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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1954
Page
1
Knoxville hosts Rol screenings with Jean Olivier and family at church services on Sunday evening led by Hilton Griswold formerly of the Blackwood Bros quartet and a Memphis group. Many residents visit relatives, attend Mother’s Day gatherings, and travel to Des Moines Rockford and Montezuma.
Weevils again threaten southern Iowa red clover and alfalfa stands, according to Iowa State College extension entomologists. Last year’s damage forced plowing in southern counties and weakened stands may worsen with 1953 drought effects. Entomologist R. J. Walstrom notes larvae are green with a white back stripe, hiding in plant crowns by day. careful field checks and insecticides are recommended to control the pest.
Paul E. Brown Marion County ASC chairman warns that any person buying wheat from a producer in 1954 55 is liable for the marketing quota penalty on excess 1954 crop wheat. Penalty is 1.12 per bushel. Buyers must demand a wheat marketing card or certificate to ensure clear title. If not presented at sale, the wheat bears the lien and the buyer bears the penalty liability.
John Toom plans trip to St. Marys Ohio and Grand Rapids Michigan. Dick Van Zante is convalescing at home from appendicitis surgery. Louise Van Hemert visited Des Moines Sunday with her mother Mrs J B Gladstone. Harry Boender and Binie Rus wed at Second Christian Reformed Church Ella May 7. Merle Vander Schaaf and friends skated in Oskaloosa May 10. Families gathered for Van Veen and Vander Werff dinners in the county. Walter and Faye Visscher visited Mount Pleasant with Verlan Porter and Tunis Kooyman of Oskaloosa joined.
The article outlines profitable treatment thresholds for pea aphids per plant and the recommended sprays of DDT or gamma benzene hexachloride per acre, mixed with at least 10 gallons of water. It notes W. strom acid as a pest in alfalfa and states that heavy infestions cause wilting and that 1 pound per acre is more effective, also controlling clover leaf weevil if present.
The text explains that penalties are due to the county ASC office where the wheat was produced. It defines an intermediate buyer as any buyer who acquires wheat before it has been marketed to a warehouseman or processor. Purchasers other than producers or intermediate buyers bear no liability if a prior buyer has paid or a marketing certificate or intermediate buyer record shows penalty satisfaction at purchase.
Historical Iowa records show accidents plagued residents long before cars and atomic weapons. Runaway horses, railroad yard dangers, and Fourth of July cannon injuries caused numerous deaths since 1886, with steamship and railroad mishaps common. Trains prompted 1876 bans on boarding moving locomotives, while unsafe sidewalks and farm machinery injuries also haunted towns.
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