Farm labor draft tensions rise as war demands clash with yields
Washington reports selective service plans to pull hundreds of thousands of deferred farm workers into army and navy. Agriculture faces higher production goals with a smaller labor pool and a decline in skilled workers. In 1943 farm output surpassed 1942, but draft pressure shifts to nondeferrable men and post Pearl Harbor parents.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Army
Navy
War Food Administration
Selective Service
Big City
Armed Services
Pearl Harbor
OVELMO DREAM Ad Claims Fast Relief for Itching and Burns
A pharmacy pitch touts OVELMO DREAM as odorless colorless relief for unbearable itching sting and skin crusts. The claim includes 35 years of pharmacist experience and a money back guarantee, with price points 60 cents and 1 dollar, sold at May's Drag Stores and other outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
May
Farm Labor Worries as Draft Policy Shifts in 1944
The article notes a government order raising the deferment threshold for agricultural workers from eight to 18 production units, provoking farm belt protests as farmers fear shortages ahead of spring planting. The earlier 16 unit directive was rescinded and local draft boards told to review all deferred workers for possible release from agriculture.
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Selective Service
Congress
Tydings
Agriculture Department
Farm Work Delayed Three Weeks in Midwestern States
Rains delay spring farm work by about three weeks across the Midwest. Farmers face labor shortages and shift cropping plans from oats to soybeans or corn. County agents in Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin report late planting possible into May as machinery and labor shortages push communities to trade labor and form small work clearing houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mns
Midwest
Prairie Farmer
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Luxuriance of Grass Determines Rate of Gain on Cattle
Urbana Michigan reports livestock expert E T Robbins finds cattle gain closely tied to pasture grass luxuriance. Steers on rye pastures in April May averaged 3.3 pounds per head daily, with some pastures yielding up to two pounds daily. Cattle will begin limited corn feeding around June to fatten for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
E T. Robbins
University of Illinois Livestock Extension
University
Robbins
Kansas
Sheep Shearing Delayed In Iowa By Labor Shortage
Des Moines AP reports sheep shearing is about three weeks behind in Iowa due to labor and feed shortages. Total wool this year expected about 11 million pounds, down from 13 million in 1943, with 1.24 million sheep on farms. Delays blamed on rain and lack of skilled shearers. most wool bought by government since 1943 at 53 cents per pound.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Charles Sexton
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Sexton
Boston
Ames
Pocahontas
Chariton
Newton
Muscatine
Centerville
Atlantic
Osage
Greenfield
Oskaloosa
Belle Plaine
Dewey Jontz
C. W McDonald
Iowa State College
Farm Leader Seeks Higher Hog Price Floors
Earl C. Smith president of the Illinois Agricultural Association urges the War Food Administration to extend price floors to hogs over 180 pounds. He says immediate action would spur farmers to hold lighter hogs for later marketing, easing congestion. Current support price is 13.75 for hogs 200 to 270 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Earl C. Smith
Ilinois Agricultural Association
War Food Administration
Smith
WFA
Late Seeded Oats Should Be Cut for Hay Says Dyas
Ed Dyas ex tension agronomist at Iowa State College urges farmers to seed oats for hay rather than grain as hot weather nears. He says late oats won’t mature for grain except possibly northern areas, and recommends nurse crop use with reduced seeding rate of 1 to 2 bushels per acre to protect legumes and allow growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Ed Dyas
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State College
Oat Hay as Useful Farm Roughage Cited by College
Stockmen at the college endorse oat hay for livestock, noting its value when well cured and cut at the milk stage to avoid mice damage. It is low in protein compared with legume hay, but can serve as the sole roughage for horses and beef cows, with some legume hay or silage added for dairy cattle, fatteners, and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Shearer
Animal Husbandry Department
Dairy Feed Strategy for Early Lactation Cattle
The text states that the best grain returns come when fed to heavy producing cows in the first six months of lactation. It also notes that dairy calves should receive grain at least until they reach one year of age.
Iowa Farm Price Index Drops One Point in April
The Iowa farm price index fell to 192 percent of the base period, with livestock and livestock products down two points while the crop index rose one point. The poultry index slid nine points due to egg prices, partly offset by slight advances in corn wheat soybean and rye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
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Morris Oue
Morris
First Avenue
Searles
Cedar Rapids’ Pioneer Dairy
Dyas
Nere
Beltone
Crenshaw Hearing Aid Co
Guaranty
Cedar Rapids
Honor Bilt
Sale Maxwell House
Almonds
Birds Eye
Pecans
Bland Lard
Barry
Babo
Seville
Bebb Apte
Irinse
Irke
PEAS
Rinso
Hixes Nise
Aly
HIRES
Sanka Coffee
SEIS
S.E
Adirondack
SEARS
ASP
3Rd Ave
DIAL
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