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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
7
Postwar farming outlook stays strong and productive
After Japan’s surrender the American farming sector remains focused on high production to meet global demand. Analysts foresee no immediate crash in farm income as domestic needs and relief aid keep demand high while peacetime reconversion boosts civilian supplies and jobs. Farmers must avoid overexpansion and prioritize soil fertility to sustain prosperity, aided by fertilizers, legumes, liming, and cooperative agronomy efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirohito
Truman
United States
Europe
Pacific
Asia
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
America
Better Handling of Range Improves Forage and Conservation
Range management plans conserve and use 73,244,000 acres of grazing lands under the agricultural conservation program. Better forage results from improved range handling, with soil protection on range and nearby cropland. A use plan guides practices like rotating grazing, reseeding, water development, fencing, and erosion prevention. Natural and artificial reseeding aid restoration of range soil fertility.
Reconversion Gains Speed for War Industry Workers
The Office of Contract Settlement speeds up postwar transitions for contractors with war-time capital tied to cancelled contracts. About 80,000 contractors and employees have been trained on settlement procedures. Government loans and tax rebates are being prepared, yet legislation to reconvert millions of wartime workers remains absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Treasury Department
Warm stylish vestee designs for students in chilly classrooms
Readers seek warm sweaters for high school and college girls. The top vestee is knitted in soft wool with a hearts and flowers crocheted motif in white yarn and colorful embroidery. Small gold buttons add a striking touch. Pattern No. 5289 offers Button-Over Vestee knitting and crocheting instructions.
Hare in the Moon Jewel Hare in Japanese Moon
The moon holds a special place in Japanese life with an annual early March celebration. In moon lore a hare is seen as adorned with jewels, a central image in the festival legend.
Extension Oil Can
A copper wire extended about three inches longer than the spout is bent at right angles. The bent end goes into the oil can and the spout goes over the wire. The bend keeps the wire from falling out while guiding oil into hard to reach holes.
Postwar Self Propelled Harvester Emerges from Minneapolis
The Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement company unveils a self propelled harvester designed to cut farming costs by enabling harvest of all crops. The machine's unusual engineering allows harvesting all grain types including rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Company
Alfalfa Meal Boosts Pig Weaning Success in Trials
A trial found high value in alfalfa meal as a water soluble vitamin source for hog feed. Adding 10 to 12 percent alfalfa meal to gestating and lactating sows yielded 82.5 percent pig weaning. It outperformed ground yellow corn, soy bean meal, tankage, fish meal tankage, and dried corn distillers solubles.
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