Tomatoes Rally As Farmers Rest Between Seasons
Last weekend local farming folk rested between chores while tomato growers on Cornie Vanden Baard farm worked a five and a half acre patch with four young women and Cornie picking over fifty baskets in a day. Weather hurt local cannery fields with late sun and cool nights, rot, worms, and heavy soil reducing yields. Cornie expects seven tons per acre as repairs progress on a home rebuilt after an early fire. the couple remain hopeful about farming and community support.
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Cornie Vanden
Cornie
Vanden Baards
Connie Vanden Baard
Elsie van Dene
Vanden Baard
Carl Smith
Maxine Robertus
Cornelia Ven Oene
Hardest Workers Buy 100 Acre Iowa Farm for Diversified Venture
The Klein family on Van Zante farm near Galesburg road diversifies with dairy cows sheep hogs and produce amid corn damage from chinch bugs. Gilbert Klein tends marigolds and zinnias while pigs weigh near 100 pounds. the farm uses horses not a tractor and has a strong water system. Peter Van Zante oversees the 101 acre rolling land with ample pasture as AAA coordinator P E Vermeer notes misunderstandings persist about farming plans.
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Vanden Board
van Zante
Tunis Klein
Galesburg Road
Kleins
Gilbert
Mr. Klein
Klein Place
Peter’ van Zante
East Washington Street
Weedy farms spark debate over corn loans and tenancy
The Sioux County News notes the Tunis Klein farm near Pella and a Grinnell Herald-Register critique of tenant farming as weeds overrun many fields. A Grinnell editorial urges limits on land per farmer to curb neglect and protect neighbor farms while discussing Nebraska Iowa corn loan issues and price fairness for grain.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Dan Dieleman
Mac
Grinnell Herald-Register
Corn Surplus Fears Market Uncertainty For Farmers
The piece notes corn owned by AAA remains unsold to consumers, unpaid and surplus, with only 15 percent leaving the farm yearly. It warns that high corn prices raise fear and uncertainty among feeders, who often market corn on hoof, and questions whether a government corner on corn is entirely beneficial.
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Waterset Madisonian
AAA
First Hybrid Seed Corn Picked at Marion Aug 26
The National Hybrid Corn Company reports the first load of contracted hybrid seed corn delivered to its Anamosa Iowa plant by Frank Frederick of Marion Linn County Iowa. The event marks possibly the earliest commercial hybrid seed gathering. Frederick planted April 29 and is using an early maturing cold resistant variety. Critics note seed production rose modestly this year but less than prior years.
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National Hybrid Corn Company
Anamosa
Towa
Frank Frederick
Marion
Linn County
Anamosh
Iowa
Frederick
C. B. F. Michel
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
U. S
Illinois
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Majority of Farmers Here to Hold Sealed Corn
In Marion county, more than half of farmers with corn under seal for federal loans notified Secretary A. R. Rees that they will reseal their corn. Accordingly, less than half will deliver the corn in payment of their loans.
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Credit Corporation
Iowa
Marion
Knoxville
Commodity Credit Corporation
Henry A. Wallace
Marion County
A. R. Rees
The
Agricultural Conservation Association
Otley School District Budget Hearing Notice
The Otley School District Board in Summit Township Marion County Iowa will meet on September 11 1939 at 7 30 p m at the School House Taxpayers may be heard for or against the proposed expenditures estimate The notice is signed by W A Vriezelaar as clerk or secretary of the district
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Otley
Summit Township
Marion County
Towa
W. A. Vriezelaar
Professor Sadler Opens Fall Piano Classes this Week
Professor Sadler begins fall piano teaching this week with students of varied ages from multiple nearby towns. His class in this Chronicle issue invites interested pupils to join from surrounding communities.
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Sadler
the Chronicle
Desirable to Put Lime on in Fall Says Ames Man
B M Kilpatrick agronomist Iowa State Extension says fall lime on acid soils benefits next year's legumes. Finely ground limestone dissolves slowly, should be worked into topsoil six months to a year before seeding. TVA farms show excellent results. fall avoids spring rush and quarry demand. Send soil samples to county agents or ISU Agronomy Dept. Water main rupture noted with large water loss.
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B. M. Kilpatrick
Iowa State College
Kilpatrick
TVA
Agronomy
Towa State College
Britt man’s wartime bond yields daughter’s wedding news
Willard Jones of Britt who adopted a seven year old girl in Luxembourg during World War I kept in touch after returning to America. He sent money for her education. They lost contact eight years ago but Jones recently received a letter revealing his daughter’s happy marriage.
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Luxembourg
France
Germany
Willard Jones
Britt
America
Jones
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