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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
13
A 1954 Iowa State College extension summary explains balancing pasture with corn in cattle feeding. It notes maximum pasture reduces corn use and costs but can delay marketing. partial pasture use may require more corn to preserve finish. May and June grazing without grain then full feeding on pasture around July 1 is proposed.
Iowa State College extension agent Richard McWilliams offers guidance on using fresh clipped forage for drylot beef cattle this summer. He urges a field chop in one pass, daily chopping to ensure labor, continuous access to green chopped forage to prevent bloat, and feeding chopped forage with proper timing and plans.
guidelines from Iowa State College suggest chopped green forage can shift marketing date later than full fed corn. Dropping chopped forage in final weeks may dry cattle similarly to pasture fed. Protein supplement may not pay. Clipped forage offers higher total gains per acre. Bloat may persist despite clipping. effects vary.
William D. Vos of Pella Iowa purchases the Guernsey sire Suneslope's Excell from D R Bentley & Son of Ames Iowa. The young bull, out of Suneslope's Charming Elegant, is sired by Elmwood Star's Granger.
The third Agricultural Engineering Field Day will be held Saturday June 6 at the Agricultural Engineering Research Farm south of Ames. About 1,500 visitors are expected to see demonstrations of new farm equipment and ideas, including ridge farming, sprinkler irrigation, tractor stability, ditching and corn stalk harvesters, with discussions by Deans Downie Smith and Andre. Registration opens at 9 a.m. and the program starts at 9:30 a.m.
The calendar lists events for the Pella High School Class of 1954 including senior skip day April 29 30 the play Little Women in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. May 21 senior banquet at Second Reformed Church 6:80 p.m. May 23 baccalaureate at Central College Chapel 7:30 p.m. with Rev. De Jong and Rev. Haverkamp. May 24 class day at the high school auditorium 4:00 p.m. and May 27 commencement at 8:00 p.m. with address You and Your Future by Claude V. McBrose Merée dith Publishing Co. Des Moines. Class motto blue and silver colors yellow rose as class flower.
Pella High students earned five superior and five excellent ratings in ten events at the Class A and B State Music Contest in Newton. Division I honors went to Katherine Redeker, Arnold De Jong, and Beth Brom, while Division II ratings went to Sally In t Weld, Arnold De Jong, Kathy Redeker, Andrea Boat, and the Girls Trio. Competition was keen with many larger schools present.
Extracts from a state house teen safety conference in Des Moines show youths faulting indifferent parents and describing drivers over thirty at stop signs. They note many teens lack licenses and urge forming local teen clubs to apply social pressure against reckless drivers and involve civic groups.
Betty Nolan describes The Netherlands as a land of tulips canals and windmills. She highlights Amsterdam Rotterdam The Hague and lesser towns Baarle Best Staphorst Giethoorn as inviting sites for tourists. Bicycling culture and spring scenery along Schiphol Airport form a vivid welcome to Europe.
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