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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
4
Warm spring weather threatens corn quality if storage is improper says agricultural engineer C. Th. Van Vlack of Town State College. Roofless or poorly covered temporary cribs allow rapid spoilage when temperatures rise and spring rains soak in. Wide cribs and filled crib driveways also risk deterioration as moisture management is crucial for April production.
Van Winck notes the rate drop from twenty point five percent during cold months, with dry corn needing moisture checks and sealing before drying. In northern Illinois only about thirteen percent of corn in two hundred loan applications qualified for sealing, and northeastern Town faces the worst moisture impact.
Don Peters, a Rembrandt youth, ran toward his father in the barnyard. The father failed to see him and rammed him with a pitchfork. A tine pierced his cheekbone and narrowly missed his eye.
George Busching of a field earned the DSC and the British Medal of Honor for carrying a wounded buddy from the battle front in 1918. Last week he visited Nels Danielson in Rushford Minnesota, the man he saved, whom he had not seen for 30 years.
Marion county homeowners receive homestead tax relief totaling 146,662 for 1949 as state treasurer sends funds to the county for the first half. Auditor Ruth Zon Adams explains exemptions credit up to 82.50 annually per home, with farm homes limited to 10 acres. Nationwide totals show Iowa homestead exemptions near 17.5 million with over 4,300 credits in Marion County.
Iowa State College agronomy chief Dr. W J head advises applying phosphate as oats and hay or pasture seed. Top dressing phosphate helps in wet years on limed soils and on red clover when not seeded. Alfalfa fields in north central Iowa respond to 200 pounds per acre, raising hay phosphorus by about 60 percent. Seeded pastures benefit from reseeding phosphate before planting, with nitrogen also recommended for early spring growth.
Samuel Adams helped ignite the push for independence by shaping public opinion through his writing in the press, guiding the movement with forceful editorials and timely messaging.
We R Whitfield extension poultryman urges spring confinement for laying flocks to cut disease parasites and waste, noting many growers switch from free ranging. Confined birds need ample space and comfortable housing for best egg production, with Iowa demonstrations showing better lice and disease control when birds are confined.
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