybean Cultivation Advice For First-Time Planters
Farmers who sowed soy beans this year for the first time face continued work through harvest. They must cultivate thoroughly until beans reach nine inches in height, with weed control ideally started before planting.
Federal funds advance Bangs disease control nationwide
The program budgets 50 million dollars for emergency cattle disease control with an initial three million allocated by AAA after talks in Washington among state officials the Adjustment Administration and the Bureau of Animal Industry.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Sowing Alfalfa After Liming Requires Careful Timing
The article notes a method to sow alfalfa about a month after liming, with some expense but potential to yield a crop next June. It explains soil preparation times range from six weeks to six months and warns alfalfa should not be sown after September 1.
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Imsuel
County Fair Prizes Sought For August 7 to 10 Parade
Offers pour in from across the country for prizes at the 4-H County Fair set for August 7 to 10. A county parade will close the week on Friday August 10. Moving pictures will record each event and be shown countywide. A Sunset Park picnic for town and farm folk will follow. Bring well filled baskets.
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Sunset Park
4-H Club Meeting Reports Progress and Activities
The meeting opened with the president presiding and minutes approved. Frances Meacham WhelEd discussed the Parm Bureau Achievement and its origins in rural education and the Head Heart Hand Health Movement. Wilma Richards presented If for Girls, tours were reported, and a State 4-H Convention summary was given.
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Frances Meacham
Maude Waterhouse
Parm Bureau
South
Seaman Knapp
Farm Bureau
Wilma Richards
Roger Stannard
Robert Waterhouse
Helen Dieckinson
Hobbie Waterhouse
Maxine Waterhouse
Newly Formed Boys' Club Plans Growth
Miriam Stannard reports on the newly organized Boys' Club that hopes to grow larger.Mr Roudabush discusses August Achievement Day plans at the Bureau Farm home meeting led by Mrs IL Stannard secretary. The group closed with the song The More We Get Together.
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Miriam Stannard
Roudabush
IL. Stannard
Easy Soil Sampling Method With Auger Test
Farmers advised to take multiple shallow soil samples using a one inch auger to six inches depth. Collect about a tablespoon from each bore and combine to create a composite sample, then submit to The Farm Bureau for free testing of soil types in the field.
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Tureau
Franklin Township Farm Bureau Meeting Promised For Friday
The Franklin Township Farm Bureau hosts a Friday meeting at the Lester Macon home two miles west of Washington on Highway Town Numberwo. It begins at 8 30 pm with Dave Elder discussing his Panama trip. The event is organized by the Jolly Jokers 40 Girls club led by Miss Isabelle Combs and includes ice cream and comedy shorts.
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Pranklin
Lester Macon
Washington
Dave Elder
Panama
Jolly Jokers
Isabelle Combs
Venice on Mud Flats Crowned Medieval Salt Monopoly City
Built on mud flats Venice rose as the world’s largest medieval city, thriving on shad flats and dominating salt trade with a profitable monopoly.
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Venice
Smooth Coat St Bernards for Alpine Rescue
Monks in Switzerland used smooth coated St Bernard dogs for rescues. Some suggest the smooth variety may perform best in snowy conditions.
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St. Bernards
Switzerland
Pleasant Plain Social News and Local Visits
Mrs Rogal and family and Mr and Mrs Vince Shel angoski visited Joe Gevock's for Roman's birthday. Sophia Hobbs of Ottumwa visited. Dorothy Shelangoski stayed with Grandma Roxal. Chicken dinner at St Marys Polishville July 29. Several trips to Chicago and Iowa City noted. local church and social events described. Wapello kittenball to play Friday in Tri County league.
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Pleasant Plain
Rogal
Vince Shelangoski
Joe Gevock
Roman
Sophia Hobbs
Ottumwa
Knox
Pratt
Kansas
Dorothy Shelangoski
St. Mary's Church
Polishville
Conelake
Anna
Fay Gay
Minneapolis
Robert Blair
Iowa City
United Presbyterian Sunday School
Columbus City
Nellie
Bessie Moore
Whatsoever Society
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Mina Morris
Gravity
Edna Shellabarger
Michigan
Indiana
Harold Griffin
Downey
Eva McKee
DeKalb
Daisy Kemp
Lorena Maxwell
Cedar Rapids
Mildred Smith
Muscatine
J. R. Smith
BE. C. Turkington
Chicago
Watermelon Picking Opens Conesville Tour. Church Picnic Set
Truck farmers in the Conesville district begin watermelon picking. The Presbyterian church and Sunday school hold their annual picnic in Columbus chautauqua park Thursday from 4 to 7 PM. Visitors include Max Blankenhorn Karl Frisk and Gustav Direks at the Century of Progress expo.
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Columbus Junction
Conesville
Presbyterian Church
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Max Blankenhorn
Karl Frisk
Gustav Direks
Century of Progress
Contralto Star Ernestine Schumann-Heink Visits Missouri Recital
Opera great Ernestine Schumann-Heink graced Columbia Missouri for a recital at the University of Missouri auditorium. She quipped that all real contraltos are homely, remarking during her appearance in the town.
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Columbia, Mo
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Schumann-Heink
University of Missouri
Mother Nature hole in one at Newport Country Club
A storm tore off the veranda roof at Newport Country Club, creating a 50 foot hole that flew over the clubhouse and landed 100 feet away. Repairs cost 200 dollars.
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Ma Nature
Newport
Mother Nature
Newport Country Club
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PP. Miles Home
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Mairfield
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J Reynolds Totecce Company
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