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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1912
Page
3
A Caribbean folk episode follows Methuselah and Rachel as a money box, ladders, and a widow’s plan test trust and fortune. Son Son scrounges for riches, Becky lures with gossip, and a revived church ties the farce into a wedding that ends in shaming and a harsh admonition.
Elijah, Iowa State College presents the grand champion Iowa ear of corn grown in 1911. The ear is symmetrical with straight rows, uniform kernels, full ends, and a strong cylindrical form. It demonstrates breeding, maturity, and high shelling percentage for productive potential.
An Iowa farm share guides farmers saving corn for home use with a cheap hanging method. A sixteen foot loop of birder twine is laid on the floor to cradle an ear of corn, then looped to form a support. Ears rest in the loop and are separated for ventilation, and can be lowered by loosening the loop.
Iowa State College expert M. L. Mosher sets five rules for farmers to boost corn yields. Save seed before October 1, test kernels for vitality, select top ears for seed, grade seed and test planters for even stands, and avoid importing seed corn. Following these steps could raise Iowa’s average yield by ten bushels per acre, translating to $500,000 statewide in county value and $50,000,000 statewide crop value.
The article imitates a farmer’s arithmetic on planting hills and ears per hill to estimate weight and bushels. It discusses spacing three feet eight inches by eight inches, counting hills, ears per hill, and the effect of weather on seed corn viability. It emphasizes rough readers’ calculations over moralizing.
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