Iowa Canners Urged to Pack 130 Million Cans in 1944
Iowa's canners and cooperating growers must raise and process 65 200 acres of sweet corn to meet 1944 quotas. War demand requires 130 million cans this season with labor support promised by state officials. Local volunteers and farmers are urged to contract now, as quota must be filled by May 1 to secure canning supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United States Armed Services
Towa
Floyd Johnston
Johnston
C. C. Hodson
J. LeRoy Farmer Canning Company
Monticello
Soybeans as a smother crop against perennial weeds
Extension botanist K P Sylvester explains soybeans help control Canada thistle quack grass and bindweed while adding feed protein and oil. In severe weed areas one or more growing seasons may be needed to eradicate weeds but crops are not harmed. Cultural practices include spring plowing at weed onset and repeated cultivation, inoculated seeding at eight bushels per acre, contour drilling on rolling ground, and sowing rye as a cover crop after harvest to prevent erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.P. Sylvester
Iowa State College
Sylvester
Wyoming Officials Take Offices and New Marshall
Wyoming town officials took the oath of office with G. W. Ireland as mayor and Lorenz Broderson named day marshal and street commissioner. Lyle Tompkins and C. H. Westphal became councilmen after higher vote totals filled vacancies. W. W. Bronson Jr. named town clerk as William Peck left service. Also noted are a marriage in Denver and local Legion auxiliary delegates, with spring church and school notes and a concert preparation at Monticello.
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Vincent Eiler
George Matthiessen
Stone City
Gladys Butler
Henry Smith
Cedar Rapids
Gary, Matthiessen
Gary Matthiessen
Anamosa
Juanita Eilers
Melvin Brunscheen
Monmouth
Fred Buchholtz
Donald Buchhol
Wyoming
Edna Hoegen
Thomas
University of Chicago
J. G. Thomas
Monticello
Sally Jo Reitz
Ernest Reitz
Mercy Hospital
George Fett
Atkins
Norman Fett
Hazel McMahon
Maquoketa
Thomas McMahon
Betty Fishwild
Wilton Junction
George Fishwild
Charles Marshall, Jr
Charles Marshall
E. R. Marshall
Clarence Countryman
Kate Phelps
Camp Shelby
Sgt. Countryman
Doris Day
Iowa City
Ann Sears
Wendell Letty
Lowell Coburn
Davenport
Peter Johannsen
East Webster Street
Henrietta Franks
Sade Rhodes
Washington
G. W. Ireland
E. L. Millsap
Theodore Becker
C. H. Westphal
Lyle Tompkins
Ed Kleindck
W. E B. de Moss
E. C. Diggs
Lorenz Broderson
Forrest Hutton
Henry Nissen
W. W. Bronson, Jr
William Peck
Beckwith
Jenkins
Tarkio
James Inglis
Inglis
Board of Education
Schuster-Brownell
Virginia Schunter
William Schunter
Delmar
Richard Brownell
Nelson Brownell
Stanwood
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Denver
Colo
William Geisler
Louis Kouba
Lilles-Of-The-Valley
Wyoming Legion Auxiliary
Cecil James
Robert Alden
Dora Urban
American Legion Auxiliary
Gerald Mader
Harry Lindsey
Diggs Hardware
Henry Rohwedder
Ben Bahnsen
W. W. Bronson
Lee Sherrill
E. N. Stoffel
Presbyterian Sunday School
August Thomsen
Mary Strong Thomsen
Barbara Tasker
Stoffel
OPA Extends Gas Rations To Victory Gardeners
Victory gardeners may receive special gasoline allowances up to 300 miles for summer travel to and from plots, mirroring last year’s allotment. Qualifying conditions include cultivating at least 1,500 square feet for vegetables, labor necessity, ride sharing, no better transport option, and proximity to home for twice weekly visits.
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Victory Gardeners
Robert M. Harper
Quad-Cities
OPA
Harper
Cooling Eggs After Harvest And Culling Males
The text advises producers to cool eggs immediately after gathering and keep them cool until marketed. It then prescribes selling off the male birds to maintain quality.
Soybeans Key Crop For 1944 In Iowa
Iowa farmers urged to fit soybeans into 1944 plans as C. B. Jessen says the crop supplies calories protein and livestock feed. Ten acres yield 12 000 pounds aiding milk beef pork and replacing corn for pig growth. Processing plant expansion to 81 Iowa aims to secure meal supplies and allocate by bean acreage.
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Iowa
C. B. Jessen
Jones County
Prisoners of War Paid Eighty Cents a Day
Prisoners of war receive eighty cents a day for their labor. The payment is credited by the war department regardless of the work type or whether performed for the government a state or a private contractor.
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War Department
Color Perception Explained by Better Vision Institute
The article explains color as light reflection not inherent hue. A rose looks red because it absorbs blue and green rays and reflects red light back to the observer.
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Better Vision Institute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ruth Ann Tompkins
Carmen Ingwersen
Mary Jane Alden
Marilyn Herzberger
Leah Huffman
Paul Howell
Lavern Urban
James Tasker
Harris Phelps
Fort Leonard Wood
Dean Mallicoat
Gary
Jerry
Texas
Camp Fannin
Mallicoat
Earl Mallicoat
L. M. Koch
Mary Koch Patterson
Army Nurse Corps
New Guinea
Howard Day
Electronics Radio Television Institute
Omaha
Neb
Chicago
Doris
Wyoming High School
University of Iowa
E. G. Steinman
C. H. Rogers
Mabel Streeper
Progressive Woman's Club
Ed Kleineck
Ed Urban
John Urban
Dorothy Rohwedder
A. G. Rohwedder
Los Angeles
Calif
D. C
George von Sprecken
Luzerne
Gus von Sprecken
Ronald Davis
Clinton
and Mirs
Richard Larsen and Son
Kenneth MacDonald
Mount Union
Leota Wherry
Waterloo
Viola Keiser
Hazel Bouse
Independence
Leah Blair
Dubuque
Ed Schultz
Lost Nation
Brattleboro
P. P. Stewart
Maynard
Lilly
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
L. Brodersen
W. J. Beckwith
Brownell-Schuster
Richard Larsen
McNeill
Bolson
Boison
Farmer's Mutual Creamery Company
Center Junction Creamery Company
Center Junction
Honeymead
Honeymead Products CO
Ruberoid
Eternit
Farmer's Lumber & Supply Co
Monticello, Iowa
Onslow
Martello
Jones Coun
Ty A. C. A
Elvaes
Bale
General Insurance
Chester A. Condit
Sweet Corn Growers
S. Linden
Gamble Store
Creamery
J. le Roy Farmer Canning Co
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