03 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
1
A look at local happenings includes notes on photos taken at Bethel with fieldwork eased by moisture while a tire incident interrupted harvest. It mentions Ray Vander bow, Awe, and an auto collision near Sioux Center involving Paul Van Dongen and another driver, with damage to a car and hardware.
The monthly prices received report shows harvest season drops and a hot corn ratio of 16.9 bushels per hundredweight of hogs in Iowa. Grasshopper damage cuts yields in Sioux County while Grinnell Herald Register urges debt payment and soil conservation. The Iowa farm price index falls four points from May to June with purchasing power at 74.
Reports show Rens farmers yielded 60, Kempers 52, and Niesink 57 bushels per acre. Barley also yields well with slight quality improvement. On August 2, a Farmers Co operative Exchange employee conducted a rat killing demonstration at A De Geus’s farm using gas under a cement floor of a corn crib. The exterminator caused the rats to decline.
The 1939 Iowa State Fair will run nine nights and eight days from August 24 to September 1 marking a major program overhaul. Opening nights feature rodeo and fireworks, with the first musical extravaganza Show of a Century running August 27 through September 1.
A sharp saying notes that the loudest complainer when the doctor is late is often the patient who makes the doctor wait longest to pay the bill.
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