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Newspaper
Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1963
Page
2
Editors reflect on land prices thirty years ago in Grundy County. Good land sold near 100 dollars an acre as corn fetched about 10 cents a bushel and yields topped forty bushels per acre. The piece notes how economics of earnings compared to price then and now.
Le Mars residents hosted relatives from Bismarck North Dakota Ocheyedan Sioux City and Willis Nebraska over Christmas. Families visited included the Morgans Johnsons and Rieckerts with stories of holiday dinners and weddings among local kin.
The notice outlines Daily Sentinel subscription pricing for Le Mars and Merrill readers, and compares Grundy county land values to corn yields. It projects land value growth over 30 years and estimates required acres of corn to pay for $400 farmland, illustrating price changes and returns.
Perry Center reports Christmas Day gatherings with local families and guests from Atlantic Hartley Sioux City and Ute. Other items note a 30 year-ago sentiment on Grundy land values with $400 per acre versus $100 per acre in 1932-33.
A terse notice lists debts and security terms for farm loans. It names Joel T. Shepherd of 32 Central Ave SW and a contact for repayment options. The text references various seed, sales, and farm equipment items used as security.
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