Steam threshing on area farms near Galesburg
Reporters found a Landmesser owned steam threshing outfit north of Galesburg near Gerrit Van der Werff’s home. Wright Landmesser, still active at over sixty, drives the engine with his brother Richard Pen Landmesser tending the separator. The aged gear, built for pushing the separator, attested to long local practice.
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Galesburg
Landmesser Brothers
Gerrit van der Werff
Wright
Richard Pen Landmesser
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Wright Landmesser
Richard
Pen) Landmeaser
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Threshing Scene Near Galesburg and Local News
Dick Vander Werff helps thresh in a Galesburg area field with Gerrit Vander Werff and family including Janice Lee. Observations include oats yields around thirty bushels per acre, straw and clover rotation plans, and a large herd of twenty eight white face cattle. The piece also notes regional church ties, neighborly aid after a farm fire, and broader Iowa 1938 crop and debt concerns as analyzed by state officials and local writer Mac in the Grinnell Herald-Register.
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Vander Werf
Twenty Eight Fat Cattle at Gerrit Vander Werff Farm
Twenty eight fat cattle, all but one white faced, on feed for 120 days in the Vander Werff lot after 100 days on fisher farm, in prime condition and ready for market. The note describes a Dutch and German descent ring of 22 men with seven threshing jobs for both Dutch and natives, a friendly community near Galesburg with humor and pranks, including mysterious hat separators. Vander Werff rents much land, oats hauled from a 16 acre plot, forty four acres threshed, grain quality described as cool and yielding 30 to 35 bushels per acre, with yields lower than farther east.
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Gerrit
Vander Werft
Gerrit Vander Werff
Fisher Farm
Water Boy
Galesburg
Gerrit VanderWerff
Neve
Best Not to Plow Sweet Clover Yet Says Ames Man
Dr. W H Pierre head of the Agronomy Department at Iowa State College says in his guidance on bi annual sweet clover plowing that the middle to late August is preferable to July. Plowing too early wastes nitrogen stored in the plant and speeds decomposition causing soil nutrient loss, while delaying too long risks further problems.
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W.H. Pierre
Iowa State College
Farmers consider plowing under dying crops for soil gain
The top of the plant dies and breaks at ground level. farmers decide when to plow under near maturity to maximize soil benefits. Some plan to plow sweet clover grown strictly for soil improvement rather than for pasture or seed production.
Bus Driver Injured In Chickens Crash Near Knoxville
A Des Moines bus driver was injured in a freak highway accident when a crate of chickens toppled from a passing truck and shattered the bus window. The incident occurred as the bus traveled near Knoxville, causing injuries to the driver.
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Des Moines
Knoxville
Adlerika Ad Claims Fast Gas Relief From Constipation
Ad copy urges sufferers to use Adlerika to relieve stomach gas pressure on the heart. It promises cleansing of both bowels after a single dose and cites Vander Linden’s Drug Store as supplier.
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Adlerika
Vander Linden
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Division of Agricultural Statistics
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Rexall Store
General Electric
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Gradus Ver Ploeg’s
Walter van Dorland, Jr
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D. den Adel
Prince Albert Tobacco
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J. van Dusseldorp
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