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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1942
Page
3
Local column preserves many names and places from a broad set of travels and visits. People from Pella, Grand Haven, Winona, and Zeeland scattered through Michigan and Indiana appear, with positions, job changes, and family happenings noted, including a church event, school postings, and a factory award.
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Agricultural notice advises adjusting threshing machines when beans are grown in beans. It describes using different pullers and sieves, slowed threshing cylinder speed, tractor PTO adjustments, and gear modifications to prevent bean damage and improve straw movement during threshing.
Wartime era farming notes emphasize proper plow tuning. Guidance covers plow depth, coulter wear, rolling counters, and drawbar alignment to minimize sidedraft, plus use of a chain or wire to control trash and ensure a clean furrow.
A series of 70 clock dinner meetings on livestock feeding amid war shortages will run from August 1 to September 4 in Storm Lake Manon City Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Atlantic. Leathers of the Des Moines committee says dealers must adjust feeding programs to balance grain and forage and to preserve rations. Speakers include Rex Beresford C Y Canon and J T Wilcke of Iowa State College.</s>
Eric Patterson Farm announces scarce new farm implements as War Production Board aims to divert 60,000 tons of metal to armed forces by cutting new machinery to about 25 percent of normal output. Farmers urged to protect existing equipment with three rules: frequent lubrication and checks, secure and adjust drawbars, replace torn parts promptly to prevent chain damage, emphasizing lubrication and careful maintenance.
Prices for tankage and corn make soybean meal a profitable substitute in hog protein supplements. Well cooked soybean meat works best. raw or partially cooked soybeans are less desirable. Soybean meal offers about two thirds the protein of tankage and reduces corn needs when used with protein supplements.
Poultry expert warns non laying hens drain high priced feed and should be culled. Yellow skin and dull plumage signal molting. productive hens keep bright red combs and normal beak color.
The excerpt notes the beak turning yellow signals leg issues and Vernon urges flock owners to keep a wire catching hook for careful flock inspection to identify hens not laying eggs.
Poem by John Bud Packham in the Wake Chicago Tribune reflects a soldier’s prayer on duty. It honors God, country, sacrifice, and the hope that freedom endures for loved ones and future generations.
We thank friends and relatives for kind acts during his illness and after his death. Special thanks to Rev. R. J. Vanden Borg and Rev. John Van de Ploeg for their assistance and consolation. Floral tokens of regard and expressions of sympathy gratefully acknowledged. Mrs. Mary Van Veen and Children Herman Van Veen.
Economists forecast a large rise in protein crops including soybeans and peanuts boosting the vegetable protein supply for livestock feed. Increased acreages, higher storage needs, and potential processor squeeze may prompt government plans to move meals to feeders at reduced prices while farmers expect ample protein feed at reasonable costs.
A catalog style note listing books by May Lamberton Becker Emily Post Helen Topping Miller and Franklin K Mathiews. Includes The Boy Scouts Book of Adventurous Youth and Dust of the Trail by Bennett Foster with praise of their appeal to boys. Mentions honey ants and their unusual weight gain on honeydew.
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