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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1939
Page
1
Community readers discuss cycles of depression and farm policy. The piece notes rape as a soil conserving crop under the 1939 AAA, its value for hog pasture, and Dwarf Essex as forage. It cites 82.5 percent of Merion county farmers planning to comply and a May 1 deadline for 1939 intention sheets with potential $475,000 in benefits.
A farmer Gary Ver Meer built a homemade cab on his tractor from sheet metal glass and lumber to work despite a near freezing wind on a cold April day. The piece notes other farmers sowing oats and disking while many await warmer weather and discusses oat production from Iowa State College insights plus local harvest observations and farm equipment views.
McAdoo Jr is a Belgian Draft Stallion, sorrel with a striped face and a white left hind stocking. Sire lines include Firpo 13850 Mt Sterling Jean 10861 Mamie H 8201 and Mamie H 8201 by Minos 8053, out of Idale 3126. Dam lines trace to Marie 7432 and Farceur's Successor 1016 with Ecrasant de Worte 8373. Fee 14.00, 10.00 if paid in 30 days. Location: Mrs P G Van Gorp place 9 miles north of Pella. Sandridge Horse Company, Clarence Van Gorp Keeper.
The April 13 Knoxville Journal reports Marion county farmers borrowed over 300000 dollars under the AAA sealed corn loan program for 1937 and 1938 corn. It notes 132 loans with 108000 bushels sealing valued at 61000 dollars for 1937 corn and 538 loans with 419000 bushels sealing valued at 238000 dollars for 1938 corn, plus over 250000 dollars in additional benefits.
The rattan palm, a giant seaweed off the California coast, is described as the longest plant at over 970 feet. Meanwhile, Georgia reports more than 15,000 farms out of 250,000 raising turkeys, mostly in small flocks.
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