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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
4
All men registered February 16 1942 will be asked to complete an occupational questionnaire. Forms will be mailed when received from State Headquarters. The Selective Service System aims to inventory registrants skills and activities to aid wartime manpower utilization.
Frank Priebe notes a Time magazine report praising the Agriculture Department for a constructive wartime food effort. He cites Secretary Wickard urging 13 percent more eggs, farmers delivering 97 percent, and the Middle West meeting demand despite tire shortages and labor limits.
Pocahontas county 4-H members may enter 11 national contests with prizes including trips to National Club Congress, International Livestock Show, silver trophies, and scholarships up to 250 dollars, plus defense bonds and medals in categories like Achievement Leadership Garden Meat Animal Rural Electrification Dairy Production and Clothing.
State winners receive gold medals or trips to the National Club Congress and National 4-H Congress. County winners gain gold medals in Home Grounds Beautification and Canning Contests. State winners in Food Preparation advance to National 4-H Congress. Scholarships of 200 dollars each go to national winners.
A letter from E P Sylvester Iowa State college urges farmers to eradicate False Strawberry March Cress and Yellow Racket before they spread. Marsh Cress can yield 300000 seeds per plant and farmers should clean all seed before sowing and disc small areas thoroughly. Cultivated crops like corn or beans are recommended to combat the weeds.
A county weed note urges farmers to use soybeans to clean up hay weeds. The state experiment station backs soybeans as a remedy and asks farmers to contact the weed commissioner for help, stressing wartime soil use and local weed control efforts.
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