Plan to Build Rural America
Washington. The agriculture department outlined a broad rural construction and rehabilitation program to create jobs for surplus farm laborers and strengthen national resources. Proposed five points include land conservation, a large rural housing program, reforestation, water conservation, and expanding farm market facilities. The plan aims to halt erosion and revive deteriorating farms, with potential spending of about 3.5 billion dollars and many thousands of rural laborers employed in soil work and home rebuilding.
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Washington
Department ‘of Agriculture
W. W. Alexander
Alexander
America
Agriculture Department
Color shades restricted to one dozen in Britain
Britain imposes a color limit for woolen goods with 12 shades for women and about six for men to redirect dye resources to khaki air force and navy. Yorkshires woolen industry cites war demand while West End dressmakers praise the move as simplifying choices without sacrificing effect.
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Britain
London
Yorkshire
West End
Wyoming mountain spelling sparks irrigation project debate
Thermopolis pioneer Tobias Borner says the Big Horn basin peak named for a Cody-area homesteader is Hart not Heart. Maps spell it Heart, Borner notes, while the irrigation plan tied to Seminoe, Kendrick, and Casper projects aims to water Wyoming rangelands once complete.
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Wyoming
Thermopolis
Wyo
Big Horn Basin
Hart
Tobias Borner
Borner
Cody
James Hart
Fixing of Ancient Clocks Becomes Professor's Hobby
In Nashville Tennessee Charles R. Brewer a professor of English and Bible at David Lipscomb College pursues repairing broken clocks from the early 1800s His hobby started when he took apart a clock and rebuilt it Now fourteen of these antique timepieces rest in his study as he continues restoring them
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles R. Brewer
David Lipscomb College
Hog prices cycle with four to six year swings
The text outlines cycles in hog prices lasting four to six years with rising prices for two to three years followed by declines. From 1937 to 1939 production rose, but in 1940 it falls as corn prices stay high. The Agriculture Department forecasts 10 percent fewer pigs in 1940, likely lifting hog prices next year unless demand weakens.
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Department of Agriculture
4-H D M T Merry Mixers Showcase at Achievement Day
The D M T Merry Mixers 4-H club displayed home furnishing projects at the schoolhouse and Women's Club event on Aug 18. Awards from Pocahontas county fair include Shirley Fisher and Dolores Schreier with top placings in bedroom curtains, dressing tables, wastebaskets, and dresser scarfs.
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D. M. T. Merry Mixers
Shirley Heathman
Jean Johansen
Pocahontas
Shirley Fisher
Dolores Schreier
Betty Ann Struthers
Pocahontas County
Des Moines
Pocahontas County 4-H Fair Honors Powhatan Club Girls
Powhatan township 4-H girls and boys earned trophies and ribbons at the Pocahontas county fair held August 15 and 16. Leaders Lorraine Henderson and W. H. Minkler oversaw a display of projects with several blue ribbons and state fair qualifications noted for Adela Jones and others.
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Kim
Joyce Meredith
Suzanne Roush
Adela Jones
Powhatan
Laurice Kerns
Pocahontas Commercial State Bank
Glenn Knapp
Louis Wilson, Jr
Orville Nicol
Walter Gretcen
Jay Arnold
Powhatan Township
Pocahontas County
Lorraine Henderson
W. H. Minkler
Joan Ter
Doris McKim
Dorothy Lou Me
Local Achievement Day Held At Daniels Home
Members and parents attended Local Achievement Day at the home of Lila and Marion Daniels on Tuesday evening August 13. The demonstration team presented Window Treatment and the exhibits were judged by Mrs. Roy Jennings and Mrs. Arthur Johnson. Lunch followed. A regular Up and Coming club meeting occurred Tuesday August 20 at Helen and Edna Wilson’s home with nine members and one leader present. plans for a picnic on Friday afternoon August 28 were discussed and lunch was served.
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Lila
Marion Daniels
Roy Jennings
Arthur Johnson
Marion
Helen
Edna Wilson
Powhatan Squaws Report Meeting Attended by Nine
Nine members attended an all day Powhatan Squaws meeting with Adela Jones on August 20. Girls made belts similar to Camp Foster designs and Mrs. T. R. Jones served ice cream in the afternoon. Plans were discussed for a 4 H bazaar.
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Powhatan Squaws
Adela Jones
Camp Foster
T. R. Jones
Joyce Meredith
Hat Replacement Delights Tama Man After Train Mixup
A Tama resident praised the railroad after his hat was exchanged with another passenger on a Cedar Rapids bound train. The conductor located the hat and had it returned to its rightful owner the following day.
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Tama
Cedar Rapids
TRY 18 WAYS OF MAKING HAY
Two agronomists report results from a long haymaking experiment in Farm Science Reporter. Hughes and Hanson compare 18 methods, finding windrowing one fourth to one half cured yields best color and leaf retention while swath curing loses leaves and color.
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Farm Science Reporter
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Extension Service
H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College
EB. R. Henson
Iowa Station
Hay Curing Guidelines and Rain Effects From Iowa State
Agricultural notes outline that half cured hay shows some dry leaves and low feeding value. Moisture tests guide safe barn storage at about 30 percent. Twisting stems gauges moisture, turning windrows is rarely helpful unless rained on, and rainwashed hay can be salvaged with side delivery rake.
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C. P. Wilsie
Iowa State College Agronomist
Wilsie
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