Government buys $800 million in farm products for lend lease
The Agricultural Marketing Administration reported that from March 15, 1941, to March 15, 1942, the U S government bought over 800 million dollars worth of farm products for lend lease and related use. Meat dairy and poultry products accounted for more than half the purchases, with over 1 billion pounds of meat and 1.75 billion pounds of dairy products valued at 237 million and 282 million respectively.
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Ricultural Marketing Administration
Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Surplus Marketing Administration
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Commodities Exchange Administration
Department of Agriculture
Red Cross
Rev
Hendrickson
United States
Great Britain
Frank M Murray Seeks Democratic Nomination For Secretary
Frank M Murray of Buffalo Center Iowa asked the secretary of state for nomination papers to run in the Democratic primary for state secretary of agriculture. Murray is brother to former officeholder Ray Murray who served until 1937.
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N Des Moines
Frank M. Murray
Buffallo Center
Secretary of State
Murray
Ray Murray
Farm Family Members Work for 13 to 35 Cents an Hour
Studies show members of farm families earned 13 to 35 cents an hour. Walton Dodge, assistant regional director of the farm security agency at Lincoln, Neb, spoke to Nebraska Home Economics association members in Des Moines Saturday.
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Omaha, Neb
INS
Walton Dodge
Farm Security Agency
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Home Economics Association
Des Moines
Fence Drift and Legal Guidance for Farmers
A column questions Ames Extension Service extending into a legal department. It suggests guidance through the maze of federal rules affecting farmers from gunny sack prices to moon cheese imports, highlighting regulatory reach.
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Ames
1941 Corn Loans Totaled Over 95 Million Bushels
CCC reports 1941 crop corn loans through March 21 at 95,234,237 bushels with an average 73 cents per bushel. Wheat loans totaled 356,091,897 bushels with 117,795,411 stored on farms. Repayments reached ~28,000,000 bushels. ~8,000,000 delivered to the corporation. Remaining loaned stock stood at 320,327,885 bushels.
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Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Outstanding 4-H Girl Named In Jones County 1941
Mary Dorothy Pospishil of Martelle topped Jones county 4-H listings as outstanding 4-H club girl for 1941 at the fifth annual mother-daughter luncheon in Anamosa attended by about 200. She earns a trip to the state convention in Ames and won the county record contest along with a health medal from the Iowa State Fair association.
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Anamosa
Mary Dorothy Pospishil
Martelle
Greenfield
Jones County
Ames
Jones County Fair Association
Iowa State Fair Association
Lucille Embree
Margaret Olive Deischer
Monticello
Rita Koppenhaver
Wayne Willing Workers
Jackson Wise Owls
Wyoming Swingtimers
The
Clay Busy Bees
Julia Liu
Muriel Hibbard
Cornell College
Field Work Begun Slowly In Winneshiek County
Special to The Gazette reports a fair start to field work in parts of Winneshiek county with plowing and seeding in scattered areas. Weather turned midweek and kept most ground too wet and cold delaying major farming activity until mid April.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Farming Underway With Spring Tasks In Brandon Area
Farmers in Brandon begin spring work with discing and early seeding as rain arrives. Ground shows soft spots and some corn is being harvested where ground was soft last fall. In Independence oats seeding starts in Buchanan county per county conservation official Arthur Satterlee. Fields reportedly better to work than a year ago. Fred Meffert near Winthrop seeds 23 acres of oats and plows another 20-acre field.
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the Gazette
Brandon
Independence
Buchanan County
Arthur Satterlee
The
County Conservation Office
Fred Meffert
Winthrop
Fewer Than Two in Ten Work in Agriculture in 1940
Washington reports the census bureau finds less than 20 percent of workers in 1940 were employed in agriculture, down from seven in ten in 1820, though the total number in farming rose from 2,069,000 to 9,162,000. The count includes persons ages ten and up.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Postville Kermit James names new corpora tion counsel
Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative REA announces George Heins of Monona as corporation counsel replacing Joseph B. Steele who resigned to take a government post in Washington D C.
