22 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
1
Buzzing in Pella centers on a modern tractor with many gadgets. Farmers report hybrid corn variability and warn buyers to thoroughly test claims before planting. Storms damaged corn in Fifield and Cornie Kuiken fields, while Henry Van Steenwyk builds a massive wind‑proof barn near Howell station.
The account highlights farm work near Pella with Gerrit Van Andel and others sawing timber on buck saws, including large maple branches, plus notes on aging farmers aiding kin on distant fields. It covers corn sealing challenges with rat infestations, rat dogs, poisons, and the need to clean seed storage before spring, and ends with the Delos Vander Waal farm harvesting four thousand bushels for feed rather than sale.
School figure Yella Z Menninga completed a 26 by 30 foot corn crib with feed bins and central drive space. A second new crib on the Ben De Vries place one mile west of Leighton on the gravel road was filled with new corn a week ago. Clarence Mathes operates a saw rig in the woodland field near Howell station.
Light weight, poor quality oats can profitably be fed to broad sows says C C Culbertson of Iowa State College. Inferior oats raised in Iowa in 1938 have little market value. Light oats will probably be too bulky to keep sows in condition if not properly managed.
The article advises placing oats in self-feeders for sows and supplementing with at least one pound of corn per hog daily along with a protein mix. It suggests substituting soybean oilmeal for linseed oilmeal in the Trinity mix, and notes sows may eat from half to 1 pound of the mix daily, with limits on roughage intake and guidance on tankage use.
Older boys attending the annual 4 H Boys Short Course and Convention at Iowa State college December 27 29 will specialize in one of a dozen agricultural subjects. Discussions on agricultural engineering poultry dairy swine beef cattle soils farm crops horses sheep and the dairy industry will be offered the second and third days. Each boy may attend classes in more than one subject. A third day insight into how the Experiment Station analyzes problems will be provided. Livestock and crops judging contests are planned with individual championships to be selected. The junior boys 15 and younger will focus on discussions and demonstrations.
A 3 day program features lectures on livestock production fruit and vegetable growth and milk product manufacture with speakers including J O Christianson and Dr. David Wall. Main guest is 4-H banquet speaker J O Christianson and R K Bliss presiding as the school hosts record attendance at the event.
Members and club leaders are expected to number between 1,300 and 1,500, according to organizers. The estimate signals broad participation and potential for a large turnout at upcoming events.
Duplicate social security cards were issued at a rapid pace in October with about 815 duplicates to Towans and 7,649 new numbers assigned. Workers should request duplicates rather than new numbers and keep the number in a safe place. Duplicates available at social security offices in Des Moines Waterloo Davenport and Sioux City. Christmas dinner tips note adding seafood cocktail with hot cheese sprinkled toasts as an example.
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