03 Jul 1941
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1941
Page
1
A compact ad notes the DeLuxe tire offers economy and safety with a lifetime guarantee against defective material or workmanship and a 12 month guarantee against road hazards. It claims superior durability after a Florida Road Test and promises lower running costs for consumers.
Chronicle staff photographed farms on June 19 near Galesburg road. Ralph Grundman’s alfalfa field and new Ver Meer barn were featured along with the Kloosterman children and their pet pig Buddy. Harland Walraven tended corn with four horses as water erosion reshaped a gully, explained by his father’s straw and manure management.
Ivondale Buster No 24075 is a Belgian Draft Stallion with garrel in color and a white facial stripe extending to the nose. Both front legs white to below knees and hind legs white to below hocks. Owner John Wittenburg and keeper Hugo Steenhoek. Fee 12 dollars with 2 dollars bred land balance due when colt is led. Service on your farm at four percent miles northwest of Polls.
Harold Walraven moves a cultivator across a corn field by four powerful horses. He must guide the team carefully, especially at row turns, to ensure even growth while alfalfa stands tall in the background. The scene highlights rural farming methods and animal-powered labor on a June day.
The article describes corn stands on farms of Walraven, Van Steenis, and Hemert, noting clean fields, alfalfa yields, and caution about cutworms. It highlights planting on Memorial Day and May 80th as strategies to avoid pests, with Van Steenis’ impressive horse team and care for animals. Audience is urged to heed practical farming lessons from experienced neighbors.
Farmers report rapid corn growth after heavy rain with yellow kernels turning dark green and thick root stalks. Krizer Seed Farm owner Krier calls for up to 100 detasslers as fields look good with fertilizer use improving soil. Oats harvest nears under hay program as Vanguard oats seed studies show varying longevity in yields.
Mr and Mrs Gerrit Den Hartog raise three Hereford baby beeves while son Eugene lists a market litter of crossbred pigs. Donald Van Raalen, son of Mr and Mrs Van Haalen, brings five purebred Angus beeves. Willys Vande Voort reports purebred Duroc Jersey hogs. Pauline Tysseling and Frances De Bruin contribute Hereford beeves and Belgian colt, with Marvin Van Gorp's four lambs including a ram and three ewes of purebred Shropshires.
Fourteen projects showcase Hereford baby beef Holstein dairy heifer and pig ventures by Vander Linden Blom Ver Ploeg Hoksbergen and others. Club leaders Don Rinner and Myron Nollen praised the group noting strong hands on learning, cost tracking and feed studies while promising fuller reports and pictures in The Chronicle this summer.
An American traveler questions a sentry about reciting the second verse of The Star Spangled Banner. The exchange ends with the sentry insisting the traveler proceed. The scene evokes a military setting and the mention of American Legion Magazine.
Iowa reported a new all time production record as about 1.4 million dairy cows contributed to the May output. The record reflects higher milk yields and herd counts across counties, with farmers attributing gains to improved feeding and management practices.
A group including Club members, some parents, Club Agent Don Rinner and leader Myron Nollen toured fourteen projects on twelve farms near the Des Moines River on Thursday June 26. The day began at 8 AM at the Van Lint farm with Shorthorn cattle, continued by noon with a Park lunch, and resumed for an afternoon tour ending near four. The project list included Dwight Mathes three baby beeves and three heifer calves, Edward Van Zante two baby beeves and Hereford, and Gerald Van Zante's market pigs among others.
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