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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
8
On a Friday after Thanksgiving the Nollen farm near Pella hosted Elmer Nollen and family as they discussed land divisions and the town road that divides tillable fields from pasture. The piece notes Holland immigration roots, the 1840s Welle land, and Elmer’s son Myron excelling in 4-H cattle, with Chicago Livestock Show success and Angus lineage highlighted.
Myron Nollen, owner of a commodious farm home three miles west of Pella on highway 163, prize winning stock. The house was home to Mr and Mrs Nollen until last March when their son Elmer married Marie Wanders and they moved in. Elmer’s parents now live at 710 Jefferson street, Pella. Mr Nollen has health issues requiring doctor visits and hospital care. Rich Lautenbach of Pella built the house 13 or 14 years ago after advising new construction rather than remodeling the old structure. A fatal accident occurred on the curve between the Nollen and Hoxper farms three to four years ago involving a traveling salesman and a firm member from Minneapolis, when their car and a truck collided in the ditch. Elmer helped move the injured to a doctor.
A Des Moines state fair report highlights Rev Marion Nollen pastor of a Lafayette Ind church and family members including Elmer, Dorothy, Herman, Myron, Albert, Louis, Catherine in California, and Grace Vande Kieft. Amoung radio repair passion and farm progress, remarks on ministers busy lives and cautions about in car radios lead to opinions on modern invention.
The article discusses opinions on farm work versus machinery experience and contrasts driving a Model T with gear shift cars. It notes concern about rising road deaths due to more motor vehicles and traffic congestion, with Mrs. Nollen commenting on California, and details about Mr. Nollen’s ill health and family life on the farm in Iowa.
Large turnout for local night school with January 3, 1938, 7 20 p m session in the high school agriculture room. Topic will be fencing problems on the farm including fence post life, construction, and related issues with a live electric fence demonstration and a film. Seventy farmers attended prior meetings, class size growing, open to all farms and friends for a free evening session.
Marion County 4-H holds its annual Short Course in conjunction with the state 4-H Corn Club show on December 28 29 and 30. Boys should notify the Farm Bureau by Friday December 24 to attend. Each boys club should have a representative present. The program will split attendees into older and younger groups to tailor activities.
D L Espe of Iowa State College dairy science advises keeping calves hungry to signal health. If digestive issues occur, skip a feeding or offer warm water, castor oil, and bismuth subnitrate. ensure ample water, salt, and roughage to prevent constipation. For calves six months old on major dairy breeds, plan at least 80 pounds whole milk, 400 pounds skim milk, 400 pounds grain, and 500 pounds hay, with potential gains by doubling milk and boosting grain. Milk feeding should continue for 10 days to 2 weeks and may extend beyond small calves.
A nutrition guide notes that about three quarters of a pound of milk per ten pounds of live weight daily is satisfactory, with up to fourteen pounds not excessive. After finishing whole milk, calves should eat grain, preferably hulled oats at under a month old, then ground whole oats after. More grain is needed when fed skim milk, and once skim milk is reduced a ration of four parts ground corn four parts ground oats one part linseed oilmeal and alfalfa or clover hay may be given. Do not dilute milk with water if the calf is scouring, although warm water between meals may help.
Public sale dates are announced for Arie Vander Waal located miles northeast of Pella and for Arnold De Bruin with bidding set on January 5.
Closing out sale announced for Jan 19 near Pella by John F. Van Gorp five miles northeast of Pella. Jan 20 sale by Dick Schimmel five miles southwest of Tracy.
The National Patriotic Council offers to cover forty percent of total costs for military schools and related programs. Applicants should submit their requirements educational background and references from pastors teachers and local leaders of patriotic groups. It notes Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington Missouri as a favored placement and asks if the reader is interested.
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