Woman Agent Aims to Ease Farm Wives’ Labor in Iowa
Miss Tara A Hawk in Black Hawk county joins county crop expert A A Burger to teach farmers and especially farm wives modern methods. She plans canning clubs poultry and pig clubs and home economics sessions to reduce daily toil and cut costs.
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Black Hawk County
Iowa
Tara A. Hawk
A. A. Burger
Miss Hawk
Mr. Burger
Conrad
Grundy County
Miss Awk
Yank
Cedar Falls
North Dakota
Iowa E College
Aliue
al -Ny
Glack Hawk County
Hyush Neeb
Black Hawk
Miss Wawk
CATTin ARE TRANSPORTED BY WATERLOO MOTOR TRUCKS
The fragment references cattle transported by Waterloo Motor Trucks and mentions Kimball’s Dairy Farmer, but the readable content is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes to summarize into a complete news item.
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Waterloo Motor
Advertisement Promotes Motor Trucks Over Trains
A car advertisement notes that train travel was prohibitively expensive and time consuming, praising motor trucks as superior transport.
September 1st marks new epoch in livestock transport
Desirable for him on recouts of its low cost and economy the TL does not reduce the weight of the stock. Birts Allen of Waterloo sold six head of cattle four cows and two young calves to W Kern s of Buckingham Iowa. The distance between the two plates is 20 miles by road but 80 miles by railroad with a transfer in the middle. The cows were in milk making the journey a problem for Allen and Kern s.
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Birts Allen
Waterloo
Verns
Buckingham
Iowa
Allen
Kerns
Cattle Moved By Reo Truck In Two Hour Trip
Kerns contacted Bryvank Transfer. the company agreed to move the cattle with a Reo truck. The truck arrived within 20 minutes, cattle loaded in 20 more minutes, and two hours later the delivery was made in perfect condition. The bill totaled $14 and all parties were satisfied.
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Kerns
Bryvank Transfer Company
Byvank Transfer Company
Byvank
Much Interest in Good Seed Corn at Charles City
About 350 people attended the Farm Improvement Association picnic in Charles City last Saturday. Exhibits displayed fine seed corn while the Commercial club provided lunch. Afternoon speakers were R. K. Parrar and F. G. Churchill from the Ames College extension department. A county map of rural schools was used to recruit volunteers to visit and assist local schools.
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Charles City
Farm Improvement Association
Commercial Club of
R. K. Parrar
F. G. Churchill
Extension
Good Seed Corn Campaign Boon to Iowa Farmers
A.A. Burger reports a corn seed campaign that connected 107 meetings in counties and reached about 2,200 people. Teachers, rural schools, and students were left with seed corn selection and care guidance, boosting ongoing school programs and farmer knowledge for better seed quality, field selection, and maturity characteristics.
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A.A. Burger
Iowa
Ames Men Will Harvest Fruit Demonstration at Mr Allen’s Orchard
The Ames agricultural team will visit the J. R. Allen orchard near Waterloo Cedar Falls on Sept 23 to harvest fruit and showcase spraying gathering packing and storing methods. 1915 results show sprayed yields higher with lower wormy fruit and costs per tree detailed for linte-sulphur pyrox and Bordeaux arsenate treatments. Irrigation expands yields in several Iowa fields and three systems are in use overhead surface and flooding.
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J. R. Allen
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Agricultural Extension Department
Town State College
Ames
J. B. Allen
Alen
Muscatine Island
Muscatine County
Pleasant Valley
Davenport
Ottumwa
Lowa
Mussealine Island
Irrigation Proves Its Worth In Iowa
A. T. Erwin of the Ames agricultural experiment station reports irrigation has boosted yields for onions melons and corn in Iowa gardens this year. The program demonstrates seed corn selection and practical farming lessons for students and growers statewide.
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Iowa
A. T. Erwin
Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Turkeys Pay Woman Well in Side Line
Ames reports Mrs. George Wallace of St Charles Warrenton County confesses turkeys pay better than pin money. She built last year's flock using Ohio stock, 26 jam and hens worth 7 to 8 dollars each boosting hatch rates. Her birds are plucked before sale and bring 5 to 6 cents extra per pound. She shipped 1692 pounds to Des Moines for 224.95 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
George Wallace
St. Charles
Warrcn County
Ohio
The Come-Back with Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules
Advertiser touts Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules as a health tonic for overworked men with weak appetites and sleep issues. Claims cure for uric acid poisoning kidneys gravel bladder stomach disorders and related ailments. Promises rapid effect with three capsules daily and offers refunds if ineffective. Prices listed 25c 50c and 1.60 per box. Look for the Gold Medal name on each box.
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Haarlem
Holland
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