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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
6
Community news from Pella Iowa and nearby towns covers hospital entries and discharges Mercy Hospital Oskaloosa and Mahaska Hospital notes and travel reports. Colleen Renaud attends Columbia University. Marcia Kuyper visits from New York City. Local couples buy homes and prepare for moves to Japan and Wisconsin as military families relocate.
Dr. Shambaugh explains history as deciphering palimpsest records. Des Moines Capital and Register praise the magazine as readable and artistic. By 1950 its format expanded with more illustrations and 327 authors contributed 1,412 articles, fueling ongoing exploration of Iowa's past for a growing readership.
July 1 1955 crop report from the Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes generally favorable prospects across the state. Corn production is estimated at 620,426,000 bushels, about 15 percent above 1954, with oats down 4 percent and hay up 7 percent, potentially a record hay crop if soybean acreage is used for beans. first soybean production estimate due August 1.
The message notes 1954 harvests totaling bushels with a 10-year average of 205,027,000. Planted acreage stands at 5,697,000 acres, 6 percent below 1954 and about 1 percent under the 10-year average of 5,730,000. Oats harvest began small scale by July 1 in southern areas. Soybeans reach a new high planting of 2,223,000 acres, surpassing 1964’s 2,150,000 and the 10-year average of 1,685,000. the crop is planted early with strong growth, showing promise. The season’s outcome will be assessed as of August 1.
Hay and pasture production are estimated at 7,291,000 tons from 3,972,000 acres with a anticipated yield of 1.84 tons per acre. The figure would set a record vs 6,793,000 tons in 1954 and the 10-year average of 5,763,000. Pasture conditions fell in June due to moisture shortfalls, with rains in late June and early July aiding grass growth. July 1 pasture condition stood at 89 percent of normal, above 87 percent last year but below the 95 percent 10-year average.
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