1942 Farm Program Sets Record Production Push
The 1942 plan calls for the largest American farm output in history with 125 million pounds of milk and 3.9 billion eggs, plus expanded hogs, beef, poultry and crop acreage. Secretary Wickard outlined 85 percent parity support for hogs eggs evaporated milk dry skim milk cheese and chickens through Dec 31 1942 and regional conferences to mobilize farmers for national defense needs.
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U.S.C.A
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Bondy
of Agriculture
Claude R Wickard
Wickard
Hitler
National Farm Program
Salt Lake City
Chicago
New York City
Memphis
Steagall
Britain
United States
Washington (Lp
Wickards
Farmer Harvests Crib and Hog House from Timber Lot
Horace Clark of northeast of Waukon felled 35 red oak trees to build a 29 by 80 foot corncrib hog house and feeding floor. He saved $131.57 versus non native lumber costs and yielded five cords of firewood. The project used 6,369 board feet of native red oak with sawing/labor costs $59.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Horace Clark
M. A. Ellerhoff
Clark
Ellerhoff
Anamakee County
Farm acreage increases eyed for vegetables fruit and timber
Wickard outlined targets to raise sweet potato and vegetable acreage for fresh and processing use, boost farm gardens to 5.76 million, and lift forest output including lumber to 32 billion board feet and pulp wood to 15.8 million cords. Exports may require 25 to 27.5 million acres, with 80 percent to Britain as lend-lease.
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Wickard
Great Britain
Illinois Woman Enters Corn Belt Plowing Match
Des Moines reports Geneseo Illinois resident Mrs William Holmstrom will become the first woman to compete in the corn belt plowing contest. She enters the new champion of champions class for the September 20 event on Miss Iva Turner's Albia farm, after winning Hooppole Illinois sweepstakes against 18 men and the 1940 women’s champion.
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Des Moines
William N. Holstrom
Geneseo
Iva Turner
Albia
Holmstrom
Ill
Ralph Stevens Named 4 H Club Agent in Iowa County
Ralph C Stephens of St Paul has been employed as 4 H club agent in Iowa county effective Oct 1 to succeed Joe Davis who joined the army. Stephens is an assistant at the University of Minnesota agricultural college and is currently working for the federal government on grasshopper control.
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Marengo
Ralph C. Stephens
St. Paul
Iowa County
Joe Davis
Stephens
Agricultural College
University of Minnesota
Buchanan Newlyweds To Hold Meeting Oct 9
Iowa Farm Bureau federation secretary B. Hamilton will meet with Buchanan county newlywed couples at their next meeting on October 9.
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Buchanan
Independence
YV. B. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Buchanan County
Fire destroys four farm buildings near Arlington
Fire of undetermined origin razed a barn, granary, corn crib, and chicken house on Gus Pierstaff farm five miles southwest of Arlington. Owner Gus Liebke of Cedar Rapids and tenant John Swales were affected as Arlington and Aurora fire companies plus neighbors fought the blaze. The Brandon fire crew also responded to a separate blaze at the Fred Hoff man farm where a haystack was burned by lightning and wind damaged a windmill, outbuildings, trees, and stacked tops.
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Arlington
Gus Pierstaff
Gus Liebke
Cedar Rapids
John Swales
Aurora
the Gazette
Brandon
Fred Hoffman
Cheese Factory Raises Milk Output for Lend-Lease Demand
Manchester's cheese plant increased production to 700 pounds daily due to government cheese orders for lend-lease shipments. Butterfat in whole milk will be paid at 50 cents per pound for August, with a forecast of 60 cents soon. The facility has gained 2,000 extra pounds of milk daily in the past two weeks.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Manchester
H. D. Simmons
Simmons
Creamery at Strawberry Point to Begin Casein Operations
At a Strawberry Point meeting of the farmers creamery association stockholders, it was announced the creamery will start making casein within a week or ten days. CA Kotthaus of Rochester, New York, attended and explained the casein production setup.
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Strawberry Point
Strawberry Point Farmers Creamery Association
C A. Kotthaus
Rochester
N. Y
Leaves curl into dry day rolls to conserve moisture
Leaves curl into tight rolls on hot dry days to protect their surface from evaporation and reduce transpiration, a natural water conservation response observed in plants.
160 Acres Sold Near Dysart for 141 An Acre
Dysart area farmer Ot ton Erich sold his 160 acre farm four miles south of Dysart to Charles Peterson for 141 per acre cash. Possession set for March 1. A son of the new owner will operate the property.
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Dysart
Otto Erich of
Charles Peterson
Farmers urged to use AAA allowance for liming
Linn county farmers are urged to apply lime to earn the soil-building allowance under the 1941 farm program. Cooperators who have not earned the full allowance must file lime receipts and can receive 1.50 dollars per ton up to the limit. Prompt filing speeds state-office payment and avoids delays in computation sheets.
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Triple-A
Linn County
Lester E. Mitchell
Triple- A
State Office
Mitchell
Four-County Creamery Meeting At Cedar Rapids YMCA
The Linn Benton Iowa and Johnson counties Creamery Improvement association will hold its September meeting at the Y M C A in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. Dinner at 6 30 p m and the meeting at 7 30 p m. A film The Milky Way will be shown.
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Linn
Benton
Iowa
Johnson Counties Creamery Improvement Association
Cedar Rapids
Frankville Cheese Factory Pays 60c Butterfat
In Winneshiek county the Frankville cheese factory will pay 60 cents per pound for butterfat for the month ending September 15. Output is reduced by drought from a capacity of 18,000 pounds to 10,000 to 12,000 pounds. The plant also handles milk from the Gunder factory while it is shut after a fire.
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Decorah
Winneshirk
Frankville
Gunder
Gunder Company
Storm Upsets Bins Scattering Straw and Downing Trees
A recent storm toppled two government steel bins on the northeast edge of Anamosa, scattering straw stacks, blowing down corn, and felling trees.
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Anamosa
East Central Veterinary Meeting Sets September Dinner
Members of the East Central Veterinary Medical Society will gather at the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids for a September dinner meeting at 6 30 p m. Drs C H Banks and John J Strandberg organize the program featuring talks on swine practice cattle shipping fever intravenous medication large animals and case reports on equine encephalomyelitis. The twenty eighth annual Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association meeting is planned for October 7 and 8 in Cedar Rapids with Dr C E Tyner presenting the read agenda.
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East Central Veterinary Medical Society
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
C. H. Banks
Tipton
John J. Strandberg
Belle Plaine
L. Proctor
Hazelton
James C. Carey
West Liberty
John B. Bryant
Mount Vernon
James W. Pirie
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
C. E. Tyner
New London
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Cottage Grove Ave
Banes
M.W
Chester Anderson
Lassen & Mitchell
Peoples Savings Bank
Dr. J. C. Landenberger Optometrist
Third Street SE
Illinois
Ralph Stevens
Madorr
Waldo
Vasco DA Gama
Williams
Haystack Burns
Cheesery
Y.M.C.A
Nurito
Frankville Cheese Factory
AAA
Radio Radiorgan
Gang
America
People's
First Avenue East
Americas
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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