Chickens and Eggs See Record Production in 1941
The 1941 U S Department of Agriculture report shows 636 613 000 chickens produced on farms, an 18 percent rise from 1940 and the highest since 1936. Commercial broilers reached 163 295 000 with 2 96 pounds average live weight and sales income of 246 601 000. Eggs totaled about 42 billion with average 23 5 cents per dozen and farm cash income from eggs at 657 958 000. Combined gross farm income from chickens and eggs rose to 1 172 466 000, while per capita chicken consumption was 20 3 pounds and eggs 345 per person.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Turkey
Turkeys
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Air Poem
A reflective spring verse invites resilience and cheer by reminding readers that God is in heaven and nature blooms. It notes sun, birds, and flowers as signs to keep smiling despite tough days.
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RF A
Some Corn Planted Special to The Gazette
MONMOUTH four miles south reports the first corn planting by Howard Becker and plowing in full swing with ground turning over well. Oats and pastures need warm rain. White grubs are unusually numerous in sod. DECORAH small grain stands well in Winneshiek county but growth lag due to moisture shortage. Scattered showers were brief. MORLEY farm work ahead of usual but rain is badly needed for pastures. INDEPENDENCE all Buchanan crops need rain to boost pastures and overall growth.
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Monmouth
Howard Becker
Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Morley
Independence
Buchanan County
How To Hold False Teeth With FASTEETHU Pasteeth Ad
Advertisement advises readers to sprinkle a powder called FASTEETHU on denture plates to stop slipping and wobbling. It claims firm hold without gummy taste and helps prevent denture odor. Available at drug stores.
OWA Ranks Fourth in U S Turkey Output for Last Year
A federal agriculture report shows United States production at 33,189,000 turkeys in 1941, with Texas leading at 3,564,000 birds and Oregon Iowa competition for fourth place with 1,720,000. Prices rose to 3.13 per bird, and cash farm income reached a record 98,752,000 dollars despite lower sales.
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OWA
United States
Turkey
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas
California
Minnesota
Oregon
Iowa
Weathered farm notes describe planting, moisture shortage, and blooms
Topsoil is very dry in Webster area delaying crops. Nearly all oats potatoes and new seedings have been planted. Farmers are plowing with a few finishing. Some corn has been planted while gardens and fruit trees bloom. strawberries are blooming though there is no peach bloom.
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Webster
Purcell Named Superintendent of Reformatory Farms
ANAMOSA Iowa Verne Purcell long time state reformatory employee has been appointed superintendent of the reformatory farms, filling the vacancy created by the death of Omar Harden on April 13. The farms total 1 300 acres.
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Anamosa
Verne Purcell
State Reformatory
Omar Harden
Land Management Short Course Planned At Ames May 5
The eighteenth annual soil management and land valuation short course will be a one day event on May 5 in Ames. W H Pierre announces a 1942 program with focus on the expanded agricultural war production program. Six talks will be given by faculty, with Howard Hill speaking at dinner on Impressions of the Agriculture of South America.
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AMES
W. H. Pierre
Ames Agronomy Department
Howard Hill
Dallas
South America
William G. Murray
Carl C. Malone
H. O D. Hughes
W. H. Allaway
Iowa
Roy W. Simonson
B. J. Firkins
Brownlee Calls Series Of Creamery Meetings
Des Moines IA dairy officials are told by B O Brownlee of a state wide series on cream quality and product. Meetings set for April 28 Atlantic Fairfield. April 30 Cedar Rapids. May 1 Spencer. Fairfield and Cedar Rapids will be dinner meetings with Cedar Rapids at 6 30 PM at the YMCA next Thursday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
B. O. Brownlee
Dairy Inspection Service
Atlantic
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids
Spencer
Y.M.C.A
Dairy Commission Head To Broadcast May 1
Ames Iowa May 1 dairy day events to be announced by C Y Cannon and Chester Schoby chairing the Iowa dairy industry commission. Schoby will address Station WOI during Farm Facts radio from 12:30 to 1 p m as 70 Iowa groups plan to cooperate with a national nutrition program and June dairy month.
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Ames
Chester Schoby
Bode
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
WOI
C. Y. Cannon
Cannon
Iowa
Schoby
Team Stolen From Farm Near Independence
A black and a bay team were stolen from the William J. Gieseman farm four miles east of Independence. The horses were believed loaded on a truck and driven away late Thursday night or Friday morning, with the theft discovered when the farmer checked the barn Friday. Sheriff James McDonnell is investigating.
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Independence
William J. Gieseman
James McDonnell
Academy Award Winner Featured in 1941 Film Puzzle
Pictured feminine winner of 1941 Motion Picture Academy Award appears in a crossword style clue set. Across and down items reference terms from film, language, and geography, including names, measurements, and common roots.
Iowa Poised to Implement Corn Insurance Program
Iowa prepares to implement a corn insurance plan within 24 hours of federal approval. Premiums would be set from farm yield data gathered by the AAA, with 75 percent coverage similar to wheat insurance. full enactment depends on Congress and federal rules.
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Arnold Levin
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Congress
Albert J. Loveland
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kentucky
Federal
Woodbury County
Loveland
Iowa FFA honors sixty eight youth with Iowa Farmer degree
Des Moines report lists sixty eight FFA members to receive the Iowa Farmer degree at the Ames convention. Awards require two years of vocational agriculture and leadership, with farming activity and community involvement. The fourteenth annual event features finals, contests, and a Friday banquet addressed by Allan Kline. About 2000 attendees expected from 120 schools. 500 to attend the banquet.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farmer
Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America
Ames
H. T. Hall
Iowa
F.F.A
Allan Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
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