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Postville
Kermit James
Allamakee- Clayton Electric Cooperative
REA Company
George Heins
Monona
Joseph B. Steele
Washington, D. C
Air Conditioned Hog Barn System Aids Farm Ventilation
In Walker area a hog barn receives an air conditioning system built by local farmer Lloyd Lala with neighbor George Pirnie's patent. The unit, costing about 140 dollars in materials, relies on lumber components plus an electric motor and fan to regulate temperature and humidity and improve ventilation in the 28 by 50 feet barn.
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Lloyd Lala
Walker
Heating and Ventilation System Keeps Hogs Warm
Mr Lala describes a climate controlled hog barn using outdoor air routed to the barn via ceiling conduits and a conditioning chamber blower. Vacuum pulls foul air to side-wall conduits. He says 65 degree temps last winter kept walls frost free and bedding dry.
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Lala
More Sheep On Farms In 1942 Wool Outlook For Iowa
The Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association estimates 51,200,000 sheep must be shorn to meet the 490,000,000 pound wool goal. Beginning 1942 with 49,200,000 head, up 3 percent, production likely rises from 1941's 455,000,000 pounds. Prices are high and civilian use curbed in early 1942 while military demand stays strong.
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Department of Agriculture
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Des Moines
United States
Boston
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Delaware 4 H Club Members Pledge Bond Purchases
Delaware county 4 H club members pledged to buy defense bonds with profits from market projects this year. The meeting in Manchester included Henry L Eichling of the Ames extension service and focused on aligning 4 H work with the war emergency program.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Henry L. Eichling
Ames Extension Service
Price limits set on second hand bags shortage drives regulation
Washington imposes maximum prices on processed and unprocessed second hand bags due to burlap shortage. The rules cover dealers peddlers and individuals and set deposits and a 5 percent premium on the first 1000 bags in a sale with freight allowed.
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Washington, D. C
Arrival of spring with warm days and sudden snow
Mary C Kazimour notes the cycle of spring with warm breezes, blooming birds, and lazy kittens, then a sudden cold spell brings snow. The fields resemble chocolate pudding at times and the robin and bluebird retreat to thickets while neighbors are urged to enjoy the seasonal shifts.
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Bluebird
Robin
Lisbon Farmers Night School Hears Machinery Repair
A demonstration on care and repair of farm machinery was set for Monday at 8 p.m. in Lisbon during the farmers night school. P. H. Baxter of Cedar Rapids will present.
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Lisbon
P. H. Baxter
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon Farmers
Farm and Home Management Meets Begin April 1
Seven meetings for discussion of farm and home management problems are scheduled in eastern Iowa April 1 10. H S Nicol farm management agent for the Cedar Valley Farm Business association announced Monday. All meetings are at 8 p m except one at Marengo April 1 which starts 8 30 p m. Dates and places follow April 1 Toledo April 2 Grinnell April 6 Vinton April 7 Grundy Center April 8 Marion April 9 Anamosa
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Iowa
H. S. Nicol
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Marengo
Toledo
Grinnell
Vinton
Grundy Center
Marion
Anamosa
Pictured U S official and a word puzzle answer set
A crossword like grid lists many clues with horizontal and vertical entries. Clues include topics from clothing to anatomy and numbers, with references to U S official and related wordplay.
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First Street
Jones
REA Counsel
Gazette Photo
U.S
British Dominions
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South Africa
New Zealand
Fay
Defense “Bonds
Robert Fulton
BY Williams
R Pat. Off
Llians
Delaware
Lioux City Ave
Mary C. Kazimour
Farm and Home Management
U. S
Sieairdiail
Ilialsiteirist
India
John
Bearmall
Fir
National Live Stock & Meat Board
People’s Furniture CO
First Avenue
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