Victory Gardens. Planting Guide For Home Gardens
About one more week is fest in which the first group of vegetables can be planted before frost. Sweet corn, carrot and beets form the first group to plant between July 2 and 15. Gardeners plan to store frost vegetables for late fall and winter to aid the war effort. Check seed supply now and prepare for second planting period. Celery is highlighted for flavor and storage. mulch around plants with straw to curb weeds. Insects like Colorado potato beetles and teal hoppers persist. use calcium arsenate and sulfur dusting spray with Bordeaux mixture every 12 days.
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Colorado
Bean leaf beetle threat warns Southern Ta gardeners
Gardeners should monitor for the bean leaf beetle this year in Southern Ta. The pest is smaller than twelve spotted cucumber beetles but shares a similar shape and is identified by six black spots on its back. One application of raten one dust typically controls it. lead arsenate or calcin arsenate can burn foliage in wet weather. Early maturing crops like bears, carrots and other vegetables should be harvested for the table and canned before hot weather.
Appeal Filed for 12000 Damages Over Airport Land
Mrs. Clara and Sheadore Krause filed an appeal in district court at Spencer seeking 12000 damages from the city over 80 acres of land beside Spencer Municipal Airport. The city begun condemnation last May, land viewed and appraised by sheriff's commissioners in June, and possession was taken to expand the airport for a glider training school in Spencer.
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Clara
Sheadore ‘Krause
Spencer
Spencer Nunvicipal
Ari Spencer
Navy enlistment prompt after amputation of finger
Gordon Tifft of Sanborn had his left index finger amputated by a physician at Pringchar to qualify for Navy enlistment. He informed recruiters in Spencer that he would be ready to enlist about the first of August, after previously being rejected due to the injured finger from a year ago.
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Gordon ‘Tifft
Sanborn
Navy
Pringchar
Young Tifft
Spencer
The Food Value Of Beet Sugar In War Time
The article explains beet sugar as a cheap energy source and details sugar use in 1942, noting rationing due to alcohol needs for munitions and limited imports. It covers sugar beet characteristics, farming benefits, and that American farmers produced enough beets for almost two million short tons, supplying about 25 percent of U S sugar.
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J. A. Tobey
Pansies for Next Spring Should be Sown Now
A Garden manual notes sowing pansy seed in late summer for spring bloom. Use a seed bed or shallow box, shade, keep moist, and thin seeds. Transplant when seedlings form rough leaves, protect from sun, and move to cold frames for winter. Pansies bloom earlier under glass.
Gilman Fee Raises Pigs in Special Creeping Method
Gilman Fee starts his pigs using a special creep upper test as Roy Nelson raises June pigs with minimal labor. Nelson is pictured with a portable Spigwood pup tent taped to the sow and litter. Alvin Schroeder feeds his hogs heavier weights after moving pigs to clean ground to reduce losses.
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Gilman Fee
Roy Nelson
Alvin Schroeder
Northwest Iowa Hog Men Prove Efficient Producers
North west Town Farm Business Association’s 10 top hog producers in 1941 yielded nearly 19 tons of pork per man, far above the state average. They use clean ground, alfalfa pasture, self feeders, and ample water, emphasizing early pig starting and high per man output across hogs, milk, hens, cattle, and land use.
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Northwest Iowa Farm Business Association
Ed Forbes
Kingsley
Northwest Town Farm Business Association
Wallace Ogg
Wear a War Bond Lapel Button If You Invest Ten Percent
The article urges workers to invest at least ten percent of their income in War Bonds to earn a target lapel button. It calls the badge a patriotic symbol and directs readers to obtain it through plant management, the local War Bond chairman, or the Payroll Savings Window.
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US Cerry
America
United Nations
Jocal Way Savings
U. S. Tesdanep Wspartenant
Tips To Prevent Mowing Machine Breakdowns
Farmers can avoid common mowing machine breakdowns by thorough lubrication and proper cutter bar alignment. Maintain pitman center alignment, monitor knife head clearance, and replace worn pitman parts early. Follow tips to cut repair costs and keep machines running smoothly, noting this is general guidance from an agricultural institute.
Locker Plants Surge in Iowa As 660 Operate
Iowa now has over 660 frozen food locker plants, up 13 since 1940, per Mark Thornburg Secretary of Agriculture. Plants are licensed and inspected by the Department of Agriculture. More than 46 percent of farm families use locker services and they account for over 70 percent of plant patrons, with Des Moines Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Mason City each hosting several facilities.
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Iowa
Mark Thornburg
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Mason City
Bremen prepares for new queen bees this summer
Extension bee specialist Flord Paddock notes late summer is ideal to introduce new queens into colonies in poor condition. Unusually high queen supersedure this spring, especially in packages, may reflect unfavorable conditions in Iowa during queen introduction. The best timing depends on local honey flow.
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Flord Paddock
Towa
Bee products in wartime economy fueled by beeswax sugar substitute
The threefold effort highlights beeswax use in the war, restricted private trade causing supply shortfalls, honey as a sugar substitute amid strict sugar rations, and the vital pollination role of bees for fruits and legume seeds.
Gas Card Records List Two Senate Names in DC
The District of Columbia rationing administration file lists 47 senators as recipients of gasoline cards, including Gillette and Herring from Iowa. The records only cover applicants within the district and exclude cards issued in suburbs or home districts.
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District of Columbia Rationing Administration
Gillette
Herring
Lowa
Spirit Lake Pro Trapshooter Joins Navy Gunnery Dept
Julie Indon of Spirit Lake, Hercules Powder representative, sails July 9 to Tyndall Field in Panama City Florida to work in the naval air corps gunnery department as a civilian instructor. He will help teach naval students to handle and shoot firearms, likely leading a skeet shooting range. Jahn has lived in Spirit Lake since 1924 after a transfer to the area.
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Julie Indon
Spirit Lake
Hercules Powder Company
Naval Air Corps
Tyndall Field
Panama City
Naral
Jahn
USO campaign lives up to book drive aims
Less than half of 10,200,000 books donated to the USO campaign are fit for armed men. Treasurer John Hickey notes care and feeding books are being selected, with technical volumes and best sellers pulled for distribution. The piece mentions The Case of the Faceless Girl and Baltimore’s mystery victim.
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USO
John Hickey
Baltimore
Ile
Chicago Herald American
Blueberry Muffins Luxe From A Nutritious Kitchen
Recipe fragment details a blueberry muffin mix with butter milk sugar and eggs. Mentions flour shortening and baking powder. Notes include cups measurements and partial ingredient list with blueberries as the focal fruit.
Bees Contribute to War Effort in State Funds
Nineteen counties have appropriated funds to eradicate bee diseases, aided by state matching support. Beekeepers may petition their county boards for funds to work with state resources under the supervision of State Apiarist Professor F. B. Paddock. The program highlights bees’ contribution to the war effort.
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F. B. Paddock
Board of Supervisors
Paddock
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