Local families host visits and travels across Iowa and beyond
Mr and Mrs Ernest Hunt of Thesevering California visit the HH idler home. Lois Van Zee prepares for Navy internship in Pensacola after graduating. Donald Breisch pursues Iowa master’s work while Gene Van Zee earns a medical degree and heads to Navy internship in Florida. Many neighbors attend hospital visits, funerals, church services, and plan trips to Holland and Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hunt
Thesevering
California
Hunt
Sadler
C. W. Muyskens
Piisren Mudy
Lois
Paty
Annville
Wil N. Bogaard
Lena Witzenburg
Hiter
Pella
Gene van Zee
Iowa City
Gene
A. K. van Zee
Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Dick Caddock
Sue
Dayle
Dickie
Johnnie of Ames
Meyer Langerak
Wilbur Vos Ofgal
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
Gertrude van Hemert
Mercy
Mahaska Hospital
Hattie van Gorp
Otley
H. Vroom
Tracy
Schutte
Tracy Chr
G. Ryke
Peter Swank
Howard Rankin
Wellaburg
Kneer
Lois Vanden Berg
R. J. Vanden Berg
Second Reformed Church
Farmers Embrace New Terrace Designs in Iowa
Iowa farmers show rising interest as revised terrace standards expand land usability. Ted Willrich of Iowa State College notes terraces spaced farther apart with lower heights and wider bases suit diverse slopes, aided by contractor growth and federal cost share. Despite gains, 500000 miles of terraces remain needed statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ted Willrich
Iowa State College
Willrich
ASC
Wheat Support Rate Set for Marion County 1956
The minimum price support for wheat grown in Marion County in 1956 is fixed at $2.12 per bushel. statewide rates vary by county from $2.10 to $2.20, with the 1956 crop supported at 82 percent of parity against a national average of $2.06 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Merril L. Robuck
ASC
1955 Wheat Price Support Rates Island Marion County
Government price support details for 1955 crops in Marion county including wheat parity, minimum base rates, and loan terms. Notes basic county rates for Grade No 1 wheat with premiums and discounts for other classes, acre allotments, and harvest time loans through January 31, 1956 maturing March 31, 1956. Also lists 1955 rates for barley oats rye flaxseed and grain sorghum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Parity-based farm support rates for 1964 crops
The document notes flaxseed at 65 percent of parity and 1964 rate at 70 percent. National average support for 1955 corn is $1.63 per bushel or 87 percent of parity, vs $1.62 per bushel or 90 percent for 1954. Soybeans will be supported at 70 percent of parity, yielding $2.22 nationally in 1964. County rates for corn and soybeans have not been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
June Dairy Month celebrates cows and brides across history
The article recalls Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and Chicago’s Great Fire as a backdrop to June Dairy Month begun in 1938. It notes cows’ milk production rises by June nationwide and links June brides to dairy foods, praising milk’s protein vitamins and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’leary
Chicago
Bessie
Mrs. O'Leary
Crture
Study on Planting Time Effects on Corn Yield and Moisture
Iowa State College cropsmen tested 10 hybrids over seven years in Ames and Ankeny to measure how planting dates affect corn yield and moisture. May 7, May 16, and June 8 plantings averaged 88, 89, and 84 bushels per acre respectively, with moisture rising from 18.1 percent at May 7 to 28.7 percent by June 3. Extension Agronomist Ed Dyas notes moisture shifts outweigh yield differences across dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State College
Ames
Ankeny
Towa
Ed Dyas
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Lena Langstraat
Pekin, NL
M. J. de Zwarte
Sully
John de Zwarte
John van Englehoven
Donald Breisch
Low England
Tal
Dan
John Wynberg
Netherlands
Nd Brothe
Ildren
J. W. van Gorp
University of Iowa
Wm. J. Clement
Charles Kerr
Des 2Ee
Erma Wallace
Tunis Kooyman
Prat
Arthur Bennink
Fam
Boston
Ne “Bonnin Sil
Danforth
Boston ‘University
School of Theology
Mra.m. M. Dockendorff
Drake University
Drake
Gritters
H. H. Meeter
Calvin Seminary
Chronicle
M County
Robuck
Mallon County
Berethi Aan
BPS
Sree
America
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