Farm Help Question As War Draws On Increases Strain
Before the war the farm help problem grew from Young men went to cities chasing jobs while farmers raised wages. With conscription, exemptions tighten and farm labor shortens. Officials propose state training camps and mobilization schemes to mobilize city youth for farm work, noting regional skill gaps and the need for better preparation.
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Terante
Wilson
Talien
Council of National Defense Reiy
Hall
Council of National Defense
West
Farm labor options for youth in agriculture
The writer argues that fifteen to eighteen year olds provide the best material for farm hands and urges farmers to hire smartly. If labor is unaffordable, farmers should adjust operations to minimize essential labor next year.
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Waillace
Government sets 2.20 price for 1917 No.1 northern wheat
A government committee fixes 2.20 per bushel for No. 1 northern wheat at primary markets, amid debate between farmers seeking 2.50 and capital interests at 3.84. The decision aims to balance production costs and demand, with critics claiming the price undercuts farmers’ potential profits.
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Capital
Lator Gtuck
Law of Supply and Demand
Wal‘Jace
Parmer
Beans and film aid crop hopes and troops morale
A Muscatine County farmer reports 280 bushels from 18 acres of navy beans at $10 a bushel, claiming $8 per acre profit. The notes also mention sandy Nichols soil supporting watermelons and beans, while a YMCA effort plans eight million feet of motion picture film weekly for soldiers in 443 camps, with Warren Dunham noting troops favor war pictures over home scenes.
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Nicholas
Muscatine County
Healy
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Nichols
National War Work Council
Warren Dunham
150000 Men At Work On 16 National Army Cantonments
As the first contingent of the new national army reports to cantonments, sixteen camps are under rapid construction to accommodate about 150000 men. Seven camps receive full officer and enlisted quotas, others hold two thirds or more, with Upton Meade already at full officer capacity. Rail lines and power networks are extended to serve Camp Meade and Camp Upton, while the $30 million lumber needs and 50 miles of piping illustrate the scale of the effort.
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National Army
Wn Aouse
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Kentucky
Camp Travis
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Camp Lea
Petersburg
Virginia
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Washington
Camp
Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Devens
Ayer
Massachusetts
Grant
Rockford
Ilinois
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Funston
Fort Riley
Kansasfni
Custer
Battle Creek
Michigan
Pike
Little Hook
Ark
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
Camp Jackson
Columbia
South Carolina
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Camp Upton
Yaphank
Long Island
Camp Meade
Admiral
Maryland
Northport
Broatlyn
Long Island Railroad
Ralio
Corn Ear Worm Threat to Corn Crops Warned
Professor Talbert of Missouri Agricultural College studies the corn ear worm. He recommends fall plowing and harrowing to disrupt soil tubes and expose worms to freezing and thawing, reducing next year’s worm population according to Wallace's Farmer.
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Tatbert
Missouri Agricultural College
Talbert Aska
Wallace
Institute and Evangelistic Campaign Schedule Details
A church announces daily evening Institute sessions at seven and evangelistic services at eight. Weekly themes include sermons and institutes focusing on Sunday School, salvation, and instruction with topics such as Sunday School Worship and What Shall I Do with Jesus.
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Jesus
Ermon
Institute
tIa
Great Iowa Derby Between King Corn and Jack Frost Heats Up
The Iowa derby pits King Corn against Jack Frost in a tense home stretch. Over two million spectators follow as Jack briefly leads then falters under sun and clouds, with forecasts of a late sprint to the September 26 wire as Palo Alto Reporter notes.
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Iowa
King Corn
Jack Frost
Hope
Jack
Old Jack
Oats Prove Top Producer Yet Again in Iowa
The 103 oats again leads in yield with H S Pain reporting 2029 bushels from 26 acres using a machine, about 78 bushels per acre. L H Mayne supplied seed last year with 80 bushels per acre. 103 oats and 06 oats top Iowa last year. Fain also harvested eight acres of wheat yielding 179 bushels, rain hampering threshing.
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H. S. Pain
L. H. Mayne
Iowa
Cantire
Palo Alto
A Missouri Farmer Trades For a $90 buggy
A Missouri farmer visits a general store to buy a $90 buggy. The owner traces a prior purchase, a father buying a similar buggy for 60 with 300 bushels of corn, and offers a trade totaling 353 in goods and supplies. The farmer chooses to pay cash after evaluating the value.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Hoe
Indians Catching On In Oregon Huckleberry Trade
In a town in Oregon, Native harvesters gather huckleberries on nearby mountains and sell by house to house. Prices rose from one dollar for four quarts to a dollar twenty five amid wartime inflation, prompting a skeptical housewife to question the hike.
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Oregon
Wes
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Titonka
Europe
Big Ojne
Saturday Evening Post
W. J. Denton's
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Coe
Converse & Edwards Cow
Wisconsin
Fort Atkinson
Woden
L. C. Peterson
Mia
Edd Gibson
Prank Aman
Wesley
A. F. Schrader
Webster City
B. S. Pankuk
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Rantoul
Aula
W. i. Hadlea
Chris Christensen
Lupke Wirtjes
Savings Bank
Topic Office
Fay Andrews
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