Night School Enrollment Grows for Iowa Farmers 1941-42
A report by H. T. Hall shows 11 236 adult farmers attended evening classes in Iowa during 1941 42, taught by 184 vocational agriculture teachers. High school enrollment totaled 7 930. Part time classes for out of school young men on farms enrolled 878. The year featured 162 active Future Farmer chapters and 10 776 participants in 566 educational trips.
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Iowa
H. T. Hall
Des Moines
D* Moines
Future Farmer
FENCE DRIFT and the woven wire tale recounted
A Florida writer recalls a family scene with a grandfather making an apple pie for his grandchild. He follows a recipe by Fannie Farmer but the crust proves tough, while reflecting on 28 years of good fortune as the first grandchild takes over the home.
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Fannie Farmer
Tama County Tall Corn Contest in Toledo Tuesday
Tama county tall corn contest sponsored by local merchants and Farm Bureau will be held in Toledo Tuesday. The winner entering the tallest stalk with ear of corn will receive a $25 war savings bond prize.
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Gazette
Toledo
Tama County
Farm Bureau
New Machine Shed Nears Completion on Local Farm
A 24 by 60 foot machine shed on the Milo Kacera farm five miles west of Shellsburg nears completion as reported in The Gazette. The project adds storage space for farm equipment on the property.
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Shellsburg
Milo Kacera
Asthma Relief Claims From Bronchial Attacks Noted
An old advertisement from Los Angeles notes severity of asthma intensified by pollen and credits Dr. Schiffmann for asthma relief over eight years. It touts aromatic remedies aiding breathing and sleep, offering to send three remedies for trial by mail with a price list and contact details.
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R. Schiffmann
A. Scqf Farmann CO
Los Angeles
Calif
Government Plans Full Control of Vegetable Oil Crop
Secretary Wickard announced a government plan to control this year’s vegetable oil crop through the Commodity Credit Corporation. The program guarantees minimum prices to farmers for soybeans cottonseed and flax and aims to preserve ceiling prices on processed products. Production estimates show oils at 4 billion pounds up from 2.6 billion last year with oil seed cake and meal rising to 6.8 million pounds from 4.1 million.
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Washington, D. C
Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wickard
CCC
Iran
Linseed and cottonseed contracts aid farm production
Farm aid programs extend loans and minimum prices for cottonseed cake flaxseed linseed oilmeal and oil loans with non recourse terms set to boost meat milk and eggs. Central City feature shows Herman Koch’s twin 12 acre fields system using hogs pastures and diversified livestock on a 240 acre Iowa style farm.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Minneapolis
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
New England
New York
New Jersey
Central City
Herman Koch
Koch
Mr. Koch
Lightning Strikes Horse on Oscar Hagan Farm
A horse in a matched team was struck and killed by lightning on the Oscar Hagan farm Thursday night near Shelbsville. The incident involved one of the pair in the team.
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Shellsburg
Oscar Hagan
Upcoming Farm Auctions Near Marion Iowa
A series of farm auctions listed for September starts Tuesday with Sargent and Rose Guernsey cattle east edge of Marion and Iowa City Sales Co. livestock sale. Wednesday features Richard Burrows closing out 542 miles northeast of Marion. Thursday brings Mrs. J. R. Thompson closing out 34 miles northwest of Marion. Saturday offers Iowa City Sales Co. at Ana mosa livestock auction. Monday lists A. M. Spencer purebred Jerseys at West Branch.
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Sargent
Bumper But Off Color Special in The Gazette
DECORAL Winneshiek county corn discolored by rain after shocks reduces milling prices yet quantity and feeding quality rank high. Warm days and nights push corn toward maturity requiring about 30 days. MAYNARD Threshing finished. straw baling underway. Corn remains green and heavily eared. Two to three weeks of good weather needed before frost. New seedings and pastures excellent. Second alfalfa cuttings hayed. some fall plowing done but soil too hard to plow well.
