Den Hartog drains 45 acres into large farm pond
Dave Den Hartog on a farm a mile south of the airport completed a dam to control erosion across two gullies. 8500 cubic yards of earth fill form a 2 acre pond fed by runoff from 45 acres with a 16 inch pipe carrying overflow 90 feet to the gully bottom. 3 0 feet of temporary storage, live stock water provision, four days to build, Soil Conservation Service supervision.
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Dave den Hartog
Wilbur van Ee
Terrell & Steels
Fred Blom
Francis Fureht
Don Muyskins
Dave
The
Soil Conservation Service
Pella
Elmer Dykstra
Arthur van Zee
Toniele News
Terrell & Steele
William Davis
First Quick-Silver Thermometer In 1720 Germany Conceived
Fahrenheit, German conceived the first quick-silver thermometer in 1720. The State Crown of England contains 6,170 diamonds, including one of 34 carats.
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England
Tuition Charges Set for Pella Schools This Year
State figures cap monthly tuition at 34.19 for elementary, 51.15 for junior high, 59.64 for high school. Sending districts billed 25.00 for grades and 37.92 for high school per month. Last year costs rose slightly in high school and fell in grades. Budget guidance sets 225.03 yearly for grades and 341.24 for high school students entering Pella Public this fall.
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State Department of Public Instruction
Pella
Champion Pen of Swine and Sheep at Marion Fair
Vander Ploeg of Monroe showed the champion pen of three swine and Paul Harrington of Harvey led the champion market lamb. Keith Vander Wal of Pella had the reserve pen and market lambs, with Richard Hunt of Knoxville naming the champion market litter. Bernard Ebbing of Bath Packing Company judged swine, while William La Grange of Iowa State College judged the sheep show.
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Marion County Fair
Craig Vander Ploeg
Monroe
Paul Harrington
Keith Vander Wal
Pella
Dyann Ver Dught
Richard Hunt
Knoxville
Harvey
Max Harrington
Norman van Zante
Joan Nollen
Edith Nollen
Duroc
Mary Franklin
Knoxville Landrace
Terry Keener
Chester White
Poland
China
Darrelli Forst
Pleasantville
Tamworth
Bill McCorkle
Nancy May
Ted Dykstra
Suffolk
Kathryn Perkey
Corriedale
Wildlife Exhibit Sets Stage for Iowa State Fair
The Conservation Commission announces preparations for the Iowa State Fair running August 23 to September 1 featuring wildlife displays. Arrivals include a timber rattlesnake, waterfowl and game birds, and a large cage of orphaned raccoons with a wheel for the mischievous animals. Special exhibits on game management forestry state parks and biology are planned with details to follow.
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Conservation Commission
Commission
Iowa
1957 4 H Livestock Sale in Jahaska County
Sale of 147 head baby beeves brought 36818.42 dollars for an average of 27.29 per hundredweight. The Jahaska County event highlighted buyers from local firms and farm families bidding across the auction ring.
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Jahaska County
Feeder cattle sale reports strong per head gains
Forty head of junior feeder cattle sold bringing 11 728 98. A separate sale of 187 head totaled 48 547 40. Compared with last year the sale volume rose from 150 head. Sheep and swine totals appear incomplete with 87 head of sheep at 758 43 and 92 head of swine not fully reported.
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Prices Set in Sale
The top price paid for the grand champion was $40.00 by Moore Grain & Feed Co. of Rose Hill. The reserve grand champion was fed by Jon Brown of Rose Hill and sold for $38.00 per hundred to Lytle Implement Co. of Oskaloosa.
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Moore Grain & Feed Co
Rose Hill
Jon Brown
Lytle Implement Co
Oskaloosa
Moscow Resident Lyubov Pujak Age Claim
The claim by Lyubov Pujak of Moscow that she is 164 years old seems dubious yet hints a long life. The Des Moines Register notes the possibility that many years in Moscow could pass as a long lifetime.
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Lyubov Pujak
Moscow
Des Moines Register
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Penney
BIG Mac
Western Foremost Jeans
Vander Ploeg
Plattsmouth, Neb
Colfax Sale
Colfax
Colfax Sale Company
Clippinger
Shields and
Brites
Earl and
Bill Shields
First National Bank
del Monte
Sue
Sue Bonnet
Chase & Sanborn
California
Fancy Elberta
Dot
Hunt
N. B.C. Ritz
Fancy Bartlett Pears
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