Iowa Farmers Need Ten Rainless Days to Beat Weeds
Iowa weather and crop bulletin warns farmers need about ten dry days to control weeds in cornfields. Corn growth was fair after cool wet conditions with knee-high to four inches, some fields replanted and others producing fodder only. Flooded low spots and stream-adjacent areas show yellow corn. weeding stalled where rows are obscured by high weeds.
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ES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin
Bulletin
Belle Plaine
Delaware
Trading in hay slowed by rain at Kansas markets
Central western markets reported slower hay trading during the week ending June 15 due to rainy weather. Baling and hauling were curtailed while demand for alfalfa hay remained steady and prairie hay producers awaited curing weather.
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Bprdal
the Gazette
Kansas City
Department of Agriculture Market
Hamilton to Speak at Allamakee Farm Bureau Picnic
The Allamakee County Farm Bureau annual picnic is set for June 28 at Waukon city park. W. B. Hamilton, secretary treasurer of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, will be the principal afternoon speaker.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Arthur Predicts Heavy Hog Marketing In December And January
Arthur Ames a livestock marketing specialist warns that December and January usually account for about 22 percent of the year’s federally inspected hog slaughter. He forecasts 6.1 million hogs slaughtered in December and 6.3 million in January, with capacity concerns at packing plants and possible need for marketing controls to avoid price slumps.
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AMES
Sugepestug
PooWo Arthur Ames Livestock Marketing
Arthur
Arethur
Fence Drift and Horse Riding Motifs in 1930s Tuncoon Farms
The text sketches a scene of detasseling on tuncoon farms linked to hybrid seed corn production. It mentions riding horses as a pastime and hints at rough handling of horses during demanding tasks, suggesting a mix of agricultural work and equestrian activity.
Plans to regulate hog flows to market next winter
A speaker argued for developing tentative plans this summer to regulate hog shipments for the next winter, ensuring adequate receipts and reducing abnormal market congestion. The aim is for plans to be mature and understood by all parties so controls can be applied promptly if trouble develops.
Wheat acreage allotment for 1943 set at 55 million
Secretary Wickard announced a 1943 national wheat acreage allotment of 55 million acres the minimum under law. He cited a projected wheat supply near 1.4 billion bushels and urged shifting part of the acreage to other crops while encouraging use of wheat as livestock feed. Principal producing states lists included Illinois Kansas Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota.
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Washington
Clade R. Wickard
Wickard
America
Taxpayers urged to demand higher taxes in 1943
Des Moines reports T W Schultz of Iowa State College urged Americans at an Iowa Farm Bureau meeting to favor higher taxes now rather than seeking reductions. He claimed farm purchasing power rose 80 percent and labor 50 percent, and that paying debts and buying bonds reduces inflation. He projected Iowa farmers would pay off about 150 million dollars in 1943.
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Des Moines
T W Schultz
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Cattle and sheep movements in seven belt states for Jan May
Inshrpments reported show stocker and feeder cattle and calves totaling 452 057 head across Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Indiana and Ohio for January through May, vs 464 022 January‑May last year. May shipments totaled 90 878 head, down from 96 027. Feeder cattle imports and feeder sheep and lambs data are provided with regional totals and May comparisons, including Iowa and Town Seeders figures. Figures sourced from state veterinary offices.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesow
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
GOSOA
Towa
Permits Required On Storage Grains Shipped Chicago
Chicago grain storage committee and Commodity Credit Corporation reach a permit system to regulate grain shipments to Chicago to conserve storage space. Starting June 25, all shipments to the Chicago market for storage require permits, regardless of origin, with future embargo plans for soybeans and flaxseed to be announced. Areas west or south of the Mississippi, including Missouri Valley, Council Bluffs, and Sioux City, are affected.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Storage Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Mississippi River
Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Hybrid Firms Set 45 Cents an Hour as Detasseling Wage
Nebraska Iowa and Missouri hybrid seed corn firms agreed to pay 45 cents an hour for detasseling. The effort aims to recruit about 5000 workers, with the federal employment service coordinating orders and placements. Work runs from July 10 to July 30, aided by volunteers including students, local women, and professionals on vacation. EC McKeilhaney of the US National Bank offered to work a month in the fields.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Fts
Federal Employment Service
EC MckEilhaney
Tarim
US National Bank
Ife
93 Purebred Calves Fed by 4-H Members in Fayette County
Ninety three purebred dairy calves are being fed this year by 51 4-H dairy calf club members in Fayette County for exhibit at the county fair in West Union. County Agent Paul McElroy reports entries include calves, heifers, and two year olds.
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Fayette
Gasette
Tipton Session on Inflation Attracts 35 Attendees
Thirty five people from rural and civic groups attended a Cedar County Farm Bureau meeting in Tipton on Monday evening. The gathering proposed four steps: support government inflation efforts, reduce living costs, promote higher taxes, and buy more bonds.
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Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Bigger District Proposed for Clayton County Soil District
A hearing is slated for June 26 to consider expanding Clayton county soil district. The petition filed May 27 would add all of Clayton county except towns. current district includes Boardman Farmersburg Garnaville Reid and Wagner townships. State committee members and district supervisors are named. election requires 65 percent approval among landowners. Soil conservation work has grown in the county with strong growth prospects ahead.
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Eleader
Iowa Soil Districts Committee
Clayton County
Boardman
Farmersburg
Garnaville
Reid
Wagner
Ole Kimbretson
H. B Wickler
Fred Eggimann
Iowa faces crop loss risk from record intertilled acreage
Des Moines reports crop loss danger grows as intertilled planting climbs to 12.2 million acres, surpassing 1932 and wartime levels. Iowa soil conservation chief Frank Mendell urges farmers to use all practices and shift corn and soybean acres to better fields to reduce risk.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Mendell
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Mendell
Scholarships for Iowa 4 H Girls Announced
The Farm Underwriters Association offers 58100 scholarships for Iowa 4 H girls for the first time this year. Mrs Edith Barker, in charge of girls 4 H club work, announced selection will be by 4 H club records, scholarship, community and farm fire prevention activities, character and health. Winners must enroll in home economics at an agricultural college.
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Gazette Ames
Iowa
Farm Underwriters’ Association
Edith Barker
Barker
Small Packers Now May Qualify For Government Orders
Small meat packing plants operating only within a state may now apply for federal inspection under a Roosevelt approved law. The six month wartime measure aims to spread business to smaller packers so they can bid on army navy and lend lease contracts. The Agriculture Department will inspect and certify facilities meeting sanitation and equipment standards for government contracts.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Field Day Thursday for Johnson DHIA No. 1
Johnson county DHIA No 1 members plan their annual dairy field day at Oakdale on Thursday. County agent Emmett Gardner announces Floyd Arnold Ames extension dairyman will be principal speaker on how the War Will Affect the Dairy Producer. A judging contest is set for 10 30 am followed by a picnic dinner.
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Cinzette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Dhia No 1
Oakdale
Emmett Gardner
Floyd Arnold
Ames
Daryman
Cattle Feeders Day set for June at Iowa State College
Results of feeding cattle corn stored for different lengths will be announced June 26 at Iowa State College during the annual Cattle Feeders Day. The 1942 experiments cover seven months from 1937 to 1941, with morning results and cattle wall inspections and an afternoon program featuring prominent cattle feeding speakers.
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Iowa State College
C C Culbertson
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