Agriculture Is Again In Political Spotlight
Washington dispatch analyzes postwar farm price support as a major campaign issue. It notes farmers fear peace may crash prices, prompting questions to Congress and the administration about price supports, surplus disposal, and future production. It cites estimates of up to 2 billion dollars yearly and previews potential political battles over farm policy.
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Washington
Europe
Femers
Roosevelt
Congress
AAA
Linn
Carrington
Roosevelt Administration Policies Hit Agricultural Trade
Article outlines subsidies and Roosevelt administration policies impacting the import and export of agricultural commodities, detailing how government programs shape market access, pricing, and farm incomes during the period.
Parasite risk from overseas service mascots alarm vets
In Chicago the American Veterinary Medical Association’s parasitology committee warned veterinarians to watch for new parasites spread by mascots brought home by service members. The panel estimated foreign parasites cost American farmers over 200 million dollars in reduced production, led by Dr. T. T. Simms of Auburn, Alabama.
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Chicago
American Veterinary Medical Association
TT Simms
Auburn
Ala
District Soil Saving Meetings Planned in Iowa
The Iowa state soil conservation committee will hold five district meetings the week of Sept. 3. Clyde Spry announced. Meetings run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Manchester Fairfield Chariton Atlantic Ida Grove. Topics include postwar water conservation drainage and flood control.
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Des Moines
INS
State Soil Conservation Committee
Iowa
Clyde Spry
Manchester
Fairfield
Chariton
Atlantic
Ida Grove
Field Day Thursday at Floris Hillculture Farm
The seventh annual field day at the Hillculture experimental farm one mile west of Floris will be held Thursday with Dr J M Aikman of Ames project supervisor in charge. The program starts at 9 am with field tours and crop and weed clinics. An afternoon progress report covers experimental work with emphasis on sumac as a tannin source to replace imported Mediterranean tannin. A sumac harvesting contest is planned.
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Floris
Davis County
J. M. Aikman
Ames
Mediterranean
Clayton Dairymen Plan Dairy Breeding Association
Clayton county dairymen plan to organize an artificial dairy breeding association. A meeting is set for September 11 with County Extension Director R E McWilliams announcing the event. Dr J W Pirie of Linn county will speak and show colored movies.
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Eleader
Clayton County Dairymen
R. E. McWilliams
J. W. Pirie
Linn County Association
Postwar Farm Labor Crisis Warns Against Surplus Workers Returning
Ray Anderson, former Gazette farm editor, cites Farm Journal warnings that moving too many veterans and wartime workers back to farms could ruin agricultural balance. He notes irrigation and mechanization plans, regional soil limits, and the risk of overstaffed farms while production seeks to adjust to peacetime demand.
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Ickes
Congress
Oooo Ieee
South
Ray Anderson
Gazette Farm
September Farm Journal
Dean H. P. Rusk
Dean warns against using agriculture as free labor pool
The University of Illinois College of Agriculture dean says time has passed when agriculture could provide free range labor for unemployed urban workers. He argues agriculture must maintain efficiency and living standards and cannot serve as a standby employer for large masses.
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University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Iowa's share of undulant fever tops national total
Iowa accounted for 418 of 3 639 preliminary undulant fever cases in 1943, 11 percent of the national total. The state health department called the year’s rise disproportionate driven by better reporting, urging Pasteurization of milk and stricter animal testing to curb the disease.
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Iowa
State Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Cauistria
Milkweed pod drive aids service men in Winneshiek County
In Decorah Winneshiek county will collect milkweed pods to make life jackets and aviator suits for service men. County Superintendent Charles G Steen will supervise the effort with five bales of potato sacks provided to pack pods gathered by school children.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Charles G. Steen
Clover Seed Harvesting By Combine In Illinois Tips
Urbana extension engineer R C Hay says combine harvesting clover seed works when precautions are followed. Dry plants allow direct combining. threshing must be promptly dried and cleaned. Windrow drying, controlled concave openings, and a round-holed sieve aid seed recovery. Practices apply to alfalfa and other clovers.
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Urbana
Ill
R. C. Hay
Extension
University of Illinois
Hay
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