Gaffs Girls at Farm Front proposed for food effort
A youth group of the American Country Life association in Washington suggests the Gaffs Girls at the Farm Front as a movement to keep young women on farms to boost victory garden output near Toledo Ohio. Objectives include raising food production and teaching farming skills while highlighting rural life dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jill
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Ohio
American Country Life Association
Washington, D. C
Gaffs
Marjorie Luh
E. L. Kirkpatrick
Washington
Farmers may connect to REA or utility lines under WPB order
LIFTON J BRADLEY in Cedar Rapids explained that farmers near electric lines may be connected under WPB order V-1-c if electricity improves war production. Eligible farmers with five animal units can certify through county USDA war boards to buy up to 75 pounds of wiring plus accessories, with suppliers sending endorsed contracts to the certifying board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lifton J. Bradley
St. Louis
National Rea
George E. Dillion
Cedar Rapids
WPB
Usda County War Board
County War Board
Bradley
Usda War Boards
Fence Drift and Farm Bureau in Midwestern Scrutiny
A USDA investigation probes anti Farm Bureau demonstrations and a sequence of farm related deals. It notes National Farmers Union purchases of elevators and lumberyards, funded by federal cooperative banks, plus a radio broadcast in Iowa casting the Farm Bureau in a negative light. The piece questions the overall implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Farm Bureau
National Farmers Union
Federal Bank For Cooperatives
Iowa
Food outlook survey predicates 1943 crisis and farm challenges
The Rochester AP report details twin Gannett surveys of over 5,000 farmers and 1,000 editors deem food the country’s top 1943 issue, sighting farm labor shortages, Washington regulation, price signals, and machinery as major bottlenecks. It notes a predicted 5 to 30 percent drop in output despite favorable weather, and urges policy changes to unleash farmer profits and aid.
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Rochester
N. Y
Frank Gannett
America
Gannett
Washington
Bush Fruits Damaged In Webster Area By Winter
Special to The Gazette reports severe winter killing in Webster with damage to raspberry and blackberry patches and to clover and alfalfa seedings. Plum trees are blooming, peaches and pears show promise, apples may bloom soon, while gardens are active. Plowing for corn and soybeans is only half done as farmers consider soybean preplanting to speed maturation.
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Webster
FDA Spends 8.66 Million in Iowa For March Purchases
The Food Distribution Administration reports Iowa March purchases totaling 8,657,131.52 dollars. Key items include 17,595,600 pounds of cereals and edible oils, 27,966,110 pounds of pork products valued at 6,516,664.63 dollars, 8,353,200 pounds of refined lard, and 1,377,781 pounds of dairy products and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Food Distribution Administration
Iowa
Francis D. Cronin
Midwest
Contour Demonstration Near Dundee May 5
County Agent Virgil Webster announced a contour line layout demonstration on the A. B. Cocking farm three miles southwest of Dundee. Irving Christensen of the soil conservation service will assist with the presentation scheduled for Wednesday morning.
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Manchester
A. B. Cocking
Dundee
Virgil Webster
Irving Christensen
The
Soil Conservation Service
Release of Stored Farm Machines Is Urged by Gillette
Washington AP Senator Guy M. Gillette cites Iowa farm implement dealers with idle machinery and urges the Office of Price Administration to issue permits. A dealer report notes surplus manure spreaders and sulky rakes held unused while farmers need them for harvest and victory food production.
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Gillette
Washington
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
D-Ia
Office of Price Administration
West Union Farm Sold For 250 Acres At 100 Per Acre
Mrs. Mary Nie land of Guttenberg purchased the Mabb estate farm of 250 acres, three miles northeast of West Union, for 25000 dollars. Lester Gray, tenant, will continue to operate the farm, possession given immediately.
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West Union
Mary Nieland
Guttenberg
Mabb
Lester Gray
Farmer Ed Kubitz Buys 80‑acre Nagle Farm
Ed Kubitz of east of Waukon purchases the 80 acre Louis Nagle farm adjoining his property for four thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Ed Kubitz
Louis Nagle
Nurserymen accuse Forest Service of dumping trees
Senator Gillette reports nursery men complain the forest service is selling trees to commercial nurseries at a price far below market. An agriculture order sets seedlings at 1.50 per thousand, with evergreen species much higher, sparking claims of unfair competition and resale by nurseries.
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Washington
Senator Gillette
D-ia
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Gillette
Iowa Nurserymen’s Association
Appointment of Administratrix in George C Ring Estate
Notice of appointment issued in Linn County Iowa on April 24 1943 naming L D Dennis as attorney for the administratrix The executrix urges all indebted parties to pay immediately and all claimants to file authenticated claims with the Linn County District Clerk as required by probate procedures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
George C. Ring
Executrix Appointed in Linn County Probate Case
Probate notice dated April 24 1843 appoints Chas Penningroth as Executrix of Charles J Kosek estate Linn County Iowa. Creditors and claimants urged to file claims in the Linn County District Court promptly with proper documentation.
April 15 Seed Prices Fall Two to Five Cents
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports grains priced 2 to 5 cents lower per bushel on April 15 due to easing demand as sowing season ends. Most seeds rise except white clover, Kentucky bluegrass, and crested wheatgrass, which dip. Iowa per 100 pounds prices show red clover 32.55, Alsike 33.25, white clover 85, sweet clover 14.40, lespedeza 12.60, Grimm alfalfa 49.25, timothy 7.50, redtop 13.70, bluegrass 24.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Redtop
Kentucky Bluegrass
Hampshire sow litter totals in Coggon farm report
Wesley Waterhouse near Coggon reported six Hampshire sows bred to a Berkshire boar farrowed 73 pigs and five purebred Berkshire gilts farrowed 44 pigs today.
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Coggon
Wesley Waterhouse
Near
Hampshire
Berkshire
Bill to Lift Margarine Restrictions Introduced
Hampton P. Fullmer of South Carolina introduced H. R. 2400 in Washington to repeal the 10 cent per pound excise tax on yellow margarine and a quarter cent per pound on uncolored margarine, repeal annual taxes on manufacturers wholesalers and retailers, and lift restrictions on sale of colored margarine.
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Washington, D. C
South Carolina
House Committee On Agriculture
Fragmented OCR Item Vague Poetry Fragments
Damaged OCR text lists assorted words and phrases such as UROPEAN COUNTRY 48 Us 51 Tub 53 Beverage and Reliquary for relics of saint. It reads like scattered puzzle-like entries with no clear narrative or names to identify. The readable terms hint at categories but offer no coherent event.
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R.F.A
Food Outlook
Central
John L. Lewis
Harold Ickes
Louis Wall
Central City
Wall
Wall Farm
New York
San Francisco
FDA
Sioux City Ave
Banai
L. D. Dennis
Charles J. Kosek
Chas. Penningroth
Williams
People’s Furniture
First Avenue East
Dorothy B. Hamilton
Linn County Farm Bureau
Marion Stuart
Emma Miles
Iowallinois Gas and Electric Company Home Service
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Crean & Electric CO
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Pierce
Ore
Prince
Sheltes
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