State to stock private farm ponds with native fish
The 51st General Assembly authorized the State Conservation Commission to stock privately owned farm ponds with native fish. Ponds must be at least half an acre with water depth and watershed thresholds, be fenced to exclude livestock, and meet additional criteria. Stocking sources include state hatcheries and inland rescues, with up to four species such as largemouth bass and bluegill.
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51St
General Assembly
State Conservation Commission
Soil Conservation Service Offee
State Conservation Commisson
Des Moine Fish Pond
Insurance and savings advertisement by WM. Difleman
An insurance notice from WM. Difleman of Sully Iowa offers farm and city property insurance plus crop and automobile coverage. It urges immediate enrollment in various lines and suggests starting a savings account with life insurance for retirement income. Call 60 or write P. O. Box 146 for a visit.
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Sully
WM. Difleman
Turkeys On Aalbers Farm Near Pella In Open Range
On a farm west of Pella the Aalbers raise turkeys in two large houses with bedding. Four week old poults are moved in and out to fresh feed as they grow. By Thursday the 5th the birds weighed 12 to 13 pounds with a 14 pound largest, hens to market in about thirty days and toms later. Cornelia Aalbers and neighbors assist in the operation.
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Pella Tive
Aalbery
Gysbert Aalbers
Pella
Gyabert Aalbers
Cornelia Mae Aalbers
Bobbie Klein
Jerry Harvey
Paul Lewis Named Morrells Cattle Buyer in Oskaloosa
John Morrell & Co appoints Paul Lewis of Oskaloosa to cattle buying department effective June 25, overseeing R E OConnell chief cattle buyer. Lewis, an independent cattle buyer for 13 years, will continue contacting local producers and managing two nearby farms while remaining in Oskaloosa with his family.
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Lewis
Oskaloosa
Tive
R.E. O'Connell
Morrell’s
Jacob Ver Meer
Pella
Iowa
John Morrell & Co
Bob O'Connell
Morrell
Mr. Ver Meer
Postponed Field Days Set for July 16 18
The postponed Field Days at the Soil Experimental Farm in Page County will run July 16 to 18. W N Pierre head of the Agronomy Department at Town State College said each day targets different soil regions. Visitors will see crop rotation and soil conservation experiments, new legumes and grasses, fertilization responses, mature grain trials, and farm machine exhibits. Lunch will be served and speakers include H N Kildee on July 16 Clyde Spry on July 17 and D D Smith on July 18. Three Iowa soil conservation leaders and regional farmers will also speak on successive days.
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Soili
Page County
W. N. Pierre
Towa State College
Marshall Soil Area
Knox
Sharpsburg
H. N. Kildee
Town State College
Clyde Spry
Des Moines
D. D. Smith
Columbia
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
J. F. Wearin, Jr
Hastings
Don Anderson
Honey Creek
Ted Turner
Corning
News from the Home for the Aged in July visits and arrivals
Chaplain J C Hock endyk of the Netherlands spoke to inmates about the Netherlands. Two new inmates, Mr and Mrs Albert Van Heukelem, arrived July 3. Birthday observance for Leendert Langstraat at age 82 on July 8. Multiple visitors from Peoria Otley Grand Rapids Newton Minneapolis and others called on residents including Mrs P De Jong Mrs G Bosma and the Langstraat family.
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J. C. Hockendyk
Netherlands
Albert van Heukelem
Leendert Langstraat
P. Jonker
Tom Vander Hart
John de Jong
Peoria
Late Summer Garden Tips From Iowa State College
Practical advice for extending garden production with quick-maturing vegetables. Harvest peas early, plant a second crop, and replace radishes and lettuce promptly. For July plantings, focus on carrots beets sweet corn nap beans cucumbers and possibly cabbage in early July. Northern Iowa dates earlier. southern dates later. Protect young plants from sun wind and rain, water furrows if dry, and use mulch around tomatoes to boost yields and reduce weeding.
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Iowa
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Delmar van Horn, Jr
Jefferson, Iowo
Farmall
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
Plains States
Seaboard
America
International Harvester
International Harvester Company
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Illinois
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Stentz
An Istraat
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Dick Langstraat
Henry Wns Childdren
Peter van Ham
Me Peter Pot
John de Dong
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Re van Way
Leendert Tauuvstraat
Meo
C. Vanden Berg
Newton
Sarah van Ryswyk
Fred A. Mapeske
Minneapolis
Minn
Ne Wild
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Mra. Leen
Victory Garden
Lowa
State College
Equitable Life of
Warner Vande Voort
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Pella National Bank of
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Federal Reserve Bank
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Boss
Marion
Ss. I. C. Smorenberg
C. Smorenberg
Samuel Ver Steeg
C. F. Dykstra Dbe
Bee Haan
Lautenbach & Ver Dught
Jacob J. Ver Meer
Ver Meer
Morrell Jay
Jown Morrell & CO
Ottumwa
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