Den Adel elected to Marion County board farms official
Donald Den Adel has been chosen for a six year term on the Marion County Boils District Commission. A visit to the Den Adel farm near Bethel reveals a 120 acre operation with 17 acres in woodland, 40 acres cultivated on contour, and a notable hog and cattle program. The family, living in a century old house, runs two milking cows, about twenty cattle, and 325 White Leghorn hens producing eggs for Van Gorp Hatchery. they emphasize soil conservation, crop rotation, and pasture mix of alfalfa and Tadino clover.
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Donald den Adel
Marion County Boils District Commission
den Adel
den Adels
Walter den Adel
Bethel
Don
Walter
Will den Adel
Pella
Cornelia
Flor de Jong
Sully
Corliss Eileen
Judith Kay
Corliss
Don den Adel
Hampshire
van Gorp Hatchery
Den Adel family photographed during farm visit and community notes
Don Den Adel, active Farm Bureau leader, is cited as Soil District Commissioner candidate. The Chronicle photographer captured a Den Adel family portrait at their kitchen table, with photos offered to the family. Kohrt recommends dormant lime sulfur spray before bud swell for better fruit protection than later sprays.
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den Adel
Chronicle
Don den Adels
Kohrt
Time Now for Two Jobs in Spray Program for Fruits
Marion County residents plan spray programs to protect fruit quality and yield. County Extension Director Forrest J. Kohrt urges equipment checks and dormant sprays for apples peaches plums and raspberries before growth resumes and with no freezing within 36 to 48 hours.
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Marion County
Forrest J. Kohrt
Kohrt
Stump Spraying Methods for Brush Control
E P Sylvester Iowa State College extension weed control specialist says stump spraying stops brush growth. Though costly due to cutting removal and burning, it leaves areas clean and improves pastures roadsides ditchbanks and fence rows. Winter treatment reduces spray drift near legumes. spray stumps to runoff with 1 quart brush killer per 5 gallons fuel oil. Follow-up foliage spray in summer uses 1 quart per 25 gallons water.
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E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State College
Sylvester
Tragedy Near DeSoto Claims Farmer Life
A 71 year old farmer, Frank Hunt, died after an overturned tractor near DeSoto. The death was due to a skull fracture in the fatality report.
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Frank Hunt
DeSoto
Livestock bruises ruin meat and raise costs in US farming
Careless handling of cattle in farms and during loading and shipping wastes meat enough to feed half a million people daily. Extension expert William G. Zmolek of Iowa State urges removing nails, machinery, and hazards from feedlots, dehorning calves, and using proper loading chutes to cut bruises and losses.
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United States
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Burlington
William G. Zmolek
Towa State College
Towa
Zmolek
Livestock Trucking Tips From Zmolek for Seasonal Care
Zmolek advises cattle farmers to bed winter trucks with sand and hogs and sheep with straw, while summer requires wet sand for all livestock. Key points include a step ramp loading chute, a good loading gate, proper ventilation, a covered rack, and partitioning mixed loads. Plan service catalogs help select suitable designs.
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Zmolek
Midwest Plan Service
Town State College
Bellevue youths pursue taxidermy as hobby
In Bellevue, brothers Robert and Donald Yeager have turned to taxidermy. What started as Donald stuffing a pigeon expanded into a collection of a badger, snow owl, foxes, woodchucks, raccoons, and numerous birds, all kept as they work on their craft.
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Bellevue
Robert
Donald Yeager
Donald
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