Country farm portrait near Pella features Engbers home
The Rut Engbers family owns a seventy year old white farm house near Pella, once home to the Tice families. The, field operations include colony hog houses to reduce disease, a large fifty eight by fifty barn, and diverse livestock. Engbers plans extensive corn and hay, tiling across 524 acres, with AAA soil programs praised as key to market readiness and farm solvency.
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Rut Engbers
Tices
Madison Tice
Theophalus
T. D.) Tice
Enghers
Rut
Colony Houses
Mr. Engbers
George Vande Voort
Waner Vande Voort
Warner
G. A. Ver Meer
AAA
Altho
Inter
Theophalus Tice
Engbers Farm Showcases Cattle and Modern Life
Engbers feeds his calves and buys western cattle, with twenty Shorthorns in the lots. The place features a big silo, ample corn, and good pasture. William Brouwer milks cows while Mrs Engbers praises radio as a delightful modern amenity for farm life. The Engbers anticipate a well preserved, non worn-out farm when retirement comes.
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Mr. Engbers
Engbers
William Engbers
William
Bill) Brouwer
Beware Bindweed Among Seed Oats
Dr. R H Porter head of the Town State College Seed Laboratory warns farmers short of seed oats to ensure any oats brought in from other parts of the state are free of bindweed. The weed known as Creeping Jennie can contaminate supplies and affect yields if not checked.
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R. H. Porter
Town State College Seed Laboratory
Jennie
Bindweed Weed Plague Threatens Iowa Crops
Porter notes bindweed is common across most Iowa counties and especially in the northwest, infesting oats. Its seeds are as thick as oat kernels and heavier, making them hard to remove by fanning mills. It rival Canada thistle as the worst Iowa weed, damaging crops in dry seasons and being very hard to eradicate.
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Iowa
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Pella
Warner Vande Voort
Albert Vande Voort
Mr. Vande Voort
Mr. Enghers
William Brouwer
Engbees
Poland
Martha
Hampshire
S. A. Kooyman Harness
Kliyn Bros. Hatchery
N. Main
Monroe
Mark I
Shaw Newton
Kellogg
Bradley
D. den Adel
Porter
Ford
Ulrich Motor Company
S. W. Corner Square
Wreord
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