Market guidance for farming and lamb marketing
Old asparagus plants should not be transplanted. Early oats seeding influences yields more than seeding rate or method. Iowa dairy payments for March and April: 8 cents per pound butterfat and 60 cents per hundredweight whole milk. Creep feeding early lambs is essential to market readiness by early June. The native lamb market typically peaks in June, though wartime conditions may shift timing. Slower driving reduces accidents.
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Iowa
Longer Periods for Food Stamps and Gasoline Rules Change
The ration token plan extends stamp validity to reduce rush buying. Red 10 point stamps now usable during a 10 to 12 week period, blue 10 point stamps similarly adjusted. From April 1 gasoline changes allow five gallon R coupons at authorized stations and bulk plants, with the A ration for motorists set at two gallons weekly nationwide.
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OPA
Civilian Food Supply Better For Months Ahead
The civilian food supply looks more abundant than last year with potatoes cabbage carrots beets spinach peanut butter shell eggs grapefruit small oranges frozen beans vegetables and canned peas tomatoes among offerings. Deferments become stricter for registrants under 26 to meet armed forces calls. The armed forces strength is fixed at 11.3 million by July 1 1944 and 9.352 million had entered service by February 1.
Elgin Social Roundup Cites Visits Across Cedar Rapids Area
Mrs Dilla Baldwin and Clara Baldwin traveled to Cedar Rapids for a several day stay at the Joe Kinnan home Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs H F Robbins spent the weekend at the Robert Robins home in Hawkeye. Mr and Mrs Milton Miller and family called on Sunday at the Richard Miller home. Mr and Mrs Vern Boyer Lola Alice and Mrs M A Boyer visited the Fred Wede home Sunday. Fleet Frieden and Tommy of West Union called at the H F Robbins home Sunday evening. Mrs Frieden and Tommy stayed longer. Mrs Ruby Benson went to Rochester Minnesota Tuesday for a sanitation clinic. Emma Knudtson hosted the Kensington Club and Hazel Gehring Friday. Gehring won bridge high, Kohler second, Hanson traveling prize. Oscar Frieden visited Rudy Possehl near Elkader Tuesday.
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Dilla Baldwin
Clara Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
Joe Kinnan
H. F. Robbins
Robert Roibins
Hawkeye
Milton Miller
Richard Miller
Vern Boyer
Lola
Alice
M. A. Boyer
Fred Wede
Fleet Frieden
Tommy
West Union
Frieden
Ruby Benson
Rochester
Minn
Emma Knudtson
Kensington Club
Hazel Gehring
Miss Gehring
Fred Kohler
Tille Hanson
Oscar Frieden
Rudy Possehl
Elkader
Can You Remember? Scheel’s Lutra home renewal featured
Herman Scheel has extensively improved his Lutra property with new siding windows and interior updates turning it into a comfortable home. The Stahl property, held for years, was bought by Scheel. Mrs Charles Witt of Monona arrived to visit her sister Mrs Leslie Lehman today.
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Herman Scheel
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Stahl
Scheel
Charles Witt
Monona
Leslie Lehman
Evacuees in Japanese Relocation Program Granted Indefinite Leave
More than 19 000 of 112 000 Japanese ancestry evacuees from West Coast relocation centers have been given indefinite leave to settle outside the centers. About 2 000 to 3 000 remain on seasonal leave mainly as farm workers. Two thirds were born in America and 72 percent have never seen Japan. Citizens and aliens undergo careful screening before relocation approval.
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Mainy
America
Japan
Grow More Greens in '44 for Year-Round Freshness
Wardeners should plan to grow more greens through a long season and conserve effort. A housewife who freezes a large batch in spring creates extra work and yields less appetizing greens later than garden-fresh harvests.
War era updates on farming and industry measures
Round-Up Salad oil delays mold on ham surface and buys weeks to curb spoilage. The War Manpower Commission forecasts 700,000 recruits needed for canneries and food processing plants by summer end. Replacements require worn rear-wheel tractor tires beyond recapping. WPB allows heavier barbed wire and zinc coatings for fencing. Home canning jars and closures production up threefold in three years to meet demand. Manufacturing bedsprings and box springs is permitted. U.S. monthly war expenditures reach a record 7.808 billion dollars in February. Iowa soils decline due to organic matter loss and mineral depletion. plowing cornstalks is advised to improve fertility.
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War Manpower Commission
WPB
Box Springs
U.S
Army life stories and homecomings noted in brief
Family notes Melvin Boyer returned home from army life and served with a machine gun outfit that was moving forward when the Armistice was signed. Cornell College students Frances Skarshaug and Georgia Schor, MT Vernon, return Friday for a short vacation. Lieut H S Wright of West Union and Edythe Bacon of Randalia married in Junction City KS. Wright to run dental parlors in West Liberty after discharge. Mail carriers face hard routes due to heavy rain and spring thaw.
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Melvin Boyer
Frances Skarshaug
Georgia Schor
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Albert
Ern Schorin
Minneapolis
H. S. Wright
West Union
Camp Funston
Kansas
Edythe Bacon
Randalia
Junction City
Wright
West Lithion
Bird of Pennsylvania Ruffed Grouse Named State Game Bird
The ruffed grouse is designated as Pennsylvania's official state game bird, reflecting its prominence in the state's wildlife heritage and hunting culture.
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Pennsylvania
Send Eggs to Old People’s Home by Tabitha group
Tabitha members voted to send a case of eggs to the Old People’s Home in Chicago at the monthly meeting held last week Thursday at the church. Mrs John Schaer read the study paper. Mrs Earl Kiple presented Religion in the News and Mrs Clarence Mughlethall led the devotional period. A duet was sung by Mrs Alfred Bachler and Mrs Len Simek, accompanied by Mrs Keith Thoma. Hostesses were Mesdames Ed Boleyn, Guy Probert, Edwin Krueger and Alfred Wenger.
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Tabitha
Chicago
John Schaer
Earl Kiple
Clarence Mughlethall
Alfred Bachler
Len Simek
Keith Thoma
Mesdames
Ed Boleyn
Guy Probert
Edwin "Krueger
Alfred Wenger
Seed Treatment Boosts Yields for Small Grain Farmers
Farmers planning seed treatment before spring field work have limited time. Tests show added returns per acre from treated seed over untreated. the gain arises from control of soil borne diseases.
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Jesse Hays
Herds of wild animals roam northwest Chinese Turkestan deserts
In the deserts of northwest Chinese Turkestan large herds of wild asses known as ki ng or wild horses and camels are reported.
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Chinese Turkestan
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