Roosevelt Signs Bill Setting 85 Percent Parity Loans
President Roosevelt signed legislation creating 85 percent parity loans for major crops with price pegging on cotton, corn, wheat, rice and tobacco. He stressed parity payments and soil conservation may not raise total aid beyond parity and urged tight controls on surpluses and orderly CCC disposal.
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Roosevelt
Wassitaton
Senate
Congress
Wickard
Commodity Credit Corporation
Deferment Of Farm Hands Considered
Washington officials urge local draft boards to grant deferments to farm workers essential for national defense. Secretary Wickard cites labor shortages, notes a 17.8 percent farm labor decline since 1940, and urges prioritizing food production for defense while detailing regional declines. The piece ends with a note on common fruit tree spray ingredients.
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Washington
INS
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Gen
Hershey
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
United States
Great Britain
New England
Middle Atlantic States
East North Central States
South Atlantic States
East South Central States
West South Central States
Mountain States
Pacific Coast States
SCS Chief To Tour East Iowa June 6 7
H H Bennett the federal soil conservation service chief will tour eastern Iowa in early June. He will speak in Fairfield on June 6 after an inspection of local projects and may stay in Cedar Rapids. On June 7 he plans to inspect projects near Monticello Dubuque Garnaville and Decorah before moving to Wisconsin.
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H. H. Bennett
Washington, D. C
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
W. K. Webster
Marion
Bennett
Fairfield
SCS
Webster
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Dubuque
Garnaville
Decorah
Wisconsin
Louisa County Farm Bureau Sets Soil Conservation Tour
In observance of soil conservation week on June 27, the Louisa county Farm Bureau will sponsor a county tour on June 4 led by County Agent Lael Moon to review phosphate fertilizer use, legume seeding, contour farming, strip cropping, tree plantings, and pasture plots with assistance from Bruce Kilpatrick, Ames extension agronomist.
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Wapello
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Lael Moon
Bruce Kilpatrick
Ames Extension Agronomist
Mr. Moon
Fayette county observes soil conservation week demonstrations
The Fayette County Farm Bureau led by president J F Ingels announced a June 3 tour of conservation demonstrations starting at 9 am from West Union. Floyd Parks, Ames soils specialist, will discuss soil management and ministers are asked to speak from the pulpit on June 1 or June 8 for the observance.
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Fayette
Fayette County
County Farm Bureau
J. F. Ingels
West Union
Floyd Parks
Ames
REA Equipment Show Planned for Linn County
The Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative will host a two day REA farm electric equipment show on July 7 and 8 with demonstrations of electric powered farm machinery from quarter to 744 horsepower. Miss Bernice Strawn of the US Department of Agriculture will conduct an electric cooking school in Marion as part of the program. R D Palmer is manager of the cooperative which serves 1,665 members and has visited over 325 rural systems in 23 states.
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Bernice Strawn
United States Department of Agriculture
Marion
J. Henry Dye
Linn County
REA
Linn
R. D. Palmer
Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative Association
D. W. Teare
John R. Rohn
Government buys 18.5 million pounds cornstarch
During the week ended May 23 the government purchased 18.5 million pounds of cornstarch, according to an agricultural marketing service report released today.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Food outlook in Europe under German occupation
The United States Department of Agriculture reports on continental European food supplies under blockade and war. Germany maintains adequate rations though fats are a problem. Italy faces distribution and exports issues. France Belgium Norway and the Netherlands suffer severe shortages and disrupted agriculture. Denmark and Sweden remain relatively self sufficient. Belgium and the Netherlands face ongoing deficits. Spain Greece Hungary Romania Bulgaria Yugoslavia show varied prospects. the Soviet Union could yet supply grain and oils.
