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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
4
The Pella factory system plus Altoona Perry Rockwell City and Grimes plants claim max acreage and turn farmers away. The argument says sweet corn yields more productive soil for high priced land and is the ideal rotation with fall wheat. It promotes sweet corn fodder as hay substitute and ensilage with corn.
Local growers from Pella discuss profitability of sweet corn, with several signing up for ten to twenty acres. Vander Streek and Vogelaar urge commitment to a three year trial, while Van Veen Stuursma Engbers Grundman Nelson Kelderman and others cite favorable results and soil benefits.
Grimes farmers have grown sweet corn for eighteen years with 2000 acres under contract this year. The Grimes growers average 18.5 acres per contract, while Pella’s average is 4.5 acres, explaining lower yields in Pella. A visiting committee from Pella once verified statements about sweet corn and found even non growers to be boosters.
Mrs Lydia Grafe Bock of Memphis died April 10 1920 after early Pella life. Burial at Atlantic Iowa April 14 with sister Mrs George Mozier. Grafe family long known in Pella where Grafe built flour mill and store. Also obituary for Mrs 8 Canine of De Soto Iowa who died April 23 1920 at 61 years 10 months. Funeral April 27 with husband and children surviving. Canine had lived in Pella years ago.
Peter De Reus formerly of Pella and a Kansas City resident died April 21 1920 in Excelsior Springs Missouri while seeking rheumatism treatment. He was 54 and died after falling ill at a bath house before reaching a hospital. Relatives were notified and his brother A P De Reus escorted the body to Pella for services conducted by Rev N Byram at the Porter home. Survived by his father and several brothers and sisters. He was never married.
Mr De Reus a barber who worked in Pella and Oskaloosa dies leaving wide acquaintance. interment Oakwood cemetery. Mrs Cornelia Greenboom dies at her son John’s home near Pella from paralysis, 70, widow. funeral at home and Oakwood cemetery. Dina Wisse dies at her son John’s East First Street home after long illness, 78, widow. funeral Saturday at 2 pm and Oakwood cemetery. A T Boot buys John De Prenger residence and five acres on North Main Street.
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