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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
1
Rural notes describe widespread oat harvest activity last Thursday in July. Farmers used binders and tractors, with many fields cut and shocks standing. some windrowed fields show work in progress amid rural activity and local farming names.
The Heyveld couple near a farm field planted twenty acres of corn on May seventeenth using a tractor and planer. Mrs Heyveld helped drive the tractor, ride the planter, and guide cultivation, while Gary oversaw drilling and avoiding erosion. They report a good stand of red clover and timothy, eight cows to milk, andHopeful yields as field work winds down. They express readiness to cooperate with soils conservation and plan future contour planting on slopes.
The Heyveld couple live on the A. C. Van Houweling farm between Leighton and Olivet on a by-road. Their hollow tile house is furnace heated and electrically served, with Mrs Heyveld formerly Mae Den Adel enjoying an electric stove refrigerator and running water to ease housekeeping.
Returning to the house in the dooryard, a photo captures M Hesveld with her pet Pal, a white Spitz performing tricks. The Heyveld home is a two floor tile house with furnace heat running water electricity an electric stove and refrigerator. Water pumps to the stock tank automatically. Mae's mother Mrs John Den Adel resides with them Gary built a neat front picket fence. The hour with the Heyvelds was pleasant and the whale farm neat and well run, all under control.
Iowa's 1944 potato crop will be much smaller than 1943 due to excessive rainfall delaying planting and hardening soil, causing shallow roots. Extension horticulturist C. L. Fitch cites poor nutrition from the conditions and warns that heat will worsen leaf burn and halt growth amid a heavy leaf hopper population.
Fitch notes moisture causes more potato losses than heat and outlines twenty rules for growing in cool soil, stressing surface drainage and deep roots. He says best yields come after a wet fall and dry spring with moderate late rains and offers bulletins via extension directors or vocational instructors.
Inbreeding hogs show potential for larger litters and heavier weights, says TL Jash at Tawa State College Agricultural Experiment Station. Crossbreeding plans suggest three to four inbred lines could yield near-commercial sows and improve total litter weight, with ongoing feasibility and cost questions.
Mahaska County Extension Director U Storey urges shade or wallows for hogs on pasture to prevent heat stress and fatalities. Ex tension swine expert BE L Quaife says 200 feet suffices for 100 hogs with a four foot high shade that air circulates beneath. Build with posts crosspieces and use hay or brush for cover, dust management via oil or water to reduce sneezing and coughing.
The Department of Agriculture reports farm fires average 8,500 deaths and $100 million in property losses each year. Main causes include defective chimneys, sparks on roofs, lightning, spontaneous combustion, careless matches, gasoline and kerosene use, faulty stoves and furnaces, and faulty wiring. Isolated farm families suffer serious losses with distant help.
The War Beach Administration reports easing fertilizer controls by banning certain organic nitrogene compounds and limiting materials such as tun, fish scrap, and marine pest contents. Regions see reduced restrictions as officials push for safer, regulated use in agriculture. A separate notice describes livestock deaths on the Lloyd Shaul farm near Van Horne from clay pies left in a weeded pasture used as a trap shooting ground, due to bitter tasting clay fragments.
The Southern Town Fox Hunters association announces its annual meet in Lovilia timed with fall festivals on August 24 25 and 26. A business session in Alhia last Saturday saw unanimous votes to return to Lovilia, with officers and board members named including Swartz Albin and Pierce.
The powder comprises multiple drugs or chemicals, some plant based, targeting roundworms and fungi. It includes ingredients that act as stimulants and possess specific actions on mold forming organisms, indicating a broad therapeutic or pesticidal use.
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