Houseworkers Sought to Replace Women in War Era
A letter from Harold N. Hoyt of Des Moines to US Employment Service volunteers in Iowa urges recruiting women to work in farm homes during harvest while releasing others for war industry. The plan favors fair wages and calls for radio and press publicity to connect willing women with farmers needing help.
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Harold N. Hoyt
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Hoyt
Federal Employment Service
United States Employment Service
Sceme
Winneshiek Corn And Soys Benefits From Fair Weather
DECORAH Two weeks of sun shine have matured corn that seemed soft and farmers expect little trouble with feeding plans. Soybeans planted early show better yields than after the September freeze with 4 to 20 bushels per acre reported. Monmouth is short of hired hands as corn picking and soybean combining begin, with stalks breaking before harvest and about one third of beans damaged by the late September freeze.
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Decorah
Gazette
Monmouth
Jones AAA Erecting 18 Wooden Bins for Beans
Onslow reports the Jones county Triple-A is constructing 18 wooden bins 16 by 16 feet each to hold 3,000 bushels of soybeans. The Onslow lumber company builds 12 bins with six in Wyoming and four in Onslow. two additional bins may also be in Onslow.
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Onslow
Jones County
Onslow Lumber Company
Wyoming
Calmar Creamery Pays 53 Cents for Top Butterfat
Calmar creamery paid 53 cents for top butterfat in September. It gathered 50 363 pounds of butterfat and produced 62 743 pounds of butter, while butter fetched 49 cents per pound for the plant.
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Calmar Creamery
Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
Clinton-Gartman and Gie ser livestock feeders headlined market sale
Clinton Gartman and Gieser, local feeders, shipped 33 head of 866 pound heifers to Chicago on Monday. They brought 14.85 dollars per hundredweight on the Chicago market, reflecting steady demand for feeder cattle.
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Clinton — Gartman and Gieser
Chicago
Farm auction schedule across Iowa and nearby counties
A series of farm auctions is listed for October with events in Milo Wolrab Berkshires Mt Vernon Chester Whites Nemeck Est Ely near Ray C. Peet Martelle Anamosa and Cedar Rapids Iowa City Sales Co Iowa. The schedule includes real estate auctions and livestock sales across multiple days in the week.
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Milo V. Wolrab
Berkshires
Mt. Vernon
Henry Jurgensen
Chester Whites
Olin
Nemecck
Ely
Ray C. Peet
Martelle
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Iowa City Sales Co
Mary C. Woodfin
Walker
Hog price outlook and production up under flexible control
Purdue University agricultural economists call the hog market favorable with prices expected to rise under flexible price controls or subsidies. The bulletin notes hog marketing at record levels as Indiana pig farrowing rises 46 percent above the 10-year average and 15 percent above last year. Slaughter totals are projected to be about 50 percent above the 10-year average and 25 percent higher than the last year’s.
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Lafayette, Ind
Purdue University Agricultural
University
Indiana
Smallest Alfalfa Seed Crop in Iowa Since 1935
Special to The Gazette Des Moines The Iowa crop and livestock reporting service said today that growers reported an alfalfa seed crop of 10 800 bushels this year It is 50 percent smaller than last year and the smallest crop in Iowa The wet season reduced seed set and only 12 000 acres were harvested for seed compared with 24 000 acres last year The average yield per acre was 9 bushels unchanged from last year.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
Tomato Growers to Meet At Manchester Thursday
The Manchester canning company calls a meeting of tomato growers in Manchester on the evening of October 29 for a report on this season’s operations and to discuss acreage for 1943. Co-sponsors include the Manchester Chamber of Commerce Farm Bureau and the Triple-A.
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Manchester
Manchester Canning Company
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
The
Farm Bureau
Triple-A
Cattle Duo Oversees 964 Acres Near Marion
Interview with Charles M. Kareh, manager on five farms near Marion for Cedar Rapids interests, detailing 2 000 cattle on feed, Texas purchases of 1107 head, 950 heifers, 276 steers shipped, and 12 silos. Kareh cites labor limits, wartime constraints, and plans to cut cattle if help does not improve.
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Charles M. Kareh
Marion
Weaver Witwer
Cedar Rapids
Lafayette
Mr. Witwer
Texas
Sam
Iowa
Soul Conservation and Harder Workファ
A country woman reflects on continued effort amid hardship. She notes not giving up yet but considers quitting minor daily tasks as homes endure ongoing devastation around rubble.
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Ladies Aid
Tipton Adults Gather for Thursday Night Classes
Miss Bernice Becker leads women in a kitchen themed study titled Fun in the Kitchen at the Tipton school building. Men’s classes, taught by J Morris Christy the vocational agriculture teacher, will focus on current agricultural problems and meet on Thursday nights.
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Gazette
Tipton
Bernice Becker
J. Morris Christy
Nebraska Feeder Cattle Shipped to Onslow
Fourteen carloads of feeder cattle from Nebraska were shipped into Onslow on Saturday. The consignors were Clarence Reade two cars Clarence Finn three cars Louis Finn three cars Ernest Horton two cars August Jensen three cars and Ben Fedderson one car.
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Onslow
Nebraska
Clarence Reade
Clarence Finn
Louis Finn
Ernest Horton
August Jensen
Ben Fedderson
Jones County 4-H Banquet Planned at Center Junction
ANAMOSA The fifth annual Jones county 4 H father and son banquet will be held at the Center Junction school on Oct 31. Paul Borglum county club agent announced Saturday.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Center Junction School
Paul Borglum
Cattle Auction Sets Top Price for 1361-Pound Steers
Miles J F Mommsen rural cattle feeder sold 28 steers averaging 1361 pounds for 1710 dollars, the extreme top for cattle of this weight, in a local sale near here.
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Miles
J. F. Mommsen
Chicago
Cattle Prices Hit New Chicago Highs On Monday
Scarcity of prime cattle and strong demand pushed steer prices to 17.25 dollars, the highest since October 1937. Yearlings reached 17 dollars, the peak since November, and heifers topped at 16.10 dollars, marking new market highs across classes.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Heifer Price Milestones Noted Since 1919
Since September 1937 prices have climbed to the second highest October level for heifers since 1919. This marks a notable milestone in cattle markets with demand shaping prices through the autumn.
Farm Night School to Begin Oct 21 at Coggon
The adult farmers night school at Coggon will start sessions October 21 due to the upcoming gasoline rationing. Vocational agriculture teacher W. H. Odom announced the opening and the Wednesday theme will be practical methods of increasing pork production.
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Coggon
Council For the
Adult Farmers
W. H. Odom
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