Great Shifts In Population On Farms Seen By Doane Digest
Doane Agricultural Service Digest reports postwar farm population shifts will push returning soldiers and war workers to farms. Employment in agriculture fell 16 percent since 1910 while output per worker rose, raising questions about farm capacity and land suitability for new settlers.
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ST. Louis
Doane Agricultural Service Digest
Agricultural Service
Digest
Agricultural Digest
Doane Digest
United States
Vocational Agriculture Teachers Meet at Ames Conference
One hundred twenty six Iowa vocational agriculture instructors attend their twenty seventh annual state conference at Iowa State College. Theme focused on winning the war with surveys of current and postwar farming, manpower conservation, and postwar plans. Speakers include L H Wood J H Pearson Kirk Fox and regional and college specialists address farm safety hog production and livestock programs.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
L. H. Wood
Wood
J. H. Pearson
United States Office of Agricultural Education
Kirk Fox
Des Moines
Ray L. Cuff
National Livestock Loss Prevention Board
P. J. Holand
Austin, Minn
W. A. Craft
U.S.D.A. Swine Breeding Laboratory
Butterfat Tax Yields $85,000 for Iowa Dairy Drive
Des Moines AP reported Franklin Barker, Iowa Dairy Industry commission secretary, said this year’s one cent per pound butterfat tax collected $85,000 to date. The tax, paid on butterfat sold in Iowa during the first 15 days of June, funds state advertising for dairy products. Last year’s receipts reached $113,000, and the commission plans Aug 9 meetings to set next year’s program and budget.
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DES Moines
Frank Barker
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa
Barker
Commission
American Dairy Association
Towa
Field Bean Seeds Exempted From Price Control
Washington OPA announced exemption of dry commercial field bean seeds from price control. The agency cited no inflationary tendency and said removal would aid the War Food administration’s edible bean program.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Food Administration
Rain Near Webster Boosts Cracked Gardens and Crops
A long awaited rain fell Sunday afternoon at Webster easing drought on gardens and corn. Combining began last week with oats yielding 10 to 50 bushels per acre and good quality. Threshing started Tuesday as Church ladies prepared noon meals.
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Webster
the Gazette
Covington Area Farmer Harvests 7-Acre 100-Day Corn
David Mottinger gathered roasting ears from a 7 acre field of 100 day hybrid field corn just north of Covington. The crop was drilled on May 2 on his farm.
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David Mottinger
Covington
Eggs in Storage Reach All Time High On July First
War Food administration reports shell egg stocks rose from 9 632 000 cases on June 1 to a record 11 354 000 on July 1 due to heavy WFA purchases amid a production crisis. About 10 500 carloads were bought Jan 1 to July 15, with 3 500 carloads for schools hospitals and institutions.
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Washington
INS
War Food Administration
WFA
Iprice
Packers Fight Subsidy Changes Move in Washington
National Independent Meat Packers and Eastern Meat Packers associations plan to send committees to Washington to protest proposed subsidy shifts. They warn hog subsidies cuts could worsen hog marketings and raise live prices, while beef subsidies may rise.
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Chicago
National Independent Meat Packers Association
Eastern Meat Packers Association
Washington
OPA
WFA
European Corn Borer Replicates Across Iowa Except 11 Counties
Des Moines AP reports Iowa's European corn borer has reached all but 11 counties. State Ag Secretary Harry D Linn notes only first generation borers found so far and predicts complete infestation by fall. Eastern Iowa infestation is heavier than last year with a total loss in one sweet corn field. Dr Carl Drake to inspect Cedar Rapids area.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harry D. Linn
State Secretary of Agriculture
Linn
Dickinson
Osceola
Lyon
Sioux
O'Brien
Plymouth
Cherokee
Ida
Woodbury
Mills
Fremont
Carl Drake
Winter Wheat Shipments Ended on Record 1944 Crop
The Association of American Railroads said southwest winter wheat shipments are nearly finished and empty box cars are moving to the northwest harvest area to handle a record 1944 crop. Warren C. Kendall, chairman of the service division, projected a 1944 harvest of 1,127,822,000 bushels, about 100 million more than 1915. Railroads met demand from southwestern shippers, delivering over 1,000 empty cars daily since May to support Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
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Washington
INS
Association of American Railroads
Northwest
Warren C. Kendall
Association
Service Division
Kendall
Southwestern
Spring Wheat
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
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