Citrus Fruits Help Save Canned Goods During War Ration
The article urges using fresh citrus fruits to preserve ascorbic acid and cut reliance on rationed canned fruit. Oranges grapefruits and tangerines are in peak season and will supply vitamin C A and B vitamins. It notes victory food status Jan 7 to 16 and advises selecting heavy fruit with firm skin while warning about dyed oranges. It also covers dairy and water needs for Iowa farms noting higher water for egg and milk production and farm labor limits in 1943.
Cows milk timing and dairy push amid wartime shortages
The item notes cows should be milked with a machine within five minutes, cites labor shortages as the main barrier to dairy production, requests towns to raise 15 percent more spring pigs in 1943 than 1942, and mentions demonstrations on treating cattle for grubs in Iowa. It also reports 21 counties cooperating in bee disease eradication, stresses scarcity of electric motors and the need to extend their life, and allows farmers lacking fuel certificates to appeal to county farm transportation committees for adjustments.
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Iowa
Town Farm Kernels and Farm Planning Notes
The report discusses drenching sheep with phenothiazine to prevent nodulose worm overdose, noting the drug is expensive. It urges checking garden equipment, emphasizes gardens as important due to government involvement in canned fruits and vegetables, and covers 1943 farm outlook including dairy, pork, egg production, and cattle movement with Iowa State College economists cautious about dairy goals.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
When Mother Works All Day Saturday
A Harms family scene shows Mrs Harms sewing knapsacks for soldiers while twelve year old Bobby runs the washing machine and his sisters hang clothes. Mary tidies the house and washes dishes as the mother works, keeping children busy and out of trouble.
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Harms
Mrs. Harms
Bobby
Mary
Mrs. Harm
No New Rug Donated From Osceola Salvage Drive
Mrs W R Rock and daughter Marjorie of Osceola donated 250 pairs of silk hose in the silk and nylon salvage drive. They saved the hose for a rug making project and contributed the largest individual total in the drive.
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W. R.’ Rock
Marjorie
Osceola
ODT Daily Report Books for Local Truckers Available
Echo office offers ODT Daily Report Books for local service truckers. Books cost $1.80 for a six month supply per truck, required to qualify for tires recaps and next quarter Insoliné quota.
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ODT
Echo
Nationally Known Dog Dealer Shifts 28 Pups Across 14 States
Emil F Runtt of Reinbeck earns national notice as an English Shepherd dog dealer. He shipped 28 pups to buyers in 14 states and, in one week, delivered over 50 dogs to various states. A letter to Mrs Betty Paton from Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt brought happiness, noting Dick Paton in an English hospital is in good spirits and all right.
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Emil F. Runtt
Reinbeck
Betty Paton
Winterset
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sheets Folded Different Places
Sheets folded in different places are noted. They fold oddly yet ironed sheets last longer, suggesting care in folding affects longevity and appearance.
Trail dispersal in Brantford sells yearling Holstein bull
A Brantford scene shows G. M. Clemons dispersing the Trail herd as the yearling Holstein Montvic Re town sells for 14100 dollars to a Chicago company. The photo notes Johanna Rag Apple Pabst as the greats grandfather, with Clemons, secretary of the Holstein Friesen Association of Canada, and M. Cation witnessing the buyer's rep.
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Brantford
Ontario
Canada
G. M. ‘Glemons
Montvic
Cago Company
Johanna Rag
Apple Pabst
Clemons
Holstein-Friesian Assn
M. Cation
Heat and cold effects in common items and daily life
A classroom exchange illustrates basic thermodynamics. Charles answers that heat expands and cold contracts, with examples from days length to household items like roofs. The dialogue emphasizes practical, home level consequences of temperature changes.
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Charles
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