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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
1
The passage discusses careful culling of laying hens to balance costs and production. It notes that birds not ready to lay or nonlayers should be culled, while maintaining feed and care to sustain future egg output. Labor returns are reported as good for producers, suggesting feasible management during culling.
For insurance on farm and city property, hail on crops and automobile policies in various branches. Better be safe and insure now. Start a savings account with reinsurance and secure income for old age. Insure with good companies at low rates. Call Phone 60 at Sully or write P O Box 146 and I will call on you WM Dieleman Sully Iowa
Farmers should keep pullets or hens through the current season and monitor lay. Current prices show average producer returns near a stated level. avoid feeding weak birds. Remove sick birds and feed a balanced diet with adequate protein to support egg production.
The Des Moines Audubon society recorded 41 species and 378 birds during its annual Christmas week census held Tuesday December 21. Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, five groups surveyed territory in all directions from Des Moines including Brenton Slough, Deve Woods, Walnut Woods Park, Ashworth Drive, and the Des Moines River north and northwest of the city.
A fragmented list records numerous birds with counts including red tailed hawk one and sixty five, mourning dove six, owl species, kingfishers and woodpeckers, sparrows, thrashers, and juncos. Several entries are garbled but indicate varied totals and local avifauna observations in a Maine region.
We reproduce guidance from State College extension on preventing scours in pigs amid damp weather. Clean pens and bedding, floodable floors, and careful feeding reduce contamination. Proper sanitation and timely removal of spoiled feed are urged to curb disease and protect pig health.
A 25th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. John Smith drew relatives and friends to Silver Creek and Maple Lake Minnesota. Family members including Corporal Edward and Eugene Smith traveling from Florida joined from nearby towns. The gathering also touched on military furloughs hospital updates and visits to local relatives with many names and small town ties noted.
Storm Lake crews removed over 70 000 pounds of carp and rough fish from the lake with a single seine haul under the ice weighing 50 08 pounds. The report recalls a previous season when a 2 000 foot net set a state rough fish removal record, catching 150 60 pounds of rough fish in one sweep, while only 100 pounds of game fish and 2 500 ths of dullheads were kept. The era notes abundant crappies, perch, silver bass, walleye, northern pike, and bulleads, with harvests used to gauge future game bird and animal takes for the year.
Fragmentary notice recalls Annan family events including a birthday, Mrs Roz Marie Annan welcomed in the Reformed church, and visits by Rick Horen, Ellie Nankighoren, and Hugh Vandergen to relatives and Mrs. Annan in Maple.
Fortnightly Literary Society members presented several children books to the public library. Included are Let's Outdoors by Harriet E Huntington, a simple, photo rich guide to garden and outdoor creatures for curious young readers, and American Children on the Map by Cecile and Billie Salway, featuring children from across the Americas in a bright companion to Children on the Map.
A fragmentary notice about a lively collection titled Children of the Past by Sulway, described as connecting past and present youth through tales of boys and girls in bygone days, with partial references to characters like George and curious wartime themes.
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