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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
1
Rural notes from a Jasper County area describe Marion taking the lead in local farming. The report highlights land fertility in the Terre bottom region, Vonk family details, and Melvin Vonk’s pony Tiss to be ridden to school this fall. Case Vonk plans a move to a house along the road with a team of horses ready for work.
Mr and Mrs Tunis Vonk welcome five year old Melvin to start school this fall riding a black pony named Daisy. The feature offers a portrait of the Vonk home and nearby Steenbock farm with cattle, clover, and a well kept, insulated house.
The Steenhoeks live in a well-painted white house with water and bath. They bought the place five years ago and are content, enjoying its pleasant restive setting with a leftward view from the porch overlooking the scene at the top of the page.
A Reporter visits the Steenhoek residence near Pella showing a spotless white bungalow with a neat dooryard and Dutch figures among the flowers. The Steenhoek farm spans 120 acres linking to the old Efnor place with similar land layout to nearby farms, and is described as well kept.
In spring, S A Roberts feeds and manages alfalfa for his registered Hereford cattle herd. Local breeders in the county recognize Roberts as providing quality forage and attentive stock care through his operation at the farm.
A county grower discusses alfalfa as a soil building crop that fixes nitrogen, requiring inoculation for seed. He notes a two to five year stand, possible two hay cuts per year, and timing aligned with new root growth and shoots emerging.
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