Washington County swine tour tours four farms Saturday
Washington County swine producers and the extension office sponsored a spring swine tour Saturday with stops at four farms. At Clarence Boshart’s farm south of Washington they examined 280 pigs on ped clover pasture and noted careful management and sanitation.
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Washington County
Washington County Swine Producers’ Association
Swine Producers’ Group
Washington County Extension Office
Boshart
Sheetz
Don Sheetz
Washington
Mr. Sheetz
Als
Don
Bowser
Sam Bowser
West Chester
Sinty
Tom Robb
Summer Garden Tasks For A Busy Year
This 1951 spring garden column outlines summer jobs like weeding and spacing vegetables. It explains shallow hoeing to protect roots, uses mulch to suppress weeds, and notes timing with rainfall patterns from May to August for best yields.
Washington County Hires Muriel Collier as Extension Home Economist
Muriel Collier, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Collier of Durant, will join the Washington County extension program as home economist. A Town State College alumna and former 4-H member active in clothing nutrition and gardening, she has taught vocational home economics at Brooklyn High School since 1949 and will assume duties around August 15.
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John Gamon
Washington County Farm Bureau
Floyd Andre
Iowa State College
Muriel Collier
Washington County Extension Home
Miss Collier
Mark 8S. Collier
Durant, Towi
Town State College
Danforth
Colli‘roo
Brooklyn High School
FHA
Collier
Special plans urged for forage seed production
County extension director Thomas Robb urges potential seed producers to plan ahead and focus on crop management harvesting and storage. He says good seed needs a good price and weed free stands for high quality yields, outlining timing for alfalfa red clover Ladino and sweet clover and stressing fertilizers pollination and pest control.
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Thomas Robb
Ancient soaps from olive oil earth and plant ashes
History notes cleansing agents used in antiquity include olive oil combined with earth and plant ashes as soap substitutes. Sand and pumice served as abrasive scrapers for cleaning.
Harvest timing for legume seeds and drying guidance
The guide lists when to harvest various seeds by looking for color changes: alfalfa heads start shattering as pods turn brown or black. red clover heads brown. Ladino clover most heads brown. sweet clover seed pods brown to two thirds. birdsfoot trefoil pods brown and immature pods violet. After harvest, dry seeds properly for best results.
Repair Buildings Before Painting
Farm buildings should be completely repaired before painting this summer per Thomas A. Robb, county extension director. Replace worn materials, remove loose paint with a wire brush, and use paint removers or a blow torch on rough areas. Wait to putty nails until after the first coat, then finish with thin paint after drying. Best painting in fair weather above 40 degrees. Avoid high humidity and dusty or insect-filled periods. Prime thoroughly and add linseed oil to the first coat.
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Thomas A. Robb
Robb
Couple in Martinez Named Baby Robert J Open to Future Choice
A Colorado couple in Martinez plan to name their newborn Robert J with the middle name left blank until the child is old enough to choose a personal middle name. The unusual approach aims to give the child liberty in selecting a name that reflects their own identity.
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Martinez
Col
Robert J
Plenty of Chickens Assured This Year
The article predicts a bountiful chicken supply for summer and fall with broilers up at least 15 percent from last year. April hatchings boosted placements by 385 percent, making fryer brooders plentiful for mid summer markets and suitable for roasting or barbecues.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Anna Duttweiler Returns Home After Visit
Mrs. Anna Duttweiler returned to Brighton Monday from Muscatine where she accompanied her sister Mrs. Louise Hesser of Aurora Illinois. They stayed with another sister Mrs. Ida Wendling in Muscatine and spent Memorial Day with relatives Loren McNeese and Neal Whisler.
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Brighton
Anna Duttweiler
Muscatine
Louise Hesser
Aurora
Fairfield
Ida Wendling
Otto McNeese
Newton
Loren McNeese
Neal Whisler
Memorial Day Visits and Services Around Cedar Rapids Area
Mrs. Nell Barker of Chicago visits the Wanerus home while E L Edmondson family hosts Memorial Day gathering at Columbus Junction. Memorial services held at Hill Crest Cemetery with Rev Howard Washburn delivering the address. Families from Atlantic Washington Cedar Rapids and Olathe Kansas visit and attend services and cemetery visits across New Haven Grace Hill cemeteries.
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Nell Barker
Chicago
Fred Wanerus
E. L. Edmondson
Harold Edmondson
Columbus Junction
George Edmondson
Los Angeles
Calif
Edmondson
Hill Crest Cemetery
Howard Washburn
Cletus Grosscup
Charles
Atlantic
Merc
I'red Grosscup
Darrel Grosscup
Near Wyman
Mervin Grosscup
Washington
Grosscup
Ralph Coffman
Hubert Morgan
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Vanarus
Fred Wanesus
Ena Wolf
Olathe
Kwan
A. J. Robertson
New Haven
Grace Hill
New Taconite Method Boosts U.S. Iron Ore Supply
A new scientific technique to extract high grade iron ore from magnetic taconite rock and pelletize it will add millions of tons to America's ore reserves over the next twenty years.
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America
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Ana Crile
R. H. Tracy
Cook
L. E. White
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Lucy Freak
Order of Eastern Star
Keota
C. W. Long
Lee Holland
Mrs. James Bennet
Fedders
Iwin
Zager
Solowa
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