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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1930
Page
10
Mrs 0 E Milner seventh district committee women met with farm women to study farm bureau organization and home project work. The note emphasized equal voting rights for women and the duty to understand the full bureau program.
Jackson and Oregon townships launch farm bureau membership drives with Jackson reporting fifteen new members and Oregon three. Roy Snyder will visit March 24 26 to demonstrate horse breaking and big team hitch methods at Cannon Bros. Verdi and Fred Donaldson farms with additional plantings for erosion control and later result demonstrations planned.
Fred Ty Butcher, rodent control specialist, urges Iowa farmers to joint efforts against pocket gophers. Early spring is best as gophers are easily poisoned after winter idleness. Use carrots parsnips or sweet potatoes cubed and dusted with strychnine at one eighth ounce per gallon. Each mound system needs 2 3 bait points. poisoning aims to kill about eighty five per cent of gophers in poisoned systems.
Forestry extension specialist I. T. Bode will visit Washington County for a tree planting demonstration on March 28. The event aims to show proper planting techniques and promote reforestation efforts in the area.
A bulletin titled Rodent Pests in Iowa No 153 describes methods to combat rodents and can be obtained by writing to the extension service.
On Monday March 24 a hitch demonstration occurs at Cannon Bros ranch in Verdi. Tuesday March 25 shows an open hitch demonstration. Wednesday March 26 features a hitch demonstration at Fred Donaldson's farm. Friday March 28 includes a morning erosion demonstration at Glenn Dutton's Keota and an afternoon soil erosion demonstration at Carl T. Anderson's Willman.
In St. Louis a man posing as a police dog trainer calls on residents offering to train dogs for a nominal fee. Police say they have no dogs to train and urge caution.
In Columbus Junction on March 18 Martha Butler reports several updates. The Farm Bureau schedules meetings March 21 at Concord township Scott Blankenhorn home and March 25 at Grandview township W. B. Hurt home. Nominations listed for mayor E. E. Griffith and councilmen J. A. Sprague J. Wykert J. Richie C. Snyder and EB Leonhard.
Miss Margaret John has returned to West Liberty after visiting at the Paul Klotz home.
Diamond Dyes offer high quality anilines for true bright colors in dresses drapes and lingerie. They provide easy even dyeing with no spotting or streaking and resist re dyed looks. Easy to use and cost efficient, satisfying all dealers.
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