Food outlook from War Food Chief warns ongoing shortage
A Missouri Extension summary quotes War Food Administrator Marvin Jones on the wartime food problem. Storage stocks remain small relative to annual use, livestock numbers rose sharply in recent years, and forecasts for 1944 and 1945 show reduced feed supplies and lower hog counts, signaling continued challenges despite plentiful storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Rolf
J. W. Burch
Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Marvin Jones
Judge Jones
Jones
Gordon B. Nance
Nance
United States
Russia
Grouth
National Farm and Home Hour to be scaled back to Saturdays
Farmers who listen to the National Farm and Home Hour will learn that the Blue Network plans to reduce the program to a Saturday slot from June 19. The 16 year nationwide service will keep a five to six minute farm news segment and a homemaker segment on Saturdays. The 4-H Club program will be discontinued. The show began October 2, 1928, through a cooperative effort with the U S Department of Agriculture and NBC. It previously aired across about 110 stations coast to coast.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Marvin Jones
Edward J. Noble
Blue Network
National
Farm and Home Hour
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agrculture
Rand War Food Administration
Land Grant
National Farm and Home Hour
National Broadcasting Company
Department of Agriculture
Network Company
4-H Girl Cleans Sewing Machine at Club Clinic
Mrs Sam Moore could not attend the Hurricane Ridge Extension club sewing machine clinic due to her baby being ill and rain delaying field work. Bilease Moore, 18, head of the Hurricane Ridge 4-H Clothing I club, cleaned her mother’s machine and learned to adjust the feed dog, tension, and stitches. The home demonstration agent gave instructions and Bilease plans to dry clean her clothes and teach others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Moore
Elease
Bilease
Moore
Hurricane Ridge 4-H Clothing I Club
4-H
June 1 Missouri crops report and conditions
The Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service forecasts Missouri winter wheat at 23,100,000 bushels on June 1, up 31 percent from May 1. Oats 65 percent of normal, corn 72 percent, peaches 20 percent, pears 34 percent. yields and conditions vary, with wheat late but in good condition and 1910-like highs for June wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missour
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
May Prices and Hatchery Output in Missouri and Nation
May farm prices eased 2 percent from April while remaining near last year’s levels. Feed grain hay truck crops oil crops and poultry rose lightly whereas tobacco cotton fruits meat animals and dairy fell. Hog corn ratio hit 11 in several areas the lowest since 1940. Hatchery data show Missouri chicks hatched in April at 21.7 million down 5 percent from 1913 and eggs set down 21 percent. nationwide April production fell 9 percent from 1943 and eggs set 19 percent lower.
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North Central States
Missouri
Spraying Fruit Trees Still Worthwhile in Southeast Missouri
Southeast Missouri fruit growers are urged to spray now for better crops. For peaches, use ample wettable sulphur to prevent brown rot, applied as spray or dust to thoroughly cover fruit. Apple trees should be sprayed with arsenic of lead, hydrated lime, and lime sulphur to control the coddling moth.
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Missouri
Herald
Teen drivers barred under sixteen on state highways
The highway patrol states no person under sixteen may legally operate a motor vehicle on state highways. Late deliveries fall 55 percent below the same date last year, signaling a sharp drop in service volumes.
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New Madrid
Herbert F. H. Rolf
Laurel E. Weddle
Piveskask
Sudan
Farmers Grain & Seed Co
Sikeston, Mo
Leonard McMullin
John McMullin
America
Gena Logovoy
Dina Philipoff
Allen Feodorkofe
Seattle
Vincent Crivello
Milwaukee
Sicily
Tryon Park
New York
R.A.F
James Findlay
Clifford Craven
The
McCormick-Deering
Boyce
Charlie Boyce
East
Sikeston
Tun
Highway Patrol
Benton
Highway
R. L. D. Simpson
Benton, Mo
Tory
Ren
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