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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
10
In this issue three photos from Krizer Seed Corn and Turkey Farm east of Pella show visitors from Southern Iowa and Missouri touring hybrid corn education. W E Krizer led the program, noting great interest in hybrid varieties, seed prep, and maturity before frost.
Residents report visits from Iowa Hill-Billies Grand Rapids Michigan and Mr. Mrs Robert Gosselink Hull along with Mrs A Van and Mrs Amos Hedg Pasadena Cal. Birthdays being remembered include Mrs A De Penning on August 16 and Mrs P Van Hemert on August 17 while Mrs A A Doedyns remains ill and Mrs K P De Joni slowly improves. Mr Henry Welle of Sully seeks a residence. he is Sully’s mayor. We seek an honest attorney and Justice of the Peace to establish a home office court. no exemptors are planned.
Farmers report stunted corn due to broken root systems in fields near Galesburg road and rising road hazards from weed clearance. Supporters urge sending seed corn to Nebraska, while farmers express frustration over road conditions and delayed harvests. Nearby incidents include a tractor accident near Rock Falls and unrelated rural innovations from Wellman and Des Moines areas.
A. R. Rees, secretary of the Marion County Agricultural Conservation Association, lists four options for farmers with corn loans. They may reseal 1937 corn as shelled corn or shell and deliver 1927 corn, reseal 1938 corn as ear corn or shell and deliver 1938 corn. Rees urges immediate action, stating the window is short, and cards have been mailed back to his office.
Residents at the Home for the Aged receive a stream of visitors from multiple towns and states including Holland Michigan Peoria Oskaloosa and Des Moines. Families such as Goulooze De Vries Smit Van Zee and De Hartog share updates with Mrs. Van Gorp Mrs. Den Hartog and other residents amid a day full of callings and social visits.
Extension expert E Quaife notes rye can be sown for fall and early spring hog pasture. Two to three acres feed 20 to 26 gilts in fall and provide early spring forage for sows and litters. One acre saved about 100 bushels of corn and 560 pounds protein. best used before heads form. Recommend 6 pecks per acre any time from now to late fall.
Economists at Town State College Extension Service report on August 1 cattle on feed in the Corn Belt up 16 percent from a year earlier. Increases were widespread with all but one state showing higher feed numbers. April 1 and January 1 comparisons show growing year to year gains. The rise is linked to record July corn stocks and high cattle prices, with a shift east of the Mississippi River.
Reports show 33 percent on feed under four months, 37 percent from four to seven months, and 30 percent over seven months in the Corn Belt. Eastern Belt leans longer on feed, while Western Belt has more cattle fed four to seven months.
A new winter wheat named Iobred Selection 73 from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station is offered to Iowa farmers for the first time. It matches War ToWin in yield and has a stiffer straw, with six bushels enough for five acres at 6.25 dollars FOB Ames. Orders should be sent to the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association in Ames, Iowa.
E L Humbert of Corning Iowa will receive the Achievement Percheron breeder award at the national Percheron show in St Paul Minnesota for fifty years of breeding and 444 registered purebred foals His grand champion stallion Egotist figures in the tribute as a portrait and silver loving cup honor are set to be unveiled at the August 30 banquet.
Odebolt, a Sac county town of 1388 residents, has paid off the final 15000 dollars of municipal indebtedness. The town has been out of debt for the first time since 1884, with 44500 dollars of debt retired over the last seven years.
Verna S recounts clear skin after using Ad levi ka with pimples gone and skin glowing. The ad claims the product cleanses both bowels and relieves temporary constipation that worsens complexion. Vander Linden's Drug Store.
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