Birdsfoot trefoil is an important legume in many parts of Iowa for improving permanent pastures. No other pasture legume now available compares with birdsfoot trefoil in its ability to withstand continuous grazing. Once established, stands may be expected to furnish high-quality pasture for many years.

Popcorn has been a favorite American treat for many years. Over 300 million pounds were sold in the United States in 1956. If this 300 million pounds were popped all at once, it would fill more than 3,500 boxcars and make up a freight train that would reach from Council Bluffs to Cedar Rapids.

These monthly sections are to keep you informed on what your agricultural and home economics experiment station is doing and to give you the results of current farm and home research from Iowa State College.

The Earth is surrounded by a gaseous envelope which we call the atmosphere. This atmosphere extends over our heads for about 1,000 miles- becoming thinner and thinner and finally merging into interplanetary space.

The downturn in the business situation which befan in the late summer of 1957 continued during the winter of 1958.