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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
1
The Chronicle reports on farm life and area chatter with emphasis on weather, photos, and reader interest. It mentions a farmer preparing a hut and pens, adding ventilation and a low partition to improve living space and work areas.
The Ver Meer family farm divides eighty acres into four plots with a four field rotation. Oats, sweet clover, and red clover follow lime treated soil to improve fertility. An adjoining twenty acres holds last year’s clover while corn returns after two years of clover. The plan emphasizes pasture hay and good corn yields with a stable rotation.
The Ver Meers feed grain to hogs and cattle, milk four to seven cows, and raise calves on the farm, keeping all fertility on site. They maintain four 20 by 86 foot chicken houses with tar paper warmth, straw on concrete floors, and well-ventilated roosts to keep the birds dry and comfortable.
The Ver Meers keep heavy poultry with some Leghorns in a two‑section house split between hens and pallets. They plan tar paper under the cement floor to block moisture, with a well kept barn, electricity, and neatly arranged fields. Tunis Ver Meer helps when not sidelined by mumps, selling seed corn in season.
Ewes due to lamb in April or early May have been fed a 7 ate ration and should now begin grain. The advised shift supports lambing needs as pasture may be insufficient.
Animal husbandry specialist W F LeGrange from Town State College says a grain mix of oats and corn fed at a half pound per ewe per day works well for late lambing ewes. Ensure exercise, water, salt, and a light legume hay ration with a simple mineral mix available.
L M Cline of Iowa State College warns many farm wells show contamination from surface runoff from hog lots and barns. He urges proper drilling and protective curbs and argues no single fix due to topography. The state Geological Survey offers location guidance to farmers.
Dr. George Glockler of Minnesota University will become head of the University of Iowa chemistry department. Dr. Edward, the present head, steps down from administrative duties after years of leadership. The department has shown progress and gains in recent years under Glockler’s potential tenure.
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