Noted Sully Growth Amid Civic Pride and Farm Details
A field report from Sully describes a bustling real estate scene with four new houses planned, a clean, orderly town reflecting strong civic pride, and a future gymnasium projected for the public school. At Ben Ver Steegh’s Sully-area farm, which sits along the Pella REA line, the family tended a diversified operation with Duroc hogs, calves, sheep, and a few dairy calves, plus a salvaged barn, hay berg, wells, and a cave for storage. the farm spans 100 acres with 15 acres permanent pasture, an orchard, and a frost-affected apple year noted.
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Sully
Donald Ver Steegh's Hayberg House On Farm Yard
Children convert a former broader house into a play house in the Ver Steegh farm yard. Farm kids enjoy the simple structure while city children miss playgrounds. The hayberg, once common, remains on the old farm though few survive now. The piece notes the structure is over thirty years old and still sound.
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Alva Nadine
Kenneth LeRoy
Vernon Eugene
Donald
Alva
Children's Playhouse
Ben
Donald Ver Steegh
Children’s Playhouse
Ver Steegh
Ver Steegh Farm Showcases Duroc Hogs
Jonas Ver Steegh praises his Duroc hogs on the farm noting they are close to the ideal body and shape with good coats and flesh. His spring crop of pigs will be farrowed by nine sows.
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Jonas Ver Steegh
Ben
Steegh
Hampshire
Farm Visit Highlights Sweet Clover as Green Manure Tool
The Chronicle farm page reports Ben’s use of sweet clover to boost corn yields on thin soils and notes his preference for locating clover away from the home yard. Ver Stoogh has abandoned alfalfa but grows red clover. a second cutting helps with scent and leaf retention. The piece stresses AAA program involvement and aims to share practical farming ideas with local readers.
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Ben
Ile
Chronicle
Farmers Price Index Up 10 Pct In Past Month
The Iowa price report shows the index of prices received by Iowa farmers for commodities rose to 116 percent of the 1909-14 average for the month ending January 15. Prices paid by farmers for all living and production items rose to 127 percent, lifting the prices received to prices paid ratio to 91 percent, the most favorable since October 1087.
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Iowa
Iowa Co-operative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Farm commodities rise except butterfat and eggs January 1941
Prices for most farm commodities climbed for the month ending January 15 1941 led by hogs with the average price per cwt rising 2.30 and over 40 percent. Butterfat and egg prices fell more than usual seasonally while feed grain costs pushed up poultry and dairy ration costs. The horn remained at 16.1 the best since October 1939.
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Towa
Marion County Club Lambs Sold at Western Lamb Feeding Pro
Sixty four lambs fed by Marion County club members were sold in the Western Lamb Feeding Project at Wisdom Yards Des Moines on January 25. Lambs were graded into blue red and white ribbon groups with Billy Hanna owning most blues and reds. Bath Packing Company Waterloo bought all lambs at 11.10 per cwt for blues and 10.85 for reds. Billy Hanna also had fifth place lambs in the pre sale class. Lambs were purchased in October.
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Marion County Club
Western
Wisdom Yards
Des Moines
Billy Hanna
Florence
Vera Mae Finarty
Finarty
Slim Rations for Netherlanders under Nazi Rule
A letter from Deventer Netherlands to Alton recounts minuscule rations for Netherlanders under Nazi occupation. Four ounces of meat and one egg weekly, half an ounce tea and half a pound coffee monthly, one pound fat per week, and butter at $1.15 per pound, all marked by a German censor seal.
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Holland
H. W. Klein
Alton
John Klein
Deventer
Netherlands
Theft Leaves Villisca Needy Without Christmas Relief
A report from Villisca notes theft deprived local families of Christmas aid. Needy residents depended on the donated bas relief program, but criminal activity disrupted distribution and left households without planned gifts or food supports. Investigators seek leads and community groups urge continued generosity.
Break‑in at Willisea High School Stages Theft of Food Funds
A break in at Willisea High School saw about 70 dollars stolen, including funds intended to buy food baskets for the Girl Reserves. Police are investigating the motive and suspects.
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Willisea High School
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Arie DE Vries
Pba van Maanen
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Eddyville Sale, CO
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Northwest Corner Square
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M. Nanktgeboren
Market St. Oskaloosa
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V.ie
Pettit & Worth
O. K. Flaugh
Reasnor, Iowa
General Electric
Wormhoudt & Son
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