Growing Farm Fruit Gardens Are Recommended by Experts
An article in Capper's Farmer argues farm families should grow their own fruit to cope with rising prices and labor shortages. Experts favor small home fruit gardens with dwarf trees, targeting family needs and reduced maintenance, listing suitable fruits and recommended plant counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J H. Gourley
Ohio State University
Wm F Pickett
Kansas
Missouri
W. R. Martin Jr
H G. Swarthout
United States
Cost of World War Nears One Trillion Dollar Mark
The cost of the present World War is nearing the trillion dollar threshold in financial terms to belligerent governments, per Dr Mabel Walker of the Tax Institute. Data from the United States and Britain, plus other available figures, put the 1944 end figure around 900 billion dollars, with further estimates and implications noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mabel Walker
The
Tax Institute
United States
Labor shortage cuts Missouri farm acreage
Missouri farms risk a 7 percent drop in producing farms as county war boards report a critical labor shortage. The state farm labor committee calls for workers skilled in heavy tasks and tractor operation while programs bring 1,100 city youths to summer farming. J. D. Monin Jr. notes farmers must share labor and utilize machinery, with oats seeding delayed and oats replaced by corn hindered by shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Missouri
State Farm Labor Committee
J. D. Monin Jr
J. W. Burch
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Missouri
Burke Urges Soybean Seed Be Inoculated
Scott county farmers are urged by Evin Burke to inoculate soybean seed this spring, especially on land that hasn’t repeatedly grown the crop. He says inoculation is cheap and pays dividends in yield and soil fertility, noting nitrogen-fixing bacteria must be introduced from outside sources on new land. Commercial inoculants are easiest to use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Evin Burke
Scott County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Burke
Farmers Urged to Grow More in 1944 Campaign
Missouri farmers face a Herculean task to boost food output for 1944 as J W Burch of the University of Missouri extension warns of a severe labor shortage and scarce feed. He urges intensifying Victory Garden work, better hay, oats and grain use, and greater cooperation across farms to meet Army and ally needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
J. W. Burch
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Missouri
Burch
Victory Gardens
E S. Matteson
Extension Animal Husbandman
Incere
Charles A Helm
University
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Women’s Land Army
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McCormick-Deering
Charlie Boyce
East
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Sikeston
Scott County Milling Company
Sikeston, Missouri
Fua
Cnet
Kem
Sikeston Paint
Center Street
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Kem-Tone Headquarters
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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