Willis Vande Voort: hogs, cattle output and market view
Willis Vande Voort runs about 7500 hogs and 200 cattle a year on 70 acres near Pella Iowa. He criticizes the beef import problem and consumer fat consciousness while outlining his year round field housing for hogs, feeding regimes and self grinding cattle rations. He plans next year to grow crops on hog houses site, with cattle fed on corn oats and silage and managed with an auger bank and silo system. The piece also covers broader fertilizer history from guano to postwar fertilizer growth and current regional usage trends.
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National Livestock Feeders Association
Vande Voort
van de Vort
Pella
Willis
van de Voort
Dennis Roozeboom
Fertilizer History Traces Growth From Manure to Industry
The article surveys the rise of fertilizers from early organic theory and farm manures to the 20th century boom in commercial production. It notes Missouri farmers' past reliance on natural inputs, the shift toward mineral and artificial fertilizers, and plans in 1961-62 for several multi million dollar plants along the Mississippi River, signaling the sector’s emerging economic importance. It also credits pioneers like Von Thaer Boussingault and Davy for foundational ideas about soil nutrients and ammonia.
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Justus von Liebig
Dept. of Agriculture
Patent Office
Liebig
Nebraska
Missouri
Mississippi River
Iowa
Ilinois
Sir Humphry Davy
Davy
Fertilizer Industry Growth in Six-State Region
The 1958 census shows six states had 95 fertilizer plants with about 2,150 workers. Georgia alone had 86 plants employing around 2,465. Rising population at home and abroad should boost demand for farm products and fertilizers, signaling fertilizer manufacturing as an increasingly important regional industry.
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Georgia
4-H Richland Rustlers Hold December Meeting
Delmar Van Wyk presided at the Richland Rustlers business session on December 19. Pins for a year of 4-H work distributed, record book inserts planned for next year, and baby beeves weighed December 28 on members’ farms. Southern Iowa Fair Aug 4-8 was announced, swine projects reminded to reach market weight by then.
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Dan Bartelam
Delmar van Wyk
Richland Rustlers
Gerrit J. Roose
David Vos
Reisetter
Mahaska County Extension Service
Keith Roozeboom
John Vande Voort
Magnusson
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Oskaloosa
Cake Decoration Is Hobby Of Mrs Willis Vande Voort
Mrs Willis Vande Voort and her sister Dorothy Vande Voort run a busy farm life. Dorothy helps with pig vaccinations and home redecorating while Willis handles farm tasks and occasional painting. The Vander Voorts have three children Mike Jim and Peg ages 12 11 and 8.
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Vande Voort
Pella
Willis
Chronicle News
Vande Voorts
Willis Vande Voort
Mike
Peg
Jim
Dorothy Vande Voort
Dorothy
Vander Vort’s
Farm page preview features Kieth Hopp at Pella HS
Next week's farm page highlights Kieth Hopp vocational agriculture instructor at Pella Community High School discussing the FFA and vocational agriculture program. The Chronicle welcomes feature ideas on area farmers and ways to improve farm coverage.
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Kieth Hopp
Pella Community High School
Unusual Screech Owl Spots Clear Lake Business District
A screech owl surprised shoppers in Clear Lake as it perched on Christmas decorations before returning to the sidewalk. It lingered for hours in front of a supermarket, startling a customer when it briefly landed on the walk and then flew away.
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Clear Lake
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Sally Christian School
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Kewanee Harrow
Kewanee
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