Vocational agriculture trains young men for better farming
Vocational agriculture at the high school trains boys to become better farm managers. About 45 students are enrolled in three class groups freshman sophomore and junior senior with heavy emphasis on theory early and practical farming later. The program is state and federal funded with a supervised farm project and a 15 acre plot behind the loag building used for crop and fertilizer studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Hopp
Dorfs
Buerkens
Iowa State University
Voag
Delmer van Wyk
Vocational Agriculture
Vocational Agriculture Department
Blacktop
Sully
Killduff
Ruth Circle
Guernsey
B.F
Bangs
A.C. WD
A.C. CA
John Deere
J.D
A.C
Ottawa
Midwest
Wetmore
Lundell
Sears
Local FFA Chapter Emphasizes Leadership and Farm Tasks
The FFA aims to develop leadership, initiative, integrity and responsibility among members through monthly meetings and activities. They compete with Lynnville-Sully in pest control for points, with the loser hosting a chili supper. A recent project is the creation of a purebred gilt chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville-Sully
FFA
Pella hosts winter Vocational Agriculture night classes
Area farmers run an Adult Night Class organized by the Adult Farm Council to address local needs. Ten meetings a year cover topics from hog price guessing to insecticides and urban farm relations. February 10 closes the series with a final topic TBA. all area farmers invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Iowa State
Sylvester
Harold Gunderson
Art Johnson
Extension Service
Oskaloosa
Iowa
FFA
Christmas Greeting From Soil District Officials
The Soil District and Soil Conservation Service extend Christmas wishes to friends. They note Mrs. John G. Wilson has returned home and is recovering quickly from surgery at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil District
Soil Conservation Service
John G. Wilson
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Wildlife pond completed for L. T. Clark near Prairie City
A new one acre wildlife pond with over 25 feet depth is built for L. T. Clark in Mound Prairie township northeast of Prairie City. The cold weather prompts farm notes on meat storage and freezer care advising proper freezing times and temperature ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Clark
Prairie City
Mound Prairie Township
C. R. Kinney
Colfax
ASCS
Soil District Commissioners
A.C.P. County
Total County
Funds for ACP cost sharing in 1904 align with 1963 receipts
The available funds for the A.C.P. cost sharing in 1904 will correspond to amounts received in 1963, implying a tie between earlier allocations and later disbursements. This linkage affects budgeting and reporting for both years and suggests consistent funding levels across the two periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C.P
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glenn Heimstra
Vo-Ag
Delmar van Wyk
Keith de Bruin
Jerry van Wyk
Elwood Hanna
Eugene van Dusseldorp
Dave Swank
Chronicle News
Munich
Earl Pohlmann
Cook & Son Agency
Franklin Pella
Searsboro
Lynnville
Tainter
Sally Christian Reformed Church
Hampshire
Farrow
Farm Machinery & Wagons
Int
Oliver
Caswell
A.C. No
Kelly Ryan
New Idea
Felco Park
Siegler
Coronado
Andrew L. van Zee
1St State Bank
Earl & Bill Shields
Aucts
Jacob van Hal
Kellogg Savings Bank
New Sharon Road
North
Case
Fox
Gehl
A.C. Crawler
New Holland
Massey Ferguson
Briggs & Stratton Motor
Graham
Heider
Gosselink
Trinity Reformed Church
Suas Wen Dane
Dieleman
Vander Zyl Bros
Clerks
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