Urgent egg output urged by Federal Food Chief
Federal Food Administrator J F Deems calls for a large winter egg output as storage stocks are 21 percent below a year ago and consumption rises. He urges farmers to use county agents and state stations for methods and notes China dried eggs imports and shell eggs demand boost. He also reports price controls and regulatory actions on meat, potatoes, and coffee to ease wartime food shortages.
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Exline Teen Wins Iowa Pig Club Title in 1918 Contest
George Deahl of Exline Appanoose County strapped a 47 pound Puree fers Poland China pig, 121 days old, gaining 290 pounds for a final 272 pounds dressed at 82 percent. He led 399 competitors in the Iowa pig club contest with a 2.39 pound daily gain, a $20.27 cost and $62.50 sale. The piece notes feeding, weight records and validation by local officials, plus related farm tips on manure, cabbage worms, and manure handling practices.
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Exline
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Iowa State College
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Heo
George H. Munver
Experiment Station
Sheep Growers Form State Federation Across Iowa
Iowa wool producers plan county level organization via farm bureaus to create a state federation and reconstitute the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association. The group aims to affiliate with the Fleece Wool Growers Association and press the War Industries Board for wool import embargoes. Iowa delegates include Carlos Fawcett and T. C. Stone. The farming exchange reports Adams County livestock sales of 51520 dollars and a potato shipment, highlighting the exchange’s value for farmers.
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War Industries Board
T. C. Stone
Iowa State College
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Farm Bureau
Adams County
Appanoose County
Prizes Awarded for Cleanliness at 1918 Creamery Contest
The 1918 Towald Creamery ground prize contest awarded the gold medal to H. C. Stendel, buttermaker at Towald Creamery in Northwood Iowa, with Fred Haven of Hickory Valley Creamery Farley Iowa taking second. Prof M Mortensen notes cleaner creameries win confidence and cream. Barnyard manure valued at over four dollars a ton.
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H. C., Stendel
Towald Creamery
Northwood
Iowa
Fred Haven
Hickory Valley Creamery
Farley
M. Mortensen
Town State College
Good Food Regulations Guiding Home Economies Plan
Iowa State College home economists summarize state food administration rules for households. Key points limit bread servings to two ounces for wheat and four ounces for other breads per meal, ban bread garniture with meat, and prohibit bread at table before first course. Restrictions also cap one meat course, restrict bacon garniture, limit butter to half an ounce, and require cream with butterfat no more than twenty percent.
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Iowa State College
Towa State College Plans For Postwar Readjustment
Ames college arranges demobilization measures for the 8 A T Co and naval unit. It plans to operate on a quarter basis and will welcome students returning from the war at any time, reflecting postwar readiness and flexible enrollment.
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R. A. Pearson
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Towa State College
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