Ames Engineer Explains Hay Labor Saving Devices
Donald Struthers, Iowa State College extension engineer, spoke to Cedar Rapids and Marion farm groups about labor saving hay handling methods based on 1942 field survey. He described four storage forms, equipment like hay loader and buck rakes, and labor efficiency by method, with space and moisture guidelines and maintenance tips.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Donald Struthers
Town State College Extension
Struthers
Cedar Rapids Farmers Club
Huis
Toledo
Iowa
Agricultural Engineering Department
Extension Service
Cedar Food Preservation Meetings Scheduled
Laura Heddle Cedar county home demonstration agent announced a week of food preservation meetings. The schedule lists May 18 at Clarence schoolhouse May 19 at Rochester Methodist church May 20 at Tipton schoolhouse and May 21 at Lowden schoolhouse.
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Tipton
Laura Heddleson
Cedar County
Clarence
Rochester Methodist Church
Lowden
May Use Workers In Canning Plants On 4 Hour Shifts
DES MOINES AP Harold Hoyt of the UCS employment service said 4 hour shifts will be used in Iowa canning plants this year to aid those who cannot work full days. About 8 000 people are needed to process the crop due to government demand and manpower shortages.
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Des Moines
Harold Hoyt
UCS Employment Service
Iowa
Jones County Farm Labor Committee Named
George Siebels of Amber A H Smith and Burrell Fagen of Anamosa Frank L. Himebaugh of Center Junction George Poppe of Langworthy C J Darsee of Martello Chester A Condit of Monticello Arthur Free of Morley C M Miles of Olin N H Ingwerson of Onslow W H Soppe of Oxford Junction Avend Balster jr of Scotch Grove and E F Kleineck of Wyoming serve on the Jones county farm labor committee with County Agent James F. Kearns as reported today.
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Anamosa
George Siebels
Amber
A H Smith and
Burrell Fagen
Frank L. Himebaugh
Center Junction
George Poppe
Langworthy
C. J Darsee
Martello
Chester A. Condit
Monticello
Arthur Free
Morley
C M. Miles
Olin
N. H Ingwerson
Onslow
W. H. Soppe
Oxford Junction
Avend Balster, Jr
Scotch Grove
E F Kleineck
Wyoming
Farm Labor Committee
Jones County
James F. Kearns
Fire destroys brooder house with 303 chicks
A Sunday morning blaze on the Merle Dodder farm east of Columbus Junction wiped out a brooder house and 303 six weeks old chicks. Fire investigators and local volunteers battled the flames, with no word on the cause or any injuries reported.
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Columbus Junction
Merle Dodder
Dairy rationing eyed as 1943 milk outlook weak
Washington authorities consider curbing civilian dairy use as war demands loom. Officials from the War Food Administration weigh fluid milk rationing in deficit areas and curbs on evaporated milk and dairy products amid a projected 1943 milk surplus shortfall influenced by late spring conditions and reduced cow numbers.
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Ovid
Martin Washington
War Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Crop Board
Wheat supply dips as market shows week long changes
The Chicago Board of Trade reported a drop in the visible wheat supply of 5,950,000 bushels for the United States last week. Corn supply fell 277,000 bushels while oats rose 1,310,000, rye up 197,000 and barley up 867,000 bushels.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
United States
Ground soybeans as a forage substitute note
Ground soybeans including frost damaged grain may replace linseed, soybean or cottonseed meal in a balanced dairy ration when roughage does not largely consist of soybean hay.
Standards Set for Iowa Master Swine Production Awards
Iowa hog producers with at least eight sows farrow before June 1 may be named Iowa master swine producers of 1943 by the Iowa Swine Producers Association WHO Des Moines and Iowa State College extension service. About 25 top producers will be recognized for spring pork production with records due by Dec 1, 1943.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Swine Producers’ Association
WHO
Des Moines
Iowa State College Extension Service
E. L Quaife
Quaife
Animal Husbandry Extension Service
Town Swine Producers’ Association
Iowa State Campus 4-H Girls Elect Officers at Rally
Marilyn Miller of Vinton seeks election as president of the campus 4-H girls at Iowa State College. She faces Anna Lea Martin of Union. outcome decides president and program chairman. Mrs. Charles Payne of Grinnell speaks on This Small World with maps. May mobilization rally replaces May breakfast.
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Isabel Crowe
Iowa Farm Security loans reach 20 thousand from 1935 to 1943
Des Moines reports 20,107 FSA loans totaling 15,271,884 in Iowa during 1935 to 1943. Repayments amount to 9,894,373 with 1,218,614 in interest. In the latest year, 10,142 Iowa families joined, plus 802 tenants buying farms under Bankhead Jones.
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FSA
Iowa
Des Moines
Farm Security Administration
Fence Drift and Spring Blues in a Rainy Poem
A humorous poem laments delayed spring and illness. The speaker jokes about influenza and rheumatic pains caused by wet weather, while others endure chilblains and cold days. May is deemed no time for coughs as rain persists.
Reed Says Iowa Corn Planting Only 11 Percent Done
Des Moines reports Iowa corn planting at 11 percent as cold weather slows progress. Weather bureau meteorologist Charles D. Reed notes planting 6 percent below normal for the date and five days behind. Oats barley and flax look good but grow slowly. pastures show slow growth requiring continued livestock feeding. Some oats reseeded in eastern counties may not yield much.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Weather Bureau
Reed
Bar nyard Farming Notes and Crop Demonstrations
A local farm bulletin highlights Henry Mauderer of Traer feeding 15 yearling calves for July marketing and describes the Everett Lassen farm near Dysart housing 30 sows with 240 pigs. It notes a field demo on Harold Groff’s farm near Norway showing contour lines, waterways, and a grass buffer, plus rye pasture ideas for spring feeding and seed timing for hay and pasture crops.
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Henry Mauderer
Traer
Mauderer
Everett Lassen
Dysart
Harold Groff
Norway
Mr Groff
DHIA Supervisors Needed in Iowa Amid Shortage
Floyd Arnold reports 12 associations disbanded for lack of DHIA supervisors and 28 others shifted to bi monthly testing. Ten more associations lack supervisors and replacements are needed immediately. Wartime classification deems DHIA supervisor work essential. Openings pay $4 to $6 daily plus meals, with training at Iowa State College the week of May 24 at no charge.
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Ames
Iowa
Floyd Arnold
Ames Extension
Arnold
DHSA
Iowa State College
Extension Dairy Specialists
Crossing Chickens Yields Limited Market Benefits
The text notes crossing two breeds of chick ens will not produce larger cockerels for market. It may be possible to get a little better fleshing slightly faster feathering and a bit more ruggedness, but that is about all.
All-Time High In Egg Output In Iowa April
Des Moines report shows Iowa egg production at a record 524 million in April, up eight percent from a year earlier and 45 percent above the 10-year April average. First four months of 1943 yield 1.5 billion eggs. April layer count 30.75 million, with 1,704 eggs per 100 hens.
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Des Moines
Towa
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
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Iowa State Survey
Frank Nye
Story County
Carroll
Carroll County
Hardin
Cedar Food Preservation
Department of Agriculture
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Tony) Schmitz
van Horne
Geo. B. Basker
Nou
Shane
Madgez
Benton County
Jones County Farm Labor Committee
U. S
Liberal
Ohsman & Sons Co., Inc
WiLliams
Iowa State
RF A
Peoples Savings Bank
Second Avenue SE
Dhia Supervisors
Hamilton
Jonathan
Ee Ee Seed & Coal CO
Honeymead
Ric
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