Farmers visit Iowa station as field day highlights fertilizer value
Ames Iowa September 12 Farmers from about thirty central Iowa counties toured the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station farm crops and soils field day. Mills County led with twenty entries driving 180 miles to study station work. Professors and editors emphasized fertilizer benefits on rich but manure-deficient soils noting wheat yields rising from under 15 to over 35 bushels per acre and alfalfa increases from 1900 to 3800 pounds per acre amid statewide tests and cooperative efforts.
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Ames
Iowa Agriltural Experiment Station
Mills County
Fred Farquhar
W. P. Wortman
Malvern Leader
Lowa
Ag Jowans
W- 4
Stevenson
Iowa
C. F. Curtiss
Farmer Admonition on Readjustment and Land Use
A speaker urges farmers to face upcoming readjustment with caution. He argues high land costs will clash with production prices, advising not to acquire more land but to cut debt and improve current operations using experimental station results. He stresses conservatism and prudent farming during economic shifts.
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Jess
Dr. Cunningham
Boy Dies After Run Onto Tracks July 31
Clifford Braden aged 11 or 12 was playing when a switch engine of the Illinois Central Railway crushed him near his home on July 31 1918. His father John Braden administrator sues for 26000 damages alleging negligence by the railway company. The suit seeks compensation for lost life expectancy and damages to the estate. A related notice reports Mrs August Foster of Remsen dies at 89.
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Clifford Braden
Illnois Central Railway Company
WL. Ce
John ¥. Braden
AlMngld Central
Master Painters Meet in Waterloo For Reorganization
At a special meeting Master Painters of Waterloo elected a chairman for a new organization and planned the building of the law centre. The minutes noted the church clock stopped at 2.40 as the time of death of a member and was left alone until the funeral.
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Dence
St Mary'e
Minster Infers
Waterloo
Michael Epee
Crebraska
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Leenmall
Vetraoreley
Alstadt & Langjas Baking Co
Wangler Bros. Co
East Wourths Streat
Iboy
Father
Prath
LaMar's
August Foster
Remsen
Plymouth County
Kohl
Leonard
Hale Price
Stearns & Foster
Nichols
W. 4Th St
Lagless
Gates
Johnson’s
ANU
Woodbury’s
Caldwell’s
Old Monk
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