Improve Swine Herd and Chinch Bay Survey Findings
The report urges culling inferior swine and retaining sows with strong potential as prices rise. A Chinch Bay Cooperative survey by USDA entomologists and Iowa State College confirms chinch bug infestation across Iowa with varying severity, predicting overwintering concerns. Weather is a key factor for potential destruction needs and market effects on farm prices in 1940.
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Chinch Bay
Bureau of Entomology
USDA
Iowa State College
State
Oscar
Othizal
Audubon
Shelby
Harrison
Monoxe
Grantond
Farm Price Review Shows Steady Yet Uneven 1940 Trend
Fragmented text notes price index movements for farmers in 1940. It records starting the year at 93 percent of a 1910-13 base, gradual increases toward 193 percent by November, then a jump to 106 percent by December 15. Mentions Leslie M Curly and agricultural context.
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Iowa
Carl
Comal
Sgure
Amshel
Avenge
Decatur 15
SBT Peread
Leslie M
Curly Agrical
Dairymen Vote to Seek Dairy Advertising Law Change
The Ames Dairy Association directors voted unanimously at their annual meeting to ask the 40th General Assembly to enact Gillet the State Dairy Advertising Law, first proposed two years ago. The plan envisions a permanent basis or repeal by future legislature with a tax timing shift to June. Wright notes about 200,000 dairy and cream producers contributed to funds totaling roughly $50,000 over two years, with aim to expand dairy product advertising to prevent surpluses like cotton and grain.
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Towa Slaw Dairy Association
Ames
Dpteuiler
40Th
General Assembly
Gillet
Towa
E.W Wright
Field See
Fhe Dows State Dairy Association
State Dairy Association
Dune
Dairymenu
Wright
Unclear Text Summary Note
The readable fragment discusses reducing certain numbers to lower throttling and improve comfort for persons named Lorins in a tense scenario. No clear event, date, or organization is identifiable.
Minor Change Rumored in Poultry and Exe Law Waters
Fragmentary text notes a possible adjustment affecting poultry regulations and related statutes. It hints at a minor legal update tied to semi frozen conditions and mall considerations, without clear specifics on the entities or dates involved.
Proposed Agricultural Legislation For Iowa Dairy Gear
Iowa Dairy and Food Division plans amendments to overrun law to simplify records and enforcement. Changes include stamps on pleomargarine packs, removal of carton stamping, and new cream grading rules returning legal sediment pads to producers, extending coverage to all state cream, and stricter milk truck hygiene.
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Dairy and Food Division
Iowa Department of Agrienlepya
Tnspettor
Brownke
Youth enlistment praised as volunteer effort grows
All Volunteers State Director Charles Grahl praises the push to fill 723 Army enlistments next month with volunteers from Iowa communities. He hails a strong patriotic spirit, notes wide support from American Legion and VFW posts, and stresses the value of morale and local ties in supporting troops. Recruits report to Fort Des Moines and Fort Snelling with onward travel to Port Leavenworth and Leavenworth, highlighting broader national mobilization and the push to train diverse skills beyond artillery.
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Vivie Baby
American Legion Gad VF
Arto Kft
Folka Smely
Hife
Uruhdadied
Hele Earls
America
Mose
Tveilews
Fort Des Moines
Ful Cmok
Nebr
Pebruary
Port Snelling
Minn
Pav Leavenworth
Mundo
Giahk
Cheigimas Tite
Father Dlivers
Curloush
Sverything
Grakl
Anny
Tau Law
Nicootar Grokl Des
Uniform Seed Bill Aimed At Controlling Iowa Seed Sales
A uniform seed bill to curb indiscriminate seed sales in Iowa will be introduced to the Legislature. Porter, secretary of the Town Seed and Week Council, says the measure aligns with American Seed Trade Association standards and farm groups. It would empower the Department of Agriculture to issue Stop Sale orders and seize seed lots, addressing weed spread from illegitimate seed sales.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Bot Treatment for Horses Advised in Spring
Veterinary guidance from W G Jackson urges early month horse treatments to control parasites. Three flea types and stomach worms respond to carbon disulphide, with prevention most effective when all horses in an area are treated, reducing infestation and costs. Readers can obtain state college extension guidance.
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Fiomers
W. G. Jackson
State
College Perumbirean
Training ethics and selective service aims discussed
A report cites Army training aims linking moral health to service value and notes chaplains address religious needs. Captain Ernest Culligan urges open press relations to inform families, with boards urged to publish facts in local papers and utilize radio for updates.
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Ernest BL Culligan
Lonst
Diren | Jie
Selective Service
Culligan
Newapanera Ait Radio
Iowa directors open doors to journalists says Grabl
Director Grabl notes his doors are always open to newspapermen radiomen and others seeking information About what is being done He praises thousands of editorials and stories yet warns that criticism has reached him This hopeful environment explains why draft days are going well in Iowa U.S. history.
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Grabl
Iowa
Dade
Athees
Touching the World Through a Loud-Speaker Phone System
To Schood Alma Roupe, a 16 year old from Eldora who has endured multiple broken bones, gains closer contact with her chanthiates through a new loud speaker telephone system. Anna, unable to attend choo] since the fourth grade, has been instructed to “tikome by a titer.”
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Alma Roupe
Eldora
Anna
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