Farm visit blends with tomato field work by local high school boys
Local farm near Glen Cunningham hosts a field day showing 225 acres of tomatoes planted by Warren Ver Ploesh Wallace Kooyman Grover Braine Kool Gordon Nesbit Dean Sadler and Duline Palmauist. They hoeed weeds, kept rows clean, and prepared for harvest as photographer Mr Se took pictures and a citation awaits each student. The V an Maaren field was cultivated four times despite weed challenges.
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William van Mi
Glen Cunningham
Register
Sels
Will Clark
Marshall
Seen
Cunningham
Mr. Seis
van Maaren
Warren Ver Ploesh
Wallace Kooyman
Grover Brainekool
Gordon Nesbit
Dean Sadler
Duline Palmauist
Blom Farm Builds Conservation Pond Near Van Maars
The Blom farm southeast of Van Maars hosts a new conservation pond built by Garland Ruby with dirt moved to create a ten foot depth. The pond, near fields of alfalfa and red clover, serves livestock water needs and recreation. Mrs Blom and Lenora pose for a photo as neighbors assist with haying and fishing in the pond area.
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Des Moines
Tudianola
Ruby and
Brown
Highland
Hure
Mro
William van Zante
Lloyd
Henry de Cook
Arthur
Blom
Ruby
Abe Nunnikhoven
Farmland Upgrading Prompts Mixed Agricultural Plans
A landholder discusses tightening Ranserviction practices to gain full farm control. Blom slanted TAG trees in a creuach area with success. A. Mo considers Ferravinge alongs with stripe cropping and contouring while Thome ponders conservation impact. Hay production seen as essential for dairy and rolling farm viability.
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Creuach
Conservation tour visits Mahaska County farms
A Mahaska County soils conservation tour on August 3 included Commissioners Iain Evekuud, Cecil Smith, Henry Loftus Comstock, and local officials. The all day event toured farms in Adan Prairie Richland and Black Oak townships, showcasing contouring, strip cropping, terracing, waterways, ponds, and pasture improvements with positive progress noted.
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Maha County Soils Conservation
Iain Evekuud
Cescil Smithaml the Merny
Commis Ry
Paul Boyd
Hugh Steddom
Adan Township
Kinzie Winer
Prairie
John Westercamp
Otto Vos
Sert Dahm
Richland
Louis van Heukelom
William van Heukelom
Henry Rempe
Teunis Goemaat
Henry Veenstra
Black Oak Township
New 4-H Record Books Introduced for Boys
H I Storey, Mahaska county extension director, reports new loose leaf 4-H record books will be used this year at the County Extension Office after October 1. Each member keeps one combined report, with inserts for specific projects and a long term record by year. Members will record amounts of grain fed and county directors will provide average feed prices when a project is completed. A feed budget column is added. Four counties tested versions during 1943 44. Initial revision work was by G A Lin cweaver in Monroe County.
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H. I. Storey
Mahaska
Crawford
Mustine
Black Hawk
Monroe
G. A. Lincweaver
Boys’ Bell Club
Monroe County
Best Profit From Fall Pigs At 249 Pounds
Conclusions from Iowa State College indicate profit margins for fall pigs hinge on weight. Prices above 270 pounds offer limited gains while heat, feed shortages, and alternative feed uses cap returns. Experts Arthur and Culbertson note profitability shifts with door prices, discounting after pigs exceed 270 pounds and at 240 pounds when ceilings apply.
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Iowa
Lowa State College
Arthur
C. Culbertson
Psy
Jasper Co. Soils District Worker Transferred to Illinois
John Wilson assistant conservationist in Jasper County Soils District is transferred to Whiteside County Illinois and will operate from Morrison. He helped set up the district since January 1942 and has many farmers enrolled. Acting conservationist B J Hull and field aide Godlove of Tracy are named to replace him.
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Jasper County
John Wilson
Whiteside County
Hlinois
Morrison
John
Iowa
Ilinois
Wilson
Illinois
B. J. Hull
Newton High School
Harold Godlove
Tracy
Worl Godlove
CCC
Fertilizer Boosts Legume Yields Across Fields
Farmers report red clover and alfalfa fields respond strongly to phosphate and superphosphate applications. Trials in Jones and Clayton counties show red clover and timothy yields rising by as much as 30 percent with 1400 pounds per acre. Oats and hay fields also gain from phosphorus, while winter wheat shows good response to phosphate fertilizer.
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Dewi
Cnet
Haryet
Jones Counry
Clayton Couny
Meldrum Remy
Katahdin Potato Variety Highlighted as Best Late Type
The Katahdin potato, named for Maine’s prominent mountain, is praised as the best late variety. The piece notes disease resistance, wide distribution from national breeding efforts, and its impact on seed quality and yields, marking Katahdin as a standout potato hybrid.
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South America
West Nutralia
Sriest
Yal
Cohn
Immeriis
Jonge
Iso
Maine
Minnesota
New York
Planning in New England in a Vermont General Store
In a Vermont hamlet a group of men sit around a pot-bellied stove as cheese and kerosene scent the store. Silence dominates until a white whiskered man rises, dons his coat, and declares plans to go home early, while the others murmur agreement and reflect on supper.
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Vermont
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Mar Cannings
Sele
WTS
Marshall Com
Bent
AML
Soils Conservatio Service
Mrs. Blom
Lenora
Mia
A. M. Blom
Pella High School
de Jong
West Second Street
Crosley
Lauter Piano
M. J. DE Jong
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Bet
Ter Business Committee
Mahaska Co
Iowa State College
Jasper Co
Sully
Ning’s
Gamble Store
Lynnville
Montezuma Renderers
Dept. Agri
H.R
Wat
New England
East 2Nd Street
Woodrow
Jane du Pree
Col. J. T. van Zante
Elbert van Maanen
Anne de Bruyn, Sr
West Independence Street
Anie de Bruyn
Harry Worth
J. T. van Zante
Cora Ver Dught
Worth & van Zante
Vander Zyl’s Coal Yard
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