Fine Conservation Pond Built on Sybenga Farm
A conservation pond on the Sybenga farm near Pella is described as a model of water supply and erosion control. The project used heavy machinery to move 2200 cubic yards of earth, creating a 13.5 foot deep pond with a watershed plan to drain 18 acres. Local farmer Sybenga and assistants coordinated soil district efforts and contour farming to prevent silting while adding grasses, trees, and aquatic plants for beauty and game cover.
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Minion County
Mort
Soils Conservation Service
Towa
Wengeth
Pella
Garland Bates
Otley
Armour Boot
Syhenga
Sobenga
Coas
J.J. Sybenga
Farm ponds aid flood control and water supply
Federal cooperation helps farmers build ponds with shared costs and government planning. District technicians provide plans, stakeouts, and hatchery fish access at no charge, easing construction costs. Building several ponds improves water supply and prevents costly gullies, with future Farm Page photos of Sybenga, Garland Ruby, and Forest Brown in action.
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Garland Ruby
Forest Brown
Marion County
Atory
Triste Lane
Incentive Payments to Boost Seed Harvest Support
Congress provides 12 percent million dollars to spur legume and grass seed harvest. H I Hooper of Marion County notes farmers may earn 3.50 dollars per acre under the new fund, with added 3 and 2 cent per pound bonuses for red clover, alfalfa, and alsike seed. Harvested seed helps hay needs for 1946 and soil-building crop plans, Hooper says, likening land to a person needing rest and a tonic crop.
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Congress
H. I. Hooper
AAA
Marion County
Hooper
iIt
FSA Loans Assist Veterans Open Farm Operations
Federal Security Administration loans have been issued to several hundred honorably discharged veterans with no other credit to finance food production. The Agriculture Department says these loans enable veterans to acquire land and obtain equipment and facilities to start farm operations.
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Department of Agriculture
Federal Security Administration
Leases In Writing Best For Farm Tenants And Landowners
Farmers should write leases when renting land and livestock, choosing among straight cash flexible cash crop share cash and livestock share blends. Cash leases give tenants farming autonomy while landowners seek lower risk. Crop share suits active landowners. livestock share involves more management and risk. County truckers and committees in southwest Iowa advocate efficient transportation, with 682,996 truck miles suggested for livestock moves.
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W. Arthur
Iowa State College
Arthur
Iowa
Office of Defense
Omaha
Prac
Truck Tires Shortage Hits Demand Pressures
Sam H. Thompson of Town State College says a shortage of large truck tires dominates the rationing picture as demand exceeds quotas and production remains below targets. Military needs absorb a large portion of supply, with August quotas 60 percent below July and a seasonal third-quarter replacement spike looming.
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Sam H. Thompson
Town State College
Thompson
Cover Spray For the Second Brood of Worms
Time to spray for the second brood of codling moth entering apples in southern areas since July 17. Apply 1% pounds lead arsenate to 50 gallons water, add 2 quarts liquid lime sulfur or 2 pounds dry lime sulfur, and 1% pounds hydrated lime to reduce scab risk. Bordeaux mixture (28-50) may be used in hot weather. Observe fruit over two weeks and consider a second cover spray if worms persist.
Boy loses stringer of eight carp near First Avenue bridge
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a boy fishing from the First Avenue bridge lost a stringer with eight carp. Days later George Peacock and Frank Stourak reeled in their line and found the stringer still alive on their hook downstream more than five miles from First Street birds.
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Cedar Rapids
Avertue Bridge
George Peacock
Frank Stourak
Farm Accident Toll and Safety Drive in Wartime
National Safety Council notes around 10 000 farm residents killed by accidents and 14 million injured in 1942 with farm machinery causing a third of fatal incidents. The report stresses loose clothing and handling moving machinery as main causes and calls for safety training as Uncle Sam recruits 4 million emergency workers, many women and children, to boost food production for victory.
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National Safety Council
Pearl Warrior
The
OWL
Ameri Fitinge
National Juty Council of Farm Machineryccidents
Uncle Sam
Mowing Rows to Control Corn Borer in Mahaska County
Mahaska County reports indicate the common stalk borer is damaging corn. Storey, the county extension director, notes that mowing fence rows helps reduce borer pressure as H L Gunderson is referenced in the advisory.
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Mahaska County
H. L. Gunderson
State Extension Warns of Widespread Common Stalk Borer Damage
An extension entomologist reports common stalk borer damage is widespread this year across the state. There is no control, but farmers can prevent future losses by mowing fence rows to disrupt the pest’s life cycle. The borers live in tarce stemmed weeds, and keeping them mowed stops egg laying.
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Town State College Extension
Common stalk borer description and historic macarthur note
An insect guide describes the common stalk borer with a black saddle back of the head and a greenish yellow striped body about one-half to three-quarters inch long. It also notes that General Douglas MacArthur's father was a US Army colonel at age twenty.
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Gen
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
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Monroe
Oliver
John Deere
McCormeck-Deering
McCormick Deering
Roy Vander Ploeglerk
Monroe State Bank
Highland
Satre
Harry Worth
Sybenga
FSA
Co-op
Pillsbury
Farmers Union
Franklin Street
Victory
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