FSA to Offer Long Term Loans for Farm Tenants in Marion County
Park Hammer, FSA supervisor of Marion County, announced that Marion County has been designated to participate in the tenant base program. The plan provides 40 year loans at 3 percent for selected farm tenants to purchase farms. A limited number of loans will be issued this year with applications due by August 31, judged on character, farming ability and experience. The exact funds for the county are not yet determined.
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Marion County
Park Hammer
Farm Security Administration Suervisor
Oxville
Secretary of Agriculture
FSA
Marion
Ivondale Buster
Hugo Steenhoek
Pella
John A. Wittenberg
R.F.D
Tenant Purchase Loans Aid Farmers in Marion County
A Tenant Purchase Advisory Committee of farmers will assist Park Hammer in Iowa's Tenant Purchase Program. Loans run up to 40 years at 3 percent interest with flexible repayment via annual net income, inspected farms, and support plans. Applicants judged by experience, ability, and character. deadline August 31, 1939.
Man Finds Bull Snake in Oats Field Near Boot Farm
Frank Boot hurried from the oats field carrying a large bull-snake. He placed it into a well-filled corn crib where the reptile entered the corn through an opening as if guided. Boot notes the snake will stay in the crib briefly and implies it will help him secure the rate.
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Frank Boot
Mr. Boot
Threshing Time Returns To Bethel Area Harvest
Farm locals report threshing underway near Bethel and Pella with the H G Bensink and Frank Boot farms active. Yielding about 30 to 40 bushels per acre on Frank Boot land, grain quality good, clover stands fair, and neighbors lending help during the week. Connie De Goey photographed oats in the issue.
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Bethel
Pella
H.G. Bensink
William Bogaards
Bensink
Connie de
Frank Boot
Albert Riets
John Vink
Good Quality Oats at Boot Farm Report
Orville Bensink and Virgil Boot stored oats at the Frank Boot farm on July 22. The grain quality was good with long straw and an estimated yield around thirty bushels per acre. Nearby east of the city a field yielded 50 bushels per acre, the highest reported.
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Frank Boot
Orville Bensink
Virgil Boot
Farming Pair Harvests Thirty Bushels Per Acre In Bethel
William Bogaards and Connie De Gosy worked for Henry G. Bensink in Bethel Saturday morning July 22. They combined oats, the machine recovered the crop quickly and cleanly. The yield reached about thirty bushels per acre with good quality and minimal straw left.
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William Bogaards
Connie de Gosy
Henry G. Bensink
Bethel
Neighbors Help Each Other as Farmers Face New Trends
A farm article notes 120 acres with a nice home and electricity. Frank Boot’s neighbors are described as good fellows who help one another, while the rise of the combine and tractor shifts independence away from neighbors.Boot captures a big bull snake after bundles, dangling it beside a corn crib opening.
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Frank Boot
Corn Fields and Chinch Bugs Haunt Bethel Area
The Bethel neighborhood and Pella report strong corn growth with tall stalks and dense stands. A. Den Adel farm suffers heavy damage from chinch bugs, while other farms show few pests. Oats yields are poor, grain prices low, and some fields go uncut as farmers salvage straw and rely on oats for hog feed. The old Weling home near Pella stands as a fading legend threatened by a past windstorm.
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Bethel
Pella
A. den Adel
William den Adel
den Adels
Bensink
Boot Farms
Aviation tips clash with crash near Iowa Minnesota line
Aviation experts advise beginners to fly high and fast while keeping a nose down on turns as Amateur Pilot Irving Engen and two passengers fell out of a turn at about 200 feet just north of the Iowa Minnesota line. The plane spun after the loss of control, with the fate of the occupants not disclosed in the fragment.
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Irving Engen
Iowa-Minnesota Line
Grant era handbill recalled by Sheldon resident
F C Kerc berg of Sheldon found an ancient section handbill used 67 years ago to remind voters to vote for Ulysses S Grant for president. The relic highlights historical campaigning practices and a link to Civil War era politics in the region.
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F. C. Kercberg
Sheldon
Ulysses S. Grant
The
United States
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Hammer
Suil
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Audubon
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Black Hawk
Clinton
LA Crosse, Wis
E Line McGregor, Iowa
Prairie du Chien, Wis
Gman
Standard Oil
Standard Soybean Mills
Centerville
Pella Supply Co
Oskaloosa Street
William E. Vande Voort
D. D. Rietveld
Bethel Road
van der Werff Farms
Galesburg Road
Welings
Tony DU Fasto
Peints
Lautenbach & Ver Dught
Lautenbach
Ver Dught
Wah
Seventh Street
Market Boulevard
Harry H O'Neill
MGR
St.Louis
Columban Steel Tank CO
Kansas City
Ulrich Motor Company
S. W. Corner Square
Pella, Iowa
Ford
Ford NS
Gilmore- Yosemite Run
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