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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
2
The feature highlights John Keuning 160 acre Otley area farm where he wells water for cattle and feeds produce to his own stock. His reserved nature contrasts with a productive diverse approach that keeps fertility high and a strong local market for crops.
Kenning manages a busy farm and believes inoculated beans renew the soil when mixed with bacteria, kept cool and light free. He notes nodules on roots and collaborative ideal farming. The page features Texas Tilmas on an irrigated Hale Center farm near Plainview, describing grain, corn, cotton, and vegetables, with water from a shallow Texas river bed. In Iowa, corn harvest totals 9,688,000 acres, about 93 percent of last year’s area, per the Iowa Federal Crop Reporting Service.
On Thursday the farm posted thirty six hogs mostly Hampshire weighing 226 to 300 pounds plus. John keeps them due to poor market but expects sale when prices improve. Ninety Fall pigs roam the farm, crossbreds for Mr Kenning with Hereford male hogs and Hampshire sows yielding chunkier pigs. Cattle of all ages roam, calves raised yearly and fed steadily. A registered Hereford bull stands as stock improver. Several cows are noted.
A Hale Center, Texas note reports the Tilma family growing sweet potatoes in their garden about two pounds each and described as good. The passage also mentions nearby areas and people in a brief, local-garden scope.
The report notes yield per acre at six bushels, total production reaching 776,000 bushels, with 1832 crop at 609,507,000 bushels. It cites yields of 18.0 bushels as the next highest and provides annual averages for 1912 and 1938. Estimated total feed grain and forage tonnage this year stands near 24,?78,000 tons versus 25,539,000 last year and the 1928-7 ten year average of 21,632,000, attributing changes to reduced acreage and oats yield and less corn silage.
The note estimates an average chicken requires about 7 pounds of feed per month. This figure serves as a rough guideline for budgeting and farm planning, reflecting typical consumption for a laying hen under ordinary conditions.
A rural electrification short course will be held at Iowa State College February 12 and 13 during Farm and Home Week. Harold Beaty announces the program for REA project superintendents and private utility representatives in Iowa. It will focus on efficient electricity use on farms and in homes.
The article notes soybean acreage could grow again next year due to reduced AAA corn allotments, potentially shifting planting decisions and crop balance.
The article describes a modern corn crib with a metal roof and wire walls on the Kenning farm, lifted on cement piers for ventilation and rain protection. It notes 3500 bushels of corn, 1938 corn in a sealed crib, and economical floor space. Margaret tends two chicken houses housing 409 brown leghorns, with one house featuring a straw loft and cement floor. John Kenning markets soybeans grown with a harvest-ready supply, owning a combine and planning more beans next season with Illini and Mukden varieties.
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