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Gazette
Winneshiek County
Growers May Cut Down on Wheat and Still Get Paid
Des Moines AP report says farmers can underplant next year's AAA allotments to shift land to war crops in 1943 without deductions or reduced allotments. A. J. Loveland notes wheat supplies cover domestic needs for two years, while demand for soybeans flaxseed dried beans field peas and feed crops may rise in 1943. Farmers urged to reserve acreage for war crops and livestock feed next year.
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Des Moines
AAA
A. J. Loveland
Iowa
Loveland
Insect Pests Active In Linn County
Iowa State College entomologists Dr. Carl J. Drake and Dr. George C. Decker report first Cedar Rapids appearance of a small snout beetle of Japanese origin. They find adult grape colaspis widely in Linn County and larval clover root damage. Control measures are being developed by Virgil Minor and Marvin Johnston with reports of sweet clover and alfalfa seedings affected.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Carl J. Drake
George C. Decker
Iowa State College
Virgil Minor
College Township
Marvin Johnston
Linn Township
WAAC Leader and Puzzle Clues Featured in Historical Grid
The page centers on the head of the WAAC and a crossword style puzzle with clues across and down. It notes a woman who formerly headed the Texas branch of women voters and mentions the Women's Army Auxiliary.
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Texas ] of Women Voters
Cattle feeders urge range and six month price ceilings
Eastern Iowa cattlemen Fred Hinkhouse Earl Elijah and Ray Joslin with Allan B. Kline in a Sunday parley urged beef price ceilings. They proposed yearling feeders at $10 per hundredweight Chicago ceiling of $14.50 and floor $13.50 for six months fed beef. They discussed hog price ceilings and factors affecting pork production for the war effort.
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Iowa
Fred Hinkhouse
West Liberty
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Ray Joslin
Chicago
Hinkhouse
Elijah
Joslin
Allan B. Kline
Vinton
Washington
OPA
Kline
Department of Agriculture
Ketner Warns Against Livestock Price Ceilings
F G Ketner of Columbus head of the National Swine Growers Association told the Office of Price Administration hearing in Washington that price ceilings on livestock would rock the market and threaten expanded production. He said consumer meat supplies could fall and that prices would drop once fall runs begin, urging against rollback that would unsettle farmers and the market. Chicago livestock leaders from 35 states heard the remarks during a meeting.
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Chicago
F. G Ketner
Columbus
Ohio
National Swine Growers Association
National Livestock Marketing Association
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Ketner
County fairs and livestock shows scheduled this week
Eastern Iowa features fairs in Tipton and National with Cedar county fair Aug 31 to Sept 3 and Clayton county fair Aug 31 to Sept 3. The Big Four fair runs Sept 4 to 7 in Postville and the annual colt show at Ryan is set for Sept 7.
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Iowa
Cedar County
Tipton
Clayton County
National
Postville
Ryan
Middlemen margins will not lower meat prices
The text argues margins for middlemen won’t reduce consumer meat costs. Instead, they would drive up profits for efficient packers to satisfy the demands of less efficient ones.
Feeder Prices Out of Line With Beef Market
Ames Iowa outlook report notes July 15 feeder prices averaged twice the 1909 14 state figure of 6 dollars while feed lots show little movement. Prices remain out of line with fat cattle and are expected to stay high for months. Fewer cattle on feed on Aug 1 and increased use of native cattle and hogs may shift feeding trends.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Outlook
Iowa AAA to Recruit Farm Hands for 1943 Shortage
Acting Iowa AAA leader A J Loveland urged county and township committeemen to mobilize and secure labor for 1943. Meetings with William Barnes and Harold Hoyt outlined duties, including tapping school age youths and women, and coordinating with the employment service for labor and machinery exchanges.
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DES Moines
Midwest
A. J. Loveland
Iowa Aaa
Iowa
Loveland
AAA
Williams
Barnes
Federal Employment Service
Harold N. Hoyt
Employment Service
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