Farmer Workshop Lets Iowa Family Tackle Labor Shortage
Paul Tonkinson of Yarmouth manages a 347 acre Tonkinson Partnership farm with his father and brother. A well equipped workshop on their farm features an electric welder forge and blower, enabling on site repairs and overhaul of machinery. They built a heavy trailer from truck frames to move implements, saving time and costs, and added a two wheel trailer for manure spreader use. They operate 415 acres of beans with a 12 foot combine and, alongside 130 head of beef cattle and 300 hogs, run 19 dairy cows and 30 sheep with 1,000 chicks, all without outside help.
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Yarmouth
Iowa
Paul Tenkineon
Des Moines
Paul
Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service
Tonkinson
Charles
Partnership
Tonkinsons
Snell
Spence Dairy Landmark Highlighted in June Dairy Month
Spence willie Spence is a longtime Oelwein dairy farmer near Oelwein, operating a 100 acre farm with 14 Guernsey cows milked by hand. The Spence Dairy features a milk cooler to 50 degrees and an electric bottle washer, reflecting a community effort to meet rising demand. Mrs Spence aids in the operation as the family supports the battle for food.
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Will’ Spence
Spence
Oelwein
Reindeer Add to Food Supply in Federal Plan
Ten thousand reindeer will yield about 1.5 million pounds of meat for Uncle Sam. Nunivak Island herd grew from 200 after World War I to a hundredfold, but pasture limits cap at 10,000. Venison will appear on menus nationwide. Arctic peoples use sinews hides and antlers for multiple goods.
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Uncle Sam
Alaska
Nunivak Island
Nunivak
Florida
National Geographic Society
Arctic
Siberia
Teller
Seward Peninsula
Scandinavia
Manure Nitrogen Conservation Advice and Window Cleaning Tip
The article urges conserving barnyard manure for nitrogen as chemical fertilizer supply declines due to war use. It notes a ton of manure yields 10 pounds nitrogen, 5 pounds phosphorus, 10 pounds potash with at least half retained through proper handling. It also offers a cold season window cleaning method using whiting paste that dries before freezing and is wiped away.
Mahogany used in plywood and fast PT boats
Mahogany is widely used for plywood and veneers and as a thin outer surfacing over soft wood to produce fast PT mosquito boats. Sheets from one hundredth to one tenth of an inch thick are cemented under heat and pressure to form a semi plastic, boil proof, waterproof material lighter than steel.
Randalia Farmers Operate 280 Acre Farm Near Randalia
Mr and Mrs Sam Stewart run a 280 acre Randalia area farm with 220 Holstein cows in summer and about 30 in winter. Their son Delmar works for TWA in Kansas City Missouri. Mrs Stewart raises White Rock chickens with 150 older hens and 200 pullets. They belong to several groups including the Farm Bureau.
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Sam Stewart
Randalia
Delmar
TWA
Kansas City
Stewart’s
Sumer
Stewart
White Rock
The
Farm Bureau
Stewart's
Floating Hospital Plans Near Rubber Regions
Columbia reports indicate doctors and sanitary engineers will install one or more small hospitals and dispensaries along rivers in rubber producing areas. Larger floating installations will include a launch towing a hospital with eight to ten beds, carrying anti malaria drugs distributed widely in the Amazon to protect workers.
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Colombia
Amazon
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Farmer's Workshop
Sey
Capa
Spence Dairy
America
CANDY
National Dairy Council
Aberdeen
London
Tern
Iowa Portable Mill Co
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foeBen
Noah
Davie Boner
Belleville
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Brant’s
Standard Service
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