Neighbors aid farmer after barn fire near Sully Iowa
Around Sully and Pella area neighbors rally to help Bert Meppelink after a February 27 barn fire destroyed a 40 acre farm barn and 300 bales of alfalfa. They build stalls in a nearby De Wit barn, move household goods, and plan to quickly relocate livestock. Meppelink, 60, seeks a smaller future home and a moveable barn while his son trains for FFA work.
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Sully
Bert Meppelink
John A. de Cook
Sally
Meppelink
de Wit Place
Pella
Pioneer Dutch Neighbors of Sully Area Featured
The passage highlights eight men of Dutch ancestry in the Sully neighborhood: Peter Vos, William Vos, John Vos, William Baarda, John Mappelink, Lawrence Van Rees, Charles Castorf, and others. It notes friendly relations, pioneer family roots, and ties to Holland birth and ancestry, with a nod to hay abundance and farm life.
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Bert Meppelink
Wes!hood
Pella
Sully
Bert Mappelink
Peter M. Vos
Lawrence van Rees
Charles Castorf
William Vos
Mr. Meppelink
Charley Castorf
Castorfs
Folke
Holland
Peter Vos
John Vos
William Baarda
John Mappelink
Cattle Outlook Good For While From Iowa State College
Agricultural economists at Iowa State College say demand for cattle prices looks favorable over the next three months. They cite slightly stronger beef demand and ongoing industrial expansion as factors. A smaller share of cattle on feed is expected to be marketed before summer, with corn belt farmers holding back due to high feed costs and market dynamics.
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Iowa State College
Beef steer prices rise despite lower Chicago sales
In February beef steer sales at Chicago fell 15 percent from 1940 levels while demand remained strong, pushing prices about $2 above 1940 averages. If fed steer marketings stay similar or drop, economists predict prices will stay above last year's levels.
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Chicago
Fed
Crossbred hogs found superior in Iowa study
Des Moines Register reports after ten years of crossbreeding hogs researchers from Town experiment station and Iowa State College publish findings on crossbreds. They note greater vitality and faster growth, less feed required, higher weaning weights, and fewer pig losses versus purebreds, with purebred boars still needed for mating.
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Des Moines Register
Town Experiment Station
Crossbreeding Plans in Market Hogs and Gilts
The article discusses limited purebred sow markets for market hog production and examines crossbreeding strategies. It outlines three plans: mating purebred or high grade sows to a purebred boar of another breed, criss crossing using top crossbreds as brood sows, and rotating three or more breed sires. It notes crossbred hogs are valuable for market but poor as breeding stock due to low transmitting ability, with some compensation for sows but not for boars.
Notice of Probate of Will in Marion County Iowa
In Marion County Iowa the Clerk of the District Court holds a will presented as the last will of Henry J. Van den Berg Jr. A hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. on April 15 in Knoxville to prove the instrument's validity. Objections may be filed with the clerk.
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Knoxville
Iowa
District Court of Iowa
Marion County
Henry J. Vanden Berg, Jr
Wheat Growers Debate U.S. Quota Referendum Plan
Secretary Wickard approved a national quotation referendum among wheat growers for May 31. The 1941 42 supply is estimated above the quota level with a 1 023 million bushel 1940 quota. In Marion County 280 farms hold allotments large enough to vote. 567 allotments cover 8713.6 acres. Farmers will decide on continuing wheat loan stabilizing policy.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States
Marion County
Tragic 1886 St Petersburg Theatre Fire Claim
A historical note recalls the 1886 theatre blaze in St Petersburg now Leningrad where around 700 people perished marking it as one of the era’s deadliest fires.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Leningrad
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Ag. Department of the
J.H. Shinn Hatchery
East 1St ST
Pella, Iowa
Wormhoudt & Son
Ostermoor
Will Baarda
John Meppelink
J.L. Lush
Shearer
C. G. Culbertson
Iowa State
Farm Science Reporter
Cunty
UN New Century
Aglean
World Wheat Surplus
Argentina
Australia
Canada
U. S
Iice
J. Rex Weddle
Bigelow
Beauvais
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