Better Farm And Home Planning Pays Dividends
Sam Beslers of Date in Perkins County South Dakota used a standard Farm Security Administration rehabilitation loan of 1532 dollars in August 1998 to acquire 120 Rambouillet yearling sheep. He and his wife, with six sons and three daughters, produced much of their food and feed through careful planning, family labor, and terraced gardens along a creek. They canned hundreds of quarts of vegetables, stored ample produce, and reduced indebtedness while maintaining livestock and an expanding garden.
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Sam Beslers
Date
Perkins County
South Dakota
Farm Security Administration
Bosler
FSA
F5a
Besler
Selmer Smebakken
PSA
Farm Front Maps Food for Freedom Strategy
NEA Service reports six million American farmers mobilizing fields to fuel the Food-for-Freedom campaign. Aim is the largest U.S. production in history to feed soldiers civilians and Allies with three meals daily. Goals cover milk eggs meat vegetables soybeans peanuts and expanded gardens.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Move To Check Egg Price Rise
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration issued a temporary ceiling on used egg cases to prevent price spikes. Maximums align with Feb 11 to Feb 21 levels, targeting eastern and mid continent regions with set caps for number 1 and number 2 cases and higher limits for the mid continent.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Midcontinent
Mid-Continent
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Archipelago Transfer Ends 600Year Sulu Sultanate Rule
In April 1940 the niece and adopted daughter of the Ascended Sultan of Sulu signed over legal ownership of the archipelago to the Commonwealth of the Philippines, formally ending a sultanate that had endured for six centuries.
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Sulu
Philippines
Mate beverage action boosts South American drink popularity
Mate or matte, a tea like beverage, is a favorite drink of South Americans. United States imports of mate are small compared with tea, despite mate being much less expensive. South America is now cultivating a taste for the drink among North Americans.
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United States
South America
Spink County family buys farm through thrift and teamwork
The Henry Fuss family of Redfield Spink County achieved farm ownership via thrift planning and Farm Security Administration aid. German born Henry Fuss, orphaned and educated in the United States, led four children Jerald Lorraine Raymond and Robert in building a diversified poultry sheep and cattle operation with a new brooders house a larger cistern and home improvements. Jerald active in Future Farmers of America bought more stock with profits while sharing tasks with his family in remodeling and running the farm effectively.
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Spink County
Henry Fuss
Redfield
Jerald
Lorraine
Raymond
Robert
Farm Security Administration
Mr. Fuss
Germany
America
Mrs. Fuss
Miranda
FSA
Future Parmer Is Doing His Bit
Jerald Fuss, a Spink County high school senior, works under the Food for Freedom program. He started with $4 gift money to buy a heifer calf, sold the offspring, and bought 20 ewes. This year he purchased a two year old heifer, plans to repay his father for feed, and will retain 20 ewes for the 1942 lamb crop, guided by Future Farmers of America and Farm Security Administration support.
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Jerald
Farmers of America
Sharac
Sam
Jerald Fuss
Spink County
Gerald
Future Farmers of America
Henry Fuss
Farm Security Administration
South Dakota
Family overcomes set back with farm resilience
A year after Jerald fractured his hip, infection and immobilization gave way to recovery. The family, devoted to food preservation, canned 400 quarts in 1940, faced grasshopper losses last year, purchased five cases of vegetables, and improved the yard with rock, fencing, and flood-plain filling. Farm Security aid is acknowledged for support.
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Jerald
Livestoc
King Cotton Stages Big Comeback in War Boom
Washington reports King Cotton restored to prominence as wartime demand boosts raw prices 67 percent since 1940. Mills run long hours facing worker and energy shortages, with OPA measures freezing some finished goods to curb price surges. Consumers should expect higher costs for textiles and apparel, despite ample availability.
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Washington
King Cotton
Mary ‘Jane
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bone Fide
Women's Relief Corps Meets in Frankfort
Frankfort February special report shows the Women's Relief Corps gathering for a regular meeting and annual party. Plans include a dinner for April, a Victory march at each meeting, and a fund to buy defense stamps. Mrs Hattie Martinson and her committee served lunch. The program featured games and readings on Lincoln and Washington birthdays.
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Frankfort
Women's Relief Corps
OBS
Usch Tember
Hattie Martinson
Lincoln
Washington
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Sam Besler
NEA
Quartermaster's Corps
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Axis
A. S. Prescott
Rankin Co
Miss
Mark Baum
Rock Co
Wis
Roy C. Wilson
Hiawatha
Kans
Department of Agricillaxe
Mississippi Delta
Uncle Sam
Future Parmer
Women’s Relief Corps
Fairmont Creamery CO
Secon Strest
Huron, S. D
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