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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1942
Page
7
Professor P E Johnston urges farmers to adjust cropping plans to soil type slope and erosion risk. Emphasizes growing legumes and grasses to sustain yields 5 to 10 years, maximize livestock output per unit of corn supplement and hay, and use scarce housing and building materials efficiently.
Virginia Vale notes the upcoming release of Hidden Hunger starring Walter Brennan under the Federal Security Agency banner as part of the National Nutrition Program. The article adds gossip about Joan Bennett organizing a quilting bee on the High Irregular set and profile sketches of actors like William Lundigan, Jean Arthur, Lucille Norman, Johnny Johnston, and Rosalind Russell with industry anecdotes and contract news.
The author contrasts World War I slow marching with today’s fast war, noting doughboys walked, caissons and wagons rode slow eras, and modern forces use rubber tires, tanks, and aircraft. He reflects on youth, sacrifice, and continuity across generations amid wartime finance notes.
Officials state local draft boards may exempt farm workers essential to dairy eggs poultry meat and hog products. The guidance emphasizes production of soybeans sugar beets vegetables and cattle as highly important and notes deferment favors those producers over crops like wheat cotton and potatoes. Proof of direct engagement in the exempt line is required before exemptions can be granted.
The American Jersey Cattle Club announces a war-time gift of 1,000 registered Jersey bull calves to American farmers. Born in 1942, these "Victory Calves" are to be given outright by Jersey breeders to 1,000 dairy farms, many being sons and grandsons of champion bulls and cows that have shined in shows and production tests.
Plan feeders to match available feed labor and equipment. Choose 400-pound steer calves using 55 60 bushels of corn and 0.75 ton of hay, or 900-pound steers needing 8 10 bushels of corn and 1 ton of hay. Schedule feeding period and pasture use, time market to normal price peaks, and feed a balanced ration for the cattle.
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A historical note explains salvage awards under maritime law. It states that ships answering an SOS and the tow vessel receive salvage gains when a crippled ship is towed in. It adds that wireless messages helping avoid shoals or freeing from ice also qualify as salvage services.
The article advises brushing a waffle iron clean, wiping with a damp cloth, drying, and storing in an oilskin bag after use. It warns against dropping the iron to avoid repairs and suggests ironing ecru linens on the wrong side. It also cautions about chimney insulation near wooden walls and the fire risk from materials like rock wool and asbestos.
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