Army Help Asked In Flood Districts Loveland Says
Iowa farmers and officials seek immediate federal aid to repair about 30 million dollars in flood and storm damage. A J Loveland requests use of army personnel and POW labor to rebuild bridges roads fences and provide livestock shelter. Navy army and marine forces helped save the Turkey Island levee at Ottumwa amid ongoing flood recovery efforts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Raccoon
A. J. Loveland
The
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Washington, D C
Washington
Loveland
Leroy K. Smith
North Central
AAA
War Food Administration
West Side
Ottumwa
Navy
Army
Marine
Turkey Island
Cultivating Corn More Than Three Times Is Useless
Special to The Gazette. Iowa State College agricultural engineer C. H. Van Vilack says cultivating corn more than three times is rarely worth the labor. Early shallow cultivation after weeds emerge, using sweeps, kills most weeds. disk killers best for in-row plants. Shallow cultivation yields better than deep. cross cultivation is impossible when corn is drilled.
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Ames
C. H. van Vilack
Iowa State College
Iowa
Ames Expert Warns Against Replowing Eroded Hillsides
Ames expert Cr. Van Vlack of Iowa State College warns against replowing eroded hillside waterways after heavy rains. He advises seeding with oats grasses and clovers then light disking, contouring to drain, and building diversion ridges to protect and fill gullies. Later planting of corn or soybeans may occur as late as June 15 if disking and harrowing are thorough.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Cr. van Vlack
Iowa State College
van Vlack
Seven New 4-H Clubs In Buchanan County
Independence Iowa reports the organization of seven new 4-H clubs in Buchanan County. Girls clubs include units in the Aurora and Stanley area led by Mrs Ralph Carson and others south of Independence and Jesup. Boys clubs organized near Brandon and Aurora Stanley list Kirk Cline and N S Frye Jr as leaders with Dan Strauel heading Jesup group.
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Independence
Buchanan County
John Clough
Rowley
Ralph Carson
Aurora and Stanley
William Franz
Paul Copenhaver
Verna Main
J W Circus
Jesup
T R Crawford
Harry Circus
Brandon
Kirk Clime
Aurora Stanley
N. S. Frye, Jr
Dan Strauel
Simplified Transfer of Surplus Army Trucks to Farmers
Senator Butler outlines a streamlined plan to move surplus army trucks to farmers. The treasury procurement division will report available units to the War Food Administration, which allocates by need. Dealers repair trucks, and county AAA boards issue purchase certificates to farmers.
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Washington
Butler
R-Neb
Treasury Department
War Food Administration
WFA
OWI Forecasts Food Supplies For 1944 45 War Year
The Office of War Information predicts overall good food supplies through the 1944 45 farm year but warns civilian canned vegetables will be the shortest in years. Rationing likely on some items, with meats remaining mostly ration free for months while sugar remains tight and army navy demand climbs. Egg production at a record high supports civilian intake as margarine and shortening rise.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Army
Navy
Added Money Prizes Feature Steer Show At Jones Co. Fair
Jones county fair adds prize money to a fat steer contest set for August 24 in Monticello. Fifty eight steers entered. fair president H. W. Stuhler says $500 pool plus $10 entry per steer. First prize eyed at about $540 with additional local funds boosting fourth to sixth place prizes. Entries require at least 2 years old and 1200 pounds, with cattle shown in pens on the show day.
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Monticello
Jones County
H. W. Stuhler
The
Fair Association
Stahler
Stuhler
4-H Colt Club Entries Due by June 1
DES MOINES INS Enrollment cards for 4-H club members entering horse work this year must be filed with county extension directors by June 1. Cecil Rooks of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association warned Friday. He noted that 1944 projects cover all phases of draft and light horse work.
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Des Moines
INS
Cecil Rooks
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’association
Rooks
Loss of Iowa topsoil exceeds half since last war
Des Moines Iowa secretary of agriculture Harry D Linn warns that most of Iowa has lost more than 50 percent of its topsoil since the last war and that erosion will continue without soil conservation practices. He cites floods, furrows, and gullies as proof and urges contour farming to protect Iowa key to Mississippi delta. More than 43 counties have organized soil conservation districts since 1940.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harry D. Linn
Linn
Clyde Spry
State Soil Conservations Districts Committee
Monona County
Mississippi Delta
Nationally Known iEconomists to Lecture at Ames
Two visiting professors were announced for the summer quarter at Ames. Karl Brandt, Stanford economist and food economics expert, will lecture and lead conferences on agricultural economics. Glenh A. Bakkum, chair of sociology at Oregon State College, will teach rural sociology and participate in related conferences.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Karl Brandt
Food Research Institute
Stanford University
Germany
University of Berlin
Brandt
United States
New School For Social Research
University In Exile
Stanford
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Glenh A. Bakkum
Oregon State College
Iowa State
WFA to Cut Number Of Area Offices Of Distribution
The War Food Administration plans a nationwide reorganization reducing state and area offices from 240 to about 65. Officials say the move will cut expenses and create a more efficient administration with at least one office in each state. Final site selections for retained offices are not yet decided.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Division of Distribution
U S Land Prices Rise 15 Percent in Year
New York AP reports farm land values climbed 15 percent in the year ended March 31. Prices now sit 38 percent above the 1935 1939 average. Seven factors drive the increase, including record 1943 sales, rapid resale profits, cash sales of half the farms, and high mortgage involvement.
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New York
United States
Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association
Farm land values surge in 13 states surpass pre war levels
The report notes land values in 13 leading farm states have risen more than 50 percent above pre war values and present farm income is the highest on record. It says bankers and farmers now guard against a land boom and seek ways to avoid a repeat of past collapses.
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Eople
Buy Implement Company in Decorah by Semore Tofte and Led Bruenning
Semore Tofte and Led Bruenning have purchased Farmers Implement Company in Decorah and will continue operating under the same firm name. Tofte has managed the business since 1940.
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BUY Implement Company
Decorah
Semore Tofte
Led Bruenning
Farmers Implement Company
Une Lder
Mr. Tofte
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