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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1940
Page
1
A jumble of country life notes and farm prices is presented with stray phrases about market trends and yields. The piece mentions milk and produce costs, disinfection in poultry water, and references to garden crops and farm labor.
The report notes the club hogs valued at about 430000 and discusses pig production trends. It mentions average litter sizes, pounds per pig, and market prices, highlighting changes in value and costs over the year and the impact on producers. It references sow breeding, litter outcomes, and associated expenses in a historical farm ledger style.
Three young Polled Herefords shown at the Rus farm demonstrate purity of blood. Mr Res ims has raised purebred Hereford cattle for twenty years. The herd includes a soft one and two sturdy others amid a cold, windy day. The animals are described as Poland China breed with spotted Poland predominance.
Ver Meers and River Gary are building a new cattle barn on the Meintors place. Neighbors helped with the work while carpenters faced difficulty driving large nails due to lack of wind. The work began late in the morning with a tight schedule.
Fragmentary OCR snippet hints at a community column or column recommendation but is largely indecipherable. Mentions Jows Bray Coles and Weber a resonant reference, with insufficient readable facts to identify people places or events. The readable terms suggest a local newspaper item but no concrete action.
The article discusses grass fed hogs reducing costs and promoting pasture based feeding. It quotes experiments showing gains near a pound per day in good pasture with alfalfa and clover, notes protein from peas, and mentions lime and minerals as essential. It cautions alfalfa can dry in summer and highlights crop choices for hog quamiure.
Economists warn that hog marketing may stall as corn prices rise and hog prices stay uncertain. The text notes corn scarcity from seasonal demand and war effects on wheat, with expectations of slower summer demand and potential price volatility into August.
The practice of burning cornstalks by farmers destroys about 30 pounds of nitrogen per burn, equating to the nitrogen needed to produce one bushel of corn, while also wasting valuable organic matter crucial for soil fertility.
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