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Europe
United States Department of Agriculture
Germany
Mediterranean
Far East
Italy
France
Belgium
Norway
Netherlands
French Africa
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Switzerland
Portugal
Spain
Greece
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Bessarabia
Corn loan stocks total 101 million bushels May 20
Special to The Gazette reports less than one million bushels of 1940 corn entered loan stocks in the seven days before May 20. Repayments remain low with 1,739,367 bushels released. Total loans stand at 101,403,688 bushels valued at about $61.79 million across states led by Iowa Illinois Nebraska and North Dakota with varied amounts and dollar values.
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Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Fair Managers Meet at Eastern Iowa Fair
Special to The Gazette reports the Eastern Iowa Fair Managers association will hold a meeting in Monticello on June 6 to discuss fair operations, schedules, and cooperative plans.
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Monticelllo
Eastern Iowa Fair Managers Association
Soul Conservation Home Defense Jams Aid Nation
Velma Gray Sunderman urges a home front defense through jam. The piece extols how home produced preserves like fresh bread jam keep families nourished and ready to serve the land.
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Sam
Velma Gray Sunderman
Republicans Name Committee To Probe Farm Problems
Four teen Republican members of the house were appointed by Rep. Clifford Hope to form the executive committee of the Republican farm study committee. Subcommittees will visit farming regions to confer with farmers and set hearings across the country.
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Washington
INS
House
Clifford Hope
Kans
Congress
Hope
House Agriculture Committee
Republican Farm Study Committee
Reps
Allen
Ill
Andresen
Ind
Brown
Ohio
Case
S. D
Gearhart
Calif
Gilchrist
Gillie
Kinzer
Murray
Wis
Reed
Rizley
Okla
Robertson
N. D
Stefan
Neb
Woodruff
Mich
Livestock Markets Closed Next Friday Memorial Day
All livestock markets will be closed next Friday for Memorial Day with no trading. Livestock received will be weighed and yarded as on a Sunday. Interior markets stay open Saturday while central markets Chicago St Paul and Indianapolis remain closed.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Wool Situation Surveyed for 1942 Demand and Supplies
The May 20 Defense bulletin from the OPM estimates visible domestic wool at 574.5 million pounds, with 349.5 million pounds to be imported to meet 925 million pounds total need. It cites 480 million domestic clip, 200 million held by growers, and 65 million held by dealers and 166 million by manufacturers. Dealers and manufacturers hold 374.5 million pounds grease wool, plus 30 million pounds of scoured wool, and 53.5 million pounds of grease wool in tops.
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OPM
Defenge
Defense
Clayton County Farm Bureau Picnic Set for June 1
ELRADER the annual Clayton county Farm Bureau picnic is planned for next Sunday at the fair grounds. Allan Kline of Vinton the Iowa Farm Bureau federation vice president will deliver the main address. The program features a soil conservation talk by M X Geske of McGregor music by the rural women's chorus and athletic events for all ages.
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Elrader
Clayton County Farm Bureau
Allan Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
M. X. Geske
McGregor
Rural Women's Chorus
Everbearing Strawberries Yield in Fall Unlike June Types
The article explains that in contrast to June bearing varieties, everbearing strawberries produce fruit in the fall. It notes the difference in yield timing and growing behavior between the two types.
Linn County Supervisors Approve Pension Warrants and Road District Actions
Linn County Iowa board meets in April session this 1941 to approve widow’s pension warrants and appoints Louis A. Hinton to replace J H Schaum on the board of apportionment. They authorize tax sale assignments, fund transfers, and hear petitions to establish a new secondary road district in Marton Township.
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Linn County Board OF Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
of Linn
Board of Supervisors
Petty
Seedell
Seevell
Beeson
Widow's Pension Fund
Harry §. Johnson
Lottie Hogan
Mildred A. Titus
Marton
K. F McNiel
Central City
Linn County
J. H Schaum
Board of
Towa
Louis A. Hinton
J. H. Schaum
Board of Apportionment
Tony Catanzaro
WM. Biddick
Towit
Towit Piles
Douglas
Mary Jane
North Liberty
Morham
Paul
Nelle
Vivian
Eildon
Third Ave
Green County
Wiese
John
Augusta
Sixth &I
Pottawattamie County
Ore Butler
Howard Butler
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