Farmers optimistic on 1943 output despite labor gloom
Ames farm management reports 250 business association members plan to raise production in 1943 though labor shortages and wage uncertainty temper enthusiasm. Day rates, seasonal help, and regional wage patterns vary with east central Iowa highest wages and northeast lowest. production outlook hinges on labor supply and cattle feeding trends.
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Iowa
Ieee of Iowa
Farm Business Associations
East Central
Central
Northwest
Northeast
BET Waste Central
Ot Roy
Ames Farm Management
Fire kills 150 baby pullets in Mt Auburn on Duke property
A Mt Auburn fire destroyed 150 one and a half week old pullet chicks on the Arleigh Duke property Friday afternoon. The cause remains undetermined and the $150 loss was not insured.
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MT. Auburn
Arleigh Duke
Linseed Oilmeal Prices Set By Price Office
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration set price ceilings for linseed oil meal cake and pellets. The ceilings are below current levels but align with flax seed grower parity. The move aims to reduce costs for farmers using linseed oil feed.
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Washington (Lp
Office of Price Administration
Jones County organizes farm labor pool to aid farmers
A county farm labor committee in Jones County sets up a reserve labor pool for farmers facing help shortages. Questionnaires go to high school students and town residents to gauge availability. Anamosa Farm Bureau will clear labor needs, with high school boys allowed one school day weekly and a minimum wage of 30 cents per hour plus transportation. Adults, including women, face a 35 cent minimum. some women may aid with canning on a share basis. committees assemble in Monticello and Martelle, with others planned countywide.
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Anamosa
Jones
Farm Bureau
Anamosa High School
Monticello High School
45000 Acres Damaged by Big Muddy Flood
SHENANDOAH I A survey will study Missouri river flood effects on more than 45000 acres in southwestern Iowa. engineer to arrive from Washington to begin work after waters recede. Powell estimates 65 percent of flooded lands will be planted this spring. silt deposited inland may be inert for years.
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Shenandoah
INS
Washington
Iowa
T. J. Powell
Powell
Des Moines Weather Expert Notes Severe Drought Threat
Des Moines meteorologist Charles D. Reed warns that early drought could prevent Missouri River floodwaters from receding in time for corn and soybean crops. He sees no current sign of a June flood unless heavy rains hit South Dakota Nebraska and western Iowa, with hundreds of thousands of Iowa lowland acres already out of production.
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Des Moines
Missouri
Charles D. Reed
Contoured Garden Practices Highlight Clayton County Soil Chief
I L Christensen district soil conservationist for Clayton County has planted his garden on the contour for two years and this season he farms two gardens on sloping land with rows staked to follow level contours.
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Eleader
I. L. Christensen
Clayton County
Christensen
Wartime food outlook brightens with planting gains
Washington reports cheerful crop planting surveys and favorable livestock data ease wartime food worries. Officials note 1943 could match or exceed 1942 output if weather holds and harvest labor remains available, though forecasts remain cautious amid weather variability.
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Ovida. Martin
Washington
War Food Administration
Chester C. Davis
St. Louis
Agriculture Department
Largest Corn Field in Clayton County Contour Strip Cropped
1943 plan for Clayton County's 170 acre field on Elmer Klinge farm near Farmersburg. H A Butch Wickler says the acreage will be rotated in corn oats and clover timothy with about 55 acres in oats this year and a three year cycle established.
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Farmersburg
Clayton County
H. A
Butch” Wickler
Garnaville
Clayton County Soil Conservation District
Elmer Klinge
Wirkler
Warm Rain Wanted to Aid Plowing in Winneshiek
Despite frozen ground a warm rain would ease spring plowing in Winneshiek county. Moisture is ample but top soil would loosen with rain as seeding progresses slowly and little spring plowing has been attempted.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Buchanan county names new agent John B. Clough
Independence reports John B. Clough of Sibley began work as Buchanan county agent on Friday succeeding Dale Irwin who resigned to farm near Lake View in this county.
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John B. Clough
Sibley
Buchanan County
Dale Irwin
Lake View
Butter Glut In Retail Stores Sparks Rationing Debate
A Produce News analysis notes confusion in the butter industry as point rationing backs up supply and housewives strike on the 8 point per pound limit. It cites DPMA data showing large butter purchases and reduced demand, with butter and cheese suffering from meat tie ups and limited private storage.
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Produce News
New York
For Food Handlers
Kline Called to Washington Hog Ceiling Confab
Allan Kline a farmer near Vinton and Iowa Farm Bureau vice president has left for Washington to join a federal conference on a proposed live hog price ceiling. The telegram from Food Administrator Chester C. Davis and OPA Administrator Prentiss Brown asks for his help in devising a plan if needed.
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Gazettes
Vinton
Allan Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Washington, D. C
Chester C. Davis
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Postville Breeders Donate to USO From Milk Day
Postville Brown Swiss breeders contributed 443.60 dollars to the USO as part of a canton agreement made last summer. A high cow from each breeder donated milk on Pearl Harbor Day, with 266 cows yielding an average of 55.6 pounds.
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Postville
Ewald C. Brandt
Canton
USO
Pearl Harbor
Peak Wheat Use Forecast for Next Marketing Year
The agriculture department predicted a record wheat use for food, livestock feed and grain alcohol in the 1943-44 year starting July 1. Estimated consumption could reach 1.15 to 1.2 billion bushels, up from 963 million this year, with livestock feed rising to about 325 million bushels and durum supplies supporting macaroni needs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Linn County Supervisors Adopt Road District and Tax Actions
Linn County Iowa proceedings from the April 13 1943 session record orders authorizing tax sale certificate assignments to named individuals, establishes Secondary Road District No 193, suspends taxes for Old Age Assistance recipients, grants liquor and cigarette permits, approves county treasurer report, and lists extensive county relief and road maintenance disbursements with adjournment to April 20 1943.
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Iowa Farmers Get Over 1700 Payments Of 1000 Or More
A congressional report in the congressional record shows 1799 Iowa farm operators received 1000 plus payments under the 1941 agricultural conservation and parity programs, totaling 1,725,225. Largest recipients include Equitable Life Insurance of Iowa in Des Moines, Bankers Life of Des Moines, Amana Society, Adams Brothers Co, Brenton Brothers, and others.
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Davenport
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Iowa Extension Service Holds Conference on Food Production
Iowa's entire extension force gathered in Ames for a two day conference on an extensive program of food production conservation and farm labor resources. Speakers included Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper Brig. Gen Charles H. Grahl State USDA Warboard Chairman A. J. Loveland and Mrs. Raymond Sayre state chairman of the Farm Bureau women's committee.
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State Agricultural Extension Service
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Charles H. Grahl
Usda Warboard
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Raymond Sayre
Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Fire destroys chicken house killing 400 pullets
A stove fire at the E. E Reardon home late Sunday night started a blaze that burned a chicken house and 400 seven weeks old White Leghorn pullets. No further details on damages or causes given.
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Decorah
E. E Reardon
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