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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1943
Page
1
Iowa farmers move to increase total crop acreage with a focus on small grains and other crops. Beekeeping and conservation efforts are highlighted as complementary practices alongside expansion.
Willis Vande Voort outlines a cooperative 4-H ILPLA hog project in Marion County. He promotes purebred boars for larger future litters, discusses sows and pig production targets, and notes the benefits of selective breeding for farm conditions. The article highlights pasture, feed planning, and pest control in the broader farm program.
The group met on Thursday March 18 to divide money for local roads in the county's 1943 plan. Officials discussed funding allocations for various road projects and approved a preliminary budget and distribution among townships.
Rural school pupils face testing programs as maintenance funds are allotted for trunk road upkeep. The report notes total mileage and maintenance allocations, detailing per mile rates and regional distribution while referencing local county districts and supervisory figures.
Agricultural guides warn of looming flax disease and outline five control methods. Grow Redwing flax, remove wintered infection sources, treat seed with fungicidal dust, manage soil moisture, and sow early after preparing a clean seedbed to reduce losses and weed problems.
Better Iowa gardens should begin in early April as May is too late for potatoes peas beets and other cool loving vegetables. Early plantings yield successful gardens when soil is ready. Southern Iowa can plant by late March. soil worked last fall allows earlier work and helps cool loving vegetables mature before warm weather.
Iowa livestock marketing increased across cattle calves sheep and hogs in 1942 per statistician Leslie M Carl. Cattle marketed reached 2 436 000 head up 1 percent from 1941 while hogs climbed about 13 percent with 13 310 000 head produced by feed lots and direct packer purchases rising to 73.5 percent. Sheep and lamb movements totaled 1 896 000 head up six percent. most lambs went to packers or public markets. Central markets absorbed over 70 percent of cattle and packers in Town handled 7 914 000 hogs.
Cecil Rooks, field secretary of the State Horse and Mule Breed Association, notes horse and mule prices up about fifteen percent since January 1. He warns buyers not to assume high prices persist and cites parity benchmarks for horses and mules in current markets.
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