State Apiarist Outlines War Duties for Beekeepers
F B Paddock Iowa state apiarist calls beekeepers to conserve beeswax pollinate legume seed crops and manage colonies for honey. He urges wax scrap collection repair of equipment stock with disease resistant queens and notes potential deferment for skilled apiarists. An annual beekeeping short course is set for Ames May 7–8 with beginner and advanced tracks.
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AMES
F. B. Paddock
Paddock
Iowa
Gardens Planted in Troy Mills Vicinity
Special to The Gazette reports Victory gardens in Troy Mills area show rapid progress. Early potatoes peas and sweet corn are planted on a large scale while oats sowing nears completion on varied soils. Gooseberries and raspberries survived winter well and many households plant cabbage and tomatoes.
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Gazette
Troy Mills
Victory Gardens
the Gazette
Walker
James Sherbons
Swem Named Editor of National Provisioner
Edward R. Swem of Cedar Rapids has been named editor of the National Provisioner Chicago edition. He succeeds J. B. Gray, who resigned, after two years as managing editor.
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National Provisioner
Chicago
Edward R. Swem
A. R. Swem
Cedar Rapids
Swem
The
J. 8. Gray
Canadian Province Horizontal Puzzle Answers
A mixed list of clues and answers forms a crossword style grid with entries for provinces nations and symbols. The puzzle references various abbreviations and terms such as Edward abbr and chromium symbol Cr along with regional and linguistic hints.
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Florence
Farm security supervisor in Independence saves costs on motorcycle use
Kenneth Hyde, FSA supervisor for Buchanan and Delaware counties in Iowa, ditched his car month ago for a motorcycle to reach 235 clients and cut expenses. He saves tires and gasoline with two smaller tires and lower wear while earning 2 cents a mile versus 4.5 cents for cars. Another Iowa supervisor, George Refle of Dubuque and Clayton counties, also switched to a Model A to cut tires and expenses.
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Independence
Iowa
Kenneth Hyde
Hyde
FSA
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
George Refle
Clayton Counties
Lightning fire destroys Bowman barn west of North Liberty
A barn on the John Bowman farm west of North Liberty burned Sunday night after a lightning strike. The blaze destroyed the barn and hay, including clover hay and baled straw saved in the blaze.
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North Liberty
John Bowman
Here
$200 an Acre For an 80 Acres Near Marion
Ivan Burns of Cedar Rapids bought the Joseph I. Woodward farm of 80 acres one half mile east of Marion for $200 an acre. The cash deal includes possession March 1 1943. The farm is fully cultivated with a modern house barn silo and hoghouse. George Steen bought the J L Peters farm of 270 acres near West Liberty for $50 000.
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Ivan Burns
Cedar Rapids
Joseph I. Woodward
Marion
Burns
West Liberty
George Steen
J. L. Peters
Steen
Arthur Will
Peters
10 Acre Corn Contest in Louisa Again This Year
WAPELIJO The Louisa county Farm Bureau will sponsor a 10 acre corn yield contest again this year announced Monday. Entry fee for the contest will be 50 cents and entries should be made at the Farm Bureau office by June 1. Growers whose fields average 100 bushels or more per acre will be awarded a Master Corn Growers medal and special certificates of merit will be awarded for yields of 125 bushels or more per acre.
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Wapelilo
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Lael Moon
Farm Bureau
Farm association reports strong 1941 returns in Iowa
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association members in Scott, Clinton, Muscatine, Louisa, Washington, Johnson and Cedar counties posted an average management return of 4859 in 1941, up from 1603 in 1940. Hog operations showed high feed-efficiency gains, with clean ground hogs earning 217 per 100 in feed value, while poultry and dairy figures remained strong in the year.
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Davenport
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
Herbert B Howell
Scott
Clinton
Muscatine
Louisa
Washington
Johnson and Cedar
Iowa State College
Howell
Fence Drift and Farm Profit Shifts in 1941
The note outlines a decline in beef cattle by 8 percent and shows crop value per acre rising from 24.40 to 32.67 in 1941, driven by higher prices despite similar or slightly lower yields. Hog feed returns and larger hog numbers boosted overall farm profits in 1941, while Mrs Donald Sinclair is remembered for long teaching service in Scotch Grove.
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Howell
More Wheat In Jones
The second car of feed wheat from the Commodity Credit Corporation arrived at Martelle to be unloaded Tuesday. Local livestock and poultry producers will use the wheat, moved through the Martelle elevator managed by Kenneth Gordon. This marks the seventh car into Jones County since the surplus wheat feeding program began, with two cars unloaded at Monticello, two at Wyoming, and one at Morley. Each car holds about 1,500 bushels.
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Gazette
Martelle
Commodity Credit Corporation
Martello
Kenneth Gordon
Jones County
Monticello
Wyoming
Morley
Miss Adams to Meet Cedar 4-H Members April 15
Miss Gladys Adams Ames extension clothing specialist will meet Cedar County 4-H club members leaders assistants and older 4-H girls for a third training school on Wednesday April 15. She will discuss clothing problems from synthetic fibers and study garment and yard goods labels. The meeting runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Laura Heddleson home.
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Gazette
Tipton
Gladys Adams
Ames Extension Clothing
Cedar County
Laura Heddleson
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